COMICS SHOULD SMELL GOOD!! EP. #38!!

This week, Morgan and Casey bring you the very newest of new comics, filled with many gloriously collectible #1 issues that are sure to beat the summer heat! We've got Quantum and Woody with awesome action goat sidekick; the beginning of DC's big JLA crossover, TRINITY; the new Mouse Guard hardcover (finally!); weird ass drug induced sci-fi from Darick Robertson's Ballistic and a very very special treat that Morgan found in the sticky abyss that is our attic.

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MOUSE GUARD HC VOL 03: BLACK AXE

(W/A) David Peterson

 This is the third collected volume in the continuing saga of the Eisner Award-winning and critically acclaimed fantasy comic series, Mouse Guard, serving as a prequel to the two previous volumes. Set in 1115, this is the story of how the Guardmouse Celanawe's paw first touched the legendary weapon, the Black Axe. The arrival of distant kin takes Celanawe on an adventure that will carry him across the sea to uncharted waters and lands, all while unraveling the legend of Farrer, the blacksmith who forged the mythic axe. This hardcover collection will include an epilogue, pinups, a 22-page section of maps, guide pages, and cutaways, as well as reprinting the 2010 Free Comic Book Day story as a prologue to the tale.

recommended by erin.

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MOUSE GUARD: LEGENDS OF THE GUARD 2 #1

(W/A) David Peterson and Various

 The 2011 Eisner Award winner for best anthology is back with a second volume! In the mouse tavern the June Alley Inn, a new round of storytelling begins between the patrons. Their goal is to be declared the best story of the night in hopes of having their outstanding debt to the barmaid forgiven. Legends of the Guard continues the tradition of featuring handpicked artists and storytellers by series creator David Petersen. This issue features Stan Sakai (Usagi Yokimbo), Ben Caldwell (The Dare Detectives!), and the Awakening team of Nick Tapalansky and Alex Eckman-Lawn!

RECOMMENDED BY ERIN.

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CURSED PIRATE GIRL HC

(W/A) Jeremy Bastian

Adventures on and under the high seas lead a cursed pirate girl to encounter mythic creatures, gnarled and crusty pirates, and ghostly apparitions as she tries to find her lost father, one of the dreaded Pirate Captains of the mythical Omerta Seas. A whimsical swashbuckling tale of wonderland journeys and unimaginable dangers, starting in Port Elisabeth, Jamaica in the year 1728, and quickly heading across-and beneath-the waves. The first three issues are collected with an all-new epilogue.

Break out your magnifying glasses because one of the most sought after, damn near impossible to find comics of last year is finally collected as it was meant to be seen in a handsome hardcover book! Seriously, the art in this book is so intricately detailed that it is a wonder Bastian finished it before going blind! Capturing the pure essence of what most fantasy books are missing these days, Bastian has created an intricate world of wonder where every ship, every treasure trove, every secret map is a gateway to the endless caverns of a child's imagination. RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!