Marvel solicitations - June

Here's the CBR link:-

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3419

The more important bits:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #509 - Mike Deodato comes on as regular artist.

AMAZING FANTASY #1 - Fiona Avery and Mark "my god, how many books can
one man do" Brooks bring back Spider-Girl in "a surprising series of
teen-friendly adventures." The solicitation copy isn't exactly
inspiring - do they have a robot churning out generic phrases?

VENOM v CARNAGE #1 - Four-issue mini. Written by Peter Milligan, so
might be decent. Art by Clayton Crain, who I've never heard of.

POWERLESS #1 - Six-issue mini about Marvel characters without their
powers but still being heroes. Sounds a bit ropey. Michael Gaydos on
art, though, so it could be okay. Written by Matt Cherniss and Peter
Johnson, who don't mean anything to me.

SPIDER-MAN/DR OCTOPUS: YEAR ONE #1 - Five-issue mini. Written by Zeb
Wells, art by Kaare Andrews. Reading between the lines, this seems to
actually be a Dr Octopus Year One series. Could be alright.

Several comics are claiming to contain events leading into next month's
AVENGERS #500. The crossover is back, kids. Don't stand too close. The
participating titles are SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (?!), THOR and IRON MAN.
But, uh, not AVENGERS.

ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #7 - Ellis and Immonen's first issue.

MARY JANE #1 - Ongoing series, out of continuity, about Mary Jane Watson
at school. Sounds like a dreadful idea, but the creative team (Sean
McKeever and Takeshi Miyazawa) are excellent, so you never know.

The SPIDER-MAN/DR OCTOPUS: OUT OF REACH miniseries is collected in
digest form, not as a trade. Looks like Marvel have decided the digest
is the way of the future. Price tag is $5.99, which isn't bad
considering it collects a five-issue mini.

ASTONISHING X-MEN #1 ships two variant editions, including a "Director's
Cut." Because 1993 was such a good year.

NEW X-MEN appears to have dropped the ACADEMY X subtitle.

EXCALIBUR #2 is resolicited, as the title is already running a month
late. NYX is resolicited for the second time and is now running five
months late. WOLVERINE: THE END #4 is resolicited and is also several
months behind. All is not well.

IDENTITY DISC #1 - Five issue miniseries by Robert Rodi and John
Higgins. Seems to be a shameless spoiler attempt at DC's Identity
Crisis miniseries. WTF?

THOR #80 and #81 - Michael Avon Oeming is the new writer.

INVADERS #0 - Which is actually the concluding part of an AVENGERS
storyline, so it's effectively an extra issue of AVENGERS. Cute way to
try and build attention for the series. Marvel are obviously getting
behind it, but I still don't see it working.

CAPTAIN AMERICA #27-28 - Guest art from Eddie Campbell. Well, that's
going to be odd.

WITCHES #1-2 - Yes, the same book that was being talked about two and a
half years ago. But now it's a Marvel Knights title.

MYSTIQUE finally gets its first trade.

UNCANNY X-MEN's sixth trade includes the two Chuck Austen pre-Reload
issues of NEW X-MEN, so at least the Morrison trades won't be dragged
down.

Surprisingly, there's a fourth ELEKTRA trade paperback, even though
Marvel have axed the series.

Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo's FANTASTIC FOUR run gets a hardback
collection, covering issues #60-502. (That's #60-70 and #500-502, if
you're wondering.)

Not a hugely inspiring month, but some possibly interesting books in
there.

--
Paul O'Brien

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In article <alRwCzFiODXAFwzR.TakeThisOut@esoterica.demon.co.uk>, Paul O'Brien
<paul.TakeThisOut@SPAMBLOCK.esoterica.demon.co.uk> wrote:

 > AMAZING FANTASY #1 - Fiona Avery and Mark "my god, how many books can
 > one man do" Brooks bring back Spider-Girl in "a surprising series of
 > teen-friendly adventures." The solicitation copy isn't exactly
 > inspiring - do they have a robot churning out generic phrases?

Is this going to be Spider-Girl or Spider-Woman? Because isn't there a
rule two heroes can't have the same name? If this is a Spider-Girl, it
doesn't look good for Mayday.

 > POWERLESS #1 - Six-issue mini about Marvel characters without their
 > powers but still being heroes. Sounds a bit ropey. Michael Gaydos on
 > art, though, so it could be okay. Written by Matt Cherniss and Peter
 > Johnson, who don't mean anything to me.

So basically Marvel does Batman?

 > Several comics are claiming to contain events leading into next month's
 > AVENGERS #500. The crossover is back, kids. Don't stand too close. The
 > participating titles are SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (?!), THOR and IRON MAN.
 > But, uh, not AVENGERS.

Spectacular Spiderman?? He was an Avenger for like 2 issues.


 > The SPIDER-MAN/DR OCTOPUS: OUT OF REACH miniseries is collected in
 > digest form, not as a trade. Looks like Marvel have decided the digest
 > is the way of the future. Price tag is $5.99, which isn't bad
 > considering it collects a five-issue mini.

As long as I can get these Digests in Oz I'll be a happy pappy.

 >
 > ASTONISHING X-MEN #1 ships two variant editions, including a "Director's
 > Cut." Because 1993 was such a good year.

LOL oh no. What's happened to Marvel of late?

 >
 > NEW X-MEN appears to have dropped the ACADEMY X subtitle.

Hmmmm... this screams of someone in Marketing going "New Mutants isn't
selling well because it doesn't have an X in the title, why don't we
called it New X-Men, because they are". I think a lot of people who
pick this up and not find the X-men in it will be ticked off.

 > IDENTITY DISC #1 - Five issue miniseries by Robert Rodi and John
 > Higgins. Seems to be a shameless spoiler attempt at DC's Identity
 > Crisis miniseries. WTF?

something to be avoided obviously.

 > INVADERS #0 - Which is actually the concluding part of an AVENGERS
 > storyline, so it's effectively an extra issue of AVENGERS. Cute way to
 > try and build attention for the series. Marvel are obviously getting
 > behind it, but I still don't see it working.

I didn't even know they were doing an Invaders series.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->