This Week’s Comics – 18 December 2013

This week’s titles are due to hit shelves on Wednesday, 18th December.

Featured in this week’s comics are the following…

★ PICK OF THE WEEK ★
HARLEY QUINN #1
Amanda Conner | Jimmy Palmiotti | Chad Hardin
DC COMICS

Harley is set to begin her new life, but she needs a job first! Enter the Coney Island Roller Derby! It’s game time as Harley sets out to destroy her competition – literally!

GHOST #1
Kelly Sue DeConnick | Christopher Sebela | Ryan Sook | Terry Dodson
DARK HORSE COMICS

Ghost, the hero trapped between two worlds, fights to protect Chicago from extradimensional demons disguised as humans. When a familiar stranger destroys an el train, Ghost makes a deal with a devil for the chance to uncover her own mysterious past. The perfect issue to join this action-packed superhero title!

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF LISA SIMPSON #1
Gail Simone | Sherri Smith | Nina Matsumoto | Various
BONGO COMICS

Whether she’s extolling the virtues of vegetarianism, raising awareness about the world’s moral and social ills, or simply playing with her Malibu Stacy dolls and dreaming of ponies, Lisa Simpson, the pint-sized, pre-teen progressive, may just be the smartest and savviest citizen in Springfield – and she’s still only in the second-grade! Enter the world of Lisa Simpson, a joy-filled journey through a realm of high ideals and girlish delights!

LOCKE & KEY ALPHA #2
Joe Hill | Gabriel Rodriguez | Various
IDW PUBLISHING

“The End.” A door claps softly shut. A key scrapes in a last rusted lock. It ends here: the story of the Locke children and their desperate, tragic battle with the monster set on destroying them… the past. Join Gabriel Rodriguez and Joe Hill for the final chapter of Locke & Key.

DEADPOOL #21
Gerry Duggan | Brian Posehn | Mike Hawthorne | Mark Brooks
MARVEL COMICS

Deadpool vs. S.H.I.E.L.D., part one! S.H.I.E.L.D. stiffed Deadpool on a bill! Now, they’re gonna regret it!

Full Listing

PREMIER PUBLISHERS:

BLOODHOUND CROWBAR MEDICINE #3
BPRD: HELL ON EARTH #114
BUZZKILL #4
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #6
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #23
CRIMINAL MACABRE: EYES OF FRANKENSTEIN #4
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #31 (MR)
DOMO JAPANESE MUG
EMPOWERED VOL.8 TP
GHOST #1
ITTY BITTY HELLBOY #5
KISS ME SATAN #4
MASS EFFECT: FOUNDATION #6
MASSIVE #18
MASSIVE VOL.2: SUBCONTINENTAL TP
NEVER ENDING #2 (MR)
NGE SHINJI IKARI: RAISING PROJECT VOL.13 TP
POWERS FIGURE SET
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOL.15 TP
SHOOT FIRST #3
SLEDGEHAMMER 44: LIGHTNING WAR #2
STAR WARS: DARK TIMES – SPARK REMAINS #5
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND THE CRY OF SHADOWS #1
STAR WARS: DAWN OF THE JEDI – FORCE WAR #2
STAR WARS: LEGACY II #10
STRAIN THE FALL #6

ANIMAL MAN #26
AUTHORITY VOL.2 HC
BATMAN 66 #6
BATMAN AND TWO FACE #26
BATMAN BEYOND UNIVERSE #5
BIRDS OF PREY #26
BIRDS OF PREY VOL.3: CLASH OF DAGGERS TP (NEW 52)
FABLES VOL.19: SNOW WHITE TP (MR)
FOREVER EVIL: ROGUES REBELLION #3
FURY OF FIRESTORM VOL.3: TAKEOVER TP (NEW 52)
GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #26
HARLEY QUINN #1
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA’S VIBE #10
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #26
SHOWCASE PRESENTS STRANGE ADVENTURES VOL.2 TP
SUPERGIRL #26
SUPERMAN VS MONGUL TP
TEEN TITANS GO #1
TEEN TITANS VOL.3 DEATH OF THE FAMILY TO TP (NEW 52)
TRINITY OF SIN: PANDORA #6 (EVIL)
VERTIGO ESSENTIALS: 100 BULLETS #1 (MR)
WAKE PART ONE #1 (MR)
WONDER WOMAN #26

DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS: HARLEY QUINN STATUE
INFINITE CRISIS: ARCANE GREEN LANTERN STATUE
INFINITE CRISIS: ATOMIC WONDER WOMAN STATUE
JUSTICE LEAGUE: SHAZAM ACTION FIGURE

BEN 10 #2
DOCTOR WHO PRISONERS OF TIME VOL.3 TP
GHOSTBUSTERS #11
GI JOE: AMERICA’S ELITE – DISAVOWED VOL.2 TP
GI JOE: COBRA FILES #9
GODZILLA: RULERS OF EARTH VOL.1 TP
GODZILLA: RULERS OF THE EARTH #7
ILLEGITIMATES #1
KISS KIDS #4
LOCKE & KEY ALPHA #2 BOX SET
LOCKE & KEY ALPHA #2 COVER A RODRIGUEZ
LOCKE & KEY ALPHA #2 COVER B BISLEY
LOCKE & KEY ALPHA #2 COVER C FABRY
LOCKE & KEY ALPHA #2 COVER D KALUTA
LOCKE & KEY ALPHA #2 COVER E SIENKIEWICZ
LOCKE & KEY ALPHA #2 COVER F SIM
LOCKE & KEY ALPHA #2 COVER G WRIGHTSON
MARS ATTACKS JUDGE DREDD #4
MR PEABODY AND SHERMAN #2
MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #14
MY LITTLE PONY: MICRO SERIES #10 – LUNA
POPEYE CLASSICS #17 ONGOING
SAMURAI JACK #3
SINISTER DEXTER #1
STAR TREK CLASSICS VOL.5: WHO KILLED CAPTAIN KIRK TP
STAR TREK #28 ONGOING
TARZAN: RUSS MANNING NEWSPAPER STRIPS VOL.2 – 1969-1971 HC
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ADVENTURES VOL.6 TP
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: KEVIN EASTMAN COVER GALLERY
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #6
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #29 ONGOING
TRANSFORMERS: ART OF PRIME HC
TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE #97
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #24 DARK CYBERTRON PART 5
X-FILES SEASON 10 VOL.1 HC

A VOICE IN THE DARK #2
APOCALYPSE AL #1 RETAILER EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW (MR)
BLACK SCIENCE #2 COVER A SCALERA AND WHITE (MR)
BOUNCE #8 (MR)
EAST OF WEST #8
GREAT PACIFIC VOL.2: NATION BUILDING TP (MR)
MIND THE GAP #16 COVER A ESQUEJO
MIND THE GAP #16 COVER B FRISON
PETER PANZERFAUST DELUXE HC
PRETTY DEADLY #3 (MR)
REVIVAL #16 (MR)
SAGA #17 (MR)
SECRET #4
SEX #9 (MR)
TEN GRAND #6 (MR)
UMBRAL #1 2ND PRINT (MR)
UMBRAL #2 (MR)
WALKING DEAD VOL.2 SPANISH LANGUAGE EDITION TP (MR)
WITCHBLADE #171 COVER A CHRISTOPHER
WITCHBLADE #171 COVER B SEJIC
ZERO #4 COVER A MOORE AND MULLER (MR)
ZERO #4 COVER B WARD AND MULLER (MR)

WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON 10″ DELUXE ACTION FIGURE

ALL NEW X-MEN #20
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #700.4
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #700.5
ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL.12: UNMASKED TP
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #22.INH
CATACLYSM: ULTIMATE X-MEN #2
DAREDEVIL #34
DEADPOOL #21
DEADPOOL CLASSICS VOL.9 TP
DEADPOOL VOL.3: THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY TP
FANTASTIC FOUR #15
FF #15
INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #17.INH
LONGSHOT SAVES THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #4
MARVEL MASTER WORKS: ATLAS ERA STRANGE TALES VOL.6 HC
MARVEL MASTER WORKS: GOLDEN AGE MARVEL COMICS VOL.2 TP
POWERS BUREAU VOL.1: UNDERCOVER (MR) TP
SCARLET SPIDER #25
SECRET AVENGERS #13
SPIDER-MAN: GATHERING OF FIVE TP
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #24
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM UP #8
THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #16
THUNDERBOLTS ANNUAL 2013 #1
UNCANNY AVENGERS #15
UNCANNY X-FORCE #15
VENOM: LAND WHERE KILLERS DWELL TP
X-FACTOR VOL.21: END OF X-FACTOR TP
X-MEN #8
YOUNG AVENGERS #14

COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS:

SLAINE: BOOK OF SCARS 30TH ANNIVERSARY HC (MR)

8-BIT ZOMBIES ONE-SHOT
VERY ZOMBIE CHRISTMAS #5

STEAM ENGINES OF OZ VOL.2 #1

HAWKEN MELEE #2

WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #34

TRISH OUT OF WATER #3 ASPEN RESERVED COVER
TRISH OUT OF WATER #3 DIRECT MARKET COVER

CROSSED BADLANDS #43 (MR)
CROSSED BADLANDS #43 TORTURE COVER (MR)
CROSSED BADLANDS #43 WRAP COVER (MR)
EXTINCTION PARADE #4 (MR)
EXTINCTION PARADE #4 END OF SPECIES COVER (MR)
EXTINCTION PARADE #4 WRAP COVER (MR)

KNIGHTINGAIL: SHADOW DIVISIONS #6
REX ZOMBIE KILLER #2
SERUSIS #4

SERGIO ARAGONES FUNNIES #11
SIMPSONS COMICS #207
WONDERFUL WORLD OF LISA SIMPSON #1

ADVENTURE TIME #23
BRAVEST WARRIORS #15
CLIVE BARKER NEXT TESTAMENT #6 (MR)
HELLRAISER DARK WATCH #11 (MR)
HIT #4
IMAGINE AGENTS #3
MIDAS FLESH #1
PEANUTS VOL.2 #14

LARGO WINCH VOL.8: SHADOW GN

RED TEN #5 (MR)
SCAM #4: FINALE (MR)

DF SATELLITE SAM #1 MIDTOWN EXCLUSIVE
DF WARLORD OF MARS #30 RISQUE COVER

ASH AND THE ARMY OF DARKNESS #1
CODENAME: ACTION #4
DEJAH THORIS AND THE GREEN MEN OF MARS #9 (MR)
EVIL ERNIE VOL.1: ORIGIN OF EVIL TP
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS VOL.8 TP (MR)
GRIMM #8
JENNIFER BLOOD: FIRST BLOOD TP (MR)
LADY RAWHIDE #3
LEGENDS OF RED SONJA #1 REORDER EDITION
MARK WAID GREEN HORNET #7 REORDER EDITION
MARK WAID GREEN HORNET #8
RED SONJA #6 FRISON COVER
RED SONJA #6 THOMPSON COVER
THE SPIDER #16
VAMPIRELLA #37 NEVES COVER
VAMPIRELLA #37 PARRILLO COVER
VAMPIRELLA ARCHIVES VOL.8 HC (MR)
VOLTRON VOL.2 TEN LIONS TP
WARLORD OF MARS #31 (MR)
WARRIORS JAILBREAK TP

COMPLETE PEANUTS VOL.5 1959-1960 HC NEW PRINT

ARE YOU ALICE VOL.3 GN
BLOODY CROSS VOL.1 GN
DARK HUNTERS: INFINITY VOL.2 TP
HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD – COLOR OMNIBUS VOL.2 HC (MR)
MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA VOL.17 GN
PANDORA HEARTS VOL.19 GN
PUELLA MAGI KAZUMI MAGICA VOL.3: INNOCENT MALICE GN
SUNSHINE SKETCH VOL.7 TP
UNTIL DEATH DO US PART VOL.5 GN

BUCK ROGERS IN 25TH CENT GRAY MORROW YEARS VOL.1 1979-81

DISNEY FAIRIES GN
DISNEY FAIRIES HC
FAIRY TALES OF OSCAR WILDE GN

BOY AND A GIRL GN
WASTELAND #51 (MR)

CON JOB GN

INFOMANIACS HC (MR)

ACG CLASSICS COLLECTORS PACK
HARVEY HORRORS COLLECTED WORKS: BLACK CAT MYSTERY HC
ROY THOMAS PRESENTS CLASSIC PHANTOM LADY TP BOXED SET

DEAN KOONTZ IN ODD WE TRUST TP SIGNED BOOKPLATE EDITION
DIANA GABALDON OUTLANDER GN SIGNED BOOKPLATE EDITION
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM ORIGIN VOL.4: JABURO HC
NO. 6 GN
SUMMER WARS: PART 2GN

DEPARTMENT OF MONSTEROLOGY #3

ASTERIX AND THE PICTS HC

BLOODSHOT AND THE HARD CORPS #17
ETERNAL WARRIOR #4
VALIANT MASTERS RAI VOL.1 HC
X-O MANOWAR #20

AWKWARD SILENCE GN (MR)
DEVIL AND HER LOVE SONG VOL.12 GN
DOROHEDORO VOL.11 GN (MR)
ITSUWARIBITO VOL.10 GN
NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN VOL.18 GN
REAL VOL.2 GN
TORIKO GN

GRIMM FAIRY TALES: WONDERLAND VOL.3 TP
GRIMM FAIRY TALES: WONDERLAND – THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS #4 A COVER LILLY (MR)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES: WONDERLAND – THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS #4 B COVER NUNES (MR)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES: WONDERLAND – THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS #4 C COVER MALSUNI (MR)