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Adventures Into the Unknown Archives Vol. 3 HC
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All Star Western (2011-) #23
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Animal Man (2011-) #23
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Arrow #10
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Avengers Complete Coll By Geoff Johns Vol. 2 TP
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ADVENTURE TIME CANDY CAPERS #2 (OF 6)
AMELIA COLE AND THE UNKNOWN WORLD GN
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #12
ART OF BOB PEAK HC
ASTONISHING X-MEN #65
ASTRO CITY #3
AVENGERS ARENA #13
BAD BREAK HC (MR)
BATGIRL #23
BATMAN #23
BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED #17
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BEST OF ARCHIE COMICS TP VOL 03
BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 06 RETURN O/T MASTER
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Comics for 7 August 2013
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Abe Sapien Dark & Terrible #5
Action Comics (2011-) #23
The Activity #14
Alan Moore Fashion Beast HC (MR)
Alan Moore Fashion Beast TP (MR)
All-New X-Men #15
Ame Comi Girls #6
Amulet SC Vol. 2: Stonekeepers Curse New Ptg
Art of Brom HC (MR)
Artifacts #30
Atomic Robo: Real Science Adventures #9
Atomic Robo Savage Sword of Dr Dinosaur #2 (of 5)
Avengers #17 Inf
Avengers AI #2
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Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 3:06am on August 9, 2009,
Cavaliere (moderator emeritus) said…
- Happy birthday, PBP!
- At 9:33am on September 27, 2009,
Chuck Armstrong said…
- I usually hop back on the boards every couple months. I'm usually buying my books in 2 large orders every six months so it makes it hard to follow some of the discussions since I haven't read the books yet.
- At 11:52am on October 8, 2009,
Rolando Gallegos said…
- Thanks, looks great!
- At 11:34pm on August 9, 2010,
- Happy birthday, PBP!
- At 8:28pm on April 12, 2011,
Figserello said…
- Love the avatar PP. Hope you didn't sit up all night working on it. :-)
- At 8:45pm on April 12, 2011,
- This one is just about my first ever attempt to draw anything with a computer. I used Photobucket doo-dads.
- At 2:20am on August 08, 2012, Kirk G gave PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod a gift…
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