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Good morning, and welcome to the Pull list from Epic Panels Comics, your daily briefing for Sunday, June 14th.
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Here's the one story everyone's talking about this week.
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It's a classic space night that just quietly joined one of the biggest shared universes in comics, and you might have to dig through a blind bag like we did to find them.
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So let's get into it.
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But first, a quick look at this day in history.
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So back in 2011, hopefully a lot of you are old enough to remember this, but Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark held its official opening night on Broadway.
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It's one of the most talked-about theater events ever tied to a superhero, and it was even produced by YouTube's bono.
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So go check this out.
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The videos are online.
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It looked spectacular, but it was a colossal mess.
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Apparently, you cannot have a character swinging around inside of a Broadway theater.
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It's not feasible.
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We had Spider-Man falling out of the skies, we got people getting injured.
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It was nuts.
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So it's a whole side story.
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Maybe we'll do something about that later.
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Probably.
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Also, notable day for creators, uh, writer and editor Paul Kupperberg, whose long run at DC helped shape the line for decades, was born on this date in 1955.
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And what I'm trying to think of some books.
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Legion of Superheroes, a lot of Superman, some Batman stuff, but he's been around for a while.
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You'd see his name.
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Go open a back issue from the 1980s, you'll see his name.
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Well, the big news this week was that Rom landed in the Energon universe and he's hidden inside the blind bags for mask number one.
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So according to Image Comics, with reporting across CBR Bleeding Cool apt at the beat, Skybound tucked a full Rom number one into the randomized blind bag program for Mask, marking the Space Knight's first appearance in the shared universe.
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This is the one that's shared by Transformers, G.I.
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Joe, Void Rivals, and now Mask.
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The Surprise Issue reunites, good lord.
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The surprise issue reunites the Void Rivals co-creators Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo de Felicia.
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And there are rare covers mixed into the blind bags of varying odds, too.
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So
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we actually we we have what 10 books and we ended up pulling, I think, four of them out.
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So pretty good odds of getting one.
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Here's why collectors are paying attention because a brand new debut appearance buried in packaging, you can't see into is exactly the kind of thing that moves fast.
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So as the story keeps going, the publisher is already pointing readers to void rivals, number 33, for what comes next.
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So we've got mask number one open to pre-order now, and the links are in the shop in the show notes.
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Grab your copy while you can.
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Now to the new number ones, worth your attention.
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We got Spider-Man Long Way Home, number one from Jonathan Hickman and Adam Kubert, one of my favorite artists.
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Absolute banger artwork.
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According to Marvel, this one throws Spider-Man the Punisher and the Hulk into the same No Mercy Collision course.
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First issue from the creative team like this is an easy watch list pick.
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And so there's also a Dave Johnson Foil variant that adds built-in collectibility.
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And it hit shelves June 17th.
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We have it open for pre-order now.
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And if you love Hickman's Big Canvas House of X era, you're going to want to see where this one's heading.
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For our spec pick this week, let's stay with mask number one blind bag.
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And here's the thinking.
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One, it contains the first appearance of ROM's debut in the Energon Universe, which is the single strongest collector signal there is.
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Two, it's randomized packaging, so it's supply of any given insert is uncertain, and uncertainty tends to rush prices.
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And three, it's tied to a land with sorry, it's tied to a line with real momentum and a creative team with a proven track record.
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So as always, buy what you'll enjoy first.
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The collectability is the bonus, not the promise.
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And now the rumor mill, and the usual reminder that this is unconfirmed, and you should treat as a rumor is officially announced.
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Following the ROM reveal, there's industry chatter that more classic Hasbro properties could be lined up to join the Energon universe.
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Bleeding Cool framed the mask, blind bag, surprises, leaving the door wide open for more.
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But nothing beyond ROM has been confirmed by the publisher show.
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Treat any specific name you hear as pure speculation for now.
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Uh, but we're logging this one as official zero.
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Nope.
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What the heck?
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We're logging this one as an official rumor.
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And kind of keep an eye for what other Hasbro products projects are out there that haven't been picked up yet.
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A couple quick hits on the collected edition shelf.
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Supergirl Wound of Tomorrow is out in trade, collecting Tom King's miniseries that inspired the film, Perfect Timing, with the movie opening June 26th.
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And DC Goes nothing but Nightwing Volume 1, collecting the Ringo Award.
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Running webcomic is due in October.
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That's your pull list for June 14th.
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Pre order links are available in the show links.
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And if this helps start your day, follow the show and subscribe to the free morning briefing.
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We'll see you tomorrow.
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Same time, same shop.