Diamond List For May 16, 2007

[PhotoJones]

Found this a little earlier than usual...hope Specter doesn't mind.



Dark Horse Comics

Star20106 Berserk Vol 1 The Black Swordsman Tp $13.95
Mar070029 Conan #40 (mr) $2.99
Jan070088 Hanami International Love Story Vol 1 $9.95
Mar070082 Star Wars Rebellion #6 $2.99

Dc Comics

Mar070181 Action Comics #849 $2.99
Mar070173 All Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder #5 (res) $2.99
Mar070174 All Star Batman And Robin Var #5 (res) $2.99
Feb070314 Apothecarius Argentum Vol 1 $9.99
Mar070194 Aquaman Sword Of Atlantis #52 $2.99
Mar070265 Army @ Love #3 (mr) $2.99
Feb070247 Batman #665 $2.99
Feb070258 Batman Black And White Vol 3 Hc $24.99
Feb070254 Batman Chronicles Vol 3 Tp $14.99
Feb070331 Battler Britton Tp $19.99
Mar070170 Catwoman #67 $2.99
Mar070192 Checkmate #14 $2.99
Mar070188 Countdown #50 $2.99
Jul058228 Death The High Cost Of Living Tp $12.99
Jul050272 Devil Does Exist Vol 3 $9.99
Mar070256 Ex Machina #28 (mr) $2.99
Mar070273 Fables #61 (mr) $2.99
Mar070200 Flash The Fastest Man Alive #12 $2.99
Dec058058 Green Lantern Green Arrow Vol 1 Tp $14.99
Feb070354 Hellblazer The Devil You Know Tp (mr) $19.99
Mar070204 Justice League Of America #9 $2.99
Mar078122 Justice League Of America 2nd Ptg #2 $3.99
Mar078121 Justice League Of America 4th Ptg #1 $2.99
Mar070205 Justice League Of America Var Ed #9 $2.99
Mar070229 Legion Of Super Heroes In The 31st Century #2 $2.25
Apr060259 Megatokyo Vol 4 $9.99
Jan070377 Neil Gaiman And Charles Vess Stardust Hc (res) (mr) $39.99
Feb070320 Oyayubihime Infinity Vol 5 $9.99
Mar070236 Scooby Doo #120 $2.25
Feb070297 Showcase Presents The Flash Vol 1 Tp $16.99
Mar070223 Spirit #6 $2.99
Mar070184 Supergirl #17 $2.99
Feb070322 Young Magician Vol 8 (mr) $9.99

Image Comics

Feb071883 Bastard Samurai Vol I Tp New Ptg $12.99
Feb071932 City Of Heroes #19 $2.99
Mar071831 Girls Vol 4 Tp (mr) $14.99
Mar071885 Hero By Night #3 (of 4) $2.99
Jan072107 Image First Tp (sep051679) (mr) $6.99
Mar078092 Madman Atomic Comics New Ptg #1 (pp #764) $2.99
Mar071825 Rob Zombie Pres Haunted World Of El Superbeasto Tp (mr) $19.99

Marvel Comics

Mar072153 Amazing Spider-girl Vol 1 Tp $14.99
Mar072163 Avengers Yu Poster $6.99
Mar072157 Blade Undead Again Tp $14.99
Mar072116 Cable Deadpool #40 $2.99
Mar072148 Civil War War Crimes Tp $17.99
Mar072150 Civil War X-men Universe Tp $13.99
Feb078189 Dark Tower Gunslinger Born 2nd Ptg Var #2 (of 7) (pp #762) $3.99
Mar072117 Exiles #94 $2.99
Mar072056 Fallen Son Death Of Captain America Captain America $2.99
Feb078089 Fallen Son Death Of Captain America Spec Blank Cvr Ed (#760) $2.99
Mar072094 Marvel Adventures Avengers #13 $2.99
Mar072099 Mighty Avengers #3 Cwi $2.99
Feb072139 Moon Knight #10 $2.99
Mar072134 Orson Scott Cards Wyrms #4 (of 6) $2.99
Aug062110 Runaways Vol 6 Parental Guidance Digest Tp $7.99
Mar072168 Ultimate Marvel Flip Magazine #25 $4.99
Mar072065 Ultimate Spider-man #109 $2.99
Mar072169 Ultimate Tales Flip Magazine #25 $4.99
Mar072066 Ultimate X-men #82 $2.99
Mar072154 Ultimate X-men Vol 16 Cable Tp $14.99
Jun041635 Ultimate X-men Vol 8 New Mutants Tp $12.99
Oct062127 Ultimates 2 #13 $3.99
Mar072121 Uncanny X-men #486 $2.99
Oct041803 Wolverine The End Tp $14.99
Mar072125 X-factor #19 $2.99
Mar072127 X-men First Class Special $3.99

Wizard Entertainment

Mar073032 Wizard Anime Insider Evangelion Cvr #45 (note Price) $4.99

Comics

Aug052970 Angel Diary Vol 1 Gn $10.95
Nov063988 Final Destination Spring Break #4 (of 5) (res) $3.99
Feb073376 Gi Joe Special Missions Brazil (note Price) $5.50
Mar073382 Gi Joe Storm Shadow Murphy Cvr A #1 $3.50
Mar073383 Gi Joe Storm Shadow Px Foil Cvr B #1 $9.99
Feb073333 Highlander #7 $2.99
Mar073162 Jughead #181 $2.25
Apr073297 Neon Genesis Evangelion Angelic Days Vol 5 (nov068432) $9.99
Oct053028 One Thousand And One Nights Vol 1 Gn $10.95
Feb073345 Painkiller Jane Vol 1 Px Cvr Tp $9.99
Feb073344 Painkiller Jane Vol 1 Reg Cvr Tp $9.99
Feb073323 Red Sonja #22 $2.99
Mar073254 Simpsons Comics #130 $2.99
Mar073168 Sonic The Hedgehog #175 $2.25
Mar073179 Tales From Riverdale Digest #20 $2.49
Feb073605 The Super Naturals #2 $2.50

 

[PhotoJones]

Mar072056 Fallen Son Death Of Captain America Captain America $2.99
Mar072099 Mighty Avengers #3 Cwi $2.99
Oct062127 Ultimates 2 #13 $3.99

My God...What a miserably small week.

 

[GNR]

Ultimates 2 #13
JLA #9 (might pick this up once all the LS issues are out)

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

Mar070029 Conan #40 (mr) $2.99
Feb070247 Batman #665 $2.99
Mar070192 Checkmate #14 $2.99 - unless its crossing over with Outsiders, in which i will skip
Mar070188 Countdown #50 $2.99
Mar070256 Ex Machina #28 (mr) $2.99
Mar070223 Spirit #6 $2.99
Mar072056 Fallen Son Death Of Captain America Captain America $2.99
Mar072099 Mighty Avengers #3 Cwi $2.99
Mar072065 Ultimate Spider-man #109 $2.99
Mar072066 Ultimate X-men #82 $2.99
Oct062127 Ultimates 2 #13 $3.99 - uh, really?
Mar072121 Uncanny X-men #486 $2.99
Mar072125 X-factor #19 $2.99

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Dc Comics
Aquaman Sword Of Atlantis #52 $2.99
Catwoman #67 $2.99
Checkmate #14 $2.99
Countdown #50 $2.99
Fables #61 (mr) $2.99
Flash The Fastest Man Alive #12 $2.99
Justice League Of America #9 $2.99
Spirit #6 $2.99

Marvel Comics
Fallen Son Death Of Captain America Captain America $2.99
Mighty Avengers #3 Cwi $2.99
X-factor #19 $2.99

Comics
Highlander #7 $2.99

 

[Darthphere]

DC Comics

Action Comics #849 $2.99
Batman #665 $2.99
Checkmate #14 $2.99
Countdown #50 $2.99
Ex Machina #28 (mr) $2.99
Justice League Of America #9 $2.99
Spirit #6 $2.99

Marvel Comics

Fallen Son Death Of Captain America Captain America $2.99

Mighty Avengers #3 Cwi $2.99
Moon Knight #10 $2.99
X-factor #19 $2.99

Legion Of Super Heroes In The 31st Century #2 $2.25 (WTF is this? )

 

[Specter313]

Cable Deadpool #40
Exiles #94
Mighty Avengers #3
Moon Knight #10
Ultimate X-men #82
Ultimates 2 #13
Uncanny X-men #486
X-factor #19

 

[Watchman]

Action Comics #849 $2.99
Batman #665 $2.99
Countdown #50 $2.99
Fables #61 (mr) $2.99
Justice League Of America #9 $2.99
Fallen Son Death Of Captain America Captain America $2.99
Mighty Avengers #3 Cwi $2.99
Moon Knight #10 $2.99
Ultimates 2 #13 $3.99
X-factor #19 $2.99

 

[Phaedrus45]

Dc Comics

Action Comics #849 $2.99
All Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder #5 (res) $2.99
Batman #665 $2.99
Catwoman #67 $2.99
Checkmate #14 $2.99
Countdown #50 $2.99
Justice League Of America #9 $2.99
Showcase Presents The Flash Vol 1 Tp $16.99
Spirit #6 $2.99
Supergirl #17 $2.99

Marvel Comics

Cable Deadpool #40 $2.99
Exiles #94 $2.99
Fallen Son Death Of Captain America Captain America $2.99
Marvel Adventures Avengers #13 $2.99
Mighty Avengers #3 Cwi $2.99
Moon Knight #10 $2.99
Orson Scott Cards Wyrms #4 (of 6) $2.99
Ultimate Spider-man #109 $2.99
Ultimate X-men #82 $2.99
Ultimates 2 #13 $3.99
Uncanny X-men #486 $2.99
X-factor #19 $2.99
X-men First Class Special $3.99

Dang, one of the slowest weeks ever. Plus, I think for once I'm more excited about reading my DC books than the Marvel ones.

 

[Kraven]

Batman #665 $2.99

Slow week, but I'm looking forward to this one.

 

[PhotoJones]

Dang, one of the slowest weeks ever. Plus, I think for once I'm more excited about reading my DC books than the Marvel ones.

That's an understatement.

 

[Darthphere]

I hope for the day when buying 23 books is a slow week for me.

 

[SonOfCthulhu]

Mar070181 Action Comics #849 $2.99
Mar070188 Countdown #50 $2.99
Mar070204 Justice League Of America #9 $2.99

 

[PhotoJones]

I hope for the day when buying 23 books is a slow week for me.

I hope for the day when I can afford buying 23 books.

 

[Darthphere]

I hope for the day when I can buy a mansion with a batcave to hold my 23 books.

 

[Phaedrus45]

I hope for the day when I can buy a mansion with a batcave to hold my 23 books.

Then you'd have bat guano all over your comic boxes.

 

[Darthphere]

Then you'd have bat guano all over your comic boxes.

I hope for the day when I have my own Alfred.

 

[Phaedrus45]

Then you'd have bat guano all over your comic boxes.

Wait, that made me think...why doesn't Batman have bat guano all over himself and his pretty toys? They're always showing bats flying all over that damn cave.

 

[yenaled]

Dc Comics

Aquaman Sword Of Atlantis #52 $2.99
Checkmate #14 $2.99
Countdown #50 $2.99
Justice League Of America #9 $2.99
Spirit #6 $2.99

Marvel Comics

Fallen Son Death Of Captain America Captain America $2.99
X-factor #19 $2.99

 

[CaptainCanada]

DC Comics

Fables #61 (mr) $2.99

Marvel Comics

Mighty Avengers #3 Cwi $2.99
Uncanny X-men #486 $2.99

Maybe:

Fallen Son: Death Of Captain America: Captain America $2.99

A good week; Uncanny finishes its somewhat overlong (but still enjoyable) Shi'ar arc, Fables continues the epic "Good Prince" story, and Mighty Avengers features a smackdown between Ultron and the Sentry.

 

[Dread]

THE SPIRIT #6
MIGHTY AVENGERS #3
MOON KNIGHT #10
ULTIMATE X-MEN #82
ULTIMATES 2 #13 (after a mere 8 months since the last issue, folks!)
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS SPECIAL

Yes, we have two horribly late books coming out this week. The last issue of ULTIMATES 2 shipped 9/27/06. And the last issue of ALL-STAR BATMAN actually shipped almost A FULL YEAR AGO (May 2006). I was getting both and out of sheer disgust I hope to not bother with one, so being a Marvel Zombie I pick to keep Ultimates 2 #13. It's the last issue, and the story has been much, much better. Even if it is rather hard to get worse than ALL-STAR BATMAN. Frank Miller is so past his prime and should just be allowed to fade into history working on his movie adaptations (and, somewhere in a dark corner, pitching a script for ROBOCOP 4).

BTW, I went to a major comic book store in Manhattan yesterday, JIM HANELY'S UNIVERSE, and saw firsthand that Diamond Sales figures don't always show what actually leaves the shelf; the major competitor to MIDTOWN COMICS still has full shelves full of every issue of 52, as well as the first 2-3 issues of ALL-STAR BATMAN and even a first print ULTIMATES #1 there. The reality of sales is that some books are ridiculously overordered and even "hot" books can wind up being sold in half off bin's some 5 years later if a shop can't clear the inventory.

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS SPECIAL is essentially the in-between issue to mark the end of the 8 issue mini and the beginning of the ongoing starting in June. I wonder, couldn't Marvel have simply not bothered with another #1 issue and just retroactively made XM:FC an ongoing? I mean, Marvel has embarrassed themselves in the past when they retroactively converted ongoing titles into "mini's" to cancel them, like NYX and JUBILEE. Why can't they go in the other direction when a mini is becoming an ongoing? And while this book amuses me, it's hardly a top seller so even I am still shocked Marvel is contining it; I'd have much rather seen THE LONERS get an extention. About the only ancedotal evidence to support the move is that XM:FC sells well on newstands (the few that still sell comics) and acts as a sort of MARVEL ADVENTURES X-MEN.

But, any week with THE SPIRIT, DC's most underrated book, is a good one. I also, if I was smarter, officially put ULTIMATE X-MEN on a 3-6 issue notice to improve or get dropped.

 

[Manic]

All Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder #5 (res) $2.99
Ultimates 2 #13 $3.99

LIES! Beautiful lies!

And now for the books I'm actually buying...
Uncanny X-men #486 $2.99
X-factor #19 $2.99
X-men First Class Special $3.99

It's a slow week, and I'm an X-****e.

 

[Dr.Doom]

Justice League Of America #9 $2.99
Cable Deadpool #40 $2.99
Exiles #94 $2.99
Fallen Son Death Of Captain America Captain America $2.99
Mighty Avengers #3 Cwi $2.99
Moon Knight #10 $2.99
Ultimate Spider-man #109 $2.99
Ultimate X-men #82 $2.99
Ultimates 2 #13 $3.99

 

[hippie_hunter]

DC Comics
Action Comics #849
Aquaman Sword Of Atlantis #52
Batman #665
Checkmate #14
Countdown #50
The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #12
Justice League Of America #9

Marvel Comics
Cable & Deadpool #40
Fallen Son: The Death Of Captain America - Captain America
Mighty Avengers #3
Moon Knight #10
Uncanny X-men #486

 

[Norman Osborn]

Action Comics #849 $2.99
Batman #665 $2.99
Flash The Fastest Man Alive #12 $2.99
Justice League Of America #9 $2.99

Cable Deadpool #40 $2.99 Very close to cancelling this
Fallen Son Death Of Captain America Captain America $2.99
Mighty Avengers #3 Cwi $2.99
Moon Knight #10 $2.99
Ultimate Spider-man #109 $2.99

Quick question..... is "52" necessary reading for "Countdown?"...or is Countdown entirely stand alone?