On The Shelves: 04/04/07, 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, 4/4/07. The full shipping list, as always, is available at
Marvel Pulse #78: Marvel Ultimate Alliance: New Characters and Exclusive Screenshots and More! Marvel Ultimate Alliance: New Characters and Exclusive Screenshots Get your first look at Hulk, Dr. Doom and the other new Marvel Ultimate Alliance characters, complete with screenshots you’ll only find on Marvel.com. Avengers: The Initiative Character Guide Avengers: The Initiative #1 lands...
If you thought you knew the history of the Marvel Universe, you may very well be wrong! As hordes of readers snapped up issues the initial two issues of New Avengers: Illuminati, they were thrilled to learn about a secret cabal of heroes (Black Bolt, Iron Man, Charles Xavier, Dr. Strange, Namor and Mr. Fantastic)...
ComicList: New Releases List for Wednesday, April 4, 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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAMARONECK, NY – April 2, 2007 ARCHIE’S 65th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONTINUES WITH A VERY SPECIAL WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE! Can it be so? Is Archie really 65 years old? You bet! The saga of everyone's favorite comic book teen began way back in December, 1941, with Archie's very first story in PEP...
After finally settling back into his old life in Hell’s Kitchen as a lawyer and the costumed hero Daredevil, things are finally starting to look up for Matt Murdock in Daredevil #96. That is, until mysterious figures begin spying on his private life and he’s pushed into defending one of his old Daredevil foes Gladiator...
DARK HORSE COMICS Buffy The Vampire Slayer #2, $2.99 Old Boy Vol 5 TPB, $12.95 Secret #3 (Of 4), $2.99 Skullboy Vinyl Figure, $17.99 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight #2 Old Boy Vol. 5 Secret #3 ComicList: Dark Horse...
DC COMICS 52 Week #48, $2.50 Absolute Batman The Long Halloween HC, $75.00 All New Atom #10, $2.99 American Splendor Another Day TPB, $14.99 American Virgin #13, $2.99 Batman Black And White Statue By Matt Wagner, $59.99 Batman Detective TPB, $14.99 Cipher Vol 7, $9.99 Danger Girl Body Shots #1 (Of 4), $2.99 Detective Comics...
MARVEL COMICS Alpha Flight Classic Vol 1 TPB, $24.99 Annihilation Heralds Of Galactus Silver Surfer Firelord, $3.99 Avengers Initiative #1 CWI, $2.99 Civil War Fallen Son Wolverine Poster, $6.99 Dark Tower Gunslinger Born #3 (Of 7), $3.99 Dark Tower Gunslinger Born Jae Lee Sketch Var #3 (Of 7), $3.99 Dark Tower Gunslinger Born Yu Var...
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...
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 **...
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...
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...
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?...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
