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UNWORTHY THOR #2

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Olivier Coipel

• The Realm of Old Asgard has vanished, taking with it Odinson's hope for redemption.
• But good tidings from Beta Ray Bill might breathe new life into the quest. For Bill knows the fate of the Realm Eternal.
• To win back Odinson's honor, the brothers in arms must infiltrate the fortress of THE COLLECTOR.
Rated T

Thor drinks a lot, chops down giants, rides his bleedin' awesome mystical ram and rocks the Neal Adams shirtless attire in the frigid cold. Plus, BETA RAY BILL!

RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 5/18!!

POWER MAN & IRON FIST #4

(W) David Walker (A/CA) Sanford Greene

IT'S TIME TO ROLL ON ROYCE!
•  Former Heroes for Hire office manager Jennie Royce's resentment for LUKE and DANNY, and her power from the stolen SUPERSOUL STONE, is reaching capacity!
•  Time for an old school BIG APPLE GRUDGE MATCH: MIGHT and RIGHT versus MISGUIDED and MAGIC!
•  Be like New York City! DON'T SLEEP! READ THIS COMIC INSTEAD!
Rated T+

RECOMMENDED BY SAM THE VIDEO MONKEY!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 4/13!!

MOON KNIGHT (2016) #1

(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Greg Smallwood

THE BOOK YOU'D BE INSANE TO MISS!
Marc Spector (a.k.a. Moon Knight/Jake Lockley/Steven Grant) has been fighting criminals and keeping New York City safe for years... or has he? When he wakes up in an insane asylum with no powers and a lifetime's worth of medical records, his whole identity (indentities) are called into question. Something is wrong, but is that something Marc Spector himself? Jeff Lemire (EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN) and rising star Greg Smallwood are calling everything you know about Moon Knight into question.

Cover art by Greg Smallwood

Recommended by Morgan!!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 4/13!!

GWENPOOL #1

(W) Christopher Hastings (A) Gurihiru, Danillo Beyruth

2015's overnight internet sensation takes center stage in her own ongoing series! Gwen Poole used to be a comic book reader just like you...until she woke up in a world where the characters she read about seemed to be real! But they can't be, right? This must all be fake, or a dream or something, right? And you know what that means...NO CONSEQUENCES! Could Gwenpool truly be Marvel's least responsible and least role-modely character to date? She can if she tries!

Cover art by Gurihiru

Recommended by Casey!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 3/2!!

BLACK WIDOW #1

(W) Chris Samnee, Mark Waid (A/CA) Chris Samnee

S.H.I.E.L.D.'S MOST WANTED!
The Eisner Award-winning team of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee are taking Black Widow on the lam! Natasha has spent years gathering secrets, and when some of the darkest ones begin mysteriously going public, no one is safe. With her betrayed former confederates at S.H.I.E.L.D. on her heels and a lifetime of training and ingenuity at her disposal, Natasha's out for answers in a knock-down-drag-out tale of action and espionage! Hidden enemies, old friends and unusual allies collide, and all eyes are on Black Widow. The chase is on!

RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2/17!!

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #1

(W) David Walker (A/CA) Sanford Greene

THE ORIGINAL HEROES FOR HIRE, BACK ON THE CLOCK!
We KNOW you've been waiting to see LUKE CAGE and DANNY RAND back together and back to STREET-STOMPING basics! POWER MAN and IRON FIST are tracking a mystery with all the ingredients of a classic Heroes-for-Hire tale. Expect old friends, hired goons, crime lords, weird magic, plenty of power, a flurry of fists and as much bromance as you can handle! It's Power Man and Iron Fist reunited, and writer DAVID WALKER and artist SANFORD GREENE are making it feel so GOOD!

RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1/20!!

CAPTAIN MARVEL #1

(W) Tara Butters, Michele Fazekas (A/CA) Kris Anka

Face front, true believers! The Captain has made her return and oh, how mighty it is. It's a bold new frontier for Carol Danvers as she soars to new heights in her greatest mission yet--leader of the all-new Alpha Flight space program. Yup, Alpha Flight. As earth's first line of defense, Carol and her team aim to protect the planet from extraterrestrial threats. But can Carol be a soldier and a diplomat? Especially when an unknown enemy emerges that Carol can't quite punch. The superstar team behind Marvel's Agent Carter television series, Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas, make their comics debut alongside the awesomely-talented Kris Anka.

RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1/6!!

SPIDEY #2

(W) Robert P. Thompson (A/CA) Nick Bradshaw

• Spidey and Sandman square off in a titanic tale that'll knock you out!
• Get it? Knock you out? Because Sandman.
• The book has better jokes than the solicits, we swear!

RECOMMENDED BY SAM THE VIDEO MONKEY!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/30!!

DEADPOOL AND CABLE: SPLIT SECOND #1

(W) Fabian Nicieza (A/CA) Reilly Brown

Call them a duo with a special kind of dynamics...call them the odd couple but with guns...call them 90s comics distilled down into two characters-DEADPOOL AND CABLE ARE BACK, BABY! That's right-The Merc with the Mouth and the Soldier with the Scowl are together again in this all-new series! When Cable gets a vision of a terrible future set off by the death of one man, he knows he must protect him no matter what! I'll get you three guesses who's been hired to kill that guy. Go on, guess. The fan favorite team of Fabian Nicieza & Reilly Brown have reunited to get the gang back together-and it feels so good!

RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!

ALL-NEW ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL W/ PROFESSOR MARVEL!! WEEK 9ISH!

"Week 9ish"
Look out!! It's Asst. Professor's week--Mighty Morgan is running the show!!
 
The Mighty Marvel Onslaught continues this week as another handful of new #1's are launched (or re-launched) along with 2nd issues of Iron Man and Spidey!!  Wait? What's that you say? Kinda confused about the new universe because Secret Wars hasn't finished yet? Then sit back and let the original Marvel Zombie, Prof. Will Harris break you down on the next exciting chapter of the Marvel Universe!!

Also, feel free to comment with any questions you may have for Prof. Marvel about Secret Wars, the All-New All-Different whatevers or any other corner of the most popular universe in comics!!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 10/14!!

NEW AVENGERS #1

(W) Al Ewing (A/CA) Gerardo Sandoval

EVERYTHING IS NEW. In the wake of SECRET WARS, the old order changeth - and Bobby DaCosta, Sunspot, is just the man to changeth it. Welcome to AVENGERS IDEA MECHANICS - a super-scientific global rescue squad of tomorrow's heroes... today! America doesn't want them! S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't know what to do with them! But Earth might not survive without... the NEW AVENGERS!

RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 10/7!!

DOCTOR STRANGE #1

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Chris Bachalo

Who do you call when things are coming out of your dreams and trying to kill you? Or when your daughter is cursing in Latin and walking like a spider? Or when your dog keeps screaming at you to strangle your neighbors? Doctor Strange, of course. He's the only person standing between us and the forces of darkness, but has he been paying his tab? Every act of magic has a cost and Jason Aaron (THOR, ORIGINAL SIN) and Chris Bachalo (UNCANNY X-MEN) are going to put Stephen Strange through hell to even the scales.

RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 9/16!!

CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE #1

(W) Jeph Loeb (A/CA) Tim Sale

THE SUPERSTAR CREATIVE TEAM OF SPIDER-MAN: BLUE, HULK: GRAY, AND DAREDEVIL: YELLOW BRING THEIR MAGIC TO AMERICA'S #1 HERO
• From his re-awakening in the present day to his days on the battlefield during World War II, follow CAPTAIN AMERICA as he recalls a special mission during THE BIG ONE!
• It's 1941 and the HOWLING COMMANDOS are just looking to kick back and relax....
• But CAP and BUCKY are about to make their night a whole lot worse!
• The EISNER AWARD-WINNING team of JEPH LOEB and TIM SALE reunite to tell a shocking story of CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY!
• Extra-sized issue featuring CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE #0

RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 5/20!!

MASTER OF KUNG FU #1

(W) Haden Blackman (A) Dalibor Talajic

• Welcome to the mystical land of K'UN LUN, where the study of martial arts reigns supreme!
• In a world where everyone is well-trained in at least some form of deadly combat, what becomes of a drunken, drop-out failure?
• If anyone speaks out against Emperor Zu, the price is their head! Good thing Shang-Chi's a man of discretion and...oh, who are we kidding. This is going to get nasty.

RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 4/1!!

AVENGERS ULTRON FOREVER #1

(W) Al Ewing (A/CA) Alan Davis

Part 1 of 3 - The start of a three-part Avengers Event!

500 years into the future, Ulton has won. Humanity is all but extinct - dead or enslaved by the Ultron Singularity. Now, seven Avengers are brought through time by Doctor Doom to battle the machine god for the fate of the cosmos... or die trying! It begins here - an epic adventure spanning the past and future of the Avengers!

Cover art by Alan Davis

Recommended by Morgan!

ALL-NEW COMICS SHOULD SMELL GOOD! NOW!! ep. #10!! 1/7

Welcome to the future of the NOW!!! 2015 is here, flying hover boards, self drying jackets and really trippy hats will soon be available to one and all!! In the case of comics, this week sees the release of an onslaught of Marvel books, a fancy pants Casanova hardcover, a psycho housewife and much much more on this beautiful new comics day!!

P.S.
Due to the lack of tech on our Video Monkey's end, the video came out a bit more raw than anticipated, but whatever--deal with it!!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1/7!!

UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #1

(W) Ryan North (A) Erica Henderson

• Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: There's one hero that's beaten them all-and now she's got her own ongoing series! (Not that she's bragging.)
• That's right, you asked for it, you got it, it's SQUIRREL GIRL! (She's also starting college this semester.)
• It's the start of a brand-new series of adventures starring the nuttiest and most upbeat super hero in the world!

Bring on the cute, fuzzy animals!! Longtime cult favorite, Squirrel Girl finally gets her own series to showcase why she is one of the most BAD-ASS characters to ever grace the pages of a Marvel comic book! Ryan North, fresh off his run on "Adventure Time" teams up with the fun, offbeat and energetic art of Erica Henderson for a fresh, new take on one of the oddest heroes to ever put on spandex!!

RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 11/12!!

BUCKY BARNES: WINTER SOLDIER #2

(W) Ales Kot (A) Marco Rudy

"ACROSS THE UNIVERSE"
• Winter Soldier traces the bullet that wounded him back to Asgard!
• The mirroring halls underneath the kingdom hide a secret. Bucky Barnes has the key.
• But the Frozen Wolves of Niffleheim are ready to tear their prey apart

RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!!

COMICS SHOULD SMELL GOOD!! EP. #82

In the aftermath of Video Monkey and Lady Video Monkey's disappearance, things almost fell apart here at CSSG until Anna came through with the brilliant idea to do a "VLOG" as Morgan informs us that is what the kids are calling it these days... So while there might not be any pictures, titles or editing to speak of, there is no less excitement for the fantastic funnybooks that are hitting the shelves this super nice Wednesday here in Seattle.

And a BIG thanks to our honorary Lady Video Monkey Anna for staying up and editing these things together!!