July 8, 2008 BATMAN NEON SIGN STILL AVAILABLE FOR REORDER DC Comics is offering retailers across the country an opportunity to place orders for the Batman Neon Sign (MAY070271), which will give them the chance to add a little bit of Gotham City to their storefronts! Priced at $150.00 U.S., the neon sign is ideal for window displays, measures 8" x 15" x 27", boasts the familiar shape of Batman's chest emblem and glows yellow when lit. Please note: The sign is not intended for resale and is available only in the U.S. and Canada due to power system differences. Limit one per retail location while supplies last. Perfect for drawing customers out of the shadows and into your shop, the eye-catching Batman Neon Sign is available for order now. Please contact your Diamond Customer Service Representative to place your order today. Quantities are limited, so order yours today! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DC COMICS ANNOUNCES FREELANCER AND STAFF LINEUP FOR COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO Beginning Wednesday, July 23, DC Comics staff and freelance community will be leave their desks and drawing boards behind to attend Comic-Con International: San Diego. Along with an impressive list of attendees, DC Comics will have panels and giveaways at the convention. DC's guests at the convention are: . Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS, JOKER) . Mark Buckingham (FABLES) . Cecil Castellucci (JANES IN LOVE) . Darwyn Cooke (DC: THE NEW FRONTIER) . Neil Googe (WILDCATS) . Geoff Johns (ACTION COMICS, GREEN LANTERN) . David Lapham (YOUNG LIARS) . Aaron Lopresti (WONDER WOMAN) . Brad Meltzer (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, DC UNIVERSE: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT) . Grant Morrison (BATMAN, FINAL CRISIS) . Jerry Robinson (BATMAN) . Jim Shoop (DC Direct sculptor) . Gail Simone (WONDER WOMAN, SECRET SIX) . Matthew Sturges (HOUSE OF MYSTERY, JACK OF FABLES) . Phillip Tan (FINAL CRISIS: REVELATIONS) . Peter Tomasi (GREEN LANTERN CORPS, NIGHTWING) . Bill Willingham (FABLES, JACK OF FABLES, HOUSE OF MYSTERY) . G. Willow Wilson (AIR, CAIRO) . Judd Winick (TITANS, GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY) . Brian Wood (DMZ, NORTHLANDERS, THE NEW YORK FOUR, DEMO) Other members of the freelance community scheduled to be at the convention include: . Marc Andreyko (MANHUNTER) . Sergio Aragones (THE SPIRIT, BAT LASH, MAD Magazine) . Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS, JOKER) . Matt "Batt" Banning (SUPERMAN/BATMAN) . Eddy Barrows (TEEN TITANS) . Chris Batista (ROBIN, TEEN TITANS) . Adam Beechen (BATGIRL) . Joe Benitez (TITANS) . Lee Bermejo (JOKER) . Tim Bradstreet (SCALPED covers) . Jon Buran (WORLD OF WARCRAFT) . Percy Carey (SENTENCES: THE LIFE OF MF GRIMM) . Cliff Chiang (GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY) . Becky Cloonan (DEMO, AMERICAN VIRGIN) . Amanda Conner (POWER GIRL) . Mike Costa (THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE AUTHORITY: HAWKSMOOR) . Jason Craig (FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH) . Wes Craig (WILDSTORM: REVELATIONS) . Carlos D'Anda (DEATHBLOW) . Brian Denham (THE X-FILES) . Andy Diggle (HELLBLAZER) . Paul Dini (DETECTIVE COMICS, COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS) . Nick Doan (PRAY FOR DEATH) . Steve Ellis (HIGH MOON) . Mark Evanier (THE SPIRIT) . Christos Gage (WILDCATS) . David Gallaher (HIGH MOON) . Michael Gaydos (MANHUNTER) . Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN, GREEN LANTERN CORPS) . Keith Giffen (AMBUSH BUG: YEAR ONE, REIGN IN HELL) . Patrick Gleason (GREEN LANTERN CORPS) . Joel Gomez (THE LOST BOYS: REIGN OF FROGS) . Caanan Grall (CELADORE) . Mick Gray (JOKER) . Renato Guedes (SUPERMAN) . Chris Gugliotti (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: RAISING CAIN) . David Hahn (ALL NIGHTER) . Jeremy Haun (CHUCK) . Sandra Hope (WORLD OF WARCRAFT) . Al Jaffee (MAD Magazine) . James Jean (FABLES covers) . Jock (GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE, THE LOSERS) . Drew Johnson (SUPERGIRL) . Peter Johnson (CHUCK, SUPERNATURAL: RISING SON) . J. G. Jones (FINAL CRISIS) . Ryan Kelly (THE NEW YORK FOUR) . J.J. Kirby (THE NEW DYNAMIX) . Scott Kolins (FINAL CRISIS: ROGUES' REVENGE, THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD) . Andy Kubert (BATMAN, TRINITY covers) . Jim Lee (ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER) . Ron Lim (RANN/THANAGAR: HOLY WAR) . Jeremy Love (BAYOU) . Jerome K. Moore (WORLD OF WARCRAFT) . Todd Nauck (TEEN TITANS GO!) . Jai Nitz (EL DIABLO) . Dustin Nguyen (DETECTIVE COMICS) . Oliver Nome (THE NEW DYNAMIX) . Joshua Ortega (GEARS OF WAR) . Andy Owens (TRINITY) . Jimmy Palmiotti (JONAH HEX, THE WAR THAT TIME FORGOT) . Francis Portela (BATMAN) . Joe Prado (GREEN LANTERN) . Jack Purcell (GOTHAM UNDERGROUND) . Norm Rapmund (BOOSTER GOLD) . James Robinson (SUPERMAN) . Stephane Roux (BIRDS OF PREY covers) . Greg Rucka (FINAL CRISIS: REVELATIONS) . Nicola Scott (BIRDS OF PREY, SECRET SIX) . Trevor Scott (DC/WILDSTORM: DREAMWAR) . Jon Sibal (ACTION COMICS) . Frank Spotnitz (THE X-FILES) . Fiona Staples (THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE AUTHORITY: HAWKSMOOR) . Jim Starlin (RANN/THANAGAR: HOLY WAR, DEATH OF THE NEW GODS) . Jill Thompson (HOUSE OF MYSTERY) . Frank Tieri (GOTHAM UNDERGROUND, COUNTDOWN PRESENTS: LORD HAVOK AND THE EXTREMISTS) . Bobby Timony (THE NIGHT OWLS) . Peter Timony (THE NIGHT OWLS) . J. Torres (FAMILY DYNAMIC) . Tony Trovallero (THE BLACK CHERRY BOMBSHELLS) . Deborah Vankin (INSTA-LIFE) . Ethan Van Sciver (GREEN LANTERN, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA) . Sheldon Vella (SUPERTRON) . Matt Wagner (MADAME XANADU) . Freddie E. Williams II (THE FLASH, ROBIN) . J.H. Williams III (BATMAN, PROMETHEA) . Johnny Zito (THE BLACK CHERRY BOMBSHELLS) Along with these freelancers, the DC staff will be in San Diego, led by President & Publisher Paul Levitz. Members of the DC Universe Editorial staff at the convention include Senior VP - Executive Editor Dan DiDio, Senior Story Editor Ian Sattler, Senior Coordinating Editor Jann Jones, Senior Group Editor Mike Carlin, Group Editor Eddie Berganza, Senior Editors Joey Cavalieri, Matt Idelson and Mike Marts, Editor Mike Siglain and Editorial Art Director Mark Chiarello. Vertigo editors coming to San Diego include Senior VP - Executive Editor Karen Berger, Group Editors Shelly Bond and Bob Schreck, and Senior Editor Will Dennis. WildStorm staffers set to be at the show include WildStorm VP - General Manager Hank Kanalz, Senior Editor Ben Abernathy and Editors Shannon Denton and Scott Peterson. From CMX, look for Manga Editor Jim Chadwick and Director of Manga Asako Suzuki. DC Direct creative staffers in San Diego include VP - Design & DC Direct Creative Georg Brewer, Design Director Jim Fletcher and Art Director Shawn Knapp. The business side of DC Direct will be represented by VP - Business Development Jeff Trojan, Director - Product Management Syndee Barwick and Account Manager Marisa Santiago. Also at the convention will be Purchasing Manager - Retail Products Christine Napollitano. DC's Licensing department will be represented by Senior VP - Brand Management Cheryl Rubin and Executive Creative Director David Erwin. From Creative Services, Senior VP - Creative Director Richard Bruning will be at the convention, along with Director - Creative Services Ron Perazza, Manager - DC Online Dave McCullough and Online Editor Kwanza Johnson. The Editorial Administration group will be in San Diego as well, with VP - Managing Editor Terri Cunningham, Executive Director Jack Mahan, Director - Editorial Administration Accounting Roger Rivera and Editorial Administration Operations Coordinator Chris Conroy all in attendance. From the Advertising department, Midwest Account Manager Steve Newman and National Sales Director Jason Stroot will be at the convention. Director - International Business Development Linda Lee and Director - Business Development Andrea Shochet will be in San Diego, as will Deputy General Counsel Jay Kogan and Group Editor - Licensed Publishing Steve Korte. Also scheduled to be at the show are Senior VP - Creative Affairs Gregory Noveck, Creative Executive - Creative Affairs Ivan Cohen and Creative Associate Will Hackner. DC's Sales & Marketing department will be on hand as well, including Senior VP Steve Rotterdam, VP - Marketing John Cunningham, VP - Sales Bob Wayne, VP - Book Trade Sales Sue Pohja, Director - Marketing Gayley Avery, Director - Direct Sales Vince Letterio, Manager - Marketing Communications Adam Philips, Manager - Events & Retailer Services Fletcher Chu-Fong, Manager - Marketing Services Matt Keller, Administrator - Direct Sales Stuart Schreck, Representives - Direct Sales Pat O'Connell and Joe Hughes, and Representative Events & Retailer Services Rex Ogle. DC's Publicity Group will include VP - Publicity David Hyde, Publicity Managers Pamela Mullin and Alex Segura and Publicity Coordinator Austin Trunick. Watch for an announcement of DCs panels and giveaways coming soon. Please note that this information is subject to change. For more information on the convention, visit www.comic-con.org. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW DOWNLOADABLE PROMO ITEMS AVAILABLE ON DC RETAILER PAGE AT DIAMONDCOMICS.COM The following downloadable promo item is now available on the DC Retailer page at Diamondcomics.com: . FINAL CRISIS Checklist #2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DC TITLES NOTED IN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY In the article "Dark Inspirations" in the July 11 Entertainment Weekly, three DC Comics titles - BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, and BATMAN: YEAR ONE - are noted as influences on the movie The Dark Knight. Elsewhere in this issue, director Guillermo del Toro praises the original run of SWAMP THING by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson as one of his influences. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BACK TO PRESS! The following titles have been reprinted and are available for order: BATMAN IN THE FORTIES TP (FEB088090) (2nd printing) Now priced $19.99/$26.99 Can. DMZ VOL 4: FRIENDLY FIRE TP (DEC070294) (2nd printing) Now priced $12.99/$14.99 Can. FABLES VOL 2: ANIMAL FARM TP (MAR058123) (5th printing) Now priced $12.99/$14.99 Can. THE SANDMAN VOL. 9: THE KINDLY ONES TP (OCT058019) (8th printing) Now priced $19.99/$22.99 Can. SCALPED VOL 2: CASINO BOOGIE TP (JUN080304) (2nd printing) Now priced $14.99/$16.99 Can. Y: THE LAST MAN VOL 3: ONE SMALL STEP (MAR068027) (4th printing) Now priced $12.99/$14.99 Can. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST CHANCE SALE! The following DC items are priced at 70% off through July 28, 2008: THE ALL NEW ATOM #22 THE AUTHORITY: PRIME #6 BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #15 BLUE BEETLE #25 CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #43 COUNTDOWN LORD HAVOK AND THE EXTREMISTS #6 COUNTDOWN SPECIAL: ECLIPSO 80-PAGE GIANT COUNTDOWN SPECIAL: KAMANDI 80-PAGE GIANT CROSSING MIDNIGHT #17 DETECTIVE COMICS #842 DETECTIVE COMICS #843 HELLBLAZER #242 INFINITY INC. #8 JONAH HEX #30 JSA CLASSIFIED #36 JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #44 LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #38 LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #39 LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #40 LOONEY TUNES #161 LOVELESS #23 METAL MEN #7 MIDNIGHTER #18 NIGHTWING #142 NIGHTWING #143 SUPERGIRL #28 TEEN TITANS GO! #53 UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #7 THE VINYL UNDERGROUND #7 WILDSTORM: REVELATIONS #6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RETURNABLE ITEMS* 07/10/08 - A - COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #8 07/10/08 - A - JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #15 07/10/08 - A - JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #15 VARIANT EDITION 07/10/08 - A - LOVELESS #24 07/10/08 - B - TANGENT: SUPERMAN'S REIGN #3 07/18/08 - B - BLUE BEETLE #27 07/18/08 - K - HOUSE OF MYSTERY #1 07/25/08 - B - COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 2 07/25/08 - B - SUPERGIRL #30 08/01/08 - A - SALVATION RUN #7 08/01/08 - A - SALVATION RUN #7 VARIANT EDITION Returnable Books Key: A - Late Ship B - Change In Creative Team C - Not As Solicited D - Mislabeled Crossover E - Unlabeled Mature Title F - Incorrect Price G - Wrong UPC Code H - Unmatched Cover & Interior Content I - Printing Error Comic J - Shipped Returnable K - With Qualifying Initial Order L - Made returnable at DC's discretion * Accompanied by a Diamond Comic Distributors Return Form ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEMS ON FINAL ORDER CUT-OFF THIS WEEK The following hot projects are on Final Order Cut-off this week. Be sure you've got enough copies of each - check your orders and process any changes before Thursday, July 10. Retailers may access the DC FOC page at the Diamond website by going to https://retailer.diamondcomics.com/main/MyAccount. 07/23/2008 - THE X-FILES SPECIAL #0 (WILDSTORM) $2.99 07/23/2008 - THE X-FILES SPECIAL #0 VARIANT EDITION (WILDSTORM) $2.99 07/30/2008 - BATMAN: DEATH MASK #4 $2.99 07/30/2008 - BLUE BEETLE #29 $2.99 07/30/2008 - CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #47 (JOHNNY DC) $2.25 07/30/2008 - CATWOMAN #81 $2.99 07/30/2008 - GREEN LANTERN #33 $2.99 07/30/2008 - HUNTRESS: YEAR ONE #6 $2.99 07/30/2008 - JACK OF FABLES #24 (VERTIGO) $2.99 07/30/2008 - JOKER'S ASYLUM: TWO-FACE #1 $2.99 07/30/2008 - JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL #1 07/30/2008 - NEW DYNAMIX #5 (WILDSTORM) $2.99 07/30/2008 - NORTHLANDERS #8 (VERTIGO) $2.99 07/30/2008 - REIGN IN HELL #1 $3.50 07/30/2008 - REIGN IN HELL #1 VARIANT EDITION $3.50 07/30/2008 - TEEN TITANS #61 $2.99 07/30/2008 - TRINITY #9 $2.99 07/30/2008 - THE UN-MEN #12 (VERTIGO) $2.99 07/30/2008 - WILDCATS #1 (WILDSTORM) $2.99 08/13/2008 - MAD MAGAZINE #493 $4.99 08/20/2008 - ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL. 1 TP $12.99 08/20/2008 - AMERICA'S BEST COMICS PRIMER TP (ABC) $4.99 08/20/2008 - COUNTDOWN PRESENTS: LORD HAVOK AND THE EXTREMISTS TP $17.99 08/20/2008 - MAD KIDS #12 $4.99 08/20/2008 - SUICIDE SQUAD: FROM THE ASHES TP $19.99 09/03/2008 - GO GO HEAVEN VOL. 7 (CMX) $9.99 09/03/2008 - TERU TERU X SHONEN VOL. 3 (CMX) $9.99 09/10/2008 - JANES IN LOVE (MINX) $9.99 09/10/2008 - MOON CHILD VOL. 12 (CMX) $9.99 09/17/2008 - MUSASHI #9 VOL. 16 (CMX) $9.99 09/17/2008 - YOUNG MAGICIAN VOL 13 (CMX) $9.99 09/24/2008 - GIRL WHO COULD RUN THROUGH TIME VOL. 1 (CMX) $9.99 09/24/2008 - STEEL FIST RIKU VOL. 2 (CMX) $9.99 10/01/2008 - EMIKO SUPERSTAR (MINX) $9.99 10/01/2008 - FLAT EARTH EXCHANGE VOL. 2 (CMX) $9.99 10/15/2008 - LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: ENEMY RISING HC $19.99 10/15/2008 - Y: THE LAST MAN DELUXE EDITION VOL. 1 HC (VERTIGO) $29.99 10/22/2008 - DC UNIVERSE ILLUSTRATED BY NEAL ADAMS VOL 1 HC $39.99 10/22/2008 - SUPERMAN/BATMAN: SEARCH FOR KRYPTONITE HC $19.99 10/29/2008 - FABLES COVERS BY JAMES JEAN HC (VERTIGO) $39.99 10/29/2008 - NEW TEEN TITANS ARCHIVES VOL. 4 HC $49.99 DC DIRECT: 08/27/2008 - THE JOKER POKER SET $99.99 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRIVING IN STORES NEXT WEEK: RELEASE DATE - JULY 16, 2008 ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK ONE HC (WILDSTORM) BATGIRL #1 BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #9 BATMAN: FACES TP - NEW EDITION BIRDS OF PREY #120 CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #27 (JOHNNY DC) CASEY BLUE: BEYOND TOMORROW #3 (WILDSTORM) CHECKMATE #28 COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS VOL. 2 TP DC/WILDSTORM: DREAMWAR #4 (WILDSTORM) DOROTHEA VOL. 2 (CMX) FINAL CRISIS: ROGUES' REVENGE #1 THE FLASH #242 HELLBLAZER #246 (VERTIGO) I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANYONE VOL. 5 (CMX) THE JOKER'S ASYLUM: POISON IVY #1 SCALPED #19 (VERTIGO) SHOWCASE PRESENTS: HAWKMAN VOL. 2 TP SIMON DARK #10 SUPERMAN AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES HC TANGENT: SUPERMAN'S REIGN #5 TEARS OF A LAMB VOL. 3 (CMX) TINY TITANS #6 (JOHNNY DC) TRIALS OF SHAZAM VOL. 2 TP TRINITY #7 TWO-FACE YEAR ONE #1 WORLD OF WARCRAFT #9 (WILDSTORM) DC DIRECT: BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE STATUE BY NEAL ADAMS THE DARK KNIGHT BATMAN STATUE THE DARK KNIGHT THE JOKER STATUE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRIVING IN STORES IN TWO WEEKS: RELEASE DATE - 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DC Comics Direct Channel Special July 7, 2008 DC COMICS SENDS BATMAN #677 BACK TO PRESS FOR NEW, SECOND PRINTING Just days after announcing another new printing of BATMAN #676, the first chapter "Batman: R.I.P.," DC Comics announces the BATMAN #677 has sold out and is going back to press for a new, second printing. BATMAN #677 Second Printing (MAY088240) features a recolored version of the issue's variant cover by Tony Daniel and Sandu Florea, and is scheduled to arrive in stores on July 30. BATMAN #677 Second Printing (MAY088240) has a Final Order Cutoff date of Thursday, July 10. Retailers may order this item by contacting their Diamond Customer Service Representative or DC Sales Representative, or by email at reorders@.... Other chapters of "Batman: R.I.P." are available for ordering as follows: .. BATMAN #676 Third Printing (MAY088147) is available for advance reorder and is scheduled to arrive in stores on July 23. .. BATMAN #678 (APR080180) is available for reorder. .. BATMAN #679 (MAY080159) is solicited in the May Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on August 6. .. BATMAN #680 (JUN080195) is solicited in the June Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on August 27. .. BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #11 (JUL080127) is solicited in the July Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on September 17. .. DETECTIVE COMICS #846 (MAY080171) is available for advance reorder and is scheduled to arrive in stores on July 9. .. DETECTIVE COMICS #847 (JUN080202) is solicited in the June Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on August 13. .. DETECTIVE COMICS #848 (JUL080129) is solicited in the July Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on September 3. .. NIGHTWING #147 (JUN080206) is solicited in the June Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on August 6. .. NIGHTWING #148 (JUL080130) is solicited in the July Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on September 3. .. ROBIN #175 (APR080189) is available for advance reorder and is scheduled to arrive in stores on July 23. .. ROBIN #176 (MAY080178) is solicited in the May Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on August 6.
