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Hopper's Notes:

Do I need to say more than "SPIDER-MAN 3 IS THIS WEEK!"? That's right, the movie we've all been waiting for hits this week in what is sure to be a record-shattering box office debut! We'll be going to some showing on Friday, and hopefully it will live up to expectations!

In other news, this Saturday is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!!! This year, what we've decided to do for FCBD is hold a "HAPPY COMIC BOOK DAY PARTY"! It's going to be like our Christmas Party but in May! Look for a separate FCBD email with all the details.

As far as books coming this week, we've got two giants: 52 WEEK 52, completing the entire weekly series on time for a year! And we've got WALKING DEAD VOL 6 coming in as well! This book is the most graphic and disturbing of all the volumes to date, but don't take our word for it. Read it yourself and see what everyone was talking about.

Marvel's got a huge assortment of books, including ASTONISHING X-MEN, DAREDEVIL, HULK, RUNAWAYS and more. And DC is hitting us with 100 BULLETS, SHAZAM, GREEN LANTERN, TEEN TITANS, DETECTIVE and a whole slew of other titles.

OK, everyone needs time to go reserve their SPIDEY3 tickets, so that's it for this week!

News Briefs:

Spider-Man 3 Advance Sales High! Midnight Shows Sold Out!

(From ICV2)

Reuters is reporting that online ticket sales for Spider-Man 3, which opens on May 4th, are running far ahead of advance sales for Spider-Man 2. According to Movietickets.com sales of Spider-Man 3 are three times the sales of the second Spider-Man film during the same time frame (2 weeks before opening). Another movie ticket site, Fandango.com reports that sales of Spidey 3 are four times the sales of its predecessor and accounted for 47% of all the tickets Fandango sold on Monday. Dozens of the more than 1,000 midnight showings are already sold out.

Comic of the Week!

WALKING DEAD VOL 6

The wait is over! For all those reading Walking Dead in trade paperback form Volume 6 releases this week! The second half of the "Governor" story is absolutely insane. You will not believe the contents of this trade paperback!

Comic Discussion Group!

When:

May 30th, 7:00 pm

Topic:

52 and COUNTDOWN!

52 is over! A momentous event shipping a weekly series 52 consecutive weeks without missing an issue! Now COUNTDOWN begins. What are the lasting changes from these landmark series? Come on down and let's determine the inner workings of the DCU!

Come on down and chat about comics! If you’re hungry we’ll be having pizza and soda. It’s a great way to get together with friends and get some insights into a book you’re reading or maybe learn about a new one. We start at 7:00 and will be taking a head count for pizza at that time. Come on down and have some fun!

Check This Out!

'Stephen Colbert Inherits Cap's Shield!

After a reading of the will, Marvel EIC Joe "dead means dead on my watch" Quesada has bestowed Cap's shield upon none other than Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report. Click on the shield above to check it out!

WORLD WAR HULK PREVIEW!

Civil War is over, and the Hulk is coming back from exile and he's mad! Will he go after the "Illuminati" who threw him off the planet in the first place? Will Tony Stark's 50 super-teams even slow him down? Get a peek at what's to come by clicking the banner above!

If you haven't seen the new trailer for FANTASTIC FOUR 2 yet, check this out. This trailer featuring the Silver Surfer is better than the entire first movie!

Ghost Rider; Movie Review (by Terence)

“Had all the right parts, but it wasn’t
firing on all cylinders”
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300 Movie Review by Terence

Hopper's Notes:

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! We've got some great books hitting this week, including the long awaited CIVIL WAR TP! The post-Civil War juggernaut is off to an interesting start with a very disturbing story in the first issue of AVENGERS INITIATIVE last week. This week we follow up with PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL, NEW AVENGERS, and THUNDERBOLTS. The entire Avengers Initiative program is a bit frightening. How will the real Avengers take this? And what's the situation with the Punisher, who idealized the now dead Captain America? We'll begin to find out here.

On the DC side of town, the amazing 52 reaches issue #49, and still remains on time! Hmmm...DC: 49 weekly issues on time. Marvel: 7 issues, five late.... DC also releases the incredible ALL STAR SUPERMAN #7. But the DC U continues to drive toward COUNTDOWN and WORLD WAR III as new issues of TEEN TITANS, WONDER WOMAN, and TRIALS OF SHAZAM hit the racks.

And from other publishers this week we finally get a new issue of AMELIA RULES!, FELL and the newest PEANUTS volume. All in all, a great week for comics.

OK, that does it. Looking forward to seeing everyone this week!

News Briefs:

"METAL MEN" Coming to the Big Screen!

(From ICV2)

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Brothers and producer Lauren Shuler Donner are developing a movie based on DC's Metal Men. Eric Champnella has been tapped to write and comic book writer Geoff Johns, who has helped develop the film, will be executive producer. Gregory Noveck will oversee the development on behalf of DC.

The Metal Men story features a brilliant scientist and his creations: six independent-thinking superhero robots with abilities related to their metals (gold, iron, lead, tin, mercury and platinum).

Shuler Donner has experience bringing other comic books to the movies, including X-Men and Constantine.

Comic of the Week!

CIVIL WAR TP

If for some reason you took the last year off from comics or Marvel, this is your chance to catch up! Collected in its entirety (without any four month waits between issues!) is the entire seven issue run of Civil War. If for some reason you were living in a cave, this is your opportunity to find out how the Marvel U got to its current state. It's a must read, and finally collected!