FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2013 at Westfield Comics!
Free Comic Book Day 2013 is Saturday, May 4 and you don’t want to miss out on the fun! In addition to this year’s crop of FREE comics, here’s what else is going on at our Madison locations!
New In-Store Releases for Wednesday, April 17, 2013!
All-New, Ongoing He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #1
Highlights This Week: Due to the positive response to their recent releases of the He-Man mini-series and one-shots, DC is releasing the all-new, ongoing He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #1. In this first new issue, creators Keith Giffen and Pop Mhan have Hordak infiltrating Eternia with the help of She-Ra, now known only as Despara;
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R.I.P. Carmine Infantino
Flash #123 (1961)
Carmine Infantino died Thursday, April 4 at the age of 87. During a five-decade career, he drew for DC, Marvel (Spider-Woman) and others, and was most notable for co-creating the Silver Age versions of The Flash, Black Canary, Elongated Man, Deadman, Barbara Gordon/Batgirl and redesigning Batman’s look in the 1960s!
Also, R.I.P. George Gladir, co-creator of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and longtime Archie Comics writer, who passed away this Wednesday, April 3 at the age of 88!
New In-Store Releases For Wednesday, April 10, 2013!
Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist Edition
Highlights This Week: After many delays, IDW is finally releasing their Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition. Shot from the original art, the massive 15 x 22 inch book collects Spirit stories from Eisner’s well regarded post World War II period;
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This July’s Rocketeer/Spirit Mini-Series from IDW!
Just announced! Mark Waid and Paul Smith are teaming for a four-issue The Rocketeer/Spirit mini-series from IDW this July!
New In-Store Releases For Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Thanos Rising #1 (of 5)
Highlights This Week: The Mad God of Titan finally gets his origin told in Thanos Rising #1 (of 5). His profile went way up when he showed up during the end credits of The Avengers Movie, and now we can all find out more about him, including where his obsession with Death came from and basically what made him one of the biggest badasses in the Marvel Universe;
HAPPY EASTER FROM WESTFIELD COMICS!
This coming Sunday, March 31 both Westfield locations will be closed in celebration of the Easter holiday in order for our employees to observe the day with their family and friends. Both locations will open again for their normal business hours on Monday, April 1.
Bob’s News About Stuff!!!
Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane’s Angela
Big surprise this week when Marvel announced that one of the reveals in Age of Ultron #10 (of 10) is the first appearance of Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane‘s long-litigated character Angela in the Marvel Universe. She’ll also appear in Guardians of the Galaxy #5, co-written by Gaiman and Brian Michael Bendis, and then in other Marvel titles throughout the year. In other Gaiman news, it was also revealed that we probably wouldn’t see his Sandman prequel until towards the end of 2013!
New In-Store Releases For Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Marvel Now’s Guardians of the Galaxy #1
Highlights This Week: Yep, we know that we already spotlighted the #0.1 issue last month, but you can’t deny that Guardians of the Galaxy #1 is the biggest book of the week! Iron Man joins the motley crew of Star-Lord, Drax, Gamora, Groot and, of course, Rocket Raccoon to discover why the Earth has become the most important planet in the Galaxy. The creative team of Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven set the stage for Marvel’s upcoming cosmic crossover and whet your appetite for the Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy Movie coming in August of 2014!;
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Batman “Zero Year” Begins in June’s Batman #21
The next big Batman arc by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo begins with issue #21 this June. Zero Year is the 11-issue long, New 52 equivalent of Batman Year One and spins out of the preview from Batman #0 last September!