DC Comics Direct Channel #819

Following DC Comics' sales incentive for THE PLAIN JANES, the inaugural title from Minx, DC will extend that offer to all Minx titles published in 2007. Starting with RE-GIFTERS, the second Minx title, qualifying Diamond retailers will be able to make full returns at a future date.

"Response to the sales incentive on THE PLAIN JANES has been terrific, so we're happy to extend that offer to the other Minx titles for the entire year," says Bob Wayne, VP - Sales.

The remaining Minx titles for 2007 include:
* RE-GIFTERS (June)
* CLUBBING (July)
* GOOD AS LILY (August)
* CONFESSIONS OF A BLABBERMOUTH (September)
* WATER BABY (October)
* KIMMIE66 (November)

Retailers may qualify for this offer as follows:

DC Comics Retailer Discount Minimum Qualifying order

35% 2 copies
40% 2 copies
50% 4 copies
52.50% 4 copies
55% 6 copies
56% 10 copies
57% 15 copies

For example, a retailer with a 50% DC Comics discount must order a minimum of 4 copies of RE-GIFTERS to qualify for full returnability. The offer is valid for RE-GIFTERS through the Final Order Cutoff date of May 10, and only in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. DC will announce the return window for this title at a later date.

RE-GIFTERS is solicited in the March Previews (Volume XVII #3) and is scheduled reach stores on June 13.


BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE VOLUME 3 (FEB070258), which was solicited as a trade paperback, instead will be published as a hardcover. This item may be ordered under the item code above, and is scheduled to arrive in stores on May 16 with a cover price of $24.99 U.S. Retailers may adjust orders on this title through its Final Order Cutoff date of April 12.

Also, BATMAN: EGO AND OTHER TAILS, previously announced as a trade paperback, will be solicited in the March Previews (Volume XVII #3) as a hardcover. This title is scheduled to arrive in stores on June 20 with a cover price of $24.99 U.S.


Artist Bob Oksner, best known for his work on DC Comics' humor titles, died on February 18 at age 90.

Paul Levitz, DC's President & Publisher, says, "Bob had the gift of transferring the twinkle in his eye to paper - whether it was capturing Bob Denver's hapless grin in a Dobie Gillis comic, the sexy wiggle of a pretty girl or a Jerry Lewis pratfall, he shared with his readers the moment in all its magic. In over four decades of art for DC he was all too rarely credited, but always respected by his peers and editors for his talent and wit."

Oksner broke into comics at the start of the Golden Age, working for several publishers before creating the comic strip Miss Cairo Jones in 1945. He began working for DC in the late 1940s with ALL STAR COMICS, GREEN LANTERN and THE FLASH. His talent for drawing humor and likenesses led to work on licensed titles including THE ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE and THE MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS, as well as LEAVE IT TO BINKY, ANGEL AND THE APE and more. He also illustrated science fiction tales in MYSTERY IN SPACE and romance stories in GIRLS' LOVE STORIES, among other titles.

Oksner won the National Cartoonists Society Award in 1960 and 1961 the Shazam Award in 1970 for Best Pencil Artist (Humor Division). While working in comic books, Oksner continued with comic strips, on the I Love Lucy strip in the 1950s and his own creation, Soozie, in the late 1960s. He collaborated with Irwin Hasen on Dondi from 1969 through the strip's end in 1986.

In the 1970s, Oksner contributed artwork to SHAZAM, the Superman titles and others, including memorable stories starring Mary Marvel and Supergirl, and also became one of DC's top cover artists and an in-demand inker for pencillers including Curt Swan and Carmine Infantino. He retired in the 1980s.


Please note that the SUPERMAN RETURNS DELUXE PHOTO BOOK HC will arrive in stores on March 7 with a cover price of $59.99 U.S. under the new item code JAN078050, at DC's D-1 discount. This replaces all orders placed under the SEP063888 item code with the title SUPERMAN RETURNS PHOTOGRAPHY OF DAVID JAMES LTD HC.


Final orders are due by Thursday, February 22.

52 WEEK 45 03/14/2007
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #4 03/14/2007
THE BATMAN STRIKES! #31 (JOHNNY DC) 03/14/2007
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #11 (JOHNNY DC) 03/14/2007
FRIDAY THE 13TH #4 (WILDSTORM) 03/14/2007
GEN13 #6 (WILDSTORM) 03/14/2007
GREEN ARROW #72 03/14/2007
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #10 03/14/2007
GRIFTER & MIDNIGHTER #1 (WILDSTORM) 03/14/2007
JLA CLASSIFIED #36 03/14/2007
MARTIAN MANHUNTER #8 03/14/2007
ROBIN #160 03/14/2007
RUSH CITY #6 03/14/2007
SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE: SLEEP OF REASON #4 (VERTIGO) 03/14/2007
STORMWATCH PHD #5 (WILDSTORM) 03/14/2007
SUPERMAN #660 03/14/2007
TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #6 03/14/2007
TEEN TITANS #44 03/14/2007
WILDSTORM FINE ARTS: SPOTLIGHT ON J. SCOTT CAMPBELL (WILDSTORM) 03/14/2007
WONDER WOMAN #5 03/14/2007
FABLES #59 (VERTIGO) 03/21/2007
BATMAN: SNOW TP 03/28/2007
GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH TP 03/28/2007
LOVELESS VOL. 2: THICKER THAN BLACKWATER TP (VERTIGO) 03/28/2007
SECRET SIX: SIX DEGREES OF DEVASTATION TP 03/28/2007


100 BULLETS #81 (VERTIGO)
52 WEEK 43
ACTION COMICS #846
AMERICAN VIRGIN #12 (VERTIGO)
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #3
BLUE BEETLE #12
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #30 (JOHNNY DC)
CONNOR HAWKE: DRAGON'S BLOOD #4
CROSSING MIDNIGHT #4 (VERTIGO)
DEADMAN #7 (VERTIGO)
EMPTY EMPIRE VOL. 3 (CMX)
THE EXTERMINATORS #14 (VERTIGO)
FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MAN #33
FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MAN - REBORN TP
THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE #9
GREEN LANTERN #17
HAWKGIRL #61
JACK OF FABLES #8 (VERTIGO)
JACK OF FABLES VOL. 1: THE (NEARLY) GREAT ESCAPE TP (VERTIGO)
JLA CLASSIFIED #35
JSA CLASSIFIED #23
JUSTICE #10
NINJA SCROLL #6 (WILDSTORM)
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: GREEN LANTERN VOL. 2 TP
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #27
TEEN TITANS GO! #40 (JOHNNY DC)
WETWORKS #6 (WILDSTORM)
YOUNG MAGICIAN VOL. 7 (CMX)

DC DIRECT:
SUPERMAN/BATMAN SERIES 3 ACTION FIGURE MASTER CASE ASSORTMENT
SUPERMAN/BATMAN SERIES 3 ACTION FIGURE INNER CASE ASSORTMENT
SUPERMAN/BATMAN SERIES 3: STEEL/NATASHA IRONS ACTION FIGURE
SUPERMAN/BATMAN SERIES 3: FUTURE SUPERMAN ACTION FIGURE
SUPERMAN/BATMAN SERIES 3: NIGHTWING ACTION FIGURE
SUPERMAN/BATMAN SERIES 3: ARMORED LEX LUTHOR ACTION FIGURE
SUPERMAN/BATMAN SERIES 3: HAWKMAN ACTION FIGURE


52 WEEK 44
THE ALL NEW ATOM #9
THE AUTHORITY #2 (WILDSTORM)
THE AUTHORITY #2 VARIANT EDITION (WILDSTORM)
DETECTIVE COMICS #829
EX MACHINA VOL. 5: SMOKE SMOKE TP (WILDSTORM)
EXTERMINATORS VOL. 2: INSURGENCY TP (VERTIGO)
FABLES #58 (VERTIGO)
GO GO HEAVEN VOL. 1 (CMX)
HELMET OF FATE: ZAURIEL #1
JONAH HEX #17
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #6
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #6 VARIANT EDITION
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #31 (JOHNNY DC)
LOONEY TUNES #148 (JOHNNY DC)
LOVELESS #16 (VERTIGO)
MAD MAGAZINE #476
MANHUNTER #29
MIDNIGHTER #5 (WILDSTORM)
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET #6 (WILDSTORM)
NIGHTWING #130
NIGHTWING: BROTHERS IN BLOOD TP
OUTSIDERS #46
PIECES OF A SPIRAL VOL. 7 (CMX)
SCALPED #3 (VERTIGO)
SHAZAM: THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #2
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY VOL. 2 TP
SUPERGIRL: CANDOR TP
SUPERMAN/BATMAN #32
UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #8
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #4 (WILDSTORM)
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #4 VARIANT EDITION (WILDSTORM)
WORLDSTORM #2 (WILDSTORM)

DC DIRECT:
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER #4 POSTER
THE FLASH #1 POSTER
SUPERMAN 13 INCH DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE
SUPERMAN RETURNS PREQUEL POSTER
WONDER WOMAN #1 POSTER


DC COMICS SHIPPING CHANGES:
MYSTERY IN SPACE #7 03/14/07 - 03/07/07
RUSH CITY #6 03/14/07 - 12/27/06
SUPERMAN #660 03/14/07 - 01/17/07
TEEN TITANS #44 03/14/07 - 02/14/07
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #4 03/21/07 - 03/07/07
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #4 VARIANT EDITION 03/21/07 - 03/07/07
SUPERGIRL #15 JAN070270 3/21/07 3/7/07
SUPERMAN/BATMAN #33 03/21/07 - 01/24/07
SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #4 03/21/07 - 02/07/07
SUPERMAN #661 03/28/07 - 02/14/07
TRIALS OF SHAZAM! #6 03/28/07 - 02/28/07
ACTION COMICS #847 04/04/07 - 02/28/07
ALL STAR SUPERMAN #7 04/04/07 - 12/20/06
SUPERMAN #662 04/11/07 - 03/14/07
TEEN TITANS #45 04/11/07 - 03/14/07
SUPERMAN/BATMAN #34 04/18/07 - 03/21/07
SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #5 04/18/07 - 04/04/07
ACTION COMICS #848 04/25/07 - 03/28/07
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER #5 05/16/07 - 11/29/06
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER #5 VARIANT EDITION 05/16/07 - 11/29/06

DC DIRECT SHIPPING CHANGES:
DC MINIMATES WAVE TWO 03/21/07 - 03/28/07
DC MINIMATES WAVE THREE 04/18/07 - 04/25/07

VERTIGO SHIPPING CHANGES:
THE EXTERMINATORS #15 03/21/07 - 03/07/07
FABLES #59 03/21/07 - 03/14/07
Y: THE LAST MAN #55 03/21/07 - 03/07/07
100 BULLETS #82 03/28/07 - 03/14/07
DMZ #17 03/28/07 - 03/14/07

WILDSTORM SHIPPING CHANGES:
ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK 2 #3 04/11/07 - 12/27/06

AMERICA'S BEST COMICS (ABC) SHIPPING CHANGES:
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: THE BLACK DOSSIER HC TBA - 10/25/06