December PREVIEWS Arrives This Week

Diamond's PREVIEWS Catalog and ancillary publications are scheduled to arrive in this week's shipment on Wednesday, November 24.

• PREVIEWS #267 - The December issue (OCT100001J)
• PREVIEWS #267 Customer Order Form (OCT100004J)

The front cover of the December PREVIEWS, the comic shop’s catalog, celebrates Diamond Select Toys’ (DST) extensive Marvel Minimates figure line, now the longest-running collector line in toy history. With 37 series of Marvel Minimates already in production, DST continues to build upon its selection of distinct 2.5”-tall figures with the December-solicited Marvel Minimates Series 38. The latest series is inspired by Marvel Comics’ Shadowland comic book series and features Daredevil in his Shadowland costume, Spider-Man, Iron Fist, White Tiger, Hand Soldier, and a limited Classic White Tiger variant.

As an added bonus, the catalog’s front cover also provides the first glimpse of DST’s Marvel Select Thor Movie: Thor Action Figure, based on the God of Thunder as he’ll be portrayed by actor Chris Hemsworth in Marvel Studios’ May 2011 blockbuster. This new Marvel Select figure is complimented by the Marvel Select Thor Movie: Loki Action Figure, based on actor Tom Hiddleston’s depiction of Thor’s villainous brother. The display stands of Thor and Loki are based on the mythical rainbow bridge and can be combined to form one single diorama.  

The back cover of December’s catalog is devoted to DC Comics’ DC Universe Online Legends, the 26-issue, biweekly comic book series that ties into the upcoming DC Universe Online massive multiplayer online (MMO) video game. In this series from writers Marv Wolfman and Tony Bedard and artists Howard Porter, Livesay, Adriana Melo, and Norman Lee, Lex Luthor turns to Brainiac for the means of beating Superman, their common enemy –  a deal with the Devil that could lead to Brainiac’s invasion of Earth and  force Luthor to rely on unlikely allies to stop it.

Additionaly, SpongeBob Squarepants is getting his own bimonthly comic book series courtesy of Steven Hillenburg, the character’s creator and publisher of United Plankton Pictures, Inc. books, and Bongo Comics. This month’s FLIPside feature is an interview with Hillenburg, in which he discusses the fun of bringing SpongeBob and the other residents of Bikini Bottom to comics. Also be sure to check out the four-page SpongeBob Comics #1 preview offered in the Bongo Comics portion of December’s Comics & Graphic Novels section. 

Plus, be sure to check out the newest Gems of the Month and PREVIEWS Exclusives, and take a look at sneak peeks of Dark Horse Comics’ Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever #1, DC/Vertigo’s Aaron & Ahmed graphic novel, and Image Comics’ Daomu #1, The Mission #1, The Depressed Boy #1, Bomb Queen vs. Hack/Slash #1, the Captain Wonder 3D one-shot, and the Poseurs original graphic novel. 

DECEMBER RETAILER CATALOG PACKS

Inside your own PREVIEWS retailer catalog packs, you'll find the catalog, your November Retailer Order Form and various other important flyers from vendors.

ORDERING DUE DATES

Ordering due dates for this month’s catalog are as follows:

• Your customers’ orders are due to you by December 11.
• Manual PREVIEWS Retailer Order Forms are due to Diamond’s Order Processing Center by December 21.
• Online PREVIEWS Initial Orders are due by December 28.

Be sure to mark your calendars with these important dates.