The weekend is almost here! What’s everyone doing and is anyone getting ready for Age of Ultron to open up in a week?
Around the Tubes Reviews
The Fandom Post – ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times
The Beat – Convergence #3
CBR – Convergence: Wonder Woman #1
CBR – Empire: Uprising #1
ICv2 – Gyo 2 in 1 Deluxe Edition
The Herts Advertiser – Legendary Star-Lord: Face It, I Rule
The Herts Advertiser – Spider-Man 2099: Out of Time
Marvel is enlisting its biggest Super Heroes to bring added awareness of the problems of bullying. This October, Marvel will join forces with STOMP Out Bullying, the leading national bullying and cyberbullying prevention organization for kids and teens in the U.S., to launch a special variant cover program to commemorate National Bullying Prevention Month and support STOMP’s relentless efforts to stop this growing epidemic. Throughout the month of October, the world’s most popular Super Heroes – Captain America, The Avengers, The Guardians of the Galaxy and more — will be featured on all-new variant covers to spotlight both National Bullying Prevention Month and STOMP’s Blue Shirt Day World Day of Bullying Prevention. The variant issues will be available exclusively at comic shops.
STOMP Out Bullying focuses on reducing and preventing bullying, cyberbullying, sexting and other digital abuse, educating against homophobia, racism and hatred, decreasing school absenteeism, and deterring violence in schools, online and in communities across the country. It teaches effective solutions on how to respond to all forms of bullying. It educates kids and teens in school and online, provides help for those in need and at risk of suicide, raises awareness, conducts peer mentoring programs in schools, creates and distributes public service announcements by noted celebrities, and engages in social media campaigns. An additional focus educates parents on how to keep their children safe and responsible online.
In 2008, the organization created Blue Shirt Day World Day of Bullying Prevention to signify the importance and bring awareness to the fight to stop bullying and cyberbullying. Taking place the first Monday of October – this year on October 6, 2014 – Blue Shirt Day World Day of Bullying Prevention is designed as a sign of solidarity against bullying by having kids, teens and adults wear blue and make that the day that bullying prevention is heard around the world.
The following comic books, on-sale in October, will feature special STOMP Out Bullying variant covers:
It was actually a pretty quiet week as far as releases being sent of comics selling out, but it’s no shocked Marvel has to sell-outs this week for their two debuts!
Both Rocket Raccoon #1 by Skottie Young and The Legendary Star-Lord #1 by writer Sam Humphries and artist Paco Medina have sold out. Each will receive a second printing and return July 30, just in time for the Guardians of the Galaxy to hit the screen!
We took a bit of a breather yesterday, but back today! hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend!
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Kotaku – A New Robotech Series Is Coming – Yes!
Liberty Voice – Superman Jewish American Hero – Interesting read.
Kotaku – Transformers Universe Open Beta Rolls Out – Might need to check this out.
Around the Tubes Reviews
Talking Comics – Legendary Star-Lord #1
Talking Comics – Original Sin #5
The Mary Sue – Snowpiercer
Talking Comics – Sheltered #10
It was new comic book yesterday! What’d everyone get?
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Kotaku – I’d Take This Fan Animation Over Transformers 4 Any Day – Hells yes.
Around the Tubes Reviews
Comic Vine – Action Comics #33
The Fandom Post – Afterlife With Archie Vol. 1: Escape From Riverdale
Comic Vine – All-New X-Factor #10
Comic Vine – Big Trouble in Little China #2
Comic Vine – Black Widow #8
Comic Vine – Deadpool Vs. X-Force #1
Comic Vine – Earth 2 #25
Nerdly – Extinction Parade Vol. 1
Comic Vine – Green Arrow #33
Comic Vine – Injustice: Year Two #13
The Beat – Legendary Star Lord #1
Comic Vine – Magneto #6
Comic Vine – Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #3
Comic Vine – Moon Knight #5
Comic Vine – Nailbiter #3
Comic Vine – New Warriors #7
Comic Vine – Original Sin #5
The Beat – Original Sin #5
Comic Vine – The Punisher #8
The Beat – Rocket Raccoon #1
Talking Comics – Rocket Raccoon #1
Comic Vine – Superman Unchained #7
Talking Comics – Thor: God of Thunder #24
Comic Vine – Thor: God of Thunder #24
It’s new comic book day! What is everyone looking forward to?
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ICv2 – CBLDF Releases Banned Books Week Handbook – Awesome!
CBR – “Sin City” Vet Devon Aoki Joins “Arrow” as Katana – Interesting the character is still getting a push post failed series, but she’s got some solid ties to the mythos they’ve built.
Kotaku – Japanese Superhero Show Copies Batman‘s Gotham City – Doh! But the buildings have totally different architecture, so it’s all good.
Around the Tubes Reviews
Comic Vine – Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #4
CBR – Legendary Star-Lord #1
CBR – Rocket Raccoon #1
This July, Peter Quill flies solo for the very first time in The Legendary Star-Lord #1 – the bombastic new series from fan-favorite writer Sam Humphries and rising star artist Paco Medina!
Spinning directly out of the pages of Guardians of the Galaxy and just in time for the highly anticipated summer blockbuster – the notorious interstellar outlaw is striking out to swindle and swashbuckle his way across the galaxy in search of big adventures and even bigger scores. Expect a battle with the Badoon, a fight to save an orphanage, not to mention a little flirting with Kitty Pryde of the X-Men – and that’s just the FIRST ISSUE!
Sam Humphries describes the book as:
This book is going to be Peter’s adventures untethered from the Guardians, where he gets to play a little more fast and loose in the cosmic playground. He likes to fight. He likes to flirt. He flies by the seat of his pants. This book is almost more like a Space Western. It’s about heists and cons, bounty hunters, revenge and all that good stuff.
These are the high flying adventures of a space cowboy.
From the cold abyss of deep space to the seedy alien underworld, deadly forces await around every turn – and the Star-Lord stands alone. As the brazen outlaw prepares to strike out on a new journey, no fan can afford to miss the continuing adventures of the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy. An epic new adventure begins right here – if he lives that long! Hang on dear reader, as Sam Humphries & Paco Medina take you out of this world when THE LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #1 explodes onto comic shop shelves and digital devices this July!
THE LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #1 (MAY140804)
Written by SAM HUMPHRIES
Art by PACO MEDINA
Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG (MAR148303)
Set of 6 All-New Young Guns Variants by
MAHMUD ASRAR, NICK BRADSHAW, DAVE MARQUEZ, SARA PICHELLI, VALERIO SCHITI & RYAN STEGMAN
Movie Variant Also Available (MAY140806)
FOC – 06/09/14, On-Sale – 07/02/14
