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Hulk #1 by Jeph Loeb & Ed McGuiness
Legion of Superheroes #37 by Jim Shooter & Francis Manapul
Youngblood #1 by Joe Casey & Derec Donovan

X-MEN: EMPEROR VULCAN” #1
COVER BY: BILLY TAN
WRITER: CHRISTOPHER YOST
PENCILS: PACO DIAZ

THE STORY:
It’s brother versus brother and the outcome could decide the fate of billions. UNCANNY X-MEN’S “Rise and Fall of the Shi’Ar Empire” continues here! Vulcan is the Shi’Ar Emperor and Havok is leading the rebellious Starjammers. But who is really right and who is really wrong?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

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Marvel has 2 number one issues this week, but only sent out preview pages for one of them and that is actually part of the Mystic Arcana series of one-shots meant to reestablish the magic side of the marvel universe. I wanted to pick these up but it wasn’t in the budget on initial ordering (too much good indy stuff) How are the one-shots do they stand alone well? Is it a good story altogether?

The other book Marvel has coming out this week is Halo:Uprising #1, but I’m sure no one will pick that up, right?

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Marvel only has one first issue coming out next week, and that is Terror, Inc. I was a fan of the old series and can’t wait to see the new one.

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He says he received a letter from Joe Quesada, but considering the shield went missing. Stephen Colbert is actually a Supervillain! If you listen at the end he even says he will FIGHT FOR INJUSTICE! Appalling.

Stephen Colbert MUST BE STOPPED!

Official Press Release

Details are sketchy at this time, but a S.H.I.E.L.D. spokesperson has revealed that Captain America’s shield has gone missing.

It’s unclear who has taken the shield as no photographic evidence exists, but S.H.I.E.L.D. has issued an artistic rendering of the accused along with this statement. “S.H.I.E.L.D. is following several leads and we are working with the cooperation of New York City authorities to resolve this matter.” Un-named sources have spotted several S.H.I.E.L.D agents in and around television studios owned by Comedy Central.

One of the biggest questions is “Why?” Few have shown the strength, let alone have had the training, to properly wield the shield, so its use as a weapon seems negligible. If it was stolen to act as a trophy, then it must be taken back and placed in a museum proper. Whatever the reason, whosoever has the shield now will have much to answer for, particularly in these tumultuous times.

With just one of the two shooters believed to be behind the killing of Captain America in custody, this new wrinkle in the Cap case has the country even further on edge and authorities scrambling to find the famous shield.

The shield, granted to Captain America by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 is composed of several virtually indestructible–yet classified–metallic alloys. Though not his first shield, Cap famously used this circular weapon as both a rallying force for U.S. troops, as well as to battle Nazis prior to his disappearance at the end of World War II. Upon his reemergence decades later, the shield followed with him.

More than 60 years after its creation, the shield remains a symbol of American strength and will. With the country still reeling from Captain America’s death, the location and security of the shield has become a priority for authorities from S.H.I.E.L.D. to local police.

Visit Marvel.com for full coverage on the death of Captain America..

 

 Comics Radar 14 [26:43m]: Play Now | Download

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Cohost Matt is back as we talk about the resolution of Civil War. What happens in Captain America 25 and where we think the Marvel books are headed in the short term.

*WARNING* THIS IS A SPOILER FILLED EPISODE, so if you have not read the end of civil war, Captain America 25, Thunderbolts 110 and 111, and the solicitation information for Black Panther, some upcoming story elements may be spoiled.

Recently Batman was seen, sneaking through the yard of a Middle School. These supposed crimefighters have gone too far. Can’t they keep their silly spandex and leather games confimed to their own home cities instead of having to drag it out to the middle of Scotsdale, Arizona?

And of course, they couldn’t find him afterwards he just disappears into the middle of the desert, perpetrating his persona as some kind of mystic demon creature. How dare he frighten our children like this. Batman must be stopped!

 

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