SHIPPING CHANGES AS OF 02.06.06

[MattBrady]

According to Diamond the following books and products have seen changes in their shipping schedules. The first date is the original ship date, the second, the revised ship date.

DARK HORSE COMICS

OH MY GODDESS VOL 2 RTL TP 2/8/2006 - 3/1/2006
STAR WARS EMPIRE #40 2/1/2006 - 2/22/2006
13TH SON WORSE THING WAITING #4 (OF 4) 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006

DC COMICS

LOVELESS #6 (MR) 4/5/2006 - 4/12/2006
LOVELESS #5 (MR) 3/15/2006 - 3/22/2006
BATMAN ANNUAL #25 3/8/2006 - 3/1/2006
INFINITE CRISIS #5 (OF 7) 3/1/2006 - 2/22/2006
TENJHO TENGE VOL 6 2/15/2006 - 2/22/2006
BATMAN KNIGHTFALL MASTER CASE ASST 2/15/2006 - 2/22/2006
BATMAN KNIGHTFALL INNER CASE ASST 2/15/2006 - 2/22/2006
BATMAN KNIGHTFALL AZRAEL AS BATMAN AF 2/15/2006 - 2/22/2006
BATMAN KNIGHTFALL NIGHTWING AF 2/15/2006 - 2/22/2006
BATMAN KNIGHTFALL CATWOMAN AF 2/15/2006 - 2/22/2006
BATMAN KNIGHTFALL BANE AF 2/15/2006 - 2/22/2006
KID ETERNITY TP (MR) 2/8/2006 - 2/15/2006
ELFQUEST THE GRAND QUEST VOL 13 TP 2/8/2006 - 2/15/2006
SUPERMAN CHRONICLES VOL 1 TP 2/8/2006 - 2/15/2006
LOVELESS #4 (MR) 2/8/2006 - 2/15/2006

IMAGE COMICS

SUPERPATRIOT WAR ON TERROR #3 (Of 4) 2/8/2006 - UNSCHEDULED
DISTANT SOIL VOL 4 CODA TP 2/8/2006 - 2/15/2006
DISTANT SOIL VOL 4 CODA LTD ED HC (RES) 2/8/2006 - 2/15/2006
BATTLE HYMN FAREWELL TO FIRST GOLDEN AGE TP 2/8/2006 - 2/15/2006
DOWN #4 (OF 4) 3/1/2006
FRESHMEN #6 (OF 6) 3/1/2006
WITCHBLADE #95 2/22/2006

MARVEL COMICS

SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #25 4/19/2006 - 4/12/2006
SQUADRON SUPREME #2 4/5/2006 - 4/19/2006
BOOKS OF DOOM #5 (OF 6) 3/15/2006 - 3/29/2006
ANNIHILATION COSMIC EVENT POSTER BY DELLOTTO 3/8/2006 - 3/1/2006
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK RETAILER SKETCH VAR #2 (OF 6) 3/1/2006 - 2/22/2006
DAREDEVIL FATHER #6 (OF 6) 2/15/2006 - 4/12/2006
UNCANNY X-MEN #470 2/15/2006 - 3/1/2006
ULTIMATES 2 #10 2/15/2006 - 3/1/2006
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT JOSS WHEDON MICHAEL LARK 2/15/2006 - 2/22/2006
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #2 (OF 6) 2/15/2006 - 2/22/2006
SUPREME POWER HYPERION #4 (OF 5) (MR) 2/15/2006 - 2/22/2006

Other Publishers

AMRYL ENTERTAINMENT

CAVEWOMAN JUNGLE TALES SP ED #3 (MR) 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
MIKE HOFFMANS SECRETS OF FANTASY ART DVD 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
100 FEMME FATALES 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
CAVEWOMAN PANGAEAN SEA GOLD FOIL COVER #9 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006

ARSENIC LULLABY PUBLISHING

ESSENTIAL ARSENIC LULLABY VOL 2 DONUT COMETH TP (MR) 12/28/2005 - 3/1/2006

BOOM PRODUCTIONS

PLANETARY BRIGADE #1 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
IN THE BLOOD #2 (OF 4) (MR) 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
FEAR THE DEAD ZOMBIE SURVIVORS JOURNAL 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006

CASTLE RAIN ENTERTAINMENT

JESTERCROW TP (RES) (MR) 12/28/2005 - 3/8/2006

DEAD DOG COMICS & ENT

CURSE OF THE BLOOD CLAN #3 (OF 3) (MR) 12/28/2005 - 3/1/2006
INTERGALACTIC ADVENTURES OF GARA GALAXY #2 (OF 3) 10/26/2005 - 3/1/2006

DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING

RUMBLE PAK VOL 1 TP NEW PTG 12/28/2005 - 3/1/2006

DIAMOND COMIC DIST—ENGLAND

SHADOWMANCER MIRANDA CVR A #4 (OF 10) 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
SHADOWMANCER DELGADO CVR B #4 (OF 10) 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
ABIDING PERDITION DELGADO CVR A #6 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
ABIDING PERDITION STEGMAN CVR B #6 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
ABIDING PERDITION FRIZELL CVR B #5 1/18/2006 - 2/15/2006

DR MASTERS PUBLICATIONS INC

DARK EDGE VOL 5 TP 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
IRON WOK JAN GN #15 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006

DYNAMIC FORCES

RED SONJA FIERY RED FOIL HIGH END ED #5 2/17/2006 - 2/15/2006
RED SONJA FREE RRP ED INCENTIVE #5 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
ARMY OF DARKNESS #4 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
ARMY OF DARKNESS RRP ED FREE INCENTIVE #4 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
DF RED SONJA PREMIERE T/C BOX 1/25/2006 - 2/15/2006
DF RED SONJA PREMIERE T/C HOT BOX CASE BONUS 10/26/2005 - 2/15/2006
DF RED SONJA PREMIERE T/C FREE SKETCH INCENTIVE 10/26/2005 - 2/15/2006
DF RED SONJA PREMIERE T/C BINDER 10/26/2005 - 2/15/2006
DF RED SONJA PREMIERE T/C DLX BINDER 10/26/2005 - 2/15/2006
DF RED SONJA PREMIERE T/C FREE GLOW INCENTIVE 10/26/2005 - 2/15/2006

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

JIMBOS INFERNO HC 1/25/2006 - 2/22/2006

HEROIC PUBLISHING INC

ROY THOMAS ANTHEM #1 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006

IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC

LEGEND OF GRIMJACK VOL 5 TP 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
MAZE AGENCY #3 (OF 4) 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006
METAL GEAR SOLID SONS OF LIBERTY #4 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006

RED EAGLE ENTERTAINMENT LLC

ROBERT JORDANS NEW SPRING #5 2/1/2006 - 2/15/2006

SIRIUS ENTERTAINMENT

SCARY GODMOTHER WILD ABOUT HARRY TP (NEW PTG) 4/5/2006 - 3/8/2006
POISON ELVES DOMINION #4 (MR) 4/5/2006 - 3/8/2006
AKIKO POCKET SIZE VOL 5 BORNSTONES ELIXIR TP 1/25/2006 - 3/1/2006
AKIKO POCKET SIZE VOL 4 STORY TREE TP 1/25/2006 - 3/1/2006
ALICE SINN & WAKING DREAM GN (O/A) 1/25/2006 - 2/15/2006
OH MY GOTH PRESENTS GIRLZ OF GOTH (O/A) (MR) 2/15/2006

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

WIZARD ANIME INSIDER GUNDAM SEED DESTINY CVR #30 OVERSHIP 2/15/2006

[algertman]

DAREDEVIL FATHER #6 (OF 6) 2/15/2006 - 4/12/2006

OMG that is SOOOOOOO funny.

Also Infinite Crisis is back on line to ship this month. AWESOME!

[adamcasey]

INFINITE CRISIS #5 (OF 7) 3/1/2006 - 2/22/2006

Ho ho!

[adamcasey]

Originally posted by algertman
OMG that is SOOOOOOO funny.

Yeah, there was that promise that it'd be done by the end of the year (2005...)

[David Vega]

Zombie Tales Death Valley #2 from Boom! Studios was suppose to ship in December, but has not, and there have been no updates about this book anywhere. What is the scoop here?

[EmeraldGuy32]

I really hope the IC change wont affect the quality of the book. Those fill-ins really bothered me last ish (even though it was artists I love it F-ed up the flow of the book).

ANd yeah, DD:Father? WTF?

[melperfect]

Ultimates 2 delays make my soul hurt.

[comicbookreader]

Originally posted by MattBrady
DF RED SONJA PREMIERE T/C HOT BOX CASE BONUS 10/26/2005 - 2/15/2006

Oh, but we've waited so long for Red Sonja's Hot Box!

wocka, wocka.

[Kevin T. Brown]

Dammit! I'm getting tired of all these delays........


um, hold on a sec.

BATMAN ANNUAL #25 3/8/2006 - 3/1/2006
INFINITE CRISIS #5 (OF 7) 3/1/2006 - 2/22/2006

Dammit, I'm getting tired of DC putting these titles out a week earlier...!!

[kdmelrose]

Originally posted by David Vega
Zombie Tales Death Valley #2 from Boom! Studios was suppose to ship in December, but has not, and there have been no updates about this book anywhere. What is the scoop here?

On his blog, Boom! publisher Ross Richie said Zombie Tales: Death Valley #2, "hit a snag when the bindary that the printer sub-contracts its work to moved. This caused a hink in the production and a delay which slipped it back a week."

[BlueThunderArmy]

Originally posted by Kevin T. Brown

Dammit, I'm getting tired of DC putting these titles out a week earlier...!!

Ha. I thought that was pretty funny, too. IIRC, Feb 22 was the original release date for Infinite Crisis #5 and there were conflicting reports of its delay to March 1. I wonder what the story is?

[Raphe Cheli]

Does anyone know if/when the final issue of Matador is coming out?

[Cerebro]

After a few slow weeks, I suppose we were bound to be hit by a barrage of Marvel product.

Originally posted by MattBrady
SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #25 4/19/2006 - 4/12/2006

A week early? That's a nice change.

SQUADRON SUPREME #2 4/5/2006 - 4/19/2006

Issue #1 is over a month away and issue #2 gets pushed back already? SUPREME POWER kept experiencing similar difficulty. Marvel really ought to just admit defeat and schedule this book as a bi-monthly. I think it'd just be easier for everyone.

SUPREME POWER HYPERION #4 (OF 5) (MR) 2/15/2006 - 2/22/2006

Then again, if this book actually makes the 2/22 ship date, it'll only be about 3 months late (what was the hold up, here?). The casual observer might think that SQUADRON SUPREME's delay is, simply, a knock-off effect of HYPERION's lateness. But issue #1 of SS hasn't been rescheduled, so that can't be it.

DAREDEVIL FATHER #6 (OF 6) 2/15/2006 - 4/12/2006

Oh, come on!! I thought you said this was finished, Joe! What gives?

ULTIMATES 2 #10 2/15/2006 - 3/1/2006

At this point, I've run out of things to say about ULTIMATES. This is pretty much routine, isn't it? On the plus side, Loeb and Madureira are getting plenty of time to stockpile issues of volume 3 (please tell me they're stockpiling issues).

[OCM]

Well I believe I read somewhere and it seemed confirmed that DD: Father was originally a 5 issue and was stretched to a 6 issue AFTER he made that earlier statement.

So, no surprise #6, which wasn't supposed to happen, comes out after Dec.

I may be wrong as I wouldn't be caught dead reading such drek!



Oh and where's that tales of Army of Darkness one shot? I'm sure the last solicitation had it pegged for this week.

I was really curious as to how Kurt Busiek's story would read.

[Erikcrusade]

Where all all the DC/IC naysayers now? Shouldn't they get just as much credit for getting the book back on track as they got criticism for the book being off schdule?

[khuxford]

Originally posted by Erikcrusade
Where all all the DC/IC naysayers now? Shouldn't they get just as much credit for getting the book back on track as they got criticism for the book being off schdule?

No...sorry...but when an Amtrak runs off the tracks, you don't see people showing up to applaud the next one that gets in safely.

And I'm a DC fan, but I think it is a lil much to expect people would come back to praise. There are always more critics than praisers.

[Johnny Smith]

Originally posted by Erikcrusade
Where all all the DC/IC naysayers now? Shouldn't they get just as much credit for getting the book back on track as they got criticism for the book being off schdule?

I give DC maximum credit for putting the IC back on track!!!

[Johnny Smith]

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DAREDEVIL FATHER #6 (OF 6) 2/15/2006 - 4/12/2006
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Whoa, Nellie!!!

He needs two more months to finish this!!!

Joe must be the only person who's late at being late ...

[BrotherI]

HOORAY FOR DC! Nice to see them getting back on schedule!

[LazarusMan]

So is Ultimates 10 later and later in order to give Joe Mad time to work ahead?


Or are they just keeping track of how long it takes Superman/Batman to finish their current storyline?


And in all honesty, if this has something to do with Mark's illness, then people should just let it be. It's still a great book, and they'll give the argument that Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns were late near the end. Let's just hope Hitch finishes this at some point.

[BeastCharming]

Originally posted by EmeraldGuy32
I really hope the IC change wont affect the quality of the book. Those fill-ins really bothered me last ish (even though it was artists I love it F-ed up the flow of the book).

ANd yeah, DD:Father? WTF?

I like how they put it back on schedule though. But we'll see whether it downgraded the quality. I was happy with #4, so I'll probably be fine

DD: Father is a big red truck. It's NYX all over again. I find it funny how Quesada can get away with false promises (read: lies) over and over again.

Jeph Loeb will be perfectly at home at Marvel. Loeb + Mad + Ultimates = disaster

[khuxford]

Originally posted by LazarusMan
So is Ultimates 10 later and later in order to give Joe Mad time to work ahead?


Or are they just keeping track of how long it takes Superman/Batman to finish their current storyline?


And in all honesty, if this has something to do with Mark's illness, then people should just let it be. It's still a great book, and they'll give the argument that Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns were late near the end. Let's just hope Hitch finishes this at some point.

Agreed. It would be nice if publishers and creators worked some comfortable way out of letting the public know the cause of delays. It should be in the exclusive contracts that, unless it is a family matter or illness, the publisher can disclose that you caused a late. If it is a family matter or illness, the publishers leave it up to the creator to decide whether it is shared.

And quietness on the publishers' side wouldn't mean that a creator was having a personal problem, because there are plenty of times where it is all DC's or Marvel's fault (or maybe their printer) where they don't say a word.

[CometSweat84]

Originally posted by BlueThunderArmy
Feb 22 was the original release date for Infinite Crisis #5 and there were conflicting reports of its delay to March 1. I wonder what the story is?

Actually, if you go back to the very first initial solicitation for Infinite Crisis, you'll notice that issues 2-5 were originally scheduled to come out one week BEFORE they showed up in stores (i.e., #5 was originally scheduled for Feb 15). So in reality, only issue #1 of IC has arrived on time as initially reported.

[Ironhorse]

Originally posted by MattBrady
DAREDEVIL FATHER #6 (OF 6) 2/15/2006 - 4/12/2006

HA, HA, HA, HA, Really funny.

Peace.

[NightRiver]

Originally posted by melperfect
Ultimates 2 delays make my soul hurt.

Yeah my mine too.