PENDRAGON'S POST

Monday, March 16, 2009

THE LUNA BROTHERS GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO DONATE AND WIN!

The Luna Brothers support a very worthy cause!

In conjunction with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training, THE SWORD's Luna Brothers are spearheading a contest to raise money for the organization, giving fans the chance to win in a big way.

"When our friend, Rommel, told us that he was running the San Diego Rock N Roll Marathon and raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help fight blood cancers, we were more than happy to help out for such a worthy cause," Jonathan Luna said.

Working in conjunction with the Society's Team In Training member, Rommel S. Calderon, the Lunas have developed a contest in which fans can enter a chance to win a signed and personalized copy of the GIRLS: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION hardcover and a sketch of your choosing by The Luna Brothers! Second prize includes signed copies of ULTRA: SEVEN DAYS and THE SWORD, VOL. 1: FIRE. And third is a personalized Spider-Woman: Origin trade paperback. All fans have to do is donate $10 or more via the contest's website. Each $10 donation counts as one entry, so, the more you donate, the better your chances of winning. All proceeds will go directly to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Team In Training. The cutoff for entries will be June 29th, 12pm PST, and the winner will be announced on July 3rd.

More information and the entry details can be found at http://tnt.rcalderon.com.

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The Man Without Fear has been a thorn in the side of organized crime—but hell’s about to get hotter! Acclaimed writer Alexander Irvine and fan favorite artist Tomm Coker present the next offering from the critically-acclaimed Marvel Noir line—Daredevil Noir #1! Things are about to get ugly in Hell’s Kitchen as a gangster Orville Halloran arrives on the scene as a rather unwelcome guest in Kingpin’s territory – it’s called Hell’s Kitchen for a reason, right? Matt Murdock is about to find out the hard way that half-truths are lies, and lies will get you into trouble – a lot of trouble!

Critics and fans alike are raving about Marvel’s Noir line!

“The hype has been justified. This is everything I wanted from the Marvel universe. Realistic and gritty storytelling in my favorite genre while paying perfect homage to the heroes from my childhood. Kudos to Marvel for knowing what we want and delivering it.” -- crimecritics.com

“I love noir. Love it. Detectives, Venetian blinds. The whole deal. It’s great.” Philip J. Eaves, ComicNews.info

Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on Daredevil Noir as Marvel Noir series continue to sellout! Don’t miss the fan-favorite masked vigilante in an exciting new series – all starting in Daredevil Noir #1!

DAREDEVIL NOIR #1 (of 4) (FEB092481)
DAREDEVIL NOIR #1 (of 4) CALERO VARIANT (FEB092482)
Written by Alexander Irvine
Pencils & Cover by TomM Coker
Variant Cover by DENNIS CALERO
Parental Advisory …$3.99
FOC—3/19/09, On-Sale—4/8/09

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Hey there True Believers, here’s your official list of comic books, collections and posters arriving in comic stores on March 18th, 2009. For more information on any of these titles, and on upcoming mighty Marvel releases, please visit http://www.marvel..com/catalog/?date=2009-03-18 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-GIRL #30
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #588
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: EXTRA! #3
DARK AVENGERS #3
DARK AVENGERS #3 YOUNG GUN VARIANT (DR)
DEADPOOL: GAMES OF DEATH ONE-SHOT
ENDER'S GAME: BATTLE SCHOOL #4
ETERNALS #9
MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #34
MARVEL ADVENTURES TWO-IN-ONE #21
MOON KNIGHT #28
PUNISHER #3 (DR)
PUNISHER #3 MCKONE VARIANT (DR)
SOLEIL: SCOURGE OF THE GODS #3
SPIDER-MAN NOIR #4
SPIDER-MAN NOIR #4 CALERO VARIANT
SQUADRON SUPREME #9
THUNDERBOLTS #130 (DR)
THUNDERBOLTS #130 LANGLEY VARIANT (DR)
ULTIMATE X-MEN #100
ULTIMATE X-MEN #100 WHITE VARIANT
ULTIMATUM #3
ULTIMATUM #3 MCGUINNESS VARIANT
ULTIMATUM #3 MCGUINNESS SKETCH VARIANT
UNCANNY X-MEN #507
UNCANNY X-MEN #507 GOLDEN VARIANT
WOLVERINE #71
WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #34 (DR)
X-FACTOR #41
X-FORCE #13
X-MEN: KINGBREAKER #4 (WOK)
X-MEN: LEGACY #222
YOUNG X-MEN #12

Collections On-Sale:
AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED: IRON MAN, THOR & CAPTAIN AMERICA HC
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 1: LEGACY TPB
MIGHTY AVENGERS VOL. 3: SECRET INVASION BOOK 1 TPB
MIGHTY AVENGERS VOL. 3: SECRET INVASION BOOK 1 TPB VARIANT
MS. MARVEL VOL. 6: ASCENSION PREMIERE HC
NEW MUTANTS CLASSIC VOL. 4 TPB
POWERS VOL. 12: THE 25 COOLEST DEAD SUPERHEROES OF ALL TIME TPB
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL VOL. 4: JIGSAW TPB
SOLEIL: SAMURAI - LEGEND VOL. 1 PREMIERE HC
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE: SOPHOMORE JINX PREMIERE HC
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE: SOPHOMORE JINX PREMIERE HC VARIANT
SQUADRON SUPREME: POWER TO THE PEOPLE TPB
SQUADRON SUPREME: THE PRE-WAR YEARS TPB
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS - THE WONDER YEARS TPB

Posters On-Sale:
SPIDER-WOMAN BY ALEX ROSS POSTER

*DR= Dark Reign tie-in
*WOK = War of Kings tie-in

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Marvel Congratulates The Creators Of The New York Times Best Selling Graphic Books!

Marvel would like to congratulate creators whose work made their impressive debuts on the New York Times Best Selling Graphic Books list this week, in both the hardcover and softcover lists:

Debuting on the hardcover list:

Spider-Man: Crime and Punisher by Marc Guggenheim, Joe Kelly, Zeb Wells, Barry Kitson, Chris Bachalo & Paolo Rivera

Kabuki: The Alchemy by David Mack

Secret Invasion: Punisher War Journal by Matt Fraction, Rick Remender, Simon Spurrier, Howard Chaykin & Werther Dell'edera

Debuting on the softcover list:

Wolverine: Origin by Paul Jenkins, Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove

Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch

Secret Invasion: New Warriors by Kevin Grevioux, Koi Turnbull & Reilly Brown

Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on these New York Times Best Sellers as this list reaches a new audience and generate even more buzz around these already great books!

SPIDER-MAN: CRIME AND PUNISHER PREMIERE HC (DEC082425)
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM, JOE KELLY & ZEB WELLS
Penciled by BARRY KITSON, CHRIS BACHALO & PAOLO RIVERA
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
Rated A …$ 19.99
ON SALE NOW!

KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY HC (APR082337)
Written by DAVID MACK
Penciled by DAVID MACK
Cover by DAVID MACK
Rated T+ …$29.99
ON SALE NOW!

PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL VOL. 5: SECRET INVASION PREMIERE HC (DEC082428)
Written by MATT FRACTION, RICK REMENDER & SIMON SPURRIER
Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN & WERTHER DELL'EDERA
Cover by CLINT LANGLEY
Parental Advisory …$19.99
ON SALE NOW!

WOLVERINE: ORIGIN TPB (DEC082436)
Written by PAUL JENKINS
Penciled by ANDY KUBERT & RICHARD ISANOVE
Cover by ANDY KUBERT & RICHARD ISANOVE
Rated T+ … $16.99
ON SALE NOW!

FANTASTIC FOUR: WORLD'S GREATEST TPB (NOV082465)
Written by MARK MILLAR
Penciled by BRYAN HITCH
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
Rated T+ … $19.99
ON SALE NOW!

SECRET INVASION: NEW WARRIORS TPB (JAN092603)
Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX
Penciled by KOI TURNBULL & REILLY BROWN
Cover by NIC KLEIN
Rated T+ …$24.99
ON SALE NOW!

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The snikt hits the fan as Wolverine’s past comes back to haunt him in all new ongoing series beginning with April’s Wolverine: Weapon X #1! The fan favorite creative team of writer Jason Aaron and artist Ron Garney, who blew away readers with their previous Wolverine collaboration “Get Mystique,” reunite for one of 2009’s biggest launches! Who are the Adamantium Men? What does this have to do with Wolverine’s past? You can bet that Logan will unleash a berserker barrage on anyone who tries to create the perfect killing machine…especially if Roxxon is behind it! Acclaimed artists Olivier Coipel (Thor), Alan Davis and Adam Kubert each present stunning new variant covers you can’t miss!

Everyone is talking about the acclaimed creative team, previously known for their hit collaboration on Get Mystique:

“Garney arrived on “Wolverine” and then immediately started producing some of the best work of his career.” James Hunt of ComicBookResources

“Ron Garney and Jason Aaron have brought the feel of a unrelenting, adrenaline pumping blockbuster movie to this comic. It’s fast paced and the action scenes are quick and explosive.” Anand Khatri, ComixFan.com

“Jason Aaron is outstanding.” Daniel Crown, Comics.ign.com

“Jason Aaron has more than proven himself as a terrific comic writer with this story alone. […] I cannot express how impressed I have been by Ron Garney’s art throughout this entire story.” Ryan Broussard, Comixtreme.com

Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on Wolverine: Weapon X, as the character continues to draw attention from media all over the world! Don’t miss Wolverine: Weapon X #1!

WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #1 (FEB092579)
WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #1 COIPEL VARIANT (FEB092580)
WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #1 DAVIS VARIANT (FEB092581)
Written by JASON AARON
Pencils & Cover by RON GARNEY
50/50 Variant Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Sketch Variant Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Variant Cover A by OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant Cover B by ALAN DAVIS
Parental Advisory …$3.99
FOC—3/19/09, On-Sale—4/8/09

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===================================================================== Hot Toys - MMS 95 - Terminator Salvation: 1/6th scale JOHN CONNOR collectible figure
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Hot Toys proudly presents the first human-kind MMS figure from the upcoming sci-fi movie in 2009 - Terminator Salvation: 1/6th scale John Connor collectible figures.

This collectible figure stands approximately 30 cm tall, featuring Hot Toys True-type figure body with over 36 points of articulation.

This John Connor figure features the high quality head sculpture (by Weapon X) , perfect painting (by JC Hong) and authentic Christian Bale likeness.

Right now, none of the John Connor product with Christian Bale’s likeness has been approved so far, besides Hot Toys’ 1/6th scale John Connor collectible figure. With our specialized experience to the collectibles, our talents and product standard have been highly recognized in the collectible industry, and this John Connor prototype sample has also been reviewed and officially approved by Christian Bale& McG (the director of Terminator Salvation) in person.

The collectible also comes with the following full gear and weapons:

Uniform
Leather jacket
Pants
T-shirt
Tactical full body harness

Accessories
Headset
Radio with pouch
M4 magazine pouches
Pistol Magazine pouch
Demolition blocks
Drop leg panel
Armband
Patch
Assault boots
Tactical gloves

Weapons
M4A1 with tactical red dot sight
XM-26 LSS
Line launcher
Pistol with holster
Tactical fixed blade

Artists:
Head Sculpt by Weapon X
Paint by J.C Hong

Release date: Q2, 2009

Terminator Salvation ™ & © 2009 T Asset Acquisition Company, LLC.