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    Default "Up In The Sky"-A 12-Part Walmart Exclusive Story By Tom King and Andy Kubert!

    Starting with September's Superman Giant#3, Tom King and Andy Kubert begin a twelve-part series “Up in the Sky!”

    https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/06...king-superman/

    When a little girl is kidnapped and taken from Earth, Superman embarks on a galaxy-spanning mission to find the perpetrators…but has to decide what lengths he will go to in order to save one life!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Miles To Go View Post
    Starting with September's Superman Giant#3, Tom King and Andy Kubert begin a twelve-part series “Up in the Sky!”

    https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/06...king-superman/
    Wow...so we get what Bendis is doing in the main books and Tom King writing Supes monthly for a year with this Walmart book.

    Looks like i will be back to buying at least one physical book a month for the first time on a regular basis in awhile! Smart move on DC's part.
    When it comes to comics,one person's "fan-service" is another persons personal cannon. So by definition it's ALL fan service. Aren't we ALL fans?
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    Cosmic Superman is always a plus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by manofsteel1979 View Post
    Wow...so we get what Bendis is doing in the main books and Tom King writing Supes monthly for a year with this Walmart book.

    Looks like i will be back to buying at least one physical book a month for the first time on a regular basis in awhile! Smart move on DC's part.
    These exclusive Walmart books are driving me crazy. You can't find them in NYC, and they are going to be worth a fortune. This is great original material.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrbrklyn View Post
    These exclusive Walmart books are driving me crazy. You can't find them in NYC, and they are going to be worth a fortune. This is great original material.
    I'm currently very frustrated because the closest Walmart to me is an hour away... I can't got that far to try to find these books so often.. can we order online. Sigh, I really want the Superman related stories. These books sounded exactly like what I needed. Can we hope to see it collected one day?

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    Tom King was on Word Balloon, and he talked about Up In The Sky.

    - Each issue is a 12 page short story in a overarching plot line.

    - The overarching plot is that a little girl gets kidnapped into space.

    - Clark goes out looking for here and sort of bets obsessed with it, and will be making sacrifices along the quest.

    - Issue 3 is the boxing issue. Don't remember the opponent's name (might-O or "mydo" something like that), but it's apparently a forgotten DC character and it's 12 rounds of "super boxing."

    - Very cosmic and 50s science fiction

    - Uses an experimental story telling technique
    "Mark my words! This drill will open a hole in the universe. And that hole will become a path for those that follow after us. The dreams of those who have fallen. The hopes of those who will follow. Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix, drilling a path towards tomorrow. THAT's Tengen Toppa! THAT'S Gurren Lagann! MY DRILL IS THE DRILL THAT CREATES THE HEAVENS!" - The Digger

    We walk on the path to Secher Nbiw. Though hard fought, we walk the Golden Path.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Superlad93 View Post
    - Clark goes out looking for here and sort of bets obsessed with it, and will be making sacrifices along the quest.
    Wouldn't be a Tom King story without something depressing

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    Would these stories be canon?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Learner View Post
    Would these stories be canon?
    If they are, they'll face an angry mob of international fans as they haven't announced any digital or non-US release for these. Teen Titans also has the issue of it's roster probably being different. So I'm pretty sure that these are essentially Elseworlds.
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    It is all great except that it is exclussive to Walmart. Why not put it out in other retailers

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrbrklyn View Post
    It is all great except that it is exclussive to Walmart. Why not put it out in other retailers
    Walmart IS as massively mainstream as superstores go, where EVERYONE shops, as well as potential DC Comics 100 Page Giants exposure, compared to against the stigma of the small "nerd" shops that is the comic book store, that only a minority, let alone a minority who has any idea where those comic book stores are located.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Digifiend View Post
    If they are, they'll face an angry mob of international fans as they haven't announced any digital or non-US release for these
    Do you think they could be found in ASDA megastores in the UK? They're merged with Wal-Mart

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    A new national inventory platform with a King Kubert story to front it. It kinda makes too much sense, scary.

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    Combinations of old and new stories to draw in different generations of readers is smart.

    Having kon-El on the cover is also AWESOME

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