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Comics - Weekly Series - Wednesday Comics - Issue #4

WEDNESDAY COMICS #4
COVER TAGLINE: The World's Greatest Heroes! The World's Greatest Comics!
RELEASE DATE: July 29, 2009
PRICE: $3.99 U.S.

EDITOR(s): Mark Chiarello; Chris Conroy

INTERIOR ART:

TITLE: Batman
WRITER(s): Brian Azzarello
PENCILER(s): Eduardo Risso
INKER(s): Eduardo Risso
COLORS: Trish Mulvihill
LETTERS: Clem Robins

CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Luna Glass

PLOT:
Bruce goes to dinner with Luna Glass, during which she openly admits that she had wanted her husband dead - if only because the once great man was now degrading with age and becoming slow. She claims to have tried to look out for him but his son Carlton got in the way - a man whom she will go to anything to keep away from Franklin Glass's fortune. After listening to Luna, Bruce hands her his room key and the two arrange to meet upstairs...

TITLE: Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth!
WRITER(s): Dave Gibbons
PENCILER(s): Ryan Sook
INKER(s): Ryan Sook
COLORS: Ryan Sook
LETTERS: Ryan Sook

CHARACTERS: Kamandi; Prince Tuftan; Dr. Canus; Orora

PLOT:
Failing to heed the warnings of his colleagues, Kamandi bravely dives down to rescue the girl. But a sharpshooter's bullet severs his life-line back to the floating ship leaving him stranded. Naturally Prince Tuftan jumps into the mix to protect Kamandi and the girl. And it's from there that they look up in horror and watch as a missile glides through the air and strikes the giant zeppelin causing it to burst into flames and plummet towards the ground!

TITLE: Superman
WRITER(s): John Arcudi
PENCILER(s): Lee Bermejo
INKER(s): Lee Bermejo
COLORS: Barbara Ciardo
LETTERS: Ken Lopez

CHARACTERS: Superman (Clark Kent); Ma Kent; Pa Kent

PLOT:
The Kent family decides to attend the fair so that Pa Kent can attend the Bio-Fuel exhibit. While they're walking around, Clark confesses to his mother his feelings alienation and fears that he may no longer be at home at Metropolis. That evening, when everyone has gone off to bed, Clark stays out late and enters the farm house where he opens up the heavy cellar doors to get a glimpse at the glowing artifact from his distant past.

TITLE: The Dearly Departed Detective Part 4
WRITER(s): Dave Bullock; Vinton Heuck
PENCILER(s): Dave Bullock
INKER(s): Dave Bullock
COLORS: Dave Stewart
LETTERS: Jared K. Fletcher

CHARACTERS: Deadman (Boston Brand)

PLOT:
Quick on his feet after all these years, Boston calls upon his experience as a trapeze artist to avoid near (second) death at the hands of the giant flaming-axe wielding beast. Unfortunately he only dives from the frying pan into the fire as he looks up to see a horde of monkey-bat creatures flying towards him with deadly pointy spears in hand!

TITLE: Green Lantern
WRITER(s): Kurt Busiek
PENCILER(s): Joe Quiñones
INKER(s): Joe Quiñones
COLORS: Joe Quiñones
LETTERS: Pat Brosseau

CHARACTERS: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan); Carol Ferris; Joe Dillon

PLOT:
Hal Jordan reflects on his first encounter with Joe Dillon, and the beginnings of what would be come a friendly rivalry during their space training.

TITLE: Metamorpho, The Element Man
WRITER(s): Neil Gaiman
PENCILER(s): Michael Allred
INKER(s): Michael Allred
COLORS: Laura Allred
LETTERS: Nate Piekos

CHARACTERS: Metamorpho (Rex Mason); Sapphire Stagg; Simon Stagg; Java; Urania Blackwell

PLOT:
Rex and the others happen across Urania Blackewll, a CIA agent and Element-Woman who seeks the Star of Atlantis for the US Government. Her appearance prompts Sapphire to reveal that she had stowed away on the voyage. But could a mysterious voice from the shadows be secretly pulling Rex's strings, controlling his every move for his own secret agenda?

TITLE: Teen Titans
WRITER(s): Eddie Berganza
PENCILER(s): Sean Galloway
INKER(s): Sean Galloway
COLORS: Sean Galloway
LETTERS: Nick J Napolitano

CHARACTERS: Robin (Tim Drake); Miss Martian (M'gann M'orzz); Nightwing (Dick Grayson); Cyborg (Vic Stone); Starfire (Koriand'r); Blue Beetle (Jamie Reyes); Ravager (Rose Wilson); Trident

PLOT:
Believing his cause to be just and right, Trident continues his attack on the Titans. But will they escape the sinking S.M.A.S.H. ship?

TITLE: Strange Adventures
WRITER(s): Paul Pope
PENCILER(s): Paul Pope
INKER(s): Paul Pope
COLORS: Jose Villarrubia
LETTERS: Paul Pope

CHARACTERS: Alanna Strange; Lord Korgo

PLOT:
When Alanna's jailer passes out she makes her move and prepares to escape. She learns of Adam's disappearance and, seeing that the airships were too heavily guarded, takes off into the night on a horse-dog headed towards destination unknown.

TITLE: Supergirl
WRITER(s): Jimmy Palmiotti
PENCILER(s): Amanda Conner
INKER(s): Amanda Conner
COLORS: Paul Mounts
LETTERS: John J. Hill

CHARACTERS: Supergirl (Linda Lang); Krypto; Streaky

PLOT:
Streaky attacks the image of the mouse, ripping the tail from the plane and causing it to spiral out of control and head towards a crash landing!

TITLE: Chapter Four: The Ore the Merrier
WRITER(s): Dan DiDio
PENCILER(s): José Luis García-López
INKER(s): Kevin Nowlan
COLORS: Trish Mulvihill
LETTERS: Ken Lopez

CHARACTERS: Dr Will Magnus; Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin

PLOT:
With Doc Magnus serving as a distraction, the Metal Men, a set of the most sophistocated robots ever created, spring into action. Each individual robot is powered by a Responsometer, a device that gives motion and life to metal. But just as the little boy's life is saved, things go from bad to worse as one of the bombers reveals a set of bombs strapped to his chest!

TITLE: Wonder Woman
WRITER(s): Ben Caldwell
PENCILER(s): Ben Caldwell
INKER(s): Ben Caldwell
COLORS: Ben Caldwell
LETTERS: Ben Caldwell

CHARACTERS: Wonder Woman (Diana Prince); Dr. Poison

PLOT:
Diana awakens in her room on Paradise Island only to be guided by a sea of spirits to the entrance to the Underworld itself. There she finds the Shield of the Amazon Queen and battles a giant monster named Granny Cipactli who has captured the wayward spirits. Diana captures the Shield and frees the spirits and once again wakes up safely in her bed.

TITLE: Sgt. Rock and Easy Co.
WRITER(s): Adam Kubert
PENCILER(s): Joe Kubert
INKER(s): Joe Kubert
COLORS: Joe Kubert
LETTERS: Joe Kubert

CHARACTERS: Sgt. Frank Rock; Bulldozer; Rivka Semonova

PLOT:
While the Nazis finish their brutal interrogation, Easy Company comes across two friendly Russian soldiers to help them on their journey.

TITLE: Flash Comics
WRITER(s): Karl Kerschl & Brenden Fletcher
PENCILER(s): Karl Kerschl
INKER(s): Karl Kerschl
COLORS: Dave McCaig
LETTERS: Rob Leigh

CHARACTERS: Flash (Barry Allen); Iris West Allen; Gorilla Grodd

PLOT:
One of the Barry Allens arrives back home carrying flowers just in time to keep Iris from writing her Dear John letter. Meanwhile, the other Barry Allen finds his way to Gorilla Grodd's lair a mere ten minutes before his past-self will arrive. The first time he opened up Grodd's mysterious box he found it to be empty - this time he finds a flash-freeze-ray inside. Frozen to the core, too cold for any molecular vibration, Barry is forced to watch as his past self encounters Grodd.

TITLE: The Demon and Cat Woman
WRITER(s): Walter Simonson
PENCILER(s): Brian Stelfreeze
INKER(s): Brian Stelfreeze
COLORS: Brian Stelfreeze
LETTERS: Steve Wands

CHARACTERS: Catwoman (Selina Kyle); Demon Etrigan (Jason Blood)

PLOT:
Thanks to his powers over magic, the Demon can tell that the fanged cat-beast attacking him is actually Catwoman. Freezing her in time, he heads towards the cemetery to confront the only foe who could be behind such a depraved act.

TITLE: Hawkman
WRITER(s): Kyle Baker
PENCILER(s): Kyle Baker
INKER(s): Kyle Baker
COLORS: Kyle Baker
LETTERS: Kyle Baker

CHARACTERS: Hawkman (Carter Hall); Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders); Batman (Bruce Wayne)

PLOT:
Hawkman signals the JLA and Hawkgirl to alert them of the Makkorthian presence just outside Earth's atmosphere. While a space battle ensues Hawkman slays the Makkorthian beast only to watch as the plane's wing finally detaches itself and the plane begins to fall out of the sky.

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