Just don't call him a Racoon...

So the summer starts here and we get our first look at the character we're willing to bet is going to be the HIT of the summer, everyone's favourite GUARDIAN OF THE GALAXY in his own book, ROCKET RACCOON #1 ANMN hitting the Frog shelves Wednesday!

The noises coming out from the movie makers are that ROCKET kinda steels the show and here you can get the jump on getting to know the character! 

So who is Rocket, well if you ask him it probably goes something like 'formidable-and-expert-Guardian of the Galaxy who lives a high-flying life of adventure and heroism… Notice no mention of Raccoon? Rocket is NOT a raccoon, okay?

Taking on the job of bringing this guy to life in the funny pages is superstar comic creator and Marvel variant cover God Skottie Young... Doing it all writing, art, writing the theme tune, singing the theme tune!

And who better to take on the lil' guy with a big chip on his shoulder and even bigger guns?!

So come on folks get your orders in quick, it's sure to be a hit and a darn good read as Rocket tears through the Galaxy... Woe betide anyone who calls him Racc... BLAM!

Get ready for a... SMASH!!!

Okay so he's an AVENGER and MARVEL mainstay but... When was the last time we had a really enjoyable HULK book?

For me it was back when Jason Aaron split the Big Green Man from Banner, even the great Mark Waid hasn't been able to stop the rot.

But the Frog Bros recon that's all about to change this week with the release of SAVAGE HULK #1.

Why's that then, you all ask?

Well folks the guy penning this new HULK series is none other than Alan Davis, probably best known for his work on Marvel's X-MEN titles.

And guess who he's pitting the Green Goliath against?

Yep, you got it, THE X-MEN!!!

Moving forward this title's going to be big names, superstars and break-out talent telling their unique stories within continuity... And all about HULK!!!

Using elements of the past and perhaps even glimpses of the future. It all comes back to the current Hulk mythos while letting the talent cut loose with that Hulk story they’ve been dying to tell!

Gods as popstars or popstars as gods...

Whichever way you're looking at it, this is going to be HUGE!

WICKED & DIVINE #1 is the sure fire new independant series hit, coming from that rather clever comics scribe Kieron Gillen.

And he's teaming up again with artist Jamie McKelvie to bring about the same knock out team that knocked our socks off on YOUNG AVENGERS and PHONOGRAM.

So what's it all about?

12 gods who, every 90 years, incarnate pop figures, artists, singers, innovators of their day. In the 21st century, they happen to be pop stars of the David Bowie, Lady Gaga and Adele variety. Then, after two years, they die.

In Mr Gillens own words "The dual nature is key, this isn't just a book about gods as pop stars. This is a book about pop stars as gods. We're interested in both sets of archetypes."

Life is short folks, even shorter for these guys, what are they going to cram into 2 years? I personally can't wait to find out!

You can't either? Give us a shout and we'll get you on it

New to us Young 'uns... But some of you Old 'uns might remember these from the first time around?

Oh yes boys and girls this week we have a new book from DC comics, a book that has old characters that I'll bet most of us haven't heard of.

But I'll bet we've all heard of the guy who first gave these guys life... The one and only JACK KIRBY!

So should we be getting excited about a book that uses characters created by a dead guy with characters that never really took off?

Yes, and here's for why, JACK KIRBY was a bonafide genius, there probably won't ever be another one like him and anything that gets any of us remembering or introduced to him is a winner.

Throw in the creative team of Dan Didio (DC comics head honcho and some time comic scribe), KEITH GIFFEN and SCOTT KOBLISH and you know INFINITY MAN AND THE FOREVER PEOPLE #1 is in good hands.

Hands that have previous of working on Kirby creations, remember O.M.A.C?

So what's this one about? Space travelling students and threats to the multiverse of course!!! That's got to have wetted your whistle no?

It's got SUPER and MAN in the title...

But that dear reader does not mean it's a superhero book.

Obviously the FROG BROS love superhero books, it kind of goes with the territory of having a comic shop BUT that does not mean that everything we read has to have a superhero.

SUPERANNUATED MAN #1 (OF 6) certainly does not seem to be a super hero book. Coming as it does from the pen of MINIATURE JESUS scribe Ted McKeever.

Published by IMAGE it's fair to say this is going to be one creative off the wall 6 issue mini-series!

In an unspecified future, the small seaside town of Blackwater has now been taken over by advanced and mutated animals. Most of the humans that lived there are now either dead or gone, but one old man remains—a man called HE—who scavenges off the scraps and refuse of humanity’s past on the outskirts of Blackwater, and doggedly defies the new tenants.

The animals are threatened by the outsider and what they can't understand, or bend to their ways, they will crush

So c'mon folks why not try a book that's off the beaten track and join a loner... Called He?

Going green...

With the returning comic books super star WARREN ELLIS!

Yes folks the beautifully twisted writer of TRANSMETROPOLITAN and PLANETARY is back, what you knew that, he's on issue #3 of the fabulous MOONKNIGHT... Yes he is dear reader and MOONKNIGHT is indeed fabulous, but this week he hits comics again, with a creator own book!

TREES #1 along with the very talented JASON HOWARD.

A sci-fi romp about a bunch of life forms that 'came down' and did, well nothing for 10 years, just standing around like... Trees.

Until one day they stopped doing that and decided to do some killing, of humans.

Oh no folks these aren't the kind of trees old Swampy would want to hug!

So far the creative team have up to issue 6 finished but want it to go on and on, for that to happen they are going to have to see sales, so what you waiting for?

Worlds, Universes... Where will it all end?...

Who knows? And let's face it folks, who cares as long as it's good!

And MPH #1 almost has a GREAT guarantee!

Coming as it does from the pen of the Scottish wordsmith himself Mr Mark Millar, creator of KICK ASS, AMERICAN JESUS, STARLIGHT, WANTED and JUPITER'S LEGACY to name but a few.

And not content with producing knock out book after book the guy is now doing some Marvel style UNIVERSE building.

Yes folks, what used to be the publishing house MILLAR WORLD has now become MILLAR UNIVERSE.

So what is this book going to bring to the Millar-verse?

MPH #1 is a book about kids, drugs and super powers and when it's Mark Millar writing and Duncan Fegredo on arts you just know it's going to be a winner, throw in the fact it's a MILLAR UNIVERSE book being put out through those crazy guys and gals at IMAGE and you have 2 very happy Frog Bros.

So fall in line, get behind the Millar-isation of EVERYTHING and…

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Out with the old and American, in with the new and Canadian?...

Or at least it could be out with the old... I'm reading between the lines here as JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #14 is yet to be released, but hey we've not been given a chance to order #15!

And when you see more than half of the JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED (or JUSTICE LEAGUE OF CANADA as they were so close to being named) are the very same heroes that made up the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, we can safely say it's disbanded after FOREVER EVIL...

We'll just have to wait another week or so to have it confirmed when FOREVER EVIL finishes on #7 (I know we've already had the first part of the aftermath before the arc's done!) and the JUSTICE LEAGUE #30 hits on the same day to let us know how it all falls out... Although we can probably guess right?

Okay, okay DC have made a pretty big mess of the end to FOREVER EVIL (and a pretty big mess of the start too if we cast our minds back to September and VILLAINS MONTH)

But the road to redemption starts here in the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #1, okay, okay it started here in JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #0.

Why are we so sure this is the book to redeem DC? Well we've glimpsed the fun in the #0 issue and with JEFF LEMAIRE at the helm we know it's just going to get better and better.

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Who did shoot the Watcher?...

Not only shot him, oh no folks, they've gone and nicked his eyes too!

Yes dear reader there's some pretty gory skullduggeries a-foot in Marvel's latest summer BLOCK-BUSTER event that kicks off in earnest this week with ORIGINAL SIN #1!

An 8 part event, 9 if you include the marvelous issue #0 from a couple of week's ago, what's that dear reader, you missed the #0 issue? Don't fear we're looking out for you and, at the time of writing this at least, have some for you right here...

Right so you've been and bought #0 and now you're back with us right? Great! On with the show!

So ORIGINAL SIN is a big old who-dunnit, why does everyone need to know who killed the Watcher? Because his stolen eye's can recall everything he's seen... Which is pretty much everything.

Including the bad stuff and secrets MARVEL's hero comunity would rather others not know!

Need a little push over the edge to really bring on the nerd-gasm? It's written by JASON AARON and drawn by MIKE DEODATO.

Yeah, thought that might do it!

Look who's back in the MARVEL Ideas House...

With a BIG FAT over-sized issue #1 comic and plenty of wise-cracking mouth!!!

Yes folks it's been almost a year and half of Peter Parker free Spider-Man! And, although the internet seemed about to blow up with web-slinging fans from around the globe logging on in those first few troublesome months of Doc Oc's tenure as the wall crawler, venting their fury and anger... We all made it through!

In fact not only did we make it through, some of us, this Frog Bro included thought that the SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN 31 issue run were actually the best Spidey comics in quite a while!

So whilst it is fair to say that we are excited about 'ol PP coming back, especially as the whole SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN has acted as a reset for the character and it should be the down on his luck but never letting his luck get him down, wise-cracking Peter coming back in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.

It's very fair to say we will be missing the Superior Spider-Maning of Doctor Otto Octavius and all of the deliciously dastardly things that he did.

But as they say all good things must come to an end, Rest In Peace Otto and welcome back Peter... We are along for the ride, who's coming with us?

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The FEAR MONGER is coming...

And with it he's bringing another LANTERN book...

Yes folks, this week we've got SINESTRO #1!!!...

Written by Cullen Bunn, who seems to have a taste for writing the bad guy/ sometime anti-hero, as he is taking on this and currently knocking it out of the park over at Marvel on MAGNETO!...

On arts, making a return to the character after working on one of the few worthwhile VILLAIN'S MONTH comics GREEN LANTERN #23.4 SINESTRO is Dale Eaglesham... 

So do we really need another LANTERN book?...

Yes!....

Especially one that focuses on a character with loads of depth like SINESTRO...

And that is what Bunn is going to be focusing on...

Drawing on his influences of horror fiction and making SINESTRO #1 one of the darker books in the NEW52... 

Whilst also showing that SINESTRO's a layered character, okay he might do some REALLY bad things, but we can probably on some level all relate to why!...

Get in touch to get on a new book about an old relatable bad guy... In SPACE!!!...

The BAT's back baby...

And he's going to keep on coming back every single week for a whole YEAR!!!...

Yes Bat-Fans, this week see's the release of BATMAN ETERNAL #1!!!...

A whole year of fresh BATMAN comics hitting every single week!!!...

Written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, Kyle Higgins and Tim Seeley. John Layman's work features in the first 12 issues too!!!... 

So what's it all about? Well dear reader it's billed as the start of the Bat-story so big it's going to take every week of the month to tell!...

Featuring a massive cast of Gotham City's best (and worst) and examines the relationship between Batman, his allies and his city....

The first issue finds ol' Jimmy Gordon on the wrong side of the law...

Where it's going to go after that who knows?...

But with that roster of writers on board and a stellar cast of artists including Jason Fabok, Dustin Nguyen, Andy Clarke, Trevor McCarthy, Emanuel Simeoni, Guillem March, Ian Bertram and Mikel Janin... 

We think BATMAN ETERNAL is going to be a winner...

So come on folks GET IN TOUCH to order issue one of a $2.99 BATMAN book today...

Bet we see you next week for issue #2 if you do!!!... 

You hadn't forgotten about this one had you?...

Yes folks, a full 6 months since it was first announced and 3 months late, the wait is finally over...

INHUMAN #1 ANMN is finally here!!!...

Okay, okay, I know it was pretty crappy of MARVEL to bang on about this book, get us all excited and then just leave us hanging for months...

But let's put any bitterness to one side and remember why we were so excited about the book in the first place eh?...

Remember it's THE book that the final couple of issues of the big ol' INFINITY event focused on and laid the groundwork for...

Remember it's THE book that promises to introduce us to the newest super heroes of the Marvel Universe...

Regular folks turned into Inhumans with amazing powers after coming into contact with the Terrigen mist...

So you've probably heard the rumours and now know the great Matt Fraction isn't writing it as originally planned all those moons ago...

But cheer up chum, the equally talented CHARLES SOULE has popped up like a newly powered INHUMAN to save the day...

And it's still JOE MADUREIRA on arts, so we're still in good hands...

So come on folks let us exercise some forgiveness and...

Get in touch to reserve your copy!... 

Goodbye Norm...

The IRON PATRIOT is here, in his own ongoing monthly series and inside the suit?...

Well it's not the guy who wore it first, Norman Osborn, oh no...

The ol' red, white and blue armour is now being worn by someone worthy...

The armor and its title finally adorns a man of selfless ideals... 

Colonel James Rhodey Rhodes...

So is this a book we should be getting excited about?...

Yes...

And hopefully you lot will too when we tell you it's written by Ales Kot, who we've waxed about here before...

And it's drawn by Garry Brown, the awesome talent from Dark Horse's The Massive...

Brown's scratchy lines are going to go down a storm with the storyline jumping between threats coming from both inside the U.S of A and from outer space... 

That our friends is why we're excited about this book, we're betting it's gonna be a winner!…

Need more convincing? Check out this art preview...

And get in touch to reserve your copy!... 

Matt's back baby!...

And he's bringing with him the perfect time to jump onto one of the very best comics being published!...

Yes folks as part of the ALL NEW MARVEL NOW initiative DAREDEVIL #1 ANMN hits the Frog shelves...

And we could not be more excited...

You see the only things changing on this book are the numbering and the town where the 'ol DD gets his business done!...

So yep, Mark Waid is still penning the Man without Fear... 

And it's still going to be Chris Samnee delivering MIND BLOWINGLY GORGEOUS art month after month!...

The FROG BROS cannot find the words to truly explain how much we've loved the old series and were rather worried when word hit that it was coming to an end...

And you should have seen the jigs of joy when Marvel released that it was coming back with the same team!...

Yes folks we are again going to be treated to Matt Murdoch's adventures as told by this stellar team, only this time he'll be billy clubing the bad guys in sunny San Francisco!...

If you missed the last run there could not be a better time to jump on a great title...

But hurry these books are going to go fast!!!...

Get in touch to reserve your copy!... 

Sshhhhh...

Don't tell anyone but there's another new AVENGERS book coming out this week and it looks like a whole lotta fun... But it's a SECRET AVENGERS book... s'no telling 'kay?...

What's that you say dear reader, the MARVEL NOW! SECRET AVENGERS has been going for over a year and sixteen issues that you've enjoyed very much thank you...?...

And you would be right, but... And really don't tell anyone this, in fact...

C'mon closer to the screen, closer, closer...

That SECRET AVENGERS has finished and it's going to be replaced with...

SECRET AVENGERS #1 ANMN...

It's all in the lettering... Let's face it MARVEL never really cared about the numbering!...

So what's going to change? Well the line up now boasts SPIDER-WOMAN...

And there's a kind of new creative team in that Nick Spencer is off, leaving the very talented and original voice of one of comic's fastest growing talents Ales Kot of WILD CHILDREN and ZERO fame...

And it's going to be drawn by ZERO #1 artist Micheal Walsh who's style is perfectly suited to the spy genre but with a massive dash of FUN...

And that girls and boys is going to be the biggest change, the SECRET AVENGERS is going to be much more FUN!!!...

Only one way to see if we're right, and that's to check out issue #1...

Get in touch to reserve your copy... But don't worry the secret is safe with us!...

YOU WANNA GET NUTS?...

LET'S GET NUTS!...

Am I nuts, using a BATMAN quote to tell you about a new MARVEL comic?...

Maybe... But then again maybe it's just about okay when that comic is MOON KNIGHT #1 ANMN!...

MOON KNIGHT y'see is pretty much MARVEL's answer to the question 'What if Batman were somehow even more psychologically damaged?'...

And of course if BATMAN wore white, MOON KNIGHT folks is that nuts, he wears reflective clothes because he WANTS the bad guys to see him coming!!!...

And he is an awesome character!... Who tends to suffer a bit from his multiple personality disorder, the last series this psychosis had him believing he was the AVENGERS... Well 3 of them at least!...

It's a real mystery to me why MOON KNIGHT has never really stuck, the last series only making it to 12 issues and the one before little better at 30...

But this time it's gonna be different with WARREN ELLIS writing and DECLAN SHALVEY and JORDIE BELLAIRE on arts...

And it's MOON KNIGHT back where he belongs in the Big Apple...

Everything about this book looks and sounds GREAT!...

So it's gotta be a winner right?...

Only one way to find out folks, get in touch to reserve your copy...

A washed up action-hero who's out for...

REVENGE #1

From the pen of celebrated celebrity, talk-show host, some time prank call enthusiast and occasional comic book creator Jonathan Ross... 

And the pencil of the very capable and AWESOME Ian Churchill of CABLE, SUPERGIRL and MARINEMAN fame comes...

REVENGE #1...

Guess what it's about?!... 

Originally called the REVENGER to sound like any number of 80's B-movies, but some forward thinking copyrighter put the skids on that one!... 

So the intrepid creative team had to go back to the drawing board...

And knocked off a letter... 

So who's the chap out for REVENGE?...

Griffin Franks, an aging Hollywood joke who suddenly and late on in life hits it big...

Before having it all ripped away from him...

And being left for dead, Griffin sets out for...

Yep you guessed it!...

REVENGE #1 is Big JR's third foray into writing the good stuff after the stellar TURF and AMERICAS GOT POWERS...

The FROG BROS are fast becoming big fans, and word on comic book street is that the first 3 books of this 4 issue mini are finished so it's pretty much guaranteed no delays!...Which is a pretty big thing for a Wossy book...

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SPACE COPS!!!...

Yep a hard boiled, character led new ongoing cop series, set in SPACE!... 

If that doesn't get your blood pumping?...

It's a new ongoing series from IMAGE!... 

It's written by ANTONY JOHNSTON of UMBRAL, WASTELAND and DAREDEVIL fame!!... 

The art's by JUSTIN GREENWOOD also from WASTELAND!!!...

And ... Okay, that's pretty much all we've got...

But isn't that enough folks?... 

FUSE #1 promises to be a detective story set in the kind of 'lived-in' sci-fi where everything feels like it might fall apart at any moment...

THE FUSE #1 follows detectives Ristovych and Dietrich of Midway City's Homicide division, whose jurisdiction is an orbiting power station 22,000 miles up!!!...

These are frontier folk working a new frontier where the law struggles to be heard, let alone obeyed!!!...

We think this is going to be yet another HIT for the publishers IMAGE...

But there's only one way to find out...

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The kid gone grew up!...

As we're sure you all know Asgard is all about death and re-birth, rising and falling... 

And whenever the old place falls you can pretty much bet there's one Asgardian who will get the blame...

And usually with good reason!... 

LOKI, and this week we have the start of a new book starring everyone's favourite trickster god!...

LOKI AGENT OF ASGARD #1 ANMN...

Yep he's back again...

And all grown up, gone is Kieron Gillen's kid LOKI, the FROG BROS' favourite LOKI incarnation so far...

But he's all grown up again... And sometimes a her too, that won't come as a surprise to those of you familiar with J. Michael Straczynski's THOR run (if you're not get out there and find it!)...

So what's this new LOKI AGENT OF ASGARD #1 ANMN all about?... 

Well, in a nut shell, the crafty little bugger has gone and landed a job as the All-Mother’s secret weapon against Asgardia’s strangest threats...

Do we want to go along for the ride?...

You're darn straight we do... How about you?...

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