On Sale This Week (01/31)

ESSENTIAL GHOST RIDER VOL. 2
The Story: Demons, vampires, cults, actors – nothing's too intense for the Sizzling Cyclist of the Seventies! After mowing down a mob of motorcycling miscreants, the Ghost Rider faces what waits in the Wild West of the Phantom Rider and the Two-Gun Kid! Plus: See Johnny Blaze and Zarathos separated for the first time! Guest-starring Doctor Strange, Professor X and more! Collecting GHOST RIDER #21-50.
568 PGS./Rated T+ …$16.99


Source : Marvel.com

Rumor Mill : New Showcases

This past week, three new Showcase Presents books came up on Amazon.com, all with a June 6th release date. No description yet, just the titles and covers images :

Showcase Presents : Batman Vol.2
Showcase Presents : The Atom Vol.1
Showcase Presents : Who's Who Vol.1

I'd be surprised if DC puts out those three books the same month. Really surprised. Considering the lack of info on the Batman book, I'd put my money on The Atom and the previously announced Who's Who.

Rumor Mill : Essential Silver Surfer Vol.2

Once again, a new Essential volume appeared on Amazon. Once again, it's related to a movie coming up pretty soon. By the way, I saw the trailer for Fantastic Four 2 and man that looks cool ! I was never interested in the first movie (still haven't seen it) but they did a great job generating interest in the sequel. If you haven't seen the trailer yet, go watch it right now !

Essential Silver Surfer Vol.2
After years of Earthbound exile, the Silver Surfer soars the seas of space once more and finds plenty of peril awaiting when the Elders of the Universe try something new: all-out war on Galactus! Plus: space piracy, intergalactic war, doppelgangers and the Surfer caught in a four-sided interstellar love triangle! Guest-starring the Fantastic Four, the Eternals, and Annihilation's Ronan and Super-Skrull! Plus: a rare glimpse of a path not traveled on an alternate Earth! Collects Silver Surfer (1982) #1, Silver Surfer (1987) #1-18 & Annual #1 and Marvel Fanfare #51.

source : amazon.com

Confirmed : Essential Spider-Man Vol.8

It's now official, Essential Spider-Man Vol.8 is coming up in May. Surprise surprise, it's going to be out just in time for the brand new Spider-Man 3 movie. Here's the solicitation straight from Marvel :

ESSENTIAL SPIDER-MAN VOL. 8 TPB
Written by LEN WEIN, BILL MANTLO, MARV WOLFMAN, ARCHIE GOODWIN & STAN LEE
Penciled by ROSS ANDRU, MIKE ESPOSITO, DAVE HUNT,
FRANK GIACOIA, JIM MOONEY, TONY DEZUNIGA, SAL BUSCEMA, ROSS ANDRU, DON PERLIN & LARRY LIEBER
Cover by ROSS ANDRU
Spider-Man is as amazing as ever against adversarial alumni like the Lizard and the Kingpin, as well as up-and-coming enemies such as Stegron and Jigsaw – with the lesser-known larcenies of the Big Wheel and the Spider-Squad to fill his spare time! Featuring the first appearances of Rocket Racer and Will O 'the Wisp! Forgotten chapters from the Green Goblin legacy and the Clone Saga! Spider-Man's origin and Peter Parker's college graduation! And J. Jonah Jameson at his best and worst! Guest-starring the Punisher, Nova the Human Rocket, the Human Torch and the X-Men! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #161-185 and ANNUAL #11, GIANT-SIZE SPIDER-MAN #6, and NOVA #12.
512 PGS./All Ages …$16.99
ISBN: 0-7851-2500-0

As you can see, Amazing has a lot of ground to cover before closing in on Spectacular Spider-Man regarding their Essential collections. Amazing Vol.8 goes up to #185 of October 1978 whereas Spectacular Vol.3 ends with #53 of April 1981. That's a three year gap my friends. Still, according to Marvel's VP of sales David Gabriel, we can expect Amazing AND Marvel Team-Up to catch up with Spectacular pretty soon(1).


(1) According to a Q&A with Mr. Gabriel on the Marvel Masterworks MassageBoards
Sources ; www.marvel.com

Showcase Presents for May 2007

SHOWCASE PRESENTS VOL. 1: THE WAR THAT TIME FORGOT

Written by Robert Kanigher; Art and Cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito

Over 500 pages of classic adventures are included in this value-priced volume collecting one of the most unusual series ever from DC Comics! On an unnamed, uncharted Pacific island, dinosaurs continued to thrive while World War II raged across the globe. It's there that members of the U.S. Military found themselves armed only with standard-issue weapons against the deadliest predators ever to roam the Earth!

DC Universe | 560pg. | B&W | Oversized Softcover | $16.99 US

On Sale May 2, 2007

What's cooler than a war comics ? A war comics in which soldiers fight with a bunch of huge mother****ing DINOSAURS !


SHOWCASE PRESENTS VOL. 1: THE FLASH
Written by Robert Kanigher, John Broome and Gardner Fox; Art by Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella and various; Cover by Infantino and Giella

Over 500 pages of classic adventures are included in this value-priced volume! The Fastest Man Alive stars in these fantastic tales from late 1950s and into the 1960s! This collection features The Flash in battle against the Mirror Master, the Trickster, Captain Cold and many other villains!

DC Universe | 512pg. | B&W | Softcover | $16.99 US

I've been waiting for a Flash Showcase ever since the line was first announced. And from what I gathered on the forums I visit, I'm not the only one. I love Flash so much as a character I'm eager to learn more about his history, but I have no idea if the stories in this collection are any good. Let's hope so !

On Sale This Week (01/24)

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD — THE BATMAN TEAM-UPS VOL. 1
Written by Bob Haney and Mike Sekowsky Cover by Bob Brown; Art by Carmine Infantino, Ross Andru, Neal Adams, and others

Collecting The Brave and The Bold #59, #64, #67, #69-71 and #74-87! Re-presented here are Batman's earliest team-ups with Green Lantern, Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Atom, Hawkman and more!

DC Universe | 528pg. | B&W | Softcover | $16.99 US | ISBN 1401212093

To my 2 loyal readers

Don't give up just yet. BWW will be back on its regular schedule this weekend with plenty of Essential news !