DIAMOND INVOICE 2/3/10

I don't normally talk about what used books I get in,
but I just got three boxes of old and dusty science fiction.

Old and dusty in the the right way.

Stuff that's been out of print but which people still seek.

Most of the old Andre Norton.

Gor books and Conan.

Doc E.E. Smith, Lensmen and Skylark.

Most are so cheap, I'll have to resort to my "minimum of a dollar" price.

COMICS THIS WEEK.

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AGE OF REPTILES JOURNEY #2 (OF 4)                   
ARCHIE #601                                        
ARCHIE #602                                         
ARCHIE #603                                         
ARCHIE #604                                        
AUTHORITY #19                                       
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #41                             
BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT SPECIAL #1        
BATTLE ROYALE NOVEL
BERSERK TP VOL 33
BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #176                  
BLACKEST NIGHT WONDER WOMAN #3 (OF 3)               
BOYS #39 (MR)                                        
BRAVE STORY NOVEL
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #32 TWILIGHT PT 1 (OF 5)    
CABLE #23                                            
CINDERELLA FROM FABLETOWN WITH LOVE #4 (OF 6) (MR)   
CONAN AND THE MIDNIGHT GOD TP
CONAN BLOOD STAINED CROWN AND OTHER STORIES TP
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #18                             
CRIMINAL SINNERS #4 (MR)                           
DAFFODIL #2 (OF 3) (MR)                              
DAREDEVIL #504                                       
DARK TOWER FALL OF GILEAD PREM HC                   
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN PREM HC                
DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME HC                       
DARK TOWER TREACHERY PREM HC                        
DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #896                               
DEMO VOL 2 #1 (OF 6) (MR)                       
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #8                               
DOOM PATROL #7                                       
DR WHO MAGAZINE #415
EMPOWERED TP VOL 01
FABLES TP VOL 13 THE GREAT FABLES CROSSOVER (MR)   
FALL OUT TOY WORKS #3 (OF 5)                         
FANGORIA #289 JAN 2010
FARSCAPE GONE & BACK #1                             
FARSCAPE GONE & BACK #3                            
FARSCAPE ONGOING #1                                
FIR TREE GN
FUTURAMA COMICS #46                                 
GEEK MONTHLY JUL 2009
GENUS #92
GHOST RIDERS HEAVENS ON FIRE #6 (OF 6)            
GIFT OF MAGI GN
GIRL GENIUS TP VOL 06 GOLDEN TRILOBITE 2ND ED     
GOLD DIGGER #114                                   
GREAT TEN #4 (OF 10)                               
GREEK STREET #8 (MR)                                
HAUNT #4                                             
HEROES MAGAZINE #11 PX ED
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #22 (MR)                           
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #23                            
IRON MAN I AM IRON MAN #1 (OF 2)                   
JONAH HEX #52                                       
JUGHEAD #198                                      
JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #35                    
JUSTICE LEAGUE CRY FOR JUSTICE #6 (OF 7)            
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL #2                 
KODT BUNDLE OF TROUBLE TP VOL 05                    
KODT BUNDLE OF TROUBLE TP VOL 07                  
KOUGA NINJA SCROLLS NOVEL (MR)                    
LONE RANGER #20                                     
LOONEY TUNES #183                               
MARVEL HEARTBREAKERS #1                             
MASS EFFECT REDEMPTION #1 (OF 4)                    
MILESTONE FOREVER #1 (OF 2)                         
MILO VENTIMIGLIA PRESENTS BERSERKER #4 KEOWN CVR A  
NOVA #34                                            
PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #136                     
QUESTION #37 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                      
REALM OF KINGS SON OF HULK #1 (OF 4)                 
RED ROBIN #9                                        
RED SONJA WRATH OF THE GODS #1 (OF 5)                
RED TORNADO #6 (OF 6)                               
REMAKE GN VOL 01 (MR)                             
SAVAGE DRAGON #157                                  
SAVAGE DRAGON TP VOL 03 THE FALLEN                
SAVAGE DRAGON TP VOL 04 POSSESSED                 
SAVAGE DRAGON TP VOL 05 REVENGE                    
SAVAGE DRAGON TP VOL 06 GANG WAR                  
SAVAGE DRAGON TP VOL 07 A TALK WITH GOD             
SAVAGE DRAGON TP VOL 08 TERMINATED                
SAVAGE DRAGON TP VOL 09 WORLDS AT WAR               
SAVAGE DRAGON TP VOL 10 ENDGAME                    
SAVAGE DRAGON TP VOL 11 RESURRECTION                
SCALPED #34 (MR)                                     
SHONEN JUMP MARCH 2010
SIEGE #2 (OF 4)                                    
SIEGE #2 (OF 4) DELL'OTTO VAR                        
SIEGE EMBEDDED #2 (OF 4)                           
SIZZLE #44
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #209                           
SPIDER-MAN NOIR EYES WITHOUT A FACE #3 (OF 4)        
STAR WARS ADV TP VOL 03 LUKE SKYWALKER TREASURE DR  
STREET FIGHTER HA ILLUSTRATION BOOK SC
SUICIDE SQUAD #67 (BLACKEST NIGHT)               
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #12 (OF 12)            
SWEET TOOTH #6 (MR)                                 
TORCH #5 (OF 8)                                    
TWISTED TOYFARE 10TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION TP
TWISTED TOYFARE THEATRE TP VOL 02                  
TWISTED TOYFARE THEATRE TP VOL 07                   
ULTIMATE COMICS X #1                               
ULTIMATE COMICS X #1 A ADAMS VILLAIN VAR            
ULTIMATE X-MEN TP VOL 15 MAGICAL                   
UNCLE SCROOGE #385
VERONICA #197                                      
WIZARD BEST OF BASIC TRAINING ADVANCED TECHNIQUES 
WIZARD EXTRA VOL 01 DIRECTORS COMMENTARIES
WIZARDS OF MICKEY #1
WOLVERINE SAVAGE                                    
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #10                              
X-MEN NOIR MARK OF CAIN #3 (OF 4)                 
ZOMBIES BAG O ZOMBIE CLOWNS
ZORRO #19                                           
ZORRO MATANZAS #1 (OF 4)









                        

Diamond Invoice 1/27/10

Getting my big old Iron Man head.

I'm hoping this is cool looking.

Also got the 'Symbol' t-shirts; Batman, Superman (classic and current), Green Lantern (and Blue), Flash.

Decided to get a reorder of Harry Potter cards. I'm going to try carrying non-sport again. I probably shouldn't have skipped Twilight cards, but by the time I realized how big this book was, it was too late.

I've probably order TOO many Twilight G.N.'s, but I'm going to figure at worse, I can try to sell them over the next few years, especially since there are more coming....

AGE OF REPTILES JOURNEY #1                             
 AGE OF REPTILES JOURNEY #2 (OF 4)                     
 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #618 GNTLT                       
 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #619 GNTLT                         
 ARCHIE #605                                             
 ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK FOUR #1 (OF 4)            
 ATOM AND HAWKMAN #46 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                   
 AVENGERS INITIATIVE #32 SIEGE                     
 AVP THREE WORLD WAR #1 (OF 6)                          
 BATMAN AND ROBIN #7                                   
 BATMAN AND ROBIN #7 VAR ED                           
 BATMAN SYMBOL I BLK T/S XL                            
 BATTLE ROYALE NOVEL 2ND ED
 BETTY & VERONICA #244                                   
 BLACK TERROR #7                                       
 BLACK WIDOW AND MARVEL GIRLS #3 (OF 4)                
 BLACK WIDOW DEADLY ORIGIN #3 (OF 4)                
 BLACKEST NIGHT #1 (OF 8) VAR SKETCH ED                 
 BLACKEST NIGHT JSA #2 (OF 3)                        
 BLACKEST NIGHT THE FLASH #2 (OF 3)                    
 BLOOD BOWL KILLER CONTRACT TP VOL 01                
 BLUE LANTERN SYMBOL T/S XL                            
 BUCK ROGERS #8                                         
 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #31 JO CHEN CVR            
 CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #6 (OF 6)                       
 CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #6 (OF 6) CASSADAY VAR         
 CATWOMAN #83 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                          
 CHEW #8 (MR)                                            
 CLASSIC SUPERMAN SYMBOL I T/S LG
 COMPLETE ALICE IN WONDERLAND #2 (OF 4)                
 COMPLETE WORLD WAR ROBOT HC                            
 CREATORS LABO #21 EMARETTA-CHAN PVC FIGURE
 DAREDEVIL #504                                         
 DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #5 (OF 5) DKR                     
 DARK REIGN LIST SECRET WARRIORS 2ND PTG VAR           
 DARK TOWER THE FALL OF GILEAD #3 (OF 6)               
 DARK TOWER THE FALL OF GILEAD #4 (OF 6)                
 DETECTIVE COMICS #861                                 
 DIE HARD YEAR ONE #5                                 
 DONRUSS 2009 ELITE NBA T/C BOX
 ELEMENTAL GELADE GN VOL 11 (OF 14) (RES) (MR) 
 EMPOWERED ONE SHOT (MR)                             
 FABLES #92 (MR)                                       
 FALL OF HULKS RED HULK #1 (OF 4) FOH              
 FANTASTIC FOUR #575                                    
 FAVOLE HC VOL 01 STONE TEARS (MR)
 FLASH SYMBOL I T/S XL                               
 FRANK FRAZETTAS DARK KINGDOM #4 (OF 4) FRAZETTA CV     
 G TASTE VOL 1 A TASTE OF HONEY DVD
 GHOST COMICS GN                                      
 GI JOE COBRA II #1                                     
 GOTHAM CITY SIRENS
 GREEN LANTERN #50 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
 GREEN LANTERN #50 VAR ED (BLACKEST NIGHT)
 GREEN LANTERN SYMBOL I T/S LG
 GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #22                                
 HACK SLASH OMNIBUS SC VOL 01
 HALO BLOOD LINE #2 (OF 5) (MR)                        
 HARRY POTTER & THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE UPDATE T/C BO    
 HEAT GN
 HOUSE OF MYSTERY TP VOL 03 THE SPACE BETWEEN (MR)     
 INCREDIBLE HERCULES #140                              
 INCREDIBLES #1
 INCREDIBLES TP VOL 01 CITY OF INCREDIBLES
 IRON MAN I AM IRON MAN #1 (OF 2)                        
 IRON MAN MOVIE MARK 3 1/1 SCALE HELMET
 IRON MAN VS WHIPLASH #3 (OF 4)                          
 JACK OF FABLES #42 (MR)                              
 JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #145                          
 JUSTICE LEAGUE CRY FOR JUSTICE #6 (OF 7)            
 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #41 CVR A                
 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #41 CVR B                  
 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #35                       
 KICK ASS #8 (MR)                                     
 KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #158                    
 KODT BUNDLE OF TROUBLE TP VOL 05                     
 MAD MAGAZINE #502                                   
 MADAME XANADU #19 (MR)                             
 MARVEL PREVIEWS #78
 MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ #3 (OF 8)                         
 MASS EFFECT REDEMPTION #1 (OF 4)                       
 MS MARVEL #49                                          
 NEW AVENGERS #61 SIEGE                             
 NORTHLANDERS #24 (MR)                                   
 PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #136                        
 PECKERWOOD 24 MINUTES GN (MR)
 PETER THE PIRATE SQUID                                
 PHANTOM STRANGER #42 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                 
 PILOT SEASON DEMONIC #1                               
 PLANET HULK STATUE
 POWER OF SHAZAM #48 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                    
 PREDATOR #4 (OF 4)                                    
 PREVIEWS #257 FEBRUARY
 PUNISHER #13                                        
 RESURRECTION VOL 2 #7                                  
 ROBOCOP #1 (MR)                                     
 SCHOOLGIRL MANIA TP
 SECRET SATURDAYS GN VOL 01
 SECRET SIX (BLACKEST NIGHT) #17                         
 SECRET WARRIORS #12                                    
 SETTLERS OF CATAN NEW ED
 SIEGE STORMING ASGARD HEROES AND VILLAINS             
 SIMPSONS COMICS #152                                    
 SIMPSONS COMICS #159                               
 SKY PIRATES OF NEO TERRA #5 (OF 5)                    
 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #205                                
 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #206                                 
 SPARTACUS BLOOD AND SAND #4 (OF 4) (MR)               
 STAR TREK TNG GHOSTS #3                              
 STAR WARS DARK TIMES #15 BLUE HARVEST PT 3 (OF 5)    
 STAR WARS KNIGHTS OLD REPUBLIC #49 DEMON PT 3 (OF    
 STAR WARS LEGACY #44 MONSTER PT 2 (OF 4)
 STARMAN #81 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                       
 STORY OF O HC
 SUPERGIRL #49                                          
 SUPERMAN #696                                          
 SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #4 (OF 6)                      
 SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #4 (OF 6) VAR ED               
 SUPERMAN SYMBOL I T/S XL                             
 SWORD #21 (MR)                                          
 SWORD (MARVEL) #3                                   
 TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS VOL 02             
 TEEN TITANS #79                                       
 THINGS UNDONE GN                                    
 THOR #606                                           
 TIGER TIGER TIGER GN                                   
 TIM BURTON STAIN BOY 5.5 INCH VINYL FIGURE
 TRANSFORMERS LAST STAND O/T WRECKERS #1               
 TRAVELLER RPG GOLDEN AGE STARSHIPS COMPILATION
 TSUBASA GN VOL 25
 TWISTED TOYFARE THEATRE TP VOL 03                      
 ULTIMATE COMICS ENEMY #1 (OF 4)                         
 UNKNOWN DEVIL MADE FLESH #4                           
 VAMPIRELLA SECOND COMING #3 SUYDAM CVR              
 VAMPIRELLA SECOND COMING #4 GABRIELLI CVR            
 VICTORIAN UNDEAD #3 (OF 6)                            
 WALKING DEAD #69 (MR)                                  
 WEASEL PATROL GN                                      
 WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #4 GNTLT                              
 WEIRD WESTERN TALES #71 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                
 WEREWOLVES ON THE MOON VERSUS VAMPIRES #3 (OF 3)        
 WITCHBLADE #134 SEJIC CVR A                        
 WIZARD MAGAZINE #222 LOST CVR
 WIZARDS TALE HC VOL 01                              
 WOLVERINE ORIGINS #44                                
 WOLVERINE WENDIGO #1                                    
 WONDER WOMAN #40                                      
 WORLDS FINEST #4 (OF 4) CVR A                       
 WORLDS FINEST #4 (OF 4) CVR B                        
 X-BABIES #4 (OF 4)                                     
 X-FACTOR #201                                          
 X-FORCE #23 CRAIN VAR XN                             
 X-FORCE #23 XN                                        
 X-MEN FOREVER #16                                      
 X-MEN LEGACY #232 XN                                    


                                      DIRECT SHIP SECTION


 ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY HC #19 (MR)                       
 ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY HC VOL 01                     
 BATTLE POPE TP VOL 02 MAYHEM (MR)                      
 BATTLE POPE TP VOL 03 PILLOW TALK (MR)            
 BLACKEST NIGHT #6 (OF 8)                            
 BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL TP VOL 02 CRY OF THE WORM
 CHRONICLES OF SOLOMON KANE TP VOL 01
 DEATH THE HIGH COST OF LIVING TP                    
 EMILY THE STRANGE TP VOL 01                          
 EMPOWERED TP VOL 01
 EMPOWERED TP VOL 02 (MR)                            
 EMPOWERED TP VOL 04 (MR)                               
 EMPOWERED TP VOL 05 (MR)                            
 FABLES TP VOL 07 ARABIAN NIGHTS AND DAYS (MR)       
 FABLES TP VOL 08 WOLVES (MR)                        
 FABLES TP VOL 10 THE GOOD PRINCE (MR)                 
 HELLBOY TP VOL 04 RIGHT HAND OF DOOM                   
 HELLBOY TP VOL 05 CONQUEROR WORM                       
 HELLBOY TP VOL 06 STRANGE PLACES (MR)                  
 JOHNNY HOMICIDAL MANIAC DIRECTORS CUT SC               
 KAFKA GN                                              
 MMW DOCTOR STRANGE HC VOL 04                         
 MODERN WARFARE 2 GHOST #2 (OF 6) (MR)                
 MODERN WARFARE 2 GHOST 2 COVER B #1 (OF 6) (MR)         
 NIGHTMARES & FAIRY TALES TP VOL 01 (MR)             
 PUNISHER BORN TP (MR)                              
 SAGA SOLOMON KANE TP
 SCUD THE DISPOSABLE ASSASSIN THE WHOLE SHEBANG TP     
 SOLOMON KANE TP CASTLE OF DEVIL NEW PTG             
 STAR WARS LEGACY TP VOL 07 STORMS
 ULTIMATE X-MEN TP VOL 05 ULTIMATE WAR                 
 ULTIMATE X-MEN TP VOL 15 MAGICAL                       
 ULTIMATE X-MEN TP VOL 18 APOCALYPSE                  
 ULTIMATUM TP                                          
 VEEPS HC (MR)                                          
 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER (MR)            
 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 03 ONE SMALL STEP (MR)         
 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 04 SAFEWORD (MR)                

Diamond Invoice 1/20/10.

  AGE OF REPTILES JOURNEY #1                           
 AGE OF REPTILES JOURNEY #2 (OF 4)                     
 NOV090226D  AIR #17 (MR)                                           
 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #618 GNTLT                           
 AMERICAN TERROR GN VOL 01 CONFESSION OF A HUMAN SM   
 ANIMA SHADOW OF OMEGA CARD GAME
 ANNA MERCURY 2 #3 (OF 5) (MR)                         
 AUTHORITY THE LOST YEAR #5 (OF 12)                      
 AVENGERS VS AGENTS OF ATLAS #1                        
 AZRAEL #4                                         
 BABYLON 5 ACTA POWERS & PRINCIPALITIES SC
 BARRY WINDSOR SMITH CONAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 01
 BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #8                         
 BATMAN WIDENING GYRE #4 (OF 6)                        
 BELLA SARA CCG HOLIDAY TIN
 BENIGN ICONS ART OF PATRICK JAMES WOODROFFE HC
 BEST OF WIZARD OF ID HC
 BETTY & VERONICA #244                                
 BLACK WIDOW AND MARVEL GIRLS #3 (OF 4)               
 BLACK WIDOW DEADLY ORIGIN #3 (OF 4)                   
 BLACKEST NIGHT THE FLASH #2 (OF 3)                 
 BRAVE AND THE BOLD #31                               
 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 01 LONG WAY HOME               
 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 02 NO FUTURE FOR YOU
 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 03 WOLVES AT THE GATE
 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 04 TIME OF YOUR LIFE            
 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 05 PREDATOR & PREY
 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #31 JO CHEN CVR                
 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS TP VOL 01             
 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS TP VOL 05
 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS TP VOL 06
 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS TP VOL 07
 CABLE MINI-BUST
 CAPTAIN AMERICA #602                                
 CARS RADIATOR SPRINGS #3
 CASE CLOSED GN VOL 33
 CATWOMAN #83 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                    
 CDS NEW BOARDS
 CLEANERS TP VOL 01 ABSENT BODIES
 COMICARE CURRENT BOARDS
 CONAN RPG TRIAL OF BLOOD
 COWBOY NINJA VIKING #3 (OF 4) (MR)                     
 D&D 4TH ED GSL SCARRPORT CITY OF SECRETS
 DANNY KETCH GHOST RIDER STATUE
 DARK AVENGERS #13 SIEGE                                
 DARK AVENGERS #7 BIANCHI VAR DAX                       
 DARK HORSE ONE SHOT WONDER INCENTIVE LITHO
 DARK WOLVERINE #82 SIEGE                              
 DARKNESS SHADOWS & FLAME (ONE SHOT)                    
 DAYTRIPPER #2 (OF 10) (MR)                            
 DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #7                         
 DEATHLOK #3 (OF 7)                                   
 DEVILS PANTIES HC VOL 02 (MR)                          
 DOCTOR VOODOO AVENGER OF SUPERNATURAL #4                
 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SIXTIES COOL
 ENGINEER HC                                          
 FABLES #92 (MR)                                        
 FARSCAPE ONGOING #3                                   
 GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS HAPPY VALLEY #2 (OF 9)
 GEARS OF WAR #11 (MR)                               
 GI JOE #14                                             
 GI JOE MOVIE SNAKE EYES #1                            
 GI JOE MOVIE SNAKE EYES #2                           
 GI JOE MOVIE SNAKE EYES #3                            
 GI JOE MOVIE SNAKE EYES #4                          
 GLAMOURPUSS #11                                        
 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #44 (BLACKEST NIGHT)               
 GRIND BOARD GAME
 HALO 3 RED SPARTAN VER 2 PX ARTFX STATUE
 HANK KETCHAMS COMPLETE DENNIS THE MENACE 1961-1962  
 HEAVY METAL MARCH 2010 (MR)
 HELLBLAZER #263 (MR)                                
 HULK #19 DJURDJEVIC VAR FOH                           
 HULK #19 FOH                                           
 HYPERION MINI-BUST
 INCREDIBLE HERCULES #140                                
 INCREDIBLE HULK #606 FOH                                
 INCV KOLCHAK NIGHT STALKER O/T LIVING DEAD VARIANT    
 JOE THE BARBARIAN #1 (OF 8) (MR)                      
 JOHNNY BLAZE GHOST RIDER STATUE
 KAMIKAZE GIRLS NOVEL
 LOONEY TUNES #179                                       
 LOONEY TUNES #180                                      
 LOONEY TUNES #181                                      
 LOONEY TUNES #182                                       
 MARTIAN FLUXX CARD GAME DIS
 MECHWARRIOR CHAMPIONS VOL 1 ACTION PACK
 MERC #1                                                
 MICE TEMPLAR DESTINY #6                                
 MIGHTY AVENGERS #33                                   
 MUPPET SHOW TREASURE OF PEG LEG WILSON #4 (OF 4)
 NOVA #33                                                
 OBAMA STORY GN                                       
 OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 34
 OSAKA POPSTAR DEVIL DOG VINYL FIG SKELETON SUIT ED    
 OUT OF PICTURE SC VOL 01 VILLARD ED
 OUT OF PICTURE SC VOL 02
 OUTSIDERS #26                                         
 PHANTOM GENERATIONS #4
 PHANTOM GHOST WHO WALKS #5                           
 PHANTOM STRANGER #42 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                 
 PHANTOM STRANGER #42 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                
 POWER GIRL #8                                        
 POWER OF SHAZAM #48 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                   
 PROJECT SUPERPOWERS CHAPTER TWO #6                    
 RAPTURE #6 (OF 6)                                     
 RASL #6 (MR)                                       
 REALM OF KINGS INHUMANS #3 (OF 5)                       
 ROMANCE IS IN THE FLESH OF THE SWORD DVD 02
 RUNEQUEST PLAYERS GUIDE TO GLORANTHA SC
 SECRET SIX (BLACKEST NIGHT) #17                       
 SMUGGLING SPIRITS HC                                 
 SOLOMON KANE DEATHS BLACK RIDERS #1 (OF 4)            
 SOME NEW KIND OF SLAUGHTER HC (MR)                   
 SPIDER-MAN 1602 #4 (OF 5)                              
 SPIDER-WOMAN #5                                       
 STAR TREK DS9 FOOLS GOLD #2                        
 STAR WARS DARK TIMES #15 BLUE HARVEST PT 3 (OF 5)    
 STAR WARS INSIDER #113 SPECIAL NEWSSTAND ED
 STAR WARS KNIGHTS OLD REPUBLIC #49 DEMON
 STARCRAFT #7                                          
 STARMAN #81 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                                                 
 SUICIDE SQUAD #67 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                 
 SUPERMAN BATMAN #68                                    
 SUPERNATURAL BEGINNINGS END #1 (OF 6)                 
 TALES OF TMNT #66                                       
 THUNDERBOLTS #140   
 TRAVELLER RPG
 TRAVELLER RPG CIVILIAN VEHICLES
 TRAVELLER RPG TRADERS GUNBOATS SC
 TRAVELLER RPG TRIPWIRE
 ULTIMATUM REQUIEM TP                                 
 UNCANNY X-MEN #520                                     
 UNCLE SCROOGE #387
 VATICAN HUSTLE GN                                 
 VISIONS OF NEVER COLLECTION FANTASY ART SC
 WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #4 GNTLT                             
 WEIRD WESTERN TALES #71 (BLACKEST NIGHT)               
 WICKED CITY NOVEL VOL 01 (MR)                       
 WITCH GN 03 THE REVEALING
 WITH THE LIGHT RAISING AUTISTIC CHILD GN VOL 04
 WITH THE LIGHT RAISING AUTISTIC CHILD GN VOL 05
 WOLVERINE WEAPON X #9                                  


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 AMORY WARS TP VOL 02 SECOND STAGE TURBINE BLADE        
 ANITA BLAKE VH GUILTY PLEASURES HC VOL 01             
 ANITA BLAKE VH GUILTY PLEASURES TP VOL 01            
 ANITA BLAKE VH TP FIRST DEATH                          
 ART OF WITCHBLADE                                    
 ASTONISHING X-MEN TP VOL 05 GHOST BOX                 
 BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP                        
 BATMAN WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER HC   
 BATTLE POPE TP VOL 01 GENESIS
 BEASTS OF BURDEN #3 (OF 4)                              
 BPRD TP VOL 02 SOUL OF VENICE AND OTHER STORIES        
 BPRD TP VOL 03 PLAGUE OF FROGS                       
 BPRD TP VOL 04 THE DEAD                             
 BPRD TP VOL 05 THE BLACK FLAME                         
 CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN WHO WILL WIELD THE SHIELD      
 CARTOON GUIDE TO SEX TP (MR)                        
 CHEW TP VOL 01 (MR)                                    
 CONAN TP VOL 00 BORN ON BATTLEFIELD
 CONAN TP VOL 02 GOD I/T BOWL & OTHER STORIES           
 CRIMINAL MACABRE A CAL MCDONALD MYSTERY TP             
 CRIMINAL MACABRE COMPLETE CAL MCDONALD STORIES TP      
 CRIMINAL MACABRE MY DEMON BABY TP
 CRIMINAL MACABRE TWO RED EYES TP
 DEAD AT 17 AFTERBIRTH TP VOL 01                      
 DEADPOOL TP VOL 02 DARK REIGN                       
 EX MACHINA TP VOL 04 MARCH TO WAR (MR)               
 EX MACHINA TP VOL 08 DIRTY TRICKS (MR)              
 FABLES TP VOL 05 THE MEAN SEASONS (MR)               
 FABLES TP VOL 06 HOMELANDS (MR)                      
 GI JOE MOVIE SNAKE EYES #1                            
 GI JOE MOVIE SNAKE EYES #2                            
 GI JOE MOVIE SNAKE EYES #3                            
 GI JOE MOVIE SNAKE EYES #4                             
 HALO UPRISING PREM HC (MR)                            
 INCOGNITO TP (MR)                                   
 JLA AVENGERS TP                                     
 JLA DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 01                       
 JLA DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 02                          
 JOKER HC                                             
 MAUS SURVIVORS TALE COMPLETE HC
 OUTSIDERS #25 (BLACKEST NIGHT)                          
 PENNY ARCADE TP VOL 05 THE CASE OF THE MUMMYS GOLD     
 PREACHER TP VOL 04 ANCIENT HISTORY
 PRINCE VALIANT HC VOL 01 1937-1938
 PUNISHER MAX TP VOL 04 UP IS DOWN AND BLACK
 QUEEN SONJA #1                                        
 QUEEN SONJA #2                                        
 REX MUNDI TP VOL 01 GUARDIAN O/T TEMPLE DH ED
 ROBERT E HOWARD COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN        
 ROCKETEER COMPLETE COLLECTION HC VOL 01              
 RUNAWAYS GOOD DIE YOUNG PREM HC                       
 RUNAWAYS HOMESCHOOLING PREM HC                        
 RUNAWAYS PREM HC TEENAGE WASTELAND                   
 RUNAWAYS ROCK ZOMBIES PREM HC                       
 RUNAWAYS TRUE BELIEVERS PREM HC                       
 SANDMAN TP VOL 07 BRIEF LIVES                         
 SANDMAN TP VOL 08 WORLDS END                        
 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 01 SP PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE
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Diamond Product, 1/13/10.

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Short movie reviews.

Going to see Avatar this week, on a weekday, now that families are back to school and work.

It's not so much that I mind the crowds, but that I feel like I need an escape hatch. Long movies are just too much for the twits. I had a family making fun of the Titanic, especially at the end, and I was livid. I turned around at the end of the movie and let them have it -- but of course, I looked like the bad guy.

Same thing at the Return of the King. Theater was packed, no place to move, and couple sat down behind me and the woman let out a suffering sigh --- "Oh, this is going to be such a looooong movie..."

I should have tried to move right then and there.

They lasted about an hour, and then it was chatter, chatter, every twenty minutes. (As if it was a commercial break at home.) Again, I confronted them, again I walked away thinking it wasn't worth it.

I've tried to avoid the situation ever since. I've moved a couple of times. I actually can usually ignore it during comedies and action flicks -- but drama? Way to pull me out of the moment!

Anyway, we went to see Sherlock Holmes, last week.

For a Sherlock Holmes movies, it was a great Guy Ritchie movie...

I read all the Sherlock Holmes stories as a kid, which was quite the accomplishment at the time -- it had to be a million words, or something. Anyway, it turned me into a bit of a traditionalist. I have a strong image of Holmes, and movies and books usually miss the point. I tried reading a book where he was married --- and that was Just Wrong. Sherlock Holmes would Never marry.

So I went to this movie, saying to myself that it was a Guy Richie movie (I really enjoyed Rockandrolla, and Snatch, and all his others....)

Sure enough, it seemed to be about this greasy English fellow, named Herblock Jones, or something, who could visualize a fight in advance, but couldn't seem to figure out anything else...

Nice action flick.

Yesterday, we went to see The Road, which has to be the most faithful adaptation I've ever seen. It seemed to match the book all the way down the line. McCarthy has such an existentialist approach, that it was slightly jarring to see all the tears....but not out of place.

Linda had the same complaint she always has. "How come the bad guys can band together, but not the good guys?"

The book was a bit of set-piece; logically, it was hard to see a scenario where there would be this number of survivors and that amount of resources.

But in such a set up, IF there was be limited resources -- feeding a kind stranger literally means starving your own kid.

I think he's also saying, in a world where no one can trust anyone else, it's impossible for the good people to coalesce. The bad people can get together and eat other people, so not so much of a problem, as long as you watch your back....

The hope at the ending, just like in the book, is a bit raggedy. I mean, fair enough given all that came before -- it asks faith that something good will happen, even though all the evidence is to the contrary. Like I said, an existentialist setup -- ain't that just like real life?