GROOT!!!...

So regular readers of this little part of our website (we're told there are some!) will know that usually this space is reserved for the new single issues that are to be hitting our shelves and getting us most excited each week...

Well this week the space is still reserved for what we see as the most exciting release...

But we're mixing it up a little... This week what's getting us most hot and bothered is GUARDIANS OF GALAXY PREM HC VOL 01 COSMIC AVENGERS NOW...

Yes folks a collected edition... But not just any collected edition...

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY PREM HC VOL 01 COSMIC AVENGERS NOW is the collected edition of what, in the FROG BROS' humble opinion is one of the best books hitting the shelves...

Written by the marvelous Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by the brilliant Steve McNiven...

This book is the prefect jumping on spot for anyone who missed the single issues...

Collecting GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2013) #1-3 and #0.1, and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY INFINITE COMIC #1...

And introducing the COSMIC AVENGERS team of Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, the Invincible Iron Man... and GROOT!...

Why wait for the movie?...

Just HOLLER and get this magnificent source material!!!...

UNIVERSE... BEYOND...

Because, let's face it there just aren't enough BAT-Books on the shelves already...

Yeah, yeah, yeah okay... Maybe there are... Maybe...

But at least in BATMAN BEYOND UNIVERSE #1 it's the BATMAN of the future, so not Bruce or even a Lazarus pit dipping Damian Wayne...

No in the BEYOND UNIVERSE Bats is... Terry McGinnis... Never heard of him? Well give this book a whirl and then you will...

This is a new start for the BEYOND UNIVERSE but everything is still going to be running in continuity, so settle down long term lovers of this Bat-verse...

Barbara's still ensconced in her Dad's old job and there'll be plenty of the old rogues gallery popping up too...

And you don't just get one book for your buck here, no no...

With these digital first books you also get the JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND... And that means a widowed SUPERMAN preparing to dip his foot back in the dating waters following the death of Louise... Pronounced Lewis for those not in the know like the other Frog Bro...

That and a promise that as the story unfolds we'll all find out, readers new and old alike why the BATMAN OF THE FUTURE is now walking with a limp...

That's gotta be enough to tweak your interest, no?...

If so HOLLER...

INFINITY!!!...

It is going to go off...

Yes folks finally after months of build up that has been merrily going on in the house of ideas this Wednesday the 6 issue mini series INFINITY is finally going to be with us!!!...

Another event I hear you all groan... And yes it is...

Will it be worth your hard earned quids?...

We think so... But then we would being in the comic book retail business wouldn't we?... 

So what's it all about then?...

Basically there's a massive threat to the world that has meant CAP, IRON MAN and the rest of the AVENGERS are out in the cosmos trying to keep us all safe from this BIG BAD...

BANG! Never missing a trick who notices our little rock's defences are down?...

Only the BIGGEST bad guy around, yep again folks it's THANOS!!!...

The guy who can level cities with a breath and counts DEATH as a bed fellow...

So yep yep yep... It's all gonna kick off... On earth... In space...

It's going to be BIG...

All that's left is to ask, who wants onto INFINITY?...

The LAST love story ever told...

From the pen of Jeff Lemire...

Yes folks the talented Jeff Lemire who almost made us cry last week with the fantastically touching ANIMAL MAN ANNUAL (If you didn't pick it up we urge you to do it and test out those tear ducts!)...

This week returns with a new VERTIGO mini-series TRILLIUM #1...

This is a love story about two disparate souls separated by thousands of years and hundreds of millions of miles...

Yet they will fall in love and, as a result, bring about the end of the universe... 

If you haven't read any of Lemire's previous work then we would recommend you to get out there... Or down here to our shop and try SWEET TOOTH, ANIMAL MAN, CONSTANTINE or last years UNDERWATER WELDER...

This guy can write...

And he's equally amazing with a pencil, building gorgeous stylised worlds...

Yep you guessed it, he's taking on the arts duties on this one too...

Comics don't have to be just about super heroes smacking each other about...

And Jeff Lemire's about to illustrate that to us all over again... I for one can't wait... Let us know if you feel the same and want on this book?..

CRAZY?...

Are you ready for a new science based psychedelic, reality altering book from VERTIGO?..

Good, we are too and this week drops COLLIDER #1...  

From the pen of Simon Oliver writer of EXTERMINATORS and GEN13...

Art by Robbie Rodriguez who's blasted out some amazingly stylized stuff for IMAGE and MARVEL...

The colourist on this one (I know right, we're banging on about a colourist?!) Rico Renzi really could be the unsung star... 

Bringing a mad trippy vibrancy to the book with block almost fluorescent pinks and yellows that scream for a page to be read...

And perfectly compliment the subject matter...

Y'see COLLIDER #1 is based in a world where the laws of physics as we know them are starting to crack and holes are starting to appear in space and time...

Leading to the formation of The Federal Bureau of Physics, there 'to prevent and protect.'...

But things are starting to get worse, can the FBP handle it?..

Only one way to find out folks... HOLLER to get on this book today... Or yesterday... If you can from where that wormhole's taken you...

Who's up for some fun in old Gotham town?...

ADAM WEST's Gotham, filled with 'BIFFS' 'POWS' and a fantastically camp energy that brings the TV show we all loved back to life…

Yes folks BATMAN 66 #1 arrives this week!...

And it's an AWESOME, colourfull, fun filled trip down memory lane… 

There's no dark knight here…

This BATMAN really is the caped crusader I'm sure we all remember from growing up in front of the idiot box, tuning in to Adam West and the BOY WONDER…

It's got everything we all loved about the show…

Including the BAT-MOBILE!!!…

The writing is marvelous, Jeff Parker has absolutely nailed the dialogue...

But the real star of the show is Jonathan Case's wonderfully vibrant art work...

This digital first comic is finally hitting the print stands and oh my gosh it's great!!!

So come on folks, the NEW52 is a great place but very, very dark and gritty...

With BATMAN 66 DC are proving they can still do good, fun comics...

The FROG BROS LOVE IT...

To jump on it HOLLER...

I AM THE LAW... CLASSICS!...

Really, we're getting excited about some re-prints?…

You bet we are folks… It's DREDD!!!...

For many of us growing up in good 'ol Blighty in the 80's, without access to AWESOME shops like FROG BROS COMICS AND BOOKS, 2000AD was our weekly fix of comics goodness… 

And the big old headline act of that amazingly creative, ideas filled book was DREDD…

An American law enforcement officer of the future Mega-City One a dirty and violent city where uniformed Judges dish out on the spot arrests, sentencing and executions…

JUDGE DREDD obviously being the biggest, baddest Judge of them all…

And in JUDGE DREDD CLASSICS #1 we get to re-live some of the classic storylines that gave birth to the legend!…

And with all new colours!...

The first book is bringing us 'Block Mania,' which will lead to the beloved Apocalypse War! ... 

Sorry Mrs frog but I'm firing up the torch and re-living my youth by reading this bad boy under the covers... Who's with me?!

To jump on it HOLLER...

SEX!, DEATH! LIVE TV!...

Those three words followed by exclamation marks are enough to have me sold…

If you need more then read on dear reader…

SATELLITE SAM #1, hitting the FROG shelves Wednesday 03rd July 2013 is published by those great folks at IMAGE, is written by Matt Fraction and has art by Howard Chaykin… 

Yes folks that's FRACTION who's penned the AWESOME sleeper hit of HAWKEYE, FF and FANTASTIC FOUR (How does the guy find the time?!)…

And HOWARD THE LEGEND CHAKIN of BLACK KISS and AVENGERS 1959 fame…

So you can be sure we're going to have lots of square jaws, smokey scenes and comb-overs…

Which we are willing to bet will work perfectly on a book set in the murky world of a 40's TV studio…

Throw in the SEX!, DEATH! LIVE TV!...

How can this team and this book fail?... 

To jump on it HOLLER...

THE BIG TWO...

By the BIG TWO…

Yes folks the waiting is almost finally over and BATMAN SUPERMAN #1 is hitting the Frog shelves…

Written by the AWESOME Greg Pak, probably best known for his brilliant WORLD WAR HULK run…

And with arts from the genius that is Jae Lee of DARK TOWER and BEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS…

This first book is going to focus on the first meeting between the two big hitters of the DC UNIVERSE…

Placed around the same time as Morrison's ACTION COMICS #1…

We're willing to wager that this book is going to be a big ol' Buddy comic team-up hit…

With the chalk and cheese characters playing off against each other...

We've got the inherantly good SUPERMAN and the bad to the bone BATMAN...

It's going to be AWESOME!!!...

To jump on it HOLLER...

YOU'LL DIE IF YOU MISS IT...

It's ZOMBIES VS VAMPIRES VS HUMANS and it's by MAX BROOKS!!!... 

Yes folks the guy who's billed as one of the founders of the zombie renaissance, Max Brooks has sold millions of books...

He's the guy who penned The Zombie Survival Guide which really started the whole zombie prep subculture, it's graphic novel companion Recorded Attacks debuted as #1 on the New Times Bestseller list...

He followed that up with WORLD WAR Z adapted by Brad Pitt into what is sure to be one of the biggest blockbuster movies of 2013....

And now he's coming back to comics, aided on the arts front by another guy who's no stranger to crazy cannibals from his work on CROSSED, the very talented Mr Raulo Caceres.... 

EXTINCTION PARADE #1 is not just about ZOMBIES though...

While it is the undead Zombie herds that are wiping out humanity, it seems the humans might just have an unlikely ally... 

VAMPIRES!!! Yep the bloodsuckers are worried the ZOMBIES are going to wipe out their food supply...

Which tee's it all up nicely for one massive gore filled fight fest!!!... 

HOLLER to get EXTINCTION PARADE #1 added to your pull-list!... 

A HERO FOR NOW...

The wait is over folks and the BIG BLUE BOYSCOUT IS BACK!!!... 

Okay so he's never really been away...

It's just that this time we think this is going to be a SUPERMAN comic that actually makes the character pertinent again...

You see the Frog Bros have always been fans of Sup (How could we not be?)...

But even we have to admit that the character is a hero for a bygone age, just too good, too nice and a character that really works when in the JUSTICE LEAGUE with the other flawed members to work off... 

In fact... Sorry needed a pause before putting this out there...

Apart from the GROUNDED storyline by J. Micheal Straczynski and RED SON by MARK MILLAR, there really hasn't been many good Sup reads over the last few years... 

Even the great GRANT MORRISON couldn't buck the trend on the NEW52's ACTION COMICS...

We're willing to bet that's all about to change...

How can it not with SCOTT SNYDER and JIM LEE getting together for SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #1?...

If these guys can't breath some new life into the MAN OF STEEL then for me it's time to hang up the red pants...

HOLLER to get SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #1 added to your pull-list!... 

SHALL WE...

Oh go on then, just one last time... 

And so just in time for KICK ASS 2 hitting the silver screen...

We have KICK ASS 3 #1 (of 8) hitting the massively more important FROG shelves...

Yes folks this week we get re-introduced to, what are for me, two of the better comic book characters from the last few years, KICK ASS and HIT GIRL...

It's the comic gods of MARK MILLAR and JOHN ROMITA JNR teaming up for the last time on this sure fire hit... 

So we left off with HIT GIRL being put in the clink... 

And that's exactly where this one jumps off... 

With KICK ASS the leader of JUSTICE FOREVER, leading a jail break...

When he's already a costumed hero that's been outlawed after the big old smack down from KICK ASS 2...

Is he now in too deep?...

HOLLER to get KICK ASS 3 #1 (of 8) added to your pull-list!... 

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE AWESOME...

And there's no doubt it's going to be AWESOME... 

Why are we so sure WAKE #1 is going to so so good?...

Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy is for why folks...

The last time these two comic book thoroughbreds from the DC and VERTIGO stables got together we were treated to AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, a beautiful book that added so much to the amazingly sprawling AMERICAN VAMPIRE world built by SNYDER and RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE...

Since then, although AM VAM's taken a hiatus SNYDER has continued to knock BATMAN out of the park and has been prepping SUPERMAN UNCHAINED with JIM LEE (We cannot even start to convey how excited we are about this book's release in a couple of weeks)... 

And SEAN MURPHY completed his brilliant PUNK ROCK JESUS, which is even more awesome when you think the guy did all the writing, drawing... Hell I bet he even wrote the theme tune, sang the theme tune... 

But back to the pressing matter of what is WAKE all about?... 

It's billed as a sci-fi/horror epic that explores the horrors of the deep, probes the origins of human history, and leaps far beyond to a frightening future...

And with these two at the helm, who's betting against it being a hit?...

Not us!!!...

HOLLER to get WAKE #1 (OF 10) added to your pull-list!... 

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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...

HOLLER to get TANK GIRL SOLID STATE added to your pull-list!... 

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!...

CONTACT US to get CHIN MUSIC added to your pull-list...

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?..

CONTACT US to get the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY added to your pull-list...

Or take out a 6 issue subscription here...

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...

CONTACT US to get the CONSTANTINE added to your pull-list...

Or take out a 6 issue subscription here...