Tuesday 10 May 2005

New This Week: May 11, 2005

Based on the NCRL list for this week's comics shipping from Diamond, here are a few things to look for at the local comic shop tomorrow:


The Pick of the Week is Desolation Jones #1. It's Warren Ellis & J. H. Williams III doing weird scifi covert ops stuff, which has the potential to be much fun.


In other comics:

Alias finally see a bunch of their debut titles hit the stands, with the first issues of Deal with the Devil, Elsinore, and Killer Stunts Inc. just 75 cents.

Ape Entertainment's Pan Gea one-shot has a definite Vaughan Bode vibe going for it.

Arcana have the first 100 Girls collection.

Dark Horse have the second issue of P. Craig Russell's Conan & the Jewels of Gwahlur.

DC have the final issue of Adam Strange (#8), just in time for the debut of the Rann/Thanagar War. The also have the final issue of Green Lantern: Rebirth (#6); the debut of Gail Simone & John Byrne on Action Comics (#827); and new issues of Fables (#37), Gotham Central (#31), JSA (#73), Majestic (#5), and Wonder Woman (#216).

IDW have the fourth issue of Grimjack: Killer Instinct.

Lightspeed have a new issue of Carla Speed McNeil's Finder (#36).

Marvel have new issues of Astonishing X-Men (#10), Mary Jane: Homecoming (#3), The Punisher (#21), and Ultimate Spider-Man (#77).

Shanda Fantasy Arts have a new issue of Shanda the Panda (#43).

Viper have the second issue of Oddly Normal.


Plenty of good stuff this week, so there's absolutely no excuse for buying the Superman: The Wrath of Gog collection, seeing as it contains the worst Superman comic ever.

FCBM Day 10

It's day ten of the YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry comes from Brian Seidman. The five comics that Brian listed are:

1. Superman
2. The Outsiders
3. Teen Titans
4. Birds of Prey
5. Y, the Last Man

To this DC fan I'll be sending Resurrection Man #1 by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Butch Guice.

Like all the selected entries, Brian will also receive a copy of the 32-page Free Comic Book Day Preview Edition of Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani & Big Time Attic (Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon and Shad Petosky).

Brian's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
69 entries
33 free comics sent so far
21 days remaining