Into the valley of the comic book store rode the 600.  The 600th issues of Amazing Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk that is!  With Doctor Octopus, Daredevil, a wedding and more, Marvel promises great and thrilling reading for fans of the series and those just interested in this milestone issue!  Same goes for the Hulk, except the action involves Red Hulk, Green Hulk AND Spidey!  Springing from Immortal Iron Fist comes Immortal Weapons, five issue limited series!  Also airing this week is another installment in the Halo franchise with Halo: Helljumper, ushering in a new story and new creative team for this video game franchise. read more….

In addition to solving our economic crisis, negotiating peace and understanding around the world and trying to improve our image overseas, President Barack Obama, or his beefed up likeness at least, is adding another duty to his agenda, thanks to Devil’s Due Publishing, who has him starring in the Larry Hama written Barack the Barbarian, a mini-series debuting this week.  The storytelling possibilities are wide-open with a title such as this.  So how do Hama and company fare with Barack’s first outing as a loincloth wearing adventurer?  Surprisingly well!

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