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NecessaryImpurity Member	posted March 13, 2003 11:31 PM If I read the calender right, we'll get the June solicitation on Monday night. So what will it be? A likely bet is "Challengers, V1", but will there be an additional volume? Will the first Elfquest book be listed? Another DCU book? A factor to consider: that slipcase edition of "League of Extrodinary Gentlemen" is scheduled for June (it was advance solicited a few months back). But if we are having 14 DCU volumes, they have to double up sometime. My picks: Challengers V1 Superman V6 IP: Logged
Lightning + Chemicals New Member	posted March 13, 2003 11:47 PM If I recall the GA Superman chronological story list correctly, both Superman in Action #4 and Superman in Worlds Finest #1 would have stories older than Superman #6. Plus you would think work for Superman in WF#1 could have been done in conjunction with Batman in WF#1.... Consequently. my vote will be: Challenger of the Unknown #1, and Superman in Worlds Finest #1. IP: Logged
Rob Staeger Member	posted March 14, 2003 01:20 AM I'll go out on a wobbly limb, and guess: Challengers v1 Supergirl v2 Rob IP: Logged
James Friel Member	posted March 14, 2003 02:13 AM June isn't quite as good a sales month for most comic shops as July, August, November and December usually are, and if it was me doing the scheduling, June would be my fifth choice for a month with three high-end hardcover releases. But if there were to be two DCU Archives in June, I'll guess Challengers 1 and some Golden Age volume, probably either All-Star 9 or whatever the Superman book for this year is going to be--Superman in World's Finest 1 for preference. So even if the League slipcase is also in June, it gives a nice spread--early '40s, late '50s, and late '90s material, about as non-competitive within itself as could be managed. IP: Logged
jape Member	posted March 14, 2003 04:15 AM Can someone point me to a link about the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen slipcase? I seem to have missed that announcement. Is it too much to hope it'll be a vol 2 hardcover in a slipcase with room for the hardcover of vol 1 I already own? Why do I have that feeling of dread that tells me I'm being asked to buy vol 1 again? My money for June is on Challs vol 1, with All Star 9 as a likely wild card extra. I'm sure those who keep track of publication dats will prove me wrong, but I always think of All Star as a summer archive. IP: Logged
Lee Semmens Member	posted March 14, 2003 04:59 AM Hopefully a Golden Age archive - so far this year has been top-heavy with Silver Age archives - a worrying trend - my guess is Starman #2 or All-Star #9, although Superman #6 is a possibility. IP: Logged
BillNolan Member	posted March 14, 2003 07:06 AM quote: Originally posted by jape: Can someone point me to a link about the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen slipcase? I seem to have missed that announcement. Is it too much to hope it'll be a vol 2 hardcover in a slipcase with room for the hardcover of vol 1 I already own? Why do I have that feeling of dread that tells me I'm being asked to buy vol 1 again? I don't have the exact solicitation handy, but I believe I remember it being yet another volume 1 collection. However, this time it's oversized (I think) and it comes with a companion volume of Moore's scripts. Actually, the info's here (scroll down the page a bit): http://fourcolorheroes.home.insightbb.com/ - Bill IP: Logged
dylanfan Member	posted March 14, 2003 08:27 AM Any time I'm poised to help people out with information, BillNolan always seems to beat me to it. That's a compliment, Bill! I'm still not sure if I can afford the $75 tag on the slipcase League, but I missed the boat on the ABC hc, so I might try to find the money somewhere. My Archives guess past Challengers? Hmmm....I'm gonna go Superman #6. ------------------ Visit the Marvel Masterworks fansite and Message Board: Go to www.marvelmasterworks.freeservers.com IP: Logged
quincyjb Member	posted March 14, 2003 10:55 AM My guess: DC decides to drive me to the poor house by releasing everything at once: Challs volume 1 Plastic Man vol 5 the first Neal Adams Batman hardcover Dark Knight Strikes Again softcover (whew) IP: Logged
friend Member	posted March 14, 2003 11:02 AM Please, make a Superman volume come out (preferably Action Comics). IP: Logged
CMCINTYRE3600 Member	posted March 14, 2003 11:19 AM I think I'd rather see Action 4 as well. But pragmatically, I'm guessing S:WF. Chris IP: Logged
Marty Raap Member	posted March 14, 2003 11:57 AM With all due respect to DStepp and the quality of his info, 14 DCU volumes in a year for me falls into the category of "too good to be true until I see it with my own eyes." Accordingly, my prediction is that we'll get Challengers #1 and that's it for DCU volumes. Perhaps we'll get Elfquest, but no more DCU. Obviously, I'd be thrilled to be wrong about that. If we were to get 2 DCU volumes, I'd have to think (certainly hope) that the other would be GA. I also doubt we'll see two new series debuting in the same month, especially with as many new series as we've already seen this year. That narrows the field. It's been way too long since we've seen a Superman volume, so I'll say Superman #6. IP: Logged
Osgood Peabody Member	posted March 14, 2003 07:38 PM After hours of study and regression analysis, I'm boldly predicting we get the Challs on June 4th, then a double-dip in July: All-Star 9 on July 2nd, and Supergirl 2 on July 30th. Each planned DCU archive release from Feb. to May has been spaced 4 weeks apart, so I'm going with this trend until I'm proven wrong (which based on past history, won't be very long in coming). IP: Logged
James Friel Member	posted March 15, 2003 02:43 AM quote: Originally posted by Osgood Peabody: ...All-Star 9 on July 2nd, and Supergirl 2 on July 30th. Each planned DCU archive release from Feb. to May has been spaced 4 weeks apart.... Nice spotting, Osgood. I think you may have something. Every four weeks throughout the year gives us 13--add an extra during the holiday shopping season, the we've got our 14. IP: Logged
NecessaryImpurity Member	posted March 18, 2003 12:33 AM So much for DC and their "second quarter" projection for Challengers... The results: I get 1 point for Superman V6 L+C is shut out Rob S. got blanked James gets 1/2 point for predicting a Superman book, but is penalized for naming the wrong one Jape scores zero Lee gets 1/2 for mentioning Superman V6, but it wasn't his first pick Dylanfan gets 1 point Quincy gets 1 point for the Neal Adams Batman Friend gets a 1/2 point for prediction Superman, but the wrong title Marty gets 1/2 point for predicting Suuperman V6, but was convinced Challengers would be the only book Osgood swings and misses Results: Yours Truly, Dylanfan, and Quincy tie with one point. As a whole, we ain't very good at this. IP: Logged
Joe Pacheco Member	posted March 18, 2003 01:06 AM Help! where's a link to the solicitations? IP: Logged
NecessaryImpurity Member	posted March 18, 2003 01:20 AM http://comics.toonzone.net/solicitations/2003-06/ IP: Logged
Joe Pacheco Member	posted March 18, 2003 01:30 AM thanks! IP: Logged
Osgood Peabody Member	posted March 18, 2003 09:11 AM quote: Originally posted by NecessaryImpurity: Osgood swings and misses Not quite - I did get the release date right! This lines us up for a double dip in July, assuming the 4-week pattern holds. IP: Logged
dylanfan Member	posted March 18, 2003 12:24 PM Woo hoo! I'm a winner! Superman #6...cool. While it would definitely be nice to see fast forward movement via Action or Superman in World's Finest, it's also nice to sit back and watch the glaciers move. Just think- if a Silver Age Superman Archives were to start with #125 or so, we only have 100 more issues to reprint to bridge that gap! Also, correct me if I'm wrong you page-counters out there, but this will be the last "4 issue block" of Superman Archives. Vol. 7 will start up with 5 issues, due to slightly smaller page counts. That goes on for about 3 or 4 Archives, when we start to get 6 issue blocks (which goes on for a long time.) I can't wait to read the story where he "lifts the spirits of a suicidal baseball player." ------------------ Visit the Marvel Masterworks fansite and Message Board: Go to www.marvelmasterworks.freeservers.com IP: Logged
srca1941 Member	posted March 18, 2003 12:36 PM Here's my map of everything up to the almost certain Silver Age starting point (7-10 have the Lois Lane back-ups): Volume 7 (225 Pages): Superman 25-29 Volume 8 (202 Pages): Superman 30-34 Volume 9 (243 Pages): Superman 35-40 Volume 10 (231 Pages): Superman 41-46 Volume 11 (223 Pages): Superman 47-52 Volume 12 (240 Pages): Superman 53-59 Volume 13 (215 Pages): Superman 60-65 Volume 14 (223 Pages): Superman 66-71 Volume 15 (223 Pages): Superman 72-77 Volume 16 (226 Pages): Superman 78-84 Volume 17 (217 Pages): Superman 85-91 Volume 18 (211 Pages): Superman 92-97 Volume 19 (200 Pages): Superman 98-105 Volume 20 (194 Pages): Superman 106-113 Volume 21 (200 Pages): Superman 114-121 -Steve ------------------ Visit "The Golden Years" http://www.goldenyears.cjb.net My "Future Archives" Page: http://www.dcarchives.cjb.net IP: Logged
friend Member	posted March 18, 2003 12:39 PM Man 0h man... Twenty one volumes of Superman archives - this is like sex for me... ------------------ http://www.freewebs.com/salamie63/index.htm IP: Logged
srca1941 Member	posted March 18, 2003 12:42 PM Ok....... -Steve (slowly backing away from friend...) ------------------ Visit "The Golden Years" http://www.goldenyears.cjb.net My "Future Archives" Page: http://www.dcarchives.cjb.net IP: Logged

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