WonderCon news, Marvel contracts, and Batman’s birthday

THE NEWS

• Tini Howard signs Marvel exclusive contract
• Steve Ditko’s self published work collected for bookstore market
• IDW for sale? JP Morgan hired to review
• More Hickman X-ads
• WonderCon news grab bag

TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK
Dave

1. Flash #67 (W: Joshua Williamson, A: Scott Kolins)
2. Star Wars: Vader - Dark Visions #2 (W: Dennis Hallum, A: Brian Level)

Forrest

1. Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #2 (W: Leah Williams, A: Georges Jeanty)
2. Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #3 (W: Kieron Gillen, A: Caspar Wijngaard)

SEGMENT: Obscure character bio: let’s try this a bit differently, I list off details of a character and you guess who it is! I have one picked out from Marvel. I start with obscure facts until we get closer to more widely known ones.

TOP BOOK FOR NEXT WEEK
Dave
Age of X-Man: Prisoner X #2 (W: Vita Ayala, A: German Peralta)
Forrest
Redlands #12 (W: Jordie Bellaire, A: Bellaire, Vanessa R. Del Rey)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.
Dave
The Dreaming #8 (Tiffany Turrill)
Forrest
Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History #2 (Marcos Martin)

SEGMENT: Detective Comics #1000 is here! We talk the issue, our favorite bat stories and characters, the legacy and impact of the bat-verse at large and that controversial Zack Snyder statement that he definitely kills people.