PENDRAGON'S POST

Friday, March 13, 2009

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.

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Shocker Toys will be exhibiting at Monster Mania 12 Aug 13th - Aug 15th

Shocker Toys will be exhibiting at Monster Mania 12 (Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill, NJ) March 13th – March15th.) We will be showing a few sneak peeks of our new lines and we will be selling 2 Monster Mania exclusive toys (Scud and The Maxx translucent versions).

Shocker Toys LLP will have on hand SCUD the Disposable Assassin and MTV’s the Maxx in a translucent fully poseable action figure form. Each figure will come packaged with a Monster Mania sticker and their regular Indie Spotlight accessories. Scud will be featured in a smokey translucent yellow with a translucent yellow Isz and interchangeable hands with 11mm guns. The Maxx will be featured in smokey translucent purple and come with 2 heads and 3 translucent purple Isz. These are limited edition figures.

We will also have for sale the Shockini build an action figure kit and Mini Maxx viny figures and some give-away items through the weekend to make it fun! During the three days of sheer terror at Monster Mania, Shocker Toys will be raffling off different items along with products YOU CAN'T
GET ANYWHERE ELSE! Be sure to make the Shocker Toys table your first stop.

ALICE COOPER, FAIRUZA BALK, LANCE HENRIKSEN, WALTER PHELAN, CAROLINE WILLIAMS, CHRIS CARNEL and more...info on Monster Mania: http://www.monstermania.net/MMC_Guests_Cherry.html

Maxx and Scud have hitched a ride to their fans via Shocker Toys. Arriving on the 2nd of March as promised they are now on their way to different parts of the U.S. to jump out of their sleek packaging and strike a pose on collector's shelves!

"We were happy to see our first shipment of IS products arrive exactly on time and got them prepared to ship out to customers. We admit we tore a few open to play with but hey we are fans ourselves!IS1 full series will be arriving in March."

More info on Shocker Toys: http://www.shockertoys.com