__________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- " C O M I C B O O K E - M A G " Issue 13 - June 12, 1995 "Brought to you by the fine folks at the COMIC BOOK Network!" Editors: Ed Dukeshire Network Administration: Mike Imboden Mike Imboden Ed Dukeshire David Leblanc Bobb Waller Special Thanks: Ryan Brewster Anthony Palacio Walter Tietjen Chris Oarr David Leblanc William Hughes Nathan Bredfeldt Jeff Watts John Keady __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-1-] The Bullpen ........................ David Leblanc [-2-] The 25th Hour ...................... Mike Imboden [-3-] CSNsider ........................... David Leblanc [-4-] CSNsider (another dose) ............ David Leblanc [-5-] Komic Komments ..................... John Keady [-6-] Top Publishers for June ............ David Leblanc [-7-] Correction for Issue 11 ............ [-8-] Feedback ........................... Various [-9-] BBSes Linked into CBN .............. CBN Staff __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-1-]--/ THE BULLPEN /----------------------------------------------/ The Bullpen Date: 11-Jun-95 00:06:00 From: David Leblanc Subj: AUCTION FOR JOEY "I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." -Anonymous- On July 1st in Worcester, MA there will be a fund raising event for the Joeys Oil Fund to fight Leukodystrophy, the disease featured in the movie "Lorenzo's Oil". The fund is administered by the Kennedy Krieger Institute of Baltimore. This will be the second annual event in an effort to keep alive the research that provides the precious medicine that is giving hope to those terminally ill with the disease. The event is the brainchild of Joseph Johnson whose son Joey has the leukodystrophy. Joe Johnson is the Sysop of a BBS - Call Again Soon (508) 791-1281 which supports the WME Network, which I am the Host of the Comic Conference, and Comic Book Net which I serve as Network Admin Team Member. He is a comic fan and was an early member of 4ColorNet which later became ComicBook Net. Joey Johnson is 8 years old and is deaf and blind from this disease. The progress made in recent years have given the Johnson's hope for the future as the downward spiral in Joey's health was reversed as a result of medicine research at the Kennedy Kreiger Institute. The fund raiser aids in providing dollars to keep that research alive and primes the pump for government funds. Last year we raised over $1000 from an auction of donated comics, and art and hope to do much better this year. You can help by finding just one item in your collection that might be worth something to collectors. Already we have pledges of Sandman #1, X-Files #1, Rune #0 and more. Last year, through the generosity of Marvel, DC, and Valiant we had many sought after premium comics and pages of original art as well. Perhaps it is time to analyze wether you could part with that premium comic that you happen to have but don't really need. Perhaps it is time to show that kindness to a fellow creature while there is time. After all, what is the value of one comic book weighed against a human life? Donations of comics and related items can be sent to; David LeBlanc Joey's Oil Fund 84 Heather Circle Jefferson, MA 01522-1419 or Joey's Oil Fund c/o That's Entertainment 244 Park Avenue Worcester MA 01609 If need be you can verify the validity of this campaign through the Kennedy Kreiger Institute at 410-550-9460 at the Office of Development. Everything must be sent to arrive by June 29 to be sure it will be included in the auction. Please don't defer or neglect this. We won't pass this way again. úúúúÄÄÄÄÍÍÍÍ*David LeBlanc> ComicBkNet@AOL.COM david.leblanc@gaquatic.iii.net RIME->5179 FIDO 1:322/518 __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-2-]--/ THE 25TH HOUR /--------------------------------------------/ The 25th Hour By Mike Imboden Well, deadline time looms and I'm without a topic! I gotta fill this space with something, so it's time to tap the ol' brain cells, or at least what's left of them. thinking.....thinking.....thinking......thinking.....thinking...... Ok, got it. Here's a chance for YOU to create your own comic. Well, ok, it's just a plot but we'll start with the basics first, ok? It's pretty easy, just insert whatever type of word you are prompted for just like that wonky kids game, Mad Libs. Have fun! =================================================================== THE AGE OF THE SUPER HUMAN - THE ORIGIN "Face ___[direction]___, true believers! Here's the story you've waited __[number]___ years for!" As a freshman in high school ___[name of someone you know]___ was a bit of a bookworm. All of the other kids teased him and his nebbish ways. But ___[same name as above___] didn't mind, not really, beacuse he was in reality an alien from the planet ___[nonsense word]___ and he knew he had a higher purpose on this, the third planet from the star called Sol. One day ___[same name as above]___ was walking home when he he saw police ___[type of vehicle]___ in front of his house. A ___[occupation]___ had broken into his house and killed his ___[a type of relative]___ ___[another name]___. ___[first name you chose]___ was heartbroken. That night, as he sat in the study a ___[type of animal]___ smashed through the window. "That's it!" cried ___[first name you chose]___. "___[occupation from above]___ are a cowardly and superstitious lot. I'll become a ___[type of animal from above]___ and fight crime until my dying day!" Bobby made a costume out of ___[type of material]___ and dubbed himself the ___[adjective]___ ___[animal from above]___. Later, as ___[first name you chose]___ slept a lightning bolt streaked in through his open bedroom window and hit him in the ___[a body part]___. ___[first name you chose]___'s entire body seemed to tingle with power. Getting up from bed ___[first name you chose]___ decided to see if the lightning bolt had given him super powers. It had! ___[first name you chose]___ discovered that he could ___[verb]___ fast, ___[a different verb]___, cling to ___[noun]___, shoot lasers from his ___[part of the head]___ and communicate with ___[a different animal than above]___. In the years that followed ___[first name you chose]___ fought numerous villains such as ___[military rank]___ ___[noun]___, the Human ___[a third type of animal]___, ___[a color]___ ___[amphibian]___ and his arch-nemisis, the evil ___[adjective]___ ___[a different occupation than above]___. The Ever Lovin' End. ==================================================================== Hey now, that looks like it could be fun! Tell ya what. Send me your stories using the above "template". I'll award the best, (in my opinion and since I'm the only judge my opinion is final), a snazzy prize! Whaddya' got to lose? Send your entries and, as usual, comments and flames to me at COMICBKNET@AOL.COM or directly to me at hikeeba.comics@f748.n109.z1.fidonet.org. I am still, M!ke __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-3-]--/ CSNsider /-------------------------------------------------/ CSNsider by David Leblanc This is the CSNsider from CSN #417, which will be in shops on 6/14/95. It is reproduced in its entirety with the expressed permission of COMIC SHOP NEWS. Dan Jurgens, acclaimed writer/artist of Superman and Solar, was honored with a Reuben Award in the Comic Book category from the National Cartoon-ists Society ... Angel Medina has signed on to replace Liam Sharp as the artist on Incredible Hulk; Medina had previously worked with Hulk writer Peter David on Dreadstar... And speaking of The Incredible Hulk, Peter David has written an original Hulk novel for Putnam's; look for it to appear in hard cover in July... Acclaimed animator Friz Freleng died on May 26th at the age of 89; during his career, Freleng worked on a number of Warner Bros. cartoons, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and the Road Runner... Look for a Sovereign Seven retail poster in August, with a Sovereign Seven Annual following in the fall... Tom DeFalco is moving over to become the writer of Amazing Spider-Man, working with artist Mark Bagley... The on-again, off-again quest to bring Stephen King's stories to comics is on again, with two different companies talking about licensing King tales for comics adaptations... Pamela Anderson is set to begin work on the Barb Wire film, based on the Dark Horse Heroes character; the film is slated for '96 release... With the price of newsprint and other forms of paper used in comic book printing soaring to record highs, another round of price increases are almost inevitable later this year; in the past year, the prices of various grades of paper have risen 54% to 148%, and more increases are likely -- so when you see a higher price on the cover of you're favorite comic, there's a reason why! Some publishers are considering reducing the number of pages and maintaining the same price, but no decisions have been made yet... Charles Vess, acclaimed comic book artist and cover illustrator, is venturing into the world of self-publishing with the release of The Book of Ballads and Sagas this October; Vess will illustrate ballads written by Neil Gaiman, Jeff Smith, Elaine Lee, Sharyn McCrumb, Jane Yolen, Emma Bull, and others, while Rob Walton will script the ongoing Nordic saga... Alan Moore has signed on to write a story arc for Maximum Press' WarChild series... Dark Horse Comics has confirmed that they have secured the license to bring Hasbro's GI Joe to comics once again; look for Dark Horse's first GI Joe titles this fall... Diane Duane's second original Spider-Man novel for Putnam's is scheduled for fall release... Fleer's first Marvel Comics collectible trading card game is now slated for late summer/early fall release... Claypool Comics has announced that Phantom of Fear City #12, which will bring the series' long-running storylines to a close, will be the final issue of the maxiseries... Darren McGavin, star of the 1970's Kolchak the Night Stalker television series that many see as a precursor to today's X-Files, recently confirmed that conversations have taken place to have him guest star on an episode of X-Files, but contractual problems concerning the defunct series currently stand in the way... Is Paramount looking at starting its own comic book line? Could be! CSN #417 features a cover feature on Batman Legends of the Dark Knight #75 from DC, as well as more news and and exclusive interview with John Byrne! The only way to get Comic Shop News is to visit a shop that carries CSN. The publication costs the shops just 10 cents each and is generally free to customers. If your shop doesn't carry CSN, nag 'em until they do. After all, isn't your business and satisfaction worth a dime a week? Visit our WWW site! http://www.actwin.com/csn Ward Batty wardo@jupiter.netdepot.com Cliff Biggers cliffbig@jupiter.netdepot.com (c)1995 CSN, Inc. úúúúÄÄÄÄÍÍÍÍ*David LeBlanc> ComicBkNet@AOL.COM david.leblanc@gaquatic.iii.net RIME->5179 FIDO 1:322/518 __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-4-]--/ CSNsider /-------------------------------------------------/ CSNsider by David Leblanc This is the CSNsider from CSN #418, which will be in shops on 6/21/95. It is reproduced in its entirety with the expressed permission of COMIC SHOP NEWS. Get ready for oodles o' Superman: not only has Lois & Clark been renewed for a third season, but the final arrangements have been made to add a Superman Animated Series to the WB Network lineup in the fall of '96 (thirteen episodes in '96 and 52 more the following year) -- and deals are getting ever closer for a new big-screen Superman film in '97... Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, hard at work on the Wolverine/Gambit: Victims series, still found time for a third annual Batman Halloween Special, Ghosts; look for it this fall, of course... When Marvel and Fleer unleash their Marvel: Overpower collectible Card game this August, fans can expect to find six different starter sets as well as hundreds of booster cards available in affordable booster packs; each of the six starter sets will offer the same cards in each set, but boosters enable players to customize their sets... Pinky and The Brain, the Animaniacs spinoff series, will not be seen on Saturday mornings or on weekday afternoons; instead, it will join the WB network schedule on Sunday nights at 7:30 pm!... The new Vertigo series The Seekers, slated to debut this fall, is described by those in the know as "X-Files meets the New Age"... Berkey Breathed may be out of the comic strip biz right now, but his two creations, Bloom County and Outland, will be featured in a new trading card series slated for August release... The second Vamps series, Vamps: Hollywood and Vein, will debut in the last quarter of '95... Fans have been wondering what was up with Omni Comix now that Omni Magazine is becoming primarily an online-only mag; well, the answer is that Omni Comix is still alive and well, continuing as a 112-page solo comic book magazine... The first Starman story arc by James Robinson and Tony Harris will be collected in trade paperback... FPG is producing a new supplemental series of a cards for Everway, Wizards of the Coast's new collectible card game; look for it later in '95... Spawn will star in his own collectible card game later this summer, courtesy of Caliber; the Spawn Collectible Card Game can be played by itself or can be played in conjunction with Caliber's Powercardz game... And if that isn't enough card games for you, then howsabout the Wildstorm Collectible Card Game, featuring three hundred cards inspired by Gen 13, Wetworks, WildCATs, Grifter, and other Wildstorm series?... If you were one of the thousands of unlucky fans who missed out on the limited edition hardcover of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's Mr. Punch, here's some good news: a trade paperback edition will be released this fall... Topps is adding an X-Files Digest to its line in August, featuring new material, background articles, and more. CSN #418 features a cover feature on Lady Rawhide from Topps and is an all-news issue with the CSN Charts thrown in for good measure. Also shipping with #418 is the CSN Summer Preview, so be sure to stop by your favotite comic shop and grab them both. The only way to get Comic Shop News is to visit a shop that carries CSN. The publication costs the shops just 10 CENTS each and is generally free to customers. If your shop doesn't carry CSN, nag 'em until they do. After all, isn't your business and satisfaction worth a dime a week? Thanks to those who have written and posted messages concerning our doing a checklist/catalog monthly publication. We appreciate the imput and while we haven't reached a decision yet, we'll let you know when we do. Visit our WWW site! http://www.actwin.com/csn Ward Batty wardo@jupiter.netdepot.com Cliff Biggers cliffbig@jupiter.netdepot.com (c)1995 CSN, Inc. *************David LeBlanc> ComicBkNet@AOL.COM david.leblanc@gaquatic.iii.net RIME->5179 FIDO 1:322/518 __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-5-]--/ KOMIC KOMMENTS /-------------------------------------------/ Keady's Komic Komments By John Keady Here are my reviews of the DC stuff I got this week! Robin #19- Mike Weiringo makes his debut and his artwork is his usual good! Ulysses Armstrong & Maxie Zues join forces as Robin frets over his troubles with Ari. I was actually rather pleased with the storyline. That Ulysses kid is one sick puppy! GOOD Green Arrow #99- I picked this one up because of my interest in the upcoming #100 confrontation with Superman. I wanted to see why Ollie Queen is doing what he's doing. In the few times I picked this up, I've always tended to like it. This is no different. Very well paced and I will definatly get #100 to see the outcome! GOOD Action #712- Superman finally finds Jimmy Olson in a trap set by the late Conduit and must try to save him but saving him might kill him! Not a bad issue. I was not thrilled with the art in this one but the story was still pretty good. AVERAGE/GOOD Guy Gardner #33- Well, I suppose that with Marc Campos beginning his run as artist on this title would drive me out of this title as he did when he messed up Extreme Justice.....almost. The story saves me from wretching too heavily at the way too busy art! AVERAGE __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-6-]--/ TOP PUBLISHERS /-------------------------------------------/ June Top Publishers Here's a quick list of the top publishers for JUNE 1995, by DOLLAR SHARE of the comics direct market, as reported by Capital City, courtesy of ANTARCTIC PRESS. This list includes all comics and comic-related items, such as toys, t-shirts, etc. Publisher Yr 92 Yr 93 Yr 94 2/95 3/95 4/95 5/95 6/95 DC 19.34 19.00 19.35 18.39 17.19 19.20 21.10 19.40 Marvel 45.76 33.43 31.87 32.01 30.69 34.03 27.11 18.88 Image 14.79 12.10 14.51 12.99 10.51 17.20 16.10 Dark Horse 5.55 3.36 5.35 5.98 7.60 5.90 6.72 5.64 Toy Biz .20 .08 .64 .37 4.80 Acclaim (Valian 4.11 9.35 5.25 3.96 5.28 4.76 4.91 3.73 Todd Toys .22 .92 2.32 Malibu (Marvel) 8.55 3.52 4.44 3.13 2.57 3.74 2.49 2.18 Topps Comics .22 1.25 .73 .50 .87 1.23 .87 2.00 Wizard Press 1.51 1.76 1.73 1.59 1.60 1.57 1.32 1.32 Applause .04 1.27 Chaos Comics .07 .45 1.96 .91 .32 .86 1.07 Tekno Comix .20 .95 1.16 .88 1.29 1.04 Comic Images .91 .51 .59 .35 .41 .33 .59 .98 Hasbro .92 Viz Comics .53 .42 1.07 .86 1.66 .97 .99 .92 Wildstorm .07 .04 .33 .22 .89 Maximum Comic Ps .36 .34 .13 .87 .89 Harris Comics .06 .33 .58 2.14 .85 1.05 .65 .89 Mattel .82 Kitchen Sink .18 .58 .52 .54 .18 .54 .29 .79 London Night .05 .17 .44 .58 .41 .74 Fantagraphics/E .66 .33 .60 .70 .97 1.04 .77 .67 Bongo Comics .19 .51 .51 .20 .48 .22 .58 Antarctic/Venus .09 .13 .44 .73 .49 .76 .48 .53 Playmate Toys .51 Gladstone .26 .23 .39 .38 .36 .40 .38 .44 Verotik 1.22 .44 .28 .37 Graphitti .17 .24 .57 .46 .36 .24 .71 .36 General Media .13 .87 .48 .33 Archie .30 .19 .31 .26 .26 .24 .28 .33 Heavy Metal .07 .10 .18 .27 .51 .11 .30 Event Comics .32 .07 .07 .29 Caliber .22 .21 .20 .27 .43 .29 .44 .24 Cartoon Books .01 .04 .28 .30 .32 .24 Warp Graphics .16 .18 .47 .63 .63 .46 .24 Sirius .10 .34 .42 .23 .23 Brainstorm Comi .04 .06 .05 .13 .13 .19 .20 Warrior Publish .54 .64 .36 .22 .30 .17 .20 Entity (Express .15 .33 .30 .17 .29 .22 .18 Century Publish .17 .17 .15 .13 .18 Spawntastic App .02 .08 .08 .17 Millennium Pubs .30 .11 .14 .09 .21 .15 .07 .16 Bandai .15 Daydream Publisg* .14 Heroes and Fant .14 Overstreet/Fan .34 .23 .26 1.03 .17 .14 Dynamic Forces .30 .24 .15 .30 .27 .29 .14 Titan Books .08 .04 .05 .11 .14 Comic Shop News .14 .16 .15 .12 .14 Comico .50 .31 .09 .10 .15 .10 .13 Blackout Comics .14 .12 .20 .15 .13 Cosmic Comics .16 .15 .12 CPM Comics .12 .08 .12 Academy/Acid Ra .21 .13 .15 .12 .12 Planet Studios .14 .15 .19 .05 .21 .21 .17 .11 Boneyard Press .02 .03 .06 .09 .07 .07 .11 Lightning Comic .10 .16 .08 .08 .18 .11 Slave Labor .04 .03 .06 .07 .11 .15 .10 Rolling Thunder .10 Ediciones La Cua .07 .10 Rebel Studios .16 .06 .05 .18 .07 .07 .22 .10 Hamilton Comics .07 .23 .17 .14 .19 .09 Irwin Toy* .09 Spiderbaby Graf .08 Zanart Publishi .08 Black Eye Prod .08 AC Comics .13 .08 .08 .07 .13 .07 .09 .08 Abstract Studio .04 .08 .08 Aardvark-Vanahe .19 .11 .13 .26 .09 .56 .08 .08 Drawn and Quarty .06 .05 .04 .09 .15 .09 .07 Hungry Tiger Pr* .07 Krause Pub .15 .10 .09 .08 .07 .07 .08 .07 ....plus a whole buncha others. NOTE: Sales figures are for advance orders for comic items listed in the comics section in Advance Comics (it does not include books, videos, or sports items). SPECIAL NOTE ON MARVEL: Marvel only solicited three weeks of product for June. If they had solicited four weeks worth, their market share would have been 23.82%. úúúúÄÄÄÄÍÍÍÍ*David LeBlanc> ComicBkNet@AOL.COM david.leblanc@gaquatic.iii.net RIME->5179 FIDO 1:322/518 __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-7-]--/ CORRECTION /-----------------------------------------------/ Subj: Capital DOESN'T buy Frank Ward Batty has brought something to my attention. This original post was sent to rec.arts.comics.misc by Matt High of Antarctic Press. I relayed it here as such, with the subject header Matt had assigned. Relayed by Matt High of Antarctic Press: NEWS: Capital City buys Friendly Frank's From: Matthew High Date: 24 May 1995 01:42:54 GMT I haven't seen anyone break the news here yet, so I might as well. The following message was posted to Compuserve by Paul Grant earlier this afternoon. ------------- Madison, Wis. -- Capital City Distribution, Inc., a leading worldwide distributor of comic books, trading cards, games, videos, and media and pop culture items, has acquired Friendly Frank's Distribution, Inc. (FFD). Capital will begin servicing the hundreds of FFD accounts immediately. Under the terms of the agreement, Capital will assume responsibility for all FFD purchase orders and outstanding retailer orders. It will also assist in helping collect the company's accounts receivable. -------------- NOW Please note, they did not BUY FFD, but acquired FFD,assumed their orders (presumedly the open orders for future shipments) and responsibility to distribute product to the existing customers as well as collect outstanding debts. BUT they did not BUY their assets nor accept liability for their debts: D.L. ---------- He emphasized that Capital is not buying most of FFD's assets or liabilities, although the ongoing service of customers would be Capital's responsibility. ---------- So, you say, what's the big deal? Here is the correction posted by Ward Batty of Comic Shop News and my apology for any misleading inference in the original Subject header: ************** I appreciate your posting the press release, but your headline is wrong. Capital is merely assuming FFD's accounts, it is NOT buying the company. Capital is assuming FFD's assets without taking responsibility for its back debts, so that publishers (like CSN) are being stiffed for the back money owed us. To me, this is the same as my calling our distributor and saying "My store Dr. No's is going out of business. However, another store, Dr. Yes is opening up in the same location and will take Dr. No's future orders, however, we aren't paying any of Dr. No's debts to you." Of course no distributor would accept this, but they happily pull this on the publishers who are expected to just take it. We're seriously considering a suit against FFD for what they owe us unless they file for bankruptcy (which they haven't said they are doing). This sucks, but is typical of how things are done in this business. ************** __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-8-]--/ FEEDBACK /-------------------------------------------------/ From: 100532.110@compuserve.com (Tim O'Shea) To: ComicBknet@aol.com (INTERNET:ComicBknet@aol.com) Hi, The Emag is excellent. As a 28yr old parent of 2 very young boys, finances are obviously stretched, and often the only way to keep up with comic book news & issues is through the fan/industry press as I cannot afford to buy all the comics I would want. Do you have any U.K. BBS's? Did you know that Marvel U.K. is to launch a 100 page Monthly comic to reprint the X-Men from recent years (I believe that they are starting from X-MEN #1) and also reprint the "classic" stories? It will retail at L1.99 which is about $3.20 for 4 full length stories in full colour. Thanks again Tim O'Shea |||| Response |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| We are glad you enjoy our little effort. A lot of enthusiastic members put a lot of effort into putting out the latest news, interesting insight and commentary. It is good to know it is appreciated. Is Canada part of the U.K.? *8^) Not yet. Someday it could happen. Many of our member BBSs belong to International networks such as FIDO and WME. All it takes is one BBS that also transfers mail overseas to join in CBN. Perhaps you could find a BBS local to you that carries such networks and inquire about how they might pick up another U.S. Network? If they have a specific U.S. node they poll, we could work on it from our end if the SysOp on your end is willing to add CBN. Marvel U.K. publications have all but died over here so we don't see much information about them anymore. That is a good price for a 100 page comic! They have already been reprinting the first series and the stories from the restart with the all-new, all different team so it was a good guess that this would see reprints as well. Thanks for the info. Write to us again with more insight on the market over there. You can be our official overseas correspondent! úúúúÄÄÄÄÍÍÍÍ*David LeBlanc> Net Admin Team --- From: Nathan Bredfeldt Subj: CBEM #12 Feedback Welp...just checked out CBEM, and since I call em as I see 'em, here's my call: Mike's 25th hour was entertaining, with the reflection on DC's presentations. The clumsiness of the deliverance really supports my theory that DC/Diamond threw this exclusivity deal together at the last second, simply because `Marvel's doing it, and we have to, too.' The Superman Cartoon sounds exciting! I'll try to get them all on tape, seeing as how the only other television Superman is Lois and Clark, and all that relationship stuff makes me yawn. I mean, who cares if Lois says yes or no to Clark? She'll say yes eventually, and either way, Status quo will be maintained. Anyone else think DC is shooting themselves in the foot by not producing toys for Mass Markets? I for one would rather do without Superman figures (which I've been looking forward to) than pay inflated comic retailer prices. Ry's Communications was also pretty slick. I don't really care for Spider-Man or Tekno (but seeing the competition it was against, I suppose Diamond would have to give it a gem). I'm also not much of a Majel Roddenberry fan (after her incredibly rude behavior at a convention that I (thankfully) did not get to attend), so I don't care what she had to say. Oops! I also don't like Ultraverse or have cable or AOL access. Nor do I like: Dan Jurgens, Maximum, Bone, Wonder Woman, Madman, or Bane. (call me Mr Grumpy) Still Ry, good variety of stuff. Maybe next time I'll be on the edge of my seat... 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