On Sale This Week (06/20)

As you may have noticed, I've been posting a lot less than usual. I've been particularly busy these past few weeks with work and with an upcoming move this coming weekend, I don't expect to be able to post anything until next week. Luckily - I guess - there won't be anything new on the shelves this week as far as Essentials and Showcase Presents go. So until next week, take care!

On Sale This Week (06/13)

With the imminent return of Ray Palmer, this week's book couldn't come out at a better time. Collecting The Atom's earliest adventures, this all new Showcase Presents is bound to offer some great sci-fi tales spiced up with some wacky concepts. Anyone willing to discover more about Ray Palmer's history should definitely give this volume a try.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE ATOM VOL 1
Written by Gardner Fox
Art by Gil Kane, Murphy Anderson and Sid Greene
Cover by Kane and Anderson

From the Silver Age of Comics comes this collection of science-fiction tales starring Ray Palmer, The Atom! Included here are some of the Atom's greatest adventures, from SHOWCASE #34-36 and THE ATOM #1-17!

cover from dccomics.com

Around the Web

After an avalanche of news last weeek, the black and white comics world has been pretty calm for the past few days. No news of importance and no time to do reviews on my part has drastically reduced my output so, as usual, I'll rely on good old Internet to provide some content. Here's a thing or two I found on the web that I thought might interest you all.

• An interesting discussion on the "1976 wall" thing with Showcase Presents on the Marvel Masterworks Message Boards.
• A review of Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes Vol.1 on Bookgasm.com
• A review of Showcase Presents: Justice League of America Vol.1 on Broken Frontier

On Sale This Week (06/06)

With the new Fantasic Four movie focusing on the Silver Surfer coming up, it's not surprising to see Marvel publishing old material featuring the character.

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 an 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! Collecting SILVER SURFER (1982) #1, SILVER SURFER (1987) #1-18 and ANNUAL #1, and MARVEL FANFARE #51.
584 PGS./Rated T+ …$16.99