Diamond List for March 10th, 2010

[Tron Bonne]

DARK HORSE COMICS

BPRD KING OF FEAR #3 (OF 5) $2.99
CONAN LEGACY FRAZETTA COVER #4 (OF 8) $6.99
GANTZ TP VOL 09 (MR) $12.99
SOLOMON KANE DEATHS BLACK RIDERS #3 (OF 4) $3.50

DC COMICS

ACTION COMICS #887 $3.99
BATGIRL #8 $2.99
BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 $2.99
BATMAN WIDENING GYRE #5 (OF 6) $2.99
DANTES INFERNO #4 (OF 6) (MR) $3.99
DAYTRIPPER #4 (OF 10) (MR) $2.99
DMZ #51 (MR) $2.99
DOOM PATROL #8 $2.99
EX MACHINA #48 (MR) $2.99
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH ESCAPE TP $17.99
FREE REALMS #7 (OF 12) $3.99
FROM EROICA WITH LOVE VOL 15 $9.99
GREEK STREET TP VOL 01 BLOOD CALLS FOR BLOOD (MR) $9.99
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #23 (MR) $2.99
HUMAN TARGET #2 (OF 6) $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE RISE AND FALL SPECIAL #1 $3.99
LIZARD PRINCE VOL 02 $9.99
MAGOG #7 $2.99
MODERN WARFARE 2 GHOST #4 (OF 6) (MR) $3.99
MY DARLING MISS BANCHO VOL 01 $9.99
PROTOTYPE TP (MR) $19.99
REBELS #14 $2.99
RED ROBIN #10 $2.99
SECRET SIX #19 $2.99
SUPER FRIENDS #25 $2.50
SUPERMAN LAST STAND OF NEW KRYPTON #1 (OF 3) $3.99
UNWRITTEN #11 (MR) $2.99
WARLORD THE SAGA TP $17.99

IMAGE COMICS

CYBERFORCE HUNTER KILLER #5 (OF 5) GARZA CVR B $2.99
CYBERFORCE HUNTER KILLER #5 (OF 5) ROCAFORT CVR A $2.99
DEAD AT 17 WITCH QUEEN #1 $2.99
ELEPHANTMEN #24 $3.50
JERSEY GODS #11 $3.50
SAVAGE DRAGON #158 $3.50

MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #624 $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #624 YF FERRY VAR (PP #907) $2.99
AVENGERS X-MEN UTOPIA TP $34.99
BREAKING INTO COMICS THE MARVEL WAY #1 (OF 2) $3.99
CABLE #24 $3.99
DARK X-MEN #5 (OF 5) $3.99
ENDERS GAME COMMAND SCHOOL PREM HC $24.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #575 2ND PTG EAGLESHAM VAR (PP #906) $2.99
GHOST RIDERS TP HEAVENS ON FIRE $16.99
HULK LET BATTLE BEGIN #1 $3.99
IRON MAN 2 SPOTLIGHT #1 $3.99
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS UNLEASHED #1 (OF 4) $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #21 $2.99
POWERS #3 (MR) $3.95
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #2 (OF 5) $2.99
PUNISHERMAX #5 (MR) $3.99
RUNAWAYS PARENTAL GUIDANCE PREM HC $19.99
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-GIRL TP WHO KILLED GWEN REILLY $24.99
SPIDER-GIRL TP VOL 12 GAMES VILLAINS PLAY DIGEST $14.99
SUPER HERO SQUAD #3 $2.99
SUPER HERO SQUAD TP GET YER HERO ON DIGEST $9.99
SUPER HERO SQUAD TP GET YER HERO ON DIGEST VAR DM $9.99
SWORD #5 (MARVEL) $2.99
THE MYSTIC HANDS OF DR STRANGE #1 $3.99
TWELVE SPEARHEAD #1 $3.99
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #8 $3.99
ULTIMATE COMICS X #1 2ND PTG A ADAMS VAR (PP #906) $3.99
VENGEANCE OF MOON KNIGHT MUST HAVE 1-3 $4.99
WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #6 GNTLT $3.99
WOLVERINE DARK WOLVERINE PREM HC VOL 02 MY HERO $19.99
WOLVERINE MR X #1 $3.99
WOLVERINE WEAPON X PREM HC VOL 02 INSANE IN THE BRAIN $24.99
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ MGC #1 $1.00
X-MEN FOREVER #19 $3.99
X-MEN PIXIE STRIKES BACK #2 (OF 4) $3.99

COMICS

ANCHOR #6 $3.99
ANGEL HOLE IN THE WORLD #4 $3.99
ARCHIE & FRIENDS #141 $2.50
ARCHIE DIGEST #262 $2.69
ARCHIE WEDDING TP ARCHIE IN WILL YOU MARRY ME $14.95
ARMY OF DARKNESS #26 $3.50
A-TEAM SHOTGUN WEDDING #1 $3.99
BOYS TP VOL 06 SELF-PRESERVATION SOCIETY (MR) $19.99
CARS #2 $2.99
CODE GEASS NIGHTMARE OF NUNNALLY GN VOL 05 (OF 5) $10.99
COMPLETE ALICE IN WONDERLAND #3 (OF 4) $4.99
COMPLETE MILT GROSS COMIC BOOK STORIES HC VOL 01 $39.99
DISNEYS HERO SQUAD SC VOL 01 SAVE THE WORLD $9.99
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS TP VOL 05 $17.99
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING TP VOL 01 FUGITIVE $19.99
ESCAPE FROM WONDERLAND #5 (OF 6) A CVR NAKAYAMA $2.99
ESCAPE FROM WONDERLAND #5 (OF 6) B CVR LEISTER $2.99
FARSCAPE DARGOS QUEST #4 (OF 4) $3.99
FATHOM #10 $2.99
GHOST PROJEKT #1 (OF 5) $3.99
GHOUL #3 $3.99
GI JOE MOVIE ADAPTATION 2009 SDCC EX #1 PI
GI JOE MOVIE ADAPTATION 2009 SDCC EX #2 PI
GI JOE MOVIE ADAPTATION 2009 SDCC EX #3 PI
GI JOE MOVIE ADAPTATION 2009 SDCC EX #4 PI
GI JOE ORIGINS #13 $3.99
GI JOE ORIGINS TP VOL 02 $19.99
GRIMJACK OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 $24.99
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #45 $2.99
INCREDIBLES #7 $2.99
JENNIFER LOVE HEWITTS MUSIC BOX #4 $3.99
KILL AUDIO #6 (OF 6) $3.99
LOST AT SEA GN NEW ED (O/A) $11.95
MUPPET SHOW #3 $2.99
RED SONJA WRATH OF THE GODS #2 (OF 5) $3.99
RESURRECTION TP VOL 01 DELUXE ED $24.99
RESURRECTION VOL 2 #9 $3.99
STAR TREK ALIEN SPOTLIGHT TP VOL 02 $19.99
STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS IBUKI #1 (OF 4) A CVR DOGAN $3.95
STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS IBUKI #1 (OF 4) B CVR AXER $3.95
TOY STORY #2 $2.99
TRANSFORMERS BEST O/T UK PREY TP $19.99
TRANSFORMERS BUMBLEBEE #4 $3.99
WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #704 $2.99
WEEKLY WORLD NEWS #3 $3.99
ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS AVENTURE #2 $3.99
ZORRO MATANZAS #2 (OF 4) $3.99

 

[Tron Bonne]

DAYTRIPPER #4 (OF 10) (MR) $2.99
REBELS #14 $2.99
UNWRITTEN #11 (MR) $2.99
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS UNLEASHED #1 (OF 4) $2.99

Maybe:
DOOM PATROL #8 $2.99 (Wow, I think Metal Men leaving might have killed my interest in picking this up)
THE MYSTIC HANDS OF DR STRANGE #1 $3.99
TWELVE SPEARHEAD #1 $3.99
STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS IBUKI #1 (OF 4) $3.95 (Seriously doubt it, probably won't finish until 2076 or something anyway)

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Heh, Neil Patrick Harris is awesome at everything.

DC COMICS
REBELS #14 $2.99
SECRET SIX #19 $2.99

MARVEL COMICS
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS UNLEASHED #1 (OF 4) $2.99
SWORD #5 (MARVEL) $2.99
THE MYSTIC HANDS OF DR STRANGE #1 $3.99 (Probably.)

 

[Drz]

Batman and robin #10 $2.99
batman widening gyre #5 (of 6) $2.99
ultimate comics spider-man #8 $3.99

 

[Spider-Jay420]

DC COMICS
BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 $2.99

MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #624 $2.99

Wow. 2 comics? Thanks Teardrop.

 

[Dread]

THE TWELVE: SPEARHEAD #1

And that's it. And I had to stretch to even get that. That'll be two very slow weeks. Granted, this is a month with 5 Wednesdays, but it still means some weeks will be clogged, when everything comes out.

Gasp, it may also mean that the next issue of SIEGE needs more than 4-5 weeks to ship. But I thought Oliver Coipel was speedy!

At any rate, this one shot is weird. It's written and drawn by the artist who drew THE TWELVE issues 1-8, which was a maxi series that JMS wrote, was somewhat promoted and which he has since abandoned. You would think if Marvel wanted Weston to write and draw any issues of TWELVE material, they'd ask him to finish "THE TWELVE" proper. Lord knows the end of any Handbook Bio featuring any members of the Twelve, like Rockman from last week's handbook, always ends in a murky way because that story never finished, and frankly probably never will finish. Instead, they have Weston write and draw an issue that is basically a prelude to a story that WILL NEVER FINISH instead of even TRYING to finish it! I mean, why not just have Giffen write the last few issues of that, much like he had to mop up on THOR after JMS? He did a good job on Thor, why not make it a double? It isn't like he'll be busy with issues of SWORD. I mean, Mark Millar started out as Grant Morrison's funny sidekick/ghost writer, why not amp up Giffen as "the man who cleans up after JMS' messes, and does it well"?

 

[Themanofbat]

House of Mystery #23
Amazing Spider-Man #624
Web of Spider-Man #6
The Incredibles #7

 

[Themanofbat]

THE TWELVE: SPEARHEAD #1

And that's it. And I had to stretch to even get that. That'll be two very slow weeks. Granted, this is a month with 5 Wednesdays, but it still means some weeks will be clogged, when everything comes out.

Gasp, it may also mean that the next issue of SIEGE needs more than 4-5 weeks to ship. But I thought Oliver Coipel was speedy!

At any rate, this one shot is weird. It's written and drawn by the artist who drew THE TWELVE issues 1-8, which was a maxi series that JMS wrote, was somewhat promoted and which he has since abandoned. You would think if Marvel wanted Weston to write and draw any issues of TWELVE material, they'd ask him to finish "THE TWELVE" proper. Lord knows the end of any Handbook Bio featuring any members of the Twelve, like Rockman from last week's handbook, always ends in a murky way because that story never finished, and frankly probably never will finish. Instead, they have Weston write and draw an issue that is basically a prelude to a story that WILL NEVER FINISH instead of even TRYING to finish it! I mean, why not just have Giffen write the last few issues of that, much like he had to mop up on THOR after JMS? He did a good job on Thor, why not make it a double? It isn't like he'll be busy with issues of SWORD. I mean, Mark Millar started out as Grant Morrison's funny sidekick/ghost writer, why not amp up Giffen as "the man who cleans up after JMS' messes, and does it well"?

What the hell are you talking about???



Issue #9 has been promoted sometime in the spring of 2010, and in March, according to an interview with JMS in February (two weeks ago), Tom Brevoort has a happy announcement concerning the Twelve, which would indicate that's it's going to finish...

... while it may be premature to say that, it's certainly no less ignorant to make the claim that it will NEVER FINISH!!!

Sheesh...

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/JMS-Week-MARVEL-100228.html

 

[runawayboulder]

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #624
CABLE #24
DARK X-MEN #5
PUNISHERMAX #5
WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #6

So much for SIEGE being 4 issues to prevent delays, I'm waiting for the announcement any day now that SIEGE will be stretched to a 5th issue.

 

[Phaedrus45]

Uggg...my comics are starting to pile up! I finally decided to tackle Stephen King's new book; and, while I'm nearing the halfway point, it still will take me another good week or two to finish.

DARK HORSE COMICS

SOLOMON KANE DEATHS BLACK RIDERS #3 (OF 4) $3.50

DC COMICS

ACTION COMICS #887 $3.99
BATGIRL #8 $2.99
BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 $2.99
BATMAN WIDENING GYRE #5 (OF 6) $2.99
DAYTRIPPER #4 (OF 10) (MR) $2.99
DMZ #51 (MR) $2.99
DOOM PATROL #8 $2.99
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #23 (MR) $2.99
HUMAN TARGET #2 (OF 6) $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE RISE AND FALL SPECIAL #1 $3.99
MAGOG #7 $2.99
REBELS #14 $2.99
RED ROBIN #10 $2.99
SECRET SIX #19 $2.99
SUPERMAN LAST STAND OF NEW KRYPTON #1 (OF 3) $3.99
UNWRITTEN #11 (MR) $2.99

IMAGE COMICS

CYBERFORCE HUNTER KILLER #5 (OF 5) GARZA CVR B $2.99
DEAD AT 17 WITCH QUEEN #1 $2.99

MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #624 $2.99
BREAKING INTO COMICS THE MARVEL WAY #1 (OF 2) $3.99
CABLE #24 $3.99
DARK X-MEN #5 (OF 5) $3.99
HULK LET BATTLE BEGIN #1 $3.99
IRON MAN 2 SPOTLIGHT #1 $3.99
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS UNLEASHED #1 (OF 4) $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #21 $2.99
POWERS #3 (MR) $3.95
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #2 (OF 5) $2.99
PUNISHERMAX #5 (MR) $3.99
SUPER HERO SQUAD #3 $2.99
SWORD #5 (MARVEL) $2.99
THE MYSTIC HANDS OF DR STRANGE #1 $3.99
TWELVE SPEARHEAD #1 $3.99
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #8 $3.99
WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #6 GNTLT $3.99
WOLVERINE MR X #1 $3.99
X-MEN FOREVER #19 $3.99
X-MEN PIXIE STRIKES BACK #2 (OF 4) $3.99

COMICS

COMPLETE ALICE IN WONDERLAND #3 (OF 4) $4.99
JENNIFER LOVE HEWITTS MUSIC BOX #4 $3.99 - (I'm not getting this...just made me think, "what the hell??!!??" Don't get me wrong, I've thought about Jennifer Love Hewitt's box a few times in my life, I just didn't know it was musical.)
MUPPET SHOW #3 $2.99
ZORRO MATANZAS #2 (OF 4) $3.99

 

[Specter313]

CABLE #24
DARK X-MEN #5
SWORD #5
THE MYSTIC HANDS OF DR STRANGE #1 (don't remember seein this in solicits)
TWELVE SPEARHEAD #1 (depending on how important it is to the stuff from before)
X-MEN PIXIE STRIKES BACK #2

 

[TheCorpulent1]

What the hell are you talking about???



Issue #9 has been promoted sometime in the spring of 2010, and in March, according to an interview with JMS in February (two weeks ago), Tom Brevoort has a happy announcement concerning the Twelve, which would indicate that's it's going to finish...

... while it may be premature to say that, it's certainly no less ignorant to make the claim that it will NEVER FINISH!!!

Sheesh...

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/JMS-Week-MARVEL-100228.html

Hmm, hadn't heard about that. Either way, I'm personally done with The Twelve. 'Monthly' comics have a statute of limitations for me. I stopped caring about The Twelve a long time ago, so I won't be buying whatever issues JMS deigns to bestow upon us in the coming months. I mean, it was a decent series, but it was no Planetary; I don't get that spark of excitement whenever a new issue comes up, even if the last issue was months or years ago.

 

[Watchman]

Batman and robin #10 $2.99
daytripper #4 (of 10) (mr) $2.99
doom patrol #8 $2.99
unwritten #11 (mr) $2.99
punishermax #5 (mr) $3.99
sword #5 (marvel) $2.99
the mystic hands of dr strange #1 $3.99
muppet show #3 $2.99

 

[masteryoda]

EX MACHINA #48
POWERS #3
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #8
BOYS TP VOL 06 SELF-PRESERVATION SOCIETY
JENNIFER LOVE HEWITTS BOX #4 the hell?

 

[CaptainCanada]

MARVEL COMICS

WOLVERINE WEAPON X PREM HC VOL 02 INSANE IN THE BRAIN $24.99 - very much enjoyed the first volume.

X-MEN PIXIE STRIKES BACK #2 (OF 4) $3.99 - maybe; don't know if I cared for the first issue enough.

Yikes. Another tiny week.

 

[Dread]

What the hell are you talking about???



Issue #9 has been promoted sometime in the spring of 2010, and in March, according to an interview with JMS in February (two weeks ago), Tom Brevoort has a happy announcement concerning the Twelve, which would indicate that's it's going to finish...

... while it may be premature to say that, it's certainly no less ignorant to make the claim that it will NEVER FINISH!!!

Sheesh...

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/JMS-Week-MARVEL-100228.html

For the record, issue #9 is almost 18 months late, and counting. Frankly, and I don't think I am unjustified, I don't believe JMS or Tom B about anything until I not only see Diamond solicit an issue, but I actually see it on the stands.

I did enjoy the series and will finish it out...unless Marvel decides to make each issue $3.99, even though it began as $2.99, before Marvel got the wise idea to make all mini series cost $4 during the worst recession since Ronald Reagan was sworn into office.

In some matters I will take Marvel at their word, and in others, it is full of dooky. In this matter, it's full of dooky. TWELVE #9 has been promised to fans last year, too. Obviously JMS didn't give as much of a spit about this than his scripts for a series of vital sales importance, BRAVE AND THE BOLD (which, I think I can say, is literally outsold by ARCHIE these days).

No, this isn't as bad as the farce that was ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS. HULK, but it's still not Marvel's happiest hour. And you'll notice no one, under penalty of death, dares mention DAREDEVIL: TARGET #2. I mean, Kevin Smith only feels like finishing scripts for DC these days; if I was Joe Q, I'd be miffed. But he isn't. I bet if Kevin Smith wanted to write a comic for Marvel tomorrow, he'd get a check, regardless if he ever finished. And that is why fiasco's like THE TWELVE #9 continue to come up. I think Joe Q.'s beginnings as an artist and creator for hire have made him too lenient and forgiving about missed deadlines. And that's a problem. It's been a problem for years.

 

[danielisthor]

dc comics

batman and robin #10 $2.99


marvel comics

cable #24 $3.99
sword #5 (marvel) $2.99

 

[CConn]

Action Comics #887
Batgirl #8
Batman and Robin #10
DMZ #51
Rebels #14
Red Robin #10
Amazing Spider-Man #624
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #8

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 $2.99
DMZ #51 (MR) $2.99
EX MACHINA #48 (MR) $2.99 - finally!
SECRET SIX #19 $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #624 $2.99
POWERS #3 (MR) $3.95
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #8 $3.99
WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #6 GNTLT $3.99

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

JENNIFER LOVE HEWITTS BOX #4 the hell?

Four issues worth of her box? And I thought Contemporary OB/GYN Magazine overdid it

 

[MX25]

Amazing spider-man #624 $2.99
cable #24 $3.99
dark x-men #5 (of 5) $3.99
punishermax #5 (mr) $3.99
sword #5 (marvel) $2.99

 

[Colossal Spoons]

CABLE #24 $3.99
DARK X-MEN #5 (OF 5) $3.99
THE MYSTIC HANDS OF DR STRANGE #1 $3.99(No clue what this is but I'm prob gonna buy it )

2 small weeks in a row; there's a storm coming...

 

[Dark Victory]

BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 $2.99
DAYTRIPPER #4 (OF 10) (MR) $2.99
UNWRITTEN #11 (MR) $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #624 $2.99
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #8 $3.99


Not bad....not bad at all....

 

[Psykoelf]

dark horse comics

• conan legacy frazetta cover #4 (of 8) $6.99

dc comics

• dantes inferno #4 (of 6) (mr) $3.99

image comics

• cyberforce hunter killer #5 (of 5) garza cvr b $2.99
• cyberforce hunter killer #5 (of 5) rocafort cvr a $2.99

marvel comics

• cable #24 $3.99
• dark x-men #5 (of 5) $3.99
• ultimate comics spider-man #8 $3.99
• wolverine mr x #1 $3.99
• x-men forever #19 $3.99

comics

• escape from wonderland #5 (of 6) a cvr nakayama $2.99
• escape from wonderland #5 (of 6) b cvr leister $2.99
• grimm fairy tales #45 $2.99
• red sonja wrath of the gods #2 (of 5) $3.99
• street fighter legends ibuki #1 (of 4) a cvr dogan $3.95
• street fighter legends ibuki #1 (of 4) b cvr axer $3.95
• transformers bumblebee #4 $3.99
• zombies vs robots aventure #2 $3.99

 

[JewishHobbit]

BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 $2.99
CABLE #24 $3.99
SWORD #5 (MARVEL) $2.99

Maybe
WOLVERINE MR X #1 $3.99
X-MEN PIXIE STRIKES BACK #2 (OF 4) $3.99

Regarding those maybes... it's possible, but most likely not. And this is the last issue of Sword. It's sad really, as Beast art not withstanding, it's been a pretty good little book. Curious to see how it ends. And this is sorta the last issue of Cable and at that I say hallelujah. This whole thing was dragged out WAY too much. It could have been told in maybe 12 issues or less... stretching that to 24 was just stupid. After this it becomes Deadpool & Cable (I don't know if it's ongoing or for an issue or two, but I'm done with it either way so I don't care). And lastly, Batman & Robin, which is the jewel of the bunch. Still, it's not as great as other books I read. All in all, a pretty mediocre to crappy week. I'm considering skipping it and waiting until the following week to pick these up.