Experience Iron Man in a whole new way – IRON MAN: EXTREMIS Motion Comic. From the story by Warren Ellis & Adi Granov, this incredible epic blends seamless motion, dynamic voice acting, and stunning special effects, bringing to life the story that redefined Iron Man for the 21st Century. Now you can get an exclusive look behind the scenes with James Synder, voice over director and casting director for IRON MAN: EXTREMIS!
Official Press Release
Your First Look At STEVE ROGERS: SUPER-SOLDIER #1
Marvel is proud to present your first look at Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier #1, from award-winning scribe Ed Brubaker and red-hot artist Dale Eaglesham. In this sequel to the chart-topping Captain America: Reborn, Steve Rogers must face dark secrets from his past that threaten the future of the entire world. No fan can afford to miss this landmark limited series with far-reaching consequences for the Marvel Universe!
STEVE ROGERS: SUPER SOLDIER #1 (of 4) (MAY100612)
STEVE ROGERS: SUPER SOLDIER #1 (of 4) FINCH VARIANT (MAR10829)
STEVE ROGERS: SUPER SOLDIER #1 (of 4) SKETCH VARIANT (MAR10830)
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by DALE EAGLESHAM
Cover by CARLOS PACHECO
Variant Cover by DAVID FINCH
Sketch Variant by DAVID FINCH
Rated T …$3.99
FOC – 6/17/10, On Sale – 7/8/10
Here’s the new releases as provided by Previews to be released in stores this Thursday. Always check with your local store as to the availability of items.
Highlights for the week include Brightest Day #3, Jonah Hex: No Way Back, Sparta U.S.A. #4, Avengers Prime #1, Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1, Thanos Imperative #1, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #9, Irredeemable #14, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #1, and a lot more.
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Official Press Release
Marvel Comics On-Sale Thursday, 6/3/10
Hey there True Believers, here’s your official list of comic books, collections and posters arriving in comic stores on THURSDAY, June 3rd, 2010. For more information on any of these titles, and on upcoming mighty Marvel releases, please visit http://marvel.com/catalog/?date=2010-06-03 or contact your local comic book retailer at 1-888-comicbook. Stay tuned each week for a brand new list of Marvel releases so that you’ll never miss your favorite heroes in action!
Comics On-Sale:
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN MGC #546
AVENGERS PRIME #1 (HA)
AVENGERS PRIME #1 DJURDJEVIC VARIANT (HA)
AVENGERS, THOR & CAPTAIN AMERICA: OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #2
AVENGERS: SPOTLIGHT
AVENGERS: THE ORIGIN #3
CAPTAIN AMERICA/BLACK PANTHER: FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS #3
DARKSTAR AND THE WINTER GUARD #1
ELECTRIC ANT #3
FRANKEN-CASTLE #17
FRANKEN-CASTLE #17 HEROIC AGE VARIANT
HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD #1 (HA)
HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD #1 DJURDJEVIC VARIANT (HA)
HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD #1 WOMEN OF MARVEL VARIANT (HA)
HERALDS #1
HERALDS #1 KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC VARIANT
HERCULES: TWILIGHT OF A GOD #1 (HA)
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #25 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
IRON MAN MAGAZINE #2
IRON MAN: EXTREMIS DIRECTOR’S CUT #2
ORSON SCOTT CARD’S ENDER IN EXILE #1
PUNISHER: FRANKEN-CASTLE – THE BIRTH OF THE MONSTER #1
SKY DOLL SPACE SHIP #1
SKY DOLL SPACE SHIP #1 VARIANT
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-GIRL #2
STEPHEN KING’S N. #4
THE STAND: HARDCASES #1
THE THANOS IMPERATIVE #1
THE TORCH #8
THOR AND THE WARRIORS FOUR #3
UNCANNY X-MEN #524 2ND PRINTING VARIANT (XSC)
VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT #9 (HA)
WOMEN OF MARVEL: CELEBRATING SEVEN DECADES POSTER BOOK
X-MEN FOREVER GIANT-SIZE #1
X-MEN: HELLBOUND #1 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
Collections On-Sale:
AGENTS OF ATLAS: TURF WARS TPB
DAREDEVIL BY ED BRUBAKER & MICHAEL LARK OMNIBUS VOL. 2 HC
DAREDEVIL: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR TPB (NEW PRINTING)
ENDER’S GAME: WAR OF GIFTS PREMIERE HC
HULK: PLANET SKAAR TPB
OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z VOL. 14 PREMIERE HC
SPIDER-MAN NOIR: EYES WITHOUT A FACE PREMIERE HC
WAR OF KINGS: WARRIORS TPB
X-BABIES: STARS REBORN GN-TPB
X-FORCE VOL. 1 HC
*HA= Heroic Age tie-in
*XSC= X-Men: Second Coming tie-in
Fantastic Four #579
Narrator – Unnaturally enhanced by nanotech, superhuman growth hormones, and regenerative cosmic energy, Natalie X gains control of the entire population of Nu-World, thereby achieving for the first time in human history the thought-to-be fictional socialist state.
Superman: War of the Supermen #4
Lois Lane – One Kryptonian came to Earth and helped make it a better place. We made hm our greatest hero. 100,000 Kryptonians came and they were seen as a threat. They were met with suspicion, hatred, and eventually, death. We — humanity — were incapable of accepting what they had to offer, accepting that change, so we lashed out at them. Destroyed them. Someday I hope humankind will be more receptive to change, to living as a “melting pot” of people and cultures. To set aside suspicions and live together peacefully. Sometimes that seems like an impossible goal. For now, though, all we can do is hold to that hope… and let the dream for a better world sustain us.
A thick stack of books this week to cover.
Monthly Comics
Dazzler – After Necrosha, Dazzler must still deal with her half-sister Lois. There’s a lot of family issues here. While this isn’t a must read, it’s actually better than the event it spun from. Most of the one shot is filled with action scenes, but when it slows down and focuses on family issues it really finds it’s heart.
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5
Doomwar #4 – T’Challa must decide how he’ll take on Doom as Doom continues his game of chess. What exactly has he been working on, and what can we expect as the next few steps. This limited series hasn’t gotten much love on the internet, but I’ve definitely enjoyed it so far. There’s a nice mix of politics and action.
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.5
Fantastic Four #579 – I can usually say Jonathan Hickman has brought the fantastic to Marvel’s first family, but something feels clearly off in this issue. In a clear shot at real world visionaries like Steve Jobs, the issue is about Reed and his visions for the future and humanity. It’s all a set up for something, but this feels like an unneeded chapter as it’s all been covered before. Definitely a misstep in what is normal a top notch series.
Story: 6.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7
Green Hornet #4 – Kevin Smith’s movie script turned comic book continues to rock. Britt must deal with the death of his father and his father’s alter ego and Kato must seek revenge for the death of his friend. To say this series is good is an injustice to it, because it’s beyond fantastic and one you should be reading.
Story: 8.75 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.75
Green Lantern #54 – An interesting direction post Blackest Night. We’ll see where it goes but I’m intrigued.
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5
Green Lantern Corps. #48– Clearly a set up for Emerald Warriors. A guardian makes a decision about his role in the Corps. Also a nice mystery is set up.
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.25
Incorruptible #6 – Mark Waid is a genius need I say more?
Story: 8.5 Art: 7.75 Overall: 8.25
Secret Avengers #1 – A very strong start to a very intriguing new series. Black ops headed up by Steve Rogers.
Story: 8.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 8.75
Secret Warriors #16 – Overall kind of weak in that it covered so much so quickly. They might of said Moe was the key to the Leviathan vs. Hydra battle.
Story: 7.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 7.75
Superman: War of the Supermen #4 – The four issue limited series comes to an end as Superman battles Zod. There’s some cheesy dialogue and parts and at times the art doesn’t match what’s described (the White House was not destroyed, though it was stated it was). Overall it feels like a weak ending for what was a great start. Also, the last few pages of Lois’s article about the events paints it more as a tale about immigration, which is a great theme that should of been played up more in the first three issues.
Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75
The Thanos Imperative – The next Marvel galactic epic is about to begin as the cancerverse begins to seep through the fault into the real world as the avatar of death awakens again. You won’t believe who’s in charge of the cancerverse. This is such a fantastic beginning to the next epic.
Story: 9 Art: 8.75 Overall: 9
Thor #610 – It’s Thor vs. Ragnarok in an issue who’s point is to move things forward post Siege.
Story: 7.75 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.25
Thunderbolts #144 – Awesome, just awesome.
Story: 9 Art: 9 Overall: 9
Unknown Soldier #20 – Disappointed that this series is ending. More of you should be reading this series.
Story: 8.75 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5
Dark Wolverine #86 – I missed the second part of tis multi series crossover. Can’t say I’m disappointed about that. Bring on the new series.
Story: 7 Art: 8.5 Overall: 7.
Wolverine: Weapon X #13 – I’m intrigued by the use of Roxxon and the Deathloks story. Are evil corporations the new Marvel go to bad guy?
Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8
X-Force #27 – Cyclops makes the decision to take the fight to the future.
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.25
X-Men Second Coming Revelations Blind Science – The weakest chapter so far in Second Coming.
Story: 7.5 Art: 8.25 Overall: 7.75
Earlier in the month we brought you news about the FBI going after HTMLcomics.com. Well now you can add a few more to the list. ComicBooksFree.com and PlayboyMonthly.com are some of the other sites run by Gregory Steven Hart doing business as Database Engineers Inc. located in Tampa, Florida.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to order Hart to forfeit his domains due to criminal copyright infringement.
In 2009 the FBI began investigating HTMLcomics.com which received 1.6 million visits per day and had 6,630,021 pages of comic books offered. Throughout the latter half of 2009 numerous publishers contacted Hart and demanded he cease and desist his actions and take down the copyrighted material. Hart moved on and founded HTMLmagazines.com which hosted boasted magazines such as Maxim and Playboy.
In April 2010 federal agents searched Hart’s home seizing records including a cease and desist letter, hard drives, computers and DVDs with copyright-protected images.
At Book Expo America Marvel’s Ira Rubenstein claimed that Marvel’s iPad app, which was available on the first day of launch, helped move units in the physical world. From MediaBistro:
In a BEA panel discussion yesterday, Ira Rubenstein, the executive VP of Marvel Entertainment’s global digital media group, explored the company’s early experiences with an iPad app…
“It’s been tremendously successful, tremendously well received,” he explained about the iPad app. “What we are seeing is that in-app purchases are actually increasing week over week. People are downloading the app, finding content, and downloading more. What we’ve see also with some of the research is that digital books are actually leading to physical purchases.”
While this might be a positive turn of events the proof is in the pudding and numbers need to be released to fully evaluate the impact and if this impact is positive or negative. Here’s the questions that need to be answered.
All of that should lead an understanding if digital sales are cannibalizing physical sales, expanding physical sales or are they two distinct universes with little overlap. If it’s the former, there’s issues. If it’s the middle answer, that’s great for everyone. If it’s the latter then more can be done.
We’ve seen expansion of materials to other media is good for everyone, and digital sales can potentially be just as beneficial. There was some coattails as far as physical sales with the releases of the X-Men, Spider-Man, Iron Man and Kick-Ass and we should strive for the same results when it comes to digital apps. How can apps drive individuals to their local stores? That’s a question and puzzle we all should be trying to answer.
The above are just some of the small questions that need to be answered. The potential is there and at this moment digital dsitribution’s impact on the real world can’t be determined, but there is potential for disaster as much as there is for success. If digital products become the norm and preferred the livelihood of brick and mortar stores becomes endangered and the chain to distribution and printing. No one wants this and we all need to work together to make sure that’s not the end result.
Official Press Release
The Unstoppable S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 Goes Back To Press For A Third Time!
Marvel is pleased to announce that the hottest new release of the year, S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, has sold out for a second time at Diamond (though copies may still be available at the retail level) and will return with S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 Third Printing Variant! The red hot creative team of writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Dustin Weaver deliver one of the most groundbreaking and acclaimed comics of the decade! At long last, the secret history of the Marvel Universe is revealed! Long before the Avengers were battling evil, the planet was under the protection of S.H.I.E.L.D.!
“[I]t’s outlandish, absurd, inspired and freaking awesome. This is my type of comic book.” – Dan Phillips, IGN.com
“Dustin Weaver certainly turns in some impressive designs, including an astonishing view of the underground city, a bevy of crazy costumes that all seem to involve giant helmets, and a ton of crazy technology from different eras.” – Matthew J. Brady, ComicsBulletin.com
“Jonathan Hickman and Dustin Weaver (and colorist Christina Strain, who really shines on the issue) come together to give us an intriguing prelude to what promises to be a very interesting series…” – Brian Cronin, ComicBookResources.com
“S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 is an epic read that stands firm against mediocrity and slays it with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm. With gorgeous art and near-lyrical writing that cuts to the secret heart of the Marvel Universe, this is an opening issue that really does deserve all the hype.” – David Pepose, Newsarama.com
Marvel urges retailers to keep their eyes peeled for upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. issues as the first issue continues draw praise and fans are on the edge of their seats waiting for more! Who was the first to repel the ferocious might of Galactus, the World Eater? How did S.H.I.E.L.D. evolve into the organization it is today? Find out in S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 Third Printing Variant!
S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 THIRD PRINTING VARIANT (APR108087)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Pencils and Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER
Rated T …$3.99
FOC—6/03/10, On-Sale—6/23/10
S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 (APR100609)
S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 HISTORICAL WEAVER VARIANT (APR100610)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by DUSTIN WEAVER
Cover by GERALD PAREL
Historical Variant by DUSTIN WEAVER
Rated T+ …$2.99
On Sale – 6/9/10
Official Press Release
All-new sexy skullduggery from Steve Niles and Fiona Staples
goes to 2nd printing
Steve Niles signing tour today through June
See a preview here!
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San Diego, CA (May 26, 2010) – Starting today, IDW Publishing, famed horror creator Steve Niles and renowned artist Fiona Staples invite fans to join the Mystery Society. The all-new, five-issue series introduces Nick Hammond and Anastasia Collins, who are the Mystery Society and bring new meaning to “underground cult” status. IDW has already sold out of the first run of this sexy, new adventure and will rush a second printing to stores.
Each issue of Mystery Society features a fun new adventure for this skullduggery duo, as they stealthily avoid the authorities while righting the wrongs committed in the dark recesses of the world’s underbellies. To celebrate the launch of this miniseries, Niles will be hosted by comic stores across the country, starting today. A complete list is below and can be found here.
“This book is a conspiracy theorist cum monster fan’s dream!” IDW Senior Editor Bob Schreck commented. “Steve and Ashley’s concept ‘Brundle-Flies’ Nick and Nora from The Thin Man with a sort of Scully and Mulder from the X-Files as this well-to-do duo run the gamut exposing the truth behind ‘real life’ conspiracies and all things that go bump in the night. And Fiona’s contribution is amazing as anyone who has seen her work will tell you. Best thing for us is… she’s bringing it to a whole new level with this series.”
Created by Niles and the legendary Ashley Wood, Mystery Society is a fast-paced, take-no-prisoners adventure series that is sure to delight fans from cover to cover. The series starts off with a bang, as Ana defends the Mystery Society’s secret headquarters, while Nick goes on a rescue mission that has him breaking into Area 51 for a bounty readers will have to see to believe! This first issue also features a cover by Wood, as well as a variant cover by Staples.
Mystery Society #1 (of 5, $3.99, 32 pages, full color) is now available in stores.
Mystery Society #1, 2nd printing ($3.99, 32 pages, full color) will be available in stores on June 16th. Diamond order code APR10 8136.
Visit IDWPublishing.com to sign up for updates and learn more about the company and its top-selling books.
Friday, May 28
Larry’s Comics
Lowell, MA
978-459-5323
http://larryscomics.net/
Saturday, May 29
Midtown Comics
New York, NY
646-421-2021
http://www.midtowncomics.com/
Wednesday, June 2
SSALEFISH Comics
Winston Salem, NC
336-499-3910
http://www.ssalefish.com/
Friday-Sunday, June 4 – 6
Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find (Heroes Con)
Charlotte, NC
http://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/
Tuesday, June 8
Hometown Comics
Edwardsville, IL
618-655-0707
http://www.hometowncomics.com/
Wednesday, June 9
Lone Star Comics #1
Arlington, TX
(817) 265-049
Lone Star Comics #3
Mesquite, TX
(972) 681-2040
Thursday, June 10
Madness Games & Comics
Plano, TX
972-943-8135
http://www.madnessgames.com/Madness.html
Friday, June 11
Bedrock City Comics
Houston, TX
(713) 780-0675
http://www.bedrockcity.com/
Saturday, June 12
Hastings
Amarillo, TX
(806) 352-0654
http://www.gohastings.com
Hastings
Waco,TX
254-772-6687
http://www.gohastings.com
Thursday, June 17
New Dimension Comics
Cranberry Twp, PA
(724)-776-0433
http://www.ndcomics.com/
Friday, June 18
New Dimension Comics
West Mifflin, PA
(412)-655-8661
http://www.ndcomics.com/
Saturday, June 19
Coliseum Of Comics
Kissimmee, FL
407-870-5322
http://www.coliseumofcomics.com/
Coliseum Of Comics
Orlando, FL
407-228-1210
http://www.coliseumofcomics.com/
Saturday, October 30
Harrison’s Comics and Collectibles
Salem, MA
978.741.0786
http://www.harrisonscomicsltd.com/
