In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, Marvel has discounts on Han Solo/Star Wars. DC slashes prices on “essential” titles like New Frontier, Watchmen and a whole bunch of Batman. Kodansha has a linewide sale and… is that Dune?

Where did the New Releases and Sale pages go?

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In case you’re having troubles with the new UIX (a LOT of people have been):

No Oils Are Included With This Sale

The DC Essentials Sale runs through Monday, 3/3.

There’s an inherent self-back-pat to such lists, but there’s a lot of quality in this sale and plenty of $1.99/$2.99 price points, too.

A few things we found particularly interesting:

  • Batman (’11-’16) – yes, this would be the Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo run for $1.99/volume
  • Batman (’16 – present)  – The Tom King run through the Josh Williamson run, mostly $1.99/volume
  • Batman: The Complete Hush – Jeph Loeb / Jim Lee; If you need a refresher before the sequel…
  • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Frank Miller; Miller’s post-modern, dystopian take on an aging Batman ushered in the grim ‘n’ gritty era
  • Batman: Year One – Frank Miller / David Mazzucchelli; Miller’s take on Bruce Wayne’s transition to the cowl
  • Detective Comics (’16 – present) – Call us crazy, but we preferred James Tynion IV’s earlier Detective run to his Batman run, especially when it’s $1.99/volume
  • DC: The New Frontier – Darwyn Cooke’s love letter to the dawn of the Silver Age as the paths of heroes converge to form the Justice League; 500 pages for $2.99 is a good deal, too
  • Final Crisis – Grant Morrison / J.G. Jones / Doug Mahnke / Carlos Pacheco; Includes the necessary tie-ins (to think that Superman Beyond was undersold as part of the main story when it came out…)
  • Kingdom Come – Mark Waid / Alex Ross; A commentary on the grim ‘n’ gritty era (right in the middle of it) as a new generation of heroes lose their way
  • Saga of the Swamp Thing – Alan Moore / Stephen Bissette / John Totleben / Stan Woch; Alan Moore announces his US presence with a classic horror run you could argue is the beginnings of Vertigo
  • Watchmen – Alan Moore / Dave Gibbon; The classic Hugo winner – $2.99
  • Wonder Woman: Dead Earth – Daniel Warren Johnson with a more recent “essential” tome. A Black Label tale finds Wonder Woman awakened in a dystopian hellscape and trying to figure out what happened. It’s Metal.

Han Shot First

Han Solo at Stars' End  Star Wars  Star Wars

The Marvel Han Solo Sale runs through Monday, 3/3.

This sales leans heavily (but not exclusively) on the original Marvel run and the collections that originated at Dark Horse.

The original Marvel run and some of the DH Rebellion collections are near the bottom of this link. Let’s break out the original Marvel volumes:

You’ll find the titular Dark Horse Star Wars here, along with the newspaper strip. Speaking of the strip, prior to Al Williamson tagging in as artist, Archie Goodwin and Alfredo Alcala adapted Han Solo at Stars’ End, which seems appropriate this week.

Did Anybody Card These Heroes?

Young Avengers  Young Avengers  Avengers: The Children's Crusade

The Marvel Young Avengers Sale runs through Monday, 3/3.

We can sum this sale up succinctly. You’re looking at two inclusive volumes:

The creator names are even in the title(s)!

Seriously, though: the Heinberg/Cheung original series was a buzz book that seem to come out of nowhere when it dropped. Hulking and Wiccan have gone on to get pretty fully integrated into the Marvel Universe.

Something that’s not in the sale, but would be of interest if you want to go down the Young Avengers rabbit hole: Avengers: The Children’s Crusade, which we would consider V.2 for Heinberg/Cheung and more fully addresses the Wiccan/Scarlet Witch relationship.

Kodansha Unlimited?

Attack on Titan  That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime Witch Hat Atelier

The Kodansha Linewide Sale runs through Monday, 3/10.

If you like manga, you probably want to browse this 4000+ item monster of a sale.

A few titles we see mentioned a bit:

Our favorite of the line is still Attack on Titan. That series opens up into a much deeper story than you’d ever suspect in the first volume. Horror? Political thriller? Yes.

Unannounced Sales

Dune  Legend of Korra

The Marvel “Maybe” Sales

Incredible Hulk  Venom  The Spectacular Spider-Men

The trend continues. New releases at lower than expected price points and discounted pre-orders. Is this the new normal? We’re not sure, but let’s run them down.

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