CBR: Pipeline - Dec 20, 2011

[CBR News]

Augie looks at some of the hardcover titles recently solicited for March 2012, with special mention of the last Todd McFarlane "Spider-Man" collection and the first of Erik Larsen's new "Savage Dragon" hardcovers.


Full article here.

[Alex6166]

I have McFarlanes' Quaser and Conan covers (inked by Scott Williams). That's some cool, cool stuff.

[Peter Wisdom]

How can you go wrong with Ghost Rider, Spider-Man, and Green Goblin in a two-parter drawn by McFarlane? That storyline is showing up in "Spider-Man: Masques," due out next month, also collecting the title story starring Morbius.

I think that:

1) that's Hobgoblin (Macendale), not Green Goblin.
2) Masques is the one with Ghost Rider and Hobgoblin. The one with Morbius is Sub City.

[pmpknface]

Along the way, I think Kirkman has found the perfect reprint standard: the 12 issue hardcover annual. Marvel started this, but seems to have given up on it. There was a February solicitation, at last, for the next such "Ultimate Spider-Man" reprint, but even that's the last hold-out of the publishing program.

You may be right. The CAPTAIN BRITAIN UK books were recently in this format, and so were the Ennis PUNISHER MAX books. Marvel did put out 1 more that finished that MAX run, but left out the last issue, #75! GOD that cheezes me off!

"Spider-Man: Perceptions" is $19.99 for five issues. That's a bit unfortunate, but what are you going to do? We can't expect Marvel to lower the price to $17.50 since it's an issue short, can we? I think one of the basic rules of marketing says that the tiny price difference won't affect sales one bit, so you might as well take the extra money. I'd have rather see them include something more, but I don't know what would be left. The extra McFarlane covers were reprinted in the "Amazing Spider-Man" Omnibus featuring his art, from what I've read. Including his "G.I. Joe" issue would be too far out of place, not to mention impossible from a licensing perspective. What about the "New Universe" issue? No, you'd need something from McFarlane's latter-era Marvel work, and there's just not much there.

Still, an art book collecting McFarlane's Marvel cover work would be worth a look, so long as it included everything, from the "Conan" cover to the "Quasar" cover and everything in-between.

What about all of the covers he did for MARVEL TALES? Have those ever been reprinted? Those are great!

My Christmas list wound up being dominated by comic book movie Blu-rays.

Mine too. I did get the BR's of THOR and 300 but I'm holding out for CAPTAIN AMERICA and maybe GREEN LANTERN. I also asked for the 2 recent BATMAN on BR, but if I don't get them I may just wait for a boxed set of all 3 next year.

[Lexor7]

It becomes exceedingly more challenging, as Comixology content grows, to make sense of any kind of order. Marvel lists "volume" numbers with their series. DC lists the length of time a series ran/runs. I love the Action Comics (1938 - 2011) section that has a 77 scattered issues in it that all tie into other storylines.

They try to group "arcs", and I appreciate that their X-men "Age of Apocolypse" issues are grouped in chrological order (at least I think they are) so that if I ever want to read that series I can relatively easily. But that's an exception. Just like the TPBs without numbering, it's very difficult to know where to start when you have scattered collections of issues listed in alphabetical order vs volume number. I love where digital is going, and have started to move some of my purchases there, but I see a huge opportunity to streamline how content is organized for back catalogues...especially 90s comics where crossovers happened frequently and there's no way you could get a complete story reading just the "main" book for an A-list character like Spider-Man, Batman or The X-Men.

[pmpknface]

I don't think Marvel is THAT bad with the volumes. At least every so often they'll make readily available a "reading list" so that you know what to read and in what order. They usually put them in those promo books before a movie or big comic event.

I'm still baffled as to how the Phil Winslade / Bob Gale arc on DD hasn't been reprinted though. :(

[dancj]

I'm still baffled as to how the Phil Winslade / Bob Gale arc on DD hasn't been reprinted though. :(

I'm still waiting for that TPB. Bob Gale's arc was the highlight of No Man's Land.

[pmpknface]

Just got in Geary's Sacco & Vansetti HC today as an amazon present to myself.

Merry Christmas all!