Brave New Worlds started on a dare in Willow Grove Pennsylvania April\'s Fool\'s Day 1989. It was originally named the \"Comic Book Store\" until the shop moved to Jenkintown.
Brave New Worlds has been serving the greater Philadelphia area\'s comic book and toy needs for over 20 Years.
You can visit Brave New Worlds in one of 2 locations:
Willow Grove - 433 West Moreland Road Willow Grove, Pa. (215.657.8838)
Hours - Sunday 11-6, Monday-Friday 11-9, Saturday 11-7
Philadelphia - 45 N. 2nd Street Philadelphia, Pa. (215.925.6525)
Hours - Sunday 11-6, Monday-Saturday 11-8
Archive for the ‘Staff Picks’ Category
Na-na-na-na New Discounted BOOKS!
Come on! It’s 2012! Time to save on some of your favorites! Check out our new list of Bargain Trades and Hardcovers! (who care’s why they’re cheap! Just get ‘em while they are!)
That Time of Year Again!
It’s that time of year again and Brave New Worlds is happy to share with you some Holiday Gift Ideas!
NEVER TOO Late For H-Ween!
Hellboy just can’t be late for Halloween. He’s a gosh-darned Devil for crying out loud! He’s basically living Halloween all the damn time!…especially with all the crazy stuff that happens to him. He’s also got a new OGN* out tomorrow…
I Went To NYCC
Some of you out there in the innernette may know I left Philadelphia for the first time in years and decided to head up to the ol New York Comic Con in NYC this past weekend. How was it you ask?! Read on for a few thoughts…
Wave 2 of DCnU!
Tomorrow marks the 2nd wave of the DC 52 #1s! Which ones are you looking forward to!?
Who the heck is Irene?!
So all these news shows have been talking about this Irene character…Irene-shmirene! But if you are looking to pass the “heavy wwwrrrrains” (baby voice) and “blowwy winds” and “power outages” here’s some comics I recommend!
Now Available @ BNW
DC Comics Presents Legion of Super-Heroes #1
Legion Lost HC
So like I used to do every once in awhile, from time to time maybe you have said to yourself, “self, it’s time to try to get into Legion of Super-Heroes again.” But ultimately it does not work for you for whatever reason – too many characters, too much back story, too strange and disconnected (as it is set in the 31st century). And then the great experiment fails, again.
If you are willing to give Legion another go, I have two suggestions for you to take a chance on – both of which were recently collected and released by DC Comics again. During one of the previous-mentioned “relaunches” the Powers That Be tapped the cosmic writing duo of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (War of Kings, Nova) to update to revitalize it’s future heroes.
DC Comics Presents Legion of Super-Heroes #1 (don’t worry, it’s a one-shot) by Abnett and Lanning collects a four-issue run of Legionnaires and Legion of Super-Heroes that dumps the reader right into the middle of the action as a power called The Blight has taken over the Earth, and many of its occupants including a majority of the aforementioned Legion.
What makes this story so awesome is that it does not try to run all of the Legion characters at you, but focuses on a few who have been able to hold out and build a resistance against The Blight. Characters are introduced but not in an overwhelming way.
The Blight are one of the nastiest villains ever brought forth (think Star Trek’s Borg but with feelings). They have evolved into the characters we see ripping apart our home and it is their acquisitions that eventually turn on them.
Plus, another reason this book rocks besides the price (@ $7.99 that’s $1.99 an issue) is Olivier Coipel’s (Thor) artwork. It is not as refined as his stuff today, but it is still really good, unique and the man knows how to tell a story.
The Blight storyline, or “The Damned” arc as it is solicited, is an awesome gateway to the 12-issue mini-series Legion Lost by Abnett, Lanning, Coipel and Pascal Alixe. This mini-series leads to the new Legion relaunch which The Blight trio produced for the first year.
Legion Lost is exactly what it sounds like, several members of the Legion are lost in time and space and attempt to get home, while also searching for one of their missing teammates. Once again, Abnett and Lanning only focus on a small corp group of characters while filling in Legion back story and giving the reader a sense of the team’s history.
In fact, each issue is told from the point of view of one of the stranded members, which allows readers to get to know each character while the continue to suffer through this dire and hopeless situation. The twists and turns and payoff are huge and worth the ride. I can only imagine what it was like to read this arc while it came out monthly. It has sort of a desperate Battlestar Galactica feel to it when the team comes to the realization that they may never get home.
There is also an epic Dark Phoenix sort of tale being weaved as well and readers will be surprised to find out just how this story played out.
The only sad part about both tales is these are the only two Abnett-Lanning DC Legion collections, hopefully for now.
Both DC Comics Presents Legion of Super-Heroes #1 and Legion Lost HC are available at both Brave New Worlds locations.
Time to take 2nd Look?!
Remember all the way back in Avengers #5 when they were trapped in peaceful horrible future and the Hulk was an old man and Ultron was a scary world wide Skynet-like threat?! If you don’t remember that you should probably pick up Avengers Vol 1 (1-6, $19.99) which came out this past week…
Friday Innernette. You see Cap yet?
Here we are. Another Friday and yet another Marvel Movie is making a huge splash…that coupled with San Diego Comic Con going on this weekend (really the entire week so far) prepare for innernette news overload.
DCnU(niverse) THE #1s
Ya know this whole DCU New #1s thing that everyone and their moms are talking about like crazy online, in comic shops, street corners and mountain tops!? We’ve assembled a comprehensive list of those comics and their solicitation information for you right here on bravenewworldscomics.com. So hit the jump already…
