The Rundown: “Wolverine” Gets a “Landmark” Issue, Fox Circles “Starlight”, and more

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com.

– The first issue isn’t even out and Marvel has already started the hype train on “Wolverine” #12. Calling the upcoming issue a “landmark”, “game-changing” issue, Marvel has opened up the ability for retailers to exchange unsold copies of issue #1 for this issue that they promise will garner “national attention”. Is Wolverine going to die (again)? Is he going to be replaced? Is he going to be Tony Stark’s other other brother? Who knows, but hey, we can find out in September I guess!

– That didn’t take long: Fox is already talking about picking up Mark Millar and Goran Parlov’s upcoming Starlight. Comics are really Hollywood’s greatest pipeline at this point, aren’t they?

– Bleeding Cool theorizes that there may be digital comics coming for a variety of characters like Rocket Raccoon, Black Panther, Alpha Flight and more due to some rather interesting trademarks. An interesting theory from Rich, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it.

– Marcos Martin talks to Newsarama about The Private Eye, and it proves just how good of an interview Martin is given that Newsarama managed a good one. Either way, take a look and get some updates on the latest news about The Private Eye, including the fact that the fifth issue will be arriving very, very soon. Yay!

– Hey look! Jim Zubkavich is writing an Amanda Waller one-shot for those folks over at DC Comics. Congrats to Jim, and, you know, read it because Jim is cool and The Wall can be a bit of a badass.

– Finally, Robot 6 shares a look at DC’s Christmas card this year, with a Dave Johnson drawn Superman fronting it.