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NEWS ARCHIVE FOR 2006 (January 1-December 31):
SHIPPING THIS WEEK FROM TALES OF WONDER
I'm ducking on on the morning of Christmas Eve to update the list of books shipping next week, so this one'll be brief so I can get back to the fun (and sometimes punishment!) of the Christmas season in ol' Gormuu's household! First things first: The regular edition of Golden Age All-Winners Masterworks Vol. 2 is on TOW's shipping list for next week, but the variant edition has slipped to the following week. This comes as a surprise to me, so I'll get more info on this and pass it on to you, especially as a variant buyer who was really looking forward to inspecting this book and the new sewn bindings as soon as I could get it!
Another thing to note: Savage Dragon Archives Vol. 1 TPB ships this week, but in case you haven't already heard about this book, it is called an Archives, but it's not a color hardcover! No, it's an Essentials/Showcase style black and white phone-book edition that reprints the first SD mini and SD #1-21.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• 100 Bullets Vol. 10: Decayed TPB
Golden Age luminary and Starman artist Jack Burnley passed away last week at the age of 95. For more information about Jack's life and legacy, please visit Mark Evanier's NEWS FROM ME site for a nice obituary (scroll down to bottom), and also the DC FORUM for thoughts and reminiscences from fans.
SHIPPING THIS WEEK FROM TALES OF WONDER
There are fewer high-dollar collections shipping on the last Wednesday before Christmas, but there are still some interesting books to look over! Wildstorm tops the list with Albion TPB, a 144-page collection plotted by Alan Moore and written by his daughter Leah Moore and son-in-law John Reppion. Albion is a revival of the IPC Comics character's Captain Hurricane, Robot Archie, the Spider, and others. Also from DC is the OYL title Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis - The Once and Future King, which reprints Aquaman #40-45 by Kurt Busiek and Butch Guice.
DC slips a classic trade into the schedule in the form of The Justice League Hereby Elects...TPB, which reprints some of the greatest "membership changes" stories in JLA history! (Hey, Marvel! Let's see something like this for Avengers!)
Marvel fans can now put Daredevil: Father HC on the shelf next to their Spider-Man/Black Cat HC...it's here! The sixth issue has been completed and released and now we're getting an oversized hardcover of the complete mini-series by Marvel EIC Joe Quesada!
Also from Marvel, a TPB that's only been available in oversize HC, and an oversize HC that's only been available in TPB: Thor: Blood Oath TPB, reprinting the six-issue mini-series by Michael Oeming and Scott Kolins that was very well-received by classic Thor fans, is out this week, as is Avengers Disassembled HC, which reprints Avengers #500-503 and Avengers Finale.
Finally, the third in the series of Marvel Premiere Edition Classic HCs, available in regular edition and numbered variant (Vol. 3 in the library): Wolverine by Claremont and Miller. This reprints Wolverine #1-4, one of the most classic mini-series in Marvel history (and it also sneaks in a couple tie-in issues of Uncanny X-Men drawn by Paul Smith- #172-173 - but who's complaining about that?)
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Albion TPB
ALPHA FLIGHT CLASSIC/DAREDEVIL OMNIBUS COMPANIONS & MORE!
Marvel's Senior Editor of Special Projects, Jeff Youngquist, gave an interview over at the MARVEL BLOGS where he made reference to a bunch of forthcoming projects that certainly qualify as "special"! Included among the items he ticks off on his list:
• Invaders Classic TPBs
A lot of these projects are ones that have been bandied about for awhile by Marvel reps at our message board forums, but once Jeff Y. starts talking about them, that's when we can move them from the rumor mill to the front burner! Read the whole interview, as it will also give you a chance to familiarize yourself with what Jeff does in the Marvel offices and what the rest of the CE staff at Marvel - those names who are in all the collected editions you buy - do to make the books!
Check back down the road for more on these books as they get closer to solicit time!
MarvelMasterworks.com has been provided with a heaping helping of preview images for the upcoming ATLAS ERA HEROES MASTERWORKS VOL. 1, with fourteen pages worth of art featuring Marvel Boy, Sub-Mariner, Namora, Captain America and Bucky, Human Torch and even Stan Lee himself, drawn by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Wayne Boring and some of the earliest work by John Romita, Sr.! If you're curious about what this book is going to look like, head on over to the Preview Page linked above and check these images out!
Q+A FOR MARVEL EDITORS: GET YOUR QUESTIONS IN!!!
Masterworks editor Cory Sedlmeier and Marvel's VP of Sales and Collections Guru David Gabriel are going to be fielding questions for fans of this website and message board over the weekend, so if you want to throw a few questions their way, visit THIS THREAD at the Marvel Forums and ask away!
PLEASE NOTE: As always, be succinct and courteous when asking your question, and understand that all questions may not be answered. ALSO, please read through the thread in its entirety to make sure your question hasn't already been asked by somone else!
I'll round up the questions and ship them over to Cory and David so they can answer them over the weekend, and then I'll post their answers sometime early next week!
SHIPPING THIS WEEK FROM TALES OF WONDER
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping today from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, December 13.
Avengers Masterworks Vol. 6 ships tomorrow, reprinting Avengers #51-58, Annual #2, and the crossover issue of X-Men #45. This Masterworks edition, featuring the art of John Buscema, reprints issues including the first appearance of the Vision and the addition of the Black Panther to group membership! On the opposite end of the spectrum of Avengers reprints is the TPB edition of Heroes Reborn: Avengers, a 328-page collection that reprints all 12 issues of the series by Rob Liefeld, Jeph Loeb, Joe Bennett, Walt Simonson and others.
On the oversize hardcover front, Marvel delivers Punisher MAX: From First to Last HC, and the long-awaited Supreme Power Vol. 2 HC, which reprints the last six issues of JMS/Gary Frank's highly-regarded MAX series plus the six-issue Hyperion mini-series.
DC delivers a couple nice editions of classic comics: Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 2 TPB rounds up a wide variety of great Superman stories (hey, that's the title of the book!) from all eras. And New Teen Titans: Terra Incognito TPB reprints more Wolfman/Perez NTT, with issues #28-34 and Annual #2.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Essential Official Handbook - '89 Update
The coupon will expire on December 31, 2006. For more details, visit the CONTESTS/COUPONS page!
MARVEL MARCH SOLICITS
Here are the March solicits for Marvel:
• MARVEL
Highlights include Thor: The Eternals Saga Vol. 2 TPB, a comprehensive collection of Sean McKeever's Mary Jane in HC, and the previously announced Masterworks.
Something I missed in the original solicit material sent to me was the list price of the recently announced Golden Age USA Masterworks Vol. 1, which is priced at $59.99, five dollars more than the recent price increase. My guess is that this will be the price we'll see for Golden Age volumes going forward, but I'll pass on more detailed information as it comes to me.
DC MARCH SOLICITS: FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC!
Here are the March solicits for DC, although virtually all the books listed are advance-solicited for April:
• DC
Highlights include the Action Heroes Archives Vol. 2, discussed in previous Current News updates, and the first Showcase Presents volume dedicated to the Legion of Super-Heroes. But the biggest entry in DC's April offerings has to be the following solicit:
JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC
Written by Jack Kirby, art and cover by Kirby and Vince Colletta.
After co-creating a number of legendary comic book heroes -- including The Fantastic Four and The Hulk -- legendary writer/artist Jack Kirby came to DC Comics in 1970 to create his magnum opus: four interlocked adventure series that were known collectively as "The Fourth World."
Now, for the first time, DC collects Kirby's four series -- The New Gods, The Forever People, Mister Miracle and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen -- in chronological order as they originally appeared. These comics spanned galaxies, from the streets of Metropolis to the far-flung worlds of New Genesis and Apokolips, as cosmic-powered heroes and villains struggled for supremacy.
The Fourth World Vol. 1 features the debuts of Orion of the New Gods, the evil Darkseid, super-escape artist Mister Miracle and many others, and features numerous appearances by Superman, from the pages of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #133-139, Forever People #1-3, New Gods #1-3 And Mister Miracle #1-3!
396 pages, $49.99, in stores on May 30.
To discuss this title and other DC solicits, visit THIS LINK to the DC Forums!
Click THIS LINK to see the preview page for March's Golden Age Masterworks selection, USA Comics Vol. 1, featuring the Whizzer, the Defender, Captain Terror and more heroes from the primordial days of Timely Comics!
RIP: MARTIN NODELL
For more on Martin Nodell and his legacy as an artist, turn to Mark Evanier's NEWS FROM ME blog. He has a very nice post up in tribute to Nodell, and he also has A LINK to video shot at the 2000 San Diego Comic-Con that features interview footage with the artist.
Click THIS LINK to see the preview page for March's Marvel Age Masterworks selection, Doctor Strange Vol. 3! There are also four pages of preview art to go with it, with some luscious examples of Gene Colan and Tom Palmer art!
Look for an announcement for March's Golden Age offering in tomorrow's Current News update!
For anyone who persisted in having technical troubles with the survey and were not able to complete it, please email me or check in at THIS THREAD at the Marvel Forums and let me know!
I'll be crunching the numbers over the next few weeks and putting it together for the website in time for your Christmas holiday reading, so be sure to check back later in the month for the Masterworks survey results!
SHIPPING THIS WEEK FROM TALES OF WONDER
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping today from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, December 6.
Marvel has a hardcover and some classic trades to release this week: Runaways Vol. 2 HC reprints Runaways (Vol. 2) #1-12 and the Runaways/X-Men Free Comic Book Day 2006 one-shot (which is included thanks to lobbying from forum member Jeph York. Thanks, Jeph!) Switching to trade paperbacks, this weeks' releases includes Star Brand Classic Vol. 1 TPB, which reprints the first seven issues of the Jim Shooter/John Romita, Jr. New Universe title (didja ever think that would be reprinted?!?!); What If? Classic Vol. 3, which reprints What If? #14-15 and #17-20 (Marvel had to skip issues 13 and 16 due to licensing issues concerning usage of Conan the Barbarian and Fu Manchu); and Marvel Comics Presents Vol. 4 TPB, which reprints '90s era Wolverine from Marvel Comics Presents #62-71.
Also, Essentials fans will want to note Essential Defenders Vol. 2, reprinting Defenders #15-30, Giant-Size Defenders #1-5, Marvel Two-In-One #6-7 and Marvel Treasury Edition #12. (Please note: Marvel has altered the contents from the intial solicit, which reprinted only the Giant-Size issues and Defenders #15-39.)
DC issues the next installment in Will Eisner's Spirit Library, with Spirit Archives Vol. 20, which reprints the first six months worth of strips from 1950. Another Showcase line debuts with Showcase Presents Shazam Vol. 1, which reprints the first 35 issues of the '70s series. And another interesting DC reprint is Sachs and Violens, a trade paperback which collects the entire mini-series by Peter David and George Perez.
Also worth a look - and it will be a big look! - is the Witchblade Compendium TPB, a massive 1248-page volume that reprints the first 50 issues of Witchblade.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Dark Horse Book of Monsters HC
From Image Comics, the following information about the upcoming hardcover reprint of Robert Kirkman's Invincible, in the style of DC's Absolute Editions:
"Image Comics regrets to inform retailers that due to a binding error, Image Comics is re-printing the entire run of THE COMPLETE INVINCIBLE LIBRARY Volume 1. The corrected printing will ship on Jan 17, 2007, with all current orders being adjustable with a cutoff date of Dec 20, 2006."
For more detail on the situation, follow THIS LINK to Newsarama, where they have actual pictures of the damage that afflicted the print run!
Over at Blake Bell's DITKO LOOKED UP website, he's posted the contents of the upcoming Action Heroes Archives Vol. 2, DC's reprinting of Steve Ditko's Charlton tenure drawing Charlton super-heroes. It will include the remainder of Ditko's Captain Atom stories (the rest of the post-Marvel issues), and a complete accounting of Ditko's work on Blue Beetle and the Question!
A few Marvel collected editions will be running late:
• Moon Knight Vol. 1: The Bottom MPE moves from 12/6 to 12/27.
(Hat tip to Phonics Monkey for the information!)
Site sponsor Tales of Wonder has recently added ORDER INFORMATION for the fifth in the series of EC Archives - and the first Vol. 2: Weird Science Vol. 2! It will reprint Weird Science #7-12 and is set to be released on February 14. (It's Valentine's Day and EC loves you!)
Here's the cover image:
This will bring the composition of the EC Archives Library to include:
Weird Science Vol. 1-2 SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL. 20 MOVED UP TWO WEEKS!
Look for Spirit Archives Vol. 20 to reach stores on 12/6 instead of 12/20, as DC has it shipping two weeks early!
Highland Ray posted a link to a youtube video (click THIS LINK) that plays the Mighty Marvel Marching Society fan club record from the '60s, featuring the voices of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Flo Steinberg, Sol Brodsky, Artie Simek and many other bullpenners of the era (including a "blink and you miss it" non-appearance by Sturdy Steve Ditko!) It's got some neat visuals sequenced to the track. Give it a look!
RIP: DAVE COCKRUM
Another significant contributor to comics has passed away. Dave Cockrum passed away in his sleep last night at age 63, according to this REPORT from Newsarama. Anyone who was a fan of Legion of Super-Heroes and the All-New, All-Different X-Men during the '70s and '80s treasures his definitive artistic contributions to the huge universe of characters both those team books were cast with, and the comic-book fun they embodied. RIP: JERRY BAILS
If you haven't yet heard the news, all-star comic fan Jerry Bails has died at the age of 73. He was a comic fan before there was even such a thing as comic fandom, and certainly helped culture the notion that comic books weren't just disposable forms of entertainment, meant to be read, discarded and then quickly forgotten. Rather, comics were a vital medium that was worth poring over, studying, supporting and being enthusiastic about. Without the efforts of Jerry Bails and his co-hort Roy Thomas, it's likely that the concepts of fanzines, comic book conventions, discussion groups and websites like this one would be very different than they look today.
I'd like to offer my condolences to the friends and family of Jerry Bails.
Check out this link at PUBLISHERS WEEKLY for an article about DC's Absolute Edition series. It's an incisive look at the series, with lots of clues about what to expect in regard to new editions, including comments from DC Publisher Paul Levitz that states that we'll see four more Absolute Editions in 2007 and implies that that will be the standard amount we'll see going forward. (Hat tip to Fin Fang Foom for the link!)
SHIPPING THIS WEEK FROM TALES OF WONDER
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping this week from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, November 22.
The New X-Men Omnibus HC finally hits store shelves, bringing fans the complete Grant Morrison run on the title, from New X-Men #114-154 and Annual 2001. Also from Marvel comes a trio of Captain America titles: Captain America: Red Menace Vol. 2 TPB which reprints Brubaker/Epting's Captain America #18-21, Essential Captain America Vol. 3 which reprints Captain America #127-156, and Heroes Reborn: Captain America TPB which reprints the complete run of Captain America (Vol. 2) #1-12, the infamous series kickstarted by Rob Liefeld.
For its next Archives release, DC has found a way to get us Dark Knight Archives Vol. 5 a week quicker, as it has moved up the schedule seven days! This volume reprints more Batman stories, this time from Batman #17-20 (and I believe this is the last volume that will reprint only four issues of continuity, as Vol. 6 would likely kick off a long period of volumes that reprint five issues of continuity).
Also from DC come a couple more collections that reprint classic material: Showcase Presents The Unknown Soldier Vol. 1, which reprints featured stories from Star-Spangled War Stories #151-190, and Swamp Thing Vol. 9: Infernal Triangles TPB, which collects Swamp Thing #77-81 and Annual #3.
Finally, from Checker, a limited edition to 1000, oversized hardcover that collects all of Windsor McCay's Saturday strips in Dream of the Rarebit Fiend Saturdays HC.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Batman: Dark Knight Archives Vol. 5
MADMAN GARGANTUA HC
It's all Madman, all Allred, all in hardcover, and all it's gonna cost you is $125. That's all?!?! Allred goes "Omnibus" crazy with Madman in the Madman Gargantua! HC, an 852-page, limited to 2500 copies hardcover that will collect every single Madman story that's out there. For more details, check out THIS LINK from Newsarama.
It looks like this book will hit stores in February or March; the exact release date is unclear, as is any ordering information. But I'll have that info to you on this page as soon as I get it!
Oh, and that'll be 2499 copies left for you after I get me one!!!
DC/MARVEL SOLICITS FOR FEBRUARY
Here are the February solicits for Marvel and DC:
DC: ACTION HEROES VOL. 2 IN 2007!
Stand up and salute, Action Hero fans! The Charlton flag flies high! According to Blake Bell's
DITKO LOOKED UP website, we'll see
the second volume of Action Hero Archives in May 2007! The first volume reprinted the majority
of the early Captain Atom stories from Space Adventures and his self-titled comic, clocking in at
224 pages. According to Bell's announcement, this second volume will be over 380 pages in total!
Here's more from Bell's website:
"This massive tome will be 388 pages, featuring the remainder of the CAPTAIN ATOM stories not present in volume one, but also the first reprinting of the BLUE BEETLE stories from the late 1960s! Throw in all of THE QUESTION stories (even the Charlton Spotlight #5 story by Alex Toth!) and you have a special volume. The tentative release date is May 2007 and I will once again be involved in helping along the production. Look forward to an introduction by former Charlton editor Dick Giordano and what more could you ask for!"
This is great news for Ditko fans, Charlton fans, Blue Beetle/Captain Atom/Question fans, and Archives fans
who might have thought fewer volumes in 2007 meant fewer great stories to read! Perhaps this is not the case!
(Hat tip to mkoshel, who posted the news at this THREAD at the DC Forum!)
SHIPPING NEXT WEEK FROM TALES OF WONDER
The highlight on this week's list of books is the second installment of EC's Archives series, Shock SuspenStories Vol. 1 HC, which reprints the first six issues of that title, with a foreword by Steven Spielberg (if ya don't believe me, take a look at that cover!)
Also on the hardcover front, Marvel publishes Marvel Westerns HC, which reprints all of this year's Marvel Westerns one-shots: The Two-Gun Kid, Western Legends, Kid Colt and the Arizona Girl, Strange Westerns Starring the Black Rider, and the Outlaw Files handbook. JMS and Gary Frank's Squadron Supreme Vol. 1: The Prewar Years is also out in Marvel Premiere Edition HC. (This is the first five issues of the non-MAX relaunch of the Supreme Power series.)
Finally, a couple classic trades round out the week: From Marvel, the third and final collection that reprints all of Jack Kirby's '70s era Cap/Falcon comics, Captain America & the Falcon: The Swine TPB, which reprints Cap #206-214 and Annual #3-4. This is a big, 240-page collection! Also, from DC, we see the fifth volume in their reprint of the John Byrne years of Superman, in Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 5 TPB, which reprints Adventures of Superman #432-435, Action Comics #592-593 and Superman #9-10.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Avengers and Power Pack Assemble Digest
Site sponsor Tales of Wonder is sponsoring one heck of a contest, where you can win your very own George Perez! It's true! You can read
TOW's press release at THIS THREAD at the Crisis Forums to get more information on how you can enter and win. TOW is a great company and the nuttiness of this contest is
one good reason why! And, as always, thanks for purchasing from TOW through the links on this site; it helps keep this show on the road!
In addition, I'd like to up the ante on this contest! Visit the thread linked above and share with your fellow message boarders what you would have George Perez do if you were to win him for a day! Draw a page of art? Talk about comics all day? Or do like I'd do and have him help me bag and board all my comics? (Because that's exactly what I'd do if I won my own George Perez!) The contest will run until the end of the month and then I'll pick a winner. The prize? Your choice of New Teen Titans Archives, Avengers Assemble HCs, or Wonder Woman TPBs...you get to pick! Visit the thread for more details!
FEBRUARY MASTERWORKS ANNOUNCED!
February's Masterworks can now be revealed! Check it out at THIS LINK, and make sure to click the links to see a few preview images of some black and white restoration art!
I'm very happy to extend to fans of MarvelMasterworks.com a coupon that will entitle you to an additional 20% off the Tales of Wonder sale price for the five volumes of Collected Jack Kirby Collector, published by TwoMorrows Publishing! The coupon will be active until the end of the month, at which time I'll be posting another coupon! Please visit the CONTEST & COUPONS page for more details...and when you place your order, let 'em know Jack sentcha!
MARVEL COLLECTED EDITIONS ON THE WAY
Message boarder Jeph York has done a great job rounding up some recently added Amazon listings for Marvel collected editions. You can check out the list at the Marvel Forum through THIS LINK. As usual, there are many things about these lists that need to be viewed with skepticism: issue contents, page counts, date of release, format, or even if these books will see print at all - these are all preliminary until the book is officially solicited and scheduled.
I have gotten some information, though, about some of the books that I'd like to pass on to you. Thanks to Marvel for confirming some of the details of these upcoming collections:
• The new editions of Marvel 1602 HC will be oversized.
• Eternals by Neil Gaiman HC will also be oversized.
• The preliminary contents of Annihilation Book 1 HC are accurate, and this, too, will be oversized. (Drax #1-4, Annihilation Prologue, and Annihilation: Nova #1-4
• The contents of Spider-Man: Birth of Venom TPB are also accurate (Secret Wars #8, Amazing Spider-Man #252-259, 298-300 and 315-317, Fantastic Four #274 and Web of Spider-Man #1.) With the exception of only a couple issues being edited so as to include only epilogue material, all the issues will be complete. This will be one big book!
No release dates are available at this time. More information as it becomes available!
This is from DC:
"Four key titles in Vertigo's TRANSMETROPOLITAN collected edition series will be reconfigured in spring 2007, putting more classic, cutting-edge stories by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson in each of two newly created volumes.
TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1: BACK ON THE STREETS and TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 2: LUST FOR LIFE will be combined into a single, new TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1: BACK ON THE STREETS TP, featuring issues #1-12 of the series. In its new configuration, the series will be comprised of a total of nine volumes.
At the same time, TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 10: ONE MORE TIME and TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 0: TALES OF HUMAN WASTE will be combined into the single, new TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 9: ONE MORE TIME TP, featuring TRANSMETROPOLITAN #55-60 and the Specials TRANSMETROPOLITAN: I HATE IT HERE and TRANSMETROPOLITAN: FILTH OF THE CITY. This title also will include the two TRANSMETROPOLITAN stories from the VERTIGO: WINTER'S EDGE Specials, which were previously available in TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 3: YEAR OF THE BASTARD and TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 4: THE NEW SCUM.
The covers of the new titles will be redesigned to prominently feature the creators' names. DC will renumber the intermediate volumes of TRANSMETROPOLITAN TPs as they go out of stock and are sent back to press."
This in from DC:
"Due to an error, only retailers serviced by Diamond's Memphis warehouse will receive ABSOLUTE DC: THE NEW FRONTIER on its scheduled instore date of November 8. All other retailers will receive it on next Wednesday, November 15."
SHIPPING NEXT WEEK FROM TALES OF WONDER
It's been a long time that fans of Darwyn Cooke's New Frontier series have rallied for this Eisner Award-winning mini-series to get Absolute Edition treatment, and on Nov. 8th, we will finally see the results of our fervor! Absolute New Frontier tells a mythic story against the backdrop of the dawning of DC's Silver Age, and has all kinds of extras in store for people who read (and loved) it the first time. This book gets my highest recommendation!
An interesting collection to note: Adventures of Red Sonja Vol. 1 TPB, published by Dynamite Entertainment - the current possessor of the Red Sonja license - is back in print featuring "remastered interior color art." It reprints Marvel Feature #1-7 by Roy Thomas, Bruce Jones, and Frank Thorne, and is a new attempt at offering this material with more presentable restoration than last time. Also from Dynamite is Sam and Ivan Raimi's Army of Darkness Movie Adaptation TPB, featuring art by John Bolton (it also features an interview between Bruce Campbell conducted by Kurt Busiek as bonus material.)
I'd like to make special note of a book I wasn't aware was in the offing, but it's a must-buy for me, and I'm sure that this kind of item will hit some of you right in the happy zone: R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz and Country a hardcover book with accompanying CD. I'll let the solicit do the talking on this one:
"Anyone who knows R. Crumb's work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music trading card sets he created in the early to- mid-1980s. Now they are packaged together for the first time in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb himself, featuring original recordings by Charley Patton, 'Dock' Boggs, 'Jelly Roll' Morton, and others. Illustrated by R. Crumb, with Stephen Calt, David Jasen & Richard Nevins."
That sucker goes on the Christmas list for at least two people that I know, and I'm gonna get one for myself while I'm at it!
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Absolute New Frontier HC
1,000 ITEMS ON SALE AT TOW
Site sponsor Tales of Wonder has an enormous sale on, wherein they're discounting 1,000 items at 40% off or more. There's really so much that's been cut in price to list here, so if you're interested, check out these links to browse through the sale inventory:
• MARVEL DO ESSENTIALS VIOLATE ARTISTIC INTEGRITY?
How's that for a question to ponder over your morning coffee? Anybody who is familiar with the thread of that same name that has been ROILING on the Marvel Forum for the last several weeks probably has an opinion by now. If you've got the stamina, read through the thread and see where you stand on the matter. Beyond the sometimes typical message board hoo-hah, the thread is notable for the deus ex machina in the form of artist Erik Larsen swooping in on page 10 to weigh in on the question and give some valuable context coming from a working comic artist. The dialogue with Erik continues for four pages and is also notable for being the basis of a new column by Erik at his ONE FAN'S OPINION soapbox at Comic Book Resources, where Erik holds court every week with his thoughts about the art and the industry.
Speaking of the art, as previously reported here, Erik will have his own "Essentials"-style collection of Savage Dragon material coming in December. SAVAGE DRAGON ARCHIVES VOL. 1 reprints the first Savage Dragon mini-series (#1-3) and the first 21 issues of the regular series that is still going strong and into its 130th issue. (Therefore, I think you can guess where Erik comes down on the question!)
Thanks to site user nerdylawyer for being brave enough to ask the question (and "stay the course" in continuing to ask them!) And to Erik for helping illuminate the discussion!
DC COMICS REVEALS NEW COLLECTED EDITIONS FOR MARCH AND APRIL
For an advance look at DC's collected editions slate for March and April 2007, check out THIS THREAD at the DC Forums. Good news for Showcase fans (two more in April!) and bad news for Archives fans (only Spirit Archives Vol. 21 scheduled), plus confirmation of Absolute Long Halloween!
SHIPPING THIS WEEK FROM TALES OF WONDER
At the top of the list is DC's Adam Strange Archives Vol. 2, reprinting Mystery In Space #66-80 (check previous news update about this book shipping weeks earlier than expected!) Another highlight this week is IDW's Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Vol. 1 HC which reprints almost 500 of the earliest Dick Tracy comic strips, from October 1931 through May of 1933. The format of this book is the same as Fantagraphic's winning Complete Peanuts collections, and the goal is to reprint all of the Gould strips in their entirety.
Marvel brings Essential Spider-Man Vol. 5 back to print in a new edition, and they also complete the four volume set of the '90s era Age of Apocalypse crossover in the 368-page collection X-Men: Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic Book Four TPB.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Adam Strange Archives Vol. 2
BIG SALE AT TOW!
Tales of Wonder is running a great sale with a wide selection of trade paperbacks at 40% off, plus a small handful of oversized hardcovers at 50% off. (May I recommend Fantastic Four Vol. 1 HC by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo?) Here's the complete list:
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• Fantastic Four Vol. 1 (Waid/Wieringo)
TRADE PAPERBACKS 40% OFF
• Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 10: New Avengers TPB (Straczynski/Deodato, Jr.)
DC has announced the contents of a couple collected editions which were either incomplete or totally lacking them in recent solicits:
• Showcase Presents Aquaman Vol. 1 will reprint Aquaman stories from Adventure #260-280, 282, and 284, Detective #293-300, Showcase #32-33 and World's Finest #125-139.
• Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 2 TPB will reprint Batman stories from Batman #1 and #222, Detective Comics #168, 235, 355, 429, 475-476, Brave and the Bold #78, Adventure Comics #462, Secret Origins #6, Bizarro World and Solo #3.
TALES OF WONDER INTERVIEW WITH EC'S RUSS COCHRAN
Site sponsor Tales of Wonder has an interview that is now live on their site with RUSS COCHRAN, impressario of the new EC Archives releases. The interview is conducted by Jim Pattison, and it's going to get you caught up with some of the plans that Russ and his crew have in store for the EC Archives library!
This year's DC Archives Survey results are now complete and ready for perusal! Head over to D.Stepp's comicsarchives website and check them out!
FOUNTAIN SC ORDER TO BE ALLOCATED
According to DC, the 10/25 delivery of Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain will be allocated:
"Please note that due to an error, orders on THE FOUNTAIN SC (AUG060290) will be allocated at approximately 45% when the title arrives in stores on October 25. The balance of copies will arrive in stores on November 1."
So don't be surprised if you go to pick up your copy and it's not there waiting for you. The good news is that you will only have to wait a week to get your copy should you be in the unlucky 55%.
Adam Strange Archives Vol. 2 will be shipping a week early, moving from 11/8 to 11/1! Strap on those rocket packs, denizens of Rann - that Zeta-Beam is coming sooner than expected!
Other schedule changes include:
• Green Lantern Archives Vol. 6 will be pushed back from 1/3 to 1/31. SHIPPING THIS WEEK FROM TALES OF WONDER
It's that time of year...Christmas is near! The floodgates are starting to open and publishers large and small are starting to fill the market with collected editions. It ain't the time of year to be shy! Let's see what's on the table that will be shipping next week. First and foremost is the first installment of Gemstone's EC Archives series, Weird Science Vol. 1. It reprints the first six issues of the series in hardcover and glorious color! If you've never sampled the singular creative madness that EC pumped out in the early '50s, now is your chance! Marvel offers some late '60s Atlas Era monster/sci-fi madness of their own, with Tales of Suspense Masterworks Vol. 1, a sister volume to the Tales to Astonish Masterworks Vol. 1 that shipped in January.
Marvel offers up another couple hardcovers, with a Marvel Premiere Edition of Young Avengers Vol. 2: Family Matters, reprinting YA #7-12 and Special #1, and the oversized Marvel Adventures Spider-Man Vol. 1 HC, reprinting the first eight issues of the features Spider-Man stories told during his earliest days as a hero! Also from Marvel is Daredevil: The Devil Inside and Out Vol. 1 TPB, featuring the first six issues of Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark's acclaimed run on DD!
DC's Phantom Stranger gets his own massive reprint with Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger Vol. 1, which reprints Showcase #80 and Phantom Stranger #1-21 in black and white. Plus, Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3: Supergirl reprints Legion/Supergirl & Legion #14-19 by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson.
From the indie scene, check out IDW's 24 Vol. 1 TPB, an adaptation of the hit TV show, Robert Kirkman's irreverent Battle Pope Vol. 2, and a collection of all of Frank Cho's Liberty Meadows covers in one volume, Liberty Meadows: Cover Girl HC. Also, the first six issues (and #0 prequel issue) of Dynamite's 2006 take on Red Sonja is available in Red Sonja Vol. 1 TPB, by Mel Rubl, Mike Carey, and the always awesome Michael Avon Oeming. Finally, don't miss a reprint of Timothy Truman's 1987 cult-classic Scout Vol. 1 TPB, reprinting the first seven issues!
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• 24 Vol. 1 TPB
TPB SALE AT TOW
I missed this little sale TOW is running for a select group of trades - most of them are 50% off! Of special note is Blade: Black and White, reprinting several '70s-era Blade stories, and a personal favorite, Thunderbolts: Justice Like Lightning, which reprints the seminal issues of Thunderbolts plus all the cameos and guest appearances in other books from the early years.
• Alpha Flight Vol. 1: You Gotta Be Kidding Me TPB
SHIPPING THIS WEEK FROM TALES OF WONDER
DC offers up an assortment of trades this week, including a collection of Steve Nile's mini-series in Batman: Gotham County Line TPB, but what's really big this week is New Teen Titans Archives Vol. 3, an Archive offering reprinting more of the classic Wolfman/Perez revival of the Titans from the early '80s. It reprints New Teen Titans #17-20 and Tales of the New Teen Titans #1-4. This week, we'll also see the release of Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown Vol. 1.
Marvel counters with Essential Marvel Horror Vol. 1, so titled because it saves them the trouble - and retailers the grief - of stocking funny books with "Son of Satan" on the spine! (Heh heh...) The book reprints the goings on of the Hellstrom kin, Daimon and Satana, from their stories across a smattering of mid-'70s Marvel comics and black and white magazines. Speaking of monsters, the Marvel zombies make their last stand in the Ultimate Universe in Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 6: Frightful by Mark Millar and Greg Land. And two MPE HCs hit stands, with Sensational Spider-Man: Feral HC, featuring some outstanding art by Clayton Crain, and Wolverine Origins: Born In Blood HC, by Daniel Way and Steve Dillon.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Batman: Gotham County Line TPB
DC/MARVEL SOLICITS FOR JANUARY
Here are the December solicits for Marvel and DC:
GEORGE KHOURY INTERVIEW: ROGER STERN
Just added to the site is an exclusive interview between George Khoury - who, if you don't know him by his great work for TwoMorrows Publications, you certainly know him from his activity at the Board Forums - and comic legend Roger Stern. This extensive interview covers Rog's career from its very beginning to his most recent work, and is a pure pleasure to read for any comics fan who grew up reading Roger's comics. (I know I did!)
So set aside some "while away" time and kick back and enjoy the interview. There's a link from the Home Page and also right here:
THE ROGER STERN INTERVIEW:
If you want to discuss the interview, pay a visit to THIS THREAD at the Crisis Comics Forum!
ABSOLUTE LONG HALLOWEEN ON THE WAY!
At his message board, comic artist and Jeph Loeb compadre Tim Sale has announced that an Absolute Edition - that magnificent format we all love (well, most of us!) - of Batman: Long Halloween is on the way! Read it from the man himself at the TIM SALE FORUM at comicworldnews.com!
About the project, he says:
"Well folks, it's official, there is going to be an official LONG HALLOWEEN, Absolute Edition.
It seems an incredibly long time ago that Jeph and I started work on that book, and it was many, many years before I thought to do preliminary sketches, save scraps of paper with LH scribbles on them, and certainly about a decade before there was any digital archiving of anything that we now consider "extras" when it comes to DVD or ABSOLUTE editions.
We have SOME stuff. Some FUN stuff. Don't worry about that. But I am writing this to ask if anyone out there has Long Halloween era artwork that we might be able to use. I have much more of the Dark Victory stuff, it's really the Long Halloween material that's needed.
Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?"
So, Bueller, if you're out there and have any of this stuff, shoot on over to Tim's board and let him know. We'll thank you after we're done reading Long Halloween in Absolute Edition! (And just last year I finally tracked down the rare hardcover edition!) Hat tip to Bill Nolan for the link!
Due to some sudden matters that popped up close to home this week, I wasn't able to update the shipping list for this week yet, so the list for books that started shipping a couple days ago is going to come out on top of the list for books shipping next week! Sorry about that! Without any further ado, the items that we can see in our rear-view mirror!
This was one heckuva week to miss out on! First up is the very long-delayed Magnus, Robot Fighter Archives Vol. 3 that finally shipped from Dark Horse this week! This will be the third volume in the series - and stands to be the final volume, since it will round out the Russ Manning run on the title. As of now, Dark Horse does not plan to continue mining the last batch of Magnus comics.
The biggest book of the week, though - literally - is Neil Gaiman's Absolute Sandman Vol. 1, a typically brilliant Absolute extravaganza from DC. This is the first of a planned four volumes that will reprint the entirety of Neil's Sandman run - with remastered artwork and coloring! This first volume reprints the first eighteen issues of the title.
Also from DC comes a couple of late books that fans will be happy to see: Desolation Jones TPB, collecting the first six issues of the Ellis/Williams series, and Infinite Crisis Companion TPB, which is essential for Infinite Crisis readers among you. Finally, from DC's ABC imprint comes the final Tom Strong book, Tom Strong Book Six HC.
Marvel publishes three hardcovers this week, including the overdue Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks Vol. 8, which reprints Amazing Spider-Man #68-77 and Marvel Super-Heroes #14, reprinting the rare Spidey story that features the first artwork of Ross Andru depicting the wall-crawler's adventures!
In oversized hardcover, we see Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 7, which reprints USM #72-85, and Wolverine: Enemy of the State - Complete Edition HC, which is the very first comic run that was initially published in Marvel Premiere Edition HCs to make it into oversized hardcover! The whole Millar/Romita, Jr. epic is intact in this edition, reprinting Wolverine #20-32.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Absolute Sandman HC
JANUARY MASTERWORKS, PART TWO!
I told ya there would be another Masterworks announcement for January, and for those of you who didn't believe me, you should be ashamed of yourself! For punishment, head straight to this preview page for MASTERWORKS VOL. 73 and see who makes strange bedfellows for Warlock Vol. 1 in only three short months!
It's only a couple short weeks from the 2006 Masterworks Survey, and with two big Masterworks just announced, it feels like a good time to talk to Masterworks editor Cory Sedlmeier about our favorite subject...and that's just what we did! Check out the results of the Q+A through THIS LINK! And check in at the Marvel Forums to take part in live discussion about the Masterworks announcements and the interview!
GUESS THE BACK FOUR CONTEST: ADAM STRANGE VOL. 2
Visit this link at the DC FORUMS and take part in our contest to guess which four covers that Archives editors will choose to adorn the back cover of Adam Strange Archives Vol. 2, which reprints all the Adam Strange stories from Mystery In Space #66-80! If you're the winner of the contest, you'll get a free Masterworks or Archives of your choice delivered right to your door from site sponsor Tales of Wonder!
JANUARY MASTERWORKS ANNOUNCEMENT, PART ONE
January 2007 will see not one but two Masterworks published for the pantin' public! And just to up the ante on the excitement surrounding their announcements, it's fun to note that both of these releases will be newly-achieved milestones for the
Masterworks program when they come out! More on that later, but first up is the announcement for Vol. 72 of the Masterworks, and to
find out, you must link to the preview page through the cover image below and reflect on the answer to the famous question first asked almost forty years ago (the mystery of the year, no less!)
Vol. 73 will be announced either tomorrow or Wednesday, time permitting, and will also include an interview with Masterworks editor Cory Sedlmeier!
MASTERWORKS TO GET SEWN BINDINGS/$5 PRICE HIKE
This information is just in direct from Marvel's David Gabriel, and it should make those who were pining for sewn binding happy, but may make those who don't want to see a $5 price hike unhappy. Here's the upshot: starting with December's Golden Age All-Winners Vol. 2, all Masterworks will switch from glued binding to sewn binding. This has been probably the single most requested aesthetic upgrade in Masterworks, especially since the paper stock got upgraded earlier this year to a thicker paper stock that didn't lay as flat. Marvel is raising the price of regular edition by five dollars, but they are no raising the prices of the variant editions. Thus, both editions of Masterworks will all be priced at $54.99.
To discuss this new development, visit THIS THREAD at the Marvel Forum.
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that start shipping next week from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, October 4.
It's a light slate of books this week, but there's a few diamonds in the rough, including Infinite Crisis HC from DC, the event sequel to last year's Identity Crisis, and from Marvel, a classic trade reprinting Tomb of Dracula #44, Dr. Strange #14, and #58-62, featuring stories by Marv Wolfman, Steve Englehart, Roger Stern, Gene Colan and others.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Dr. Strange vs. Dracula: The Montesi Formula TPB
RAWHIDE KID MASTERWORKS VOL. 1
I've updated the MASTERWORKS LIBRARY page with a link to a new feature page for RAWHIDE KID VOL. 1! If you're curious about what's inside this volume, take a stroll through the preview page and the network of individual issue listings. Each issue has its contents laid out, with creator credits noted and entries for story synopsis and character listings. There are also cover images and panel images to give you an idea of the artwork and reproduction inside each issue.
I'll be updating the Library page slowly over the next several weeks, but until then, please enjoy the pages set up for the Rawhide Kid!
I've updated virtually all the cornershop listings so they're up to date regarding books solicited through the end of the year. I've also added a page for Showcase Presents and given Marvel Premiere Edition HCs their own listing page. The main list of item pages can be found by clicking the "Buy 'Em Cheap" link at the navigation bar at the top of each page on this website. I hope you find the list far more comprehensive and easy to scan for the books you want to fill out your library.
Here are individual listing pages:
• MASTERWORKS
COLLECTED ALPHA FLIGHT ON THE WAY?
From this week's NEW JOE FRIDAYS column at Newsarama, Joe Quesada is asked about the possibiliy of upcoming Essential Alpha Flight volumes. His reply was, "Look for an announcement very soon. I predict that fans of the classic Alpha flight team will be very happy." Now, Joe isn't the top authority on collected editions at Marvel, but this is pretty definitive talk from Marvel's EIC, so it appears that something is on the way. I'll put an inquiry in with Marvel to see if I can get anything more concrete!
As noted in a post yesterday, the Batman Year One Deluxe Edition HC is now out-of-print, and I can now confirm that DC has informed me that there are no plans to bring it back into print. Go grab a copy while they're still on store shelves or had cheaply on the back market!
There's a wide variety of releases in the offing next week - looks like something for everyone! First on the list is Enemy Ace Archives Vol. 2, the second and final Enemy Ace Archives volume reprinting classic stories from Star-Spangled War Stories by Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert, Russ Heath and others. Also coming from DC is Justice Vol. 1 HC, reprinting the first four issues of the hugely popular series by Earth X compatriots Jim Krueger, Alex Ross, and Doug Braithwaite. This will be the first of a planned three-volume set of hardcovers.
Other items from DC include JSA Vol. 11: Mixed Signals, reprinting JSA #76-81, and Superman: Up, Up and Away TPB, reprinting Superman #650-653 and Action #837-840.
Hardcover volumes from Marvel include Daredevil Vol. 6 HC, which reaches back to the very first storyline delivered by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, from Daredevil #16-19 which wasn't collected in the initial HCs (primarily, I would guess, because the stories focused mainly on Ben Urich.) This volume also collects #76-81, which puts us current with the beginning of the Brubaker/Lark run which begain in issue #82. Richard Corben's three-issue MAX series is collected in Haunt of Horror: Edgar Allan Poe HC in the Marvel Premiere Edition format. This series adapts some of Poe's greatest stories and poems in ways you could never expect!
There are two Essentials and a classic trade shipping this week, too! Essential Tales of the Zombie finally crawls out of its crypt - this sucker has been delayed for a while, but it will be worth it once we see a lot of that great black and white art restored! It reprints Tales of the Zombie #1-10 and Dracula Lives #1-2, and much of this art was donated through the courtesy of our board forum moderator, Living Monolith! Thanks LM!!! Also, we'll see Essential Thor Vol. 3, reprinting Thor #137-166. Speaking of Thor, we'll also see a beefy classic trade entitled Thor: Eternals Saga Vol. 1 TPB, a 208-page collection reprinting Thor #283-291 and Annual #7, featuring an extended guest appearance by the cast of the Eternals.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Daredevil Vol. 6 HC
DC/MARVEL SOLICITS FOR DECEMBER
Here are the December solicits for Marvel and DC:
As usual, most of DC's solicit information that they have released this month is actually advance-solicits for books that will start shipping not in December, but in January (and also Feburary), while Marvel's solicits are for books that will actually ship in December.
This new hardcover edition of Frank Miller's Batman: Year One, released back in May 2005, has just gone out-of-print from DC and is now sold out at TOW. If you're still wanting to track down a copy, I recommend snagging a copy from marketplace sellers at Amazon, which you can reach through THIS LINK. I wouldn't think this book's price on the back market would go through the roof, but you never know. I'll check with DC to see if they do plan on reissuing this hardcover. (DC generally keeps their trade paperback collections in print, but hardcovers are a different story.)
LAST DAY FOR NEW X-MEN OMNIBUS COUPON AT TOW
Today is the last day to take advantage of the coupon for the NEW X-MEN OMNIBUS HC on sale at TOW. The coupon, which is extended to users of this site, offers a 10% off the sale price of the massive hardcover volume that is scheduled for release in November. To use the coupon, just add the item to your cart and when you are ready to check out, input the code COUPON into the coupon field and the 10% deduction will be placed on your final total!
I just wanted to alert folks to this particular book, which is getting RAVE REVIEWS from many quarters. PRIDE OF BAGHDAD is an original hardcover graphic novel from DC/Vertigo by Brian K. Vaughan which somehow got left out of Tales of Wonder's data until last week, when it shipped and is now available for purchase. The graphic novel tells the story (based on a true event) of a group of lions that escaped from a Baghdad zoo during the war in Iraq. For more details, check out this interview on NPR with series creator Vaughan.
SHIPPING THIS WEEK FROM TALES OF WONDER
Another big block of early Marvel Age super-hero comics are locked up in Masterworks with the release of Human Torch Masterworks Vol. 1, which reprints Human Torch stories from Strange Tales #101-117. These were concurrent with the earliest stories published in Fantastic Four, and despite the fact that they don't quite come near the standards of excellence of the Lee/Kirby FF, they're still a lot of zany fun! And speaking of FF, Marvel gives us yet another collection of Byrne Visionaries, with Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 6 TPB, which reprints FF #276-284, Thing #23, and Secret Wars II #2 (dig the Beyonder running around in his orange jumpsuit!)
Another Marvel book of note is Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: Best of the Best MPE HC, which in my opinion is one of Marvel's most outstanding new books. I've always been a Carol Danvers fan since the days of Avengers Annual #10 and her palling around with the X-Men as Binary, and this new series combines that sense of personal struggle Carol has always carried around inside her with a sense of fun and classic comic storytelling. The Premiere Edition HC reprints the Ms. Marvel #1-5 and the lead story in Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1.
And look at DC, finally getting Batman Chronicles Vol. 2 TPB to store shelves! This trade picks up where the last one left off, compiling all the Batman stories from Detective, Batman and World's Finest in chronological order, reprinting Detective Comics #39-45, Batman #2-3 and New York World's Fair Comics #2 !
Not to be overlooked from Image Comics is Joe Casey and Tom Scioli's Godland Vol. 2: Another Sunny Delight TPB, which reprints Godland #7-12 and the short story from the 2005 Image Holiday Special. And finally, there are a series of historical retrospectives by a company called Rosen Publishing that cover the "Creation Of" such Marvel franchises as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men and Fantastic Four. I have no idea what these books entail, but they're written by longtime comic writers and historians Danny Fingeroth and Paul Kupperburg, so that's a plus! I'll try and get more info to you about these books in the short future.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Batgirl: Destruction's Daughter TPB
One more week to wait for Essential Tales of the Zombie and Essential Thor Vol. 3. In talking to Marvel, the decision was made to hold the book a little longer so they could make the books look as good as possible. The Tales of the Zombie volume, in particular, is loaded down with tons of original art, but Marvel had a devil of a time (pun not intended!) matching much of the art material with captions and lettering from the original comics, and it took a lot longer than expected to prep this material. So instead of an onsale date of 9/20, look for both these books on 9/27.
SHIPPING SCHEDULE CHANGES
Some DC books of note that are shifting on the schedule:
• Justice Vol. 1 HC moves from 9/13 to 9/27
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping yesterday from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, September 13.
This week's big book is Shazam Family Archives Vol. 1, which is a departure from DC's regular Shazam Archives line. It reprints stories featuring Captain Marvel, Jr. and Mary Marvel, including Master Comics #23-32, Captain Marvel, Jr. 1 and Captain Marvel Adventures #18 !
A small handful of books cursed by lateness finally arrive in stores, including the new printing of Mike Mignola's Elseworlds classic Batman: Gotham By Gaslight, issues #42-50 of Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol in Doom Patrol Vol. 4: Musclebound TPB, and the new Jimmy Palmiotti/Justin Gray take on Jonah Hex in Jonah Hex: Face Full of Violence TPB. (It should be noted that Face Full of Violence was solicited at $14.99 but will be shipping with a retail list price of $12.99, so make sure your retailer adjusts accordingly!)
Marvel counters with Essential Hulk Vol. 4, which reprints Incredible Hulk #143-170, a run that is smack dab in the early years of the Herb Trimpe era; a Marvel Premiere Edition of New Avengers Vol. 4: The Collective HC, which reprints the last five issues before Civil War; and Ultimate Marvel Team-Up: The Ultimate Collection TPB, a trade paperback edition that reprints all sixteen issues of Ultimate Team-Up as well as the Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special.
Also, if you're interested in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Vol. 1: Derailed TPB, and are wondering why it starts with FNSM #5, that's because the first four issues were reprinted in the Spider-Man: The Other TPB, since they were part of that crossover event.
Here's a look at the rest of the highlights from TOW's list of books:
• Batman: Gotham By Gaslight TPB *new printing*
December solicits will include a volume called Savage Dragon Archives Vol. 1, but before you get all excited that this will be a color, hardcover reprint collection, despite the "Archives" tag it will be a 600+ page black-and-white collection in the vein of Showcase Presents and Marvel Essentials. It will collect the expanded version of the first Savage Dragon mini-series plus issues #1-21.
MARVEL COLLECTED EDITIONS ANNOUNCED AT BALTIMORE
At the Baltimore Comic Con, Marvel announced several collected edition projects that will be coming your way in 2007. Here's a list of a few that were announced:
• Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 HC: Reprinting the entirety of the Steve Ditko years, including Amazing Fantasy #15, Amazing Spider-Man #1-38 and Annuals #1-2, and Spider-Man stories from Strange Tales #2, Fantastic Four Annual #1 and a whole bunch of reprint covers from Marvel Tales!
• Runaways Vol. 2 HC: A followup to the first collection of the cult hit comic by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona, who will be leaving the book they created with issue #24. It will be released in March '07, and the following month sees the first issue from new creative team Joss Whedon and Michael Ryan.
• Daredevil By Frank Miller Vol. 1 HC: As mentioned in an earlier news update, this book was confirmed at the Baltimore Con, but exact contents are still TBA.
One area where Image can use your help is in tracking down original art or even black and white photocopies of original art for this material. If you have any of the page art from these books, or know anybody with the art, please let me know and I will put you in contact with Image Comics. This project is being done with the full cooperation of the Kirby family.
These collections are scheduled for sometime in 2007. More news as it develops!
Wow! I was feeling all happy to break the news about the Captain Victory and Silver Star collections, and DC goes and announces at the Baltimore Con...the New Gods Omnibus!!! It's currently planned to be a four-volume, color hardcover set that will reprint Jack's early seventies cosmic opus. Newsarama has ALL THE DETAILS, including the following from book editor George Brewer:
“We’re still trying to determine the final contents, |
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping today from Tales of Wonder, on Thursday, December 28. PLEASE NOTE: The onsale date for this week's comics is Thursday, not Wednesday, due to the Christmas holiday falling on a Monday.
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping today from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, December 20.
This month's coupon is for $25 off TOW's sale price of Mike Allred's 
The 5th Annual Masterworks Survey is now closed! Thanks to everyone who participated, and I hope you had a lot of fun taking it! It took a lot of time to put together, as it was crammed full of as much detail as we could put into it, touching on not only Masterworks, but also Omnibus and MPE Classic lines. Cory's been bugging me to collate the data and get it to him so he can mull over the results while finishing off the 2007 schedule and looking forward to 2008, so I hope the data we compiled as a group of loyal and vocal Masterworks fans will help with that.
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping this week from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, November 15.
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping this week from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, November 8.
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping this week from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, November 1.
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping today from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, October 25.
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping today from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, October 18.
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that started shipping this week from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, October 11.
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that start shipping next week from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, September 27.
Here's the list of books you might be interested in that start shipping next week from Tales of Wonder, on Wednesday, September 20.
Image Comics has just begun preparations to reprint Jack Kirby's early '80s series from Pacific Comics - Captain Victory and Silver Star! These two series were Jack's last full-bore creative efforts of his career: Captain Victory lasted for thirteen issues and an Annual and Silver Star went for six issues. Both runs will be issued in trade paperback form, but Image is considering doing limited edition hardcover releases as well! (Please!!!)