New Comics Arriving Wednesday, October 3

| September 28, 2007

30 DAYS OF NIGHT BEYOND BARROW #1 – $3.99 BACK IN STOCK 30 DAYS OF NIGHT DARK DAYS TPB (MR) – $19.99 BACK IN STOCK 52 VOL 3 TPB – $19.99 BACK IN STOCK ACTION COMICS #856 – $2.99 AI YORI AOSHI VOL 17 (MR) – $9.99 ALIENS VS PREDATOR OMNIBUS VOL 2 TPB – [...]

And The Winners Are… Contest #2 (Four Twos)

| September 27, 2007

Hopefully, a lot of you DID “Try this one at home?” For those who didn’t and would still like to give it a go, the rules and a hint are still posted in our blogs. But again, the numbers of entries was disappointing – only 4, but they all qualified by having at least 15 [...]

Umbrella Academy #1 Goes Back to Print

| September 26, 2007

Dark Horse is already going back to press with Gerard Way’s Umbrella Academy. The second printing of the issue will carry a brand new cover by series artist Gabriel Bà and should be on shelves by mid-October. #2 is due out October 10th, and issue #3 is due out November 14th. The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse [...]

Picks of the Week (9/26-10/2): Astounding Wolf-Man, Spirit, The Order, Uncle Scrooge

| September 25, 2007

ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #3 – Robert Kirkman (Invincible, Walking Dead). Werewolves. Super-hero action. What’s not to like? SPIRIT #10 – Clever two-fisted action by modern comics master Darwyn Cooke. THE ORDER #3 – Super-heroes with instant celebrity deal with public image and short shelf-life. UNCLE SCROOGE #370 – Uncle Scrooge stories range from funny one-pagers to [...]

Uhura Role Cast In Abrams’ ‘Trek’ Film

| September 24, 2007

J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek film has cast another role; Zoe Saldana will play Uhura. Saldana, who played the only female pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, is also cast in James Cameron’s Avatar. Only a few other roles have been cast to date. The storyline for the Abrams [...]

DC Comics Has Updates for the Confused or Disgruntled Superman Reader

| September 23, 2007

Editorial comment followed by DC’s announcement. The 2007 batch of Superman books have been a little haphazard. It seems as though DC has placed monthly schedule ahead of story continuity, and so readers have come down with a case of Storyus Interuptus (if I may be allowed to get a little Wile E. Coyote on [...]

DC Comics Announces Changes To Fall 2007 Showcase Presents Titles

| September 22, 2007

DC Comics rush solicits the following titles: SHOWCASE PRESENTS: WORLD’S FINEST COMICS VOL. 1 TPB collects stories from SUPERMAN #76 and WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #71-111, written by Ed Hamilton, Bill Finger, and others with art by Curt Swan, Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff and others. This 552 page black & white trade with a cover price [...]

Contest #2 deadline is being extended, and a hint! Also, everyone who entered Contest #1 WON!

| September 21, 2007

First of all, as I said in an earlier blog, the response to the first contest in Paul’s Puzzle Page was UNDERwhelming, SO… everyone who entered, regardless of how many of the 26 clues they got right (I said you didn’t have to get them all!) won $25 worth of 3/4″ Green-tagged items of their [...]

New Comics Arriving Wednesday, September 26

| September 21, 2007

30 DAYS OF NIGHT RED SNOW #1 – $3.99 BACK IN STOCK 30 DAYS OF NIGHT TPB MOVIE PTG (MR) – $17.99 BACK IN STOCK 52 AFTERMATH THE FOUR HORSEMEN #2 – $2.99 ADVENTURES OF TINTIN VOL 1 HC – $18.99 BACK IN STOCK AKIKO FLIGHTS OF FANCY HIGH FLYING EXPD ED TPB – $24.95 [...]

Top 100 Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks for August

| September 20, 2007

Diamond Comic Distributors announces top 100 graphic novels & trades based on actual unit sales in comic shops. 1. Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 17 Clone Saga TPB 2. Amazing Fantasy Omnibus Vol 1 HC 3. Hulk Planet Hulk HC 4. Marvel Masterworks Golden Age Sub Mariner Vol 2 HC 5. Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel Vol 2 [...]

Top 100 Comics in August

| September 19, 2007

Diamond Comic Distributors announces the top comics based on actual unit sales. 1. World War Hulk #3 2. Dark Tower Gunslinger Born #7 3. Justice League Of America #12 4. New Avengers #33 5. Astonishing X-Men #22 6. Thor #2 7. Amazing Spider-Man #543 8. Incredible Hulk #109 9. Wolverine #56 10. Wolverine Origins #16 [...]

Superman Doomsday DVD in store Now

| September 18, 2007

We have copies of the brand spanking new Superman animated movie, Superman Doomsday. This PG-13 movie captures all the action and drama from the “Death of Superman” storyline and the events that followed in the Superman line of comic books. The extras portion with interviews from most of the comic creators involved in the original [...]

Picks of the Week (9/19-9/25): Umbrella Academy, 30 Days of Night, World War Hulk, Zero Killer, and more

| September 18, 2007

30 DAYS OF NIGHT BEYOND BARROW #1 – Get psyched for the movie with vampires in the Arctic Circle. AVENGERS CLASSIC #4 – CAPTAIN AMERICA RETURNS…in 1964. LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #6 – The new season of this cartoon starts soon! UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE #1 – Yes, kids, the Gerard [...]

DC’s New War Series’

| September 17, 2007

Shi creator Billy Tucci will co-write and draw a six-issue Sgt. Rock mini-series for 2008, Sgt. Rock and the Lost Battalion. Tucci said he is working with screenwriter John Milius, who wrote the screenplay for Apocalypse Now and wrote and directed Conan the Barbarian. DC also will be doing The War that Time Forgot, which [...]

Sergio Aragonés to Write The Spirit

| September 16, 2007

More DC news from the Baltimore Comic-Con: Following Darwyn Cooke’s run on The Spirit, Sergio Aragonés will take over the title. Asked whether he planned to do shorter, multiple stories in each issue or issue-long tales, Aragonés said he preferred to take advantage of the format and do full-length stories. Based on an article on [...]

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