TANK GIRL… SOLID...

SHE'S BACK... 

Yes people this week we're getting excited about SOLID STATE TANK GIRL #1...

Which for those of you who don't know is pretty much the nearest thing to punk rock comics you can get...

The original, created by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett, Hewlett went on to find fame as the birther to the GORILLAZ...

Martin's stuck around and has continued to pen the great puerile delights of TANK GIRL... 

So what's the plot?... 

Who cares! It's a TANK GIRL comic! We don't read these things for the plot... 

Oh no dear reader you read these for gross out puerile humur mixed with punk rock crazy art work...

And who's stepping up to the arts plate?...

Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, not heard of him? Don't feel bad folks, he's a newcomer to the block, but has a crazy art style that we're willing to bet it is going to match the TANK GIRL character brilliantly...

So if you want to try summit a bit different, try this...

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SHARE A LITTLE DREAM WITH ME...

A dream exchange...

That apparently is the main idea behind the book that hits the frog shelves this week...

And we think it's going to be big...

It's from IMAGE and their track record is pretty amazing...

It's written by the very same talented chap that brought us WHO IS JAKE ELLIS? Nathan Edmondson... 

The art is by a newcomer but if the leaked pages are anything to go by, this kid's going to be around for a long long time, welcome Konstantin Novosadov... 

So what's DREAM MERCHANT #1 (OF 6) all about?... 

It's a twisted sci-fi tale that follows a troubled mental patient who suffers from bizarre recurring nightmare...

When he discovers its true meaning, the world will literally change...

And we think it looks really, really good, check out a sneak peak here...

And then HOLLER to get this image #1 added to your pull-list!... 

Too much Yackin'... Not enough Scrappin'...

At least that's what we're told CHIN MUSIC means - Too much Yackin and not enough Scrappin'...

As paid up lovers not fighters the Frog Bros will have to take what we've heard as gospel and tell you guys that this week we think this will be the book you'll LOVE!...

Why?...

Well it's a horror comic and they seem to rock you guys and gals' boats... And it's written by the guy who is touted as the man who brought this genre of comic back to the fore... STEVE NILES!!!...

Yep, the same and very Steve Niles of 30 DAYS OF NIGHT fame...

Throw in TONY HARRIS the pencil wielder from EX MACHINA and you can see why we're backing this one...

So what's CHIN MUSIC #1 all about?...

Well as far as we can tell it's about a time travelling gangster who's being hunted by a cast of demonic beings...

Oh and it also features Elliot Ness AND Al Capone...

I CANNOT WAIT for this one!...

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E E E EEEPIC!!!...

Finally the book billed as 'the superhero epic that all future comics will be measured by' hits the FROG shelves!!!...

Granted this was probably written by Mark Millar himself and obviously he's no shrinking violet but still this is a book worth getting excited about JUPITERS LEGACY #1...

What's it about...

Well it's being trumpeted as a sprawling epic to rival STAR WARS and the LORD OF THE RINGS with a cast of hundreds that spans generations...

And it's by the Superstar team of Mark Millar and Frank Quitley...

Yes dear reader you did just read that correctly Mark Millar of KICK ASS, AMERICAN JESUS and CIVIL WAR fame...

And FRANK QUITLEY one of the FROG BROS very favourite artists who's pen has graced such beautiful books as WE3, BATMAN AND ROBIN and ALL STAR SUPERMAN...

These 2 working together on a huge story like JUPITERS LEGACY...

Of course we're going to get excited! We are even believing the strap line!!!...

CONTACT US to get JUPITERS LEGACY added to your pull-list... And if any of you know the great Millar man himself please ask him when AMERICAN JESUS vol.02 is going to be with us?...

IT'S GOTHAM... JUST LI'L !!!...

Yes!!! A BAT-FAMILY book to turn every family into a BAT-FAMILY...

Finally the digital first, all ages BATMAN LI'L GOTHAM #1 is coming to the FROG shelves... 

Why so excited about an all-ages book?...

Well dear reader the sad fact is there aren't that many GREAT ones out there...

But this one is drawn by... DUSTIN NGUYEN!!! 

The FROG BROS have been long time admirers but the art in this book takes it to another level and proves that DC have an artist to rival Scottie Young over at Marvel when it comes to capturing and kiddifying their best loved characters...

All painted in beautiful water colour, his porky FLASH is a personal favourite...

Each issue from the series is to be based around a holiday and the first on Halloween...
Well it had to be... It is a BATMAN book!!!...

And it's the only day the Super-Villains can go out and blend in... There's a great scene of them all hanging out having dinner...

BATMAN LI'L GOTHAM is for me the comics equivalent to TOY STORY, sure it's a great title for kids but also has enough nods and just over their heads humour to keep us older fans of the funny books loving it too...

And then there's the art... AMAZING!!!... 

A great new any ages comic for the whole family...  CONTACT US to get it added to your pull-list or SUBSCRIBE HERE...

WE HAVE BLAST OFF!!!...

To countless other worlds...

Yes! This week hitting the FROG shelves we have GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1...

And after the fantastic #0.1 issue from last month (still got a few issues in stock for anyone that missed it) How could we not get excited?..

The #0.1 issue laid the groundwork telling us the brilliant origin story of STAR-LORD...

It also gave us a glimpse of the AWESOME cast in this book and the great story telling of Brian Micheal Bendis and Steve McNiven...

After his celebrated run on the AVENGERS proper who better than BMB to tackle the COSMIC AVENGERS?...

In this first issue of what we're betting will be a knockout series Earth has been labelled a 'no go' area...

No one touches Earth! No one!! That's the word coming from STAR-LORD's Dad...

Which pretty much paints a big old target on this little young planet of ours...

And it's up to the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY to sort it all out...

A space opera kick-ass comic with daddy issues, a talking Racoon, BMB writing, Steve McNiven on art and IRON MAN...

I'll have me some of that... Want to join us on the journey?..

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The HELLBLAZER is dead...

Long live the HELLRAISER...

Sure it was sad that after 300 issues and 20 odd years VERTIGO decided to end their longest running monthly title HELLBLAZER...

But how great is it that JOHN CONSTANTINE is coming back this week in his own ongoing series as part of the NEW52 in CONSTANTINE #1?..

This new title gives new readers a perfect jumping on point to a character that perhaps in the HELLBLAZER title had become a little inaccessible...

And OH what a character he his! Magician, occult detective, con man, womaniser, heavy smoker and hard drinker...

Operating in the 'dark' corners of the 52 CONSTANTINE's John Constantine in will be a younger version than the 50 something grizzled magician of HELLBLAZER...

But he'll still have all his wit and silver tongue, words are this guys weapons and I for one can't wait to see how the writing team on this one are going to use them...

Who are the lucky folks working on this title? ...

Writers Jeff Lemire and Ray Fawkes will be joined by Renato Guedes on arts...

And they've all got some pretty big shoes to fill, having to follow such luminaries as Garth Ennis, Mike Carey, Paul Jenkins, Warren Ellis, Brian Azzarello, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Denise Mina, and Peter Milligan and celebrated artists like John Ridgway, Simon Bisley, Richard Corben, Steve Dillon, Jock, David Lloyd, and Sean Phillips.

So can these guys live up to those that have gone before? Only 2 ways to find out...

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C'mon he's still THE BEST THERE IS...

Yes fight fans it's time to get excited, the best there is at what he does has got another new book...

Not satisfied it seems with being a member of pretty much EVERY team that comes out of the HOUSE OF IDEAS...

And seemingly not satisfied with already having 3 books which carry his moniker in WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN, SAVAGE WOLVERINE and WOLVERINE MAX...

This week he gets another ongoing title WOLVERINE #1 NOW!...

Written by PAUL CORNELL who's returning to Marvel and illustrated by ALAN DAVIS the one time Alan Moore friend and co-oper...

With this team, how can we not get excited?...

CORNELL is bigging this one up as the book that centres WOLVERINE in the Marvel universe and will be the title other books look to take their lead...

Unlike the AWESOME SAVAGE WOLVERINE where we've got a Buddy comic going on and unlike the brilliant WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN where he's supported by any number of teenage and fully grow mutants...

WOLVERINE NOW is going to focus on JAMES LOGAN and the many stories that can be told from the ol' boys life...

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It' the end of the world as we know it (repeat x2) and I feel fine...

Better than fine in fact, this week is an AWESOME week for comics...

And heading up the list of AWESOME releases is MARVEL's AGE OF ULTRON #1...

Yes it's the first big event of MARVEL NOW!...

I hear that 'not another event' groan... And yep it's not very long since AVX...

But the AGE OF ULTRON is gonna be GREAT!!! and here's for why...

First, it's the return of ULTRON, c'mon that should be enough...

If not how about this, it's written by Brian Michael Bendis... All his NOW! books have been fantastic so far...

Thirdly the art teams of Bryan Hitch, Brandon Peterson, Carlos Pacheco...

Still not enough? What about 4,5 and 6 IT'S THE RETURN OF ULTRON!!!...

So c'mon guys, have a long lie down in a darkend room to recover from the last bout of event fatigue...

And then get ready for it to kick in again...

CONTACT US to get the AGE OF ULTRON added to your pull-list or take out a subscription to whole lot here...

And here's the full check-list in all its glory:

MARCH 2013
Age of Ultron #1
Age of Ultron #2
Fantastic Four #5AU
Age of Ultron #3
Superior Spider-Man #6AU

APRIL 2013
Age of Ultron #4
Ultron #1AU
Avengers Assemble #14AU
Age of Ultron #5
Age of Ultron #6
Wolverine & the X-Men #27AU

MAY 2013
Age of Ultron #7
Avengers Assemble #15AU
Age of Ultron #8
Uncanny Avengers #8AU
Fearless Defenders #4AU

JUNE 2013
Age of Ultron #9
Age of Ultron #10
Age of Ultron Epilogue

THE COSMIC AVENGERS...

Okay so it's still a month until GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1 is released...

But to get our collective blood pumping and imaginations firing about what new and weird worlds we'll be visiting when it does...

This week we have GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #0.1 NOW!!!...

With the up-coming movie MARVEL are really trying to push this one and build the excitement...

And what's not to get excited about here? It's writer Brian Michael Bendis the guy who brought us amazing stories in ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, DAREDEVIL, AVENGERS, HOUSE OF M and ALL NEW AVENGERS to name only a few...

The big BMB is teaming up with artist STEVE MCNIVEN who's talented hand gave us CIVIL WAR, OLD MAN LOGAN and NEMESIS...

This series is going to be GREAT...

The 0.1 issue is going to be the jumping on point, retelling the little-known origin of Peter Quill and his rise to prominence as Star-Lord...

So get the jump on the team known as THE COSMIC AVENGERS...

CONTACT US to get GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #0.1 NOW added to your drop-box, then take out a 6 issue subscription to GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY here...

IN JOHNS WE TRUST...

And he's about to work his writing weaving magic on the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA...

Yes ladies and gents, boys and girls this week we have JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 hitting the FROG shelves...

Coming from the magical pen of Geoff Johns and the superstar artist David Finch...

Featuring a roster of characters, including Vibe, Catwoman, Steve Trevor, Martian Manhunter, Simon Baz, Stargirl, Katana, Green Arrow and Hawkman...

You'd be forgiven for wondering if that cast is enough to make you part with your hard earned...

But let's remember that is just what JOHNS does so well, takes the lesser known, forgotten characters and gives them a whole new lease of life...

Before his REBIRTH of the GREEN LANTERN the character was pretty much one of DC's yestertime heroes...

Now he's one of their best sellers who's sprung up loads of universes...

And then there's AQUAMAN, who before the reboot and birth of the NEW52 if you heard his name it was usually followed by 'SUCKS'...

Now, one of the best comics and best sellers from the 52, GEOFF JOHNS is pretty much credited with doing it all...

Throw in DAVID FINCH's art (don't worry he's not writing this one so deadlines should be hit!) and we're willing to bet we've got a winner!...

CONTACT US to get JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 added to your dropbox, or take out a 6 issue subscription here...

PREPPING FOR THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA...

The third BIRD OF PREY and fully paid up member of the up-coming JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA gets her own ongoing series...

And ooh it looks good...

Now you might be thinking that a lot of the second and third 'waves' of NEW52 titles released by DC haven't really set the world on fire...

And if we're honest the FROG BROS would have to agree with you...

So what's different about KATANA #1 that's going to make us part with our hard earned?..

Let us tell you dear comic reader...

DC are putting a whole lot of time and effort into the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, having changed up creative teams on members books that weren't doing too well and drafting in the creative team of GEOFF JOHNS and DAVID FINCH...

It stands to reason that the same effort will be put into the titles that are spinning right out of it, like KATANA #1...

The book will be written by Ann Nocenti and drawn by Alex Sanchez, whilst NOCENTI may have picked up some flack for her recent run on GREEN ARROW she's still got a strong portfolio of enough awesome stories behind her to make us think she'll rock this book and the art by SANCHEZ looks simply stunning...

So CONTACT US if you're up for giving a new book a try about a slightly unhinged samurai that talks with her sword... because that's where her dead husbands soul presides...

We're also taking pre-orders for JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1... CONTACT US to reserve yours..

LADIES U-KNIGHT...

And right off the bat I'll apologise for that dreadful titular pun... Sorry...

Now onto what is getting the FROG BROS all excited this week... The start of an all female MARVEL NOW! team in FEARLESS DEFENDERS...

Kicking off with Valkyrie the sword wielding, flying horse riding Asgardian and the bionic armed detective Misty Knight, Valkyrie's been charged with putting together a new team of VALKYRIOR...

And she's got to do it using only the women of Midgard...

Writer CULLEN BUNN and artist WILL SLINEY are going to be adding to the roster as the weeks go by...

BUNN who you may remember was the scribe on FEAR ITSELF THE FEARLESS also starring VALKYRIE is taking his time to build the team and has stated that even after the first arc the team won't be formed completely...

So out goes MATT FRACTION's DEFENDERS that finished all too prematurely on issue #12...

And so starts the FEARLESS DEFENDERS...

Mixing the warriors from Midgard and Asgard, this FROG BRO thinks it's going to be one of the unexpected hits from MARVEL NOW!...

CRIME FIGHTING PAYS...

But then ultimately you may have to pay the biggest price... Your life...

That boys and girls, in a nutshell is the story of THE DOLLAR BILL, a character from the WATCHMEN that we really don't know much about...

We know he was a bank sponsored hero, we know he died trying to stop a bank job and we know from Hollis' writings that he was basically a good guy...

A good guy who just wasn't as tortured as the rest of the WATCHMEN cast...

Or was he? Well folks that's what we're going to find out in BEFORE WATCHMEN DOLLAR BILL #1...

I've been really enjoying the BEFORE WATCHMEN stuff, even if a lot of it is just showing us more of what MOORE and GIBSON gave us all those years ago...

But with this one-shot writer Len Wein and artist Steve Rude have the chance to really tell a new story, other than the name and costume we really don't know DOLLAR BILL...

Wein's doing some really good work on OZYMANDIAS and fitting back into the WATCHMEN groove well (he edited on the original)...

And Rude's art is always something pretty special, so even if you've been avoiding the BEFORE WATCHMEN stuff until now... Maybe this one is the one to try...

Don't worry we won't tell Mr Moore...

BEST! THING! EVER!...

Well I for one have been waiting for what feels like EVER! for this book to hit the FROG SHELVES...

The return of Kid LOKI, written by Kieron Gillen and art by Jamie McKelvie, yes folks it's time for YOUNG AVENGERS #1 NOW!!!...

Why so excited? Well dear reader let me tell you that Mr Gillen's award winning work on JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, GENERATION HOPE and his previous team up with Mr McKelvie on PHONOGRAM are all AWESOME books that focus on teenage characters...

So these two have enough previous to shoot YOUNG AVENGERS #1 to the top of your reading list straight off the bat...

And that's before we even start to go into Gillen being responsible for giving the world KID LOKI...

Now LOKI of any incarnation is a FROG loved character, the KID variety LOKI is an incarnation so messed up, tortured, cocky and confused it's just BRILLIANT (Again if you haven't read any of GILLEN's JIM, get out there and beg, borrow, steal it!)... Or just get us to get it for you...

Throw in the rest of the line up including Wiccan, Hulkling, Kate Bishop, Noh-Varr and Miss America and this FROG is willing to bet this book will be one of the supernovas in an already MARVEL NOW! sparkling sky!!!...

If I were to give myself more writing room here I'd also be waxing away about the other big MARVEL NOW! release this week UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 NOW...

But I don't so you're just going to have to buy that one and then tell us how good it is!...

To read more about these and other MARVEL NOW! books hit the link...

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Fancy an adventure... BUB?

Because Logan's going to a little island just off SAVAGE LAND!...

And in SAVAGE WOLVERINE #1 NOW we are promised a true ol'style adventure classic...

FRANK CHO handling both the writing and arts on this one...

CHO has said he's taken inspiration for the book from INDIANA JONES movies and pulp magazines of the 30's and 40's...

So we're going to be seeing the Adamantium Man tearing it up with T-Rexes, Raptors, Sabretooth Tigers AND the island's other human-esque inhabitants... Oh and there'll probably be a few GIANT APES thrown in for good measure too...

Of course as it's a FRANK CHO book there'll also be more than a fair amount of scantily clad Jungle Queens...

With SHANNA THE SHE-DEVIL taking almost shared billing with the WOLVERINE...

Kicking off with Logan waking in a 'lost world' this book looks like it's going to be a whole lotta fun...

SPAGHETTI anyone?...

'Cos this week we're getting all excited by a WESTERN...

DJANGO UNCHAINED #1 (OF 5) is not just any old book either, it's TARANTINO's new movie...

But before it's rolled out on the big screen, us lucky ol' readers of the small books get to see it first!!!...

Not only that but the great man has gone on record as saying that when he starts out on an epic story like this, there's always stuff that he has to cut and drop from the movie due to time constraints...

Not here in the funny books! DJANGO UNCHAINED #1 (OF 5) is the entire first draft of the script...

And surely that's enough to get us all excited, no? Then what about if we told you that handling arts on this one are none other than R. M. GUERA and JASON LATOUR and their run on SCALPED proves they know their way around a western wasteland...

There is no credited writer on this one, so we literally are just getting the screenplay brilliantly illustrated into the book...

If this has got you anywhere near as excited as it has the FROG BROS CONTACT US to get your copy of issue #1 reserved!...

TWO TEAMS LOADS OF ACTION!!!...

Yep, it's time to take a stroll down some of the darker recesses of the MARVEL NOW! universe...

In AVENGERS ARENA #1 NOW and CABLE AND X-FORCE #1 NOW...

AVENGERS ARENA #1 NOW by Dennis Hopeless, Kev Walker and Bill Rosemann sees loads of our favourite teen characters from AVENGERS ACADEMY and the RUNAWAYS thrown together by ARCADE into MURDER WORLD where they're to be pitted against each other in a BATTLE ROYALE style fight to the death...

And if that's not enough NEW COMICS DAY AWESOME for you, then what about the return of CABLE?...

And not just the return of CABLE but also of the team he created X-FORCE...

In CABLE AND X-FORCE #1 NOW Dennis Hopeless and artist Salvador Larroca are taking them all to some pretty bad places, labelled as terrorists and hunted by the all new MARVEL premier super team the Uncanny Avengers!!!

To read more about these and other MARVEL NOW! books hit the link...

Or just jump straight in and take out a 6 issue subscription here...

Time to ASSEMBLE...

So form an orderly queue outside the door please, this week sees the release of the book EVERYONE is going to want to get their hands on...

AVENGERS #1 NOW...

Yes MARVEL NOW! really is starting to live up to the hype with some real gems having been released so far in INDESTRUCTABLE HULK, FANTASTIC FOUR, CAPTAIN AMERICA and FF to name but a few...

And this week things are really set to be kicked on to another level with the release of the flag-ship book...

From the creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena, the Avengers “go large,” expanding their roster and their sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call, who will answer?....

We're betting and kinda hoping pretty much everyone in the 616!...

So of course you can CONTACT US to get on it or take out a 6 issue subscription here...

But there's nothing like getting down to your local neighbourhood comic shop on NEW COMICS DAY and getting your fix is there?...

To read more about this and other MARVEL NOW! books hit the link...

Who's ready for some CRAZY AWESOME?!!!...

Gone are Franklin and Valeria... And well that's sad...

But in their place are Ant-Man, She Hulk (the green one), Lady Medusa of the Inhumans and Miss Thing!!!...

To make up one very strange team in FF #1 NOW!...

Yep whilst the FANTASTIC FOUR are travelling the galaxies looking for a cure to Read Richards slow death (you know they'll find one but am I the only one hoping they don't?!)...

This crazy, strange but undoubtedly AWESOME group have been thrown together to watch over the world and take down all the classic FANTASTIC FOUR foes....

But if the bizarre team in the book isn't enough to get you crazy excited... What about the AWESOME team of MATT FRACTION and MICHAEL ALLRED who are on it?!...

Yes FRACTION who's blowing us away each month on the awesome HAWKEYE and the DEFENDERS!!!...

And YES ALLRED who's been pumping out some equally AWESOME arts recently on DAREDEVIL and WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN...

Buy this book! It's going to be all kinds of... just because I don't think I've used the word enough, AWESOME!!!...

CONTACT US to get on it or take out a 6 issue subscription here...

To read more about this and other MARVEL NOW! books hit the link...