Sci-Fi Storm

Seems DC Comics wants to turn back the clock at the start of 2002 – temporarily. A new one-off issue of Batman called Batman: The Ten Cent Adventure is due out today, retailing for just 10 cents. Seems it will act as a springboard for the next arc, entitled “Bruce Wayne: Murderer?”

I managed to get a copy of Amazing Spider-Man #36 yesterday, thanks to a generous local dealer, after search all over (one store had a 55 issue shipment go in a couple of days). This is the issue Marvel asked J. Michael Straczynski to address the events of September 11th. Well, the man did an incredible job. From the perspective of Spider-Man (and superheroes in general, several of whom make cameos in the panels), he addresses the thoughts towards the true superheroes, the police, firefighters, passengers, and everyday people who helped and who lost. For someone who was reluctant and doubtful he could come up with the words, he managed to come with some that I can even give an appropriate description of. Put simply, get this if you can; borrow it and read it if you can. If you can’t, I’m sure someone out there will transcribe it on the Net.

djryan writes “After what seems like ages it looks like JMS’ new Spiderman Comic will be hitting the newstands on Wednesday the 14th of November. This one’s special as it deals with the aftermath of the World Trade Centre disaster on September 11th. Expect it to be sold out fairly quickly. In other news, the hardback comic “Delicate Creatures” is reported to have been sent to the printers on the 9th of November and should be turning up in stores soon enough.” If you ordered Delicate Creatures from Amazon through our B5 Store and got a cancellation message, you may want to order again closer to its release.

Dark Horse Comics is set to reprint all of the original Star Wars comics originally published by Marvel. It will cover all 107 regular issues and 3 annuals, bound into four paperbacks – black and white though. I wish I knew where my original issues went, along with my trading cards… :^(

JMS stated in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated that he’s been asked to address the terrorist attacks within The Amazing Spider-Man by Marvel. Full text is below. In another post, he stated that it would be issue 36.

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