May's solicitations were a bit strange, mostly for what I didn't see. Certain companies (Scout and Mad Cave) didn't show up at all on the Previews site, so I don't know if that's them going under, them having an entirely fallow month, or them breaking things off with Diamond. But let's take a look at what I did find.
What's new that's coming out? The first, and most important, thing is a new volume of Bandette! It's been so long I'd assumed Tobin and Coover were just done with it, but apparently not. Granted, it doesn't come out until July, but it was in this batch of solicitations.
Marvel's got another It's Jeff!, collecting the digital comics. Marvel's also got a new Gwenpool mini-series, but from what I gather, it's Gwenpool Classic teaming up with Spider-Man because someone's brought back Gwen Stacy and made her into a grim Gwenpool. Something like that. I can't see myself buying it, but maybe subsequent solicits will make it sound better.
Cosmic Lion has the first issue, volume, something, of Bone Grinder by Raymar Brunson. The solicitation says, 'A vengeful rebel and a violent cyborg must team up to save the last city on earth,' and that's all. Appreciate the brevity. Anyway, the cover was striking enough I lingered, so it merited mention.
What's ending? The final issue of The Surgeon is solicited, although the book is about a month behind, so I expect issue 6 won't show up until June.
And the rest: Fantastic Four is still in tie-in hell. Hopefully I'm not sick of that by then, considering One World Under Doom will still have 5 months to go. Moon Knight's in more trouble, Deadpool's trying to settle scores with Death Grip, Laura Kinney Wolverine, well, I started this post last Friday, but having read issue 3, I'm done with that mess. That Thing mini-series resolicited issue 1, which is not encouraging.
Metamorpho's got to explore another dimension to fix some major problems, while Batgirl is giving us some new history of Lady Shiva's past. Not sure anyone was crying out for that. I decided I'm not going to bother with Secret Six after all, but Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma will be up to issue 2.
Bronze Faces and Mine is a Long, Lonesome Grave will both be on issue 4 in May. I still have no idea how long the latter of those is, though the solicit makes it sound like it's nearing a conclusion. Great British Bump Off is on issue 3, and I guess we're really going to see if John Allison and Max Sarin can make even quilting entertaining to me. Nothing like giving themselves a challenge.
And that's it. Image's solicits weren't on the Previews page, but I did find them, and there was nothing about Dust to Dust. Although issue 2 apparently came out at some point without me noticing until last weekend. This disintegration of the distribution system is becoming a real pain in the ass. Like I said, no Mad Cave, so no Dark Pyramid or Past Time. Although I just went and checked last month's solicits, and neither of those books is listed any longer, so I don't know what the hell is going on.
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