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Marvel is proud to present your first look at Captain Marvel #2! The all-new creative team of Kelly Sue DeConnick & Dexter Soy dial it up a notch as Carol Danvers comes face to face with a challenge from her past – one she can’t walk away from! And who – or what – is the secret of the Banshee Squadron?
Here is a 5 page preview of X-O Manowar #5 by Robert Venditti and Lee Garbett from Valiant Comics. “Enter NinJak” storyline begins here!
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Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of X-O Manowar #5 – the FIRST ISSUE of an all-new arc pitting X-O Manowar against Ninjak and a perfect jumping-on point for new readers! Join New York Times best-selling author Robert Venditti (The Surrogates) and acclaimed artist Lee Garbett (Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne) as the sudden arrival of the X-O Manowar armor on Earth ignites an extraterrestrial arms race – one that Ninjak will aim to win by any means necessary.
HAPPY! debuts in September from Image Comics
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Nick Sax isn’t what you’d call a "winner." The anti-hero of the new Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson comic mini-series HAPPY! has been fired from the police force, turned on by his own employees in his murder-for-hire business (well, what would you expect?), is constantly drunk, and is waging a hopeless battle against the agonies of eczema. Sax seems beyond redemption, but saviors often take strange forms, and, in his case, it’s the form of a tiny blue, feathered pony named Happy.
Here’s a new clip from the Ultimate Spider-Man TV series on Marvel Universe on Disney XD. It’s from a never before seen episode entitled “For Your Eye Only” and features the criminal organization Zodiac and it’s leader Scorpio!
Enjoy the trailer courtesy of Marvel Entertainment.
Here is a four page preview of Soulfire: Power #1, written by David Wohl and illustrated by Khary Randolph & Nacho Arranz, from Aspen Comics.
SOULFIRE: POWER #1
David Wohl – Story
Khary Randolph, Nacho Arranz – Art
John Starr, Emilio Lopez – Colors
Aspen’s first ever Soulfire summer event, “Search for the Light” reaches its next exciting chapter, SOULFIRE: POWER!
McFarlane returns to writing, cover credits
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SPAWN #220 was a banner issue for the long-running title, as it celebrated its twentieth year of publication with creator Todd McFarlane‘s name appearing once more in the writing and covers credits. And the series shows no signs of slowing as SPAWN #221 sold out at the distributor level the same week as it was released and the story takes a new turn and a new tone.
New Amy Reeder one-shot from Image Comics in October
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Working late at the Halloween Land super-store can get pretty soul-numbing, so Eve thought she was pretty lucky to have such a great imagination. But it turns out that her imagination isn’t just active — it’s dangerous! In the new one-shot comic HALLOWEEN EVE by Brandon Montclare (Fear Itself: Fearsome Four) and Amy Reeder (Batwoman, Madame Xanadu), to be published in October by Image Comics, Eve gets a bump in the night that could turn her dead-end job deadly. Surrounded by masks, costumes, and novelties that her that have come to life, Eve will have to fight her way through a horde of horror or she’ll never make it to Halloween!
Landmark issue was best-selling first printing in 15 years
After the recent announcement that The Walking Dead #100 had set recent sales records, you could see this one coming a mile away. Let’s see how many printings it gets before all is said and done.
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Coming off a whirlwind release day the week of Comic-Con International and supported by special events at comic book stores around the country, THE WALKING DEAD #100 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard will receive a second printing after selling out of its record-setting first printing. At 383,612 copies, the sales of THE WALKING DEAD #100 were the best initial orders for a single issue of a comic book since 1997.
Thomas Jane played the title character in the mostly forgettable 2004 film The Punisher. Although the film was bad, I found his portrayal of the vigilante, whose family was killed by the mob, to be significantly better than those Punishers who came before (Dolph Lundgren – 1989) or after (Ray Stevenson – 2008) him.
Jane seems to have enjoyed the experience of playing The Punisher. At Comic-Con International in San Diego this past weekend, Jane debuted a 10 minute short film simply entitled “Dirty Laundry.” The short was directed by Phil Joanou (Gridiron Gang) and featured an appearance by Ron Perlman. The lead character was never named, but it was clearly Frank Castle – The Punisher.
Here is an 8 page preview of Danger Girl/G.I. JOE #1 by Andy Hartnell and John Royle courtesy of IDW Publishing.
Danger Girl/G.I. JOE #1 (of 4)
Andy Hartnell (w) • John Royle (a) • J. Scott Campbell X 2 (c)
The two most incredible covert action teams the world has ever known—so covert, in fact, that neither knows the other exists—are meeting for the first time ever! Repeat: Danger Girl and G.I. JOE, together. Spies! Girls! Ninjas! COBRA! If your head did not just explode, then you are one of the lucky few remaining that will live to enjoy a summer blockbuster you’ll have to see to believe!