BATMAN: DEATH MASK

Yeah, It's CMX. CMX is a division of Wildstorm so it gets a mention here...

In April, DC Comics will be releasing Batman: Death Mask—a prestige format limited series—introducing renowned Japanese writer/artist Yoshinori Natsume to the American mainstream comic book market. In Batman: Death Mask, the Dark Knight must hunt down a mysterious, new serial killer with connections to Bruce Wayne’s initial globe spanning training that led to his transformation into Batman. It’s possible that this deadly killer may even know who Batman is. Batman: Death Mask is an original four issue mini-series that blends an iconic American superhero with the Japanese Manga style of storytelling.

Yoshinori Natsume: Batman is an established character and everyone has his or her own idea about what he is supposed to look like. But I think it’s a lot of fun seeing how different artists interpret the character, and how they each bring their own unique “take” to the Batman.

A full interview with Yoshinori Natsume can be found here.

FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH #4 SELLS OUT

Press Release

FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH continues its run of sellouts, with issue #4 the latest to sell out and go back to press for a new, second printing.

FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH #4 Second Printing (JAN088123) will feature a black and white version of the cover by Eric Powell and is scheduled to arrive in stores on March 19.

To ensure delivery on March 19, retailers must place orders by Sunday, March 9. Please note that quantities will be limited and may sell out before March 9. Retailers may order these issues by contacting their Diamond Customer Service Representative or DC Sales Representative, or by email at reorders@diamondcomics.com. This item will not be offered on Final Order Cutoff.

Other issues of FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH are available as follows:

• FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH #1 Second Printing (NOV078069) is available for reorder.

• FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH #2 Second Printing (DEC078059) is available for reorder.

• FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH #3 Second Printing (DEC078060) is available for reorder.

• FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH #5 (DEC070286) is available for reorder and will arrive in stores on February 27.

• FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH #6 (JAN080239) is solicited in the January Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on March 26.

WONDERCON '08: THE WILDSTORM PANEL

Check the whole report here

Some Highlights:

DC/Wildstorm: Dreamwar crossover written by Keith Giffen which begins in April. “The multiverse is not involved,” Peterson said, stressing that Giffen had found a way to tell the story without invoking the 52 worlds of the DC multiverse.

The Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor, wherein, “Jack Hawksmoor, the king of cities, finds out that San Francisco is trying to kill him, and has to find out why,”

Kirby then discussed New Dynamix, coming next month, and panel latecomer Jim Lee said that Kirby and writer Allen Warner sold them on the idea due to their passion for a variety of underused Wildstorm characters from the past who the team wanted to dust off and bring back into play

Batman: Death Mask, though starring Batman, is being packaged by Wildstorm, under Editor Jim Chadwick. The story is an original manga story by Yoshinori Natsume, and is set both in present day and flashbacks to the past, when Bruce Wayne spent time in Japan, learning the martial arts. “Bruce Wayne may have unleashed certain things whose ramifications will reach all the way to present day Gotham City.”

Asked about Wildcats, Lee said that he has the second script from Grant Morrison, but Wildstorm will not solicit it until there are several issues ready to go. The story should run six issues long. “At this point there’s no way to make amends,” Lee said, “All we can do it make sure than when it does ship, it’s the best story it can be.” Lee added that the story is now out of continuity, and takes place before the events which are currently happening with the Wildcats in the present-day Wildstorm Universe

Will characters from Sleeper such as Toa show up in Wildstorm? Peterson: “Yes. I can’t go into it specifically, but you will see the characters in the not to distant future.”

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EYE OF THE STORM EP 2!

I made it to 2! Hope you enjoy. I have added some new segments. I comment on my favorite black WildStorm super heroes for Black History Month. I review and comment on Countdown Presents - The search for Ray Palmer: WildStorm. I do a short Forecast and give some of my predictions. I also go over the WildStorm solicitations for April 2008. Thanks to those who have helped me and dispensed their advise to me. Thanks for listening and keep your eye on the Storm.
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WORLD OF WARCRAFT #3 SELLS OUT

Press Release

WildStorm’s hit WORLD OF WARCRAFT series continues to thrill fans, with the third consecutive issue now sold out and going back
WildStorm’s hit WORLD OF WARCRAFT series continues to thrill fans, with the third consecutive issue now sold out and going back to press for a new, second printing.

“What truly matters in life is to live different kinds of experiences,” says artist Ludo Lullabi. “Whether they are real or virtual doesn’t really matter. As a game player, to be able to enter the world of Azeroth is a dream come true for me. As an artist, I hope I have been able to capture the essence of this wonderful universe and managed to be faithful to it, as well as to all the players who keep on writing and rewriting its history.”

Based on the world’s most popular massively multiplayer videogame from Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., the WORLD OF WARCRAFT #3 Second Printing (DEC078146) will feature a black and white version of Jim Lee’s cover and is scheduled to arrive in stores on February 27.

To ensure delivery on February 27, retailers must confirm orders by Sunday, February 17. Please note that quantities will be limited and may sell out before February 17. This item will not be offered on Final Order Cutoff. Retailers may place orders by contacting their Diamond Customer Service Representative or DC Sales Representative, or by email at reorders@diamondcomics.com

Other issues of WORLD OF WARCRAFT are available as follows:

• WORLD OF WARCRAFT #1 Second printing (OCT078514) is available for order now.

• WORLD OF WARCRAFT #2 Second printing (NOV078132) is available for order now.

• WORLD OF WARCRAFT #4 (DEC070288) is available for advance reorder and is scheduled to arrive in stores on February 20.

• WORLD OF WARCRAFT #5 (JAN080241) is solicited in the January Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on March 19.

• WORLD OF WARCRAFT #6 (FEB080288) is solicited in the February Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on April 16.

DREAM WAR NEWS

Thought this interview with Keith Giffen was interesting. Read the whole interview here.

"NRAMA: OK, we'll have to wait and see what that means. But before you go, Keith, there was a preview of Dreamwar, your Wildstorm/DC crossover that showed up last week on Newsarama, and it had what appeared to be the Wolfman/Perez era of the Teen Titans. Now, we had talked about this crossover before, and it was just assumed that it was the current DCU that was going to be showing up in the current WSU. Does this preview mean it's a past era of the DCU that's showing up?

KG: Well... that's the Teen Titans that are crossing over.

NRAMA: Then... does that mean the other characters from the DCU who show up in the WSU will be from that era too?

KG: Let's just say that just because we've seen the Wolfman/Perez Teen Titans doesn't necessarily mean you're going to see the Justice League or any of the other heroes from that era. What we're crossing over here is the DCU, but it's not a time-consistent DCU. With the preview, you've seen which Teen Titans version is crossing over. Now the question becomes, which Justice League version? Which version of the Legion of Super-Heroes? Which version of what characters are going to be showing up, and how the hell can they show up in the Wildstorm Universe being from different times without traveling through time or crossing the Multiverse?"

THE DRIZZLE

THE DRIZZLE: This is going to be a monthly column for the site, where I just give my musings of the Wildstorm titles I read. Thing I like, don't like or just what I'm thinking as I read them. they will be from the month before because I get my book from DCBS monthly. So this will be about the WIldstorm books that were released in January. in the order that I read them.
Wildstorm Revelations 1 & 2

• wes Craig, Diamond in the ruff.


• Savant knows how to handle a weiner. BOTH hands in the right position.


• So that's what Fuji's named after. got it.


• Winter cops a feel, gets accused of being a kid toucher, and pays the price.


• The weaponry of Bed, Bath, and Beyond.


• Nemesis redefines getting krunked.


• The Authority gets punked


• Nemesis' soliloquy, I laughed out loud.


• "I'm gonna shower off this pus and have high tea with Bono" The indifference of Jenny Quantum


• An adorable tesseract-bomb


• Midnighter suspecting that they were being gamed. Nice touch.


• Concubine #543


• Glop


• Forecast: Gloppy


• Appollo concerned with being eatened or mated with... or both.


• Midnighter, eunuch?


• Majestic, pumped for information.

Midnighter 15

• Don't play chess with Midnighter.


• The Midnighter loophole.


• The chasm between the known and unknown.


• Midnighter's warning to his daughter, Jenny.

Authority Prime 4

• Confused by sobriety and lack of shameless nudity.


• Midnighter pillow talk.


• Rose is Rose.


• Midnighter is working.


• Then again, Rose is Rose.

Gen13 16

• "Borderline retarded version of situationism"


• Fairchild takes the direct approach


• I'd be mad if I was accused of wearing ugg boots.


• Burnout's perfidy.


• Establishing shot. oh I see, he's not making reality TV, he's making a comic.


• Rainmaker knows the true meaning of dirty pillows.

DC/WILDSTORM: DREAMWAR #1 FIRST LOOK!

This is Excellent. Lee Garbett is proving to be a great addition to the Wildstorm universe.
Would love to see how Keith Giffin makes sense of this.

"Keith Giffen: It's pretty straightforward. It's DC characters vs. Wildstorm characters. And the way the story is laid out and the way the story is conceived, I think I've actually come up with a legitimate reason for heroes to meet, fight, then reason it out, then team up."

WILDSTORM's MIDNIGHTER #16 PREVIEW

This week a new art team (Lee Garbett and Rick Burchett) joins writer Keith Giffen with Wildstorm's Midnighter #16, and here's a preview first look...

MIDNIGHTER #16Written by Keith GiffenArt by Lee Garbett & Rick BurchettCover by Lee Garbett & Trevor ScottThe new art team of Lee Garbett (HIGHWAYMEN) & Rick Burchett (BATMAN/HUNTRESS) debuts! There’s a new guy in town: Assassin8, a contract killer so deadly he’ll even give the Midnighter a run for his money — and his target this time is the Midnighter himself.On sale February 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US


The cover reminds me, a bit, of Frank Quietly. The rest of these interiors are excellent.
Welcome Lee Garbett and Rick Burchett

Eye Of The Storm Ep 1!

Hello. Finally got the first episode up. Just click and download here or from the side bar. It's not much of an episode. Very short, very patchy, and you can kinda tell this is my very first podcast. I hope you enjoy!