JANUARY 2010 SOLICITATIONS

ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK 4 #1
Written by Kurt Busiek
Art by Brent Anderson
Cover by Alex Ross
Royal Williams and his brother Charles are hot on the heels of their parents' killer, but their mission is igniting a fire that may incinerate more than they could ever imagine! It's the mid-’80s in Astro City, and not everyone's going to survive. Featuring the Green Man, the Silver Agent, Mirage, Hellhound, the Pistons of Engine, the Crazy Eights and more in the next arc of the critically acclaimed ASTRO CITY series!
On sale January 27 • 1 of 4 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US


DC UNIVERSE: ORIGINS TP
Written by Mark Waid, Scott Beatty and Len Wein
Art by various
Cover by Alex Ross
Collecting the origins of over fifty characters from Animal Man to Zatanna, including Batman, Wonder Woman, The Joker and many more, from DC’s hit weekly series 52 and COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS as well as several first seen online, featuring the work of some of comics’ top talents!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 17 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US


CAPTAIN AMERICA: ROAD TO REBORN TPB
Written by ED BRUBAKER, ROGER STERN, MARK WAID, PAUL DINI & FRED HEMBECK
Penciled by VARIOUS ARTISTS
Cover by ALEX ROSS
It’s one year since the death of Captain America. And for the many friends and foes of Steve Rogers, this is the last stop on the road to REBORN. For Sharon Carter, it is a journey for redemption. For Bucky Barnes, it is a journey of reflection. For his friends in the Avengers, it is a journey of reconnection. And for Norman Osborn, the Red Skull and others for whom the Dream is counter to their own selfish desires, it is a journey of recrimination. And what happens next will make or break the Dream forever! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #49-50 and #600-601.
176 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99

PROJECT SUPERPOWERS: CHAPTER TWO #7
Writer: Jim Krueger
Penciller/Inker: Edgar Salazar (main story), Doug Klauba (origin story)
Cover: Alex Ross
The Inheritors have fled the battle with the Superpowers and taken the Super Mysterymen back to Swisslakia to educate the state sponsored heroes in their version of the events. Meanwhile, The Big Shots work on their plan to capture Zeus while other members of the team confront Captain Future in a battle that will change all of their lives - and the world - forever! PLUS: The origin of The Face by Ross, Klauba and Krueger!
Rating: TEEN+ • Price: $2.99

BLACK TERROR #7
Writer: Phil Hester
Penciller/Inker: Jonathan Lau
Cover: Alex Ross
It's all been building to this as The Black Terror and Dynamic Man fight to the very death! Meanwhile, strange things are doing under Area 51 as the government unleashes its most fearsome defenses in an attempt to bring down the Black Terror's one-man crusade!
Rating: TEEN+ • Price: $3.50



MY TWO CENTS: Very peculiar covers for 2010 from Astro City's tree-looking fella' to that Thundercat guy on Project Superpowers, not forgetting Black Terror in that mosh pit, man those Slipknot concerts can get out of hand!
The JLA and Cap covers are reprints so they don't count as new art as you've probably guessed.