Juan Pineda talks with Jim Salicrup at the Big Apple Comic Con!

Zenescope Presents Their Catalog Of Books Coming This September!

Graphicly is teaming up with Aspen Comics this summer to bring the publishers’ growing catalogue of books to their impressive digital platform. Aspen will be releasing an initial wave of different titles on the Graphicly app, highlighted by the first volumes of both of their two popular flagship series: Michael Turner’s Fathom and Soulfire.

 

Killen finished up our look at Wave 17 with a review of the Indigo Lantern version of The Atom!

Welcome to the Comics Corner, now with extra pulp! That’s right; we’ve got the latest installment of everyone’s favorite Golden Age hero, who’s not really a Golden Age hero at all, The Rocketeer! We’ve also got some Star Wars goodness featuring Qui-Gon Jinn and Mark Millar makes a mess of the Ultimates. All that and, oh yeah, the conclusion to the Death of Spider-Man event in the Ultimate Universe! How’d that turn out? Find out inside and strap yourselves in as we head to the Top of the Stack!

Killen has more Movie Master goodness for you today! This time we get a look at the Hal Jordan with Bzzzd figure! Nothing more than a repaint, but he does come with some neat accessories. Is he worth the purchase? Watch and see!

Marvel is proud to unveil Marvel Architect, Mark Bagley’s, stunning variant to the critically acclaimed Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #160 – the tragic conclusion to “Death of Spider-Man”! It’s the death that rocked headlines everywhere from NPR, Fox News, to Entertainment Weekly and no Ultimate Comics Spider-Man fan can afford to miss out on this one! With retailers nationwide reporting immediate sell-outs, fans have one more chance to get their hands on this history making issue! It’s the end of an era as ComicBookResources says “with writer and artist, hero and villain, friend and family member all at their absolute best.” Be sure to head over to your local comic shop next week for your last chance to read how it all comes to a close in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #160 Spoiler Variant!

 

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #160 SPOILER VARIANT
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by MARK BAGLEY
Rated T+ …$3.99
ON SALE 6/29/11

Juan Pineda talks with War of the Independents creator Dave Ryan.

VIA Diamond Comics:

Diamond is saddened to report the passing of artist Gene Colan, as reported by writer/editor Clifford Meth, a close friend of Colan's, via a June 24 blog post. Meth writes, “I regret to announce that my friend Gene Colan died at about 11 PM on June 23. Gene spent this last week in a quasi-coma state following a broken hip and complications from liver disease. He was 84.”

Known for this moody, evocative work on Daredevil, Tomb of Dracula, Howard the Duck, Tales of Suspense, two Nathaniel Dusk, Private Investigator mini-series, Detective Comics, Batman, and aDetectives, Inc. graphic novel, among many other projects, his career started with Wings Comics in 1944. The artist also co-created Marvel's Blade and Falcon.

In 2005, Colan became a member of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, and his last published comic book work, the illustration of 2009's Captain America #601, won he and writer Ed Brubaker the Eisner Award for Best Single Issue.

Scotty continues right along with the Wave 17 reviews with a look at Star Sapphire Wonder Woman!

Keeping it rolling! Pixel Dan has a review of the upcoming DC Universe 6" Young Justice Artemis figure!

Spinning out from the pages of New Avengers, Marvel is pleased to announce Avengers 1959 #1 (of 5), a brand new mini-series from comics legend Howard Chaykin, this fall! An unique team of super powered individuals of the post-World War II era including, Sabretooth, Kraven the Hunter and Namora, must combat threats in New York, Madripoor, and everywhere in between!

"I'm grabbing what feels like a brass ring here, with the opportunity to do an untold story of the lost years of the Marvel Universe,” explained Chaykin. “In a follow up to the sensational stuff laid out by Brian Bendis in NEW AVENGERS, we'll follow Nick Fury and his Avengers around the world as they track down and take down super powered survivors of the Third Reich--as their ever effort is countermanded by a mysterious agency with a dark agenda of its own.”

Can the team save the day without tearing each other apart and who else will join the ranks of Earth’s Mightiest? Get the full story behind Nick Fury Nick Fury led Avengers Initiative as they trek across the globe saving the entire Marvel Universe from peril, only in the action-packed Avengers 1959 #1 (of 5)!

We've seen all 4 of  Mattel's Young Justice Wave 1 single 4 inch figures. Now let's look at one of the line's first 2-packs. It's the Heroes of the Deep: Aquaman & Aqualad!

 

 

Zenescope Entertainment has announced plans to partner with Big City Comics Studio to publish a new graphic novel
entitled Terminal ALICE. This upcoming book is written and created by Jeffrey Kaufman and penciled by Marco Turini.