Why are heroes from Earth 2 stranded on our Earth?

Here is the list of new comics, trade paperbacks and more shipping 5/02/2012. As always check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.

AvX Round 3! The Avengers and the X-Men scour the Earth searching for the host of the Phoenix! Hope takes matters into her own hands! And Captain America and Wolverine come to bitter blows!

After Elle Peterssen is mysteriously attacked on a Manhattan subway platform, she is left in a coma, the only clues to her attacker trapped inside her mind. No one knows the identity of the person behind this brutal beating or where they will strike next. In this all-new ongoing series, everyone is suspect, and no one is innocent in ‘Mind the Gap’ #1 from Image Comics

One of the greatest all-ages comics of all time, Andi Watson’s Skeleton Key is back-and in color! Using the magical Skeleton Key, schoolgirl Tamsin and fox spirit Kitsune can turn any door into a portal to an endless multiverse. Lost somewhere in space and time and trying to get home, the two friends encounter a band using the undead in a music video, check into a haunted hotel, and become catalogued in the vast Museum of the Lost! Collecting all three new stories from Dark Horse Presents, this is the perfect introduction.

The long awaited ‘Worlds’ Finest’ #1 drops this week as a new ongoing series featuring Power Girl and Huntress of Earth 2! Paul Levitz teams with amazing artists George Perez and Kevin Maguire. Discover why these two heroes are stranded on our Earth, and what it means for the heroes of the DC Universe.

All this plus… Part four of the epic “Ends of the Earth.” Featuring the World’s Greatest Super Hero: Doctor Octopus! Guest staring Black Widow and Silver Sable in ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #685

SKELETON KEY COLOR SPECIAL ONE SHOT$3.50

ACTION COMICS #9$3.99
ACTION COMICS #9 COMBO PACK$4.99
AMERICAN VAMPIRE TP VOL 02 (MR)$17.99
ANIMAL MAN #9$2.99
ANIMAL MAN TP VOL 01 THE HUNT$14.99
BATMAN AND ROBIN TP VOL 03 BATMAN ROBIN MUST DIE$17.99
BATWING #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)$2.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)$3.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #9 COMBO PACK (NIGHT OF THE OWL)$4.99
DIAL H #1$2.99
EARTH 2 #1$3.99
GI COMBAT #1$3.99
GREEN ARROW #9$2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE #6 2ND PTG$3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE HC VOL 01 ORIGIN$24.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #9$2.99
RED LANTERNS #9$2.99
SANDMAN TP VOL 09 THE KINDLY ONES NEW ED (MR)$19.99
SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #1$3.99
SPIRIT WORLD HC$39.99
STORMWATCH #9$2.99
SUPERMAN #1 3RD PTG$2.99
SWAMP THING #9$2.99
SWEET TOOTH #33 (MR)$2.99
TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #1 (THE CULLING)$4.99
WORLDS FINEST #1$2.99

30 DAYS OF NIGHT ONGOING #7$3.99
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SERIES IV #3 (OF 6)$3.99
DOROTHY OF OZ PREQUEL #2 (OF 4)$3.99
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS FORGOTTEN REALMS TP VOL 03$19.99
GI JOE 2 RETALIATION MOVIE PREQUEL TP$17.99
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #178$3.99
GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS TP VOL 03$17.99
LOCKE & KEY TP VOL 04 KEYS TO THE KINGDOM$19.99
STAR TREK CLASSICS TP VOL 03 ENCOUNTERS W/ UNKNOWN$21.99
STAR TREK ONGOING #8$3.99

AVENGELYNE #8 CVR A LIEFELD$2.99
BLUE ESTATE #11 (MR)$2.99
BULLETPROOF COFFIN DISINTERRED #4 (OF 6) (MR)$3.99
DANGER CLUB #1 VAR CVR 2ND PTG$2.99
DOGS OF MARS TP (MR)$15.99
EPIC KILL #1$2.99
HACK SLASH #15 CVR A SEELEY & ROSENBERG (MR)$3.50
HACK SLASH #15 CVR B EID (MR)$3.50
HELL YEAH #2 VAR CVR 2ND PTG$2.99
MARKSMEN TP VOL 01$15.99
MIND THE GAP #1 CVR A$2.99
MIND THE GAP #1 CVR B$2.99
MIND THE GAP #1 SHARED EXC CVR$2.99
PIGS #7 (MR)$2.99
SPAWN #219$2.99
SUPREME #63 VAR CVR 2ND PTG$2.99
SUPREME #64$2.99
VESCELL #7 (MR)$2.99
WITCHBLADE #150 TOP COW STORE EX VAR CVR$20.00

AGE OF APOCALYPSE #3$2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #685 ENDS$3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN SECRET ORIGINS TP$14.99
AVENGERS ACADEMY #29 AVX$2.99
AVENGERS ART OF AVENGERS HC SLIPCASE$49.99
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE TP VOL 03$34.99
AVENGERS BLACK WIDOW STRIKES #1 (OF 3)$2.99
AVENGERS KREE SKRULL WAR HC$34.99
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #3 (OF 12) AVX$3.99
AVENGERS X-SANCTION HC$24.99
DAREDEVIL #12$2.99
DEFENDERS #6$3.99
DOROTHY AND WIZARD IN OZ #6 (OF 8 )$3.99
EXILED #1$2.99
FURY MAX #1 (MR)$3.99
HULK RETURN OF MONSTER PREM HC$29.99
HULK RETURN OF MONSTER PREM HC DM VAR ED 90$29.99
HULK SMASH AVENGERS #1 (OF 5)$2.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #516$3.99
MARVEL SUPER HEROES #1$4.99
MARVELS AVENGERS AVENGERS INITIATIVE$2.99
MARVELS AVENGERS PRELUDE TP$14.99
SUPERCROOKS #1 (OF 4) 2ND PTG YU VAR (MR) (PP #1017)$2.99
TOY STORY #3 (OF 4)$2.99
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #10$3.99
VENOM #17$2.99
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ALPHA AND OMEGA #5 (OF 5)$3.99
X-FACTOR #235$2.99
X-MEN #28$3.99

B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #224$3.99
BART SIMPSONS PAL MILHOUSE #1$2.99
BELA LUGOSI TALES FROM GRAVE #2 (RES)$4.99
BLANKETS GN (NEW PTG) (STAR19060)$29.95
BOYS #66 (MR)$3.99
CONNIE TP UNSEEN AVENGER (RES)$14.95
DF AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #1 HAESER REMARK ED$49.99
DF WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #11 EXC RISQUE RED CVR$14.99
FALLEN WORDS GN (MR)$19.95
FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES #2 MAIN CVRS$3.99
GARFIELD #1$3.99
GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #16 A CVR SEJIC (MR)$2.99
GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #16 B CVR ATKINS (MR)$2.99
GIRLS ON TOP PIN UP ART OF MATT DIXON TP (O/A) (MR)$14.95
GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP VOL 11 (MR)$15.99
GWAII SC (O/A)$14.95
HOWARD LOVECRAFT & UNDERSEA KINGDOM GN$12.95
ICE #4 (OF 4)$3.99
INCORRUPTIBLE TP VOL 06$16.99
INFLUENCING MACHINE SC$16.95
KIKI DE MONTPARNASSE GN (MR)$24.95
KIRBY GENESIS SILVER STAR #5$3.99
KUNG FU PANDA DIGEST GN VOL 02 ELEMENTAL$6.95
LIFE WITH ARCHIE #19$3.99
LOU GN VOL 02 SUMMERTIME BLUES$8.95
LOVE HINA OMNIBUS TP KODANSHA ED VOL 03$19.99
MAN OF GOD #1 (OF 6)$3.50
MARLOW GN (MR)$14.95
MUCH THE MILLERS SON HC VOL 03$20.00
NEGIMA GN VOL 34 (MR)$10.99
NETHER WORLD GN$19.95
NETWORK GN$14.95
NINJAGO GN VOL 01 CHALLENGE OF SAMUKAI (O/A)$6.99
ONE TP (GG STUDIO) VOL 01$18.99
PLANET OF THE APES TP VOL 02$14.99
RED LIGHT GN (MR)$14.95
RED SONJA #66$3.99
RED SONJA WITCHBLADE #3$3.99
REX ZOMBIE KILLER ONE SHOT$3.50
RICH JOHNSTONS THE AVENGEFULS #1$3.99
RICHIE RICH TP VOL 01 WELCOME TO RICH RESCUE$14.99
ROBERT WELLS TRILOGY GN VOL 01 SACRIFICE$24.95
ROGER LANGRIDGES SNARKED TP VOL 01$14.99
SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #2$3.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #236$2.99
STAN LEE STARBORN TP VOL 03$14.99
STAR WARS SCOURGE MMPB$7.99
SUMMER CAMP SCIENCE MYSTERIES VOL 02 NIGHTMARE CABIN THIEF$6.95
SUMMER CAMP SCIENCE MYSTERIES VOL 03 HUNT FOR HIDDEN TREASURE$6.95
SUPURBIA #3 (OF 4)$3.99
TANGLES STORY ABOUT ALZHEIMERS MY MOTHER & ME GN$14.95
TANPOPO COLLECTION HC VOL 01$24.99
TEEN BOAT HC GN$14.99
THE LONE RANGER #5$3.99
THE SPIDER #1$3.99
THREE STOOGES GN VOL 01 BED BUGGED$6.99
THREE STOOGES HC VOL 01 BED BUGGED$10.99
TOKYO MEW MEW OMNIBUS TP VOL 03$19.99
VOLTRON YEAR ONE #2$3.99
X-O MANOWAR (ONGOING) #1 PULLBOX NORD CVR$3.99
X-O MANOWAR (ONGOING) #1 REG RIBIC CVR$3.99
YOUNG LOVECRAFT GN VOL 01 NEW PTG$19.95
YOUNG LOVECRAFT GN VOL 02$19.95