FALLEN ANGEL #3 COVER

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And here is the cover for Fallen Angel #3. The first issue is currently being solicited. Let’s hope retailers actually order some.

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36 comments on “FALLEN ANGEL #3 COVER”

  1. Well, i can garantee that my retailer will at least order 1 for me. 🙂

  2. I know that the guy at the New England Comics in my town (Brockton, MA) is ordering them. Got it on a tip from someone at one of the other NECs to do so. something about they heard PD that it was a good book. 😉

  3. Can’t say this cover grabs me or anything… but still, I’ll be picking up the first few issues of the series to give it a try.

  8. Actually it looks like Michael Kaluta artwork. However I could be mistaken, as the multiple baseball bat blows to the head have made me what the doctors medically refer to as retarded 😛

  12. Well, my local store has lost ME as a customer. They outright *refused* to order Fallen Angel, due to PAD’s ‘track record of dismal sales’.

    They site Supergirl’s and Captain Marvel’s ‘dismal sales numbers as indicators of how badly his new book will do, so we’re not ordering anything new from Peter David, or Gail Simone for that matter’

    Gail’s Agent X run stayed on the racks, and now she’s doing BoP. With Ed Benes. Gawd, these shop owners are stupid!

    Peter, can I order some autographed copies directly from you? $5 a pop sound okay?

  13. Our store is ordering some for the shelf and some for the subscribers which are myself and the owner. No one else has signed up for it yet. We are finding that less and less customers are willing to pre-order stuff and would rather wait until it hits the shelves so they can check it out first. With Marvel’s no-reorder policy, that puts most of the risk on the retailers.

    So, we have no idea how interested people are going to be in Fallen Angel as of yet since no one has said anything at all about it to us. So far DC hasn’t really done much to get people excited about it, but we still have two months to do yet.

  16. Well, coincidentally, just this weekend, I sat down to work on my sub list, realizing that it needed some updating (I haven’t revised it with the store in at least a year-and-a-half, I think, despite adding and deleting some books personally).

    Rest assured, Fallen Angel is one of the books to be added.

  17. Noble: Actually it looks like Michael Kaluta artwork. However I could be mistaken, as the multiple baseball bat blows to the head have made me what the doctors medically refer to as retarded

    Luigi Novi: I believe the scientifc term for that is actually Adam Sandler fan. 🙂

  18. Well, my local store has lost ME as a customer. They outright *refused* to order Fallen Angel, due to PAD’s ‘track record of dismal sales’.

    How very intriguing. Care to tell me the name and location of that store. Maybe I’ll give ’em a call.

    PAD

  20. I’m sorry, I’ll have to pass it up. Understand that I mean what I’m about to say very seriously. Without knowing anything about it, this looks like the story of a child who is abducted, abused and is killed. It reminds me of a paperback book sold here in Florida not too long ago, about a girl describing the last, sad months of her life. Maybe Mr. David didn’t intend this effect, but the artist sure did, and that’s enough warning for me. I have no problem with anyone publishing this kind of book, of course. I just don’t think I could stand reading it.

  21. Well, I got a copy. And I suspect I’ll be passing it around to friends who will get copies. And then we’ll get copies of the TPB collections. And the action figures. And the comics-on-tape …

    No, seriously.

  22. I asked my local pusher yesterday. He pulled out the catalog for May and June, flipped through it and couldn’t find a Fallen Angel listing.

    Pardon my total ignorance of how this is supposed to work, but how can I help him find and order Fallen Angel? I’ve talked it up enough that he probably will order a few copies, not just for me.

  24. Without knowing anything about it, this looks like the story of a child who is abducted, abused and is killed.

    No disrespect, but how did you come to that conclusion based on the artwork. I see perhaps the hand of God protecting a child

  25. Without knowing anything about it, this looks like the story of a child who is abducted, abused and is killed.

    That’s one hëll of a big leap for having total ignorance of the story. How do you know it’s not about a child getting kidnapped and then rescued? How do you know it’s not about a child suddenly finding out that they suddenly have the powers of a god? You’re literally judging a book by it’s cover.

    It reminds me of a paperback book sold here in Florida not too long ago, about a girl describing the last, sad months of her life. Maybe Mr. David didn’t intend this effect, but the artist sure did, and that’s enough warning for me.

    And you know that this is the intent of the artist because of why? Do you know who the artist is? Do you know the artist personally? Did you talk to them while they were producing the art?

    I don’t mean to come off as a jerk or anything, but you seem to be making a bunch of assumptions without seeming to have anything to back them up.

  26. I gotta suggest that you consider reading the advertising blurb in preveiws when the book is solicited before you jump to conclusions about the content

  27. I like the cover… it does look a bit Kalutaesque. I don’t do a subscription pull/hold service but the Graham Crackers stores in Chicago (about a half dozen) do a great job of stocking and displaying new issues for us grazers. Very good stores. They talked up the last Supergirl arc nicely. My son is into MageKnight and they do a nice job with hosting that as well.

  28. “I asked my local pusher yesterday. He pulled out the catalog for May and June, flipped through it and couldn’t find a Fallen Angel listing.”

    That’s because the first issue comes out in July:”

    D’oh! Will harrass the pusher again later, then. At least he knows people are interested!

  31. Chadwick, seriously, I’d really like to know what store it is that point blank refused to order the title. I think DC would also interested in talking to them.

    PAD

  32. Comic book stores like that, Peter–and I’ve been in a few–are like teeth. Ignore ’em–they’ll go away eventually anyway.

    Not what’s good for the industry, of course–but evolution does not favour the stupid.

  33. Okay, about my earlier comment and the people who responded:

    “I see perhaps the hand of God protecting a child.” It’s kind of a stretch to see pointy, sharp claws on the hands of God, especially when it’s a demonic green.

    “You’re literally judging a book by it’s cover.” Exactly. Just as everyone who comes across the book will. I’ll bet Ms. Rowling wouldn’t have sold one hundredth of her hardbound sales if the book had a cover like this.

    “I gotta suggest that you consider reading the advertising blurb in preveiws when the book is solicited before you jump to conclusions about the content.” Okay. In return, I suggest you force the publishers of “Previews” to offer their magazine for free, and for stores to require everyone who enters to read the current issue thoroughly before trying to purchase anything (with a pop quiz on random entries).

    Do you think the only people who should buy comics are the fanatics who already buy comics? A sane person wants to sell comics to people who AREN’T comic fans!

    Yes, I presumed a lot based on the surface appearance of the book. Guess what? So will every other reader who comes across it. Most people don’t know who Peter David is, and many may not even see his name on the cover; the first thing to register on their consciousness will be a waif being grabbed by Satan, and they’ll immediately move to something else. If you want an example of showing massive evil in conjunction with children without giving the impression of a grisly child sacrifice, look at the covers for “Leave it to Chance.”

  34. “You’re literally judging a book by it’s cover.” Exactly. Just as everyone who comes across the book will.

    Ah. So, because other people will be doing it, that makes it okay then?

    “I gotta suggest that you consider reading the advertising blurb in preveiws when the book is solicited before you jump to conclusions about the content.” Okay. In return, I suggest you force the publishers of “Previews” to offer their magazine for free, and for stores to require everyone who enters to read the current issue thoroughly before trying to purchase anything (with a pop quiz on random entries).

    Most of the stores I’ve been in, or stopped in, usually have a copy laying around that customers can look through, to find out about upcoming books and titles. If you ask your store, they’d probably let you look without having to buy it.

    Do you think the only people who should buy comics are the fanatics who already buy comics? A sane person wants to sell comics to people who AREN’T comic fans!

    Let’s face it, the vast majority of people who see the book will be comics readers. Yes, the aim is to sell to those who aren’t currently fans, along with those who are, but it’s difficult pulling in new readers. So most of the people who see the book will be comics readers.

    Yes, I presumed a lot based on the surface appearance of the book. Guess what? So will every other reader who comes across it. Most people don’t know who Peter David is, and many may not even see his name on the cover; the first thing to register on their consciousness will be a waif being grabbed by Satan, and they’ll immediately move to something else.

    If they’re a frequent comics reader, I’d be surprised if they hadn’t at least heard PAD’s name. They may not be familiar with his work, but I would guess they’ve at least heard of him.

    I’ve noticed that at least half the time, when something catches a person’s eye in a book or comic store, they’ll pick up the book or comic and take a quick look at it before they dismiss it out of hand. So many people may not buy it, for any number of reasons, but a good number will at least look at it before they make up their minds.

  35. Soccer! Yay! Girl with soccer ball! Yay!

    Um, that was relevant to nothing, I’m sure, but still, yay!

  36. Nothing about that cover looks the slightest bit interesting to me. Thus far, I won’t be picking up Fallen Angel.

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