So this ran in yesterday's Deadpool: The Gauntlet, a comic supplied to retailers for free that reprints the digital strip, and retailers are meant to
marvel Archives
I sat down at New York Comic Con with a senior Marvel executive who expressed frustration at DC's Hold-The-Line-At-$2.99 initiative, not for any competitive reason, but that they had taken money out of comic stores by selling some of their best selling titles at that price point, without increasing sales by a commensurate amount And[...]
Kelly Sue DeConnick has let it be known. When asked, "I didn't see Avengers Assemble on the April solicitations. Is it over? :(" She replied, It is
Well, that makes this volume's release even more sensible.
As Marvel's solicitations for April 2014 are released, they basically list everything we've been expecting, from Chris Claremont and Todd Nauck's Nightcrawler to Mark Waid and Chris Samnee's 50th anniversary of Daredevil, in Daredevil #1.50.
But there is one nifty surprise in amongst the listings Despite the success[...]
Ms Marvel #1 matched to 175% of Mighty Avengers #2 Loki to 150% of Thor #13 Captain America #16.NOW matched to 150% of Captain America #12 X-Men #10.NOW matched to 150% of X-Men #6 Which might explain a number of these reorders, especially since these are more achievable targets than some previous promotions from Marvel.
But[...]
Well that was a fun evening. Here's the resulting video, taken at Orbital Comics in London, yesterday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ipMl39_7XQ
MARVEL #3
G Willow Wilson (W) • Adrian Alphona (A)
Cover by JAMIE McKELVIE
Artist Variant by annie wu
• The All-New Ms Marvel has already gained international fame.
• But in Kamala's case, star-power comes with a whole lot of… awkwardness.
• Find out why the most exciting new Marvel hero is also the most loveable!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …2.99
CAPTAIN MARVEL[...]
Marvelman/Miracleman has a history of people trying to sensor various bits and pieces, as it challenged a variety of social mores over sex, nudity and violence Miracleman #9, featuring a graphic depiction of childbirth taken from childbirth books, saw Steve Geppi of Diamond Comic Distributors ban the comic, saying,
Diamond values its retailers too much to[...]
Here we are, live at the Orbital Comics signing for Miracleman #1, published today, from Marvel Comics… updates as they come in.
We are all awaiting the great man… Ten to fifteen minutes late, apparently.
At the Will Simpson event here last week, Steve Cook recalled Garry Leach's birthday party in 1983 in which Garry spend the[...]
With an asterisk to point out that it's only a joke, and encourage any retailer to "relax".
Do you think they will?
A few emails in my inbox suggest otherwise…
Deadpool: The Gauntlet #1 is published today by Marvel Comics Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, who are today holding a Miracleman signing with artist and co-writer Garry[...]
Originally published as Marvelman in the pages of Warrior Magazine, it was a revival of the believed-abandoned British ripoff of Captain Marvel from the fifties, created to fill a gap in the cancellation of Captain Marvel reprints after Fawcett lost their legal case against DC's Superman.
It was born out of a legal issues, revived out[...]
And in January, one of the lowest selling Marvel books, probably, with Revolutionary War: Dark Angel #1 With a Mephisto suffering a banking soul crisis, without Obama to bail him out You really should pick this up…
And yes, obviously, Obama is just too busy to bail out Mephisto Anyway it would look bad on the[...]
Still Spider-Man, just without the bounce, even with Venom gone, the small head, the wide shoulders, the long stretched torso, he's a monster….
Superior Spider-Man is published today by Marvel Comics Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, who are today holding a Miracleman signing with artist and co-writer Garry Leach from 5pm.
[...]
Especially since they seem to single him out for attention.
Meanwhile Uncanny X-Men (yes, there are lots of X-Men books out today) shows how far things have come, with similar placards… just with the religious justification removed.
Is it just me, or does Stryker's chin look a little like Pat Robertson's?
Uncanny X-Men, Amazing X-Men and All-New X-Men[...]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxGISfvrFvw[/youtube]
Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes,
Hey Fandom! I'm back with more new comics now! This week has some Marvels of note, Justice League 3000, and X-Files Conspiracy among others.
First, let me just get it out there, and apologize for not covering Miracleman in the video[...]