Welcome! Once again this week I'm pointing out to you, faithful blog readers, the comics that I'm getting in tomorrow that have taken longer than a month between issues. You should know that they might not be LATE--sometimes creators and publishers have gaps in between issues that are longer than a month.
Lets start with DC's Ex Machina #26 and Image's Hunter Killer #11. These two comics are not overly delayed, but I do think that they're running late. The last issues of both of these came out 12/13/06. Both of these comics have faced lateness issues in the past, and it looks like those continue.
Walking Dead #34 comes out tomorrow. That comic book is another that is chronically late. Sometimes the issues come out close together and I think FINALLY they've got their act together. But then the next issue will take two months to come out. *sigh* the fun of being a comic book retailer at a time when publishers seem to think that "Periodical" means periodically - every once in a while intermittently, instead of on regular, recurring intervals. Issue #33 of Walking Dead came out 12/6/06.
The Wildstorm re-launch has been fairly disapointing, especially with the release schedules on the comics. More about that when Wildcats #2 finally shows up... Deathblow #3 arrives this week after a two-month break. Issue #2 came out on 11/29/06.
Finally, the longest wait for the month is for Kabuki #8. This is another book constantly plagued by lateness. Every month or two Marvel will readjust it's release date, moving it back again and again. So yes, this one is, without a doubt, late. Issue #7 hit shelves on 8/30/06 - 5 months ago. I think when this series started we'd just been open a short time. That was back in 2004! In three years they've managed to get out 8 issues. The people who originally bought this comic from us back when it started don't even live in the area any more - they were mainly college students after all.
Let me just say that this is a pretty skimpy week for comics! January overall has been kind of a disapointment, but this week is pretty, well...weak. Civil War #7 was supposed to arrive today, which could have saved the week, but of course Marvel pushed that back another month.
This week I'm reading:
52 Week 39
Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #4
Deathblow #3
Elephantmen #6
Jack of Fables #7
Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham
Wonderlost #1
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