Tuesday, July 22, 2008

I Remember It As If It Were Just Yesterday...

From Marvel's October solicits, as presented at Newsarama:

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY #1Written by DAN SLOTT Pencils & Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN Get on the BRAND NEW DAY bandwagon with the new ongoing series, reprinting the thrice-monthly AMAZING SPIDER-MAN in chronological order! Prepare for what promises to be the most pulse-pounding piece of four-color fiction to be delivered unto the Mighty Marvel Minions in decades! You asked for more Spidey! You demanded it! And, by Buckley, you're gonna get it! After the devastatingly heartwarming events of ONE MORE DAY, Peter Parker puts the past behind him and sets forth on a BRAND NEW DAY! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546-547.56 PGS./Rated A ...$4.99
So, let me get this straight. Marvel's going to publish an ongoing monthly series reprinting issues THAT AREN'T EVEN A YEAR OLD YET?!?!?!

Really? REALLY?!?

I mean, really?!?!!?!?!!?

5 comments:

Siskoid said...

Boggles the mind.

Unknown said...

DC do this all the time.....

Anonymous said...

Really. (sorry couldn't resist)

Considering its supposed to be thrice-monthly, why are they reprinting 3 issues at a time?

Siskoid said...

What gets me is that they make the claim that they'll reprint the series in chronological order, like it wasn't ALREADY in chronological order.

Is this going to be 3 times a month too, or is the very... slow... reprinting... of the series? Heck, at that rate, they'll be reprinting old stories available in trade in a couple years.

snell said...

Well, the debut issue reprints 2, so...

Funny you should mention a trade. In the same solicits, we see that they are also putting out a trade reprinting the first couple of BND arcs. The very same month. Yup.

I predict that by 2010 Marvel's entire output will consist of nothing but reprinting Brand New Day...