New shipping dates were announced today by Diamond Distribution for a variety of titles. Items of note:
Powers Encyclopedia Vol 1 has changed from 04/29/09 to 05/06/09.
Wolverine #72, 04/29/09 to 05/06/09
Excalibur Classic TPB Set Vol 1-4, 04/08/09 to 04/22/09 (This is a release I had not heard of before!)
Resident Evil #2, 04/08/09 to 04/22/09
Sgt. Rock The Lost Battalion #6, 05/20/09 to 06/24/09
Rising Stars Compendium TP, 03/18/09 to 04/22/09
Witchblade #126 Sejic Cover A, 04/29/09 to 04/22/09
Witchblade Compendium Edition TP Vol 2, 03/25/09 to 04/22/09
Skrull Kill Krew #3, 06/10/09 to 06/17/09
Product Changes, New Printings & Variant Editions
DARK HORSE COMICS
• Rapture #2 (APR09 0026, $2.99), solicited as having a cover by Michael Avon Oeming, will in fact have a cover by Taki Soma, which accompanies the book’s solicitation on page 29 in the April PREVIEWS.
MARVEL COMICS
• Amazing Spider-Man Family #7 (APR09 0448, $4.99) will be 64 pages, not 54 pages.
• Amazing Spider-Man #596 (APR09 0449, $2.99) will have pencils by Paolo Siqueira, not Siqueira and Phil Jimenez.
• Amazing Spider-Man #597 (APR09 0450, $2.99) will have pencils by Marco Chechetto, not Paolo Siqueira and Phil Jimenez.
• Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #1 (APR09 0475, $3.99) will have art by Chris Bachalo, not Barry Kitson.
• War Machine #7 (APR09 0515, $2.99) will have pencils by Leonardo Manco and Mahmud Asrar. The artist was solicited as TBA.
• War of Kings: Savage World of Skaar (APR09 0524, $3.99) will have pencils by Clayton Henry and Graham Nolan. Only Clayton Henry was originally solicited.
• Captain America: Man with No Face Premiere HC (APR09 0561) will contain Captain America #43-48 with 144 pages at $19.99. It was originally solicited as containing Captain America #43-49 with 168 pages at $24.99.
• Patsy Walker: Hellcat TP DM Ed. (APR09 0595, $16.99) is written by Kathryn Immonen, not Stuart Immonen.
• X-Men 2099 TP Vol. 1 (MAR09 2666, $29.99) will have 216 pages, not 224 pages.
• The Art of Marko Djurdjevic HC (FEB09 2604, $49.99) will now be named The Marvel Art of Marko Djurdjevic HC.
WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT
• Wizard #212 (MAR09 4029-30, $5.99) will now contain one free Topps Barack Obama Trading Card in every issue. A sampling of the cards featured is shown here. The issue is scheduled to ship on April 29.
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AARDVARK-VANAHEIM
• Although not mentioned in its solicitation, Aardvark-Vanaheim’s Cerebus Archive #2 Zombie & Obama Variant (APR09 0621, $15) will have only one printing.
IDW PUBLISHING
• CLARIFICATION: IDW Publishing’s From the Ashes #1 (MAR09 4309, $3.99), solicited as a full-color book, is actually a full-color title done in color tones.
