Coming from Marvel in June
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:34 pm
Full solicitations at Newsarama, as usual : http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090324- ... tions.html
If you prefer Comic Book Resources, here you go : http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=20534
Or you could go directly to the Marvel website : http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?date=2009-06
NEW SERIES
- X-MEN FOREVER #1 & 2, by Claremont and Pelletier. The high concept : it starts after X-MEN v2 #3, and completely diverges from this point on.
NEW MINISERIES
- DARK REIGN: THE SINISTER SPIDER-MAN #1 (of 4), by Reed and Kitson, features the MacGargan Venom posing as Spider-Man in Dark Avengers.
- DARK REIGN: LETHAL LEGION #1 (of 3), by Tieri and Santolouco, follows a team of D-List villains rebelling against the Dark Reign.
- DARK REIGN: MISTER NEGATIVE #1 (of 3), by Van Lante and Gigliotta, follows the new Spider-Man villain's struggle against the Hood.
- DARK REIGN: ZODIAC #1 (of 3), by Casey and Fox, features a new villain spreading chaos inside the Dark Reign new order.
Er, isn't there a bit of overlap between some of those ?
- BETA RAY BILL: GODHUNTER #1 (of 3), by Gillen and Kano, with Galactus as the antagonist.
ONESHOTS
- DARK AVENGERS/UNCANNY X-MEN: UTOPIA, by Fraction and Silvestri, is the start of a crossover between those two titles.
- WAR OF KINGS: SAVAGE WORLD OF SKAAR, by Gage and Henry
- WOLVERINE: REVOLVER #1, by Gischler and Pastoras, is this month's random Wolverine one-shot.
- X-MEN ORIGINS: GAMBIT #1, by Carey and Yardin. He's in that movie, you see...
- PUNISHER: FRANK CASTLE - NAKED KILL #1, by Maberry and Campbell : couldn't they just put this in the regular series ?
- UNCANNY X-MEN: FIRST CLASS GIANT-SIZE SPECIAL #1, by various.
- MISS AMERICA COMICS #1 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, by Van Meter and MacDonald
- YOUNG ALLIES COMICS #1 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, by Stern and Rivera
- 1939 DAILY BUGLE. Uh ? Part of the 70th anniversary celebration, I presume. And free !
- MARVEL APES: PRIME EIGHT SPECIAL, by Kesel and Nauck, is a spoof of the Illuminati. Isn't this joke dead yet ?
- TIMESTORM 2009/2099: SPIDER-MAN
- TIMESTORM 2009/2099: X-MEN
- MARVEL PETS HANDBOOK
Glorified fill-in watch :
- ENDER'S GAME: RECRUITING VALENTINE
- FANTASTIC FOUR GIANT-SIZE ADVENTURES #1, by Tobin and various artists, takes MARVEL ADVENTURES: FF's place on the schedule.
- THOR: THE TRIAL OF THOR, by Milligan and Nord
NOTABLE ISSUES
- War of Kings continues in WOK #4, WOK:ASCENSION #3, WOK:SAVAGE WORLD OF SKAAR, NOVA #26 and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #15.
- Messiah War continues in CABLE #15 and X-FORCE #16.
- WOLVERINE becomes DARK WOLVERINE with #75, and now stars Wolverine's son Daken. New creative team : Way, Liu & Camuncoli.
- CAPTAIN AMERICA is renumbered to issue #600, with tons of bonus material.
- CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 gets its first annual (but there's also a regular issue).
- FANTASTIC FOUR #568, Millar's penultimate issue, is co-written by Ahearne (FANTASTIC FORCE). Uh-oh...
- IMMORTAL IRON FIST concludes with issue #27.
- SQUADRON SUPREME also concludes, with issue #12. Sales were horrible, and presumably they will need Fury back in the Ultimate Universe. Speaking of which, absolutely no Ultimate will ship in June (though ULTIMATUM #5 has already been pushed back to July).
- RUNAWAYS is taken over with #11 by Kathryn Immonen and Sara Pichelli. Good choice, actually.
- ASTONISHING X-MEN #30 allegedly ships.
- Both UNCANNY X-MEN and X-FACTOR ship twice.
- X-MEN: LEGACY #225 will be the last issue with this subtitle of this title as a Professor X solo book.
GONE MISSING THIS MONTH :
- HULK
- THOR
- MOON KNIGHT may have been silently cancelled, since last issue finished a storyline and sales weren't great.
- GHOST RIDER (ditto)
- MARVEL ADVENTURES: FANTASTIC FOUR (uh oh)
- MARVELS: EYE OF THE CAMERA (for the second month running)
- all ICON books
PRICE WATCH
Follow Marvel's price hikes in real time ! (for MU regular titles only)
- 104 pages for $4.99 : CAPTAIN AMERICA #600
- 54 pages for $4.99 : AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #7
- 48 pages for $3.99 : UNCANNY X-MEN #512
- 40 pages for $3.99 : DARK WOLVERINE #75, PUNISHER #6, ASTONISHING TALES #5, IMMORTAL IRON FIST #27, SKAAR: SON OF HULK #12
- 32 pages for $3.99 : DARK AVENGERS #6, NEW AVENGERS #54, X-MEN FOREVER #1 & #2, WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #3, PUNISHER: FRANK CASTLE MAX #71
NOTABLE COLLECTIONS
- Marvel Masterworks : Iron Man v6, and a TPB of FF v2
- Essentials : Thor v4, Doctor Strange v4
- Power Pack Classic v1
- Excalibur Visionnaries: Alan Davis v1 (yeah !)
- GOLDEN AGE MARVEL COMICS OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC : Marvel (Mystery) Comics #1-12.
- ASTONISHING X-MEN BY JOSS WHEDON & JOHN CASSADAY OMNIBUS HC
- NYX: WANNABE PREMIERE HC : this is the original series, by Quesada and Middleton.
- HERCULES: PRINCE OF POWER PREMIERE HC, collects two 80s mini.
- SPIDER-MAN: SINISTER SIX PREMIERE HC collects the first AMAZING annual... and #334-339 ?
- DARK REIGN: ACCEPT CHANGE TPB includes various one-shots, the UNCANNY X-MEN annual, and the first DARK AVENGERS issue.
- X-MEN: THE END TRILOGY TPB collects all 18 issues.
- PUNISHER: YEAR ONE TPB. Wait, when was this published ?
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: FIGHTING CHANCE VOL. 1 TPB starts reprinting the big Gruenwald/Hoover saga.
So, what caught up your eye this time ?
If you prefer Comic Book Resources, here you go : http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=20534
Or you could go directly to the Marvel website : http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?date=2009-06
NEW SERIES
- X-MEN FOREVER #1 & 2, by Claremont and Pelletier. The high concept : it starts after X-MEN v2 #3, and completely diverges from this point on.
NEW MINISERIES
- DARK REIGN: THE SINISTER SPIDER-MAN #1 (of 4), by Reed and Kitson, features the MacGargan Venom posing as Spider-Man in Dark Avengers.
- DARK REIGN: LETHAL LEGION #1 (of 3), by Tieri and Santolouco, follows a team of D-List villains rebelling against the Dark Reign.
- DARK REIGN: MISTER NEGATIVE #1 (of 3), by Van Lante and Gigliotta, follows the new Spider-Man villain's struggle against the Hood.
- DARK REIGN: ZODIAC #1 (of 3), by Casey and Fox, features a new villain spreading chaos inside the Dark Reign new order.
Er, isn't there a bit of overlap between some of those ?
- BETA RAY BILL: GODHUNTER #1 (of 3), by Gillen and Kano, with Galactus as the antagonist.
ONESHOTS
- DARK AVENGERS/UNCANNY X-MEN: UTOPIA, by Fraction and Silvestri, is the start of a crossover between those two titles.
- WAR OF KINGS: SAVAGE WORLD OF SKAAR, by Gage and Henry
- WOLVERINE: REVOLVER #1, by Gischler and Pastoras, is this month's random Wolverine one-shot.
- X-MEN ORIGINS: GAMBIT #1, by Carey and Yardin. He's in that movie, you see...
- PUNISHER: FRANK CASTLE - NAKED KILL #1, by Maberry and Campbell : couldn't they just put this in the regular series ?
- UNCANNY X-MEN: FIRST CLASS GIANT-SIZE SPECIAL #1, by various.
- MISS AMERICA COMICS #1 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, by Van Meter and MacDonald
- YOUNG ALLIES COMICS #1 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, by Stern and Rivera
- 1939 DAILY BUGLE. Uh ? Part of the 70th anniversary celebration, I presume. And free !
- MARVEL APES: PRIME EIGHT SPECIAL, by Kesel and Nauck, is a spoof of the Illuminati. Isn't this joke dead yet ?
- TIMESTORM 2009/2099: SPIDER-MAN
- TIMESTORM 2009/2099: X-MEN
- MARVEL PETS HANDBOOK
Glorified fill-in watch :
- ENDER'S GAME: RECRUITING VALENTINE
- FANTASTIC FOUR GIANT-SIZE ADVENTURES #1, by Tobin and various artists, takes MARVEL ADVENTURES: FF's place on the schedule.
- THOR: THE TRIAL OF THOR, by Milligan and Nord
NOTABLE ISSUES
- War of Kings continues in WOK #4, WOK:ASCENSION #3, WOK:SAVAGE WORLD OF SKAAR, NOVA #26 and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #15.
- Messiah War continues in CABLE #15 and X-FORCE #16.
- WOLVERINE becomes DARK WOLVERINE with #75, and now stars Wolverine's son Daken. New creative team : Way, Liu & Camuncoli.
- CAPTAIN AMERICA is renumbered to issue #600, with tons of bonus material.
- CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 gets its first annual (but there's also a regular issue).
- FANTASTIC FOUR #568, Millar's penultimate issue, is co-written by Ahearne (FANTASTIC FORCE). Uh-oh...
- IMMORTAL IRON FIST concludes with issue #27.
- SQUADRON SUPREME also concludes, with issue #12. Sales were horrible, and presumably they will need Fury back in the Ultimate Universe. Speaking of which, absolutely no Ultimate will ship in June (though ULTIMATUM #5 has already been pushed back to July).
- RUNAWAYS is taken over with #11 by Kathryn Immonen and Sara Pichelli. Good choice, actually.
- ASTONISHING X-MEN #30 allegedly ships.
- Both UNCANNY X-MEN and X-FACTOR ship twice.
- X-MEN: LEGACY #225 will be the last issue with this subtitle of this title as a Professor X solo book.
GONE MISSING THIS MONTH :
- HULK
- THOR
- MOON KNIGHT may have been silently cancelled, since last issue finished a storyline and sales weren't great.
- GHOST RIDER (ditto)
- MARVEL ADVENTURES: FANTASTIC FOUR (uh oh)
- MARVELS: EYE OF THE CAMERA (for the second month running)
- all ICON books
PRICE WATCH
Follow Marvel's price hikes in real time ! (for MU regular titles only)
- 104 pages for $4.99 : CAPTAIN AMERICA #600
- 54 pages for $4.99 : AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #7
- 48 pages for $3.99 : UNCANNY X-MEN #512
- 40 pages for $3.99 : DARK WOLVERINE #75, PUNISHER #6, ASTONISHING TALES #5, IMMORTAL IRON FIST #27, SKAAR: SON OF HULK #12
- 32 pages for $3.99 : DARK AVENGERS #6, NEW AVENGERS #54, X-MEN FOREVER #1 & #2, WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #3, PUNISHER: FRANK CASTLE MAX #71
NOTABLE COLLECTIONS
- Marvel Masterworks : Iron Man v6, and a TPB of FF v2
- Essentials : Thor v4, Doctor Strange v4
- Power Pack Classic v1
- Excalibur Visionnaries: Alan Davis v1 (yeah !)
- GOLDEN AGE MARVEL COMICS OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC : Marvel (Mystery) Comics #1-12.
- ASTONISHING X-MEN BY JOSS WHEDON & JOHN CASSADAY OMNIBUS HC
- NYX: WANNABE PREMIERE HC : this is the original series, by Quesada and Middleton.
- HERCULES: PRINCE OF POWER PREMIERE HC, collects two 80s mini.
- SPIDER-MAN: SINISTER SIX PREMIERE HC collects the first AMAZING annual... and #334-339 ?
- DARK REIGN: ACCEPT CHANGE TPB includes various one-shots, the UNCANNY X-MEN annual, and the first DARK AVENGERS issue.
- X-MEN: THE END TRILOGY TPB collects all 18 issues.
- PUNISHER: YEAR ONE TPB. Wait, when was this published ?
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: FIGHTING CHANCE VOL. 1 TPB starts reprinting the big Gruenwald/Hoover saga.
So, what caught up your eye this time ?