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Soldier Zero Gets A Change in DnA

BOOM! Studios’ all-time bestselling title STAN LEE’S SOLDIER ZERO gets a change of “DnA” as Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning take over from Paul Cornell on scripting duties beginning with SOLDIER ZERO #5. Super hot writing duo Abnett and Lanning will pick up and run with Cornell’s ongoing ideas and also inject plenty of their own.

“It was a lifelong ambition come true to work with Stan Lee, and I couldn’t be happier that such talented writers as Dan and Andy will be taking over from me on SOLDIER ZERO,” said Paul Cornell.

Darkness #87 – Review

Jackie’s dream team of convicts continues to fall apart as another member of the team looks to betray Jackie’s trust by attempting to murder him. The issue follows Tyne’s life and ultimately his death. Tyne was the mobster accountant that always had the right answer for Jackie. Well it turned out that he was a snake in the grass and was/is an agent of the Angelus – The Darkness’ mortal enemy. Tyne narrates the reader through his life explaining how he came to be in Jackie’s group.

First Volume of Skullkickers Priced Low

If you want to buy into the hype, they pick up the trade which is fairly priced. If you feel that I’m a hater then please, please, let me know what is so good about this book. You think that’s a good enough quote for Image’s quote sheet? Probably not.

What would you pay a couple of mercenaries to crack some skulls?! In March 2011, you can take a couple of the baddest monster-mashing mercenaries home for the low price of $9.99!

Michael Moorcock Comes to Boom! This May with Elric: The Balance Lost!

For 40 years, Elric has thrilled comic book fandom beginning with Marvel Comics’ CONAN THE BARBARIAN #15 in 1972. Neil Gaiman called Elric’s creator Michael Moorcock “my model for what a writer was” while Warren Ellis said he is one of the “eight core sites in my creative genome” — now, the godfather of the Multiverse concept brings one of the most critically acclaimed and most recognizable figures in the history of fantasy fiction back to sequential art with BOOM! Studios’ ELRIC: THE BALANCE LOST!

Buy, Read, Pass – 12/8 Edition

Time for more quick verdicts on last week comics! I finally got my hands on a copy of 27 (actually two in case it blows up and becomes worth a ton of money!) And I think I may be sold on Nick Spencer finally… maybe. If I had to pick a book of the week I’d pick Thor The Might Avenger # 7. Such a fantastic title that hopefully Marvel will consider not cancelling.

27 # 1 – Buy – I was actually able to get a copy of this issue and at below cover price (screw you eBay). It’s worth picking up, but not worth paying $30 bucks for. If you can’t find it, pick up the second print.

Mouse Guard: The Black Axe First Issue Preview

It’s Mouse Guard time again! That’s right the next volume of creator David Peterson’s epic series hit’s stores today, so we thought we’d offer you a preview of the first issue. If you like it be sure to pick it up from you’re local comic shop. The Guard has a pretty good track record on the site as you can see by the outstanding reviews for the previous series Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, that you can read here and here and here. In the meantime though enjoy!

Spawn 200 Breaks Records But Not Your Wallet

Upon reading this press release, I thought to myself, “When the hell did the last issue of Spawn come out?” To which I then looked up (because that’s what you do when you make a statement like that) the answer is September 9, 2010. That’s right the landmark issue of Spawn will have taken 4 months to produce. And thus they’re giving you a ton of pages for the same cover price… of $3.99. Which then made me ask myself, “When the hell did Spawn raise it’s cover price?” Which I then did not look up because seriously who has that much time on their hands?