Submitted by Tom Batten on June 12, 2011 - 2:00pm
It's strange to be working on this newsletter right now, what with the news today--right now playing on the television across from where I sit, the same story playing on every channel, reporters using words like 'planetary killer' and 'extinction level event'--if they're right, you might not ever get a chance to read this. If they're right, our entire civilization will be wiped away before I can even hit send. It's odd. I can look out the window and the sun is shining. I look up and I don't see any hunks of rock hurtling down, I see birds flying from the roof of my building to the roof of the one across the street. I wonder, is it better to be like them? To have no idea that the end is so close at hand? Does the life of a bird mean more, or less, that they have no concept of their own impending doom?
ANYWAY. The debate about the DC relaunches continues to rage. Which does seem suddenly unimportant, right? Oh, all the time I spent arguing about Teen Titans with my friends when should have been telling them how much they mean to me, that I love them...anyway, here's where you can check out descriptions and solicitations for all 52 titles--http://www.newsarama.com/comics/dc-comics-september-2011-solicitations-110613.html
AND to further celebrate the DC relaunch, assuming we're not all annihilated by cosmic fire and tsunami waves first, we'll be offering a pretty awesome incentive--a big 30% cover price if you decide you want to buy all 52 first issues. More information on this to come, once again, assuming that civilization continues past tonight around 6pm, which is when Wolf Blitzer is reporting the first impact will be felt.
SHIPPING THIS WEEK assuming that humans continue to be the dominant life-form on Earth and that civilization doesn't totally crumble.
28 DAYS LATER #24 3.99
ALPHA FLIGHT #1 (OF 8) FEAR 3.99 -- The classic line-up is back, in an all new adventure that will do nothing to stave off your eventual demise, but might make the time remaining to you slightly more tolerable for a few fleeting moments.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #663 3.99
ANYAS GHOST GN 15.99
ARKHAM ASYLUM MADNESS TP 14.99
ASTRONAUT ACADEMY ZERO GRAVITY GN 9.99
AVENGERS #14 FEAR 3.99
AVENGERS ACADEMY #15 FEAR 2.99
BATGIRL #22 2.99
BATMAN #711 2.99
CAPE (ONE SHOT) LEGACY ED 5.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS #1 (OF 5) 2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA FIRST VENGEANCE #3 (OF 4) 2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA RED MENACE ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP 19.99
CINDERELLA FABLES ARE FOREVER #5 (OF 6) (MR) 2.99
CIVIL WAR TP 24.99
CONAN ISLAND OF NO RETURN #1 3.50
CORNBOY GN 12.99
CROSSED PSYCHOPATH #3 (OF 6) (MR) 3.99
DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #10 2.99
DARKWING DUCK #13 3.99
DC COMICS PRESENTS JLA BLACK BAPTISM #1 7.99
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #10 2.99
DEADLANDS ONE SHOT 2.99
DEADPOOLMAX #9 (MR) 3.99
DEATH OF ZORRO #4 3.99
DEUS EX #5 (OF 6) (MR) 2.99
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING VOL 2 #6 3.99
DR WHO MAGAZINE #434 8.99
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS #8 3.99
EMMA #4 (OF 5) 3.99
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS VOL 2 #0 CVR A FRANCISCO 2.5
FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #3 (OF 7) FEAR 3.99
FEAR ITSELF YOUTH IN REVOLT #2 (OF 6) FEAR 3.99
FLASHPOINT DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #1 2.99
FLASHPOINT GRODD OF WAR #1 2.99
FLASHPOINT LEGION OF DOOM #1 (OF 3) 2.99
FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #1 (OF 3) 2.99
GEARS OF WAR #17 (MR) 2.99
GENERATION HOPE #8 2.99
GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #6 (C/O PT 3) A CVR GARZA (MR) 2.99
GLADSTONES SCHOOL FOR WORLD CONQUERORS #2 2.99
GODZILLA GANGSTERS & GOLIATHS #1 (OF 5) 3.99
GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES #1 (OF 4) 2.99
GREEN HORNET #16 3.99
GREEN LANTERN BRIGHTEST DAY HC 22.99
GREEN LANTERN MOVIE PREQUEL ABIN SUR #1 2.9
HELLBLAZER #280 (MR) 2.99
HELLBOY LIBRARY ED HC VOL 04 CROOKED MAN 49.99
HELLBOY THE FURY #1 (OF 3) FRANCAVILLA VAR CVR 2.99
HEROES OF THE DCU ORANGE LANTERN LARFLEEZE BUST 70.00
HULK #35 2.99
HULK TP GRAY 19.99
INCORRUPTIBLE TP VOL 04 16.99
INVINCIBLE #80 2.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #505 FEAR 3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE CRY FOR JUSTICE TP 19.99
KIRBY GENESIS #1 3.99
LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #6 (MR) 3.99
LEGION LOST HC 39.99 -- I'll call this one of the most hotly anticipated releases of the last couple of years, then stop to reflect on whether I've ever know true love, whether I did enough to go out and find that and make it a reality, and close by saying that it's probably the best Legion story of all time.
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #14 2.99
LEVEL UP GN 15.99
LIL DEPRESSED BOY TP VOL 01 SHE IS STAGGERING 9.99
MALIGNANT MAN #3 (OF 4) 3.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS TP DIGEST HULK 9.99
MICKEY MOUSE #309 3.99
NORTHLANDERS #41 (MR) 2.99
POWER GIRL #25 2.99
PROOF TP VOL 06 ENDANGERED 16.99
RUNAWAYS TP VOL 05 ESCAPE TO NEW YORK DIGEST 9.9
RUSE #4 (OF 4) 2.99
SHIELD #1 3.99
SIMPSONS COMICS #179 2.99
SIXTH GUN TP VOL 02 19.99 -- Continuing the exciting western/ghost story adventure that won't save you, but is really absorbing.
SKAAR KING OF SAVAGE LAND #4 (OF 5) 2.99
SNAKE EYES ONGOING (IDW) #2 3.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ARCHIVES TP VOL 14 7.95
SONIC UNIVERSE #29 2.99
SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 11 14.99
SUPERGIRL #65 2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #85 2.9
TEEN TITANS #96 2.99
TERMINATOR TP 2029 TO 1984 19.9
THAT HELLBOUND TRAIN #1 (OF 3) 3.9
TINY TITANS #41 2.99
TRANSFORMERS 3 MOVIE ADAPTATION #2 (OF 4) 3.9
UNCANNY X-FORCE PREM HC DEATHLOK NATION 19.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #538 3.99
UNCANNY X-MEN TP QUARANTINE 16.99
UNDYING LOVE #3 (MR) 2.99
WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #24 (MR) 2.99
WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #4 3.99
WITCHBLADE #145 3.99
X-FACTOR #221 2.99
X-MEN #13 3.99
X-MEN PRELUDE TO SCHISM #3 (OF 04) 2.99
Goodbye,
Tom Batten
