GLYPH Award Nominees Announced

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The Glyph Comics Awards has announced the nominees for the 2009 awards.  This is the fourth year for the competition and there are many new names on the list.  Judging this year’s entries are: Valerie D’Orazio, president, Friends of Lulu; Mathan Erhardt, writer, Comics Nexus; Ed Mathews, columnist, Pop Image; Tim O’Shea, writer/interviewer, TalkingWithTim.com; and Elayne Riggs, comics reviewer and commentator.

You can also vote for the Fan Award for Best Comic between now and March 31, 2009, at East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC), www.ecbacc.com/wordpress.  The full nominee list after the jump.

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Marvel Announces Three Sold Out Issues

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Dark Reign and the Marvel Noir events have been doing quite well for Marvel, as the company announced three of its titles have sold out at the distributor level.  The first is X-Men Noir #3, featuring the team of Fred Van Lente and Dennnis Calero.  While Marvel says it has no plans to go back to press on this issue, the company’s record for reprints indicates you’ll see something eventually.

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Read Black Panther Saga For Free

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What better way to wrap up the year, than with some free comic book reading. Fans of Black Panther, who are concerned about his fall during the Secret Invasion, can read his life’s story in the Black Panther Saga – for free!  All this thanks to Marvel’s DCU (that’s Digital Comics Unlimited for those who are confused), which you can check out here.

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Review: A Very Rapid-Fire Christmas…

Or – “Wasn’t There Another Reviewer At Major Spoilers?  Some Old Dude?”

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It’s a little known fact that the month of December contains space-time anomalies that keep you from ever completing anything on time.  Add to that a new paradigm at my office, wherein my team load has doubled and my patience halved, a tendency to want to spend time with my friends around the holidays, a scanner that works about half the time and my recent birthday, and I admit it…  I may have been neglecting my reviews.  Still, t’is nobler in the mind to beg forgiveness than it is to ask permission, so I’m back with a new batch of things you may have already read, but forgot to ask for my opinion on the first time.

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Who is the Black Panther?

And why is she so hot?  Yes, the Black Panther is getting a makeover in February.  This extra-sized issue should reveal some of the questions, and may create others as readers wonder what happed to T’Challa after Secret Invasion.

Marvel has sent Major Spoilers the covers to the issue, including the 70th anniversary cover by Marko Djundjevic.

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Black Panther Back to Press

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Marvel has announced that Black Panther #40 – a Secret Invasion tie-in – has sold out at the distributor level, and will be going back to press with a new cover featuring interior art by Jefte Palo.

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Black Panther #39 Reprint on the Way

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With the Skrull invasion spilling over into all the Marvel titles, the invasion of Wakanda has enough readers sitting up to watch the action that Black Panther #39 sold out at the distributor level, prompting Marvel to go back to print with a new issue, featuring a variant cover by Jefte Palo.

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Marvel Sneak Peek: Secret Invasion Tie-Ins

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Even if Matthew is not a big fan of all the Secret Invasion tie-ins, the complete Skrull invasion can’t be told without spilling into “a few” additional issues.

Marvel has sent Major Spoilers two sneak peeks that tie directly into Secret Invasion – Avengers: The Initiative #16 and Black Panther #40.

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New Comic Releases for July 30, 2008

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Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores July 30, 2008. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.

This list was last updated July 28, 2008.

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SDCC’08: Marvel’s Ultimate Panel

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With the rumors about a reboot or cancellation of some or all of Marvel’s Ultimate titles, you can bet there were lots of people attending the Marvel Ultimate Panel at San Diego Comic Con.  Take the jump for the highlights.

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