Marvel Comics Solicitations for May 2009: What Are You Buying?

[Ed Liu]

Marvel Comics Solicitations for May 2009 (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20075)

Need to work my way through the April solicits, too, but that ain't your problem.

Sowhatchagonnaget?

[rggkjg1]

Spider-man: The Short Halloween
Amazing Spider-man #593-595
Punisher #5
Captain America #50
Fantastic Four #567
Wolverine #73 & #74 - so much for kubert's exclusive dc contract.

[Jin Kazama]

Getting
-Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #6
-Spider-Man: The Short Halloween: I'll bite. It's a one-shot, and I can see it being pretty funny.
-New Avengers #53
-Deadpool #10: That cover rules. Can't wait for that fight.
-Captain America #50
-Marvel Reading Chronology: Eh. It's free. I'm a sucker for free stuff.
-Runaways #10: Hopefully the new creative team can pick this title up from the crap heap it's become.
-Uncanny X-Men #510
-Kick-Ass #8

May Get/Not Getting But Worth Note
-Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #1: Looks sooo awesome, but I may wait for the trade. Still, I want that Frog Thor cover as a poster. Man that thing rocks.
-X-Factor Vol. 6: Secret Invasion TPB: I still can't even find #5. If they keep up being this difficult, I man re-think my reading of it, even if I only do it in trades.

[Kazuya Prower]

What took them so long to release Essential Amazing Spider-Man vol.9?

[Xurk]

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #6 - Wow, this mini-series will finally conclude?! Or am I speaking too soon...
ULTIMATUM #5 - I'm just as underwhelmed with this so far as I was with "Ultimates 3", so I hope it gets better :sweat:
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #6 - Curse them moving Spider-Girl to this book... Gwen Reilly?? If the stories are too short and not completely up to par I won't be on for long though :o
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #593
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #594
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #595 - AWESOME. Just like the cover (http://www.comicbookresources.com/images/solicits/marvelcomics/200905/ASM595_cov_col.jpg).
DARK AVENGERS #5 - Mike Deodato is king (http://www.comicbookresources.com/images/solicits/marvelcomics/200905/DRKAVEN005_cov.jpg), I can't imagine that I didn't like his style back when he first replaced John Romita JR on AMZ...
NEW AVENGERS #53 - That solicitation text.... sigh.
DEADPOOL #10
PUNISHER #5 - I love it that this dual almost identical cover thing seems to be a continuing scheme! Especially when they're both (http://www.comicbookresources.com/images/solicits/marvelcomics/200905/PUNISHER005_COVA_col.jpg) great (http://www.comicbookresources.com/images/solicits/marvelcomics/200905/PUNISHER005_COVB_col.jpg) each month! Call it cheap and easy, I call it cool ;)
HULK #12
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #14
KICK-ASS #8 - The slowness of the rate that this title comes out at is starting to hurt my enthousiasm for it, even if it's only by a bit so far...


Another month, another attempt at cutting back on my list of comics... so here are the maybes for May:

SPIDER-WOMAN #2
DARK REIGN: THE HOOD #1 - Maybe, because I think The Hood is a cool and promising character.
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #24
MIGHTY AVENGERS #25
MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #1 - Up until now I've been a faithful follower of the MZ series, but I'm not entirely sold on the premise of volume four... although, I wasn't either for volume three and that turned out to be awesome... :sweat:
THUNDERBOLTS #132 - Attempting to give this title up is going to be hard.

[wonderfly]

On the "Definitely Going to Pick Up" list:

Official Index to the Marvel Universe #5
Avengers: The Initiative #24
Avengers/Invaders #11
Captain Britain and MI:13 #13
Ghost Rider #35: Those wacky ninjas!! (http://www.comicbookresources.com/images/solicits/marvelcomics/200905/GHOSTR035_Cov_col.jpg) :D
Fantastic Four #567
Planet Skaar Prologue: Please don't let this be another mega-crossover with 30 different tie-ins...
Skaar: Son of Hulk #11
Incredible Hercules #129: Love, LOVE these solicits!! "HERCULES AND AMADEUS CHO DIE!!! We heard that cheap death sells comics, and we're more than happy to oblige". :D
War of Kings #3
War of Kings: Ascension #2
Nova #25
Guardians of the Galaxy #14
Kick-Ass #8

Total Price Tag, (with store discount): $36.66! Hmm...combined along with my DC comic's price tag, I may have to look into knocking off a couple titles to lower that price down just a little bit..maybe things will look better when Trinity ends. :sweat:

On the "Maybe I'll get it, maybe I won't" list:

Amazing Spider-Man #593-595: Yes, I'm thinking about getting back into Amazing Spider-Man, (since "Trinity" is ending...)
Mighty Avengers #25: Tempted by the Dan Slott goodness...
Secret Warriors #4
Hulk: Broken Worlds #2
All New Savage She-Hulk #2
New Mutants #1
Wolverine #73 and 74
Wolverine: Weapon X #2: So it IS going to be $3.99 every issue, not just the first? Marvel, you jerks!!!

Random Commentary:

Spider-Man: The Short Halloween: Not seeing the point. Couldn't this just be a single issue story in Amazing Spider-Man? Why does it need to be a one-shot? Definitely going to pass...

Also, I'm strangely interested in "Dark Reign: Young Avengers" and "Dark Reign: The Hood", (mostly because of Paul Cornell and Jeff Parker writing the two books respectively). Still, that $3.99 price tag strikes again...

[Ultra8]

Getting:
RIFTWAR #1 (of 5)
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #1 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS #1 (of 4)
UNIVERSAL WAR ONE - REVELATIONS #3 (of 3)
YTHAQ - NO ESCAPE #2 (of 3)
WOLVERINE NOIR #2 (of 4)
DAREDEVIL NOIR #2 (of 4)
Spider-Man: The Short Halloween
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #6
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #24
SECRET WARRIORS #4
DARK REIGN: YOUNG AVENGERS #1 (of 5)
AGENTS OF ATLAS #4 & 5
SKRULL KILL KREW #2 (of 5)
DEADPOOL #10
ASTONISHING TALES #4
FIN FANG FOUR RETURN! #1
AVENGERS/INVADERS #11 (of 12)
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 #13
GHOST RIDER #35
EXILES #2
MOON KNIGHT #30
HULK #12
HULK: BROKEN WORLDS BOOK TWO (of 2)
ALL-NEW SAVAGE SHE-HULK #2 (of 4)
PLANET SKAAR PROLOGUE
SKAAR: SON OF HULK #11
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #129
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #26
MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #36
MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #11
MARVEL READING CHRONOLOGY
SQUADRON SUPREME #11
THOR: TALES OF ASGARD BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY #1 (of 5)
TIMESTORM 2009/2099 #2 (of 4)
WAR OF KINGS: ASCENSION #2 (of 4)
NOVA #25
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #14
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: NEW MUTANTS
DEADPOOL: SUICIDE KINGS #2 (of 5)
WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #15
DESTROYER #2 (of 5)
INCOGNITO #5
SPIDER-MAN J VOL. 2: JAPANESE DAZE DIGEST

Maybe:
HUMAN TORCH COMICS #1 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
THE TROJAN WAR #1 (of 5)
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #6 (of 8)
MIGHTY AVENGERS #25
BLACK PANTHER #4
NEW AVENGERS: THE REUNION #3 (of 4)
SPIDER-WOMAN #2
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #51
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #48
THUNDERBOLTS #132
NEW MUTANTS #1
WOLVERINE #73 & #74
WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #2
X-MEN FOREVER ALPHA
TERROR, INC.: APOCALYPSE SOON #1 & 2 (of 5)
KICK-ASS #8
SPIDER-MAN NOIR PREMIERE HC
THOR: BALDER THE BRAVE PREMIERE HC
GHOST RIDER: DANNY KETCH - ADDICT TPB
X-MEN 2099 VOL. 1 TPB
ESSENTIAL SPIDER-MAN VOL. 9 TPB

Tempted:
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA
THOR VISIONARIES: WALTER SIMONSON VOL. 2 TPB (NEW PRINTING)
ESSENTIAL X-MEN VOL. 9 TPB

[soundmonkey44]

In May from Marvel i'll try to get....


Atlas # 4 & 5
Black Panther #4
DR: Hawkeye #2
DR: Young Avengers #1
Deadpool #10
Deadpool: sucide king #2
Exiles #2
Human torch 70th anniverssary
Iron man #13
NA: reunion #3
Secret Warriors #4
Kill Krew #2
Time Storm #2
War of Kings #3
WOK: Ascencion #2
Spiderman #595
Dark Avengers #5
DR: Fantastic four #3
Marvel mystery 70th
Mighty Avengers #25
Punisher #5
T-bolts #132
Warmachine #6
AV: iniative #24
DR: Elektra #3
DR: Hood #1
Ghost Rider #35
Mrs. Marvel #39
New Avengers #53
Runaways #10
Spiderman J v2

[Ed Liu]

My comments:

- Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers: Awesome Comics, or the Awesomest Comics Ever? I mean, Lockjaw makes comics awesome, and Frog Thor makes comics awesome, so putting Lockjaw AND Frog Thor into the same comic? The thing should come with a warning label. And there's even a poster.

- That's a cool cover to Amazing Spider-Man #593 (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/preview2.php?image=solicits/marvelcomics/200905/ASM593_cov.jpg).

- Fin Fang Four Return is a definite purchase this month.

- The solicitation text for Incredible Hercules #129 makes me sad that I buy the series in trades.

- A Paul Tobin/Colleen Coover backup story is almost enough to get me to buy Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #48, but not quite.

- I wonder if Chris Yost and James Asmus are going to be the next creative team on Runaways or not. Sounds like a fun solicitation, though.

- If the New Mutants stars the old New Mutants, should you still call it "New Mutants?" I mean, these characters were "New" in the 1980's.

- If my Thor Visionaries TPBs don't have the Balder the Brave mini-series (and I'm pretty sure they do), I am SO there for that Balder the Brave HC.

- Probably grabbing that Marvel Adventures digest.

- That Who is the Black Panther? TPB is harder to find than you'd think, but I guess they're bringing it out again for the new BET animated series. Probably going to pick it up, for research purposes if nothing else.

- I thought that Fantastic Four: True Story mini-series sounded weird and cool at the time, so I might read up some more reviews about it to decide whether to order the trade.

- Definitely getting the new Incredible Herc TPB.