Adventures In The DC Universe #14
(W) Steve Vance
(A) John Delaney and Ron Boyd
In the past, Flash Barry Allen and Superman raced each other to decide the fate of cities, planets, even the entire Universe! Now it's the next generation's turn, as Flash Wally West goes toe-to-toe with Superboy! But this time, the stakes are even higher -- since the loser faces a lifetime of trash-talking, taunting, and general humiliation from the winner! And, continuing this issue's "next generation" theme, Nightwing swoops into our backup story!
FC, 32 pages

Animaniacs #37
(W) Jeff Suess
(A) Walter Carzon and Mike DeCarlo
Guest-starring the Brain! Brain tries to take control of the youth of America by asking them to follow Trolley into the Land of Suspended Disbelief. But Brain's message is interrupted by a PSB (Please Send a Buck) Pledge Drive, hosted by Dot! Brain is unaware that the children will not flock to him but will instead visit the Post Office, stop by a dairy, and make a hat for Mr. Puppethead instead.
FC, 32 pages

Aquaman #44
(W) Peter David and Bill Mumy
(A) J. Calafiore and P.L. Palmiotti
(Cover) Calafiore and Mark McKenna
Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick and Sentinel guest-star in a special issue co-written by Bill Mumy (Space Cases, Babylon 5)! A sea beast driven mad by the god Triton attacks a coastal resort and Jay and Sentinel try to stop it. But someone thwarts their rescue effort -- Aquaman!
FC, 32 pages

Babylon 5: In Valen's Name #3 (of 3)
(W) Peter David and J. Michael Straczynski
(A) Michael Collins and David Roach
(Cover) Rafael Kayanan
Concluding the three-issue miniseries based on the popular TV series, written by Peter David (Aquaman, Supergirl), based on a story arc by Babylon 5 creator and writer J. Michael Straczynski! Stranded on Babylon 4 and plummeting into a planet's atmosphere, Sheridan, Garibaldi, Ivanova, and Delenn face even greater problems when the Tak'Cha arrive, searching for their missing crew. Delenn has found the missing history of Valen, but will it be lost in battle with the Tak'Cha? And how will the survivors make it back to Babylon 5?
FC, 32 pages

The Big Book of Bad
(W) Jonathan Vankin, Paul Kirchner, Steve Vance, and Anina Bennett
(A) various
Things go from bad to worse in this compendium of the best of the worst of practically everything! An array of comics' most talented artists -- Eddie Campbell, Joe Sacco, Phil Jimenez, Colleen Doran, Darick Robertson and many more -- turn their attentions to legendarily terrible "bad guys" (both real and fictional), artists, scientific movements, places, and historical events. From Dracula to Liberace, from Las Vegas to Stalinist purges, no stone is left unturned in stories written by Big Book veterans Jonathan Vankin, Paul Kirchner and Steve Vance, along with Heartbreakers' Anina Bennett.
B&W;, 192 pages

Cartoon Network Presents #10 -- Cow and Chicken
(W) Michael Kraiger
(A) Glenn Barr and Tim Harkins
(Cover) Barr
Cow and Chicken visit a county fair, where Cow is mistaken for an entry in the dairy barn. While Cow is winning a blue ribbon, Chicken wanders down the midway and is offered a job by a shifty carnival barker (who looks an awful lot like the Red Guy). Chicken looks forward to life in the carny, until he meets his new sideshow partner -- Eddie the Geek. In a back-up story, Chicken thinks Cow's ballet class is for sissies, until he finds out that the handsome prince gets to wear -- a sword! Cool!
FC, 32 pages

Challengers of the Unknown #16
(W) Steven D. Grant
(A) Mike Zeck, John Paul Leon, Denis Rodier, and Bill Reinhold
(Cover) Leon and Shawn Martinbrough
A beautifully illustrated tale of the original Challs! Revealing a never-before-seen adventure that relates directly to the current storyline, the original Challengers mix it up with aliens, planet-destroying weapons, and cosmic gods. It may be a flashback story, but it answers big questions for the current team!
FC, 32 pages

Chase #4
(W) D. Curtis Johnson
(A) J.H. Williams, III, and Mick Gray
The DC Universe's newest heroine meets the Teen Titans! The Titans debut their new toy line and Chase gets the unhappy task of following the proceedings for the DEO in case of trouble. And trouble arrives in the form of the Clock King and his neophyte super-villain team out to make a name for themselves. Add Booster Gold and Firehawk to the mix and you have a full-fledge riot for Chase to deal with, and her growing metahuman abilities may pose an even greater danger.
FC, 32 pages

Chronos #3
(W) John Francis Moore
(A) Paul Guinan and Steve Leialoha
Time travel has never been so much fun as in this new ongoing series by John Francis Moore (Elseworld's Finest), with art by Paul Guinan (Heartbreakers) and Steve Leialoha (Nevada, The Big Book of Weirdoes). Walker Gabriel isn't the only time traveler in 1873. Meet Alexandra, a time-traveling gypsy with a mean left hook! But can she save him from the time policing Linear Man out for Gabriel's blood? Escaping further into the past, Gabriel meets devilish DCU favorite Jason Blood, and has to make a fateful decision that could destroy time as we know it.
FC, 32 pages

The Creeper #6
(W) Len Kaminski
(A) Shawn Martinbrough and Sal Buscema
They say fast food'll kill ya, and in this issue, Jack Ryder's out to prove it, when a growing number of people are mentally disturbed by meals from a restaurant chain. Along the way, The Creeper tries his darndest to prove that he's 100%, top-quality crazy!
FC, 32 pages

Faces of the DC Universe Postcard Set
(A) various
Selected art from the "Faces of the DC Universe" are reprinted on a set of twelve 5" x 7" postcards, packaged in a four-color envelope and sealed with a velcro tab. The covers are: Aquaman #39 (by J. Calafiore and Mark McKenna); Batman #549 (Brian Stelfreeze); Catwoman #52 (Jim Balent); The Flash #132 (Steve Lightle); Green Lantern #93 (Darryl Banks and Terry Austin); Hitman #21 (John McCrea); Lobo #46 (Carl Critchlow and Mark Propst); Nightwing #15 (Scott McDaniel and Karl Story); The Power of Shazam! #33 (Jerry Ordway); Starman #37 (Tony Harris); Superman #130 (Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein); and Wonder Woman #128 (Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez).
FC, Postcard set

The Flash #137
(W) Grant Morrison and Mark Millar
(A) Paul Ryan and John Nyberg
(Cover) Steve Lightle
In Part 2 of the three-part "Human Race," the race is on, with Earth's future hanging in the balance. As Flash and his alien speedster opponent race across time and space at the whim of powerful alien entities, they are confronted by a horrible truth that neither can outrun: No matter which of them wins, a world will die!
FC, 32 pages

The Flintstones and The Jetsons #10
(W) Michael Kraiger and Michael Kupperman
(A) Glen Hanson, Bill Alger, and Mike DeCarlo
(Cover) Hanson
As members of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo, Fred and Barney will do anything to qualify for the Secret Medal of the Horned Heart -- including confronting the evil creature that's terrorizing all of Bedrock. But the boys turn out to be their own worst enemies in "The Beast of Bedrock." Plus, in "Elroy and Evil," hapless George Jetson mucks around with Elroy's science-fair project and discovers that there are some things a Space-Age Dad wasn't meant to know.
FC, 32 pages

Green Arrow #132
(W) Chuck Dixon
(A) Dougie Braithwaite and Robert Campanella
(Cover) Bill Sienkiewicz
Connor's JLA teammates make a cameo appearance in this issue, featuring a stunning cover by Bill Sienkiewicz! In Part 1 of a two-part story, Eddie Fyers returns! Struggling to stop drug dealers from distributing an alien drug, Eddie is captured. His only hope for escape lies in taking the drug, which gives him superhuman powers! But Connor gets caught in the middle when Eddie's new powers put him at odds with the JLA!
FC, 32 pages

Green Lantern #98
(W) Ron Marz
(A) Mike McCone and Terry Austin
Guest-starring the Legion of Super-Heroes! In Part 1 of the two-part "Future Shock," Kyle travels to the 30th Century, where he is promptly arrested as part of the outlawed Green Lantern Corps. The Legion of Super-Heroes gets him released, but he is unable to return to the present. Teaming with the Legion, Kyle sets out to restore the Corps' honor. But he'll need the help of a mysterious, short bald-headed blue man in a red robe.
FC, 32 pages

Green Lantern & Sentinel: Heart of Darkness #3 (of 3)
(W) Ron Marz
(A) Paul Pelletier and Dan Davis
The three-part miniseries uniting Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, with Sentinel Alan Scott, Earth's first Green Lantern concludes! Obsidian fights Green Lantern! Jade becomes as evil as Starheart! Alan "Sentinel" Scott, clutching his heart, lies writhing in agony. Who will make the ultimate sacrifice?
FC, 32 pages

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Statue
Sculpted by William Paquet, based on designs by Darryl Banks
Captured in cold-cast porcelain, this sculpture showcases Hal Jordan soaring into action as the Silver Age Green Lantern. A perfect companion to 1997's Kyle Rayner Green Lantern Statue, this statue is designed so that it can either stand alone or right beside Kyle via their interlocking bases. The Green Lantern statue collection will be completed in 1999, when the cold-cast sculpture of Alan Scott, the Golden Age GL, is scheduled to be released.
FC, Statue

Gross Point #11
(W) Matt Wayne
(A) Joe Staton and Roger Langridge
(Cover) Langridge
A book-length installment of "Mystery Meat," following an unlucky guy who turns into a monster whenever a pretty girl touches him. This time, Meat finds his chance to start a new life at a new school thwarted when an old Gross Point enemy becomes the newest transfer student at the Dan Collier school.
FC, 32 pages

Hitman #26
(W) Garth Ennis
(A) John McCrea and Garry Leach
(Cover) McCrea
Part 4 of the five-part "Who Dares Wins." Tommy and Natt try to even the odds against the SAS and save Sean from a certain death. But the SAS prove to be more than a match for the duo, and the streets of Gotham run red with blood.
FC, 32 pages

Impulse #37
(W) William Messner-Loebs
(A) Craig Rousseau and Barbara Kaalberg
(Cover) Rousseau and Wayne Faucher
Dr. Morlo is back... but this time, he's come seeking Max and Impulse's help! Though Morlo has lived his life as a villain, he wants to save his son, a third rate super-villain, and his grandson -- Bart's own schoolmate, Evil Eye -- from an even worse fate: death at the hands of a maniacal and embittered old hero known as the Glory Slasher.
FC, 32 pages

Jack Kirby's Fourth World #15
(W) John Byrne
(A) Byrne, Ron Wagner and Ray Kryssing
(Cover) Walter Simonson
On Apokolips, she is the lowest of the low, one of the anonymous multitudes inhabiting the Armaghetto... but when she escapes to Earth, she learns that even Apokolips' Hunger Dogs are like gods to mankind. What effect does the change from oppression to omnipotence have on this refugee from the Armaghetto... and what steps does Mister Miracle need take to deal with this powerful new presence on Earth? Plus, in Part 2 of a three-part "Tales of the New Gods" spotlighting Metron (written by John Byrne, with art by Ron Wagner and Ray Kryssing), Metron's deal with Darkseid offers him access to the mysterious mineral that enables him to build his Mobius Chair... and perhaps penetrate the secrets of the universe.
FC, 32 pages

JLA #18
(W) Mark Waid
(A) Howard Porter and John Dell
Rounding out the swap that began when Grant Morrison took over The Flash, writer Mark Waid (Kingdom Come, JLA: Year One) takes the reins for a two-issue story that pits the League against its greatest challenge yet! Seven jumbo jets on a collision course. Seven kill-crazy super-villains attacking the White House. The world's seven tallest buildings bursting into flame. Only the JLA knows the reason for these impossibly strange events, but they're too busy making rescues to thwart Dr. Julian September and his dangerously chaotic "Engine of Chance." Will they get to Dr. September before his freak coincidences eliminate them?
FC, 32 pages

JLA: Year One #5 (of 12)
(W) Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn
(A) Barry Kitson
The Doom Patrol guest-stars in the maxi-series revealing the earliest adventures of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes! Fear and terror spread as the Brotherhood of Evil unleashes its macabre plans, bringing the Justice League to its knees! The JLA's only hope may well rest with the bizarre team known as the Doom Patrol.
FC, 32 pages

Legends of the DC Universe #4
(W) William Messner-Loebs
(A) Mike Deodato, Jr. and Vince Russell
(Cover) Steve Rude
Wonder Woman takes center stage in the two-part "Moments," by the popular former Wonder Woman team of writer William-Messner Loebs (Impulse, Wonder Woman: Amazonia) and artist Mike Deodato, Jr. (Wonder Woman: The Challenge of Artemis), with inks by Vince Russell (Thunderbolts), and painted covers by Steve Rude (Nexus)! Recently arrived in Man's World from Themyscira, Princess Diana finds that she has much to learn about the strange civilization she now calls home. Discovering that she can no longer place her faith in her sisters is a shocking and potentially deadly lesson that could tear apart the Boston Police Department and turn the city into a war zone!
FC, 32 pages

Legends of the Legion #4 (of 4)
(W) Barry Kitson and Tom Peyer
(A) Todd Nauck and Lary Stucker
(Cover) Steve Lightle
The four-issue miniseries revealing the secrets of the Legionnaires before they were Legionnaires concludes with the origin of Star Boy. Feeling like the unluckiest boy in the galaxy, young Thom Kallor discovers that totally unrelated events can lead to a fateful life choice. This issue also features the explanation of Star Boy's mysterious "extra" powers, as well as a guest appearance from the Uncanny Amazers, the super-team that Star Boy commanded before he joined the Legion!
FC, 32 pages

Legion of Super-Heroes #104
(W) Tom Peyer and Tom McCraw
(A) Jason Armstrong and Ron Boyd
(Cover) Alan Davis and Mark Farmer
The rescue team returns from the space anomaly -- with many of the members strangely changed -- and with a new mystery. Meanwhile, Leland McCauley begins to tap the anomaly as a power source, the criminal Chameleon King is freed by Sklarian Raider Kono to wreak havoc aboard a space shuttle, and the surprise ending will have Legion fans talking for thousands of years!
FC, 32 pages

Legionnaires #60
(W) Roger Stern and Tom McCraw
(A) Jeffrey Moy and W.C. Carani
It's Membership Madness as two new members join the team and two members leave! The battle for Xanthu reaches a head as the Khunds mean to destroy everything in sight -- with the Legion right in their path! Can the two new teammates -- one of whom is from Xanthu -- turn the tide? Plus, Lori gets herself into her biggest mess yet, and Chameleon gets some disturbing news.
FC, 32 pages

Lobo #51
(W) Alan Grant
(A) Norm Breyfogle
Lobo and his dawg are hot on the trail of Slater and Candy, two druggies with a price on their head. Only thing is, rival bounty hunters are also on the trail and are right on Slater's and Candy's heels. What's a 'Bo ta do? Well, if he's careless, he'll also have two highway patrolmen -- Broderick and Crawford -- on his butt looking to even the score for a past traffic violation.
FC, 32 pages

Looney Tunes #40
(W/A) various
Granny spends a weekend at the Shirley McLooney Meditation Center with Sylvester and Tweety as Sylvester stumbles from one life to the next as he tries to get in touch with his inner kitty. Meanwhile, Wile E. Coyote's New Year Resolution is to stop chasing the Roadrunner, but his attempts to find a new hobby are frustrated by old habits. Plus, when Taz sneezes his way into a Daffy and Elmer adventure, Bugs climbs in after him. How will an increasingly exasperated Daffy regain control of his own story?
FC, 32 pages

MAD Magazine #368
(W/A) the Usual Gang of Idiots
Beware the Ides of March! They may not know the meaning of the word "Ides," but the lovable louts at MAD still suggest you beware 'em. And to occupy your time during those terrifying days, they suggest you curl up with the latest installment in their monthly war against intellectualism.
B&W;, 48 pages

Major Bummer #10
(W) John Arcudi
(A) Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen
(Cover) Mahnke and John Dell
Nunzio dead!!! Lou Martin on trial for murder!!! Whether or not death'll slow Nunzio down is another matter entirely. Plus, witness the return of Martin Lewis as well as the extra-terrestrial masterminds Zinnac and Yoof -- who bicker like a couple of old ladies!
FC, 32 pages

The Man Called A*X #8
(W) Marv Wolfman
(A) Sergio Cariello and Rob Leigh
(Cover) Shawn McManus
Final issue. As the final bloody battle for Bedlam rages, A*X -- the battle-scarred cyborg with a soul -- finally discovers his lost human identity. But it won't matter if he's the last thing alive in the city of chaos!
FC, 32 pages

Pinky and the Brain #23
(W) Jesse Leon McCann
(A) Walter Carzon and Mike DeCarlo
A special all-monkey issue! Brain becomes King of the Sea Monkeys, and plans to infiltrate the masses' homes by way of... the back covers of comic books! With subliminal messages on their backs, his aquatic soldiers will carry messages directly into their human owners' puny minds. Plus, Brain decides to take to the air by infiltrating the Flying Monkeys from The Wizard of Oz. He believes their flying talents are being wasted by chasing bales of hay, scraps of metal, cat dander and midwestern girls. Note: The Brain guests in this month's Animaniacs #37.
FC, 32 pages

The Power of Shazam! #38
(W) Jerry Ordway
(A) Peter Krause and Dick Giordano
(Cover) Ordway
Part 1 of the four-part "The Monster Society of Evil!" Mister Mind! Sin! Mister Atom! Sarge Steel! Alone, each has threatened the Captains Marvel and the world! Together, they are the Monster Society of Evil. Mister Mind returns to begin exacting his revenge on the Marvels and all of humanity by bringing together these disparate forces of horrific malevolence! Where else can you see government run by an evil worm? Oh, uh... never mind.
FC, 32 pages

Resurrection Man #13
(W) Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
(A) Mike McKone and Lanning
(Cover) Butch Guice
With the Resurrection Man presumed really, really dead after last issue, this time we look back at a story before the events of Resurrection Man #1 as Mitch dies for the first time at the hands of a serial killer called the Candy Man. He comes back with all the killer's memories, and must convince the police that he's not the bad guy they're looking for.
FC, 32 pages

Scooby-Doo #10
(W) Chris Duffy and Michael Kupperman
(A) Joe Staton, Tim Harkins, and Andrew Pepoy
(Cover) Tim Harkins
The gang attends a mystery convention where fans compete to become the sixth member of Mystery, Inc. But when a real mystery breaks out at the con, Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, Velma, and Scooby show that it takes a lot more than an encyclopedic knowledge of old cartoons to unmask the culprit. In a back-up story, Shaggy and Scooby search the Canadian wilderness for the elusive Bigfoot, a tall, hairy, disheveled human-like creature with bad posture and a fondness for pizza... hey!
FC, 32 pages

Sovereign Seven #34
(W) Chris Claremont
(A) Ron Lim and Chris Ivy
How do you save a country when you've got to get to Math class? The Sovereigns bounce back and forth between fighting a war in the former Soviet Republic of Kuristan and meeting all their obligations in Crossroads. It might be too much even for the Sovs.
FC, 32 pages

Starman #42
(W) James Robinson
(A) Matt Smith and Wade Von Grawbadger
(Cover) Tony Harris
Guest-penciller Matt Smith (Starman #11) illustrates a "Times Past" story of the Golden Age Starman and the Demon! When a small troop of Nazis arrives in 1940's Opal City performing occult rituals, will the Demon Etrigan fight them -- or help them? And what happens when Ted Knight -- who has always held science as his religion -- faces the Demon's hell-spawned powers? It's the power of the stars against the might of hellfire when the two clash!
FC, 32 pages

Starman: Night and Day TPB - Relist
(W) James Robinson
(A) Tony Harris, Wade Von Grawbadger and various
(Cover) Harris and Brian Frey
Rediscover the critically-praised early adventures of Jack Knight in this collection, relisted to coincide with this month's release of the Starman: A Wicked Inclination... trade paperback. Collecting Starman #7-10, and the "Sins of the Child" storyline from issues #12-16, witness reluctant hero Jack Knight's struggles to adjust to his role as Starman.
FC, 240 pages

Starman: Sins of the Father TPB - Relist
(W) James Robinson
(A) Tony Harris and Wade Von Grawbadger
(Cover) Harris
Offered again to coincide with the release of the Starman: A Wicked Inclination... trade paperback, this trade paperback collects Starman #0-5 of the critically acclaimed series and tells the story of the Starman's origin. Young Jack Knight is reluctantly thrust into the super-hero business when his older brother, who had initially inherited the role of Starman from their father, is murdered.
FC, 160 pages

Tales Calculated to Drive You MAD #4 (of 8)
(W/A) the Usual Gang of Idiots
The full-color reprinting of the original 23 comic-book sized issues of MAD continues with this reprint of MAD #s 10, 11, and 12! Thrill to the adventures of the Amazon known as "Woman Wonder!" Celebrate hilarious teen-age angst in "Starchie!" Exult at the space-opera adventures of "Flesh Garden!" All this, plus wartime hijinks with "G.I. Shmoe!", Old West antics in "Sane!", and much, much, more! Plus, most harrowing of all, this issue features a profile of you, the MAD reader!
FC, 96 pages

Teen Titans #20
(W) Dan Jurgens
(A) Jurgens and Norm Rapmund
A night with the Titans! Captain Marvel, Jr. takes Argent on a dangerous first date that finds them running into Lex Luthor. Fringe is left home alone with Arsenal's daughter just as his bestial side gets the better of him, and Risk and Prysm fight a new dangerous female group led by Titans reject Sweet 16. And Pylon makes his move to eradicate the Titans by kidnapping Risk's mother and learning the secrets of the team's creation.
FC, 32 pages

Underworld Unleashed TP
(W) Mark Waid and Scott Peterson
(A) Howard Porter, Phil Jimenez, J.H. Williams, III, Dennis Janke, Dan Green, John Stokes, and Mick Gray
A trade paperback collection of the acclaimed Underworld Unleashed miniseries, written by Mark Waid (Kingdom Come, JLA: Year One), with art by Howard Porter (JLA), Dennis Janke (Superman: The Man of Steel) and Dan Green (X-Men). When the demon Neron boosts the powers of the DC Universe's villains, the Earth's mightiest heroes struggle to save humanity. This collection also includes Underworld Unleashed: Abyss -- Hell's Sentinel #1 (written by Scott Peterson, with art chores shared by the teams of Phil Jimenez and John Stokes, and the Chase art team of J.H. Williams, III and Mick Gray), in which Former Golden Age Green Lantern Alan Scott -- now known as Sentinel -- teams with DC's supernatural champions to save the soul of his wife.
FC, 176 pages

Wonder Woman #133
(W/A) John Byrne
(Cover) Byrne
The new Wonder Woman's Golden Age adventure concludes! The witch Dark Angel is vanquished... and in defeat, vows vengeance against Hippolyta! In the aftermath of her World War II adventure, the newly designated Wonder Woman decides to remain in the past -- creating a time paradox that will have long-lasting effects on the DC Universe. Meanwhile, in the present, Donna Troy has disappeared, as though she never existed.
FC, 32 pages

Wonder Woman: The Challenge of Artemis TPB -- Relist
(W) William Messner-Loebs
(A) Mike Deodato, Jr.
In a new costume, Princess Diana battles Poison Ivy, the Joker and other foes, while her successor as Wonder Woman, Artemis, faces her own battles in this collection, reprinting Wonder Woman #94-100, by the writer-artist team of William Messner-Loebs and Mike Deodato, Jr. Note: This month, Messner-Loebs and Deodato return to chronicling the adventures of the Amazon Princess in Legends of the DC Universe #4.
FC, 192 pages

Wonder Woman: The Contest TPB - Relist
(W) William Messner-Loebs
(A) Mike Deodato, Jr.
Queen Hippolyta holds a contest to choose a new champion to replace Diana as Wonder Woman, and the winner is Artemis in this collection reprinting Wonder Woman #0, and #90-93 by the writer-artist team of William Messner-Loebs and Mike Deodato, Jr. Note: This month, Messner-Loebs and Deodato return to the adventures of the Amazon Princess in Legends of the DC Universe s#4.
FC, 120 pages

Young Heroes In Love #12
(W) Dan Raspler
(A) Dev Madan and Keith Champagne
Is Hard Drive (the fearless leader of the Young Heroes) dead? Alive? Neither? The answer to all three questions is "yes!" Not only that, but it's doubtful that Hard Drive really is Hard Drive! Confused? You won't be after this tell-all issue! Plus: A frivolous fisticuff-filled fight scene pits hero against hero!
FC, 32 pages