By Rich Johnston's back from maternity leave with a whopper of a story concerning Alan Moore. Moore's pissed about DC\Warner representing him as over-enthusiastic about the upcoming V FOR VENDETTA movie, so pissed that he's pulling League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 3 away from DC and into the publishing hands of Top Shelf. Johnston also reports that the "Wolverine: Enemy of the State" hardcover has a page that is missing dialogue captions. Millar's comment on his message board: "I like to see these Marvel misprints as a big fuck you to all the lazy bastards who wait for the trade." Yeah, right, I'm still waiting for your over-priced WANTED trade, sucker.
Speaking of collections, here's a list of the trades coming from Mighty Marvel later this year. Now I hate what Bendis is doing to the Avengers, and I've sworn not to buy the single issues; trades are a different story. I will order NEW AVENGERS VOLUME 2: SENTRY HC because of this teaser: "For an entire year, all of comicdom has been asking: Who is the mystery Avenger: Well, Ronin is here and just in time as one of the powerful villains from the Breakout has already set up show and needs to be taken down before any more damage can be done. Who is Ronin? Here's a hint: He's not Daredevil." And just because I'm feeling generous towards Bendis today, here's a spoiler from Wizard magazine. Apparently after the House of M concludes, one of these shocking things will happen in the Marvel Universe:
- Daredevil identity becomes secret again.
- Peter Parker is no longer married to Mary Jane.
- Wanda becomes Sorceress Supreme.
- Thor will save the day and return to the Marvel Universe.
- The Ultimate Universe and 616 (Marvel Universe proper) will merge.
- Mutant population will drop to 300 mutants.
I can see the Daredevil or Thor thing happening quite easily, just like an episode of Star Trek, things get reset back to their original state so no real change happens. An Ultimate\616 merge would be too radical, although a Peter Parker split with MJ would be something most writers would relish.
We have to return back to DC for our final note about an interview with Gail Simone about Action, Birds of Prey, and Villains United. Nuff said.
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