The Beat » Publishers http://www.comicsbeat.com The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:20:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Coming Attractions: September 2010 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/09/06/coming-attractions-september-2010/ http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/09/06/coming-attractions-september-2010/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:00:29 +0000 Torsten Adair http://www.comicsbeat.com/?p=16505 The following is a selection of new titles due to be published in September 2010.

There is no particular order to the titles presented below.

This list is not comprehensive, as there are over 275 graphic novel titles scheduled for this month. If you would like to browse them at your leisure, click here. Instead, I have selected titles which caught my interest. These are not necessarily titles I will purchase, but which I will definitely look at once they arrive at my local comics shop or bookstore. Please be advised that publication dates are not set in stone. Also, your local comics shop might receive copies before your local neighborhood website or library. Links connected to publishers will link to the publisher's website, sometimes to the exact title. Links for the ISBN-13 (also known as the Bookland EAN) will take you to the title as featured on BarnesAndNoble.com . I consider my tastes to be rather eclectic. If you feel I've neglected or slighted a title, publisher, or creator, please feel free to mention it in the comments below.

Monthly lists such as this will be posted at the end of the previous month. I will also be posting specific subject lists (comic strips, comics history and surveys, superheroes...) for each season, but these will not have a set schedule.

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by Torsten Adair

The following is a selection of new titles due to be published in September 2010. This list is not comprehensive, as there are over 275 graphic novel titles scheduled for this month.

If you would like to browse them at your leisure, click here. Instead, I have selected titles which caught my interest. These are not necessarily titles I will purchase, but which I will definitely look at once they arrive at my local comics shop or bookstore.

Please be advised that publication dates are not set in stone. Also, your local comics shop might receive copies before your local neighborhood website or library. Links connected to publishers will link to the publisher’s website, sometimes to the exact title. Links for the ISBN-13 (also known as the Bookland EAN) will take you to the title as featured on BarnesAndNoble.com . I consider my tastes to be rather eclectic. If you feel I’ve neglected or slighted a title, publisher, or creator, please feel free to mention it in the comments below.

Monthly lists such as this will be posted at the end of the previous month. I will also be posting specific subject lists (comic strips, comics history and surveys, superheroes…) for each season, but these will not have a set schedule.

Disclaimer: I am employed by Barnes & Noble. This and any other posts by me have no official connection to B&N. Neither I or Heidi MacDonald receive any remuneration from linking to barnesandnoble.com . As always, feel free to send us your PR. Even better, send us some free books!


Oz: The Marvelous Land of Oz Eric Shanower (Text by), Skottie Young (Illustrator)

James Bond Omnibus, Volume 2Ian Fleming, Yaroslav Horak, Jim Lawrence

World’s Greatest Super-heroes Deluxe

Paul Dini, Alex Ross (Illustrator)

  • $ 29.99
  • Pub. Date: September 2010
  • Publisher: DC Comics
  • Format: Paperback, 400pp
  • ISBN-13: 9781401202552
  • ISBN: 1401202551

The Simon and Kirby Superheroes

Joe Simon, Jack Kirby (Illustrator), Steve Saffel (Editor)

Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics

N. C. Christopher Couch, Jerry Robinson (Illustrator), Pete Hamill (Introduction by), Dennis O’Neil (Foreword by)

Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s

John Benson (Editor), Greg Sadowski (Editor)

The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones

Alan Moore, Ian Gibson

Marvel Avengers Character Encyclopedia

A History of Girls’ Comics

Susan Brewer

Dick Briefer’s Frankenstein

Dick Briefer

The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects

Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart (Artist)

DC Universe Illustrated by Neal Adams: The Covers

Neal Adams

  • $ 39.99
  • Pub. Date: September 2010
  • Publisher: DC Comics
  • Format: Hardcover, 192pp
  • ISBN-13: 9781401221720
  • ISBN: 1401221726

62710287-237x300.jpgAl Williamson Archives

Al Williamson

Placeholder_Medium.jpgThe Girl Who Owned a City: Graphic Novel

O. T. Nelson, Chrissy Delk (Illustrator), Dan Jolley (Adapted by)

2077_cv3-217x300.jpgLila and Ecco’s Do-It-Yourself Comics Club

Willow Dawson

pinupcovsmall2-234x300.jpgPin-Up Artist

Ignacio Noe

  • $ 13.99
  • Pub. Date: September 2010
  • Publisher: N B M Publishing Company
  • Format: Paperback, 64pp
  • ISBN-13: 9781561635870
  • ISBN: 1561635871
  • Edition Description: Not Appropriate For Children

69100381-212x300.jpgThe Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe

9780345505385-197x300.jpgThe Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel

Diana Gabaldon, Hoang Nguyen (Illustrator)

9780292722811-202x300.jpgMulticultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle

Frederick Luis Aldama, Derek Parker Royal (Foreword by)

9780809026845-201x300.jpgAnne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography

Sid Jacobson, Ernie Colon

9781596434714-226x300.jpgThere’s a Princess in the Palace

Zoë B. Alley (Retold by), R. W. Alley (Retold by)

60268625-197x300.jpgTom Corbett: Space Cadet Graphic Novel

John DeCosta (Artist), Bill Spangler

76142553-219x300.jpgSpecial Exits

Joyce Farmer

c00068_400-197x300.jpgAtomic Robo, Volume 4: Other Strangeness

Scott Wegener, Brian Clevinger (Artist)

  • $ 17.95
  • Pub. Date: September 2010
  • Publisher: Red 5 Comics
  • Format: Paperback, 140pp
  • Age Range: Young Adult
  • ISBN-13: 9780980930283
  • ISBN: 0980930286

55190765-197x300.jpgBring on the Guest Stars (The Muppet Show Comic Book Series)

Roger Langridge, Amy Mebberson (Illustrator)

  • $ 9.99
  • Pub. Date: September 2010
  • Publisher: Boom! Studios
  • Format: Paperback, 112pp
  • Age Range: 8 to 12
  • ISBN-13: 9781608865871
  • ISBN: 1608865878

65886361-197x300.jpgLittle Green Men

Jay P. Fosgitt

  • $ 9.95
  • Pub. Date: September 2010
  • Publisher: Ape Entertainment
  • Format: Paperback, 100pp
  • Age Range: Young Adult
  • ISBN-13: 9781936340019
  • ISBN: 1936340011

66812218-225x300.jpgPolly and Her Pals: Complete Sunday Comics 1925-1927

Cliff Sterrett

66812948-196x300.jpgRipped

Jason Flowers (Artist), Jay Busbee

9780810996175-300x195.jpgThe Night Bookmobile

Audrey Niffenegger

62709671-222x300.jpgDante’s Divine Comedy

Seymour Chwast (Adapted by), Dante Alighieri (Based On Work by)

ImageNA_product.gifErotic Tales

Leone Frollo (Illustrator), Massimo Farepuzzo (Adapted by)

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With BOOM!’s DARKWING DUCK comics doing well for the ’90s nostalgia crowd, was it only a matter of time before they brought back RESCUE RANGERS, as well? Absolutely.

Imagining chipmunk terrorists Chip and Dale as bold adventurers, with the addition of rodent heroes Monterey Jack, Gadget, and Zipper the Housefly, the Rescue Rangers were another staple of the Disney Afternoon and a favorite of furry fans everywhere. Ian Brill is back as writer, with Leonel Castellani as artist.

It’s the return of your favorite furry flatfoots in an all new original ongoing series! Coming on the heels of BOOM!’s bestselling and multiple sell out DARKWING DUCK series, BOOM! brings you another piece of the Disney Afternoon revolution with CHIP ‘N DALE RESCUE RANGERS in their own ongoing series debuting this December.

Join DARKWING DUCK writer Ian Brill and MARVEL SUPERHERO SQUAD artist Leonel Castellani as they take the diminutive detectives on all new original adventure!

Whether you’re a CHIP ‘N DALE RESCUE RANGERS fan from the hit TV show or want to discover these beloved characters for the first time, this new ongoing series delivers all the mystery, intrigue and hijinks that made CHIP ‘N DALE RESCUE RANGERS the number one Disney Afternoon TV show ever!

This is the only comic book series coming out that will have you singing that song you can never forget: “Sometimes some crimes go slipping through the cracks. But these two Gumshoes are picking up the slack. There’s no case too big, no case too small, when you need help just call —Ch-ch-ch-Chip ‘N Dale Rescue Rangers!”

“After the overwhelming success we’ve had bringing DARKWING DUCK back, BOOM! knew it was time to continue the excitement and imagination of the Disney Afternoon revolution in comic book form ,” said DARKWING DUCK writer Ian Brill. “It’s an honor to continue the adventures of CHIP ‘N DALE RESCUE RANGERS for both the generation of fans that enjoyed the show the first time and for a whole new generation of comic book fans!”

Debuting in 1989, the top rated CHIP ‘N DALE RESCUE RANGERS brought action and suspense to the Disney Afternoon animation block, becoming the most popular Disney Afternoon show on the air. Televised around the world, CHIP ‘N DALE RESCUE RANGERS is still a favorite of pop culture fans everywhere.

Coming out this December, CHIP ‘N DALE RESCUE RANGERS #1 is written by DARKWING DUCK’s Ian Brill with interior art by MARVEL SUPERHERO SQUAD’s Leonel Castellani . The debut issues features two covers in a 50/50 split by Leonel Castellani and Magic Eye Studios respectively and a 1-in-10 incentive cover by Jake Myler.


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DC has released a few pages of SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, the much-anticipated Superman reboot graphic novel by J. Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis. The book goes on sale next month.

This is a Superman for the 21st century.

With SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, Straczynski and Davis inject the folk tale and legend that is Superman’s origin with a modern, vital and forward-looking energy that makes for a refreshing, epic and challenging super-hero adventure.

In SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE – the first original graphic novel retelling Superman’s origin — Clark Kent is a man looking for meaning in a new city and an age of failing newspapers, hand-held devices and instant gratification. But when you can fly through the sky and burn objects with a glance – things become a tad more complicated. Doubly so when a fleet of alien ships arrive on your doorstep.

SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE channels the best tales of Superman with a look toward the future, by two of the brightest talents the industry has to offer.

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Set your TiVo for the Dream King! After years of limbo for a proposed SANDMAN movie, the hugely popular Neil Gaiman fantasy comics series is now in development as a TV series, THR reports. Warners is trying to get the property going, with Supernatural producer Eric Kripke, on the short list to develop.

Up until a few months ago, DC was in talks with HBO and James Mangold to develop a show minus WBTV’s involvement, but that never coalesced.
Gaiman was not officially involved with the HBO attempt, though he and Mangold held several rounds of talks surrounding characters and story. The author is not involved in the new developments, though since it is early in the process, that may change. In fact, securing Gaiman will prove key for the project to go forward.

Kripke has been described as interested in tackling an adaptation but cautious because the comic book has such a passionate following and is held in such high regard. It’s the kind of series where each production decision, from casting to script to design, would be scrutinized by devotees.


Eric Kripke is wise.

SANDMAN is a pillar of Gaiman’s oeuvre and indeed, comics in the ’90s — the fantastic tale of Dream and the Endless won multiple awards has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and is still required reading for girls who want to go Goth, as well as enthusiasts of fine comics literature everywhere. The developments sound very preliminary but are doubtless part of WB’s renewed enthusiasm in all of the DC comics properties.

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Via Image.

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The great fantasist/cartoonist Jim Woodring has only raised 49 percent of the $4500 he needs to construct a Giant Steel Dip Pen and Penholder which he will use to demonstrate art, cure cancer, open a portal to Vhoori, save Social Security and make kittens fly out of rainbows.

In this dimension, Woodring’s plans for the giant pen are equally noble:

The dip pen is a bit of fetish item for me (as it is for many pen users). The pen is extremely difficult to master but ultimately allows for an extraordinary degree of expression. The well-constructed pen and ink drawing is a monument to perseverance, requiring tremendous patience and control. I am thrilled by the challenge of creating such drawings in public and introducing new audiences to the allure of the medium. The pen (nib) itself will be approximately 16 inches long, made of steel and fully functional. The holder will be six feet long and made of wood with a metal sleeve insert to hold the pen. Nib and holder will resemble as closely as possible the actual implements on which they are based.

Once the pen and penholder are built I will train myself to ink with it; and once I’ve done that, I will arrange at least two public performances in which I will use the pen to ink large graphite drawings on 3′ x 5′ sheets of bristol.


The deadline for raising the funds is tomorrow. We have only a few precious hours left in which to save the world and make this pen happen. Will you tell your grandchildren you did not support the construction of a giant steel pen? Think about it!

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Via PR, here’s Image’s schedule for Baltimore Comic-Con:

Baltimore Comic-Con takes place August 28-29, 2010, and Image Comics is part of the action! You’ll find your favorite Image creators at booth #1301 throughout the weekend.
 
Image partner Todd McFarlane will be appearing one day only, on Saturday, August 28! The creator of the groundbreaking comic book SPAWN will take part in two signings and a panel.
 
Image partner ERIK LARSEN (Savage Dragon), MIKE AND LAURA ALLRED (Madman, Red Rocket 7), THE LUNA BROTHERS (The Sword, Girls, Ultra), RICHARD STARKINGS (Elephantmen), RYAN OTTLEY (Invincible, Sea Bear & Grizzly Shark), TOM SCIOLI (Godland), STEPHEN SCOTT (Murderland), and DAVE ELLIOTT (Benaroya Publishing) will be joining us at the booth. There will also be signings with MATT WAGNER, MARK MCKENNA, JEFF PARKER and STEVE LIEBER (Underground), and NICK SPENCER (Morning Glories, Existence, Forgetless).
 
 
PANELS
 
SATURDAY
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Spotlight on Todd McFarlane (Room 308)
From SPAWN to HAUNT, Image Comics founder and partner Todd McFarlane has been the driving force behind the biggest creator-owned titles in the industry. Join McFarlane for exclusive sneak peeks of his upcoming projects and a Q&A session that shouldn’t be missed!
 
 
SIGNINGS
Don’t miss your favorite Image creators at Baltimore Comic-Con! Be sure to come by booth #1301 for the latest updates. (All signings at the Image Booth unless otherwise noted.)
 
SATURDAY
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  Todd McFarlane for Hero Initiative (Booth #2403)
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  Matt Wagner (MAGE)
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.  Todd McFarlane (Booth #2403)
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Mark McKenna (BANANA TAILS)
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Jimmy Palmiotti (THE PRO, BACK TO BROOKLYN)
 
SUNDAY
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Jeff Parker and Steve Lieber (UNDERGROUND)
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.  Nick Spencer (MORNING GLORIES, EXISTENCE, FORGETLESS)
 
 
Find your happy place with Image Comics during Baltimore Comic-Con, August 28-29, 2010, at booth #1301!

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PR below:

Image Comics enters the digital market today with the launch of the Image Comics app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The app, developed on the leading digital comic book platform by comiXology, allows fans unprecedented digital access to the creator-owned comics that Image proudly publishes.
 
The partnership between Image and comiXology offers Image creators a direct line to digital distribution. Among the independent content now available digitally are Image’s most popular titles, including SAVAGE DRAGON, CHEW, BATTLE POPE and Rob Liefeld’s YOUNGBLOOD. The Image Comics app will also be the first to feature work from Todd McFarlane with the inclusion of HAUNT, created in collaboration with Robert Kirkman (THE WALKING DEAD, INVINCIBLE).
 
“With the launch of the Image Comics app, we have an opportunity to provide our creators with the digital support that, for many of them, was unattainable before,” says Image Publisher Eric Stephenson. “comiXology has established a very impressive track record of bringing independent content into the digital world. Today represents a milestone in our growth as a company and enables us to increase the availability of the fantastic titles we publish.”
 
“Our partnership with Image is indicative of our shared vision to help independent creators thrive in the traditional print community as well as the explosive digital marketplace,” adds David Steinberger, CEO of comiXology. “The demand for creator-owned content is at an all time high, and we are thrilled to be able to provide fans with what they want. We’re lucky now to work directly with Image and to offer the creators a clear path to the digital market.”
 
The Image Comics app is now available for free download from the iTunes App Store. In addition to individual issues for ongoing series, which are priced for $1.99, Image will also offer fans issues of several popular Image titles, sneak peeks of upcoming titles, and other exclusive content for free.

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the superpowered nanny for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones' baby was voted on and unanimously decided by the entire Marvel editorial team and the attending creators. their first appearance will be in new avengers number seven. ]]> 151333721-5e2b8f9e2e3a1c89c8e7ed5096378ade.4c756f38-scaled.jpg

Marvel has a big writer’s summit going on this week, and they celebrated the creative process with cake, as this picture by editor Nate Cosby proves. Does the tribute to Daredevil have anything to do with his regular book ending in November? Only the dessert bar will tell.

Brian Bendis had more from the summit in a message board posting:

the superpowered nanny for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones’ baby was voted on and unanimously decided by the entire Marvel editorial team and the attending creators. their first appearance will be in new avengers number seven.

a sudden and surprising shift in the avengers roster lineup was discussed and mostly settled on. when an opening is available on one of the teams it’s always interesting which characters certain editors make a pitch for.

next year I will be working with one of the greatest artists in the world at a brand-new series starring a character I have barely touched. my ground level interpretation of the character was met with surprising support. it’s rare that creators as diverse as Jonathan Hickman, Jepf Loeb, and Dan slott all feel good about the same idea so that was a big win.

all the rest are other creators ideas and projects that I am sworn to secrecy about and cannot discuss here or anywhere else. but I can tell you the future looks bright for nerds of all shapes and sizes.

well, except for the ones that are never happy about anything. I can’t help you there

more importantly, I had my first shake shack yesterday. it did not disappoint.

then very upset that the NYU Chick-fil-A is closed for the summer. if I haven’t already agreed to do NYCC, I would have now.

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Full stops here.

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Too early for Halloween plans? Not really. The Walking Dead TV show debuts on Halloween at 10 PM ET with a 90-minute opening episode. Based on Robert Kirkman’s comics, the show follows the adventures of the survivors of a zombiepocalypse, and stars Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Shane Walsh, and Sarah Wayne Callies. The four-and-a-half minute trailer previously seen at Comic-Con was also released, and we would absolutely set our DVR for this while we were out trick or treating!

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ICv2 has its first comprehensive interview with DC co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio since the publisher restructured in February. The interview runs in three parts. There’s a hint that some of the CMX titles that weren’t finished may get picked up by a different publisher, perhaps Dark Horse, and an acknowledgment of the need to keep prices down from DiDio:

Only 25% of our line is over $2.99.  For the amount of books that we put out, the amount of product we have out there, to be over $2.99 for just 25% I think is a good, strong indication of how we’re dedicated to try to keep the prices down. In the 4th quarter we’re going to be doing a number of reprint books at a higher price but I wouldn’t compare them to the periodicals.  I say a “halfway trade” in order to get more product in the market that people are looking for and find ways to do it.  We’re trying to hold the price as much as possible. 


There’s also this bit of character development:

One observation that we’ve heard is that a co-publisher arrangement is unusual and might be… 
Didio:  Well I’ve never been in one before!  (laughter)
 
Lee:  This is my third, and Image Comics was six co-publishers!


And finally,

Lee is enthused about the upcoming DC Universe Online MMORPG as a means of getting new readers:

Lee:  On the videogame side, I’d say DC Universe Online scheduled for November 2nd release through Sony Online Entertainment.  We plan on supporting it with a bi-weekly comic book that basically ties into the storyline that’s crafted for the game itself. 
 
You couldn’t ask for a better demographic of people that to choose from to convert to comic book readers.  These are people that are gamers and they’re going to be exposed to not just Justice League, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, they’re going to be exposed to hundreds of secondary and tertiary DC heroes and villains and probably get to know our universe better in certain ways than the comic book readers, because they’ll be going through the universe at a much quicker pace.  It would be great to be able to convert some of those gamers into readers.  Being able to sell comics digitally and also co-market through the user interface when you log into the game, these are opportunities that look particularly ripe for us. 


Finally, the BIG question of whether DC is moving to the West Coast gets evaded skillfully:

Are you going to move the New York office to California?
Didio: Me personally, no. (Laughter) I don’t pack boxes really well.

There’s a lot being explored and I can be perfectly honest about it, there is no answer on that just yet. We’re trying to find the right fit, where the right place for the company’s going to be. Again, like you said, we were just talking about Consumer Products and other divisions. Where things make the most sense is where we need to be, but we don’t want to rush any of those decisions. We want to make sure we keep everybody’s best interests in mind.


Lots more to read and parse in the links!

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A bit of idle gossip in Dean Haspiel’s account of his Emmy experience has tongues wagging everywhere:

met and spoke to the lovely Stana Katic, star of TV show, CASTLE, and told her how much I loved her in Frank Miller’s SPIRIT movie [she was my favorite part of the movie]. I have a very short list of who I would cast to play my very own Jane Legit character [Billy Dogma's better half] and Stana is on that list. Stana told me she was in the midst of creating a new comic book and was in talks to act in a movie version of Warren Ellis’ THE AUTHORITY.


Which no one had heard of before, least of all AUTHORITY creator Warren Ellis:

I don’t own THE AUTHORITY, and DC are certainly not compelled to tell me about anything regarding the book.

What an odd thing.


(Also in the link, Matt Fraction makes the best Haspiel joke ever.)

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THE AUTHORITY, by Ellis and Bryan Hitch is pretty much the ultimate fin de siécle comic, a hyper, unsparing book that asked “Well, why DON’T the superheroes just take over?” leading the way for the Ultimate line, setting off most of Wildstorm’s output for the next half decade and introducing the whole “Widescreen” concept. It’s hard to imagine a comic coming out nowadays with Batman/Superman analogues as gay lovers, let alone a movie, but Stana Katic would make a hot Jenny Sparks, if that’s who she’s playing.

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Of course, the tittle tattle has probably ruined any chance of this getting made.

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Two sold-out issues of THOR by the awesome Roger Langridge are being combined into a portmanteau, dubbed a “Double Rainbow.” The cover by Chris Samnee is sadly devoid of an actual double rainbow, however, so we can’t start whooping and hollering at it.

Marvel is pleased to announce that both Thor: The Mighty Avenger #1 and Thor: The Mighty Avenger #2 have sold out at Diamond (though copies may be available at a retail level) and due to retailer and fan demand alike, will return with Thor: The Mighty Avenger – Double Rainbow! From the magical creative team of writer Roger Langridge and artist Chris Samnee, Thor: The Mighty Avenger – Double Rainbow reprints the first two issues of this critically acclaimed series for fans who may have missed them the first time around. Full of action, suspense, drama, romance and intrigue – it’s Thor like you’ve never seen him before!
 
“If you love Thor, like Thor, or heard the word “Thor” one time, you’re gonna want to give Thor: The Mighty Avenger a shot” exclaims editor, Nate Cosby. “Reading this book is better than ice cream. DOUBLE RAINBOWWWW!!!!!”


 

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Add up these BRIGHTEST DAY covers by Ryan Sook, with help from Fernando Pasarin, Joel Gomez, and Jim Lee and you get a nice Michelangelo pastiche. (Click for larger version)

NOTE: We were hesitant to post a piece of work whose first comment from one “haljordan” was “THIS JUST GAVE ME THE BIGGEST FANGASM OF MY LIFE! ” but…

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