PENDRAGON'S POST

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

ERIK LARSEN CREATES THE GREATEST COMIC BOOK COVER OF ALL TIME FOR WONDERCON'S EXCLUSIVE SAVAGE DRAGON #145!

Wondercon exclusive SAVAGE DRAGON #145 variant may be the best cover ever illustrated!

Fans attending this year's WonderCon are in for a treat as the convention will exclusively feature the greatest comic book cover of all time, SAVAGE DRAGON #145!

"I had no idea what I was getting into, but the moment I finished the cover I told myself: 'Erik, you just created the greatest comic book cover of all time' and it turns out I was totally right," Erik Larsen said. "Lets face it, President Barack Obama punching out Osama Bin Laden with a huge American flag in one hand while Savage Dragon frees Lady Liberty from a Weapon of Mass Destruction is as good as it's ever going to get."

Despite Larsen's humble nature, the WonderCon variant will no doubt be the greatest comic book cover ever printed, due in no short order to our nation's 44th President kicking the ass of his greatest nemesis. The cover's status is augmented by the fact a very limited run of 1000 will be made available and never reprinted. Fans wishing to purchase a copy can only do so by attending San Francisco's WonderCon.

The SAVAGE DRAGON #145 WonderCon Exclusive will only be available at the Image Comics booth at WonderCon, February 27th, 28th and March 1st.

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First Look - Entry Wound, of Hack/Slash

Devil's Due Publishing gave me a first look at the new Hack/Slack series written and drawn by Tim Seeley

It'll be out in May and will be a great jumping on point for new readers.

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The future of Youngblood starts now as Rob Liefeld returns!

The bold new era of YOUNGBLOOD begins tomorrow as series creator Rob Liefeld takes the reins and reveals President Barack Obama's shocking lineup of the long-running superhero team!

"Since YOUNGBLOOD's very first issue back in 1992, the series has always had a real world, political connection by taking on such issues as the first Iraq war and really exploring just what it would mean to be a government sanctioned superteam," Liefeld said. "Bringing Obama into the picture is a necessary extension of YOUNGBLOOD's history and I couldn't imagine a better way to start my full-time return to the series."

YOUNGBLOOD began the Image revolution in early 1992 and was the first creator-owned comic book to sell over a million copies right out of the gate by bringing a whole new perspective to what superhero comics were capable of. Rob's creations took the medium by storm by influencing an entire generation of creators and, most recently, Brett Ratner as the famed director behind such blockbuster films asRush HourandX3announced he will be taking the property to new heights by kick-starting the YOUNGBLOOD film franchise. Tomorrow's issue not only features a six-page back up story setting upRob Liefeld's full-time return to the series with May's YOUNGBLOOD #9, but also analready much covetedvariant cover featuring our nation's 44th President.

YOUNGBLOOD #8, a 32-page full color comic book for $2.99, will be in-stores tomorrow.

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SHIPPING CHANGES

Title Diamond Current Solicited
Item Code In-Store Date In-Store Date

GREEN LANTERN #38 NOV080161 2/25/09 1/28/09
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: ASHBRINGER #4 (WILDSTORM) OCT080206 2/25/09 12/31/08
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: ASHBRINGER #4 VARIANT EDITION (WILDSTORM) OCT080207 2/25/09 12/31/08
BATMAN: CACOPHONY #3 NOV080143 3/4/09 1/28/09
BATMAN: CACOPHONY #3 1:25 VARIANT EDITION NOV080144 3/4/09 1/28/09
BATMAN: CACOPHONY #3 1:50 SKETCH COVER EDITION NOV080145 3/4/09 1/28/09
DC COMICS CLASSIC LIBRARY: THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES - THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FERRO LAD HC
OCT080166 3/4/09 2/18/09
MAD KIDS #14 DEC080177 3/4/09 2/18/09
MAD MAGAZINE #499 DEC080176 3/4/09 2/11/09
SUPERGIRL 1:6 SCALE DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE (DC DIRECT) JUL080257 3/4/09 2/18/09
HOT TOYS DARK KNIGHT: 1:6 SCALE BATPOD (DC DIRECT) OCT080241 3/11/09 2/25/09
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL VOL. 4 HC NOV080176 3/11/09 3/4/09
NORTHLANDERS #15 (VERTIGO) DEC080219 3/11/09 2/25/09
SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE VOL. 7: THE MIST & PHANTOM OF THE FAIR TP (VERTIGO)
NOV080233 3/11/09 2/25/09
SCALPED #26 (VERTIGO) DEC080223 3/11/09 2/18/09
SUPERMAN/BATMAN #56 DEC080119 3/11/09 2/18/09
TOP 10 SEASON TWO #4 (WILDSTORM) NOV080209 3/11/09 1/7/09
DARK KNIGHT: THE JOKER POKER PACK (DC DIRECT) DEC080237 3/18/09 4/15/09
GREATEST HITS #6 (VERTIGO) DEC080215 3/18/09 2/18/09
100 BULLETS #100 (VERTIGO) DEC080194 3/25/09 2/11/09
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM! #4 DEC080169 3/25/09 2/25/09
DETECTIVE COMICS #853 DEC080107 3/25/09 2/25/09
DETECTIVE COMICS #853 VARIANT EDITION DEC080108 3/25/09 2/25/09
GEARS OF WAR #5 (WILDSTORM) DEC080188 3/25/09 2/11/09
GEARS OF WAR #5 VARIANT EDITION (WILDSTORM) NOV088084 3/25/09 2/11/09
GREEN LANTERN #39 DEC080128 3/25/09 3/5/09
GREEN LANTERN #39 VARIANT EDITION DEC080129 3/25/09 3/5/09
RESIDENT EVIL: FIRE AND ICE TP (WILDSTORM) JAN090266 4/1/09 3/25/09
SCALPED #27 (VERTIGO) JAN090287 4/1/09 3/18/09
THE SPIRIT #27 JAN080212 4/1/09 3/18/09
SUPERMAN/BATMAN #57 JAN080195 4/1/09 3/18/09
COMIC BOOK COVER PORTFOLIO #3: THE DC UNIVERSE BY BRIAN BOLLAND (DC DIRECT)
AUG080267 4/8/09 3/11/09
GEARS OF WAR #6 (WILDSTORM) JAN090260 4/8/09 3/11/09
GEARS OF WAR #6 VARIANT EDITION (WILDSTORM) JAN090261 4/8/09 3/11/09
FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #4 OCT080095 4/8/09 12/24/08
JLA TROPHY ROOM: GREEN LANTERN BATTERY PROP (DC DIRECT) JUN080332 4/15/09 1/21/09
GREEN LANTERN #40 JAN090203 4/29/09 3/25/09
GREEN LANTERN #40 VARIANT EDITION JAN090204 4/29/09 3/25/09
FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #5 JAN090179 5/13/09 3/25/09
AMBUSH BUG YEAR NONE #6 OCT080101 TBA 12/24/08
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To salute the Best Joker ever!

To celebrate Health Ledger won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role at OSCAR with his brilliant performance in The Dark Knight as The Joker, Hot Toys decided to issue a very rare version of this character to enrich your collection. It will be The Police Officer version comes with a clean face painting and dressed in Police Officer costume, have you been praying for this after read our January newsletter?

Let's take a glance of our 12" The Joker collectible figure (Police Officer version) teaser pic right away! And don't miss any of our future newsletters to get more details and images of this unique collectible.

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Hey there True Believers, here’s your official list of comic books, collections and posters arriving in comic stores on February 25th, 2009. For more information on any of these titles, and on upcoming mighty Marvel releases, please visit http://marvel.com/catalog/?date=2009-02-25 or contact your local comic book retailer at 1-888-comicbook. Stay tuned each week for a brand new list of Marvel releases so that you’ll never miss your favorite heroes in action!

Comics On-Sale
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #22 (DR)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #47
DARK AVENGERS #1 2ND PRINTING VARIANT (DR)
DARK REIGN FILES
DARK TOWER: TREACHERY #6
DOCTOR DOOM AND THE MASTERS OF EVIL #2
ENDER'S SHADOW: BATTLE SCHOOL #3
FANTASTIC FOUR #564
GHOST RIDER: DANNY KETCH #5
HULK #10
HULK #10 ADAMS VARIANT
HULK #10 50/50 VARIANT
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #126
KICK-ASS #1 UMPTEENTH PRINTING VARIANT
KICK-ASS #2 UMPTEENTH PRINTING VARIANT
KICK-ASS #3 UMPTEENTH PRINTING VARIANT
KICK-ASS #4 UMPTEENTH PRINTING VARIANT
LORDS OF AVALON: KNIGHT OF DARKNESS #4
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #45
MARVEL PREVIEWS #67
MARVELS: EYE OF THE CAMERA #4
MARVELS: EYE OF THE CAMERA #4 BLACK AND WHITE VARIANT
MIGHTY AVENGERS #22 (DR)
MS. MARVEL #36 (DR)
NEW AVENGERS #50 (DR)
NEW AVENGERS #50 VARIANT (DR)
NOVA #22
RUNAWAYS #7
SHE-HULK #38
SKAAR: SON OF HULK #8
SKAAR: SON OF HULK #8 LIM VARIANT
SOLEIL: SCOURGE OF THE GODS #2
SOLEIL: YTHAQ - THE FORSAKEN WORLD #3
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #2 YOUNG 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
THUNDERBOLTS #129 (DR)
THUNDERBOLTS #129 LANGLEY VARIANT (DR)
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #131
WAR MACHINE #3 (DR)
WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #12
WOLVERINE: ORIGINS 33 (DR)
X-FORCE #12

Collections On-Sale:
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 3 - THE MAN WHO BOUGHT AMERICA TPB
INCREDIBLE HERCULES: LOVE AND WAR PREMIERE HC
KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY HC
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA STRANGE TALES VOL. 2 HC
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA STRANGE TALES VOL. 2 HC VARIANT
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 1 TPB
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 1 TPB VARIANT DM ONLY
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE MIGHTY THOR VOL. 8 HC
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE MIGHTY THOR VOL. 8 HC VARIANT
MIGHTY AVENGERS ASSEMBLE HC CHO COVER
MIGHTY AVENGERS ASSEMBLE HC NAME VARIANT DM ONLY
NEW AVENGERS VOL. 8: SECRET INVASION BOOK 1 TPB
NEW AVENGERS VOL. 8: SECRET INVASION BOOK 1 TPB DM ONLY
SECRET INVASION: BLACK PANTHER TPB
SECRET INVASION: RUNAWAYS/YOUNG AVENGERS TPB
SKRULLS VS. POWER PACK DIGEST
X-MEN: LEGACY - SINS OF THE FATHER TPB

*DR= Dark Reign tie-in

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The latest critically-acclaimed comic book series, inspired by Stephen King's seminal Dark Tower, concludes this week in Dark Tower: Treachery #6 (of 6)! John Farson’s spies have infiltrated Gilead, but does Gilead stand a chance of coming out on top? Join the chart-topping team of writers Robin Furth & Peter David, artists Jae Lee & Richard Isanove, as they present to you the finale of another exciting adventure of Roland Deschain and his Ka-tet! Now that Gilead’s been infiltrated, John Farson wants the immensely powerful mystical object which originally Roland Deschain stole... he wants Maerlyn’s Grapefruit! And John Farson won’t let anything stand in his way before he has possession of the Grapefruit! With a variant cover by Dennis Calero and a sketch variant by Jae Lee, you’re not going to want to miss this final issue!

Jesse Schedeen of IGN.com raves, “Treachery is Dark Tower in its finest form.”

Will Maerlyn’s Grapefruit fall into the grasp of Farson? Will Roland be able to stop him if it does? Find out the answers to these questions and more, only in Stephen King’s magnum opus, Dark Tower: Treachery #6 (of 6), in stores THIS WEDNESDAY!

For more on Dark Tower, please visit StephenKing.com and Marvel.com's Dark Tower hub.

DARK TOWER: TREACHERY #6 (DEC082330)
DARK TOWER: TREACHERY #6 SKETCH VARIANT
DARK TOWER: TREACHERY #6 CALERO VARIANT
Written by ROBIN FURTH & PETER DAVID
Pencils & Cover by JAE LEE
Sketch Variant by JAE LEE
Variant by DENNIS CALERO
Parental Advisory …$3.99
On-Sale—2/25/09
©2009 Stephen King. All rights reserved. Published by arrangement with The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
This comic series is produced under license from The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group and Stephen King.

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WORLD DOMO-NATION!

Dark Horse, Toy2R, and Big Tent Entertainment Unveil New Line of Blind-Box Figures Featuring Japanese Internet Sensation Domo

At Toy Fair 2009, Dark Horse unveiled plans to produce a set of blind-box figures scheduled to release this July. The 2.5” figures will be created in conjunction with Toy2R as part of their Qee program, and will feature the likeness of Domo, the iconic viral superstar who was first introduced to the world in 1998 by Japanese Broadcaster, NHK and is represented world-wide (ex- Asia) by Big Tent Entertainment.

Packaging is "blind box," in which individual figures are packed in small boxes; the only way to know which particular figure is inside a particular box is to purchase and open the box. In the Domo blind box assortment, figures are sold in counter displays of 15, and each display box of 15 figures is further packed into a master carton of four cases.

In addition, each individual figure contains a component of a special “Build-A-Domo” transparent figure. By assembling six of these components, a new variant figure is created by the consumer. Each counter display contains enough pieces for two of these; each master carton yields ten of this special item when all the pieces are assembled.

Chase figures are being produced in addition to the common figures in the Domo assortment; with a total of 15 different versions with various levels of scarcity. See the graphic for exact details

Blind box packaging with the addition of chase figures creates an element of chance in purchasing the Domo Qee toys, and prompts some collectors to trade figures among themselves to complete their collections.

Starting from a very unusual place as an advertising icon, Domo’s unique look and personality has catapulted the character from 400 television spots in Japan into one of the Internet’s biggest sensations, sparking worldwide recognition. As the poster child for personalized, user-generated content, Domo has been able to transition from popularity within Japan to a worldwide following, spawning countless fan-made images, websites and videos, along with a first-ever licensed product line including plush, toys, fashion and collectibles selling at major trend retailers nationwide. Most recently, Domo has taken America by storm, being featured prominently at major retailers all over the U.S. and even starring in his first worldwide manga.

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GREEN LANTERN CORPS #33 has sold out at DC Comics and is going back to press for a new, second printing.

This pivotal issue, written by Peter J. Tomasi and illustrated by Patrick Gleason and Rebecca Buchman, features an “Origins & Omens” story and is both a “Blackest Night” prelude and the first chapter of the 6-part “Emerald Eclipse.”

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #33 Second Printing (JAN098103) has a cover featuring interior art by Patrick Gleason and Rebecca Buchman. It is scheduled to arrive in stores on March 18 and has a Final Order Cutoff date of February 26. Read more...

Terminator Salvation: Endoskeleton T-700 collectible figure

Hot Toys is proud to bring you the first two MMS figure from the upcoming highly anticipated movie in 2009 - Terminator Salvation: T- 600 & T-700 collectible figures.

The Skynet’s foot soldier - T700 collectible figure features:

Approximately 31 cm / 12 inches tall
Over 25 points of articulations plus fully articulated fingers and toes
Light-up eyes ( cell button battery operated/ battery included)
Movie scene featured figure base with nameplate

Release date: APR, 2009

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Hot Toys is proud to bring you the first two MMS figure from the upcoming highly anticipated movie in 2009 - Terminator Salvation: T- 600 & T-700 collectible figures.

The massive killing machine-T-600 collectible figure features :

Approximately 35 cm / 14 inches tall
Over 25 Points of articulations plus fully articulated fingers
Light- up eyes ( cell button battery operated/ battery included)
Accessories includes Gatling gun ammo pack with harness
Movie scene featured figure base with nameplate

Release date: MAY, 2009