FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: TRANSFORMERS: GENERATION ONE #7

Transformers: Generation One #7 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Dreamwave Productions. The issue is written by James McDonough and Adam Patyk, penciled by Don Figueroa, inked by Elaine To and colored by Espen Grundetjern.

Here's how Dreamwave describes the book:

"Looks like it's time to call the exterminator! Things get a bit buggy for Jazz and company when they find themselves tackling their most gruesome foes yet: the power-hungry Insecticons. But these vile beings aren't concerned about gobbling up territory, wealth, or even Energon for that matter. They hunger for something more...much more!"

Transformers: Generation One #7 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: USAGI YOJIMBO #78

Usagi Yojimbo #78 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is by Stan Sakai.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the book:

"A cantankerous old woman hires the reluctant samurai to help her run away from home--with all of her valuables. However, she is being pursued by a fierce pack of bandits! Can Usagi survive the bandits' attack? Even worse--can he survive the old lady? Guarding Tess meets 17th century Japan when Usagi becomes a 'Samurai for Hire.'"

Usagi Yojimbo #78 will be 24 black-and-white pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: SUPER MANGA BLAST! #44

Super Manga Blast! #44 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is by Mohiro Kitoh, Makoto Kobayashi, Kenichi Sonoda, Yuzo Takada and Hiroyuki Utatane and Yo Morimoto.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"This issue starts off with two episodes of Makoto Kobayashi's playful, cat-centric strip, What's Michael?, featuring conniving, domestic felines at their troublesome best. Kobayashi's slice-of-life Club 9 drama chucks its usual romantic comedy aside, as the frightening, two-part 'Nightmare on Aki's Street' story line concludes. The heroics of Hoichi 'Gun' Kano are chronicled in Cannon God Exaxxion, with the Exaxxion robot temporarily out of commission Hoichi dones his powerful, armored suit! Ambushed on a space transport leaving the moon, the Seraphic Feather team faces combat of the mysterious, meta-powered kind. The horrific conclusion to Shadow Star's 'My Eyes Are the Eyes of a Victim...' story arc finds Shiina confronting the supernatural cause of her classmates' violent deaths, and what happens on the last few pages will definitely bring about big changes for our lead characters."

Super Manga Blast! #44 will be 128 black-and-white pages and will cost $5.99.

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FIRST LOOK: STAR WARS: REPUBLIC #68

Star Wars: Republic #68 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is by John Ostrander, with art and cover by Jan Duursema and Dan Parsons.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"It was bound to happen! Pursuing the lost plans for a Separatist secret weapon, Jedi Aayla Secura has a showdown with her former Master and friend turned dark Jedi‹Quinlan Vos. Clone Commander Bly, accompanying his Jedi-General Aayla Secura, understands the purpose and function of the armor he wears. But as he experiences the confrontation between Aayla and Quin, he witnesses the strengths‹and weaknesses‹of the mental, emotional, and spiritual 'armor' worn by each of the combatants. In this special issue, told from Bly's point of view the mysteries of the Jedi are viewed from a human perspective. And when the turmoil wrought upon the Jedi by the Clone Wars and by the seething power of the dark side threatens them all, Bly, Aayla, and Quin must each make a life-or-death decision."

Star Wars: Republic #68 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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