FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2018
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and four- to seven-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, July 11, click on the thumbnails above or the links below for the individual titles.
* THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.
* AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS #21.
* CHAMPIONS #22.
* DAREDEVIL #605.
* DARTH VADER #18.
* DEADPOOL: ASSASSIN #3.
* DOMINO #4.
* EXILES #5.
* HUNT FOR WOLVERINE: THE ADAMANTIUM AGENDA #3.
* INFINITY COUNTDOWN: DARKHAWK #4.
* MS. MARVEL #32.
* THE NEW MUTANTS: DEAD SOULS #5.
* OLD MAN LOGAN #43.
* THE PUNISHER #227.
* QUICKSILVER: NO SURRENDER #3.
* STAR WARS THRAWN #6.
BOOM! STUDIOS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and six- to 16-page previews of BOOM! Studios titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, July 11, click on the cover thumbnails above or the links below for the individual titles.
MARVEL COMICS TOPS JUNE SALES
Marvel Comics again topped sales for June, according to figures released on Friday by Diamond Distributors.
Marvel had 38.42 percent of the dollar share to 30.54 percent for runner-up DC Comics. Marvel had 40.98 percent of the unit share to 33.73 percent for DC.
For the publishers' sales chart, CLICK HERE.
DC Comics' Justice League 31 was the top seller, both in units shipped and dollars invoices.
The rest of the top 10 in units shipped:
2.) The Magic Order #1, Image Comics.
3.) Tony Stark: Iron Man #1, Marvel Comics.
4.) Amazing Spider-Man #801, Marvel Comics.
5.) Batman #49, DC Comics.
6.) Batman #48, DC Comics.
7.) Deadpool #1, Marvel Comics.
8.) Thor #1, Marvel Comics.
9.) X-Men Gold #30, Marvel Comics.
10.) Justice League #2, DC Comics.
BLACK PANTHER VS. DEADPOOL
Marvel Comics has announced an Oct. 3 launch for Black Panther vs. Deadpool, a five-issue series written by Daniel Kibblesmith, with art by Ricardo Lopez and a #1 cover by Ryan Benjamin.
Here's how Marvel describes the book:
"For a reason he'd rather not disclose (because, well, it makes him look bad!) Deadpool needs a piece of Vibranium...and the only way to get Vibranium is to go through the Black Panther himself! But Deadpool soon learns that his unconventional methods don't exactly work against the king of the most technologically advanced country on the planet."
"Featuring a brawl you can only get in comics -- for now anyway -- Black Panther vs. Deadpol is the best of both worlds, equal parts Black Panther/Wakanda and Deadpool/Crazytown," said editor Wil Moss. "In bouncing these two characters off each other -- and sometimes through each other -- Daniel and Ricardo have found some really fascinating insights into what makes them tick as individuals."
BRIEFLY
FF VARIANTS: Marvel Comics has unveiled two more variant covers to Fantastic Four #1, in stores on August 8.
These covers are by Nick Bradshaw and Humberto Ramos.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
VALIANT FIRST LOOKS: For covers and five-page preview of Bloodshot Salvation #11, arriving in stores on Wednesday, July 11 from Valiant Entertainment, CLICK HERE.
WHISPERING DARK: Dark Horse Comics has announced an Oct. 24 launch for The Whispering Dark, a four-issue series from writer Christofer Emgard and artist Tomas Aira.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the book:
"The Whispering Dark follows an Army pilot confronting a supernatural horror in this thriller in the tradition of Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness and Coppola's Apocalypse Now! Hannah Vance believed her faith in God could survive anything. But when her helicopter is shot down behind enemy lines, she will fight and kill on an ever more savage battlefield, desperate for a way home. On the horizon, an evil waits for her -- and freedom, of a sort."
ASCENDER IN 2019: Image Comics has announced a 2019 launch for Ascender, from the Descender creative team of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen.
Here's how Image describes the book:
"Set ten years after the conclusion of Descender, in Ascender the machines have gone away, and in their absence magic has reclaimed the universe. Now one girl must embark on an epic quest to find robotkind and its fabled boy messiah, TIM-21, before it's too late..."
"Dustin and I love the world of Descender and we're re-energized by this new direction, which has opened all sorts of new storytelling possibilities for us," said Lemire. "Ascender will feel like a continuation of the Descender saga and like a brand new book all in one."
VERY BRIEFLY: Ant-Man and The Wasp opened with $11.5 million from its Thursday night screenings.
SEPTEMBER 2018 SOLICITATIONS
Below are solicitations posted for September. Click on the publisher's name for the full listings and look for more listings soon here in The Continuum.
* ANTARCTIC PRESS.
* ARCHIE COMICS.
* ASPEN COMICS.
* BONGO COMICS.
* BOOM! STUDIOS.
* DARK HORSE COMICS.
* DC COMICS.
* DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT.
* IDW PUBLISHING.
* IMAGE COMICS.
* LION FORGE.
* MARVEL COMICS.
* ONI PRESS.
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