Quick!  Someone go to B&N and buy me a Nook!  I want a cool eReader.  I had to work at Borders as they sank, don’t I deserve some book related compensation?  I can read Fathom and Soulfire and Dead Man’s Run anywhere.

But lets have the fine people at Aspen Comics tell you all about it.

Aspen Comics Now Available on Nook Courtesy of Graphicly

Press Release             

02-06-11

Aspen Comics is expanding its accessibility in the digital comics marketplace by now offering their titles through Barnes and Noble’s popular Nook devices and apps, courtesy of their digital distribution partner, Graphicly. The move marks another platform fans of the publisher can seek to purchase Aspen titles while also presenting them to a new audience through Barnes and Noble’s massive online bookstore. Aspen Editor-in-Chief states:

“We’re excited to work alongside Graphicly to deliver our wonderful library of Aspen titles to a new audience and platform on the Nook. In addition to our launch collections, we will be working quickly to add to the number of books available, so fans can look forward to seeing even more new collected series on the horizon shortly.”

Aspen titles included in the initial launch on the Nook include: The Aspen Extended Edition, Executive Assistant: Iris Volume One, Fathom Volume One, Fathom: Cannon Hawke, Fathom: Dawn of War, Fathom: Kiani Volume One, Shrugged Volume One, and Soulfire: Volume One.

The initial launch titles will be offered as complete collected editions only and prices may vary. For more information on purchasing Aspen titles for the Nook please check www.barnesandnoble.com. For more information on Graphicly please check www.graphicly.com and for more information on Aspen Comics please check www.aspencomics.com

 

 

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Onto the books.  Or.  Lets get this comic party started!

All New Batman The Brave and the Bold #16

An adorable looking Batgirl, and the Bat-Mite drooling all over her?  This book cant be anything but fun.

Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X #5

It takes a major threat for a heroic robot to feel this small.  Oh, and it is major.  Full review already up on the site!

Buffy Season 9 Freefall #6

Its Buffy vs. the Day Walker.  Tomb of Buffy!  Ah, you see what I’m getting at here.  Throw your favorite reference to Marvel’s 1970s horror titles on this too!

Carnage USA #3

I really wasn’t sure about this cover until I understood what it was depicting.  More like double crossing the Delaware, am I right?!

The Ninjettes #1

Seriously.  What the hell is this?  It looks like a fan service manga with a big name on it.  Lets see if its written as more, or if I struck gold on my first guess.

Journey Into Mystery #634

Not a zombie.  No, something far worse is going on here.  I’ve been told to read JIM for quite a while now.  Anyone want to tell me if the stories on the inside have been as good if not better than these covers?

The Living Corpse Exhumed #6

I mean you have to put a Kraven’s Last Hunt tribute on the best of the week list no matter what, right?

New Mutants #37

Mephisto?  On a date?!  I have to pick this one up on curiosity alone, and that is what a good cover is supposed to do.

Spongebob Comics #7

Conan!  Conan and Spongebob got together and made this cover!  Oh sweet Frazetta.

This may take place at the UFC on Fox 4 on August 4th in Los Angeles.

The Ghost of Station X series comes to an end and wow is it big.  I need to be spoiler free though, so how to tell you all about this last issue without telling you all about it?

Atomic Robo meets the big bad who has been pulling the strings all series long, and its a doozy.  He is pitted against an enemy that is at once strange and familiar, advanced yet old, evil yet charming, and most dangerous of all: very very smart.  Its a classic centuries old story told with robots.  Paradise Lost with technology.  The bad guy has his reasons for every action and even though it would have meant the destruction of the human race his logic is sound.  Misguided, evil, but it is very easy to see how he came to his decisions.  That frightening level of intelligence that sees moves so far in the future it must change the past in order to come out on top.  Its like sitting down to play chess against an opponent and discovering the game actually started two weeks ago.

This evil is so smart, so large, that I actually thought this was the end of Robo.  I imagined the ultimate self sacrifice and a fitting tribute.  He is a hero.  This is what heroes do.  They enter battles knowing it may be their last, but doing it anyways.  While the villains are always stronger, faster, smarter the fact is they need to be that all the time while in conflict.  The hero needs only find that one lucky break.  The one oversight, the one flaw, in order to win.

I wont tell you if Robo survives, I wont tell you much about this spectacular final issue.  I will say that by the time you finish this comic you will believe that a robot can feel, can question, can have a crisis, and can work through all of that to be a hero.

Tonight, all six men involved in the RAW Elimination Chamber match will compete in a six man challenge match to see who will get the last entrant spot. Also, we hear from HHH regarding a match between himself and the Undertaker at WrestleMania this year.

World Wrestling Entertainment presents RAW
Date: 2/6/2012
From: Oklahoma City, OK

A video highlighting the ending of last weeks program is aired to kick off the show. It looks like we will be getting Undertaker vs. HHH at WrestleMania, yet again.

Triple H’s music hits and he makes his way out to the ring. The fans are actually big HHH fans as they chant his name before he can speak. HHH clarifies that last week he was out there to fire Johnny Ace. He calls Ace a liar and a weasel among other insults. HHH doesn’t see anything redeeming in Ace. Apparently, Ace met with the Board of Directors to try and keep hi job for the time being. HHH talks about the return of the Undertaker last week. He notes that Taker was carried from the ring last year at Mania for the first time in his career. HHH says he still gets a rush when he hears Taker’s gong. He says he is humbled to be in the ring with the Undertaker. HHH says last week he didn’t have a rush when he looked in Taker’s eyes. Instead, he felt sorry for the Undertaker. We end up seeing a video that highlights the Undertaker’s career, because that is how HHH wants to remember him. He doesn’t want to remember what he did to the Undertaker last year. HHH ends up declining the challenge to wrestle the Undertaker at WrestleMania. HHH knows that if they meet again he has to end the Undertaker. HHH believes that everyone, including the Undertaker, has their limit. He isn’t going to be the guy who puts the Undertaker past his limit. He considers it over with the Undertaker. His music stops playing and he remains in the ring as the lights go out! There is a video playing with the Undertaker saying that it’s not over. Undertaker will not let that image be his last in the fans eyes. He wants vengeance. Taker is going to give HHH one more chance at immortality. This is NOT over!

Opening Contest: Big Show vs. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan
Bryan has brought AJ out with him for the match. Show opens the match hammering away on Bryan in the corner. Show drops Bryan with several head butts and delivers a scoop slam. Bryan stops Show with a dropkick to his knee as we go to commercial. Bryan has a single leg Boston Crab on Show, but Show gets up and clotheslines Bryan before hitting a spear for a two count. Show signals for the end but Bryan counters the choke slam with a choke hold! Show breaks free easily but misses a splash and Bryan delivers a kick to the face for a two count.

Bryan is kicked off the apron and crashes to the floor where AJ is standing over him. Show soon goes to the floor and AJ is begging Show to not touch him because he is hurt. Bryan kicks Show in the leg and avoids a splash which saw AJ nearly get splashed up against the steps! Bryan grabs AJ and they walk away from Show who gets back in the ring and Bryan loses by count-out.

Your Winner: Big Show via count-out
Match Rating: 3/4*

Daniel Bryan gets on the microphone and calls Show a freak. He questions what kind of man Big Show is. Bryan says that Show proved that he ran over AJ on purpose last month. Bryan wants to know why Show would torture a poor innocent woman. Bryan says that protecting AJ is more important than anything else. Bryan believes that at the Elimination Chamber he will still be the WWE World Heavyweight Champion!

Apparently, last week John Cena talked to Carl Edwards. Edwards invites Cena to wave the green flag of the Daytona 500 on February 26th.

David Otunga is standing in the ring after a video promoting the Elimination Chamber was aired. Otunga puts over Ace as being a creative, intelligent man. He prays that the Board of Directors will do the right thing and allow Ace to keep his job. Otunga proceeds to pray while doing the Tebow stance in the ring. Justin Roberts reveals that Otunga will be having a match right now. That was an order from Triple H, by the way.

Second Contest: David Otunga vs. Sheamus 
Sheamus tries to hit the Celtic Cross, but Otunga bails to the floor only to be met with a running axe handle shot back in the ring. Sheamus clubs away on Otunga’s chest. Otunga fights back with a DDT but only gets a one count. Otunga controls Sheamus with stomps and chokes. Sheamus gets up and when Otunga turns around, he is met with the Brogue Kick. That is good enough for the win.

Your Winner: Sheamus via pin fall

Backstage, Chris Jericho is walking to the ring as we go to commercial.

Chris Jericho makes his way down to the ring. Jericho says that the end of the world as we know it as arrived. Jericho says that he has made every other performer obsolete. Jericho calls everyone else a Jericho wannabe. He says that they have stolen his ideas that he has stolen his thoughts. He also calls the fans Chris Jericho wannabes. Jericho brags that he has trolled everyone without saying a word. Jericho calls Miz a wannabe. He did incredible moves well before Kofi Kingston. Jericho notes that he told people to shut the hell up while R-Truth now says what’s up. He was in the main event with Stephanie McMahon by his side. Jericho considers CM Punk the worst of them all. He doesn’t find Punk to be the best in the world by any means. Jericho says he is the best at everything he does. Jericho doesn’t have to write it on the back of a shirt because he knows it. Jericho reminds us that he was the first WWE Undisputed Champion and won all the major titles in the WWE. This is the end of the world as we know it. He is back to reclaim what is his… and now he has been cut off by CM Punk. Punk is in the ring with the fans chanting his name. Punk drops the microphone and simply raises the WWE Championship in the air before turning his back. He is tempting Jericho to hit him but Jericho doesn’t do it and Punk leaves the ring. Jericho is frustrated because Punk didn’t say anything!

Third Contest: WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes & Wade Barrett vs. Randy Orton & The Great Khali 
Rhodes hammers away on Orton to open up the match until Orton stops him with an elbow and a scoop slam. Khali is tagged in by Orton, who wasn’t expecting it. Khali punches Barrett and chops him in the corner. Barrett runs into a clothesline and Khali plays to the crowd before chopping Orton for a tag. Barrett kicks Orton in the gut and delivers a swinging neck breaker for a two count. Rhodes tags in and works on Orton with stomps. Orton battles back with right hands but is met with a dropkick from Rhodes for a two count. Orton blocks a bulldog by hitting a back suplex on Rhodes. Orton hits a snap power slam on Barrett and plants Rhodes with an elevated DDT.

Khali tags in while Orton looks for the RKO. Khali avoids the Disaster Kick by chopping Rhodes over the head to win the match.

After the match, Khali misses a chop on Orton and is planted with the RKO!

Your Winners: Randy Orton & the Great Khali via pin fall
Match Rating: *1/4

Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler hype up the John Cena vs. The Rock feud.

Fourth Contest: Eve, Kelly Kelly, Alicia Fox & Tamina vs. WWE Divas Champion Beth Phoenix, Natayla, The Bella Twins
Phoenix clotheslines Eve in the early moments of the match but only gets a two count on a cover attempt. Phoenix slams Eve to the mat and tags in Brie by slapping her on the chest. Brie hits a swinging neck breaker on Eve. Tamina gets in and drops Brie with a Samoan Drop. Tamina heads to the top rope and hits a big splash to win the match.

Your Winners: Tamina, Eve, Kelly Kelly & Alicia Fox via pin fall

We see a preview of the Rock on Jay Leno to be aired later on in the evening. Rock is excited about WrestleMania, that’s all we hear from the video.

Backstage, Triple H is on the phone when Johnny Ace enters the room. Ace says he respects the Board of Directors and says they are nice people. Ace says that Shawn Michaels is going to be on the show next week. Ace suggested a match for the Elimination Chamber pay per view. The match will be John Cena vs. Kane. HHH likes the idea for the match. HHH jokes with Ace about his career flat lining. Ace leaves the room after HHH threatens him again.

Backstage, Josh Matthews talks to Johnny Ace about what will happen tomorrow. Ace has admitted to his mistakes and is honest. Ace talks about HHH who is refusing to wrestle the Undertaker. He considers HHH to be a coward.

Main Event: Six Pack Challenge: The Winner Will Be The Last Entrant In The Chamber
R-Truth vs. The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Chris Jericho vs. WWE Champion CM Punk 
Everyone aside from Punk attack Jericho until Punk nearly rolls Miz up for the win. Punk gets another two count after a neck breaker on Miz. Jericho is on the floor while the other five are working on each other in the ring. Ziggler is stomping away on Kingston in the corner. Miz nearly rolls Truth up for a three count but Punk broke the cover up. Miz avoids a knee lift by Punk in the corner. Truth goes for a slingshot senton splash on Miz but hits the ground hard. Kofi takes Miz and Jericho out with a top rope cross body. Ziggler taunts the fans in the ring until he is clotheslined by Punk as RAW goes to commercial.

Truth is being helped to the backstage area and is out of the match now. Ziggler splashes Punk in the corner but Miz misses a splash. Punk drops both men with a clothesline. Punk hits a neck breaker/ DDT combo on Ziggler and Miz for a two count on Miz! Ziggler prevents the Anaconda Vice from being locked in on Miz. Kofi saves Ziggler from the same fate by kicking Punk in the head. Punk dumps Kofi over the top to the floor as Jericho enters the ring. Ziggler and Miz prevent anything from happening as they attack both men.

Jericho and Miz both go down following a double clothesline. Ziggler is gouging Punk’s eyes in the corner. Punk stops Ziggler on the top rope and hammers away on Ziggler. Punk hits a superplex after Jericho and Miz slammed him off the middle rope. Miz and Jericho pin Punk and Ziggler but both men kick out. Miz is sent to the floor after Kofi hit the Trouble In Paradise! Jericho nails Kofi with a middle rope missile dropkick for a two count. Kofi nearly pins Jericho after a middle rope cross body. Kofi dropkicks Jericho and rolls Jericho up for a two count. Jericho misses the Lionsault on Kofi. Jericho blocks the Trouble In Paradise by locking in the Walls of Jericho! Punk kicks Jericho and sends him to the floor. Ziggler enters but he is hit with the GTS! Jericho yanks Punk out and tosses him over the announcers table! Jericho enters the ring and pins Ziggler to win the match!

Your Winner: Chris Jericho via pin fall
Match Rating: ***

Chris Jericho has the WWE Championship over his shoulder and sits in the ring much like what CM Punk does. Punk is sitting on the floor behind the table.

Backstage, we hear Eve crying as Kane has entered her locker room. She is just wearing a towel. Kane tells her that he has to do something. Kane tells her that Cena is getting closer to embracing the hate. Kane warns her that he is afraid for anyone who gets in his path if Cena doesn’t embrace the hate. Kane tells Eve that for the first time in his life he is afraid of himself to end the show.

Final Thoughts: 
I found this weeks episode of RAW to be rather boring to me. The wrestling matches weren’t at all interesting to me, at least anything before the main event. I say that, and even the main event was exactly great, either. I’m giving this weeks RAW a big thumbs down.

Thanks for reading.

Pete talks about Before Watchmen and shares some of his Ebay scores. Steve delves into this week’s haul. Ramon sits this one out for a full episode of quiet time, as penance for the whole Ramon’s Basement thing.
Original: http://www.petesbasement.com/node/831
In this episode: Alan Moore,Amazing Spider-Man,Avengers vs. X-Men,Before Watchmen,Comic Connection,Crime Horror And Fantasy,Death of Superman,Doomsday,Dr. Manhattan,eBay,Episode,Flash,Geoffrey’s Comics,Locke And Key: Clockworks,Minute Men,Nite Owl,Ozymandias,Punisher,R. Crumb,Rorschach,Silk Spectre,Silver Surfer,The Comedian,The House of Terror,Twilight Zone,Uncanny X-Force,Uncanny X-Men,Watchmen,Weird Fantasy,Werewolf By Night,Winter Soldier

The issue starts with the greatest freeway battle you will ever see.  Oh yeah.  Better than the Matrix or Transformers.  I would say get Atomic Robo on the big screen but chances are someone at a studio would mess it up and we would all be disappointed in the representation of our beloved hero.

Speaking of cinema and heroes, the great 1970s genre of films comes back in force this issue.  That’s right, its time for some CB adventure! Breaker Breaker, Atomic Robo style!  With all of our GPS and cell phone tower pings its tougher and tougher to be off of radar.  Should disaster and an apocalypse happen (you know, like zombies) the citizens band and ham radios will be our major source of communication.  There are enough enthusiasts still who could get a ham radio up and running, but do you think you could go into your garage and create the internet?

But these are the things Atomic Robo teaches its readers.  Look at one scene in the book.  Robo comes in and says, “we need a convoy” and is met by silence.  That is, until he follows it up with “for science!” and everyone chips in.  For science?!  Who does anything these days for the greater intellectual good of the world?  I say this at a time when people have never used more technology while simultaneously getting dumber.

This is the moment when I realized what I have been reading and why I’m loving it so much.  Atomic Robo is an American Doctor Who.  Seriously.  Follow me here.  Robo has been around longer than he looks.  He is trying to make humanity better because while he is more advanced than we are, he sees the potential.  Even though he is smart and powerful enough to do everything himself, he works best with companions.  Its done best as one short self contained story.  And, as Craig Ferguson put it,  ”intellect and romance triumph over brute force and cynicism!”  Granted, not too much romance in this series but my point remains!

Only one more issue left to get my fix, and guess who was gifted with an advanced reader copy?

Sheamus and Wade Barrett talk.  Then Cody Rhodes, then the Big Show and it all ends with a big tag team match for tonight.

The Great Khali vs. Jinder Mahal.  Khali wins via chokeslam.  I thought this angle was over long ago.

Teddy Long and Daniel Bryan talk.

Beth Phoenix vs. Alicia Fox.  Beth wins and then beats up Alicia some more.  Tamina makes the save.

What the hell?  Tyson Kidd farts and Hornswoggle blames it on Natalya.  I’m just disgusted with this angle.  Some one got paid a lot of money to create this garbage.

Big Show and Sheamus vs. Cody Rhodes and Wade Barrett.  Sheamus hits a Brogue kick on Wade for the pin.

Michael Cole talks to AJ.  Daniel Bryan shows up, tries to pull AJ away.  Teddy Long comes along and has words for Bryan.  Please no, not an abuse story line.

Hunico vs. Ted DiBiase.  Teddy wins.

Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton.  Big Show comes out and joins the announcers.  DB tries to leave, Show throws him back in, Orton hits the RKO and new champ?!  No.  Orton got DQ’ed when Big Show threw Bryan back in.  Orton and Show go at it, Show knocks out Randy.

“That wasn’t done on a whim.”

Yes, to answer your question, page 3 of the third issue had one of my favorite lines in the entire book!  It really is crazy to have some of the best writing I’ve ever read so early in three consecutive issues.  The mouse trap analogy is brilliant and I will now waste a good chunk of time waiting for the perfect moment to steal it and use it in every day conversation.

Everything in this book is brilliant though.  Besides this robot man walking around everything is within the limits of science.  Sure, some of it is experimental unproven and theoretical science, but its science nonetheless.  My two scientist friends (seriously, can someone send me the names and a brief backstory?!) throw the insane idea out there of a computer that is designed to keep its existence a secret.

WHAT?!

It causes a brain cramp to think about it.  But if they didn’t create the computer then there would be no need to create a computer that covers its own existence because it actually wouldn’t exist, and oh I’ve gone all cross eyed again.

Don’t get worried and feel like there isn’t any action in a book called Atomic Robo.  We still don’t know who the evil mastermind is in this story, but his/her minions make their presence known in this issue.  Guns, tanks and giant robots galore!

Everything looks how it feels in this issue.  What’s that? Yes, this is where I get to the art.  When Atomic Robo jumps out of a building the panel is huge!  The angles, the weapons, the danger.  It feels immense.  When he is stuck in an office and bad things are about to happen while he is trapped in a tiny place – small panels.  Holy crap!  Someone dogeared and high lighted their copy of Understanding Comics and then created an advanced class in it.

Finally, the last page of the book.  ”Red 5 Standing By…”  When was the last time you saw a comic book company hype up how accessible they are to children?  Its been ages.  The short lived Johnny DC was, you know, short lived.  Now we have super heroes doing things we shouldn’t write about in 52 new ways.  I now feel bad that I may have used swear words and possibly other inappropriate language in previous reviews of this title.  There is so little out there that is truly all ages, I would hate to have something vulgar show up in a Google search for Atomic Robo.

Which reminds me, Atomic Robo Awesome.  See I pay attention @Red5Comics