by Jeff Meyer | March 31, 2007

DC COMICS DIRECT CHANNEL SPECIAL March 30, 2007 The Usual Gang of Idiots strikes again as DC Comics rush solicits THE MAD WAR ON BUSH TP (FEB078188), a new book scheduled for June in store featuring an introduction by comedian Jimmy Kimmel. In a tribute befitting to the presidency of George W. Bush, MAD Magazine...

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by Jeff Meyer | March 30, 2007

Shipping Updates From the April 4th Diamond Dateline. Updated shipping information for comics and products being released beyond next week, provided by our friends at Things From Another World. Items with no “Old Date” originally had no scheduled ship date. * Denotes an item shipping earlier than solicited. SUPPLIER/TITLE ** ITEM CODE **...

by Jeff Meyer | March 30, 2007

Welcome to the Dark Horse Newsletter! Things have been pretty exciting here for us at Dark Horse headquarters with the tremendous success of both Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 and 300. Our first printing of Buffy completely sold out during its first week and the second printing of #1 is shipping this week! Suffice...

by Jeff Meyer | March 30, 2007

Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters Comics Are On The Way! March 30, 2007, Runnemede, NJ - DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT announced today that they had reached an agreement with creator Don Chin to begin publishing a new comic book series and collections (and collectibles) featuring the Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters. The news release follows up the...

by Jeff Meyer | March 30, 2007

Suspended Animation Review Okko: The Cycle of Water #1 (of 4)/32 pgs., $3.95from Asp Comics/art and story by Hub/sold at comics and book stores and www.aspcomics.com. "Okko the ronin heads a small group of demon hunters, wandering the realms of Empire" reads a blurb promoting a new comics title from Archaia Studios. Are you surprised?...

by Jeff Meyer | March 29, 2007

Paul O'Brien writes "After months of hype and a midnight launch, DARK TOWER is finally in the stores, and on the charts. But it’s far from being a one-book month. February saw the final issue of CIVIL WAR, complete with a few more crossover issues - though even by the end of the month, there...

by Jeff Meyer | March 29, 2007

The fallout of Civil War continues on as Civil War: Battle Damage Report and Marvel Spotlight: Civil War Aftermath have sold out at Diamond. Civil War: Battle Damage Report is a closing look at Civil War through classified S.H.I.E.L.D. files compiled by Iron Man himself. Civil War: Battle Damage Report tallies the outcome of the...

by Jeff Meyer | March 29, 2007

ComicList: New Releases List for Wednesday, April 4, 2007, by Charles LePage. Information provided by our friends at Things From Another World. Pre-order and save 20%! This is the *preliminary* list and is not complete. The complete, and much more accurate, list will be published next week. Diamond Distribution issues a "next week" list...

by Jeff Meyer | March 28, 2007

RUNAWAYS, the award-winning series from Brian K. Vaughan, has been nominated for another award - one that will put the book in the hands of thousands of kids! Runaways Vol. 1: Pride & Joy HC is up for the Georgia Peach Award, where the winners of the award become required reading in the Georgia school...

by Jeff Meyer | March 28, 2007

ABRAMS Manga Shakespeare Hamlet GN, $9.95 Manga Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet GN, $9.95 ANTARCTIC PRESS Pirates Vs Ninjas T/S LG, $10.00 Pirates Vs Ninjas T/S XXL, $11.00 DARK HORSE COMICS Berserk Vol 16 TPB, $13.95 Reiko The Zombie Shop Vol 6 TPB, $12.95 CMX Oyayubihime Infinity Vol 4, $9.99 DEL REY Genshiken Vol 8 GN,...

by Jeff Meyer | March 28, 2007

Civil War is over and Tony Stark and Marvel are finding that the Initiative is proving to be a huge success. New Avengers #28, Ms. Marvel #13 and Thunderbolts #112, three titles involving Marvel’s bold new direction, the Initiative, have sold out at Diamond. In New Avengers #28, a team of underground heroes who refuse...

by Jeff Meyer | March 28, 2007

New Spider-Man Video Hot on the heels of the Elizabeth Banks video blog, we have this entry with Ted Raimi. Ted plays J. Jonah Jameson’s punching bag Hoffman in the Spider-Man films and is also the brother of Spidey director Sam Raimi. Fallen Son: Death of Captain America Gallery Captain America’s death has dealt a...

by Jeff Meyer | March 28, 2007

Update for the Week of March 26, 2007 Here is a list of the books that have recently arrived at Cold Cut Distribution for the first time: * Title (Product Code, Publisher, Discount, Retail price) * Aishiteruze Baby TPB vol 5 (AISBT05, Viz Media, 50% discount, $8.99 retail price) * Anima TPB vol 3 (ANMAT03,...

by Jeff Meyer | March 27, 2007

On The Shelves: 03/28/07, by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Reprinted courtesy of Comic Book Commentary. Reading is fundamental. Read what you like; don’t waste your time reading bad comics out of habit! My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 3/28/07. The full shipping list, as always, is available at

by Jeff Meyer | March 27, 2007

March 27, 2007 DC DIRECT PRESENTS SHAZAM! ACTION FIGURES VARIANT EDITION FIGURE AVAILABLE ONLY IN CASE ASSORTMENTS Coming in November 2007, DC Direct presents the SHAZAM! ACTION FIGURES, featuring classic characters prominently featured in the hit series COUNTDOWN, 52, TRIALS OF SHAZAM and SHAZAM: THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL! The line includes SHAZAM!, JUNIOR, DR....

by Jeff Meyer | March 27, 2007

Captain America is dead. Long live...the new Captain America!?!? Frank Castle is adopting a whole new patriotic costume in the pages of Punisher War Journal as this buzz-worthy title is sure to turn heads in the coming months. Punisher War Journal #7 will see the Punisher in his new costume taking on the old Captain...

by Jeff Meyer | March 27, 2007

Captain America #25, the most talked about comic in the last decade, is back with a new second printing variant cover by Steve Epting. This commemorative issue is not to be missed and hits your local comic store tomorrow! Then, the fallout from Cap's death continues in the first Fallen Son one-shot, Fallen Son: Death...

by Jeff Meyer | March 27, 2007

Previews’ (The Diamond Distribution catalogue) late policy strictly states that all merchandise which fails to ship within 30 days of its scheduled delivery date will be either resolicited or returnable. All orders for the following items have been cancelled for the reasons listed. ABRAMS AUG063882 H NEW MEDIA IN GRAPHIC DESIGN SC Lateness...

by Jeff Meyer | March 27, 2007

In November, 2006, Archie Comics offered Sonic readers both new and old the opportunity to relive the earliest adventures of their favorite hero with the release of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ARCHIVES #1. A second volume followed in December, with a third slated for May. Reactions are in and everyone agrees: this new classic reprint series...

by Jeff Meyer | March 26, 2007

ComicList: New Releases List for Wednesday, March 28, 2007. Information provided by our friends at Things From Another World. Pre-order and save 20%! Sponsored by TC Bulk-- comic book supplies at super low prices. Discuss what you are buying this week on the Comiclist Community Forum. The ComicList is available in...