League Podcast and Dig Boston Comic Book Picks of the Week for Wed. December 17, 2014

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The Simpsons's Last Action Movie Hero Rainier Wolfcastle fulfills his promise to be back — in McBain (One-Shot) #1 from Bongo Comics this week! ... Stumptown is code name for the west coast Portland and the title of one of our favorite Rockford Files inspired murder mystery books! Greg Rucka and artist Justin Greenwood put our leading lady Dex in harm's way to get to the bottom of a soccer murder in Stumptown V.3 #4! ... Time is steadily running out in Sandman: Overture #4 of 6 from Neil Gaiman and J.H. Williams III. Savor these last morsels of the Dreaming. ... Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

League Podcast and Dig Boston Comics Picks of the Week for Wed. December 10, 2014

Savage Dragon #200 (Kirby and Larsen Cover)

By Erik Larsen

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Bitch Planet #1

Image Comics

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Harley Quinn Holiday Special #1

By Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti

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Dragon is broken out of prison putting Malcolm in the Middle of some hot action! Celebrate all that is right with comics these days for Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon #200! The only Image founder to stay as the main creator for his book since 1992! Fins UP! Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel) gives us Bitch Planet #1 for a sci-fi prison planet type affair for the feminist in everyone. Finally! ... Harley Quinn Holiday Special #1 pits our mallet bearing clown against department store Santas, Natch! ... Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

LEAGUE PODCAST AND DIG BOSTON COMIC BOOK PICKS FOR WED. NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Flash #36 Lego Variant

By Van Jensen Robert Venditti

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Lego my Allen! These Lego variant covers are sweet, and so is the new Flash TV show and current arc in the comics by Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar, Green Lantern) and artist Brett Booth. Flash #36 hits shelves this week. … Pesky Joes invade Cybertron in this nutso Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #4 issue from Tom Scioli and John Barber. Yo, Cosmic Joe! … Our old tentacle loving pal Ben Templesmith has a new DC book, Gotham by Midnight #1 with Ray Fawkes (Constantine). Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

LEAGUE PODCAST AND DIGBOSTON COMICS PICKS OF THE WEEK FOR DECEMBER 3, 2014

COMICS What's the Secret? Gail Simone (Batgirl, Red Sonja) returns with Dale Eaglesham (Fables) to revive Secret Six #1 for The New 52 featuring Catman, Bane, Deadshot and more! ... Head back to the future for Rai #5 as a new volume starts for the 41st century swordsman. ... Groovy, Man! Army of Darkness #1 puts Ash and the Deadites where no man has gone before — in Space! ... Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

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LEAGUE PODCAST AND DIGBOSTON COMICS PICKS OF THE WEEK FOR WED. NOVEMBER 19, 2014

COMICS Twirl, Twirl, Twirl! Wonder Woman has a new creative team in Meredith & David Finch! Wonder Woman #36 guest stars Swamp Thing, check out the Lego Variant cover! ...Over at Marvel, Jessica Drew aka Spider-Woman gets a new number one spinning out of the Spider-Verse with new hero Silk. Get tangled up in Drew! ... Due to overwhelming response, this week's Lumberjanes #8 is not the last issue! These 5 teenage girls hunting monsters in the woods is exactly what you need in your life! Ride the Jane train and get caught up on this exciting new series from Boom! Studios. ... All-ladies hero comic book week brought to you by LeaguePodcast.com.

LEAGUEPODCAST AND DIGBOSTON COMICS PICKS OF THE WEEK FOR NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Velvet #8

By Ed Brubaker

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Legendary Star Lord #5

By Sam Humphries

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The Humans #0 - Self Published 1st Print- Keenan Marshall Keller, Tom Neely, 2014

By Keenan Marshall Keller

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COMICS Velvet Templeton is taking the battle right into the heart of the agency's HQ but to what end? Your monthly dose of female lead espionage gets hot as HQ is on lockdown in Brubaker & Epting's Velvet #8. The Legendary Star-Lord #5 reveals the mysterious Black Vortex, can Peter keep the artifact under control? ... It's Sons of Bananarchy in The Humans #1! This ape-centric motor gang is coming to your town to replace your Dad's Easy Rider mags from the '70s. They don't call handlebars Ape-Hangers in this one! ... Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

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League Podcast and Dig Boston Comics Picks of the Week for Wed. October 29, 2014

Deathlok #1

By Nathan Edmondson

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COMICS

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. cyborg star Deathlok gets a brand new #1 from spy-fi action writer Nathan Edmondson this week. We're looking forward to Nathan's take on this deadly Marvel mainstay! ... The disturbing look at a violent South returns in Southern Bastards #5 from angry Jasons Aaron and Latour returns to peek at the nasty history of the bastard Coach Boss ... Tim Seely's Sundowners #3 continues his "They Live!" meets Doom Patrol horror comic. ... Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

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LEAGUE PODCAST AND DIGBOSTON COMICS PICKS OF THE WEEK FOR WED. OCTOBER 22, 2014

COMICS

Tony S. Daniel has taken on Batman, Superman/Wonder Woman and the Flash! Who's next? Arrow villain Deathstroke in Deathstroke #1! With a new look, some amnesia and a road of many new missions ahead of him, the assassin will be facing some of the biggest challenges yet! Preview the book here. Bust out the Piña Colada mix, Guardians of The Galaxy Annual #1 welcomes a S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier in space! Mark Millar and Goran Parlov's Duke, along with Space-Boy and the rebels face the Brotean regime in the final issue of this beautiful send off to Flash Gordon and Adam Strange. If you don't pick up Starlight Issue #6, get it in trade. ... Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

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DIGBOSTON AND LEAGUEPODCAST COMICS PICKS OF THE WEEK FOR WED. OCTOBER 15 2014

Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Vol.1

$15.19

By Robbie Morrison

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Dungeons & Dragons Legends of Baldur Gate #1 REG CVR

By Jim Zub

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The Superior Foes of Spider-Man Volume 2: The Crime of the Century

$10.72

By Nick Spencer

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COMICS We're still getting to know the 12th Doctor on TV, but the results are in, Peter Capaldi is the Doctor of a new regeneration! This highly anticipated followup to the 10th and 11th Doctor series comes at you from Titan Books with Doctor Who (12th Doctor) #1. The Doctor and Clara face a mysterious alien fauna! ... One of our favorite sneak peaks from New York Comic Con was this new Dungeons and Dragons book, Legends of Baldurs Gate #1 written by Jim Zub (Skullkickers, Samurai Jack)! "Go for the eyes", said Boo, the miniature giant space hamster! ... It's ALMOST done. The penultimate issue of Superior Foes of Spider-Man, #16, hits the streets today. Artist Steve Lieber heads over to Valiant to Quantum and Woody after this! ... Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

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LEAGUE PODCAST AND DIGBOSTON COMICS PICKS OF THE WEEK FOR WED. OCTOBER 8, 2014

Batgirl (2011-) #35

By Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher

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X-O Manowar #0

By Robert Venditti

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Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #3 (Transformers vs G.I. Joe)

By Tom Scioli, John Barber

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COMICS

It's "that girl", Batgirl in hungover tales of moving to the "Somerville" of Gotham, Burnside. With a practical new outfit, and spending as much time in hipster coffee shops (RIP Sherman Cafe) as she does prowling the city at night, Babs adjusts to her new live in Burnside in Batgirl #35 ... Get to learn the true origin of Aric of Dacia - X-O Manowar in a new issue #0. See how brutal life was for this Visigoth in the Roman Empire! ... Tom Scioli is unleashing the weird and wonderful Jack Kirby via acid trip that is Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #3. Cybertron is under attack from the Joe team! This is intellectual property comics done sideways. .... Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

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LEAGUE PODCAST AND DIG BOSTON COMICS PICKS OF THE WEEK FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014

Gotham Academy #1

By Becky Cloonan, Brendan Fletcher

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COMICS

It's a great week for ladies being represented in comics! Our number one pick of the week is the third-wave Bat-Family book Gotham Adademy #1 The prep school uniform is your new favorite cosplay to rival Hogwarts! ... "We're not worthy, we're not worthy..." to pick up the hammer but someone else is, in the new Thor #1. Jason Aaron's run continues and a new female Thor is revealed! ... NYT best selling author Patricia Briggs' urban fantasy series Mercy Thompson #1, featuring a shapeshifting coyote, comes to comics. This Mercy story is set in official continuity with a brand new storyline! ... Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

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League Podcast and DigBoston Comic Book Picks for Wed. September 24, 2014

COMICS

Yo Joe! Scarlett is the one taking on leadership duties in the Joes in a brand new number G.I. Joe #1 - written by British NYT best selling author Karen Traviss. The ladies finally take over America's Elite Fighting Force! ... Future's End has been kind of a crapshoot, but events in The Flash storyline, where Barry meets his future self in the Speed Force comes to a head in The Flash Future's End #1. ... G-G-G-Ghosts! IDW ends it's amazing Ghostbuster's run at issue #20. To celebrate, the League is giving a pair of tix to MC Chris' All Ages Ghost Hunter tour at Middle East on Sunday 10/5. Hit up feedback@leaguepodcast.com with your favorite Ghostbuster for a chance to win! ... Picks this week from the Unflappable LeaguePodcast.com!

G.I. Joe #1

By Karen Traviss

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Flash Futures End #1 (3D Cover)

By Van Jensen

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Ghostbusters (2013-) #20

By Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening

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LEAGUE PODCAST AND DIGBOSTON COMICS PICKS OF THE WEEK FOR WED., SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Leaving Megalopolis

$12.32

By Gail Simone

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Bumperhead

$16.46

By Gilbert Hernandez

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Thor God of Thunder #25

By Jason Aaron

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COMICS Gail Simone and Jim Calafiore (Secret Six) Kickstarted a dream, but for the citizens of Megalopolis it is a nightmare. Leaving Megalopolis shows what happens when the good heroes turn on the people they were sworn to protect. Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets) delivers a punk rock sequel to last year's Marble Season with Bumperhead from Drawn and Quarterly. It's a story of growing up in the magical way only an Hernandez can illustrate, brilliant coming-of-age stuff with a flavor of 80s punk culture in LA. Verily, celebrate the final, 25th issue of a legendary Thor run with Jason Aaron's Thor God of Thunder featuring the origin of Malekith the Accursed! ... Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

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League Podcast & DigBoston Comics Picks Of The Week For September 10, 2014

Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Vol.1

$15.19

By Al Ewing, Rob Williams

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PROMETHEUS FIRE AND STONE #1

By DARK HORSE COMICS

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TEEN DOG #1

By BOOM! STUDIOS

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COMICS Trust the Doctor as he makes his way to a recession-hit paradise planet. 11 takes on a corporate theme park world with evil mascots and ecological destruction. Sound familiar? Matt Smith is still alive Doctor Who 11th Doctor #2! ... Paul Tobin takes us back to the mystery of the Prometheus voyage to LV-223 for the first time since the motion picture in this mini-series from Dark Horse, Prometheus: Fire and Stone #1. ... It's the comic book you wish you thought of! Teen Dog from Boom! Studios tackles being a teenager from the eyes of your best friend, a pizza loving backpack wearing sunglass donning Teen Dog #1. Eat my shorts! Picks this week from the time shifting LeaguePodcast.com.

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League Podcast and DigBoston Comics Picks of the week for Wed September 3, 2014

The Wrenchies

$16.07

By Farel Dalrymple

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The Victories Volume 1: Touched

$8.99

By Michael Avon Oeming

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Moon Knight #7

By Brian Wood

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COMICS Trifecta Editions artist Farel Dalrymple (Pop Gun War/Prophet) has a new book for us in an original graphic novel called The Wrenchies from First Second Books. The Wrenchies face the oppressive Shadowsmen in this demented future dealing with the uncertainly of growing older. ... Michael Avon Oeming (Powers) has quietly been releasing a fun and exciting team book over at Dark Horse and today The Victories comes to an end at issue #15. The future of mankind is at stake in this exciting conclusion. ... Moon Knight starts a new chapter with Brian Wood (DMZ, Star Wars) taking the reigns where Warren Ellis left off. Declan Shavley still on art for this breakout book of the year in Moon Knight #7. ... Picks this week from the Unflappable LeaguePodcast.com.

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League Podcast and DigBoston Comic Book Picks of the Week for August 27th, 2014

Rachel Rising #28 by Terry Moore

Bob's Burgers #1 by Rachel Hastings

Artist, writer and League pal Liz Prince brings us Tomboy, a graphic memoir of her struggles to find her place growing up, trying to “be a girl.” Liz will be signing copies and speaking today, WED August 27 at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA … Speaking of girls, Rachel of Rachel Rising fame sees the investigation of her own murder take a dramatic turn in Rachel Rising #28 by Terry Moore… Flip a patty and celebrate the comic debut of the Belcher family in Bob’s Burger’s #1, an in-canon comic take brought to you by the creators of the hit Fox TV series. Picks of the week brought to you by Leaguepodcast!  Listen to our milestone 200th episode here!

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League Podcast and DigBoston Comic Book Picks of the Week for Wed. August 20, 2014

Supreme Blue Rose #2

By Warren Ellis

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Wicked and Divine #3

By Kieron Gillen

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COMICS

One of Image Comic's titular super characters is being sought after by sleuth reporter Diane Dane. Supreme: Blue Rose #2 from Warren Ellis and Tula Lotay is beautiful and strange as she tackles the universe itself. ... Following up the hit Phonogram is McKelvie and Gillen's Wicked and Devine #3. Bust out the Sisters of Mercy for this underground goth explosion. ... Justice, Inc. #1 teams up The Shadow, Doc Savage and The Avenger for a pulp team up 75 years in the making written by Michael Uslan, producer of the Batman films! Join LeaguePodcast this SAT 8/23 for their free 200th episode film screening of The Specials at Somerville Theatre. Limited Seats available with RSVP, and it's free!

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League Podcast and DigBoston Comic Book Picks of the Week August 13, 2014

G.I. JOE: Silent Interlude 30th Anniversary Edition

$14.99

By Larry Hama

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Dark Ages #1

By Dan Abnett

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COMICS Yo Joe! SHHHHH....The Silent Interlude is one of the most defining stories in G.I. Joe history. Rushed to a deadline, Larry Hama completed this Snake Eyes story by skipping the lettering step in March of 1984. The deluxe edition 30th Anniversary edition of G.I. Joe #21 quietly glides into shelves today! ... One of the Guardian's of the Galaxy writers Dan Abnett unleashes a mysterious hellspawn onto a medieval Europe with Dark Ages #1 from Dark Horse. ... The Turtles have a good weekend ahead of them so check out TMNT Annual 2014 from original creator Kevin Eastman! ...Picks this week from the Guardians of LeaguePodcast.com.

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