Diamond List for September 12, 2007

[PhotoJones]

Yet again, the Hype's text box and Diamond's list do not get along. I think I've managed to partly solve the problem, even if I still don't fully understand it....

DARK HORSE COMICS

BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #129 (MR) $2.99
BPRD KILLING GROUND #2 (OF 5) $2.99
FEAR AGENT LAST GOODBYE #3 $2.99
GROO 25TH ANNIV SPECIAL $5.99
PATH OF THE ASSASSIN VOL 7 TP (MR) $9.95
STAR WARS LEGACY #16 $2.99
STAR WARS REBELLION #10 $2.99

DC COMICS

100 BULLETS #85 (RES) (MR) $2.99
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #6 (RES) $2.99
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #9 $2.99
BATMAN STRIKES #37 $2.25
BATMAN STRIKES DUTY CALLS TP $12.99
BLACK ADAM THE DARK AGE #2 (OF 6) $2.99
BOOSTER GOLD #2 $2.99
BOOSTER GOLD VAR ED #2 $2.99
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #17 $2.25
CONFESSIONS OF A BLABBERMOUTH $9.99
COUNTDOWN 33 $2.99
DMZ #23 (MR) $2.99
EMMA VOL 5 $9.99
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMICBOOK HEROES VOL 3 SUPERMAN $19.99
FABLES #65 (MR) $2.99
FRIDAY THE 13TH SUMMER VACATION #1 (OF 2) (MR) $2.99
FROM EROICA WITH LOVE VOL 10 $9.99
GEN 13 #12 $2.99
GREEN LANTERN #23 $2.99
GREEN LANTERN SINESTRO CORPS SPECIAL 4TH PTG #1 $4.99
ION VOL 2 THE DYING FLAME TP $14.99
JACK OF FABLES #14 (MR) $2.99
JLA CLASSIFIED #42 $2.99
JLA WEDDING SPECIAL #1 $3.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #9 $2.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA VAR ED #9 $2.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA VOL 1 THE NEXT AGE HC $19.99
KEY TO THE KINGDOM VOL 1 $9.99
MOON CHILD VOL 8 $9.99
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET TP (MR) $14.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS VOL 1 TP $16.99
STORMWATCH PHD #11 $2.99
SUICIDE SQUAD RAISE THE FLAG #1 (OF 8) $2.99
SUPERMAN #667 $2.99
TRIALS OF SHAZAM #8 (OF 12) $2.99
UN-MEN #2 (MR) $2.99
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #10 $2.99
WONDER GIRL #1 (OF 6) $2.99

IMAGE COMICS

AGE OF BRONZE #26 $3.50
BAD PLANET #3 (OF 6) (RES) (MR) $3.99
CASANOVA #9 (MR) $1.99
COMPASS #1 $2.99
KILLING GIRL #2 (OF 5) (MR) $2.99
NIGHTLY NEWS VOL 1 TP $16.99
NOBLE CAUSES #31 $3.50
PARADE WITH FIREWORKS #1 (OF 2) $3.50
WALKING DEAD #42 (MR) $2.99

MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #12 $2.99
CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #3 $4.99
DAREDEVIL #100 $3.99
DAREDEVIL WRAPAROUND #100 $3.99
ESSENTIAL PUNISHER VOL 2 TP $16.99
FANTASTIC FIVE #5 (OF 5) $2.99
GHOST RIDER #15 $2.99
HEROES FOR HIRE #13 $2.99
LONERS #5 (OF 6) $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #3 $2.99
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MAN IN THE IRON MASK #3 (OF 6) $2.99
MOON KNIGHT #12 CWI $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #34 $2.99
NEW AVENGERS TRANSFORMERS #3 (OF 4) $2.99
NOVA #6 $2.99
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #11 $2.99
SPIDER-MAN FAIRY TALES #4 (OF 4) $2.99
THOR #3 $2.99
THOR 2ND PTG COIPEL WRAPAROUND VAR #2 (PP #779) $2.99
ULTIMATE POWER #7 (OF 9) $2.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #113 $2.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 18 ULTIMATE KNIGHTS TP $15.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN #86 $2.99
WOLVERINE CLASSIC VOL 5 TP $14.99
WORLD WAR HULK 2ND PTG JRJR VAR #1 (OF 5) (PP #779) $3.99
X-FACTOR #23 $2.99
X-MEN EMPEROR VULCAN #1 (OF 5) $2.99

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

TOYFARE HAN SOLO ANIMATED MAQUETTE CVR #123 $4.99

COMICS

ARCHAIC #9 (NOTE PRICE) $3.50
BETTY #168 $2.25
BORDERLINE VOL 2 TP $19.99
BYRON GN $10.95
CASTLE WAITING VOL II #8 $3.95
DRAFTED #1 $3.50
EMO BOY VOL 2 WALK AROUND WITH YOUR HEAD DOWN $13.95
GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE #27 $3.50
JOHNNY HIRO #2 (MR) $2.95
JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #23 $2.49
LONE RANGER #8 $2.99
LONE RANGER VOL 1 PX CVR TP $19.99
LONE RANGER VOL 1 REG CVR TP $19.99
MAINTENANCE #5 (MR) $3.50
MIRIAM #1 (MR) $4.95
PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #115 $3.69
SONIC X #24 $2.25
STRANGERS IN PARADISE VOL 1 PKT TP $17.95
STRANGERS IN PARADISE VOL 5 PKT TP $17.95
THIRTEEN STEPS #1 (MR) $3.99

RELATED MERCHANDISE

KANJI DE MANGA VOL 1 $9.99

 

[PhotoJones]

BPRD KILLING GROUND #2 (OF 5) $2.99
FEAR AGENT LAST GOODBYE #3 $2.99
DMZ #23 (MR) $2.99
CASANOVA #9 (MR) $1.99
KILLING GIRL #2 (OF 5) (MR) $2.99
DAREDEVIL WRAPAROUND #100 $3.99
LONERS #5 (OF 6) $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #34 $2.99
NOVA #6 $2.99
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #11 $2.99
THOR #3 $2.99
X-FACTOR #23 $2.99
LONE RANGER #8 $2.99

Big week. My wallet hates me.

 

[Red]

Is Fraction's CASANOVA worth a look?

 

[PhotoJones]

Is Fraction's CASANOVA worth a look?

Hell yes.

 

[CConn]

Star Wars Legacy #16
The Batman Strikes! #37
Black Adam: The Dark Age #2
Booster Gold #2
DMZ #23
Green Lantern #23
JLA Wedding Special #1
Justice Society of America #9
Superman #667
Wonder Girl #1 (of 6)
Walking Dead #42
Daredevil #100
New Avengers #34
New Avengers/Transformers #3 (of 4)
Thor #3
Ultimate Spider-Man #113
X-Factor #23

Talk about a big week.

 

[Oh Snap!]

BOOSTER GOLD #2 $2.99
GREEN LANTERN #23 $2.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #9 $2.99
SUICIDE SQUAD RAISE THE FLAG #1 (OF 8) $2.99
DAREDEVIL #100 $3.99
LONERS #5 (OF 6) $2.99
MOON KNIGHT #12 CWI $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #34 $2.99
NOVA #6 $2.99
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #11 $2.99
THOR #3 $2.99
X-FACTOR #23 $2.99
LONE RANGER #8 $2.99

Big week, good books though.

 

[Norman Osborn]

COUNTDOWN 33 $2.99
SUPERMAN #667 $2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #12 $2.99
DAREDEVIL #100 $3.99
FANTASTIC FIVE #5 (OF 5) $2.99
GHOST RIDER #15 $2.99
MOON KNIGHT #12 CWI $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #34 $2.99
NOVA #6 $2.99
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #11 $2.99
THOR #3 $2.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #113 $2.99

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Why the hell isn't this up on Diamond's website.

 

[PhotoJones]

Why the hell isn't this up on Diamond's website.

The put it up at 5PM EST.

 

[CaptainCanada]

DC COMICS

BOOSTER GOLD #2 $2.99
FABLES #65 (MR) $2.99
GREEN LANTERN #23 $2.99
JLA WEDDING SPECIAL #1 $3.99

MARVEL COMICS

THOR #3 $2.99
X-FACTOR #23 $2.99
X-MEN EMPEROR VULCAN #1 (OF 5) $2.99

Yikes. A massive week (it would have been eight books if Batman had shipped on time). But they're all quality titles (aside from the as-yet-unseen new X-Men miniseries, but I like the creative team).

 

[Dread]

Yet again, the Hype's text box and Diamond's list do not get along. I think I've managed to partly solve the problem, even if I still don't fully understand it....

When you put text in a SHH box, if every word is in caps, they will be transformed to lowercase when it is posted. Not sure if this is what you meant, but that is something I discovered with these sorts of topics. Merely one word in lowercase in the post will fix this.

After two slow weeks, this week looks to be moderate, albeit with some late titles.

BOOSTER GOLD #2 (am interested enough to warrant getting another issue or so)
GHOST RIDER #15
THE LONERS #5*
MOON KNIGHT #12*
NEW AVENGERS #34
NOVA #6
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #11
THOR #3
ULTIMATE POWER #7*

The * indicates a late book. That's 3 out of 8 for this week's Marvel haul. THE LONERS, which I enjoy, is about a month and change late. MOON KNIGHT and ULTIMATE POWER are even later, with the latter producing decent but underwhelming sales, proving that the Ultimate line is in a bit of limbo now; creatively drained, but selling too well to cancel, with USM leading the line by virtue of maintaining an A-list creative team (notably Bendis, #1 writer in the biz, who launched it). The shame about MOON KNIGHT is Finch left, presumably for greater pastures (covers for WWH), and his replacement wasn't able to keep it on a monthly schedule either. And hopefully GHOST RIDER will pay off, although most aren't hopeful.

Still, it looks to be a decent week; NOVA, LONERS, THOR, and I have usually gotten a kick out of PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL, ULTIMATE POWER and even MOON KNIGHT and GHOST RIDER. I almost always grind my teeth over NEW AVENGERS but hopefully a story where they battle actual super-villains who aren't invincible Amazonian-esque women will bare fruit. Bendis scored a grand slam with Purple Man some years ago and The Hood could be next.

 

[PhotoJones]

When you put text in a SHH box, if every word is in caps, they will be transformed to lowercase when it is posted. Not sure if this is what you meant, but that is something I discovered with these sorts of topics. Merely one word in lowercase in the post will fix this.

That's something I've noticed as well. If you just change the font, it'll clear it up too.

The biggest struggle is when the Hype text box doesn't recognize the spaces and lines between entries. For example, I'll copy and paste this:

BPRD KILLING GROUND #2 (OF 5) $2.99
FEAR AGENT LAST GOODBYE #3 $2.99
DMZ #23 (MR) $2.99
CASANOVA #9 (MR) $1.99
KILLING GIRL #2 (OF 5) (MR) $2.99
DAREDEVIL WRAPAROUND #100 $3.99
LONERS #5 (OF 6) $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #34 $2.99
NOVA #6 $2.99
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #11 $2.99
THOR #3 $2.99
X-FACTOR #23 $2.99
LONE RANGER #8 $2.99

But what when I hit "Preview" or "Submit", I'll get this:

BPRD KILLING GROUND #2 (OF 5) $2.99FEAR AGENT LAST GOODBYE #3 $2.99DMZ #23 (MR) $2.99CASANOVA #9 (MR) $1.99KILLING GIRL #2 (OF 5) (MR) $2.99DAREDEVIL WRAPAROUND #100 $3.99LONERS #5 (OF 6) $2.99NEW AVENGERS #34 $2.99NOVA #6 $2.99PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #11 $2.99THOR #3 $2.99X-FACTOR #23 $2.99LONE RANGER #8 $2.99

Which happens sometimes, but not all the time. I can't figure it out.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Black Adam: The Dark Age #2
Booster Gold #2
Countdown #33
Green Lantern #23
Daredevil #100
New Avengers #34
Nova #6

 

[SonOfCthulhu]

BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #9 $2.99
BLACK ADAM THE DARK AGE #2 (OF 6) $2.99
BOOSTER GOLD #2 $2.99
COUNTDOWN 33 $2.99
JLA WEDDING SPECIAL #1 $3.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #9 $2.99
SUPERMAN #667 $2.99

 

[Specter313]

HEROES FOR HIRE #13
LONERS #5 (*sigh*, why can't this be an ongoing?)
MOON KNIGHT #12
NEW AVENGERS #34
ULTIMATE POWER #7
ULTIMATE X-MEN #86
X-FACTOR #23

 

[Dread]

LONERS #5 (*sigh*, why can't this be an ongoing?)

Because, alas, not enough casual fans bought it, and not enough stores over-ordered it (c'mon! Half the time a book that "sold out" at Diamond is sitting on the shelves of your LCS for weeks because they bought more than they can sell).

 

[Anubis]

Dc Comics


Booster Gold #2 $2.99
Countdown 33 $2.99
Dmz #23 (mr) $2.99
Green Lantern #23 $2.99
Suicide Squad Raise The Flag #1 (of 8) $2.99
Superman #667 $2.99
Trials Of Shazam #8 (of 12) $2.99


Image Comics


Casanova #9 (mr) $1.99
Walking Dead #42 (mr) $2.99

Marvel Comics


Daredevil #100 $3.99
Fantastic Five #5 (of 5) $2.99
Loners #5 (of 6) $2.99
Moon Knight #12 Cwi $2.99
New Avengers #34 $2.99
Nova #6 $2.99
Thor #3 $2.99
X-factor #23 $2.99


Wizard Entertainment

Toyfare Han Solo Animated Maquette Cvr #123 $4.99

Comics


Lone Ranger #8 $2.99

 

[Manic]

Jeeze. Somebody uses the WYSIWYG posting option, don't they?

DC COMICS
BOOSTER GOLD #2 $2.99 (#1 got my attention. Don't disappoint me)
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #9 $2.99

MARVEL COMICS
HEROES FOR HIRE #13 $2.99 (okay, I'm starting to buy this out of pure habit)
SPIDER-MAN FAIRY TALES #4 (OF 4) $2.99
THOR #3 $2.99
X-FACTOR #23 $2.99 (as always)
X-MEN EMPEROR VULCAN #1 (OF 5) $2.99 (I hate Vulcan, but I like the Starjammers and Rachel Summers. For the love of god, be worth my money)

 

[PhotoJones]

Jeeze. Somebody uses the WYSIWYG posting option, don't they?

 

[CConn]

What You See Is What You Get

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG

http://forums.superherohype.com/profile.php?do=editprofile

 

[PhotoJones]

I'm still lost. As opposed to what other option?

 

[Manic]

I'm still lost. As opposed to what other option?

If you go to your options, you've got 3 "Message Editor Interface" options:
Basic Editor, which is just a simple text box.
Standard Editor, which is a text box with a tool bar
Enhanced/WYSIWYG, where all text shows up exactly how you paste it. This means if you paste an article from a website that uses a wacky font like Comic Sans, it'll automatically show up in your post under that font.

When I used the Quote button to get your Diamond list, every line had a Font tag on it. I use the Standard editor, so quoting & copying text from WYSIWYG posts takes a little extra work.

 

[PhotoJones]

If you go to your options, you've got 3 "Message Editor Interface" options:
Basic Editor, which is just a simple text box.
Standard Editor, which is a text box with a tool bar
Enhanced/WYSIWYG, where all text shows up exactly how you paste it. This means if you paste an article from a website that uses a wacky font like Comic Sans, it'll automatically show up in your post under that font.

When I used the Quote button to get your Diamond list, every line had a Font tag on it. I use the Standard editor, so quoting & copying text from WYSIWYG posts takes a little extra work.

Huh. I was completely unaware. Thanks.

 

[yenaled]

Dc Comics

Black Adam The Dark Age #2 (of 6) $2.99
Booster Gold #2 $2.99
Countdown 33 $2.99
Green Lantern #23 $2.99
Justice Society Of America #9 $2.99
Suicide Squad Raise The Flag #1 (of 8) $2.99
Superman #667 $2.99

Marvel Comics

Nova #6 $2.99
Thor #3 $2.99
X-factor #23 $2.99

 

[Specter313]

X-MEN EMPEROR VULCAN #1 (OF 5) $2.99 (I hate Vulcan, but I like the Starjammers and Rachel Summers. For the love of god, be worth my money)

But it's being written by Yost of the New X-Bloodbath fame, so good luck.