BOOK OF THE MONTH:
Chronicles of Hip Hop: Knowledge From the Streets GN (Zenescope)

Got a preview of this at San Diego – it’s an anthology of stories inspired by classic rap songs. I can tell you with certainty that one of the writers, Christian Beranek, is pretty good. He wrote the indy mini-series Dracula vs. King Arthur from over a year ago, which was quite a pleasant surprise, so I have hopes about this.

Also notable:
The 99 #1. The hit superhero comic from the Middle East makes its way to America.
Fantastic Four: The New Fantastic Four HC. Writer Dwayne McDuffie’s first story arc.
Countdown Presents The Search For Ray Palmer: Crime Syndicate and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents the Anti-Monitor. Jamal Igle pencils the former, Pete Woods pencils the latter, and they’ve both got extremely long titles!

The list:
Buffy TVS #7. Pencils by Jeanty.
Infinity Inc. #2
Wonder Woman: Amazons Attack HC. Pencils by Woods.
Batman Confidential #10. Pencils by Cowan.
Flash #233. Some art by Braithwaite.
Justice League of America #14, Avengers Classic #5, Fantastic Four #551. All written by McDuffie.
JSA Classified #31. The Mr. Terrific arc concludes.
Highwaymen #5 (of 5). Co-written by Bernardin.
Stormwatch PHD #12
Welcome to Tranquility #11
Spawn #175, Spawn: The Complete Armageddon Collection TP, Spawn: New Flesh TP
Repo #5 (of 5)
Special Forces #3 (of 6). Story and art by Baker.
Treasure Island #5 (of 6). Art by Gully.
Black Panther #31, Black Panther: Four the Hard Way TP. Written by Hudlin.
Heroes for Hire #15
New Warriors #5. Written by Grevioux.
Shanna TSD: Survival of the Fittest #3 (of 4). Pencils by Evans.
Thor #4. Pencils by Coipel.
Uncanny X-Men #491. Is Storm down for the count?
Punisher #51. The Barracuda arc continues.
X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David V3 TP. Some art by Stroman.
Blade: Sins of the Father TP
Gold Digger #89, GD Halloween 2007 special, GD Sourcebook #10, Pirates vs. Ninjas: Up the Ante #4 (of 8), Sky Sharks #3 (of 5), Fred Perry Fun Size 3-pack. Story or art or both by Perry.
Joe & Max #5, Genesis 5 #5, Code #5, Seekers #4
Wet Moon V3 TP. The solicit says it’s for fans of Local and Optic Nerve, for what that’s worth.
Grimm Fairy Tales: Return to Wonderland #5. Story by Gregory.