Or – “There’s No Kill Like Overkill…”
TVTropes.org defines the term “Lampshade Hanging as “the writers’ trick of dealing with any element of the story that threatens the audience’s willing suspension of disbelief…by calling attention to it and then moving on.”
Well, at least they got us halfway there…
Marvel has passed along its schedule for the New York Comic Con taking place this weekend at the Javits Center in NYC. There are a lot of things to see, and some of the panels and signing might be on your list.
(San Diego, CA; January 13, 2009) – This month IDW Publishing debuts the singularly titled G.I. JOE, the first of three initial comic book series in which the elite military force G.I. JOE and COBRA are fully revitalized and re-established for a new generation of fans.
IDW set the stage with a kick-off issue, G.I. JOE #0, released in October, 2008, after it was announced that IDW had reached a deal with Hasbro to re-launch the G.I. JOE comic book franchise.
Of course he does, as this variant cover to Thor #600 clearly indicates.
THOR #600 (NOV082404)
THOR #600 DELL’OTTO VARIANT (NOV082405)
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI, STAN LEE & CHRIS GIARRUSSO
Penciled by OLIVIER COIPEL, CHRIS GIARRUSSO & DAVID AJA
Wraparound Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant Wraparound Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Variant Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
Thor #600 arrives February 11, 2009, and features a cover price of $4.99. This has to be due to the additional pages, right? Or is this a portent of things to come?
You can find out more about the issue, and what role Stan Lee plays, by checking out the interview with Lee over at Marvel’s website.
Marvel has announced it is kicking up the page count for Thor #600 filling the issue with over 100 pages. The issue alos includes a Stan Lee story that will be illustrated by Immortal Iron Fist artist David Aja. Marvel has sent Major Spoilers and early sneak peek, that you can see after the jump.
The latest issue of the Dark Tower: Treachery series arrives in stores this week, and Marvel has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of issue #3.
Marvel has just announced the final issue of Secret Invasion will now arrive in stores on December 3, 2008. Seems the extra pages and the hectic schedule were just too much for Leinel Yu.
“Anybody who pored over the artwork from #7 a week ago can easily see how he and Mark Morales have been putting their all (and then some) into every page and every panel, and that effort has finally caught up with us. Hopefully, retailers and fans will forgive us these extra two weeks as we make sure that everything is in the shape it should be in for the extra-sized climax—and from there, it’ll be smooth sailing straight into DARK REIGN,” said Executive Editor Tom Brevoort in a prepared statement.
Considering the size of the Secret Invasion event, spilling into almost every other Marvel title, I’m impressed Marvel was able to keep the schedule going for this long. Considering many Comic Wednesdays were flooded with Marvel titles (not necessarily a result of Secret Invasion), many local comic shops were overwhelmed, and I’m sure there were many fans who had to make a choice between what issues they could afford that particular week.
The next installment of Dark Tower: Treachery arrives in stores this week, and Marvel has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek that you can see after the jump.
The next installment of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series is set for a September 10th mid-night release. To celebrate the occasion, those attending the release event will get a special variant cover of Dark Tower: Treachery #1.
Take the jump to see what stores are participating.
Following up on the Stephen King adaptation of Dark Tower: The Long Road Home, Marvel is releasing a brand new series called Dark Tower: Treachery that debuts September 10, 2008. Marvel has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek
The Skrulls have landed in Asgard, and it’s time for Thor to get involved in the secret invasion. Marvel has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek at Secret Invasion: Thor #1.
Marvel Comics has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles shipping in September 2008.
THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS #1 (of 5)
Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Penciled & Inked by MIKE PERKINS
Cover by LEE BERMEJO
Variant Cover by MIKE PERKINS
Sketch Variant Cover by LEE BERMEJO
It begins here: the apocalyptic epic battle between good and evil based on the classic bestseller by master of horror Stephen King! On a secret army base in the Californian desert, something has gone horribly, terribly wrong. Something that will send Charlie Campion and his wife and daughter fleeing in the middle of the night. Unfortunately for the Campion family–and the rest of America–they are unaware that all three of them are carrying a deadly cargo: A virus that will spread from person to person like wildfire, triggering a massive wave of disease and death, prefacing humanity’s last stand! Be there as writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four) teams with artist Mike Perkins (Captain America) for the first arc in the next great Stephen King event!
32 PGS./ Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory…$3.99
©2008 Stephen King. All rights reserved. Published by arrangement with The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
This comic series is produced under license from The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group and Stephen King.
The STAND POSTER (solicited in Previews #58 as Stephen King A Poster) (JUN082450)
24×36 Color Poster…$7.99 Final Order Cut-Off 7/24, (On-Sale 8/20/08)