DC Sells Their Universe For Free on Wednesday
Free Comic Book Day is this coming Saturday (May 3) but before it gets here, you can get your hands on a Free Comic from DC, titled DC Universe Zero. It heads the list of books we recommend you trade your hard earned pennies for this Wednesday.
Descriptions by Midtown Comics
Editorial by Mike Heronime
Writer : Grant Morrison;Geoff Johns
Artist : Various
Manufacturer / Publisher : DC
Description : This is it! The greatest DC characters! Your favorite writers and artists! Everything leading to Final Crisis and beyond starts here! Take a journey through the past and present of the DCU, and witness the emergence of the greatest evil in the universe -- and the stunning return of a force for good! You dare not miss DC Universe: Zero!
Editorial: Okay, this is the end of DC's last big event (Countdown) or the beginning of their next big event (Final Crisis). In any case, it's chock full of great art, writing, and amazing characters. Best of all, it's free. Better boogie into your local comic book shop early on Wednesday and snatch up this treat before they're all gone.
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #14
Writer : Fraction/Brubaker
Artist : Tonci Zonjic - Kano
Manufacturer / Publisher : Marvel
Description : "This is it, kids--the skull-busting, chest-punching, punch-kicking conclusion to THE SEVEN CAPITAL CITIES OF HEAVEN. Seven practitioners of super kung fu, champing at the bit to bloody each other to a pulp. A rogue Hydra cell, intent on destroying K'un-Lun from Earth, loads its terror train full of explosives and prepares to fire it through a warp in space-time. A schism in the leadership of K'un-Lun threatens to tear the city in two. The original Heroes for Hire, outgunned, outmanned, and out of time somewhere in Tibet. And Davos, the arch-rival of Iron Fist, intent on exploiting all this chaos, wants to assassinate Danny Rand once and for all. When was the last time a comic melted your face off? When was the last time you read "
Editorial: You know Iron Fist was never this cool 'til Fraction and Brubaker got their hands on him. Now it should be on everyone's top ten list. It's one of those rare comic book serials that is just as exciting and enticing as any TV serial (Lost, 24, Battlestar). And this particular issue will wrap up the big tournament story arc that threatens to wipe K'un-Lun form the face of the Earth. Don't miss it.
NEW AVENGERS #40
Writer : Brian Michael Bendis
Artist : Leinil Francis Yu
Manufacturer / Publisher : Marvel
Description : "Very special guest artist Jimmy Cheung returns to the pages of New Avengers for this very important tie-in issue. Spinning right off of events in NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #1, find out exactly how the Skrull empire was able to infiltrate the Marvel Universe and who instigated the invasion and why."
Editorial: FOr everybody that's been reading the Skrull Invasion hype as much as the actual issues, this issue of New Avengers promises to offer some background explanations. It's highly recommended reading before the Skrull train leaves the station. It might be mighty hard to get on board once this baby really takes off.
ULTIMATE HUMAN #4
Writer : Warren Ellis
Artist : Cary Nord
Manufacturer / Publisher : Marvel
Description : "Hulk vs. Iron Man -- the conclusion! The full scope of Peter Wisdom's terrifying plan is revealed, but Tony Stark and Bruce Banner are powerless to stop his mad scheme! Has the world traded the horror of the Hulk for a menace many times more deadly? The dream team of Warren Ellis and Cary Nord deliver a shock ending to the climax of this critically acclaimed event."
Editorial: It's the final conclusion to Warren Ellis's take on Ultimate Leader. When we last left them, he had Hulk and Iron Man in a tough spot. How much you wanna bet they get free and kick some ass? Hopefully they do it in some sort of completely unsuspected way. Knowing Warren's work, I think we should be abel to expect a nice healthy helping of the unexpected.
WIZARD #200
Editorial: SO Wizard Magazine is celebrating their 200th issue with 2 issues. I'm not sure how that works mathematically but leave it to Wizard. Anyway, this is the second of the two celebration issues. I picked up the first one and had a ball crossing off all of the issues I have read from their list of Wizard's Top 200. Taking their quiz was mildly amusing as well. This thing is like 200 memory lanes all jammed into one issue. And now they're gonna do it all over again this week. Do yourself a favor and grab a copy while you still can.
