by Jeff Meyer | April 30, 2007

The smash hit limited series exploring the early days of Stephen King’s notorious gunslinger Roland (from the Dark Tower series of novels) continues this month, as Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #4 arrives in stores this Wednesday, May 2nd. Young Roland has met Susan Delgado and like many good times in his life, danger looms...

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by Jeff Meyer | April 30, 2007

After Captain America #25 shocked the world and catapulted the Living Legend’s final moments into the mainstream media spotlight, the Eisner-nominated team of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting continue the acclaimed “Death Of A Dream” storyline in Captain America #26. With Captain America dead, there are major repercussions for Winter Soldier (once known as Bucky,...

by Jeff Meyer | April 30, 2007

DARK HORSE COMICS Buffy The Vampire Slayer #3, $2.99 City Of Others #2 (Of 4), $2.99 Eden Vol 7 Its An Endlsss World TPB, $12.95 Flood 3rd Edition TPB, $14.95 Gunsmith Cats Burst Vol 1 TPB, $10.95 Hellboy Darkness Calls #1 (Of 6), $2.99 Journal Samurai Champloo, $9.99 Journal Trigun, $9.99 Star Wars 30th Anniv...

by Jeff Meyer | April 30, 2007

MARVEL COMICS All New Off HB Marvel Universe A To Z Update #2, $3.99 Astonishing X-Men #21, $2.99 Avengers Initiative #2 CWI, $2.99 Civil War Captain America TPB, $11.99 Civil War Wolverine TPB, $17.99 Civil War Young Avengers & Runaways TPB, $11.99 Dark Tower Gunslinger Born #4 (Of 7), $3.99 Dark Tower Gunslinger Born Jae...

by Jeff Meyer | April 30, 2007

DC COMICS 100 Bullets #83, $2.99 52 Action Figures Inner Case Asst, AR 52 Action Figures Master Case Asst, AR 52 Animal Man Action Figure, AR 52 Batwoman Action Figure, AR 52 Booster Gold Action Figure, AR 52 Isis Action Figure, AR 52 Supernova Action Figure, AR 52 Week #52, $2.50 All New Atom #11,...

by Jeff Meyer | April 30, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAMARONECK, NY – April 30, 2007 THE DOG DAYS OF AUGUST JUST GOT HOTTER WITH THE THRILLING CONCLUSIONS TO TWO MAJOR “EVENT” STORIES IN ARCHIE DIGESTS! In most parts of the country, August is the hottest month of the year… and it may also be the hottest month of 2007 for Archie...

by Jeff Meyer | April 28, 2007

Updated shipping information for comics and products being released beyond next week, provided by Diamond Distribution and 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 ---- DIAMOND ITEM CODE OLD DATE NEW DATE DARK HORSE...

by Jeff Meyer | April 28, 2007

Suspended Animation Review Graphic Classics: H. P. Lovecraft(GC:HPL)/140 pgs.& #11.95, Eureka Productions/various artists & adapters /sold at comics and book stores and www.graphicclassics.com. Many consider H.P. Lovecraft to be the greatest horror writer who ever lived. The great disappointment in that statement is “lived”: there will never be a new Lovecraft story. So the best...

by Jeff Meyer | April 28, 2007

Because you demanded it! Retailers and fans have demanded that Marvel bring some of the most timeless, enduring novels to life in comic book form and we’re happy to oblige with Marvel Illustrated, the House of Idea’s new line featuring the best of classic literature as adapted by industry legend Roy Thomas & a slew...

by Jeff Meyer | April 27, 2007

The recent incarnation of the New Avengers doesn’t have it easy, forging their own underground movement against the Superhuman Registration act they consider unjust and finding themselves embroiled in conflicts with their former friends. But as readers will learn in New Avengers #30, it’s going to get worse before it gets better. As readers continue...

by Jeff Meyer | April 27, 2007

Our thanks as always to Marc-Oliver Frisch and The Beat for providing this information. Marc-Oliver Frisch writes "The recovery of DC Comics average sales in the direct market continued in March, but that didn’t prevent the publisher from losing more market share — largely thanks, of course, to two surprise sales juggernauts from other publishers,...

by Jeff Meyer | April 26, 2007

Neighbors of an entrepreneur who lives in Stevenson are contesting his proposal to build two art galleries on his expansive front lawn. Stephen Geppi, who owns Diamond Comic Distributors in Timonium and Baltimore magazine, bought Cliffeholme, a historically significant house on nearly 10 acres off Stewart Road, for $4.8 million in 2004, according to state...

by Jeff Meyer | April 26, 2007

ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, May 2, 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...

by Jeff Meyer | April 26, 2007

Updated shipping information for comics and products being released beyond next week, provided by Diamond Distribution and our friends at Things From Another World. My apologies- this normally would have been posted last Friday, but today was the soonest I could get this information. Hopefully the regular schedule will resume tomorrow. Items with no...

by Jeff Meyer | April 25, 2007

Our friends at MangaCast write We have another short ComicList this week and as such there really isn't room for much creativity or debate here. So now they are wondering if I am planting ideas in their heads! To prevent any culpability in case they go ape scat on someone, I have decided to share...

by Jeff Meyer | April 25, 2007

The funny thing is that I never introduced myself as Matt Busch, since I figured he'd have no idea who I was. I came to find out later that he's actually a big fan of my work. How different that conversation might have gone had he known who I was. So here we are several...

by Jeff Meyer | April 25, 2007

On The Shelves: 04/25/07, 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! Despite my enthusiasm for comics being at a five-year low — five years ago, I hadn’t yet started reading them again — here’s...

by Jeff Meyer | April 25, 2007

Cold Cut Update for the Week of April 23, 2007 Cold Cut is a wholesale distributor of small-press, independent and alternative graphic novels and comic books to comics retailers and bookstores. (We do not sell directly to comic readers). To find out more information about Cold Cut, please visit our website www.coldcut.com. Here is a...

by Jeff Meyer | April 24, 2007

The biggest new series of 2007 continues in Mighty Avengers #3, as Tony Stark’s new team of government-sponsored Avengers battle the all new, all female Ultron. And just what happened to Tony Stark? If Ultron has her way, this bold new team of Avengers won’t have a chance to find out! From the all star...

by Jeff Meyer | April 24, 2007

April 24, 2007 14 pages Issue #828 DC COMICS SENDS SOLD-OUT JUSTICE LEAGUE ISSUES BACK TO PRESS FOR NEW PRINTINGS With JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #2 and the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 Third Printing both sold out at DC Comics, these issues are being sent back to press for new printings. “This is an...