This week, one of our many great trades is, HOUSE OF M: MASTERS OF EVIL. Now, when you hear the phrase, "MASTERS OF EVIL" I'm sure many names come to mind. Doctor Doom, Green Goblin, Venom, Loki, Mephisto, Mandarin, Ultron. Etc. The list goes on and on. However when you think of the phrase, "MASTERS OF TRADES" there can be only ONE answer.... The Marvel Trades Department! Week after week, Jeff Youngquist leads his team, Mark Beazley, Jen Grünwald, John Denning, Alex Starbuck, Spring Hoteling, Me, etc., in bringing out the best trades anywhere. PERIOD. We put out more trades in a week than lesser companies do all year!
Take this week for example, we have: • THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: 24/7 • MARVEL 1602 • ESSENTIAL DAREDEVIL: VOL.5 • HOUSE OF M: MASTERS OF EVIL
And those are just the paperbacks! We also have great hard covers, premier hard covers and Omnibuses!
That's why Marvel Trades Department truly is the Masters of Trades! If you're a comic fan you'll never have to look anywhere else for the best comics in print! That's why I'll ALWAYS....MAKE MINE MARVEL!!!!
Spider-man is already known for crushing all the competition in the publishing world but now he can add the motor sports world as well! As part of the 2010 Marvel Trades World Tour,Alex Starbuck and I attended Monster Jam Freestyle Mania at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY!
Before the show, I actually got to walk around and see the Monster Trucks up close and talk to some of the drivers! The driver of the Spider-Man truck was so excited and was itching to put on a great show for the fans, and did he ever!
The Spider-Man truck dominated the wheelie competition! He beat out trucks like Samson, Crazy Train, Rap Attack, Avenger and even the legendary Grave Digger! And living up to the Spider-man code of ethics he ran up into the crowd and gave his trophy away to one lucky fan!
Not only was there monster truck action in every direction but there were also FMX, BMX and Freestyle quads and sports bikes all performing at the same time! They were doing flips and spins at least 50 feet off the ground!
When I got home, I was still pumped! Luckily I had this week's Trades to read to keep the energy going!!!
Here's what I read: •IRON MAN & THE ARMOR WARS •HULK VOL. 3: HULK NO MORE •STAR COMICS: ALL STAR COLLECTION VOL. 2 •IRON MAN: TALES OF THE GOLDEN AVENGER
So there you have it! Alex Starbuck and I kicked of the 2010 Marvel Trades World Tour in a big way! So be on the look out because you never know where you'll see someone from the MIGHTY MARVEL TRADES DEPARTMENT in a town near you!!!
Bonjour, Mes Amis!, I was at a local comic shop and I saw that this week's trades were flyin' off the shelf so fast it was like they had been kinetically charged by Gambit himself! That's why I'm going to keep this blog short so you don't spend too much time reading and can go out and get all these trades before they sell out!
•HULK: FALL OT THE HULKS PRELUDE •MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 3 •WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS: CLASS ACTIONS •EXCALIBUR VISIONARIES: ALAN DAVIS VOL.2 •WOLVERINE & BLACK CAT: CLAWS
Hey Gang, This week's blog is all about fairy tales! And let me tell you my favorite about a street urchin named Neli Baba. One day while scrounging for some food he came across a lamp and yadda yadda yadda a genie came out and said, "AH, little one I see you've come prepared to pay tribute to the Great Brain-O by growing a goatee in my honor! For that I shall grant you 3 wishes!" So Neli Baba said, "Man, I hate the morning commute to work I wish I had a faster way to get there." Then >POOF< he was floating aloft a magic carpet flying faster than the eye could see never having to deal with the West Side Highway again. "For my next wish I want a billion dollars!" >WHAZAM< Neli Baba's pockets filled with money along with a bank statement verifying his request! "You have one wish left little master make it count", the Great Brain-O chortled. Excitedly caught up in the moment Neli Baba replied, "Then for my last wish, I wish that the Marvel Trades were even better than they are now!" Instantly the carpet came to a screeching halt in midair and the Great Brain-O shouted, "WHAT?! How dare you! Look at this week's line up! There is: MARVEL FAIRY TALES, CAPTAIN AMERICA: ROAD TO REBORN, ULTIMATUM: REQUIEM, MARVEL DIVAS, DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN, and SEIGE PRELUDE!" As the genie shouted the sky turned black opened up with roaring bolts of lightnig. The great Brain-O continued his wrath, "The Marvel Trades CAN'T get any better! It is impossible! And for wasting my gift of wishes I command that everything that was made be unmade!" >ZAZZZ< Neli Baba fell from the sky landing in a puff of smoke once again a street urchin.
The moral of this story is You couldn't wish for better comics! Go out and get them today before they disappear like the Great Brain-O!
A few months ago the MOST HISTORIC TEAM-UP OF ALL TIME happened here in the halls of MARVEL. SPIDER-MAN teamed up with PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA! That comic made headlines all over the world! That issue sold out so fast we had to go to print several times. Even then not everyone was able to get a copy.
WELL NOW'S YOUR CHANCE! To celebrate that issue being collected in this week's Trades and to commemorate this momentous cover, Alex Starbuck and I took a road trip down to our Nation's capital so we could pay tribute to this historic event with a reenactment!
And I'm sure you're all probably wondering, "Wow! That's a long drive what did you do that whole time?" Well, that was easy as one of us was driving the other had his nose deep in a trade!
Here was our reading list (All which happen to be on sale this week!)
Nelson list: • Spider-Man: Election Day • Dark Reign: Skrull Kill Krew • Dark Reign: The Sinister Spider-Man • Dark Reign: The Hood
Alex's List: • Brian Michael Bendis: 10 Years at Marvel • Marvel Illustrated: The Odyssey • Ultimatum • Dark Reign: Young Avengers • Ultimate spider-Man vol. 22: Ultimatum
See you next week (depending on traffic), Nelson Ribeiro
Unless, you've been lost deep in the Savage Land then I'm sure you already know that 2010 is a big year for Marvel. As of January 1st, 2010, Marvel is the newest member of the Disney family of companies!
What does that mean to all you Marvel Zombies out there? It means you can expect to see even greater things coming out of the House of ideas to infinity and beyond!
So Trades Department decided to start the year out right with some heavy hitting trades! • MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE UNCANNY X-MEN VOL.2 • ESSENTAIL AVENGERS VOL.7 • THUNDERBOLTS: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE •ULTIMATUM: X-MEN/FANTASTIC FOUR • ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER:THE LAUGHING CORPSE BOOK 1 - ANIMATOR • NEW AVENGERS VOL.10: POWER
Man, I can't believe 2009 is over! What a great year the Trades Department had! We had winners in every contest held at MARVEL (Chili cook-off, mustache pageant, etc!) Plus we got to carry the Spider-Man balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! ALSO, this very blog turned 1! And none of it would be possible without all of you reading each week! So thanks to you and a special thanks to all of you who left comments!
And let's not forget ALL the great books that came out this year! Onibuses, Hardcovers, Trades, Digests, We had it all! And while most people were busy partying, the Trades Dept. was hard at work just so your year can end with some great reading! Get these before the clock strikes 12!
• MARVELS • FANTASTIC FOUR: THE MASTER OF DOOM • INCREDIBLE HERCULES: DARK REIGN
AND if you guys think 2009 was great just wait until you see what we have in store for 2010!!!!
I'd like to take this opportunity in behalf of everyone here in the Trades Department to wish all our loyal Blog readers a Very Happy Holiday season!!!
And... Don't forget to pick up all the great stocking stuffers that are out this week!
• MINI MARVELS ULTIMATE COLLECTION • X-FORCE/CABLE: MESSIAH WAR • AGENTS OF ATLAS: DARK REIGN • SUB-MARINER: THE DEPTHS • X-INFERNUS
Happy Holidays & See you next week, Nelson Ribeiro
I am Ribairu, the Watcher. I am unable to meddle in the affairs of humans except once a week to tell them the great perils that will befall all of mankind if they fail to purchase all the trades listed on this blog.
In order to stop the total annihilation of all local planes of existence across the 7 closest dimensions and 4 designated realities all these trades must be purchased in this exact order:
About this blog: Hi and welcome to the ALL NEW Trade Department Blog! The only place to get the inside scoop on all of Marvel’s trade paperbacks, premiere hard covers and digests!
About the author: We are: Jeff Youngquist, Senior Editor and Trades Department Kingpin. Editors Jennifer Grünwald and Mark D. Beazley. Cory Levine and John Denning, both Assistant Editors. The debonair Alex Starbuck, Editorial Assistant to the stars. Super-designer Spring Hoteling. Trades dept. janitor, Nelson Ribeiro.
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