On Sale This Week (04/04)
First of all, let me apologize for the obvious lack of content in the past week. I've been busy with "real life" stuff and I wasn't able to update the site as much as I would've liked. Sorry! Anyways, let's get back to the matter at hand and take a look at this week's books, because ladies and gentlemen, we've got one heck of a Wednesday to look forward to !
Marvel continues one of its bests Essential series with the publication of Essential Spider-Man Vol.8. It collects appearances by Nightcrawler, Nova, The Lizard, The Kingpin, Jigsaw, and best of all, the first ever appearance of the one, the only, Rocket Racer !
ESSENTIAL SPIDER-MAN VOLUME 8
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.
None to let themselves get beaten easily, the guys over at DC Comics got one of their big guns to compete with good old web-head for the undisputed title of book of the week. Forget Superman, Batman and even Wonder Woman. To tackle Spidey, DC needed more than one super-hero. In fact, they needed a whole legion of them... (Now THAT's what I call an intro!)
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL. 1
Written by Jerry Siegel, Otto Binder, Edmond Hamilton and various; Art by Curt Swan, George Papp, John Forte and various; Cover by Swan and Stan Kaye
A massive black-and-white volume collecting classic tales of the Legionnaires, from ADVENTURE COMICS #247, 267, 282, 290, 293, and 300-328, ACTION COMICS #267, 276, 287 and 289, SUPERBOY #86, 89, 98 and 117, SUPERMAN 147, SUPERMAN ANNUAL #4, and SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN#72 and 76!
DC Universe | 552pg. | B&W | Softcover | $ 16.99 US
Now I'm not going to lie. The only LOSH books I've ever read were the first 14 issues of the recent The Legion series by Abnett, Lanning and Coipel. I really loved it, but I expect a completely different thing from this latest Showcase Presents. I hope it's in the same alley as the Superman volumes, which would means more than 500 pages of pure Silver-Age greatness.
With long-awaited publications from both Marvel and DC, this week is shaping up to be THE best week of 2007 for black and white reprints. Pay a little visit to your local comic shop this Wednesday, you won't be disappointed.
image sources: www.survivinggrady.com and www.dccomics.com
Marvel continues one of its bests Essential series with the publication of Essential Spider-Man Vol.8. It collects appearances by Nightcrawler, Nova, The Lizard, The Kingpin, Jigsaw, and best of all, the first ever appearance of the one, the only, Rocket Racer !
I mean, what could we ask more ? Add in some nice Russ Andru art a handful of Len Wein penned scripts and we've got great reads to look forward to !
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.
None to let themselves get beaten easily, the guys over at DC Comics got one of their big guns to compete with good old web-head for the undisputed title of book of the week. Forget Superman, Batman and even Wonder Woman. To tackle Spidey, DC needed more than one super-hero. In fact, they needed a whole legion of them... (Now THAT's what I call an intro!)
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL. 1
Written by Jerry Siegel, Otto Binder, Edmond Hamilton and various; Art by Curt Swan, George Papp, John Forte and various; Cover by Swan and Stan Kaye
A massive black-and-white volume collecting classic tales of the Legionnaires, from ADVENTURE COMICS #247, 267, 282, 290, 293, and 300-328, ACTION COMICS #267, 276, 287 and 289, SUPERBOY #86, 89, 98 and 117, SUPERMAN 147, SUPERMAN ANNUAL #4, and SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN#72 and 76!
DC Universe | 552pg. | B&W | Softcover | $ 16.99 US
Now I'm not going to lie. The only LOSH books I've ever read were the first 14 issues of the recent The Legion series by Abnett, Lanning and Coipel. I really loved it, but I expect a completely different thing from this latest Showcase Presents. I hope it's in the same alley as the Superman volumes, which would means more than 500 pages of pure Silver-Age greatness.
With long-awaited publications from both Marvel and DC, this week is shaping up to be THE best week of 2007 for black and white reprints. Pay a little visit to your local comic shop this Wednesday, you won't be disappointed.
image sources: www.survivinggrady.com and www.dccomics.com
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