MONDAY TELEMETRY For April 18th, 2011

Welcome to another installment of Monday Telemetry, a weekly blog from The Launchpad that covers some of the more interesting releases or events that are coming to the store this week.

A lot of cool stuff this week! Read on! [See the full list of new titles here!]

BLACK DYNAMITE SLAVE ISLAND GN
Black Dynamite: Slave Island follows everyone's favorite blaxploitation sensation as he brings his bad-ass brand of kung-fu to the sequential page! Based on the eponymous film starring Michael Jai White, Black Dynamite uses his fists of fury to shut down a mysterious island of slavers!

DARK HORSE PRESENTS #1 
The anthology that gave us Sin City returns!

Frank Miller (W/A/Variant Cover), Harlan Ellison (W), Howard Chaykin (W/A), Neal Adams (W/A), Richard Corben (W/A), Carla Speed McNeil (W/A), Michael T. Gilbert (W/A), Randy Stradley (W), Paul Chadwick (W/A), David Chelsea (W/), Patrick Alexander (W/A), and others

The legendary, premiere anthology is back!  The 80-page spectacular, Dark Horse Presents returns with all-new stories by Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, and Richard Corben; a new Concrete story by Paul Chadwick, a new Crimson Empire story from the Star Wars universe, and an exclusive sneak peek of Frank Miller's highly-anticipated prequel to 300, Xerxes! 

The celebration continues with a brand-new, all-color Finder story by Carla Speed McNeil, a prose piece from science fiction legend Harlan Ellison, the return of Michael T. Gilbert's Mr. Monster, and much, much more!

GREEN LANTERN #65
The "War of the Green Lanterns" takes a shocking turn! With the entire Green Lantern Corps against them, the four Earthborn GLs make a choice that will rank among the most memorable in GL history. But not all of them agree on what has to be done and what lines are to be crossed. Plus, the countdown to the live-action film continues with another exclusive look at the upcoming GREEN LANTERN movie!

WOLVERINE & JUBILEE #4 (OF 4)
The Conclusion!
When Jubilee finds herself in a lethal, gravitationally challenged badlands that make the Vatican vaults look like an exercise in simple living, she's going to have to truly embrace her new abilities and her old allies to get out of there alive.  Wolverine and Rockslide have got two tickets to this anti-paradise but before they can reunite with the kidnapped Jubilee, they're going to have to get those tickets punched.  Hard.  They're all about to come face to face with the master of the game but they won't be playing by his rules... even if they knew what they were!

XBLA Batman Game?

[reposted from Joystiq]

Back in February, there was a rumor going around, based on a few listings at UK retailers, that Warner Brothers was working on a Batman game specifically made for Xbox Live Arcade. At the time, the rumored title was "Gotham City Impostors," but with little more than that the story sounded as believable as Jason Todd coming back to life.

But now, Superannuation has unearthed registrations by Warner Brothers for the BatmanImpostors.com web domain, as well as BatmanRedHoods.com and BatmanHushGame.com. Now, the story seems about as likely as ... Jason Todd coming back to life.

Of course, this doesn't confirm an XBLA game -- Warner Brothers could just be registering these in advance of the Batman: Arkham City release, or picking them up for some unrelated reason. Impostors, as it is spelled, is a storyline from Detective Comics last year, while Hush is a well-known Batman villian. Keep your Detective Vision turned on, folks.

MONDAY TELEMETRY For April 11th, 2011

Welcome to another installment of Monday Telemetry, a weekly blog from The Launchpad that covers some of the more interesting releases or events that are coming to the store this week.

A lot of cool stuff this week! Read on! [See the full list of new titles here!]

 

FLASH #10
Flashpoint Prelude and part of the Flashpoint package deal!
The prelude to this summer's FLASHPOINT event continues! The new speedster known as Hot Pursuit has arrived on his Cosmic Motorcycle, but what terrible warning has he brought with him? The FLASHPOINT is closing in, and it looks like no one will be safe!

SHIELD INFINITY
Decode the miraculous designs of Leonardo Da Vinci. Devour the truths and reel with the lies of Isaac Newton. Puzzle at the perilous predictions of Nostradamus. Discover the Forever Machines of Nikola Tesla. Stemming from the pages of the most critically-acclaimed series of 2010, Jonathan Hickman (FANTASTIC FOUR, ULTIMATE THOR) and company bring you the apocrypha of the Marvel Universe. The foundations will shake, crumble and fall.
 

SUPERBOY #6
REIGN OF DOOMSDAY TIE-IN!
The epic "Reign of Doomsday" crossover hits SUPERBOY! How will the Kid of Steel defeat the monster that managed to kill the Man of Steel? And what is Doomsday's ultimate goal in attacking all these members of the Super-family? The mysteries deepen as Act I of this story rockets towards its conclusion!

WALKING DEAD SURVIVORS GUIDE #1 (OF 4)
Everything you've ever wanted to know about the cast of The Walking Dead. The Survivor's Guide is a handy checklist of all the characters who have appeared in the series thus far, alive or dead. This series is a can't-miss supplement to the hit comic book series that is now a hit TV series on AMC!

Marvel HeroClix Hammer of Thor Fast Forces Sell Sheet

Here's the deets on the announced Hammer of Thor Fast Forces pack.

MONDAY TELEMETRY For April 4th, 2011

Welcome to another installment of Monday Telemetry, a weekly blog from The Launchpad that covers some of the more interesting releases or events that are coming to the store this week.

A lot of cool stuff this week! Read on! [See the full list of new titles here!]

ITEM! The big comic events of 2011 are starting to kick off! Fear Itself #1 drops this week and we've got some package deals that will cover you from April to May. Deets below:

FEAR ITSELF APRIL/MAY PACKAGE DEAL COMPLETE:  All the core FEAR titles and crossovers for April and May.  FEAR ITSELF #1, FEAR ITSELF #2, FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #1, FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #2, FEAR ITSELF YOUTH IN REVOLT #1, FEAR ITSELF SPIDER-MAN #1, AVENGERS #13, HERC #3, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #504, IRON MAN 2.0 #5, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #623, SECRET AVENGERS #13. These titles would normally cost  $42.88 at cover price, they can all be yours for the discounted package price of $31.99!

FEAR ITSELF APRIL/MAY PACKAGE DEAL CORE TITLES:  Just the core FEAR titles for April and May.  FEAR ITSELF #1, FEAR ITSELF #2,  FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #1,  FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #2, FEAR ITSELF SPIDER-MAN #1, FEAR ITSELF YOUTH IN REVOLT #1.  These titles would normally cost  $21.94 at cover price, they can all be yours for the discounted package price of $16.39!

FEAR ITSELF #1 (OF 7)
DO YOU FEAR...TOMORROW?
In this time of global anxiety, of economic turmoil and mass hysteria, Sin, the new Red Skull, has made an awesome discovery...a shameful secret that will rock the foundations of the Marvel Universe! A revelation that will divide father and son, turn friend against friend, and herald the rise of Fear personified. HE IS RETURNING...and the world has nothing to fear but FEAR ITSELF. Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen bring fans the biggest Marvel the biggest Marvel event since CIVIL WAR!

HERC #1
[PREVIEW]

New Ongoing Series!
A BOLD NEW ERA FOR THE LION OF OLYMPUS! The Chaos War left? Hercules without powers -- and without a sidekick. But when mythic evil stalks the streets, and a latter day band of Hercules-worshippers cries out for their savior, what is the son of Zeus to do? He takes his three thousand years of combat experience, raids the armory of Ares for the most fearsome weapons of legend, descends from heaven and gets medieval on their asses. Return to Olympus with Hercules' "Dream Team" of writers Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente and artist George Jeanty for an all-new, all-dark on-going saga here!

JIM BUTCHER'S DRESDEN FILES FOOL MOON #1
[PREVIEW]
Harry Dresden`s life is a mess. His top client (and close friend), Lt. Karrin Murphy no longer trusts him. Chicago`s underworld and the cops alike think he`s mobster Johnny Marcone`s supernatural enforcer. And the enigmatic White Council continues to view him with suspicion. If all that weren`t enough, a pack of werewolves have unleashed a wave of terror on the Windy City. But as is always the case when it comes to the creatures of the Nevernever, there`s far more going on than meets the eye. Before it`s all over, Harry will find himself caught between friends, enemies, and arcane forces bent on his destruction. Is it any wonder he can`t find a date? Expanding on Book Two of Jim Butcher's NY Times bestselling saga, and featuring writer Mark Powers and artist Brett Booth, Fool Moon starts with a bang and doesn't let up!

SUPERMAN BATMAN ANNUAL #5
Reign of Doomsday Tie-In!
Picking up where March's JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #55 left off, "Reign of Doomsday" amps up the danger as Supergirl and Batman are trapped aboard the Justice League satellite with Cyborg Superman and Doomsday - and both villians want to tear them limb from limb! A "who's who" of the DCU shows up to aid in the battle, but there's something different about Doomsday - something even the Justice League of America might not be prepared for! The story continues in this month's SUPERBOY #6!