The Graphic Novel Archive Blog

More brand new days for Spider-Man in hardcover, Cable’s new series receives the Premiere treatment, Daredevil’s Guardian Devil storyline (Smith/Quesada) celebrates it’s 10th anniversary (has it been that long?), more revamped Essential editions with Iron Man and Thor, Marvel Boy collected, Marvel Illustrated’s Moby Dick adaption, two new Marvel Masterworks, Power Pack: Day One in digest, Spider-Man and Red Sonja crossing over in trade, JMS’ The Twelve collected, a new Ultimate Fantastic Four oversized hardcover, and some Peter David X-Factor premiered.

Plenty of other neat stuff as well. Check out Marvel’s September graphic novel solicitations for 2008, and stop by the new GNA community forums afterwards to discuss!

Looking for Marvel’s August 2008 solicitations?

For more solicitations from Marvel and other publishers, visit the GNA’s solicitation archive.

Chris tackles the chaos that is Hulk collected editions in this week’s Collected Comics Library.

Collected Comics Library Podcast #175 - The one hundred seventy fifth podcast! Wizard World Chicago Panel; Lots of catch-up news; New Releases of the Week and last week; A good rundown of Hulk Collected Editions and Peter David; 44m 06s Collected Comics Library, hosted by Chris Marshall, THE Trade Paperback Podcast. The only podcast solely dedicated to news, information and reviews on all sorts of comic book collected editions.

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This episode we focus our laser-like attention on Jennifer Walters AKA the Sensational She-Hulk. Providing spoiler-filled indepth discussions of John Byrne’s The Sensational She-Hulk OGN, Geoff Johns’ Avengers: The Search for She-Hulk, Dan Slott’s She-Hulk: Single White Female and Peter David’s She-Hulk: Jaded.

Downloadable for the listening.

With the Iron Man movie outta the way, Marvel has posted a list of recommended collections for their next summer movie, The Incredible Hulk.

Not a bad mix of books, all things considered. Plenty of Peter David written material listed, which makes perfect sense considering his take on ‘ol greenskin is not only one of the best in recent memory, it is recent memory for many Hulk fans, what with his primary Hulk run having lasted the better part of 12 years or so.

Especially noteworthy is David/Perez’s Future Imperfect, a two-issue prestige format graphic novel series having been collected in the recommended Hulk: The End. Don’t pass this one up, folks. Not only did David introduce one of the more memorable of Hulk villains, but Perez really outdid himself. Great, great stuff.

Something of a busy time this past weekend, with my son’s first band concert (5th grade trombone (me = proud parent)) running a little long Sunday afternoon, but we still managed to squeeze in a showing of Iron Man before calling it an evening.

A good time was had by all. Even my wife - who typically watches these types of films under mild duress - enjoyed it. Imagine that.

Sure, the plot is predictable, and the music score leaves something to be desired, but the overall effort was well casted, polished, and solid throughout. Downey owns the role of Tony Stark, imo. Highly recommended.

But after the film, what’s a movie goer to do for more Iron Man entertainment?

Graphic novels, my friend. After all - comics is where it all began.

A few links for ya. Marvel has compiled a list of recommended Iron Man reading. Not a bad list, actually. Chris Marshall of the Collected Comics Library dedicated the better part of a recent podcast episode to Iron Man collections, which is perfect for the curious reader with a long commute. It’s complimented by the GNA’s own Iron Man universe listing, where I’ve indexed nearly 50 Iron Man graphic novels, both available and soon-to-be-released.

Collected Comics Library Podcast #169 - The one hundred sixty ninth podcast!
Motor City Con news; Upcoming Essentials and Showcases; Marshal Law Omnibus; New Releases of the Week; Email; Just in time for the movie Iron Man Collected Editions; Running time: 42m 32s
Collected Comics Library, hosted by Chris Marshall, THE Trade Paperback Podcast. The only podcast solely dedicated to news, information and reviews on all sorts of comic book collected editions.

Available for downloading.

MarvelMasterworks.com has posted a number of page previews for the up and coming Marvel Masterworks: Defenders Volume 1.

Check ‘em out.

Collected Comics Library Podcast #168 - The one hundred sixty eight podcast!
Collected Edition news from New York Comic Con; DVD DC Heroes Filmation shorts; New Releases of the Week; Eric Bieze, Admin, Essentials and Showcases Yahoo! Group; Running time: 71m 17s
Collected Comics Library, hosted by Chris Marshall, THE Trade Paperback Podcast. The only podcast solely dedicated to news, information and reviews on all sorts of comic book collected editions.

Available for downloading.
Visit the Essential/Showcase Yahoo Group.

GNA contributor Barry Harter takes a look at Marvel’s monstrous roots with a review of the nostalgic and homage-filled hardcover collection, Marvel Monsters.

Read on for the complete review. (more…)

Lots of great stuff solicited by Marvel for July. Masterworks fans have two new books to look forward to: Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America Volume 2 and Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders Volume 1. Essential readers have three collections on the way - Essential Defenders Volume 4, Essential Fantastic Four Volume 7, and a new edition of Essential Doctor Strange Volume 1. Lots of Premiere hardcovers including Ultimate Iron Man II, Mighty Avengers Volume 2, and Fantastic Four: Lost Adventures By Stan Lee.

Plus Mini Marvels, Captain Marvel and Secret Invasion stuff, Power Pack in hardcover, classic Invaders, and more.

Check out Marvel’s latest graphic novel solicitations.