New Comics this Thursday - July 10, 2008
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This week has Hush making his big comeback in Detective Comics #846 and the Martian Manhunter gets his send off in Final Crisis: Requiem #1.
Over in the Marvel Universe Ultimate Origins #2 continues the story of how everything is connected to the Super Soldier Program with the origin of Captain America.
Tim Sale and Jeph Loeb’s newest collaboration Captain America: White # 0 also hits the shelves along with the Skrull invasion continuing in Secret Invasion # 4.
The Incredible Hulk - A Review
So I finally got around to seeing the new HULK film. Those of you following my comments over the course of various news articles knew I was a bit of a fan of the TV series when I was little as well as being a huge fan of the comic over the years, specifically the tenure under writer Peter David and of the HULK in the ULTIMATES.
I guess I cannot begin without commenting on Ang Lee’s HULK which graced the screens some five years ago. I appreciated the experimental approach the filmmaker had with that film but it was not the kind of film I would have labeled as "fun" and in the end the best parts of the film were Hulk facing off against the military which was a short awesome sequence in a long film. The best thing about that film is the way Lee shot it, moving pictures and organizing bits and pieces like an actual comic. Suffice it to say, this new film, which is a reboot much like BATMAN BEGINS, hits the HULK mark much better.
New Action Figures - July 10, 2008
Please note that due to the July Fourth holiday, these action figures and toys will ship on Thursday, July 10th of next week, along with your favorite comics.
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STAR WARS MIGHTY MUGGS
Urban vinyl collectible figures have been tearing up shelves in galleries and toy stores all over the planet, and Hasbro has created an entire suite of 6" tall Star Wars characters in this chunky, edgy style! Assortment 1 is includes Boba Fett, Luke, Obi-Wan, and the Stormtrooper. Assortment 2 features Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Jango Fett, and Mace Windu. Don’t miss these distinctive Star Wars Mighty Muggs vinyl figures!
Get a Life
This week I gave up on the big two and went back to reading more books by smaller publishers. In this case I read the slice-o-French-life classic, Get a Life by Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian.
Get a Life is a collection of stories about a young Parisian named Mr. Jean. The short description from the inside cover sums up the book best: Mr. Jean is a laconic, single, twenty something Parisian male struggling through the usual troubles that come in those years.
I really enjoyed this book because it shows that the certain aspects of life are universal. Whether it’s falling in or out of love, trying to find a party on a Friday night, or just dealing with ex-girlfriends, it’s all the same. The location may change and the amount of cigarettes a person smokes may change but the hopes and fears are universal.
The First Five Minutes of THE DARK KNIGHT
If you want to be totally surprised, well then, stay away. For anyone that saw the IMAX version of I AM LEGEND the first five minutes of THE DARK KNIGHT played. This has been released online now and for those of us that simply cannot wait for July 18th, it will have to hold us over. Enjoy!
P.S. I think it’s bloody brilliant. God I hope the rest of the movie is as good as the first five minutes.
-SJD
Wizard World Chicago News - Final Round-up
These are the final bits, pieces, and other fragments of news I was interested in coming from WW: Chicago, I.E. the place I didn’t get to go because Uncle Sam wanted to scare me into resigning to play in the Desert again. If the news didn’t appear in the earlier column or this one it is simply because I didn’t really care about it, or managed to miss it because I was tired and the coffee ran out or I was drunk late at night and couldn’t remember my own name.
All of these make for good reasons. Let’s do that News thing:
WARREN ELLIS
There was an evening panel with Warren Ellis which proved as Epic as all of his panels tend to be. There is some fun coverage for it over at CBR if you’d like to read a bit about it.
My favorite bit is learning those running the panel found a way to let the creator smoke on stage (even though it is illegal in the building) by simply calling it "performance art." You have to admit, doing that AND getting away with it, is pretty damn funny.
Great Final Trailer for THE DARK KNIGHT
Early buzz on this film isn’t good, it’s EPIC. God I cannot wait for it. Not even a little bit.
-SJD
July 4th Holiday & Shipping Advisory
Please be aware that we will be closing at 3pm on Friday July 4th.
The Catonsville Independence Day Parade starts at 3 pm and access to the store will be limited at best.
If you are interested in watching the parade, it goes straight down Frederick Road and you can easily park in the store’s parking lot and walk up and watch! Their website is http://catonsvillecelebrations.org/ if you want more information.
Also, due to the July 4th Holiday new comics will be released on Thursday, July 10th next week.
When I Give You Reviews….I Expect Prayers To The Heathen Gods on My Behalf…!
THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST #16
Marvel Comics
Written by Matt Fraction
Art by David Aja
All good things come to an end. It’s a rather harsh lesson life treats us to just as we begin to get comfortable and enjoy the way the universe revolves and touches us. Losing the creative team on IRON FIST (which has been nothing short of a fantastic book often bearing the title of best Marvel read in any given month) is kind of like watching the Beatles break up. The music may go on but it will always and forever be a little bit different as a result.
Marvel, Marvel, Marvel
Marvel Comics shipped pretty much everything they had this past week and with the distributor having a truck break down that was pretty much all we got in.
Everybody else was affected by the delay as DC only had seven books come into the store this past week and I only took home nine non DC/Marvel books to read. We did get the bigger DC titles - Final Crisis #2 (Barry Allen comes back at the end), Trinity #4 (the weekly series rolls on), and Superman #677 (first issue by James Robinson) this week. CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #0 and NO HERO #0 (OF 7) (a new Warren Ellis book over at Avatar) both came out but there wasn’t much else. We are getting all the titles we missed tomorrow so DC will have a rather large shipment this week as will all the “independents”.
Some items of note for the upcoming week.