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Osgood Peabody Member |
posted March 18, 2003 12:56 PM
 
My theory is this - we're on a 4 week cycle: Feb. 12 (Dynamic Duo) That means July will bring us 2 releases on the 2nd and 30th. My hunch is Challs was held back to be solicited with another archive, because it's a slimmer volume, and a bit of an experiment. So I think we'll get Challs on July 2nd, and All-Star 9 on July 30th. IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted March 18, 2003 01:02 PM
Challengers and All-Star is my guess too. IP: Logged |
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DavidSpofforth Member |
posted March 18, 2003 01:03 PM
Phew, I thought from the subject title there was going to be a archive of Legion of Substitute-Heroes ;-) IP: Logged |
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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted March 18, 2003 01:29 PM
I think Osgood's onto something with the 4-week thing. Except for the Archive hard- cores on this board, I think a Challengers and All-Star solicitation would see little overlap (and besides, they are 4 weeks apart!). Makes as much sense as anything. Next month, when we play "Predict the Solicitaion" and everyone has Challs and ASC, aren't we going to look foolish when it's Supergirl and GA Green Lantern? IP: Logged |
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jape Member |
posted March 18, 2003 02:10 PM
I'm sticking with Challs and All-Star as my July predictions. It's like the lottery - as soon as you change your numbers, they're bound to get drawn. Of course, with the Teen Titans cartoon series debuting in August, I reckon we're due for a Titans archive sometime this summer... IP: Logged |
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dylanfan Member |
posted March 18, 2003 02:26 PM
quote: Not wanting to look like a fool, I think July will see Supergirl and GA Green Lantern. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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srca1941 Member |
posted March 18, 2003 04:05 PM
Challengers seems a safe bet and Osgood's reasoning was sound in my opinion. I'll say Challengers and either All-Star vol.9 (since it was at this time last year and we've had a good deal of Silver Age material so far this year), Hawkman vol.2 (since the monthly is doing well), or Atom vol.2 (since Bob hinted at this one or Hawkman by year's end). What I wouldn't expect with Challengers: *Another #1. We've had a good deal of those already this year, and I doubt there will be 2 in one month. *Supergirl vol.2. With Superman in July, there's no way they're going to release another super-book a month later. However, I'm not going to rule this one out by year's end. We're still expecting that oversized volume, and this fits the bill. Besides, it's not unheard of. DC doubled up in 2001 with Supergirl vol.1 and Action vol.3 just a few months apart. -Steve ------------------ IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted March 18, 2003 06:03 PM
quote: OK, here's today's puzzler: IP: Logged |
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Mark Katzoff Member |
posted March 18, 2003 06:22 PM
I'm going to join the Challs/All-Star bandwagon. A while back, I predicted that All-Star would come out the same month as JSA 50, which is July. IP: Logged |
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Lightning + Chemicals Member |
posted March 18, 2003 06:55 PM
I'll try the scheduling challenge.... "OK, here's today's puzzler: There will be two months this year with two DC Archives.All others will have one, most with other major hardcovers as well. There will be a GA Superman volume in June. There will be a GA Batman some time later in the year. Assume that there will also be volumes of Supergirl and of World's Finest. Neither Supergirl nor World's Finest should appear in the same month or a month adjacent to each other or to Superman. World's Finest shouldn't appear in the same month or adjacent to Batman. How many possibilities are there?" JULY: Challengers #1 and Batman #6 (5 months after B AUGUST: All Star #9 & SPIRIT #11 SEPTEMBER: Supergirl #2 & Tor #3 OCTOBER: TBD & TBD (DC doubleheader, at least one #1) NOVEMBER: Plastic Man #5 & Thunder Agents #2 DECEMBER: Worlds Finest #3 & Spirit #12 IP: Logged |
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Lightning + Chemicals Member |
posted March 19, 2003 11:52 PM
OK, I've been thinking about this some more.... Osgood has cracked the code. I think the real schedule/pattern here is a hardcover archive every two weeks / DC-specific one every four weeks. Consequently, my revised predictions starting in July: July 2: Batman #6 (DC)
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India Ink Member |
posted March 20, 2003 12:01 AM
Wow! All-Star Comics on my birthday! I think I'm gonna cry. Really guys, that's awfully touching >choke<. IP: Logged |
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KryptoSuperDog Member |
posted March 20, 2003 01:40 AM
Well that sucks. All I got on my birthday is Thunder Agents #3. Ya wanna hear a rotten story? I spent about 17 years tracking down every single issue of the 60s Thunder Agents, (Dynamo #4 and TA #15 are terribly hard to come by). The second I finally found a copy of Dynamo #4 was just a week before DC announced their steeenking Archives series. Bah! IP: Logged |
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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted March 20, 2003 02:24 AM
I get Atom #2 the day after my birthday. Cool! I started college as a physics major (finished in math) so physicists like Ray are big-time heroes to me. Oh, and the super-heroics are kind of fun too. IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted March 20, 2003 02:29 AM
My birthday is this Sunday, so The Spectre is my birthday present. Spooooky.... IP: Logged |
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Lightning + Chemicals Member |
posted March 31, 2003 12:06 AM
Based on the AlterEgo Bob Greenberger scoop, I am slightly modifying my 2003 predictions: July 2: Dark Knight #4 (DC) NOTES: IP: Logged |
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Fiery Jack Member |
posted March 31, 2003 12:30 AM
Challs just before my birthday, All-Star shortly thereafter. Works for me.  IP: Logged |
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daprof New Member |
posted March 31, 2003 12:35 AM
Lightning, although your prediction could come true, Bob said Challengers would appear in Summer and All Star would appear in Fall. So you might want to make a slight change in your prediction. IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted March 31, 2003 12:49 AM
Hmmm.. OK, I'm sticking with Challengers for July. Assuming the other title is Golden Age, which seems likely, then it's likely to be either the GA Batman volume (presumably Batman 6) or the unnamed GA volume 1 if that volume is not Superboy--they aren't likely to do Superman and Superboy in consecutive months. I don't think they're going to do Plastic Man before winter (if we get a volume this year--we have no guarantee of that). Since we're now told we'll get Atom 2 this year (and not, presumably, therefore Hawkman 2), that once again opens up the possibility that the unnamed Golden Age vol.1 is Hawkman. IP: Logged |
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Schatzie Member |
posted March 31, 2003 01:12 AM
My guess for the July Archive is FLASH Vol. 4. IP: Logged |
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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted March 31, 2003 12:41 PM
I agree that Superboy won't appear anytime soon. It'll be late in the year if it happens at all. It wasn't that long ago that Bob said it was off the schedule, and even if they started work on it the next day, these things take time. Knowing 6 GA volumes, and that Spectre and Superman are accounted for, and that All-Star is a fall release this year, and assuming that Plastic Man (if it shows) is also a fall release, that leaves Batman, or the new #1. Batman seems too recent with Dynamic Duo. The new #1 seems unlikely given that Challengers is a #1 too. Maybe a July double-up is another SA. What would make a good SA contrast to Challengers? I would have thought Legion of JLA, but that didn't happen. Green Lantern or Flash? I don't think it's Atom, because it wasn't that long ago we helped Bob decide the content s (with or without the B&B story), so unless they were well on the way on that book, I don't think we'll see it before fall. Hmmm, I'm going to say Challengers and Flash or Green Lantern. I'll have to get off the fence before the solicitation in 3 weeks, but right now I can't decide. IP: Logged |
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Osgood Peabody Member |
posted March 31, 2003 12:55 PM
Since All-Star 9 is now apparently off the table for July, I'm going with Supergirl 2 as the companion to Challengers. It's been nearly 8 months since Bob first told us about the oversized volume - it's bound to turn up sooner or later, right? It also harmonizes nicely - one slim volume, one fat volume solicited together. IP: Logged |
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friend Member |
posted March 31, 2003 12:58 PM
June Superman July Supergirl This is like a case of viagra... ------------------ IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted March 31, 2003 01:09 PM
I don't think the second July volume, if it's also Silver Age, will be Superman-related. Doom Patrol seems similar to Challengers--offbeat super-adventure. So I'll agree with vze2 that Flash or Green Lantern seems, of the Silver Age candidates, to be most likely. I'll go with Flash, because it appeared a few months earlier than the latest GL volume and because I think those two should stay even in number of volumes. But I still think it's probably a GA volume. IP: Logged |
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Osgood Peabody Member |
posted March 31, 2003 02:08 PM
In 2001, the first Supergirl volume was released just 2 months after a Superman in Action volume, so this would not be unprecedented. Remember also if Supergirl 2 were released on July 30th, it would be 8 weeks after Superman 6, so I don't think it would be an issue. IP: Logged |
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