What’s On Comic Book Stands – August 22nd

Here is the list of new comics, trade paperbacks and more shipping 8/22/2012. As always check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.

This month make sure to pick up ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #692, The Special 50th Anniversary Issue! Join Marvel Comics for this once in a lifetime event. A special over-sized issue harkening back to the legend the legend that started it all! Get ready for an all-new tale about a different kind of power and responsibility.

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Rocketeer with an all-new full-length series! In ‘The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom’ #1, a ship docks in Los Angeles harbor from a far-off and exotic locale-with a big, mysterious… and living… cargo. Danger and mayhem abound as our hero leaps into the fray. Plus, we are introducd to a lovely new character who will be vying against Betty for Cliff’s affections!

The new Invincible faces defeat at the hands of the Flaxan Army!  The Guardians of the Globe have fallen!  What is Monster Girl and Robot’s part in all this?  How are they responsible?  More of their past in the Flaxan dimension is revealed.  And where is Mark Grayson during all this? Find out in ‘Invincible’ #94.

Having fought to regain his soul after falling in love with the Slayer Buffy, the once-terrifying vampire villain Spike has been a bit less fearsome (to humans, at least). On his own adventure, Spike is forced to examine the man he once was, the man he is now, and the man he still hopes to become. As master of a steampunk ship filled with loyal, oversized alien cockroaches, Spike embarks on a journey to the dark side of the moon, setting into motion an adventure filled with demons, witches, and others who brew new evil in the world without magic in, ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Spike’ #1 from Dark Horse Comics!

All this plus… ‘Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan’ #1… “I watch as a box containing a mystery is lowered into the soil.”