Stand-Up Comics Weekly News, 7/7/09

The Short of It:

1. Wednesday Comics!
2. New This Wednesday

1. As big of a deal as Captain America: Reborn is, I must admit I am much more excited about THIS week's big new launch: DC's Wednesday Comics. Wednesday Comics is a 12-issue weekly miniseries that aims to duplicate the feel of the Sunday funny pages; each issue folds out to a 28" x 20" monstrosity of comics goodness! Every issue features 16 one-page full-color stories from top creators working on top characters, like Azzarello and Risso on Batman, Neil Gaiman and Mike Allred on Metamorpho, Hawkman by Kyle Baker, and more! Each of these teams will follow their characters from week to week so come October you'll have 16 complete stories in your collection. I think this is a pretty bold experiment on DC's part, and I really hope it succeeds. Make sure to check out Wednesday Comics when you stop in the shop this week... you won't be dissapointed!

PS - if you aren't totally sold on this concept yet, tomorrow's edition of USA Today (which NEVER has comics) will be running the first Superman installment (by John Arcudi and Lee Bermejo), so you can see what Wednesday Comics is all about there for free.

2. New This Wednesday

Marvel Comics:
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #36
Anita Blake: Necromancer #3
Dark X-Men Beginnings #1 -- a series of stories exploring how and why the new Dark X-Men came to be!
Hulk vol. 2: Red and Green trade paperback
Marvel Adventures: Super-Heroes #13
Ms. Marvel #41
Pride & Prejudice #4
Punisher: Frank Castle MAX #72
Skrull Kill Krew #3
Stand: American Nightmares #4
Thor: Tales of Asgard by Lee & Kirby #3
Uncanny X-Men: First Class #1
War of Kings: Warriors #1
X-Men Forever #3
X-Men Legacy #226

DC Comics:
All-Star Superman #1 $1 Special Edition -- here's another series you really ought to check out, and for only $1!
Batman #688
Batman & Robin #1 2nd printing
Booster Gold #22
Green Arrow/Black Canary #22
Green Lantern #43 -- BLACKEST NIGHT
House of Mystery #15
REBELS #6
Red Robin #2
Scooby Doo #146
Stormwatch PHD #22
Superman: World of New Krypton #5
Tom Strong #1 $1 Special Edition
Unwritten #3
Warlord #4
Wednesday Comics #1

Dark Horse Comics:
BPRD: 1947 #1

Image Comics:
Chew #1 2nd printing
Darkness #78
Elephantmen War Toys: Yvette one-shot
The Strange Adventures of HP Lovecraft #2

Misc. Comics:
Army of Darkness #22
City of Dust vol. 1 trade paperback
Crossed #6
Drafted: One-Hundred Days one-shot -- an Obama comic where Barack fights aliens.
Furrlough Color Special
Gold Digger: Tiffany & Charlotte Second Semester #1
Jungle Girl Season 2 #5
The Mangalicious Tick #1
No Hero #6
President Evil one-shot -- yet another Obama comic. I think he fights zombies in this one.
Sonic the Hedgehog #202
Street Fighter II Turbo #7
Super-Zombies #5
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly #1
The Zombies that Ate the World #4

Magazines:
Toyfare #145

Toys:
Marvel Select Wolverine action figure -- $19.99 for a great-looking figure of Marvel's mightiest mutant. Check it out at www.diamondselecttoys.com.

DVDs:
X-Men: The Animated Series vol. 1 & 2 on DVD -- remember this show from the 90s? Remember how awesome it was? Remember how much you wanna buy a copy from us? SURE YOU DO!
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