Stand-Up Comics Weekly News, 5/12/09

I know this will break your heart, guys, but there is NO NEWS to share this week. Except maybe that Star Trek was awesome. It definitely was awesome.

Well, okay, there's this: this week DC Comics/Vertigo is releasing The Unwritten #1. It's a series about the fictional character Tommy Taylor, a child wizard and the most popular made-up person who ever was, and also about the real Tommy Taylor, the son of the author of the fake Tommy Taylor's books. Except it turns out the real Tommy Taylor doesn't have a birth certificate or a social security number or any of those things that most real people have… so what's the deal? I don't know much about the plot beyond the pitch, but I know that this series is in the hands of Mike Carey and Peter Gross, the amazing creative team behind the Lucifer series (you may also know Carey from his recent Marvel work on X-Men). These guys always, always do fantastic work together. I also know the first issue is 40 pages and is only $1. So if you're looking for some new comic to get into, give this book a try! If you buy the first issue and you really don't like it, I'll give you a dollar back. Really.

Okay, that said, here's what's coming out Wednesday:

Marvel Comics:
All-New Savage She-Hulk #2
Black Panther 2 #4
Captain Britain & MI 13 #13
Dark Reign: Hawkeye #2
Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1
Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead #1
Deadpool: Suicide Kings #2
Howling Commandos #1
Lockjaw & the Pet Avengers #1
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #51
Marvel Adventures Super-Heroes #11
New Exiles vol. 4 trade paperback
Pride & Prejudice #2
Punisher: Frank Castle #70
Secret Warriors #4
Thor: Tales of Asgard by Lee & Kirby #1
Ultimate Spider-Man #132
Ultimates 3: Who Killed Scarlet Witch trade paperback
War of Kings Ascension #2
Wolverine #73 -- this is coming out before Wolverine #72. So if you're missing a number and you don't know how Old Man Logan ended, don't sweat it... #72 will be out in a few weeks.
Wonderful Wizard of Oz #6
X-Factor #43

DC Comics:
Action Comics #877
Azrael: Death's Dark Knight #3
Batman Confidential #29
Booster Gold #20
Fables #84
Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #1
Green Lantern Corps #36
House of Mystery #13
Oracle #3
Rebels #4
Secret Six #9
Stormwatch PHD #21
Super Friends #15
Titans #13
Trinity #50
Unwritten #1

Dark Horse Comics:
Amazon #3
BPRD: Black Goddess #5
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8: Time of Your Life trade paperback
Star Wars: Clone Wars #6
Umbrella Academy: Dallas #6

Image Comics:
Elephantmen #19
Fusion #1
I Kill Giants trade paperback
Walking Dead #61

Misc. Comics:
Angel: Not Fade Away #1
Astro Boy Movie Prequel: Underground #1
Battlestar Galactica: Final Five #2
Captain Action Comics #4
GI Joe: Cobra #3
Gold Digger #106
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen III #1
The Man With No Name #10
Phantom: Ghost Who Walks #2
Sabrina #102
Sonic the Hedgehog #200
Star Trek: Mission's End #3
Street Fighter II Turbo #6
Super-Zombies #3
Terry Moore's Echo #12
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures vol. 1: Heroes in a Half-Shell trade paperback
Voyages of the Shebuccaneer #2
Zorro #13

Magazines:
Lee's Toy Review #198
Toyfare #143
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