Diamond Shipping List April 22, 2009

[Spider-Jay420]

As usual, subject to change for no good reason.

DARK HORSE COMICS

MISTER X CONDEMNED #4 (OF 4) $3.50
STAR WARS DARK TIMES #13 BLUE HARVEST PT 1 (OF 5) $2.99
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OLD REPUBLIC #40 DUELING AMBITIONS PT2 $2.99

DC COMICS

AZRAEL DEATHS DARK KNIGHT #2 (OF 3) $2.99
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL ARKHAM #1 $2.99
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #4 $2.50
BLUE BEETLE BOUNDARIES TP $14.99
CRAYON SHINCHAN VOL 08 (MR) $7.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #853 (NOTE PRICE) $3.99
EX MACHINA #41 (MR) $2.99
HELLBLAZER #254 (MR) $2.99
JACK OF FABLES #33 (MR) $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #32 $2.99
OUTSIDERS #17 $2.99
QUESTION TP VOL 04 WELCOME TO OZ $19.99
SCALPED #28 (MR) $2.99
SCALPED TP VOL 04 THE GRAVEL IN YOUR GUTS (MR) $14.99
SGT ROCK THE LOST BATTALION #5 (OF 6) $2.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES TP VOL 03 $16.99
SUPERGIRL #40 $2.99
TRINITY #47 $2.99
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #12 (OF 12) $2.99
WILDCATS #10 $2.99

IMAGE COMICS

DYNAMO 5 #21 (NOTE PRICE) $3.50
ELEPHANTMEN #18 (RES) $3.50
FRANK FRAZETTAS NEANDERTHAL FOTOS CVR B (ONE-SHOT) $3.99
FRANK FRAZETTAS NEANDERTHAL FRAZETTA CVR A (ONE-SHOT) $3.99
INVINCIBLE #61 $2.99
INVINCIBLE HC VOL 04 ULTIMATE COLL $34.99
NOBLE CAUSES ARCHIVES TP VOL 02 (RES) $24.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #147 $3.50
WITCHBLADE #126 SEELEY CVR B $2.99
WITCHBLADE #126 SEJIC ALL BEEF EDITION $2.99
WITCHBLADE #126 SEJIC CVR A $2.99

MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #592 $2.99
ASTONISHING X-MEN #29 $2.99
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #23 DKR $2.99
DAREDEVIL #118 $2.99
DARK AVENGERS #1 3RD PTG DEODATO SKETCH VAR (PP #861) $3.99
DARK AVENGERS #3 2ND PTG DEODATO VAR $3.99
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #2 (OF 5) DKR $3.99
DEADPOOL #8 2ND PTG MEDINA VAR $2.99
FANTASTIC FORCE #1 (OF 5) $3.99
GHOST RIDER #34 $2.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13 $2.99
HULK #11 $3.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #25 $2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #128 DKR $2.99
KICK ASS #6 (MR) $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #47 $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 12 JUMPING DIGEST $9.99
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #5 (OF 6) $3.99
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #5 (OF 6) B & W VAR $3.99
MIGHTY AVENGERS #24 DKR $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #52 BACHALO VAR (PP #855) DKR $3.99
NEW AVENGERS #52 DKR $3.99
NOVA TP VOL 04 NOVA CORPS $14.99
SECRET INVASION CHRONICLES #2 (OF 9) $5.99
SHE-HULK TP VOL 08 SECRET INVASION $14.99
SHE-HULK TP VOL 08 SECRET INVASION DM ED $14.99
SKRULL KILL KREW #1 (OF 5) DKR $3.99
SPIDER-MAN 2099 TP VOL 01 $29.99
THOR #601 $3.99
THUNDERBOLTS #128 3RD PTG DE LA TORRE SKETCH VAR (PP #861) $2.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #1 (OF 6) 3RD PTG VAR $2.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #2 (OF 6) 3RD PTG VAR $2.99
WOLVERINE #71 2ND PTG MCNIVEN VAR $2.99
WOLVERINE ANNIVERSARY $3.99
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #14 $2.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #35 DKR $2.99
WOLVERINE WEAPON X FILES $4.99
X-FORCE #14 XMW $2.99
X-MEN TIMES AND LIFE OF LUCAS BISHOP #3 (OF 3) $3.99

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COMICS

BART SIMPSON COMICS #47 $2.99
BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #170 $3.99
C E MURPHYS TAKE A CHANCE #4 $3.99
CEREBUS ARCHIVE #1 $3.00
CEREBUS ARCHIVE #1 ZOMBIE VAR $15.00
CTRL+ALT+DEL TP VOL 01 THIS IS A GREAT IDEA $12.95
CURSE OF THE WERE-WOMAN GN (MR) $12.99
EUREKA DORMANT GENE #1 (OF 4) $3.99
FALL OF CTHULHU NEMESIS #1 (OF 4) $3.99
FARSCAPE #1 3RD PTG (PP #861) $3.99
FARSCAPE #1 CHALLENGERS CVR $9.99
FARSCAPE #2 3RD PTG (PP #861) $3.99
FARSCAPE #3 2ND PTG (PP #861) $3.99
FORGOTTEN REALMS DARK ELF OMNIBUS VOL 02 $34.99
GEORGE R R MARTINS WILD CARDS #5 (OF 6) HARD CALL (RES) $2.99
HACK SLASH OMNIBUS SC VOL 02 $34.99
JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #32 (NOTE PRICE) $2.69
JUNGLE GIRL SEASON 2 #4 (OF 5) CHO RISQUE CVR (MR) PI
NEOZOIC TP VOL 01 $24.95
RED SONJA #43 $2.99
RED SONJA #47 $2.99
SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE TP VOL 02 $18.99
STREET FIGHTER IV #2 (OF 4) NG CVR B $3.95
STREET FIGHTER IV #2 (OF 4) TSNAG CVR A $3.95
ZE GN VOL 02 (OF 6) (A) $15.95
ZMD ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION #4 (OF 6) $3.25

MAGAZINES

CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #35 GAMBIT (O/A) $12.00
JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #52 $9.95
ROUGH STUFF #12 $6.95

MERCHANDISE

GRAILPAGES ORIG COMIC BK ART A/T COLLECTORS SC $15.95
MODERN MASTERS SC VOL 20 KYLE BAKER $14.95

 

[Tron Bonne]

DETECTIVE COMICS #853 $3.99
QUESTION TP VOL 04 WELCOME TO OZ $19.99 (Eventually)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #592 $2.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13 $2.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #25 $2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #128 DKR $2.99

 

[Spider-Jay420]

DC COMICS
DETECTIVE COMICS #853 (NOTE PRICE) $3.99 (Really wanna see how this ends)
TRINITY #47 $2.99 (I just want the normal, non-gods Trinity to return already.)

MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #592 $2.99 (this is 24/7?)
ASTONISHING X-MEN #29 $2.99 (I gotta get off this Astonishing train. Haven't cared in awhile)
DAREDEVIL #118 $2.99 (Really liking this Kingpin arc. Glad he's back.)
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13 $2.99 (GOTG is always good)
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #5 (OF 6) $3.99 (Thank goodness this is almost done)
MIGHTY AVENGERS #24 DKR $2.99 (Nice. Slott's new arc begins)
NEW AVENGERS #52 DKR $3.99 (Likin this Dr. Strange arc)
THOR #601 $3.99 (YEAH!!)

 

[yenaled]

Dc comics

azrael deaths dark knight #2 (of 3) $2.99
trinity #47 $2.99

marvel comics

avengers initiative #23 dkr $2.99
guardians of galaxy #13 $2.99
immortal iron fist #25 $2.99
mighty avengers #24 dkr $2.99
thor #601 $3.99

 

[TheCorpulent1]

DARK HORSE COMICS
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OLD REPUBLIC #40 DUELING AMBITIONS PT2 $2.99

DC COMICS
DETECTIVE COMICS #853 (NOTE PRICE) $3.99
JACK OF FABLES #33 (MR) $2.99
SCALPED #28 (MR) $2.99
WILDCATS #10 $2.99

MARVEL COMICS
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #23 DKR $2.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13 $2.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #25 $2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #128 DKR $2.99
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #5 (OF 6) $3.99
MIGHTY AVENGERS #24 DKR $2.99 (Yay!)
THOR #601 $3.99 (Double yay!)
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #14 $2.99 (I said I would drop this, but f*** it, it's still $3 and it's still fun, even if it is sort of off in its own world.)

 

[CaptainCanada]

DC COMICS

DETECTIVE COMICS #853 (NOTE PRICE) $3.99 - Hi there; it's been a while. And since I'll be getting Rucka's run, I guess this is now a semi-permanent addition to the list.

MARVEL COMICS

ASTONISHING X-MEN #29 $2.99 - I'll finish this arc, but I'm pretty sure I'm done with this series after that.
DAREDEVIL #118 $2.99 - Excellent; can't wait to see DD & Kingpin take on the Hand.
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #2 (OF 5) DKR $3.99 - Speaking of which, nice complement.
FANTASTIC FORCE #1 (OF 5) $3.99 - Looks interesting.
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13 $2.99 - Be intersting to see the Guardians finally get involved.
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #128 DKR $2.99 - Standard 'best book on the market' disclaimer.
MIGHTY AVENGERS #24 DKR $2.99 - Still unsure about this book, but the ending twist to last issue means I'll definitely stick around for now.
THOR #601 $3.99 - Wow, three chronically late books on one week.
X-FORCE #14 XMW $2.99 - crossover has been decent so far.

Jeebus.

 

[JewishHobbit]

AVENGERS INITIATIVE #23 DKR $2.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13 $2.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #25 $2.99
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #5 (OF 6) $3.99
NEW AVENGERS #52 DKR $3.99
X-FORCE #14 XMW $2.99

Maybe
ASTONISHING X-MEN #29 $2.99
MIGHTY AVENGERS #24 DKR $2.99

Good week for the most part. X-Force, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Immortal Iron Fist have me excited, as they're three of my favorate titles per month. Avengers: The Initiative and New Avengers have been pretty good so I'm glad to see what comes next, Initiative moreso than New, which I'm still debating on dropping. I like it, but not for $4. I've already dropped all unneccessary mini's and oneshots due to the price hike, this may follow suit before long. As for Marvels: Eye of the Camera, I'm ready for it to be finished. It's a nice read but I think 4 issues at $4 a pop would have been more reasonable. I'll finish it out but it's a little reluctantly.

In the maybe section I have Astonishing X-Men and Mighty Avengers, two titles I'm debating on dropping without having fully come to the decision yet. The long delays of Astonishing since day one has ruined the title for me and made it feel pointless. Whedon started it and now Ellis is continuing the trend (or perhaps Bianchi). The story isn't enough to make me want to wait though, so I may get it, or I may just skim it and put it off for some other day. Mighty Avengers is a title I decided to give until the end of the first arc and I did that and I'm not overly impressed. However, if Stature, Vision, Hercules, and Amadeus Cho are still on board, I might continue. However, I'll probably skim the issue before deciding, or even put it off until a few more issues come out to get a better idea of where Slott is taking the story to see if I really want to get it. Chances are though, I won't be picking it up. Wouldn't mind dumping both of these to pick up the next trade for Invincible or Y The Last Man.

 

[Dread]

DYNAMO 5 #21 (continuing the tradition of D5 being solicted by Diamond for two weeks in a row, which usually means it will ship the later week. This Wednesday will basically be a one book week for me, then.)
INVINCIBLE #61
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #23 (Guess Ramos needed a month to catch up, as in March the only A:TI material was that "non-annual" drawn by Steve Uy that introduced Reptil)
GHOST RIDER #34 (the second-to-last issue before the series is can... uh, "put on hiatus" and replaced with a 6 issue, $3.99 a pop mini series wrapping up the Jason Aaron run. It might be more honest to just increase the price of the ongoing and allow it to last until issue #41, but Marvel is all about obfuscation these days)
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #13
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #25 (another "hiatus" title by the summer, to be replaced by $4 one shots of other Immortal Weapons)
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #128
KICK-ASS #6
MIGHTY AVENGERS #24
THOR #601 (apparently increasing the title to triple digit numbering is worth a triple digit price increase per issue)
WOLVERINE WEAPON X FILES

I am amazed at the backward strategy of making the debut issues of ongoings $4. A prudent course would be one that VERTIGO is now going; make your #1 issues CHEAPER to ENCOURAGE people to give the book a try. Of course, both FANTASTIC FORCE and SKRULL KILL KREW seem more like spin-off ideas mired in 2007, before the recession really hit. I doubt either will be much above average in quality, so a quick cash in may be prudent also. Having a spin-off series based on the Millar/Hitch run on FF with involvement from neither beyond some Hitch covers is equally stupid as that run has since shrunken to under 50k sales per issue; therefore, expecting a spin-off mini that is 33% higher in price to sell beyond, say, 28k at best at debut before tumbling to far lower by issue #5 is the sort of expectation that only company insiders trapped in "groupthink" can come up with. Considering SECRET INVASION ended a while ago, I see even less potential for SKRULL KILL KREW. These are products that seem almost insulting considering Joe Q insists that a price increase is of the dire importance right now all at once, yet has done nothing to slow down the glut of projects Marvel is printing, many of which no one who is not high on either drugs or their own petards can expect to sell decently. Maybe if Marvel wasn't still on a "spit out random stuff and hope it sticks" with many mini's and cut printing a bunch of them, prices could come down, say, a quarter or something. Yes, I know, everyone at Marvel comics would become penniless bums on the streets if comics were, heaven forbid, $3.75 instead of $3.99, but bare with me.

Beyond my own cynical commentary, it looks like a fine week, with a lot of books I like. Making up for two slow weeks with a good 11 titles at once. Just as predicted. Again, considering that the "hardcore" fan who spends $20 or over on comics a week is expected to bare the brunt of increased comic costs, could something be done to spread these books out, so there aren't weeks that are like $9, and then weeks where you spend over $30?

 

[Specter313]

ASTONISHING X-MEN #29
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #23
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #128
MIGHTY AVENGERS #24
SKRULL KILL KREW #1 (this is just a maybe since I liked their appearance during SI, but don't know if I really want to pick up another title at the moment)
THOR #601

 

[Themanofbat]

HellBlazer #254
Dynamo 5 #21
Invincible #61
Amazing Spider-Man #592
Avengers Initiative #23
Ghost Rider #34
Hulk #11
Incredible Hercules #128
Marvels: Eye of the Camera #5
Mighty Avengers #24
New Avengers #52

 

[Colossal Spoons]

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #32 $2.99
OUTSIDERS #17 $2.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #29 $2.99(Why do I still buy this?)
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #23 DKR $2.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13 $2.99
HULK #11 $3.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #25 $2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #128 DKR $2.99
KICK ASS #6 (MR) $2.99
MIGHTY AVENGERS #24 DKR $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #52 DKR $3.99
THOR #601 $3.99
X-FORCE #14 XMW $2.99

YES!

 

[danielisthor]

marvel comics

astonishing x-men #29 $2.99
incredible hercules #128 dkr $2.99
mighty avengers #24 dkr $2.99
new avengers #52 dkr $3.99
thor #601 $3.99
wolverine first class #14 $2.99
wolverine origins #35 dkr $2.99
x-force #14 xmw $2.99

 

[danielisthor]

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #32 $2.99
OUTSIDERS #17 $2.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #29 $2.99(Why do I still buy this?)

It' on my chopping block. So are the New and Mighty Avengers.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I'm diggin all the Avengers books right now thankfully.

BTW, I thought A:TI was being cancelled.

 

[Manic]

MARVEL COMICS
ASTONISHING X-MEN #29
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #25
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #128
MIGHTY AVENGERS #24
THOR #601

Somehow through pure *m*a*g*i*c*, bi-monthly Thor and bi-yearly Astonishing X-Men come out on the same week.

 

[Blader5489]

DC Comics
DETECTIVE COMICS #853 (NOTE PRICE) $3.99 - this is part 2 of Gaiman's story, right? What is this, like 2 months late? smh

MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #592 $2.99
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #23 DKR $2.99
DAREDEVIL #118 $2.99
FANTASTIC FORCE #1 (OF 5) $3.99 - might give this a shot, but probably not
GHOST RIDER #34 $2.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13 $2.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #25 $2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #128 DKR $2.99
KICK ASS #6 (MR) $2.99 - ****ing finally
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #5 (OF 6) $3.99
MIGHTY AVENGERS #24 DKR $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #52 DKR $3.99
SKRULL KILL KREW #1 (OF 5) DKR $3.99 - again, might give this a shot, but probably not
THOR #601 $3.99
X-FORCE #14 XMW $2.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #29 $2.99(Why do I still buy this?)

Personally, I'm dropping it as of now. The art is terrible and as much as I like Ellis, his story here isn't all that great, and certainlynot worth the delays.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

And I guarantee nothing is going to happen at the end that matters to the X-Men AT ALL. I've barely noticed Kitty's departure aside from Pete's stupid-ass tattoo

 

[yoshimura]

Incredible hercules #128 dkr
thor #601

 

[Dread]

BTW, I thought A:TI was being cancelled.

I don't see why. A:TI #22 sold just under 47k in 2/2009 (as in 46,932 copies). It's sales have fallen about 22% over the last half year, but it still is selling decently enough. Most books shouldn't have to worry about that until they sell below 20k without any sign of settling down. Considering it is the 4th Avengers ongoing title, it's outselling some of the B-List X-Men titles these days, such as WOLVERINE: ORIGINS, DEADPOOL, X-FACTOR, and CABLE.

It may have to change the title at some point for relevance, but I don't see why it would be canceled.

Besides, Marvel doesn't "cancel" ongoing titles anymore. They just "put them on hiatus" and replace them with overpriced mini's or one-shots for 6 months.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I just coulda sworn I saw "final issue" in a solicit somewhere.

And who you callin B-List, punk?

 

[Dread]

I was only noting their sales in comparison to other X-Books. Hell, AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE in terms of sales is a B-List Avengers book. All three other Avengers ongoings outsell it (even if DARK AVENGERS just started, and A:TI is about to reach it's second year).

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE has been solicted at least until June where issue #25 "changes the Initiative forever". If Marvel allowed ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR to linger until issue #50 or #60 despite far worse sales, I doubt they are in a rush to put this title on hiatus for a little while. Unless Gage left and no creative team was able to hop in.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Well that's good news, I've still been enjoying the book Although we were promised more Taskmaster.

 

[Dread]

Taskmaster is on the cover of issue #25 along with The Hood.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

*swoons*

 

[Dread]

Yeah, I wondering if the "big reveal" is that Taskmaster was somehow on Osborn's payroll all along and does something for Norman's favor. He's all about the paychecks, after all.