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neW releAse cOmicsMarvelALL-NEW X-MEN VOLUME 1PB $27.99

It’s a blast from the X-Men’s past! Professor X’s original five students - Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel and Beast - are plucked from the past and brought to the present. But what they find - the state of their future selves, and the state of Xavier’s dream - is far from the future they dreamed of.

How will these young, idealistic heroes react when faced with the crushing knowledge of what their future holds?

THOR GOD OF THUNDER VOLUME 1 PB $27.99 A trail of blood threatens to con-sume Thor’s past, present and future! Throughout the ages, gods have been vanishing, their mortal worshippers left in chaos. The only hope for these ravaged

worlds is for Thor to unravel the gruesome mystery of the God Butcher!

AVENGERS - VOLUME 4 HB $34.99Deep in space, the Avengers join the Council of Worlds as they declare war on their cosmic invad-ers. As the Skrull Empire is reborn, witness the first encounter with the Builders! And when betrayal strikes the Galactic Council and

the Avengers find themselves prisoners of war, one last desperate plan is hatched!

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP PB $24.99 Can Spider-Man keep his secrets while facing off with the Secret Avengers? SHIELD has the Cha-meleon. The Superior Spider-Man wants him. Time to break into the

SHIELD Helicarrier!

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN VOLUME 4 PB $24.99Back by popular demand, Spider-Man 2099 returns! But when the future Spidey and the Superior Spidey clash, who will be the most superior Spider-Man in the

multiverse? It may not matter, because the end of the battle brings about a moment that will alter the world of Spider-Man - and the Marvel Universe - for years to come!

INDESTRUCTIBLE HULk VOLUME 3 HB $34.99 Hulk is sent on his most danger-ous mission yet, working for a secret subdivision of S.H.I.E.L.D.! After the events of Age of Ultron, history is breaking - and only the Hulk is strong enough to hold it together! It’s Hulk vs. the Chron-

archists in the last hours before the extinction of the dinosaurs, plus the mystery of the Tomorrow Man

INDESTRUCTIBLE HULk VOLUME 1 PB $27.99 The Incredible Hulk is an inde-structible force of nature, more weapon than man. Bruce Banner is the Hulk’s human alter-ego, and the smartest man alive. Taking on deadly threats including the Mad Thinker, the Quintronic Man and Attuma, Hulk goes from walking

W.M.D. to world saver.

SUPERIOR CARNAGE PB $20.99 Locked away in an asylum, it looks like Carnage is finally gone for good - but his fellow inmates have other plans. Will they suc-cessfully wake the monster...or will this hideous experiment cre-

ate the most powerful, dangerous, maniacal Carnage yet - a Superior Carnage?

X-MENHB $55.99 The X-Men’s past, present and future collide in this 50th anniver-sary event! Something horrible happens to the past versions of the X-Men that shakes spacetime to its core - and more X-Men arrive from the future with a mes-

sage: The original five must return home!

DC ComicsBATMAN BRUCE WAYNE MURDERER?

PB $49.99After being found with the dead body of Vesper Fairchild in his arms, Bruce Wayne is arrested for her murder. Looking to prove Bruce’s innocence, Nightwing, Robin, and Batgirl quickly begin an investigation to discover the true killer.

HARLEY QUINN WELCOME TO METROPOLIS PB $32.99 Having played out every trick on the fine citizens of Gotham City, Harley Quinn - the Joker’s former girlfriend - decides that another city deserves her attention. After all, why menace one city when you can menace two? Especially

if the second has a Man of Steel guarding it.

BATMAN LI’L GOTHAM VOL 1 PB $22.99These gorgeously drawn and painted all-ages tales feature all of your favorite Gotham City characters: Batman, Robin, Nigh-twing, Catwoman, The Joker, The Penguin and many others!

GREEN LANTERN WRATH OF THE FIRST LANTERN HB $39.99

The Wrath of the First Lantern is here as the Green Lanterns battle the Guadians of Oa and the Third Army, but who will win and at what

cost? And as First Lantern moves on the brightest of the Corps for his reality altering experiments, we learn the shocking fate of Hal and Sinestro in this must read crossover event!

CONSTANTINE VOL 1 THE SPARk AND THE FLAME PB $24.99The star of JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK and HELLBLAZER--the longest-running Vertigo series--is unleashed in his own DCU title! Liar, cheater, manipulator...John Constantine is all of these, and

yet he uses these skills and more to protect the world from the darkest corners of the DC Universe

ANIMAL MAN VOL 4 SPLINTER SPECIES PB $24.99Following the loss of his son, Bud-dy has become estranged from his wife and daughter, making him feel completely alone in the world. To compound his problems, Buddy cannot even mourn in peace without the constant media intrusions that his newfound fame

as an actor have brought about

WONDER WOMAN VOL 4 WAR HB $36.99Wonder Woman’s world is shocked to its core when her eldest brother, the First Born, is freed from his slumber. Now, with her family in ruins and her friends scattered, she must turn to Orion and the New Gods of New Gen-esis to save herself and Zola’s

newborn from the First Born’s wrath!

THRESHOLD VOL 1 THE HUNTED PB $32.99Introducing Jediah Caul, a disgraced Green Lantern stripped of his power ring, who is hunted for sport on a televised reality show! Forced to battle aliens from across the galaxy, Caul must band together his own group of rebels to storm the metaphorical

castle of their abductees before the game ends and they lose!

JUSTICE LEAGUE TRINITY WAR HB $49.99The event that the New 52 has been building towards since the beginning! When the three Justice Leagues go to war with one another, who’s side will everyone be on? Allies will be born, friends will become enemies, and the DC Universe will never be the same!

Comic StripsSPY VS SPY FIGHT TO THE FINISH!

MAD PB $19.99 ‘Spy vs. Spy’ has been one of the most popular features in MAD Magazine since 1961. The dia-bolical duo of double-crosses and deceit (one dressed in black, the other in white) have continued to one-up each other until death do they part

CHARLIE BROWN AND FRIENDSCHARLES SCHULzPB $14.99What began in the funny pages in 1950 has developed into an enduring classic. Whether you’re a fussbudget like Lucy, philoso-pher like Linus, Flying Ace like Snoopy, or a lovable loser like

Charlie Brown, there is something to touch your heart or make you laugh in Peanuts. Charles Schulz’s Pea-nuts is one of the most timeless and beloved comic strips ever. Now AMP! helps carry on that legacy with new collections of Peanuts classics focused around topics sure to resonate with young readers. Second in the series is Charlie Brown and Friends. Whether it’s the curious relationship between a bird, Woodstock, and a dog, Snoopy, or the never-ending crush that Peppermint Patty has on Charlie.

graphic nOvels mangakidsADVENTURE TIME RIGHTEOUS RULES FOR

BEING AWESOME PB $14.99With Righteous Rules for Being Awesome, you no longer have to worry about being a smooth

poser. This awesome guide to living life the Adven-ture Time way promises to make all who read it a lot more righteous and a heck of a lot less wrongteous.

DESPICABLE ME 2 ATTACk OF THE EVIL MINIONS PB $9.99The unpredictably hilarious Min-ions are wreaking havoc! Based on the comedy adventure film, Despicable Me 2, this cute and funny picture book has the lovable

Minions turn into EVIL minions and attack the dawn.

MICkEY’S SILLY SHADOW BOOk $19.99This books comes with a remov-able flashlight which has five sound buttons that play sounds while the torch casts shadows of

the pop ups and shines light through the die-cuts. Mickey and the gang are heading outside to go camping, but they can’t find Pluto. The gang splits up and uses flashlights to look for Pluto at a farm, a pond, and even inside the Clubhouse.

MY LITTLE PONY MAGIC FRIENDSHIP SONGS $14.99Join in on the adventures of My Little Pony with these 4 songs from the popular TV series. With 4 sound buttons that play the songs

you can sing along with your favourite characters, Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Flut-tershy, Pinkie Pie and Applejack. My Little Pony is shown on Fox Boomerang Channel.

MY LITTLE PONY STORYBOOkS PB $5.99 EACH

Join in more adventures with the cutest ponies around! Includes 50 stickers.

SMURFS STORYBOOkSPB $5.99 EACH

Join the Smurfs as they go about their wacky ad-ventures in these cute storybooks with over 50 mini stickers.

DISNEY INFINITY ULTIMATE STICkER COLLECTION PB $14.99 Children of all ages can continue the fun of Disney Infinity now with stickers in Ultimate Sticker Col-lection: Disney Infinity! With more

than 1,000 full-color stickers of everyone’s favorite Disney and Pixar characters

DISNEY INFINITY PUzzLE ADVENTURE QUIz & PUzzLE PB $9.99 Test your Disney Infinity knowl-edge with this mix of puzzles and quizzes all about your favourite worlds and characters. Join Mr Incredible, Sulley, Captain

Jack Sparrow and plenty of other wonderful Disney friends as you complete codebreakers, crosswords, wordsearches, sudoku puzzles and more!

MARVEL HEROES UNITE! ULTIMATE STICkER COLLECTION PB $14.99 Ultimate Sticker Collection: Marvel: Heroes Unite! is packed with more than 1,000 stickers of the super heroes, villains, and teams that occupy the Marvel

universe. Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, the Silver Surfer, and the Fantastic Four are all here, and children can learn fun facts about their powers, alter egos, and battles as they match the stickers to the correct spots

MARVEL SUPER BATTLES ORMARVEL VILLAINS BEWARE ULTIMATE STICkER BOOkSPB $9.99 EACH

Marvel Ultimate Sticker Books features over 250 reusable stickers, so you’ll always have fun exploring the exciting Marvel Comics universe. Colourful scenes are waiting for you to add stickers as you create your own stories of good versus evil, or simply follow along with the battles from the many different

universes such as the Kree-Skull War, Civil War, and Annihilation.

DISNEY ADVENTURE LOOk & FIND HB $12.99 There’s something for everyone in this Look and Find adventure featuring popular Pixar charac-ters. Each busy scene showcas-es a different hit movie including Brave, Cars, Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3, and more. Solve the

Look and Find challenges in all eight exciting scenes, and then turn to the back of the book to discover even more activities and adventures

SkYLANDERS SWAP FORCE UNSTOPPABLE STICkER ACTIVITY

PB $7.99In Unstoppable, young Portal Masters get their chance to guide the heroes of Skylanders SWAP Force through a collection of fun puzzles. You can use your stick-ers to complete the activities and help the Skylanders to victory.

SWAP Force characters such as Blast Zone and Wash Buckler are joined by familiar favourites from the fantastical Skylanders Universe.

Graphic NovelsFLINCH V1 PB $19.99

Flinch is a collection of diverse, ma-ture and engaging stories by es-tablished and emerging creators, all playing on their interpretation of ‘flinch’. From facing the ‘other’ within ourselves, to the tale of a prison inmate discovering what keeps him going, to a handful of stories explor-

ing traditional (and non-traditional) hauntings alike

SHERLOCk BONES 4 YUMA ANDOPB $17.99 When Takeru adopts his new pet, he’s in for a surprise - the dog is none other than the reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes, the famous detec-tive! What’s more, this Sherlock

Bones has decided that Takeru is the reincarnation of his long-time assistant, Dr. Watson!

JAMES BOND OMNIBUS V5 JIM LAWRENCEPB $24.99The daring James Bond is back in a definitive bumper edition collecting more of Jim Lawrence’s celebrated run in comic strip form! It includes

nine of Bond’s most thrilling and dangerous missions.

MangaBLEACH VOL 59 PB $14.99 Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts - he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow - Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and help-ing the tortured spirits themselves find peace.

DRAGON BALL FULL COLOUR V1 PB $14.99 A visitor from outer space arrives bearing terrible news - Goku is an alien, and the visitor, Raditz, is Goku’s brother! When Raditz turns out to be a ruthless killer, Goku must fight his incredibly strong brother to save his family and the entire human race.

POkEMON ADVENTURES DIAMOND & PEARL V10PB $12.99Finally together again, Dia, Pearl, & Platinum must battle Legendary Pokemon Dialga & Palkia, who are controlled by Cyrus, powerful boss of Team Galactic!

ONE PIECE 3-IN-1 VOL 08 PB $19.99 As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he acciden-tally ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, an enchanted Devil Fruit that gave him the ability to stretch like rubber. Its only drawback? He’ll never be able to swim again - a seri-ous handicap for an aspiring sea dog!

POkEMON BLACk & WHITE SLIM V14 PB $12.99Meet Pokemon Trainers Black and White. His entire life, Black has dreamed of winning the Pokemon League. Now he embarks on a journey to explore the Unova region and fill a Pokedex for Professor Juniper. White has an exciting career as the Trainer of a talented troupe of performing Pokemon

HIGH SCHOOL DEBUT 3-IN-1 VOL 1 PB $19.99Hapless Haruna needs help finding a boyfriend! After failing to win the eye of any guy in high school, Haruna enlists the help of cute upperclassman Yoh to coach her on how to make herself more appealing to the male species. Yoh agrees, with one catch: Haruna had better not fall for him!

dvds pOp OtherGraphic ArtTHE COMPLETE BOOk OF DRAWING MANGA

PETER GRAYPB $24.99Full of techniques used by profes-sional manga artists that will help the reader take their skills to a new level. It teaches all the basics of drawing as well as offering tips to develop your drawings into imaginative artworks of a highly polished standard.

HOW TO DRAW AND PAINT FANTASY COMBATMATT STAWICkI PB $24.99Step by step demonstration pictures, artwork to copy, easy to follow lessons on sketching figures in combat.

THE ART OF COMICS ROY T COOkPB $32.95The Art of Comics is the first-ever collection of essays devoted to the philosophical topics raised by comics and graphic novels. This volume constitutes a great leap in

the development of this field, and makes a powerful contribution to the philosophy of art.

THE ART OF CASTLEVANIA - LORDS OF SHADOWMARTIN ROBINSON HB $45.00Castlevania is a multi-generation-al video game series developed & published by Konami. The series is a fan-favourite, & has

influenced generations of games.

THE ART OF TITANFALL ANDY MCVITTIE HB $45.00The Art of Titanfall will take read-ers on a no-holds barred look at Respawn Entertainment’s hugely anticipated multiplayer shooter - featuring exclusive concept and development art, showcasing the all-out warfare between the agile

pilots and lethal Titans of the Interstellar Manufactur-ing Corporation and the M-COR militia.

ART OF DREAMWORkS ANIMATION RAMIN zAHED HB $59.99

Brimming with concept art, pre-production designs, and char acter sketches, DreamWorks Animation marks the studio’s 20th anniver-sary and offers unprecedented behind-the-scenes access into its archives. An introduction by DreamWorks cofounder Katzen-berg provides insider perspective

on the studio’s most popular films.

THE ART OF MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN JERRY BECk HB $49.99 Make way for “Mr. Peabody & Sherman, “ Dream-

Works Animation’s new comedy about a dog and his boy. Based on the beloved 1960s cartoon, “Mr. Peabody and Sherman” is a role-reversal reinvention like no other.

300 RISE OF AN EMPIRE THE ART OF THE FILM PETER APERLO HB $49.99 The action adventure 300: Rise of an Empire is the highly anticipated follow-up to the 2007 international

blockbuster 300. Based on Frank Miller’s latest graphic novel.

GamingGEARS OF WAR JUDGMENTROB AUTEN HB $49.99

Written as a collection of notes in Damon Baird’s journal, “The Survi-vor’s Log” expands on declassified testimony and other facets of the game and serves as an in-universe artifact within the timeline of the series.

ASSASSIN’S CREED IV BLACk FLAG HB $49.99Thoughtfully crafted to resemble an authentic pirate artifact, this illustrated journal delivers a unique insider’s view into the world of the game through fascinating entries that provide a firsthand account of the day-to-day lives of the

characters. This one-of-a-kind graphic novel -- featur-ing beautifully etched illustrations & portraits, wanted posters, detailed ship’s logs & maps, and more.

OF DICE AND MEN DAVID M EWALT HB $32.99 Even if you’ve never played Dungeons & Dragons, you prob-ably know someone who has: the game has had a profound influ-ence on our culture. Released in 1974- decades before the Internet & social media- Dungeons & Drag-

ons inspired one of the original nerd subcultures, & is still revered by millions of fans around the world.

DVDsSTRANGE HILL HIGH SEASON 1 PT1 OR PT2 DVD $15.99 EACH

Strange Hill High is a new com-edy adventure animation with a twist! Strange Hill High combines everyday classroom antics with fantastical and mysterious goings on.

ADVENTURE TIME COMPLETE 3RD SEASON DVD $29.99

It’s one crazy adventure after another for Finn the human, and his best friend, Jake, a 28-year old dog with magical powers. The Adventure Time Season 3 DVD features 26 episodes of the hit series plus special features.

MAX STEEL THE INVASION BEGINSDVD $21.99Max Steel has faced some out-of-this world chal-lenges before, but none as fearsome as Makino and his army of Ultralinks. They plan an all-out invasion of earth and it will be up to Max Steel to defend the planet.

REGULAR SHOW MORDECAI + MARGARET DVD $19.99 Mordecai may profess to love games, slacking, drinking coffee and singing karaoke but his real love is the delightful Margaret. It’s easy to see why - who wouldn’t be crushing on the kind-hearted waitress?

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Local AuthorFROM ABOVE ISSUE #1CRAIG BRUYN $7.00

Melbourne City. A sprawling Metropolis built upon the founda-tions of what was once known as the state of Victoria. Globalisation has seen Governments crumble & private corporations rise to rule & police their own sectors.

FROM ABOVE ISSUE #2 CRAIG BRUYN $7.00 An action packed follow up to Issue #1, A tale about the col-lapse of Government, the rise of corporate power and the dwindling value of traditional morality in a futuristic Melbourne city.

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STAFF REVIEW: FROM ABOVEFrom the creative mind of local Melbourne writ-er and illustrator, Craig Bruyn, this comic series is a great new find. Set in a futuristic Melbourne where the corporations rule the streets and super-powered beings, ‘Alphas,’ work outside the law to protect citizens from city’s corruption. Gabe, an Alpha, roams the city on a mission to keep the peace, but when a regular assignment goes awry, he finds himself drawn into a much bigger conspiracy. This self-published comic is action packed, lots of fun and full of heart. Well worth a look. Rebecca.