Marvel Comics Solicitations for February, 2008

[CBR News]

Marvel Comics has released artwork and solicitation information for comics and products shipping in February, 2008.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ne...m.cgi?id=12420

[Cayman]

February is Matt Fraction month.

[Magneto Rocks]

The great question remains whether for the first month since it started, Brubaker's Cap will be overtaken as best issue on the market. Because if anything can do it, it will be Millar/Hitch FF.

Then again, Mighty Avengers and Iron Man are both strong competitors for third place. Damn, this will be a good month.

[CBR News]

The solicits have been updated and properly formatted.

[DaeJi]

Just when I thought I couldn't be more pumped for Annihilation: Conquest, we get this. Once again the Annihilation events prove to be better than the mainstream Marvel event of the year. Though, what's up with Adam's costume on the cover? Does it change or did Aleksi Briclot decide to change it up a little for the cover?

[Ramiel]

MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: THE ILIAD #3 (of 8)
ULTIMATE IRON MAN II #3 (of 4)
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #119
ULTIMATES 3 #3 (of 5)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #549-551
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #17
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #10
THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST: ORSON RANDALL AND THE GREEN MIST OF DEATH
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #114
HULK #2
MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #5 (of 5)
THOR #7

Hmm, looks to be a good month

[Erik Lehnsherr]

You lose, Tony.....AGAIN

[DaeJi]

You lose, Tony.....AGAIN

Or he wins, there's always that option.

[HotRod_Tim]

I cannot wait for the next volume of Criminal. Ed Brubaker has got me so hooked on that title I've already eaten away at my finger nails waiting for #10, now I gotta start on the toenails waiting for v.2 #1. Damn you Brubaker and Phillips!!!

[DragynWulf]

A quick FAQ on the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A To Z Premiere Hardcovers for 2008.

-What is the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A To Z Premiere Hardcover?

This is a series of 12 volumes, each monthly, that will take almost every Official Handbook since the book's revival in 2004 and collect them into one complete series. The entire run will be re-shuffled into alphabetic format. Each book is 240 pages and the first runs from the beginning up through Blackwing.

-What is it comprised of?

It will be comprised of the following Handbooks:

-Avengers 2004
-Avengers 2005
-Fantastic Four 2005
-Hulk 2004
-Daredevil 2004
-Spider-Man 2004
-Spider-Man 2005
-Spider-Man: Back in Black 2007
-Wolverine 2004
-X-Men 2004
-X-Men 2005
-Alternate Universes 2005
-Book of the Dead 2004
-Golden Age 2004
-Horror 2005
-Marvel Knights 2005
-Teams 2005
-Women of Marvel 2005
-All-New OHOTMU 2006 #1-12
-All-New OHOTMU Update 2007 #1-4
-Mystic Arcana HB 2007
-WWH Gamma Files 2007
-Mighty Avengers Most Wanted HB 2007
-Marvel Zombies HB 2007
-X-Men Messiah Complex HB 2007

It will also take selected entries from X-Men: Age of Apocalypse HB. The only OHOTMUs that will not be included will be the three Ultimate HB's.

The good part: It will also take New Avengers Most Wanted Files and Annihilation Nova Files (including those found outside the ANF book), as well as the four Marvel Legacy Hbs, converting them all into standard (and current) HB format. Also, several special HB-style entries found in specials will be included.

-Why not the other Files books like Monster/Bloodstone Files and Civil War Files?

Because those were written too different from the format.

-Will the entries be updated?

Yes. Updated, and where needed, expanded. Some are going from 1 page to 3. Others, from 2 to 4. And it won't just be tacked-on info. Some are receiving full rewrites. If a character has had a name change, it will be reflected. Beak from Exiles, for instance, will be under Blackwing now. This also gives a chance to go back and expand earlier 2004-2005 entries as we didn't have the space then. More images throughout as well. The Legacy profiles will now be up-to-date.

-Will there be any all-new profiles?

Yes, in a manner of speaking. Some (but not all) of the entries that dealt with multiple versions of a particular name/alias will be split up into individual entries. Others will be given their own entries out of necessity. For instance, originally there was a profile for Arsenic & Old Lace. It has since been deemed necessary to give both characters their own individual profile. There will be other surprises too. One team who only gets a one-paragraph mention in a similar team's profile gets its own in Book 2.

-And Data Corrections?

We will be fixing them.

[NimNams]

Ooh, Punisher MAX 4 HC! That's coming much earlier than I expected.

But on the flipside, no Punisher MAX monthly? I hope it's just a month off...

[streator]

i'm getting:

spider-man: with great power... 2
fantastic four 554
mighty avengers 9
giant sized astonishing x-men 1
uncanny x-men 495
x-men legacy 208
x-force 1
x-factor 28

and maybe:

nova annual 1

[IIX]

Is it just me or do the the covers to the previews won't show up when you click on them?

[Erik Lehnsherr]

Or he wins, there's always that option.

Come on, DaeJi...he doesn't stand a chance.

[DaeJi]

Come on, DaeJi...he doesn't stand a chance.

In a perfect world... no hero would stand a snowball's chance in Hell against a villain. That makes their winning soooooo much better and far more exciting.