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Monday, March 22, 2010
COMIC NEWS: Marvel Comics On-Sale 3/24/10
Hey there True Believers, here’s your official list of comic books, collections and posters arriving in comic stores on March 24th, 2010.
For more information on any of these titles, and on upcoming mighty Marvel releases, please visit http://marvel.com/catalog/?date=2010-03-24 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:
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #626
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #34 (S)
BREAKING INTO COMICS THE MARVEL WAY! #2
CAPTAIN AMERICA #604
DEADPOOL #21
DEADPOOL CORPS: RANK AND FOUL #1
FALL OF THE HULKS: RED HULK #3
HALO: BLOOD LINE #4
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #61
MIGHTY AVENGERS #35 (S)
MILLAR & MCNIVEN'S NEMESIS #1
MILLAR & MCNIVEN'S NEMESIS #1 YU VARIANT
NEW AVENGERS #63 (S)
PETER PARKER #1 (MDCU)
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #4
SECRET WARRIORS #14
TALES OF THE DRAGON GUARD #2
THE MARVELS PROJECT #7 EPTING COVER
THE MARVELS PROJECT #7 MCNIVEN COVER
THE MARVELS PROJECT #7 PAREL VARIANT
THE STAND: SOUL SURVIVORS #5
THE STAND: SOUL SURVIVORS #5 PERKINS VARIANT
THOR #608 (S)
THOR MGC #1
THUNDERBOLTS #142 (S)
UNCANNY X-MEN #522
UNCANNY X-MEN #522 KITTY PRYDE RETURNS VARIANT
X-FACTOR #203
X-MEN ORIGINS: NIGHTCRAWLER #1
Collections On-Sale:
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE - DREAMS & NIGHTMARES PREMIERE HC
BLACK WIDOW: WEB OF INTRIGUE PREMIERE HC
BLACK WIDOW: WEB OF INTRIGUE PREMIERE HC (DM ONLY)
CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN PREMIERE HC
CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN PREMIERE HC QUESADA VARIANT (DM ONLY)
DAREDEVIL/ECHO: PARTS OF A HOLE PREMIERE HC
DEADPOOL: SUICIDE KINGS TPB
ENDER'S SHADOW: COMMAND SCHOOL PREMIERE HC
IRON MAN: OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE GN-TPB
MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN/SPIDER-MAN DIGEST
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES TO ASTONISH VOL. 3 HC
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES TO ASTONISH VOL. 3 HC VARIANT (DM ONLY)
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN VOL. 1 TPB
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN VOL. 1 TPB VARIANT (DM ONLY)
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE X-MEN VOL. 8 HC
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE X-MEN VOL. 8 HC VARIANT (DM ONLY)
RIFTWAR PREMIERE HC
RUNAWAYS: HOMESCHOOLING TPB
SUPER HERO SQUAD: GET YER HERO ON DIGEST
THOR: TALES OF ASGARD BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY HC COIPEL COVER
THOR: TALES OF ASGARD BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY HC KIRBY COVER (DM ONLY)
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PETER PARKER PREMIERE HC
X-FORCE VOL. 3: NOT FORGOTTEN TPB
X-MEN: PRELUDE TO ONSLAUGHT TPB
*FOTHS= Fall of The Hulks tie-in
*GNTLT= Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet tie-in
*S= SIEGE tie-in
*XN= X-Necrosha tie-in
Marvel Entertainment, LLC. is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 5,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in licensing, entertainment (via Marvel Studios and Marvel Animation) and publishing (via Marvel Comics). Marvel's strategy is to leverage its franchises in a growing array of opportunities around the world, including feature films, consumer products, toys, video games, animated television, direct-to-DVD and online. For more information visit www.marvel.com. Read more... Read More
COMIC NEWS: MARK WAID SMELLS EVIL! MARK WAID IS DRINKING!
BLACK PHOENIX ALCHEMY LABS
AND
CHALLENGER COMICS + CONVERSATION
HOST
THE IRREDEEMABLE 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY
W/MARK WAID
@ C2E2 FRIDAY APRIL 16TH, 2010
WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE IRREDEEMABLE FRAGRANCE LINE FROM
BLACK PHOENIX ALCHEMY LABS
MARK WAID SMELLS EVIL!
MARK WAID IS DRINKING!
BOOM! Studios, Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs and Challenger Comics + Conversation bring you the IRREDEEMABLE 1st Birthday Party happening Friday, April 16th during C2E2.
The IRREDEEMABLE 1ST Birthday party will also see the launch of the IRREDEEMABLE Fragrance line from Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs.
The IRREDEEMABLE Fragrance line features 5ml perfume oil blends based on the people and places of IRREDEEMABLE, including the Plutonian, Bette Noir and Mr. Qubit.
What: THE IRREDEEMABLE 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY W/MARK WAID
Why: IRREDEEMABLE's record first year and the launch of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab's IRREDEEMABLE Fragrance line
Where: Challengers Comics + Conversation located at 1845 N. Western Ave. 2R Chicago, IL 60647 (PH: 773.278.0155 / www.challengerscomics.com)
When: April 16th, 2010 8pm
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) is a unique publishing house specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of different genres from some of the industry's biggest talents, including Philip K. Dick's DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, The Henson Company's FARSCAPE, and the original Mark Waid series IRREDEEMABLE. BOOM! recently launched its youth imprint, BOOM Kids!, with Pixar's THE INCREDIBLES, CARS, and TOY STORY, as well as Disney's THE MUPPETS, DONALD DUCK, UNCLE SCROOGE and WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES. This year, BOOM! Studios celebrates its fifth anniversary.
About Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com) is a cult perfume house that crafts hand-blended body and household scents. They have over two decades of experience in the field, and specialize in eliciting emotional responses through perfume while creating unique scent environments that capture legends and folklore, poetry, and the stuff of dreams and nightmares
Black Phoenix has several literature-based fragrance lines, including Alice in Wonderland, and the works of Neil Gaiman, and H.P. Lovecraft. With the success of scent lines created to benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and the Hero Initiative, they have found themselves in demand as a creator of fragrances based on comic properties.
About Challengers Comics + Conversation
Voted “Best Comic Book Store” by Chicago Magazine (August 2009), Challengers Comics + Conversation (www.challengerscomics.com) strives to prove that the best thing about being in a comic book store is being in a comic book store. With a combined 38 years of comic retail experience, owners Patrick Brower and W. Dal Bush endeavor to bring Chicago a full-service, technologically interactive comic store that has the same level of wonder and enjoyment as the comics they sell. And read. And talk about. And champion. Read more... Read More
COMIC REVIEW: FVZA #3 (Radical)
You can't go anywhere at all without encountering vampires. They have taken over every form of media, from literature to TV to movies to licensing, and good or bad, they are here to stay. I could go on about the finer points of what's good and horribly bad in the vampire invasion, but that's another post for another time. Radical Publishing's FVZA 3-part miniseries, thankfully, falls into the good column.
David Hine's story centers around the Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency, specifically its leader, Hugo Pecos, and his grandchildren Landra and Vidal. The FVZA has returned in response to a zombie outbreak, but soon begin dealing with a nest of vampires. The interesting part is that Hugo's wife is Yaelis, queen of the vampires. Issue 3 begins right after this revelation, leading to the showdown between Hugo and his former love.
The story is half Bram Stoker, half Tom Clancy. As Pecos sends his agents out to clear the vampires' nest, I was even reminded of the beginning of Hill Street Blues, when the captain says "Let's be careful out there." (But I think that's just my pop culture filled brain.) The vampires are plotting to release the zombie virus on Halloween of all days, so the FVZA is out to stop them. The action, skillfully drawn by Roy Allan Martinez and Wayne Nichols, is interesting to see. I'm not usually a fan of painting style comic art, but it suited this story.
I didn't really know what to expect from this book, but I enjoyed it. It was a traditional vampire story with a modern twist, and was a bright spot among all the vampire noise out there. It's definitely a buy if you are looking for a good horror comic.
Stacey Rader
Review Editor Read more... Read More
TOY NEWS: LEGO Hero Factory - the Villians unveiled!
Lego has released images for the Villains on their Hero Factory line. They'll be released this summer.
7145 Von Nebula
Galactic Alert! Mission Control Center reports that the mysterious Von Nebula, the leader of a powerful gang of villains, is about to attack! He is heavily armed and highly dangerous. Beware his blackhole generating staff and vicious spiky armor – he is out for revenge against the HERO FACTORY!
7162 Rotor
Warning! Incoming object identified as Rotor, one of Von Nebula’s most dangerous minions. Capable of incredible speeds and mobility using his helicopter jet pack, Rotor can use his highly dangerous biohazard gas attack from any direction. The whoosh-whoosh sound of his rotors might just be the last sound you hear.
7147 XPlode
Proximity alert! XPlode has been spotted at an explosives plant and is about to cause major mayhem! One of Von Nebula's most feared servants, XPlode is covered in explosive spikes, which he launches at practically anything or anyone. Don’t try reasoning with this short-fused renegade!
7148 Meltdown
HERO FACTORY Alert! Meltdown has been sighted near the Mekronite Planetoid Belt – his objective unknown. Beware: he is Von Nebula's most destructive servant! Armed with a radioactive sludge shooter and Meteor Blaster, he also has a cyclops stare that must be avoided!
7156 Corroder
Attention, heroes! Corroder is loose and considered highly dangerous! One of Von Nebula’s newest henchmen, Corroder is lethal in close combat. Use extreme caution: his razor sharp claws and corrosive spit can cause major damage. Don’t get too close to this bad bot – his horn is his favorite weapon!
7157 Thunder
Danger! Thunder is wreaking havoc in the metropolis! Von Nebula’s toughest servant is squashing everything in his way. He is considered heavily armed and highly dangerous. Keep clear of his Meteor Blaster and massive crush claw. If you get close enough to see him grin, it might be too late!
7158 Furno Bike
Equipped with a powerful engine, front steering and dual Plasma Blasters, the Furno Bike gives rookie team leader William Furno the speed and power he needs to complete even the toughest missions. Includes William Furno!
7160 Drop Ship
Pick up and drop off hero pods wherever needed with the HERO FACTORY drop ship! With the HERO FACTORY pilot at the controls, this drop ship can take rookies and heroes anywhere they are needed in the galaxy – in no time at all! The drop ship can also provide cover fire with its H4 Force Ball Shooter!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
COMIC NEWS: Join the Mystery Society
Coming in May
Starting in May, IDW Publishing, famed horror creator Steve Niles and renowned artist Fiona Staples invite fans to join the Mystery Society. The all-new, five-issue series introduces Nick Hammond and Anastasia Collins, who are the Mystery Society and bring new meaning to “underground cult” status. Each issue features a fun and sexy new adventure for this skullduggery duo, as they stealthily avoid the authorities while righting the wrongs committed in the dark recesses of the world’s underbellies.
“This book is a conspiracy-theorist cum monster-fan’s dream!” IDW Senior Editor Bob Schreck commented. “Steve and Ashley’s concept ‘Brundle-Flies’ Nick and Nora from The Thin Man with a sort of Scully and Mulder from the X-Files as this well-to-do duo run the gamut exposing the truth behind ‘real life’ conspiracies and all things that go bump in the night. And Fiona’s contribution is amazing as anyone who has seen her work will tell you. Best thing for us is… she’s bringing it to a whole new level with this series.”
Created by Niles and the legendary Ashley Wood, Mystery Society is a fast-paced, take-no-prisoners adventure series that is sure to delight fans from cover to cover. The series starts off with a bang, as Ana defends the Mystery Society’s secret headquarters, while Nick goes on a rescue mission that has him breaking into Area 51 for a bounty readers will have to see to believe! This first issue also features a cover by Wood, as well as a variant cover by Staples.
Mystery Society #1 (of 5, $3.99, 32 pages, full color) will be available in stores in May. Diamond order code MAR10 1009.
About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro's The Transformers and G.I. JOE, Paramount's Star Trek; Fox's Angel; the BBC's Doctor Who; and television's #1 prime time series CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints; YOE Books, a partnership with YOE! Studios; and is the print publisher for ComicMix.
IDW's original horror series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. More information about the company can be found at IDWPublishing.com. Read more... Read More
TV NEWS: New Supernatural Clips
Supernatural return next Thursday, March 25 with all new episodes!!
CW has release 2 clips
Supernatural Trailer - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Supernatural Webclip - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Friday, March 19, 2010
COMIC NEWS: WHO GUARDS THE GLOBE?
Invincible is off fighting the Viltrumite War, so who's watching the shop while he's away? GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE, a new six-issue miniseries coinciding with INVINCIBLE: The Viltrumite War, tells Earth's story.
In GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE -- cowritten by superstar Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead, The Astounding Wolf-Man) and Benito Cereno (Invincible Presents: Atom Eve, Invincible Presents: Atom Eve & Rex Splode) and drawn by gifted newcomer Ransom Getty -- heroes both familiar and new struggle to protect Earth in Invincible's absence.
"Needless to say, Invincible, Spawn, Rick Grimes, President Obama, and a certain boy wizard aren't GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE," jokes Robert Kirkman. "The teasers released this week have been all in fun, but next week's teasers will get down to business, revealing who's a Guardian. Invincible's absence due to the Viltrumite War has left people vulnerable, and GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE will answer the question, 'What's up on Earth?'"
Tune in next week to find out who protects Earth while Invincible is away as the GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE teasers continue!
GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE, a six-issue miniseries written by Robert Kirkman and Benito Cereno and drawn by Ransom Getty, will start its run in August 2010.
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of four major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com. Read more... Read More
COMIC NEWS: April Issue Welcomes IDW Publishing as Diamond's Newest Premier Publisher
As announced today by Diamond Comic Distributors, IDW Publishing has become the first publisher to advance to “premier” status since the classification was implemented in 1996. The comic book home of best-selling properties G.I. JOE, TRANSFORMERS, Angel, Locke & Key, and more, IDW will now appear in the Premier Comics section of PREVIEWS, the comic shops’ catalog, with Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, and Marvel Comics.
With the April PREVIEWS, IDW marks its new status with redesigned solicit pages, debuts its very first – and currently classified – Gem of the Month, and provides new details about James Patterson’s The Murder of King Tut #1, a series based on the writer’s best-selling novel that’s already received mainstream media attention.
Another New York Times best-selling author, Janet Evanovich will present her fans of her Barnaby novels the next story in the series with Dark Horse’s TROUBLEMAKER BOOK 1 graphic novel, featured on April PREVIEWS’ back cover. Written by Janet and Alex Evanovich and illustrated by Joëlle Jones, Troublemaker reunites race car mechanic Alex Barnaby and driver Sam Hooker for a new adventure. A free preview can be found on PREVIEWSworld.com at http://www.previewsworld.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=6&s=784&ai=92230.
April PREVIEWS Editorial Features:
FLIPside Feature
“Comics from Another World” – More and more, mainstream fiction writers are putting their mark on graphic novels as well. Authors Janet Evanovich, James Patterson, Stephen King, Jane Yolen, and Charlaine Harris are (More)
PREVIEWS Next: April Issue’s Features
just a few that are helping publishers reach new audiences and introduce them to fascinating worlds. The April catalog highlights the many contributions these mainstream authors have made and continue to make to graphic literature.
Featured Theme
“Summer Escape” – Throughout this edition of PREVIEWS, a special Sci-Fi/Fantasy icon designates some outstanding comics and graphic novels from the two genres that should appeal to those looking for a read that can help them escape from the norm this summer.
IndieEdge
David Peterson – This month’s creator feature spotlights David Peterson, the creator, writer, and artist behind Archaia Studio Press’ Mouse Guard. Peterson shares his current comic reading list with PREVIEWS fans.
Sneak Peeks
In March, comic fans are given a glimpse of DC Comics/Vertigo’s Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story graphic novel as well as Image Comics’ The Bulletproof Coffin #1, Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father #1, and Dust Wars #1, and Meta 4 #1.
Plus: Staff Picks, our Top 100 Comics and Bestseller Charts, and much more!
April PREVIEWS’ Gems of the Month
The Gems of the Month from April’s catalog include: Dark Horse Comics’ Predators #1 and Buzzard #1, DC’s Superman #700, a classified book from IDW, Image’s The Bulletproof Coffin #1, Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man #634, and Wizard Entertainment’s Wizard #226.
All this and more is waiting in the April issue of PREVIEWS, which hits your local comic shop on Wednesday, March 31st at a cover price of $4.50. Ask your comic shop retailer on how you can qualify for a free issue. Pre-orders are due to your comic shop by April 10th for merchandise in this issue.
For a sneak peek at this issue’s Gems, Featured Items, and more head on over to www.PREVIEWSworld.com.
ABOUT DIAMOND COMIC DISTRIBUTORS—the world's largest distributor of English-language comic books and pop-culture related merchandise, Diamond is based in Baltimore, MD, and services more than 4,000 specialty retailers worldwide. For more information, visit Diamond on the web at www.diamondcomics.com.
ABOUT PREVIEWS: PREVIEWS is a monthly “mag-a-log” (catalog and magazine) used by comic shop retailers and over 50,000 comic shop customers to pre-order comics, graphic novels, and other pop-culture merchandise. Items solicited in each catalog are schedule two months in advance. For more information, visit PREVIEWSworld.com. Read more... Read More
COMIC NEWS: CBGB COMIC BOOK MINI-SERIES OUT THIS JULY FROM CBGB & BOOM!
FOR A CBGB COMIC BOOK MINI-SERIES THIS JULY
Sneak preview released today at SXSW
COVER BY JAIME HERNANDEZ!
INCLUDES STORIES BY SCISSOR SISTERS' ANA MATRONIC, PHONOGRAM'S KIERON GILLEN, BLACK METAL'S CHUCK BB, BEFORE SUNSET'S KIM KRIZAN AND MORE!
BOOM! Studios and CBGB Holdings will release a sneak preview of the CBGB comic book mini-series at the SXSW CBGB Stories panel hosted by Seymour Stein, president and chairman of Sire Records. The comic book series bears not just CBGB’s name but also the attitude of the club that changed the world of music forever! For three decades the infamous venue broke acts like THE RAMONES, THE TALKING HEADS, BLONDIE, TELEVISION and many more.
During the CBGB Stories panel, a limited edition, original CBGB single page comic by Jesse Blaze Snider (DEADPOOL, TOY STORY) and Eisner Award-winner Chuck BB (BLACK METAL) will be passed out to the audience and press.
The four issue mini-series hitting store shelves this July, features the finest veteran and rookie talents in comics, portraying the tales of music, discovery, heartbreak, confusion, rebellion and greatness.
The first issue’s cover is by superstar LOVE & ROCKETS cartoonist Jaime Hernandez. Also confirmed for the anthology are Ana Matronic (songstress for Grammy-nominated band SCISSOR SISTERS), Kieron Gillen (PHONOGRAM, THOR), Kim Krizan (Academy Award-nominated writer of BEFORE SUNSET and BEFORE SUNRISE) Chuck BB (Eisner wining artist of BLACK METAL), Kelly Sue DeConnick (30 DAYS OF NIGHT: EBEN & STELLA), Rob G. (TEENAGERS FROM MARS, COURIERS), Sam Humphries (the architect behind MySpace Comics) Marc Ellerby (LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE) and many more!
“BOOM! is all about delivering fantastic work that’s not found anywhere else,” says editor Ian Brill. “The comic industry needs an outlet for the type stories found in CBGB, and we’re happy to be the ones working hard to bring these stories to smart, discriminating readers.”
“BOOM! got what we were about” says Louise Staley of CBGB. “Our attitude jumps off every page.”
“The club was as much about those in the mosh pit as it was the bands that played there,” adds Robert Williams of CBGB. “The narrative in this series celebrates both.”
The four-issue mini-series will be followed by a mass market hardcover collection in November, produced with the same high quality and attention to detail BOOM! has invested in all their collections.
CBGB Issue #1 ships to direct market comic shops this July and features a cover by Jaime Hernandez, stories by Kieron Gillen and Sam Humphries and art by Marc Ellerby and Rob G. Both the comic series and the hardcover will be published under BOOM!
Studios new alt-comix label BOOM! Town.
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) is a unique publishing house specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of different genres from some of the industry's biggest talents, including Philip K. Dick's DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, The Henson Company's FARSCAPE, and the original Mark Waid series IRREDEEMABLE. BOOM! recently launched its youth imprint, BOOM Kids!, with Pixar's THE INCREDIBLES, CARS, and TOY STORY, as well as Disney's THE MUPPETS, DONALD DUCK, UNCLE SCROOGE and WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES. This year, BOOM! Studios celebrates its fifth anniversary.
About CBGB & OMFUG
(Country Blue Grass & Blues & Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers) opened its doors in December 1973 and became one of the most famous music venues in the world. In 2008, the legend was reborn as CBGB Holdings – a consortium of individuals including members of Hilly Kristal’s family and former employees dedicated to seeing the influential venue and its ethos flourish. To learn more about CBGB visit www.cbgb.com. Also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace. Read more... Read More
COMIC NEWS: DUCKTALES RETURNS THIS JUNE FROM DISNEY & BOOM KIDS!
DUCKTALES RETURNS
THIS JUNE
IN
UNCLE SCROOGE #392
RACE CARS, LASERS, AEROPLANES!
LIFE IS LIKE A HURRICANE ONCE AGAIN
ONLY FROM DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE AND BOOM KIDS!
One of the most action-packed Disney franchises returns to the comic page in a big way this summer from BOOM Kids! Mickey's Mailbag has been overflowing with requests for a trip back to the world of The Disney Afternoon, and because the fans demanded it...DuckTales returns starting in UNCLE SCROOGE #392 this June.
The premiere of DuckTales in UNCLE SCROOGE #392 will appear on store shelves the same month as BOOM!’s new DARKWING DUCK mini-series that was announced this past weekend.
“DuckTales is one of the most beloved television shows of the ‘90s,” said BOOM Kids! editor Aaron Sparrow. “It’s just spectacular to be bringing it back for a whole new generation to discover and enjoy!”
The fun begins in UNCLE SCROOGE #392, as BOOM Kids! kicks off the four-issue arc, “Like a Hurricane!” Fans of both the groundbreaking animated series and the classic Carl Barks comics it was based on will delight at the chance to get their hands on these stories, never before seen in the United States, that are coupled with some old favorites printed at the time of the original television series.
Non-stop adventure is what’s in store when Uncle Scrooge is accompanied by his nephews, plus the unpredictable Lauchpad McQuack! Add in some super-heroics from the amazing Gizmoduck, and you have a recipe for an epic good time!
The first Duck Tales arc starting in UNCLE SCROOGE #392 includes scripts by veteran Disney writers Paul Halas, Tom Anderson, Didier le Bornec, Chris Weber, Karen Willson, Doug Murray and Régis Maine with outstanding art by modern masters Xavier Vives Mateu, José Maria Carreras, Roberto Santillo, Cosme Quartieri, Wanda Gattino, and José Cardona Blasi.
UNCLE SCROOGE #392 contains the first installments of the “Like a Hurricane!” saga entitled “The Everlasting Coal” which is written by Paul Halas & Tom Anderson, with interior art by Xavier Vives Mateu. UNCLE SCROOGE #392 also includes the classic backup “The Littlest Gizmoduck” written by Chris Weber and Karen Willson with interiors by Roberto Santillo. This kick-off issue features two covers in a 50/50 split by Michel Nadorp and Magic Eye Studios and carries a cover price of $2.99 and ships this June.
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) is a unique publishing house specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of different genres from some of the industry's biggest talents, including Philip K. Dick's DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, The Henson Company's FARSCAPE, and the original Mark Waid series IRREDEEMABLE. BOOM! recently launched its youth imprint, BOOM Kids!, with Pixar's THE INCREDIBLES, CARS, and TOY STORY, as well as Disney's THE MUPPETS, DONALD DUCK, UNCLE SCROOGE and WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES. This year, BOOM! Studios celebrates its fifth anniversary.
About Disney Publishing Worldwide
Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW) is the world's largest publisher of children's books and magazines, with over 250 million children's books and over 400 million children's magazines sold each year. DPW's business units include: Disney Global Magazines, Disney English, and Disney Global Book Group. Disney Global Books and Global Magazines encompass a extensive worldwide licensing structure; Disney Book Group consists of vertically integrated publishing imprints in the U.S. which include Disney Editions, Disney-Hyperion, Disney-Jump at the Sun and Disney Press. In addition, Disney Libri, DPW's Italian vertical operation, publishes books for children of all ages. DPW's Global Magazines publishes a range of children's magazines globally and also family titles in the U.S., which include: Disney FamilyFun and Disney en Familia. Disney English is DPW's English language learning business, including Disney English schools in China and a worldwide retail licensing program. Headquartered in White Plains, NY, Disney Publishing Worldwide publishes books and magazines in 85 languages in 75 countries. Read more... Read More
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