In this outing: The news yas can use! The comic book reviews! The Statue of Bruce! Kirk and Han’s number twos! The Sturges interviews! Tag might make you say “eewwwws!” Beetle’s got the blues! And one listener in ten gets the joke when I say, “Burma Shave.” All this and more, cause papa needs a new pair of shoes

This episode is sponsored in part by the Mid-Ohio-Con (www.midohiocon.com)

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Arriving in stores this week is the updated tales from the House of Mystery. Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges, these new tales feature the trials and struggles of five unfortunate souls trapped in the house, and illustrated by Luca Rossi.

Take the jump for a sneak peek of the issue.

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How Blue-Devil Got His Groove Back

Only two issues to go before Shadowpact closes up shop, and there are a lot of open story lines that need wrapping. Fortunately Matthew Sturges answers one, and sets readers up for a smack down of godly proportions in The Burning Age, the first installment of a three part arc from DC Comics.

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DC has announced the final issue of Salvation Run will get a page increase from 32 to 40 pages to complete the story of villains trapped on remote planet (of dooooom!).

In this issue, written by Matthew Sturges with art and cover by Sean Chen & Walden Wong and a variant cover by Neal Adams, the ultimate game of survival between the DCU’s villains reaches its dramatic end! Who will live? Who will die? Will anybody make it home?

While I’m all for more work from Sturges, the page increase doesn’t come without a price. DC will bump the cover price from $2.99 to $3.50.

Salvation Run #7 is scheduled to arrive May 7.

via DC Comics

I was as surprised and let down as the next person when I found out fave scribe Bill Willingham stepped down from writing Salvation Run. After reading his explanation, I’m ready to forgive.

�The short version is that I got sick, and on doctor�s orders I needed to dial back my workload � specifically the most stress-inducing part of my workload � and picked the most likely candidate to give up,� Bill Willingham told CBR News. �There�s a longer version with more nuance, many more details, some interesting subplots, a few surprise dramatic twists and even a musical interlude or two, but in the interest of discretion and decorum we�ll stick with the short version.”

On the plus side, Clockwork Storybook co-founder Matthew Sturges will finish the series.

The rest of Willingham’s comments can be found over at Comic Book Resources.

Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges, two of my favorite writers, have teamed up with Vertigo for the new ongoing comic series House of Mystery.

A Pirate. A Poet. Tormented Lovers and the woman who tries not to come between them. For reasons unknown even to them, they have all been imprisoned in the House of Mystery, which functions as a tavern in an abandoned secret location. Together, they maintain the tavern and coax stories out of its patrons, all while they seek to discover the secrets behind their connections to each other and their unusual abode.

The House of Mystery series has been around for decades as a horror and suspense story. It was later revised and used as part of The Sandman. Willingham and Sturges say they will bring a brand new take to the title, that follows the lives of the house’s imprisoned characters. Art for the series will be done by Luka Rossi.

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