The Pull List: Patrick Stewart Dies, Doom Voids Mephisto's Deals
This Day in Comic Book History
1974: The Amazing Spider-Man #129
Cover dated February 1974. Gerry Conway wrote it, Ross Andru pencilled it, and the cover is by Gil Kane and John Romita Sr. It's the first appearance of the Punisher, and the Jackal debuts in it too.
Source: Comic Indexer; Wikipedia
2019: Excalibur #1
Tini Howard's Excalibur #1 relaunched the team as part of Marvel's Dawn of X, with Betsy Braddock as the new Captain Britain alongside Gambit, Rogue, Jubilee, Rictor and Apocalypse.
2019: Fantastic Four: Grand Design #1
Tom Scioli kicked off Fantastic Four: Grand Design, a limited series retelling the history of Marvel's First Family.
Sir Patrick Stewart Dies at 86
Sir Patrick Stewart has died at 86. His representative says he died Wednesday, October 28, at his home in Los Angeles, and Comicbookmovie.com and Bleeding Cool both reported it Thursday. His family asked that memorial gifts go to the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Fund and the Alzheimer's Foundation of America's caregiver resources.
He played Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation, which ran seven seasons from 1987, and he became Professor Charles Xavier in the first X-Men movie in 2000. Avengers: Doomsday, out December 18, is set to feature him with his X-Men castmates.
Kevin Feige said he'll never forget the first time he saw Stewart on the set of the first X-Men. Hugh Jackman said, "We lost one of the greats of stage and screen today."
Source: Comicbookmovie.com and Bleeding Cool, Oct 29
Captain America #16: Doom Voids Mephisto's Contracts
Spoilers for Captain America #16 by Chip Zdarsky and Valerio Schiti. The issue ends the "Hell's Angel" arc with Doctor Doom taking control of Hell from Mephisto and declaring, "All of Mephisto's contracts are now null and void."
The last panel shows Spider-Man asking, "What's, what's happening?" The Beat reads it as a nod to One More Day. Zdarsky's new Avengers ongoing launches next week.
Source: The Comics Beat, Oct 29
Hide Nor Hair: Vertigo's Old-Hollywood Creature Feature
DC announced Hide Nor Hair, a six-issue Vertigo limited series by Adam Smith and Bob Quinn. Mallory Headley makes the masks for Galaxy Pictures' creature features, and when her living masks are stolen she chases them through 1950s Hollywood.
Issue #1 hits January 6, 2027: 40 pages for $3.99, about ten cents a page.
Source: The Comics Beat, Oct 29
Absolute Batman #25 Clay Mann Cover Jumps From $8 to $60
More than 775,000 copies of Absolute Batman #25 were printed, per Bleeding Cool. The $8.99 Clay Mann and Nick Dragotta foil variant is reselling on eBay for $60, about six and a half times cover. Signed copies go for $100, and Lunar Distribution is out of stock.
Source: Bleeding Cool, Oct 29
James Gunn Launches a Suicide Squad Canon Podcast
The Suicide Squad: Is It Canon? The Official Podcast will sort out how much of Gunn's 2021 film belongs to the DCU. He hosts with Jennifer Holland and Steve Agee.
Source: Comicbookmovie.com, Oct 29
Update: Clayface Heads for a Second-Place Weekend
Update: Clayface opened at number one with $24 million. Boxoffice PRO projects $10 million to $15 million this weekend, second behind A24's You Can See Everything. A $15 million weekend is a 37.5% drop, a $10 million weekend is 58.3%.
Source: Comicbookmovie.com, Oct 29
Thought Bubble Turns 20 This November
The 20th anniversary Thought Bubble festival runs November 9 to 15 across Yorkshire, ending with a two-day convention at Harrogate Convention Centre.
Source: The Comics Beat, Oct 29
Publishers Weekly's Best Books List Includes Five Comics
Five comics made the list: The Abyss of Oblivion, Bury Me Already (It's Nice Down Here), The Case of David Zimmerman, Charity and Sylvia, and The Nightingales.
Source: The Comics Beat, Oct 29
Today's Question
If every Mephisto contract really is void, should Marvel undo One More Day?
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