Diamond List for May 6th, 2009

[JewishHobbit]

It had better be a double-sized! Otherwise I'd... well, I'd probably continue to buy it for $3.99 if the story was good enough and the art team remembered that Karma isn't white, but don't tell Marvel that.

I've vowed no more $4 ongoing's are being added to my picklist, so I'm really hoping this isn't. For an issue 1 though, I expect it so I'm willing to give it a shot.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

DARK HORSE COMICS
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #25 CHEN CVR$2.99

DC COMICS
SEAGUY THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #2 (OF 3) (MR) $3.99

IMAGE COMICS
FOUR EYES #3 (RES) $2.99
WALKING DEAD #61 (MR) $2.99

MARVEL COMICS
AGENTS OF ATLAS #4 DKR $2.99
EXILES #2 $2.99
HUMAN TORCH COMICS #1 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL $3.99
NEW MUTANTS #1 $3.99 (Maybe.)
SECRET WARRIORS #4 DKR $2.99
WAR OF KINGS #3 (OF 6) $3.99
X-MEN FIRST CLASS FINALS #4 (OF 4) $3.99

COMICS
BOYS #30 (MR) $2.99
FARSCAPE STRANGE DETRACTORS #2 (OF 4) CVR A $3.99
PHANTOM GHOST WHO WALKS #2 JOE CORRONEY CVR $3.99

 

[Phaedrus45]

The question is if you are imagining you are Bowie or singing to Nicole Kidman.

DARK HORSE COMICS

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #25 CHEN CVR$2.99
KULL #6 (OF 6) $2.99

DC COMICS

AUTHORITY #10 $2.99
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL THE NETWORK #1 $2.99
DEAD ROMEO #2 (OF 6) $2.99
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH RUN #1 (OF 6) $2.99
FLASH REBIRTH #2 (OF 5) $2.99
JONAH HEX #43 $2.99
MIGHTY #4 $2.99
POWER GIRL #1 $2.99
PROTOTYPE #2 (OF 6) (MR) $3.99
SEAGUY THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #2 (OF 3) (MR) $3.99
SOLOMON GRUNDY #3 (OF 7) $2.99
STRANGE ADVENTURES #3 (OF 8) $3.99
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #3 (OF 12) $2.99
TRINITY #49 $2.99
WARLORD #2 $2.99

IMAGE COMICS

FOUR EYES #3 (RES) $2.99
KILLER OF DEMONS #3 (OF 3) $3.99
WALKING DEAD #61 (MR) $2.99

MARVEL COMICS

AGENTS OF ATLAS #4 DKR $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #593 $2.99
ASTONISHING TALES #4 $3.99
CABLE #14 XMW $2.99
DAREDEVIL NOIR #2 (OF 4) $3.99
DEADPOOL #10 DKR $2.99
DESTROYER #2 (OF 5) (MR) $3.99
ESSENTIAL SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 09 $19.99
EXILES #2 $2.99
FIN FANG FOUR RETURN #1 $3.99
HULK BROKEN WORLDS #2 (OF 2) $3.99
HUMAN TORCH COMICS #1 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL $3.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #13 DKR $2.99
MARVEL 70TH ANNIVERSARY POSTER BOOK $5.99
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT NEW MUTANTS $2.99
MARVEL YOUR UNIVERSE #4 $5.99
MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #2 (OF 4) $3.99
NEW AVENGERS REUNION #3 (OF 4) DKR $3.99
NEW MUTANTS #1 $3.99
OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE #5 $3.99
SECRET WARRIORS #4 DKR $2.99
TROJAN WAR #1 (OF 5) $3.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #132 $2.99
UNIVERSAL WAR ONE REVELATIONS #2 (OF 3) (MR) $5.99
WAR OF KINGS #2 (OF 6) 2ND PTG PELLETIER VAR (PP #863) $3.99
WAR OF KINGS #3 (OF 6) $3.99
X-MEN FIRST CLASS FINALS #4 (OF 4) $3.99

COMICS

BOYS #30 (MR) $2.99

 

[Tron Bonne]

The question is if you are imagining you are Bowie or singing to Nicole Kidman.

Singing to Nicole Kidman

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Why couldn't you pretend to be Bowie singing to Nicole Kidman? I mean if you're gonna shoot for something as big as equating yourself to David f***ing Bowie, even in your fantasies, why not throw Nicole Kidman into the mix while you're at it?

 

[Tron Bonne]

I wasn't equating myself to David Bowie, I just like his music, but I just don't get the Nicole Kidman thing is that just random or is there a reference there I'm missing?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I have no idea. I'm confused.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Me, too

 

[Phaedrus45]

Moulin Rouge, my friends, Nicole Kidman's greatest movie! In it, Ewan McGregor sings a song, called "Elephant Love Medley," I think...which is a medley of many famous songs, including that lyric from Bowie's Heroes.

 

[Manic]

Ick. I try to forget Moulin Rouge.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh, I've heard that song. Not a huge fan.

And, as much as I love McGregor for Big Fish and making Obi-Wan even more awesome than he already was, if it's a competition between singing that line as Bowie or him, Bowie wins.

 

[Phaedrus45]

I'm a humongous Nicole Kidman fan; I just find her absolutely beautiful. So, understand my bias when I'd rather be Ewan than Bowie.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Well, ok, I've never seen that so I didn't know what you were talking about. I thought you were just throwing that out randomly or something, heh

 

[trodge]

dc comics

batman battle for the cowl the network #1 $2.99
flash rebirth #2 (of 5) $2.99
solomon grundy #3 (of 7) $2.99
strange adventures #3 (of 8) $3.99
superman world of new krypton #3 (of 12) $2.99

marvel comics

agents of atlas #4 dkr $2.99
cable #14 xmw $2.99
daredevil noir #2 (of 4) $3.99
deadpool #10 dkr $2.99
destroyer #2 (of 5) (mr) $3.99
hulk broken worlds #2 (of 2) $3.99
human torch comics #1 70th anniv special $3.99
invincible iron man #13 dkr $2.99
new avengers reunion #3 (of 4) dkr $3.99
secret warriors #4 dkr $2.99
war of kings #3 (of 6) $3.99

 

[Themanofbat]

Essential Spider-Man Vol. 9

I recommend everybody to pick this up... the hard to find Marv Wolfman Spider-Man stories...

 

[AlteredEgo]

Dc comics

dead romeo #2 (of 6) $2.99
flash rebirth #2 (of 5) $2.99
power girl #1 $2.99

image comics

walking dead #61 (mr) $2.99

marvel comics

amazing spider-man #593 $2.99
daredevil noir #2 (of 4) $3.99
deadpool #10 dkr $2.99
destroyer #2 (of 5) (mr) $3.99
hulk broken worlds #2 (of 2) $3.99
invincible iron man #13 dkr $2.99
ultimate spider-man #132 $2.99

 

[Dark Victory]

FOUR EYES #3 (RES) $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #593 $2.99
deadpool #10 dkr $2.99
batman battle for the cowl the network #1 $2.99

 

[Dread]

Honestly, I think charging an extra buck for the debut of an ongoing series is a short sighted, backward idea in an age where few books last two years, and fewer still surpass three, before being canceled or relaunched.

One would think that you would want to make issue #1 cheaper, to encourage people to pick it up and try it. That would rely on said issue providing a good enough story to entice people, though.

Instead, we have a philosophy of, "our books peter out by issue #18 anyways, so let's punish shops that hedge their bets by overordering on debut issues by making debut issues extra expensive to suck cash in the short term." It's akin to paying rent and utilities on your credit card. Eventually there will be a reaction, and it won't be good. If NEW MUTANTS #1 was, say, $2.50, would I be tempted to try it? Sure. For $4? Nope.

Right now both Marvel and DC are engaged in a game to try to draw more cash from less readers in a market they created where nothing but the "important" books can be counted on to sell decently, and that is about 30 titles combined from both companies. I genuinely fear what will happen when the market does what Quesada and DiDio have dared it to for years, and contracts dramatically.

 

[Tron Bonne]

You would think that they would do something around those lines or, at least, have a double-sized issue for regular price and advertise it has 'Double the XXX, at the same price as the usual XXX' or something

 

[Phaedrus45]

I hate how they might be a bit larger than a normal issue; but, they give you extra sketches of the characters, or simply reprint some old stories. I know the recent NYX and Big Hero Six both did that to their issues. (Still, I guess it's better than nothing.)

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of "extra content" as a justification for a higher price unless said extra content is actual pages of story and art. I don't care about scripts, I can look at sketches online for free, and if I wanted reprints, I'd buy a trade.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Oh, yeah, I hate that kind of stuff. When I hear that the extras you're getting are sketches or scripts I usually instantly pass on the book whether I wanted to read it or not.

 

[Phaedrus45]

It was so awesome in the 80's...and, I think even in the 90's...you'd know the 25th...50th...100th...150th....200th...etc....would be an extra-special, double-sized issue you couldn't miss! Iron Man #150, with Iron Man vs. Dr. Doom! X-Men #150, with Magneto! Defenders #100, with the thrilling conclusion to the Six-Fingered Hand! Savage She-Hulk #25, the double-issued conclusion to that series! I could keep going on!!! Rom #25, Rom vs. Rom! Fantastic Four #250, with Gladiator, X-Men, Spider-Man, and more! Avengers #200 and Amazing Spider-Man #200, both great issues!

All of these I still picture in my mind as milestones in those book's history. We don't have that so much anymore. Heck, I still remember Fantastic Four #300 being a lame story which was just like a regular issue...not even double-sized.

 

[Dread]

On the one hand, I don't mind "extra content" to justify the extra dollar so long as it is decent. Updated handbook bio's are alright, but sketches and ads usually is padding. BIG HERO 6 by the end actually had a illustrated prose story from the editor starring Sunpyre and Ebon Samurai, two members of the squad missing from Claremont's mini. That was...unique. But usually it screams of desperation more than a real "treat" for your buck. Joe Quesada may have helped make Marvel bigger than ever, but he's certainly been willing to trade long term goodwill for short term cynical sales for quite some time now. Mark Waid describes Bill Jemas as a bit of a monster, but at least he held prices down more than Joe would have, and has.

Hopefully CAPTAIN AMERICA #50 will be something special.

 

[danielisthor]

In all seriousness, we could be heroes, if only for one day

Or the villian.....

MARVEL COMICS

CABLE #14 XMW $2.99
DEADPOOL #10 DKR $2.99
NEW MUTANTS #1 $3.99
X-MEN FIRST CLASS FINALS #4 (OF 4) $3.99



Nice small week.....