NEW PRINTING ALERT: Hulk #2 Second Printing Variant!

Marvel Comics’ Hulk #2 has sold out and, in response to the overwhelming demand, the House of Ideas has announced a Hulk #2 Second Printing Variant, featuring an unbelievable cover from series artist Ed McGuinness!

In this stunning issue, Jeph Loeb and McGuinness continue their inspired run on the new Hulk series and introduce fans to the startling Red Hulk. A murder was discovered in Hulk #1, and evidence onboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier could point to the killer. Now The Hulk is determined to get to that evidence, even if it means taking down the Helicarrier. When Iron Man steps into the middle of things, the smashing could really start! What role will Rick Jones play in this exciting second issue? Who is this Crimson Colossus? No True Believer will want to miss the chance to find out.

Ships March 26, 2008 - Reserve your copy NOW at YikesToysAndComics.com!

May Shipping Titles Available for Preorder!

May shipping Comic Books and Graphic Novels from publishers such as Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse are now available for preorder at YikesToysAndComics.com!

Marvel offers up the second month of Secret Invasion and their newest ongoing title: Invincible Iron Man written by MATT FRACTION with Pencils by SALVADOR LARROCA and covers by LARROCA and JOE QUESADA plus a IRON MAN MOVIE Variant!

Dark Horse begins their adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull written by George Lucas, David Koepp and John Jackson Miller, with art byLuke Ross and covers by Hugh Fleming and Drew Struzan.

Image Comics brings the newest Frank Frazetta Painting to life in it's Swamp Demon One-Shot written by critically acclaimed novelist and comics writer JOSHUA ORTEGA (FRANK FRAZETTA'S DEATH DEALER, THE NECROMANCER), and reuniting the RUNES OF RAGNAN team of JOSH MEDORS and JAY FOTOS, this is one tale of Frazetta Comics fantasy that you won't want to miss!

DC Comics newest Batman Miniseries - Gotham After Midnite #1 (of 12) by the creative team of Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, SIMON DARK) and Kelley Jones (BATMAN: RED RAIN), Batman will come face-to-face with the Master of Fear himself - but just what is the Scarecrow after?

Learn Comic Book Pencilling with Stephen Platt on DVD!

In this April Shipping DVD produced by Gnomon Workshop, comic illustrator Stephen Platt (Moon Knight, Prophet) covers how to create a fully pencilled page from beginning to end!

During the course of the demo, Stephen shows how he indicates change in form, graduated shadows, texture and mass, all while maintaining a dramatic graphic expression. In addition, he discusses industry conventions as well as advice on portfolios and earning a living in professional comics.

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Alex Ross Provides the Cover for Batman #676 R.I.P.!

Grant Morrison’s groundbreaking run on Batman continues in “Batman R.I.P.,” a storyline that will change the legend of the Dark Knight forever! Everything has led to this. Who will live? Who will die? Who will be Batman? The answers are sure to shock readers in this issue featuring artwork by Tony Daniel & Sandu Florea and a cover by Alex Ross!

Morrison stands as one of the industry’s hottest writers thanks to his work on such titles as Animal Man, The Doom Patrol and Marvel Comics’ New X-Men, while Daniel’s work on such titles as Teen Titans and The Flash have made him one of the most sought-after artists today, making this a true dream team!

Batman #676 has a cover price of $3.99 and is scheduled to ship April 2008. Preorder now at YikesToysAndComics.com!

Michelinie & Layton Reunite in Iron Man Legacy of Doom Mini-Series!

The start of the four-issue conclusion to The Camelot Trilogy, this issue finds Mephisto close to bringing about the “End of Days.” In order to stop it Tony Stark must form a fragile alliance with Victor Von Doom, the one person Stark might trust the least and now need the most. But with Mephisto involved, is anything as it seems? Taking Iron Man to Hell itself, the legendary team of writer David Michelinie and artist Bob Layton returns to the character they’ve helped define, joined by penciller Ron Lim.

Having orchestrated significant Iron Man runs in the 1970s and 1980s, Michelinie and Layton introduced character elements such as Stark’s alcoholism & new armor variants, and readers will want to see what the creative team has in store for Iron Man in this series. The latest face-off between Iron Man and Dr. Doom by the creative team behind some of their most memorable encounters should engage longtime and recent True Believers.

Iron Man Legacy of Doom #1 (of 4) has a cover price of $2.99 and is scheduled to ship April 2008. Preorder now at YikesToysAndComics.com!

The Return of Captain America: CAPTAIN AMERICA #34 – DIRECTOR’S CUT

by Ed Brubaker & Steve Epting

From Marvel Comics. As another champion carries on the legacy of the Sentinel of Liberty, Marvel Comics sheds more light on the new Captain America’s unveiling with an expanded, 48-page edition of the issue that changed everything fans know about this iconic hero.

This not-to-be-missed Director’s Cut will feature a new cover based on interior art from Steve Epting and presents readers with a script for the issue as well as sketches of the new Cap from the designer of his new look, Alex Ross!

Scheduled to ship 03/12/08; Preorder now at YikesToysAndComics.com

NEW PRINTING ALERT: NINE Marvel Second Printing Variants Announced!

Adding to the excitement surrounding some of its hottest upcoming titles, Marvel Comics has announced eight special second printing variant covers from some of the industry’s brightest stars!

Click the pictures to order these comics from YikesToysAndComics.com at a 25% discount by February 28th!

CAPTAIN MARVEL #3 – 2ND Printing VARIANT
by Brian Reed & Lee Weeks; cover by Ed McGuinness The mystery of Captain Marvel’s presence in our world deepens as the first signs of a Secret Invasion are revealed! Brian Reed (New Avengers: Illuminati) and Lee Weeks (Daredevil) continue the winter’s most surprising mini-series. Scheduled to ship 03/19/08.

Lords of Avalon: Sword of Darkness #1 – 2nd Printing Variant : Marvel brings best-selling author Kinley MacGregor’s quixotic epic of Arthurian legend, mysticism, love and time travel to comics with this first issue of the six-part story, adapted by Robin Gillespie with pencils and by Tommy Ohtsuka. Featuring a Ohtsuka variant, the book is scheduled to ship March 19.

• Fantastic Four #554 – 2nd Printing Variant : Writer Mark Millar and artist Bryan Hitch begin a year-long storyline here, as a woman known as Mrs. Fantastic re-enters the picture for Reed Richards. But how does Mr. Fantastic know this woman, what connection do they share besides the namesake and how will this affect the rest of the team? Featuring a Hitch variant, the book is scheduled to ship March 19.

• Twelve #2 – 2nd Printing Variant : When the world was at war for a second time, a dozen Golden Age champions emerged to restore peace. After fading into the background once the battles subsided, those heroes, known as The Twelve, have resurfaced in the 21st century. In this second issue from writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Chris Weston, The Twelve struggle to understand a future far from the one they envisioned. Featuring a Weston variant, the book is scheduled to ship March 19.

• Uncanny X-Men #495 – 2nd Printing Variant : Writer Ed Brubaker (Captain America) and artist Michael Choi (X-23: Target X) begin to reveal how the X-Men move on from the setbacks of Messiah CompleX in this chapter of the Divided We Stand story, made all the more exciting by this Choi variant! The book is scheduled to ship March 19.

• Wolverine #62 – 2nd Printing Variant : Following Messiah CompleX, all Wolverine has on his mind is revenge. But who is his target? Writer Jason Aaron and Ron Garney begin a thrilling new storyline with this issue, exploring just how far Logan is willing to go to get what he wants. With a new Garney variant, the book is scheduled to ship March 19.

• X-Factor #28 – 2nd Printing Variant : This Divided We Stand tie-in issue finds X-Factor in shambles, with members either leaving or struggling to cope. Wolfsbane must leave the team to join X-Force, but how will she explain her actions to her former teammates? How will Jamie deal with his torturous trip to the future? Will Layla be able to fulfill her duties? The creative team of scribe Peter David and artist Pablo Raimondi begin to reveal the answers here! Featuring the Raimondi variant, the book is scheduled to ship March 19.

• X-Force #1 – 2nd Printing Variant : In this introductory Divided We Stand issue, writers Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost and artist Clayton Crain bring fans a new X-team comprised of Wolverine, X-23, Wolfsbane, Warpath and some of the other most resilient mutants, all dedicated to permanently removing those who would destroy the X-Men – and to making sure the X-Men never find out about it. Featuring a Crain variant, the book is scheduled to ship March 19.

• New Exiles #2 – 2nd Printing Variant : In the second issue of the phenomenal new series from writer Chris Claremont and artist Tom Grummett, the New Exiles find themselves in a new dimension. Immediately, Sabretooth, Psylocke and Mystique find themselves trapped in the middle of a feud between this world’s Black Panther and Ororo. Plus, Rogue finds herself caught up in a quest of a water-breathing warrior named Gambit! Featuring a Grummett variant, the book is scheduled to ship March 19.

NEW PRINTING ALERT: Marvel's Ultimates 3 #2 2nd Printing Variant

In response to overwhelming consumer demand, Marvel Comics has announced an Ultimates 3 #2 2nd Printing Variant (JAN088021), boasting a new cover based on internal artwork from red-hot series artists Joe Madureira and Christian Lichtner!

This second printing is slated to arrive in stores March 12, 2008.

The unrivaled creative team of writer Jeph Loeb and artists Madureira & Lichtner continue Marvel Comics’ unbelievable Ultimates adventures in this five-issue series. Captain America, Spider-Man, Thor and the rest of the greatest Ultimate Universe heroes are facing their most daunting challenge: a surprise attack from Venom! And when the depraved mutant group known as The Brotherhood enters the fight, it may become a battle that the Ultimates can’t win. See Captain America go toe-to-toe with Sabertooth, Iron Man squaring off against Mystique or the other match-ups in-store and – on the last page – the arrival of one more popular character into the fray! Readers that couldn’t get their hands on the second issue when it was first released won’t be able to pass up on this second printing now.

Required reading for fans of the Marvel’s Ultimate Universe, the many iconic heroes featured in the series or just great super-hero team-ups in general, the 32-page, full-color Ultimates 3 #2 Second Printing Variant is currently available for order from YIKES! Toys and Comics!

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Medicom's Peanuts Vinyl Dolls Honor American Original

One of Japan’s top manufacturers of pop culture collectibles celebrates an all-American creation with Medicom’s Peanuts Vinyl Collectible Dolls, based on the beloved creations of Charles Schulz. Medicom has forged a strong, worldwide following of collectors through its figures and Kubricks based on anime, movies, video games and other well-known properties.
Schulz’s universally recognized characters, combined with Medicom’s reputation for quality workmanship, should attract Peanuts fans and import toy collectors alike to these new dolls. Both imported from Japan, the dolls accurately capture the personality Schulz imbued in his characters.

The Snoopy & Woodstock Vinyl Collectible Doll Set ($39.99) includes a 4-1/2” tall figure of Charlie Brown’s beagle and a 1-3/4” tall of his little, yellow sidekick.


The Charlie Brown Vinyl Collectible Doll ($39.99) stands 7-3/4” tall and possesses the smile that sustains him through kite-eating trees, lost baseball games and Lucy Van Pelt’s elusive football. Both figures are scheduled to ship in April.

Both vinyl figures can be preordered NOW at yikescomics.com for $33.99 each!

Valiant HC Presents First Complete X-O Manowar Origin

Valiant Entertainment LLC re-introduces one of the ‘90s most popular
and enduring heroes to comic audiences in the X-O Manowar: Birth HC
featuring stories and art by the equally stellar creative roster of Bob
Layton, Jim Shooter, Joe Quesada, Barry Windsor-Smith and Sean Chen.
Valiant’s inventive stories and characters by top creators generated
excitement among readers and high sales for comic retailers. This new
hardcover should appeal to the many fans who fondly recall X-O
Manowar’s heyday, and others longing to discover them today.
Collecting the entire origin story from X-O Manowar #0-#6 for the first
time, the digitally recolored and remastered special edition recounts
how enslaved Visigoth barbarian Aric Dacia defeats his alien masters by
stealing their X-O Manowar armor. Returning to Earth 1600 years later,
the primitive man now wields the ultimate weapon on a different kind of
“alien” world: his own. In addition to the origin written by Layton &
Shooter and illustrated by Windsor-Smith and Quesada, the collection
features an all-new story, “The Rise of Lydia,“ by Layton and a new
cover by Chen.
The 192-page, full-color X-O Manowar: Birth HC is slated to ship on
April 30 with an SRP of $24.95. Preorder it now at yikescomics.com
for $19.95

Dark Horse Imports Thriller Manga GANTZ!

Hiroya Oku’s sci-fi action-thriller where the “dead” are compelled to play a mysterious assassination game orchestrated by an equally mysterious force receives its first-ever English translation when Dark Horse Comics presents Gantz TP Volume 1.
More than 175,000 copies of Gantz have been sold in Japan, and its appearances in the Japanese magazine Young Jump, whose circulation exceeds 1 million, have made it a seinen smash with male readers ages 18-30. Long-demanded by Western manga fans and favorably compared to such multilayered sagas as Ghost in the Shell and Akira, Gantz holds the potential to keep customers spellbound, and to keep them returning for future volumes. Gantz begins when two young men are struck by a subway train after rescuing a derelict from the tracks. Instead of “dying,” they encounter similarly “dead” individuals engaged in a series of dangerous hunts for alien criminals. All of their missions are controlled by an enigmatic orb named Gantz that tells them: “Your lives have ended. How you use your new lives is entirely up to me.”

Intended for mature readers, the 224-page, black-&-white Gantz TP Volume 1 is scheduled to ship shrink-wrapped with an 18+ content advisory on June 25. SRP $12.95 - Preorder it NOW at yikescomics.com for $10.35!