Diamond List For February 25, 2009

[Cosmic]

DARK HORSE COMICS

FEAR AGENT #26 1 AGAINST 1 (PT 5 OF 6) $2.99

DC COMICS

GREEN LANTERN #38 (ORIGINS) $2.99
MADAME XANADU #8 (MR) $2.99
SGT ROCK THE LOST BATTALION #4 (OF 6) $2.99
SUPERMAN #685 (ORIGINS) $2.99
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #5 (MR) $2.99

MARVEL COMICS

CAPTAIN AMERICA #47 $2.99

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[Themanofbat]

Blue Beetle #36
Astounding Wolf-Man #13
Dynamo 5 #20
Avengers Initiative #22
Hulk #10
Incredible Hercules #126
Marvels: Eye of Camera #4
Mighty Avengers #22
New Avengers #50
Nova #22

 

[TheCorpulent1]

You coming back onboard when Hickman / Eaglesham take over on FF, Corp?

Yeah, I might as well. I've missed the FF and I like Eaglesham.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

The hell is New Avengers #50 4.99 for? That **** better be gold encrusted.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Edit: Btw, I'm LOVING "Kick-Ass" so far! Feel free to flame me.

Shame, brother, shame

 

[JewishHobbit]

UMBRELLA ACADEMY DALLAS #4 (OF 6) $2.99 - Can't wait for this.
GREEN LANTERN #38 (ORIGINS) $2.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #24 (ORIGINS) $2.99
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #22 DKR $2.99
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #4 (OF 6) $3.99 - May have to push off on a lighter week.
MIGHTY AVENGERS #22 DKR $2.99 - May push off on a lighter week.
NEW AVENGERS #50 DKR $4.99 - This price is rediculous.
NOVA #22 $2.99
THUNDERBOLTS #129 DKR $2.99
X-FORCE #12 $2.99

Maybe
HULK #10 $3.99 - I've been reading this but the price jump is probably going to make me jump ship.


Marvel's trying to make a buck on these prices, maybe due to the economy, but they're bleeding me dry and I'm going to have to start giving up titles. It's really ticking me off. It doesn't help that I've started reading some DC and other stuff alongside them either.

Besides my annoyance at price, there's a lot of stuff here I AM looking forward to. Nova always gets me excited, and I'm curious about Thunderbolts. X-Force has been fantastic thus far. I've been liking Marvels 2 but with all these price hikes I'm kinda eager for it to end so it's one less book at $4. I'm buying less mini's now to make room for the stupid price hikes, but I couldn't pass up the sequal to one of my favorate Marvel stories as a kid. New Avengers would have me excited if not for the price. And I'm kinda indifferant for Mighty. I'm giving the first arc a shot and we'll see what happens from there. And I'll always love Initiative, though I'm praying for a broken finger on Ramos' part so he can stop drawing the book. Hopefully it's just not announced yet

 

[CaptainCanada]

Maybe
HULK #10 $3.99 - I've been reading this but the price jump is probably going to make me jump ship.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Just give it up, man. People are genuinely enjoying that rag, so its sales aren't going down anytime soon. It's unfathomable to me, but then again, people enjoy reality TV too.

 

[Mr. Green]

Please drop it. PLEASE! The more people drop it, the sooner Jeff Loeb stops writing it.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I'm not a Hulk fan, so if I read it as a kind of out of continuity story I find myself enjoying it. I stopped once, then on a light week picked up a few issues and found myself entertained again. I thought about continuing but chances are I won't. At least, it'll be one of those books that I don't buy regularly. I'll probably get behind again and then catch up on a slow week, until I get too far behind and just give up and sell what I have on ebay. I'm guessing that's how it'll go. I can't afford to catch up on $4 an issue.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I can't understand the appeal of it. I like dumb fun and all, but come on, Hulk is like the short bus of comics.

 

[Dread]

Seriously. I sat through over 45 issues of NEW AVENGERS, and over a 100 of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, but not ONE of HULK.

 

[Blader5489]

I think I'm going to buy every single one of those Kick-Ass reprints...twice!

 

[danielisthor]

Is it wrong to want to find Mark Millar and, you know, beat the **** out of him?

Not anymore so than wanting to do the same to Bendis or Joe Q.


MARVEL COMICS

CAPTAIN AMERICA #47 $2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #126 $3.99
MIGHTY AVENGERS #22 DKR $2.99
MS MARVEL #36 DKR $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #50 DKR $4.99
NOVA #22 $2.99
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #12 $2.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #33 DKR $2.99
X-FORCE #12 $2.99

 

[Phaedrus45]

DARK HORSE COMICS

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #8 $2.99
UMBRELLA ACADEMY DALLAS #4 (OF 6) $2.99

DC COMICS

BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #10 (OF 12) $2.99
GREEN LANTERN #38 (ORIGINS) $2.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #24 (ORIGINS) $2.99
MADAME XANADU #8 (MR) $2.99
PUSH #6 (OF 6) $3.50
REIGN IN HELL #8 (OF 8) $3.50
RESISTANCE #3 (OF 6) (MR) $3.99
SGT ROCK THE LOST BATTALION #4 (OF 6) $2.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN FAMILY TP VOL 03 $16.99
SUPERMAN #685 (ORIGINS) $2.99
TEEN TITANS #68 (ORIGINS) $2.99
TRINITY #39 $2.99
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #5 (MR) $2.99
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #10 (OF 12) $2.99
WILDCATS #8 $2.99
WONDER WOMAN #29 $2.99
WORLD OF WARCRAFT ASHBRINGER #4 (OF 4) $3.99

IMAGE COMICS

ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #13 $2.99
PROOF #17 $3.50
SWORD #15 (MR) $2.99

MARVEL COMICS

AVENGERS INITIATIVE #22 DKR $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #47 $2.99
DARK REIGN FILES DKR $4.99
DARK TOWER TREACHERY #6 (OF 6) $3.99
DR DOOM MASTERS OF EVIL #2 (OF 4) $2.99
ENDERS SHADOW BATTLE SCHOOL #3 (OF 5) $3.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #564 $2.99
GHOST RIDER DANNY KETCH #5 (OF 5) $3.99
HULK #10 $3.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #126 $3.99
LORDS OF AVALON KNIGHTS OF DARKNESS #4 (OF 6) $3.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #45 $2.99
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #4 (OF 6) $3.99
MIGHTY AVENGERS #22 DKR $2.99
MS MARVEL #36 DKR $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #50 DKR $4.99
NOVA #22 $2.99
RUNAWAYS 3 #7 $2.99
SCOURGE OF GODS #2 (OF 3) (MR) $5.99
SHE-HULK 2 #38 $3.99
SKAAR SON OF HULK #8 $2.99
THUNDERBOLTS #129 DKR $2.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #131 $2.99
WAR MACHINE #3 DKR $2.99
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #12 $2.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #33 DKR $2.99
X-FORCE #12 $2.99
YTHAQ FORSAKEN WORLD #3 (OF 3) (MR) $5.99

 

[Mr. Green]

I'm not a Hulk fan, so if I read it as a kind of out of continuity story I find myself enjoying it. I stopped once, then on a light week picked up a few issues and found myself entertained again. I thought about continuing but chances are I won't. At least, it'll be one of those books that I don't buy regularly. I'll probably get behind again and then catch up on a slow week, until I get too far behind and just give up and sell what I have on ebay. I'm guessing that's how it'll go. I can't afford to catch up on $4 an issue.

Do yourself a favor and buy some good Hulk stories instead. Like Planet Hulk or Future Imperfect or any of the Hulk Visionaries: Peter David trades.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Green Lantern #38
Astounding Wolf-Man #13
Mighty Avengers #22
Ms. Marvel #36
New Avengers #50
Nova #22

Should I be reading Trinity?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It's a decent pan-DCU story, but a lot of people have lost patience with it because it features so little of the titular characters. I argue that it makes sense for the trinity to be taken out of play because you can only gain a real appreciation for their effect on the DCU by seeing it when they're absent, but others disagree. It's one of those series where you really just have to decide for yourself--opinions of it don't swing overwhelmingly to either side.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

You say the actual Trinity's not the focus of the book. So which characters are?

 

[JewishHobbit]

Do yourself a favor and buy some good Hulk stories instead. Like Planet Hulk or Future Imperfect or any of the Hulk Visionaries: Peter David trades.

I plan on reading Planet Hulk someday, and I've read and loved Future Imperfect. I also read and liked the arc with Apocalypse and Juggernaut (as an X-Fan it was obligatory). To me, Hulk is like Iron Man, Cap, and Thor. I love them in guest appearances and supporting roles, but never as a solo effert. I get bored very quickly. I've tried all their titles time and again, start out interested, then get bored and bail out no more than eight issues later. Various arcs or oneshots could be okay, but their ongoings typically don't do it for me. This will probably just be another Hulk phase. I loved the first 4 or so issues but then I started getting bored. Then Sentry pulled me back in because I love the Sentry and I'm kinda interested again (though I know Sentry was only a guest star) but I'm sure I'll get bored again. $4 an issue will surely help that along.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

You say the actual Trinity's not the focus of the book. So which characters are?

I've let a few issues build up without reading them, but based on my last issue (I think it was from last month), Hawkman, the two villains, Gangbuster, and a group consisting of Alfred Pennyworth, Lois Lane, Dick Grayson, Supergirl, Donna Troy, and Nemesis were taking most of the spotlight. A few other characters had bits devoted to them as well, but those were the characters in the main two plotlines running parallel to each other through the issues.

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #8 $2.99 - maybe, thinking of dropping
USAGI YOJIMBO #118 $3.50
CAPTAIN AMERICA #47 $2.99
DARK TOWER TREACHERY #6 (OF 6) $3.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #564 $2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #126 $3.99
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #4 (OF 6) $3.99
NEW AVENGERS #50 DKR $4.99
SHE-HULK 2 #38 $3.99 - finally this is done, i was so bored with it
THUNDERBOLTS #129 DKR $2.99 - unless it crosses over with deadpool
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #131 $2.99
MILF MAGNET #1 PAUL GULACY VAR (MR) $5.50 - gotta get both variants!
MILF MAGNET #1 UWE JARLING CVR (MR) $4.50

 

[GNR]

what the heck,I thought Secret Origins was over?Aren't we at the end of the Red Lantern arc now?

Captain America #47

Still on the fence about Conan,Thunderbolts and War Machine.

 

[CaptainCanada]

what the heck,I thought Secret Origins was over?Aren't we at the end of the Red Lantern arc now?

That's not the GL arc, it's DC's latest linewide monthly event, "Origins and Omens", where there are a bunch of backup stories featuring retellings of character origins and hints of future stories/stuff about "Blackest Night".

 

[Kraven]

Captain america #47 $2.99
thunderbolts #129 dkr $2.99