Artifex Weekly Rundown

My LCS, Artifex, sends out an email to customers with their look at the previous week's sales and their picks for the current week.

First up is the what sold out and what came close. It is a mix of DC, Marvel, and others with DC's Geoff Johns' titles selling strong. I was surprised to see "Project Superpowers" show up here as it seems like a title that has flown under the radar a bit. I'll have to check out "Kick-Ass" because of all of the hype on the net about it.

Sell outs:
Action Comics 862
Batman 674
Captain America 35
Jack of Fables 20
JLA Classified 53
Kick-Ass 1
Mouse Guard 3
Project Superpowers 1
X-Men 1st Class 9
and Young Avengers Presents 2

Close Calls:
Authority Prime 5
Countdown 9
Daredevil 105
Justice Society of America 13
Marvel Zombies 5
She-Hulk 26
Star Wars Legacy 20
Teen Titans 56
Ultimate Spider-Man 119
X-Men Legacy 208

Next up are the staff picks for the week. Kelly always likes "Green Lantern" but the others generally have an eclectic pick-of-the-week:

Jim
Stephen King's Dark Tower: The Long Road Home
by Robin Furth and Peter David
art by Jae Lee & Richard Isanove
It's the return of the best-selling comic book series, inspired by Stephen King's epic The Dark Tower! Gunslinger Roland Deschain has seen the death of his lover Susan Delgado. And the Big Coffin Hunters who burned her at the stake are now in pursuit of Roland and his ka-tet Cuthbert and Alain. The friends are forced to flee into the desert with the deadly posse in hot pursuit&.and Roland is in a coma! Don't miss this opening chapter starring the Gunslinger whose quest for the Dark Tower will shake the foundation of reality itself!

Lauric
End League
by Rick Remender and art by Mat Broome
Lobotomized and insane with rage, Thor returns from the dead with one goal-the annihilation of his former teammates. The fate of the world once again rests on the shoulders of The Miraculous Astonishman, the only man living with the power to stop a God of Thunder gone mad. Meanwhile, the mysterious man known only as Black uncovers the truth behind mastermind Dead Lexington's renewed interest in the demise of the last remaining heroes on Earth.

Kelly
Green Lantern 28
by Geoff Johns and art by Mike McKone and Andy Lanning
The bizarre introduction of the Alpha Lanterns concludes as the trial of the Lost Lantern ends! But what does the induction of the Alpha Lanterns mean to the future of the Corps? What fate awaits the rest of the Lost Lanterns? Plus, Hal has a startling revelation about the "Blackest Night!"