CAPTAIN AMERICA WHITE #0 GETS TWO COVERS, PRICE DECREASE

[MattBrady]

Press Release

It’s the project everyone’s buzzing about, from the Eisner Award-winning dream team of superstars Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, and it begins with Captain America: White #0, now featuring a new wraparound variant cover and lower price! Beloved for their powerful work on Spider-Man: Blue, Hulk: Gray, Daredevil: Yellow, television’s Heroes and more, Loeb & Sale reunite for a special, all-new tale of Captain America and Bucky during World War II, kicking off this hotly anticipated series! Leading directly into this fall’s Captain America: White #1, this issue also contains loads of extras taking you behind the scenes—and hinting at the future—of the next “color” series from one of the industry’s most acclaimed duos!

So what’re you waiting for? Don’t miss your first look at one of this year’s most anticipated projects in a special edition so chock full of surprises that it could only come from the team of Loeb & Sale—it’s Captain America: White #0, now only $2.99!

CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE #0 (MAY082268)
CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE #0 WRAPAROUND VARIANT (APR088184)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Covers by TIM SALE
Rated T+ …$2.99
FOC—6/19/08, On-Sale—7/9/08

[lordlad]

oh man..........i hope marvel make a poster of this cover......

FIRST !!!

[Tizoc]

I'ma pick this up...

[tgail]

I'm "buzzing" about it.

[rogue_tomato]

Lookin' good and a price cut is always welcome

[Tom Daylight]

Can't say I'm tempted to pick up a comic that has a huge swastika on the cover!

[Blind Assassin]

Originally Posted by Tom Daylight

Can't say I'm tempted to pick up a comic that has a huge swastika on the cover!

it's not like they are putting it on their to show that they are racist, it has to do with the story.

Loeb & Sale reunite for a special, all-new tale of Captain America and Bucky during World War II, kicking off this hotly anticipated series!

[superhulkman]

Originally Posted by Tom Daylight

Can't say I'm tempted to pick up a comic that has a huge swastika on the cover!

Can't say that I'm surprise to see and hear someone bash a new site promoting a Jeph Loeb book. I'm sure you'll pick up the other cover, and you have to remember, this is Captain America down to his core and nobody does a better job at getting to character's cores then Jeph Loeb, so don't focus so much on the Nazi sign, but how Captain America and Bucky are above it, meaning they will overcome it, not just for America, but the whole world who believes in good and doing the right thing will always prevail.

[Tom Daylight]

I don't perceive it as racist. I think such use of a swastika is ill-informed and as a cover it is going to rightly offend a lot of people.

(And worse than that, it looks as though Cap is standing on a platform of Nazism!)

[lpjunior]

You're worried about the symbolism of a man dressed in the american flag standing on a nazi swastika...

[Doctor_Chronos]

How many pages is it? Zero issues are usually smaller or consist of a 8 or 12 page story and the rest is filler. Just trying to figure out the price decrease.

[artiepants]

Tim Sale FTW!

[Gladiator X]

Sweet!

Was gonna get it anyway but the new lower price is nice. Definitely not gonna complain about that.

[MickeyScouse]

I note as always there's no mention these days of whether or not the variant cover is a ratio variant, there's a surprise.
What's the big deal with the price decrease?
If it's a 50/50 split, then Marvel are only trying to increase profit margins by inducing people to buy the same book twice with the two covers.
If it's a 1/10, 1/15, 1/25, 1/50, 1/75, then the hope is to get retailers to overextend themselves by ordering more books to sit on the shelf unbought.
Let's be honest, Loeb hasn't written anything that inspiring recently, so initial orders on this probably weren't as high as Marvel anticipated and now it's the usual, try and publicise the book, and slap another cover on.

[superhulkman]

Originally Posted by Tom Daylight

I don't perceive it as racist. I think such use of a swastika is ill-informed and as a cover it is going to rightly offend a lot of people.

(And worse than that, it looks as though Cap is standing on a platform of Nazism!)

It's a super solider and a side-kick against the red skull and an army who follow a false sense of beliefs and it's up to the two to over-top them. This is going to be a classic Captain America story.

[superhulkman]

Originally Posted by MickeyScouse

I note as always there's no mention these days of whether or not the variant cover is a ratio variant, there's a surprise.
What's the big deal with the price decrease?
If it's a 50/50 split, then Marvel are only trying to increase profit margins by inducing people to buy the same book twice with the two covers.
If it's a 1/10, 1/15, 1/25, 1/50, 1/75, then the hope is to get retailers to overextend themselves by ordering more books to sit on the shelf unbought.
Let's be honest, Loeb hasn't written anything that inspiring recently, so initial orders on this probably weren't as high as Marvel anticipated and now it's the usual, try and publicise the book, and slap another cover on.

Here's another Loeb basher, I wish I could say it would of ended with just that one person, but sadly to say, there will be more that will come. I know this is America and we are entitled to say and think what we want, but we also have a right to agree or disagree and I DISAGREE WITH ANY AND ALL LOEB BASHERS!!! I love all the books that Jeph Loeb has written since being back in Marvel. I can't wait for this new book that has Loeb teaming up with a classic partner that is Tim Sale.

[Moosarama]

I don't get it, is this the beginning of the series, or like a prelude/intro? And is $2.99 really a "lower price"? That's what every issue of Daredevil: Yellow cost.

[Moosarama]

Originally Posted by superhulkman

Here's another Loeb basher, I wish I could say it would of ended with just that one person, but sadly to say, there will be more that will come. I know this is America and we are entitled to say and think what we want, but we also have a right to agree or disagree and I DISAGREE WITH ANY AND ALL LOEB BASHERS!!! I love all the books that Jeph Loeb has written since being back in Marvel. I can't wait for this new book that has Loeb teaming up with a classic partner that is Tim Sale.

You're not just "disagreeing with any and all Loeb bashers," you're labelling people who disagree with you as having some sort of petty agenda.

Look, I love Batman: The Long Halloween and I'll recommend it to anyone who wants a good Batman story.

At the same time, I hate pretty much everything Loeb has written in the last seven years.

[Moosarama]

Originally Posted by superhulkman

Can't say that I'm surprise to see and hear someone bash a new site promoting a Jeph Loeb book. I'm sure you'll pick up the other cover, and you have to remember, this is Captain America down to his core

It is? Have you already read it?

and nobody does a better job at getting to character's cores then Jeph Loeb

Like he did with Wolverine? And Supergirl? And Hulk? And Onslaught?

Stripping characters of their complexity doesn't necessarily "get to their cores," it just ensure that they're portrayed in a very simple and straightforward manner. This can result in good storytelling (Superman: For All Seasons) or bad storytelling (Fallen Son).]

[EMeadow]

Originally Posted by Tom Daylight

Can't say I'm tempted to pick up a comic that has a huge swastika on the cover!

Sorry, I'm Jewish, have no problem with it.

Its historically accurate. Cap's in WW II, of course you should see a Swastika as a representation of the Axis. And if a child see it, gee then perhaps he should be taught what that meant in school and what role they played in history and how we'd like to never repeat such things but they keep showing up under different guises.

Geez, the PC in this country is nuts.

[Samy Merchi]

Captain America: White

Sounds like the favorite comic book of Prussian Blue.

[wishlish]

Originally Posted by MickeyScouse

I note as always there's no mention these days of whether or not the variant cover is a ratio variant, there's a surprise.
What's the big deal with the price decrease?
If it's a 50/50 split, then Marvel are only trying to increase profit margins by inducing people to buy the same book twice with the two covers.
If it's a 1/10, 1/15, 1/25, 1/50, 1/75, then the hope is to get retailers to overextend themselves by ordering more books to sit on the shelf unbought.
Let's be honest, Loeb hasn't written anything that inspiring recently, so initial orders on this probably weren't as high as Marvel anticipated and now it's the usual, try and publicise the book, and slap another cover on.

Actually, Ultimates 3, despite some critical backlash, held on to the readers quite well. And the Captain America: Fallen Son series sold quite well, and wasn't bad.

You don't drop the price because orders aren't good in the direct market- why cheat yourself out of revenue if the sales aren't good?

I haven't been a fan of everything Loeb's written, but the books that I liked were quite good, and anytime he works with Tim Sale, it's awesome. I'm in like Flynn.

[Habitual]

Originally Posted by Tom Daylight

I don't perceive it as racist. I think such use of a swastika is ill-informed and as a cover it is going to rightly offend a lot of people.

(And worse than that, it looks as though Cap is standing on a platform of Nazism!)

No it's not and no he doesn't.

Hab

[shadow panther]

Originally Posted by EMeadow

Sorry, I'm Jewish, have no problem with it.

Its historically accurate. Cap's in WW II, of course you should see a Swastika as a representation of the Axis. And if a child see it, gee then perhaps he should be taught what that meant in school and what role they played in history and how we'd like to never repeat such things but they keep showing up under different guises.

Geez, the PC in this country is nuts.

PC has ruined this country

[XtonyXstarkX]

I won't be picking this up. Loeb needs to take a vacation and get back on his game.