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COMIC CON RECAP

Eisner Award Winners

DC

Fans protest DC relaunch
Flashpoint Panel
-Kid Flash miniseries important to overall story
-Wally West still around, will be in Kid Flash #3 with Jay Garrick
New 52 Panel Thursday, Friday & Saturday
-Action Comics and Justice League set 5 years before the reboot, all others “present day”
-Initially going to keep numbering on Action Comics and Detective Comics
-All important stories still part of continuity
-JSA characters “taking a break”
Justice league Panel
Batman Panel
-Big focus on adding new villains
-Plans for Stephanie Brown, the current Batgirl
-Batman Beyond not done
Superman Panel
-Action Comics explores how Superman becomes the man he is today
-Superman: Earth One… just no.
-JMS has interesting thoughts on digital comics
-Actually interested to see Morrison’s take on Superman
Superman emasculated

Marvel

Release day digital releases for select titles
Fear Itself Panel
-The Fearless, Battle Scars & Shattered Heroes
-Jason Aaron taking over Incredible Hulk
-Defenders
“Next Big Thing”
-Big focus on Ultimate line
-Ultimate X-Men will have a tone different from past X-Men titles
-Big changes coming to Avengers Academy
Cup O’ Joe (Joe Quesada)
-Cable Reborn
X-Men Panel
-Cyclops not in Uncanny X-Men?
-“Something will come back” from the Age of Apocalypse in Uncanny X-Force
Spider-Man Panel
-New full-time artist on Venom
Marvel TV Panel

Other

SkyBound Panel (Image)
-Witch Doctor doing well; more coming.
-Thief of Thieves takes a new approach to comic writing
-Kirkman LIKES Liefeld’s art
Macgyver (Image)
Brian K Vaughan’s Saga (Image)

New Releases

Marvel

Amazing Spider-Man #666
Captain America and Bucky #620
Criminal: The Last of the Innocent #2
FF #7
Incredible Hulks #633
Mighty Thor #4
New Mutants #28
Secret Avengers #15
Secret Warriors #28
Ultimate Fallout #3
Uncanny X-Force #12
Venom #5
X-Men Legacy #252
X-Men: Schism #2
Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine Hardcover
Avengers Academy, Volume 1: Permanent Record TPB

DC Comics

Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing #2
Flashpoint: Hal Jordan
Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost Starring Bart Allen
Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance
Flashpoint: Project Superman
Xombi #5

Other

Incorruptible #20
Joe Hill’s The Cape #1
Invincible #81

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