Diamond Shipping List for April 8th, 2009

[Tron Bonne]

A list, it is.

DARK HORSE COMICS
AMAZON #2 (OF 3) $3.50
BPRD BLACK GODDESS #4 (OF 5) $2.99
CLEANERS #3 (OF 4) $2.99
GANTZ TP VOL 04 (MR) $12.95
TRIGUN MAXIMUM TP VOL 14 MIND GAMES $9.95

DC COMICS
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #2 (OF 3) $3.99
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #28 $2.99
BOOSTER GOLD #19 $2.99
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #36 $2.50
GEN 13 #29 $2.99
GREEN LANTERN #39 (ORIGINS) $2.99
HELLBLAZER PRESENTS CHAS THE KNOWLEDGE TP (MR) $14.99
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #12 (MR) $2.99
I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANYONE VOL 07 $9.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED HEROES TP $12.99
NORTHLANDERS #16 (MR) $2.99
SCOOBY DOO #143 $2.50
SECRET SIX #8 $2.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE DOOM PATROL TP VOL 01 $16.99
SOLOMON GRUNDY #2 (OF 7) $2.99
SPIRIT #27 $2.99
SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE #5 (OF 6) $2.50
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #2 (OF 12) $2.99
TITANS #12 $2.99
TRINITY #45 $2.99
VENUS IN LOVE VOL 06 $9.99
WARLORD #1 $2.99
YOUNG LIARS #14 (MR) $2.99

IMAGE COMICS
INFINITE HORIZON #4 (OF 6) $2.99
MICE TEMPLAR SKETCHBOOK #1 $2.99
PERHAPANAUTS TP VOL 01 $17.99
POPGUN GN VOL 03 $29.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #145 2ND PTG (PP #858) $3.50
SWORD #16 (MR) $2.99
WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2009 BASALDUA CVR A $3.99
WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2009 BASRI CVR B $3.99

MARVEL COMICS
AGENTS OF ATLAS #2 2ND PTG BACHALO VAR (PP #859) $2.99
ALL NEW SAVAGE SHE-HULK #1 (OF 4) DKR $3.99
ANITA BLAKE LC NECROMANCER #1 (OF 5) (MR) $3.99
BLACK PANTHER 2 #2 2ND PTG LASHLEY VAR (PP #859) $2.99
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #12 $2.99
DAREDEVIL NOIR #1 (OF 4) $3.99
DAREDEVIL NOIR #1 (OF 4) CALERO VAR $3.99
DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #1 (OF 5) DKR $3.99
DARK TOWER GUIDE TO GILEAD $3.99
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #1 (OF 5) $3.99
EXILES #1 $3.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #50 $3.99
MARVEL APES AMAZING SPIDER-MONKEY #1 $3.99
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ODYSSEY #8 (OF 8) $3.99
MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #1 (OF 4) $3.99
MARVEL ZOMBIES TP VOL 02 $15.99
NEW AVENGERS REUNION #1 (OF 4) 2ND PTG LOPEZ VAR (PP #859) $3.99
PUNISHER FRANK CASTLE MAX #69 (MR) $3.99
SECRET WARRIORS #2 2ND PTG CASELLI VAR (PP #859) $2.99
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 #1 (OF 4) $3.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #4 (OF 6) $2.99
WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #1 (OF 4) $3.99
WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #1 (OF 4) PELLETIER VAR $3.99
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #1 $3.99
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #5 (OF 8) $3.99
YTHAQ NO ESCAPE #1 (OF 3) (MR) $5.99
YTHAQ NO ESCAPE #1 (OF 3) US VAR (MR) $5.99

COMICS
1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS ADVENTURES OF SINBAD #9 $2.99
A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #102 (A) $4.99
ARCHIE & FRIENDS #130 $2.50
ARMY OF DARKNESS #19 $3.50
AWAKEN FOREST GN (MR) $12.95
BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #193 (NOTE PRICE) $2.69
DEAD IRONS #3 $3.99
EUREKA #4 (OF 4) $3.99
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #1 APRIL FOOLS ED $5.99
GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP VOL 05 $15.99
GURREN LAGANN GN VOL 01 $10.99
HEY SENSEI GN (MR) $12.95
JESUS CHRIST IN THE NAME OF THE GUN #1 (MR) $2.95
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #149 (NOTE PRICE) $3.99
JUNIOR ESCORT GN VOL 03 (OF 4) CRAZY STAR (MR) $12.95
NEOZOIC TP VOL 01$24.95
PRINCESS PRINCESS PLUS GN $12.95
SALEMS DAUGHTER #0 $2.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #199 $2.50
SOULFIRE SHADOW MAGIC #5 (OF 5) $2.99
TALES FROM WONDERLAND TP $12.99
TERMINATOR REVOLUTION #4 (OF 5) $3.50
TRAIN TRAIN GN VOL 01 (OF 3) $12.95

 

[Tron Bonne]

BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #2 (OF 3) $3.99
YOUNG LIARS #14 (MR) $2.99
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ODYSSEY #8 (OF 8) $3.99
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #5 (OF 8) $3.99

Maybes:
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #1 (OF 5) $3.99
EXILES #1 $3.99
MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #1 (OF 4) $3.99-Very doubtful since I skipped the last mini
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 #1 (OF 4) $3.99

 

[CaptainCanada]

DC Comics

Booster Gold #19 $2.99 - not sure whether I'll stick with this past this arc.
Green Lantern #39 (Origins) $2.99 - jeez, it feels like we've been building to "Blackest Night" forever now.
Northlanders #16 (MR) $2.99 - switching to trades after this issue.
Secret Six #8 $2.99 - I was contemplating dropping this, but Artemis is showing up next arc, so I'm still in.

Marvel Comics

All New Savage She-Hulk #1 (OF 4) DKR $3.99 - maybe; great creative team, no particular attachment to the premise.
Captain Britain and MI 13 #12 $2.99 - should be great as always.

More DC than Marvel; that hasn't happened in months.

 

[moraldeficiency]

SECRET SIX #8 $2.99
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 #1 (OF 4) $3.99
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #5 (OF 8) $3.99

slow week for me.

 

[danielisthor]

DC COMICS

BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #2 (OF 3) $3.99
TITANS #12 $2.99


MARVEL COMICS
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #1 (OF 5) $3.99 - Possibly
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #1 $3.99 - This makes like what 10 monthly titles Logan is in every month.

 

[Watchman]

Green lantern #39 (origins) $2.99
secret six #8 $2.99
young liars #14 (mr) $2.99
captain britain and mi 13 #12 $2.99

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

Secret six #8 $2.99
ultimate wolverine vs hulk #4 (of 6) $2.99

 

[Themanofbat]

House of Mystery #12
Marvel Zombies IV #1

Maybe the 2099 book...

 

[Tron Bonne]

WOLVERINE WEAPON X #1 $3.99 - This makes like what 10 monthly titles Logan is in every month.

I laughed at this at first because I thought it was an over exaggeration joke, but then I realized how accurate it actually was

 

[venom892]

Green lantern #39 (origins) $2.99
deadpool suicide kings #1 (of 5) $3.99

 

[Dread]

BOOSTER GOLD #19
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI-13 #12
WAR OF KINGS: ASCENSION #1

Small week. There is a part of me debating trying out WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #1. It's written by Jason Aaron, who has done good work on GHOST RIDER and who has written some Wolverine stories for the last year or so here and there that I heard didn't stink, and Garney on art is always solid. Since WOLVERINE is officially becoming Daken's book as "DARK WOLVERINE" after Millar's run is finished, this will likely be the default Wolverine title. To be honest, I likely would have been more willing to try it out for $3, not $4. Granted, it has in it's favor that this is a very small week.

I am glad to see AGENTS OF ATLAS getting more printings, which will add to the total sales of the first two issues. Means it is doing well, or at least decently. According to ICV2, AGENTS OF ATLAS #1 in Feb. 2009 sold at #59 of the Top 60 at just over 30,200 copies. Even for a "down" month (overall comic sales were down 2%, and likely would have been down more without those Obama reprints of ASM selling another 150k), that's not the strongest debut. Hopefully the drop-off won't stink. Granted, a reprint of issue #2 will soften that a bit. I don't recall how well AGENTS OF ATLAS #1 sold as the debut of a mini back in 2005 or so, but I don't think the DARK REIGN tagger is helping it in sales; I mean even that random Claremont one-shot, X-MEN VS. HULK #1, outsold it.

I also hope more people start buying CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI-13 #12. It actually gained some readers in Feb. 2009, a good 9-10% jump. Hopefully it wasn't a fluke. Recall that this title, along with IMMORTAL IRON FIST, was rumored to be on the cancellation radar via "leaked Marvel internet mistakes".

 

[Cosmic]

Bprd black goddess #4 (of 5) $2.99
green lantern #39 (origins) $2.99
house of mystery #12 (mr) $2.99
superman world of new krypton #2 (of 12) $2.99
warlord #1 $2.99

 

[yenaled]

Dc comics

booster gold #19 $2.99
green lantern #39 (origins) $2.99
trinity #45 $2.99

image comics

sword #16 (mr) $2.99

marvel comics

captain britain and mi 13 #12 $2.99
war of kings ascension #1 (of 4) $3.99

 

[Spider-Jay420]

DC COMICS
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #2 (OF 3) $3.99
TRINITY #45 $2.99

MARVEL COMICS
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #4 (OF 6) $2.99
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #1 $3.99 (I doubt it, but since it's a small week, we'll see)

 

[trodge]

dc comics
batman battle for the cowl #2 (of 3) $3.99
green lantern #39 (origins) $2.99
solomon grundy #2 (of 7) $2.99
superman world of new krypton #2 (of 12) $2.99


marvel comics
daredevil noir #1 (of 4) $3.99
dark reign hawkeye #1 (of 5) dkr $3.99
deadpool suicide kings #1 (of 5) $3.99
timestorm 2009 2099 #1 (of 4) $3.99
ultimate wolverine vs hulk #4 (of 6) $2.99
wolverine weapon x #1 $3.99

 

[JewishHobbit]

BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #2 (OF 3) $3.99
GREEN LANTERN #39 (ORIGINS) $2.99
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #12 $2.99
WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #1 (OF 4) $3.99

Maybe
DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #1 (OF 5) DKR $3.99
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 #1 (OF 4) $3.99

Exiles almost made it to a maybe, but it's $4. Way to go Marvel, you lost that sale. Same may go for Hawkeye and 2099. This is a light week but I've decided to not buy any one-shots or minis due to the price increase unless they're important for what I read regularly. Hawkeye is almost definatley a no, but 2099 still has a shot since I'm a big 2099 fan. I'll skim through it.

I'll get Battle for the Cowl since this is a small week and I've already bought the 1st issue. I'm excited to meet the Orange Lantern in Green Lantern and while MI:13 is on my almost cut list, this new story has been decent. War of Kings: Ascension however... Yay!

 

[Specter313]

EXILES #1
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 #1 (maybe)
WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #1 (isn't this with Darkhawk again? then likely I'll get it)
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #5

 

[JDym]

Dc comics
batman battle for the cowl #2 (of 3) $3.99
green lantern #39 (origins) $2.99

marvel comics
dark reign hawkeye #1 (of 5) dkr $3.99
deadpool suicide kings #1 (of 5) $3.99
marvel zombies 4 #1 (of 4) $3.99

 

[Alastor]

Really slow week, in fact I'm not even sure about two of the titles:


BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #2 (OF 3) $3.99-Liked the first issue, so sticking with this one.

BOOSTER GOLD #19 $2.99-Thinking of starting this title, as the couple of back issues I picked up for a buck were great.

DAREDEVIL NOIR #1 (OF 4) $3.99- May give this a try. Love premise, but pricey.

 

[Blader5489]

DC COMICS
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #2 (OF 3) $3.99
GREEN LANTERN #39 (ORIGINS) $2.99
SECRET SIX #8 $2.99
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #2 (OF 12) $2.99

MARVEL COMICS
ALL NEW SAVAGE SHE-HULK #1 (OF 4) DKR $3.99 - only reason I'm interested in this at all is because of Van Lente
DAREDEVIL NOIR #1 (OF 4) $3.99
DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #1 (OF 5) DKR $3.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #4 (OF 6) $2.99
WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #1 (OF 4) $3.99
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #1 $3.99 - Aaron + Garney + Wolverine = win

 

[Dread]

and while MI:13 is on my almost cut list, this new story has been decent. War of Kings: Ascension however... Yay!

Not to judge, just curious, especially as my own taste can be weird, but if the Dracula arc on CB&MI13 is something you consider "decent", then what sort of story would you consider good or great? Or is it just semantics? Anyway, that book needs all the help it can get, and is still $3.

As for ASCENSION, I have faith in Abnett & Lanning, but hope they manage to handle the Darkhawk retcon well without having it clash badly with his established origin, and can make including him in WOK seem organic. Because so far it seems very forced.

 

[MX25]

DC:
GREEN LANTERN #39 (ORIGINS) $2.99


Marvel:
ALL NEW SAVAGE SHE-HULK #1 (OF 4) DKR $3.99
DAREDEVIL NOIR #1 (OF 4) $3.99
DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #1 (OF 5) DKR $3.99
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #1 (OF 5) $3.99
PUNISHER FRANK CASTLE MAX #69 (MR) $3.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #4 (OF 6) $2.99
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #5 (OF 8) $3.99

Misc:
TERMINATOR REVOLUTION #4 (OF 5) $3.50

 

[JewishHobbit]

Not to judge, just curious, especially as my own taste can be weird, but if the Dracula arc on CB&MI13 is something you consider "decent", then what sort of story would you consider good or great? Or is it just semantics? Anyway, that book needs all the help it can get, and is still $3.

It's wierd really. I like the book, but when I think of the books that I look forward to each month, this isn't really one. I read each issue, I enjoy them, then I forget about them. Come the next issue I typically don't remember the previous one and have to refresh myself with it. Just something about it doesn't stick with me. It did during the first arc. The second arc just bored me to tears. This one is somewhere in between. If I had all the money I needed to buy what comics I wanted this would definately be a keeper, but sadly, I spend around $40 more a month than I can really afford so I have to pick stuff to drop. I've dropped quite a bit but I'm still on the line of what I can afford. I find that everything else I read I enjoy more than this title save maybe The End League. Those are the 2 titles, along with Thunderbolts and Deadpool I'm on the fence about. I WANT to keep reading them, but financially I may have to drop them.

As far as what I consider Great!? Anything that sticks with me days after I read it (Nova, Iron Fist). Anything emotional. Anything that really makes me laugh. Anything completely differant (Echo, Umbrella Academy). Anything that happens that really defines the industry. For me, MI:13 is just barely missing that mark. I'm still tweeking my read-list though and I'm iffy on some Avenger/X-Men stuff, so we'll see if MI:13 sticks around on my list. I'm at least sticking with it through the Dracula storyline.

As for ASCENSION, I have faith in Abnett & Lanning, but hope they manage to handle the Darkhawk retcon well without having it clash badly with his established origin, and can make including him in WOK seem organic. Because so far it seems very forced.

I think they'll do fine. As long as they keep in mind the body switching and not armor covering Chris thing... sadly, I'm guessing they'll overlook that part.

I'm still sad they haven't brought Death's Head II in though

 

[Colossal Spoons]

GREEN LANTERN #39 (ORIGINS) $2.99
TITANS #12 $2.99

WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #1 (OF 4) $3.99(wtf is this?)
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #5 (OF 8) $3.99

 

[JewishHobbit]

War of Kings Ascension is a companion mini with War of Kings focusing on Darkhawk's role, extending from his 2 issue lead in that just finished last Wednesday.