Hey there True Believers, here’s your official list of comic books, collections and posters arriving in comic stores on December 10th, 2008. For more information on any of these titles, and on upcoming mighty Marvel releases, please visit http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?date=2008-12-10 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:ADAM: LEGEND OF THE BLUE MARVEL #2AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #27AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #27 VILLAIN VARIANTAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #580ASTONISHING X-MEN: GHOST BOXES #2BIG HERO 6 #4CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI: 13 #8CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI: 13 #8 VILLAIN VARIANTCIVIL WAR: HOUSE OF M #4HULK CHRONICLES: WWH #6MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #46MARVEL APES #0MARVEL APES #0 SANTA APE VARIANTMARVELS: EYE OF THE CAMERA #1 BLACK AND WHITE VARIANTPUNISHER: WAR ZONE #1PUNISHER: WAR ZONE #1 JRJR VARIANTPUNISHER: WAR ZONE #1 DILLON SKETCH VARIANTSECRET INVASION: DARK REIGN ONE-SHOTSECRET INVASION: DARK REIGN ONE-SHOT HITCH VARIANT SOLEIL: YTHAQ - THE FORSAKEN WORLD #1SOLEIL: YTHAQ - THE FORSAKEN WORLD #1 FLOCH VARIANTSPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE SEASON 2 #5SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY #3THE ODYSSEY #4THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #1THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #1 CAMPBELL VARIANTTHE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #1 SHANOWER VARIANTWHAT IF? FALLEN SONWOLVERINE: FLIES TO A SPIDER ONE-SHOTX-MEN/SPIDER-MAN #2Collections On-Sale:AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL VOL. 4: A BRAND NEW MAY TPBAVENGERS: FIRST TO LAST PREMIERE HCAVENGERS: FIRST TO LAST PREMIERE HC VARIANTCAPTAIN AMERICA: THE CHOSEN TPBDAREDEVIL: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR PREMIERE HCDAREDEVIL: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR PREMIERE HC VARIANTGUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 1: LEGACY PREMIERE HCNOVA: ANNIHILATION HC WOLVERINE: DANGEROUS GAMES PREMIERE HCPosters On-Sale:AVENGERS/INVADERS ALEX ROSS POSTERWIZARD OF OZ POSTER
Marc Sumerak is a freelance comic book writer from Cleveland, Ohio .
Marc is currently best known for his work on Marvel Comics' all-ages Power Pack series (of which he has written five consecutive 4-issue limited series), as well as the Eisner Award & Harvey Award nominated Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius (with co-writer Chris Eliopoulos). He is also currently providing the English translations for Spider-Man J (featured in the bi-monthly Spider-Man Family series).
He agreed to answer 5 Quick Questions.
1) What would you say is your greatest achievement in comics?
Honestly, just having regular work in an industry that I love so much is the greatest achievement I could possibly imagine.
But if I had to pick a specific project that really makes me proud, it'd have to be my recent run on MARVEL ADVENTURES: SPIDER-MAN. Being able to write for the webslinger was a dream come true!
2) Who was your favorite writer or artist that you worked with & why?
The former editor in me never likes to pick favorites... but I will say that I have been fortunate enough to work with a number of talented folks over the years. Artists like Casey Jones, Mike Hawthorne, GuriHiru, David Williams, Mark Robinson, Tim Seeley, and too many others to possibly list here. Each of them brought something really special to the projects that we collaborated on... and I couldn't be more thrilled to have had them draw some of the stories that came out of my brain!
3) What character you have never worked .., would you like to do & why?
I would love the chance to write a few issues of Thor some day. He's always been a favorite character of mine, and it would be a real honor to add something to his mighty Marvel mythology.
4) Who are your influences?
Lee & Kirby, of course. The unbridled creativity contained in those early FF issues is so inspiring. More recently, guys like Busiek, Bendis, Waid, Johns, Brubaker and Vaughan never cease to amaze me.
5) What hero or villain would you like to change if you could and why?
To me, it's not about changing the character... it's about boiling them down to their core, finding what makes them work, and bringing that into the spotlight. Most of these characters have withstood the test of time for a reason. Some of them just need a small reminder why!
