While I’m hoping for official announcements, and a little hype for these titles from Boom! Studios in the weeks to come, here’s what Diamond has to offer by way of classic Disney titles for the August ’09 Previews catalog:
DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #347
Bruno Enna (A) Donald Soffritti
The Quack is back in this first BOOM! Kids issue! He’s no double “o” seven, he’s Double Duck! Donald shows us his dashing, adventurous side as a secret agent on a mission to stop a dangerous ice-melting machine and save the world from rising oceans! This is a Donald Duck like you’ve never seen! A brand-new start at a brand new company for one of the world’s most iconic characters and longest-lived, most-published comic book series! (C: 1-0-0)
24pgs, FC SRP: $2.99
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SCROOGE MCDUCK HC (BOOM! EDITION)
(W/A) Don Rosa
Greed is good! BOOM! Kids proudly collects The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck in a gorgeous hardcover collection like nothing you’ve ever seen before. These stories, written and drawn by legendary cartoonist Don Rosa, chronicle Scrooge McDuck’s fascinating life. See how Scrooge earned his “Number One Dime” and began to build his fortune! An Eisner Award-winning in its original publication.
HC, 7×10, 112pgs, FC SRP: $24.99
MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS #297
Stefano Ambrosio (A) Lorenzo Pastrovicchio
The epic “Wizards of Mickey” tale continues! Student of the great wizard Grandalf, Mickey Mouse hails from the humble village of Miceland. Allying himself with Donald Duck (who has a pet dragon named Fafnir) and teammate Goofy, Mickey quests to find a magical crown that will give him mastery over all spells! Join BOOM! Kids for a whole new era in Disney publishing! (C: 0-0-1)
SC, 24pgs, FC SRP: $2.99
UNCLE SCROOGE #384
(W/A) Various
You will feel the need for Greed! Follow the adventures of everyone’s favorite feathered penny pincher! An all-new direction for icon Uncle Scrooge, as he comes to BOOM! Kids. Building on a tradition created by some of the greatest creators the comic book world has ever seen, like Carl Barks and Don Rosa, these issues of Uncle Scrooge will follow Scrooge on new adventures that North American audiences have never seen! Join us in a bold new era for Scrooge that pays tribute to the past but heads to a new future!
24pgs, FC SRP: $2.99
WALT DISNEY’S CHRISTMAS CLASSICS VOLUME 1 HC
(W/A) Various
Don’t be a Scrooge McDuck this Christmas season! It’s the perfect present! BOOM! Kids has raided the Disney publishing archives and searched every nook and cranny this Christmas season to find the best and the greatest stories from Disney’s vast comic book publishing history for this “best of” compilation. A timeless classic from the world’s most iconic characters that should be on every shelf, Walt Disney’s Christmas Classics are an essential this holiday season for family fun! Featuring artists such as Carl Barks, Walt Kelly, Daan Jippes, Floyd Gottfredson, and legions more!
HC, 7×10, 112pgs, FC SRP: $24.99
WALT DISNEY’S COMICS & STORIES #700
Riccardo Secchi (A) Stefano Turconi
The third longest-running comic book series in Direct Market history hits its 700th issue! Right behind Detective and Action Comics, and logging more issues than Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man, or Thor, Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories enters a bold new era at BOOM! Kids with a bang! Featuring a brand new team of super-heroes culled from Disney’s Mickey and Donald universe come adventure with The Duck Avenger, Super Goofy, and the man Mickey himself! (C: 0-0-1)
24pgs, FC SRP: $2.99
I was a subscriber with Gemstone Disney Comics. Gemstone stopped publishing in the middle of my subscriptions to Uncle Scrooge and Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories.
Will Boom! Disney Comics be honouring Gemstone’s unfinished subscriptions to these magazines?
Will they be giving credit for the amount of money paid and unfilled towards subscriptions to Boom!’s new publications?
If so, -will they allow the subscriber to determine which new Boom! magazine they want the unfilled balance credit to go towards (I only want to subscribe to Boom!’s “Uncle Scrooge”-so I would want my balance from ALL my unfilled Gemstone subscriptions put towards “Uncle Scrooge”, and NONE towards “Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories”-as I am not interested in the Italian superhero stories you propose for that magazine.
I will likely be interested in purchasing “The Floyd Gottfredson and Carl Barks Collections, IF you publish those, as well as other special publications.
Robert Klein