I Miss The Old Days

Used to be that you might find out about some new release way before most people, because Amazon had it posted up in advance by months.

Now?

Is the Midnight Nation Oversized Hardcover collection new?

Has Walking Dead Vol. 10 already been announced?

People knew about the Black Lightning Year One collection having a street date already, right?

The softcover version of All Star Superman Vol 2 being released isn't exactly news.

Everyone knew that a Legion of Three Worlds hardcover would follow not long after the mini completed.

Only the schiesty seller trying to get a sucker to buy Powers Vol 13 for $999.99 doesn't seem to know it will be shipping at the end of the year. Sadly, this seems to prevent people from pre-ordering.

I miss the old days.

Amazon Leaks?

Some or all of these may be the inadvertent leaks that Amazon often provides of upcoming trades and hardcovers coming out from the big two (with another few thrown in for good measure):

The DC Comics Library entry that sites "Various" for creators is DC COMICS LIBRARY: BATMAN: THE ANNUALS. The DC Comics Library entry that credits Jim Shooter & Curt Swan is DC COMICS LIBRARY: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FERRO LAD.

All cited Amazon entries ship in 2009 to be relatively sure they haven't likely appeared in Previews yet. An overwhelming majority are February 2009 or later.

There's a little something for everyone in the advance solicited offerings. Don't like super-heroes? Well, there are new offerings from Chris Ware, Tony Millionaire, Lynda Barry, Tom Spurgeon, Anders Nilsen & Wilfred Santiago.