Hit-Girl #1 Missed Off Retailers' Order Form

[Rich Johnston]

Last year, Kick Ass 2 #5 by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr was accidentally left off the order form. It was in Previews, but not on the form that retailers used to order the comic. They did their best to raise awareness of this, but in the end reduced orders saw Marvel choose to match orders from issue 4.

They might not be able to do that as easily this time.

Hit-Girl #1 by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr was solicited in Marvel Previews for June. But, again, it was missed off the retailer order form.

The FOC date is the 6th of June. If you want a copy, make sure your retailer knows by then...

[Victorian Squid]

Probably doing people a favor.

[Locusmortis]

Probably doing people a favor.

Aye people can order a good comic instead.

[Nova2814]

Hit-Girl #1 by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr was solicited in Marvel Previews for June. But, again, it was missed off the retailer order form.

The FOC date is a week away. If you want a copy, make sure your retailer knows...

Is that right? The FOC for Secret Service #3 is mid-May, and that's on sale in the first week of June. If Hit-Girl is on sale in June as well, shouldn't it have a similar FOC? A final order cut off date of at least 2 months before publication seems a bit.... odd.

[Hollow]

The FOC is the 4th of June.

*HIT-GIRL #1 was solicited in Marvel Previews #104 for June shipping
product, but was not listed in the order form. Be sure to order the
following by an FOC of 6/4:
- HIT-GIRL #1 (FEB128208, $2.99)
- HIT-GIRL #1 FERNANDEZ VARIANT (FEB128209, $2.99) - Retailers may order one
copy for every 25 copies of the regular HIT-GIRL #1 ordered by its FOC date.
- HIT-GIRL #1 ROMITA JR. SKETCH VARIANT (FEB128212, $2.99) - Retailers may
order one copy for every 100 copies of the regular HIT-GIRL #1 ordered by
its FOC date.
- HIT-GIRL #1 TBA VARIANT (FEB128210, $2.99) - Retailers may order one copy
for every 50 copies of the regular HIT-GIRL #1 ordered by its FOC date.
- HIT-GIRL #1 BLANK COVER VARIANT (FEB128211, $2.99) – Retailers who exceed
their orders of KICK-ASS 2 #7 (DEC110692, $4.99) with their orders by FOC
for HIT-GIRL #1 can order as many copies as they wish of the HIT-GIRL #1
BLANK COVER VARIANT.

[Nova2814]

That's probably the source of the error. In Europe, 6/4 is the 6th April.

[Victorian Squid]

That's probably the source of the error. In Europe, 6/4 is the 6th April.

Surely that conversion must come up with regularity when reading comics solicits and order forms, though, right?

[ShutUpRob]

Marvel did the same thing with a couple of trade paperbacks from the November order form. You'd think they'd do the sensible thing and just push Hit-Girl back a month. Especially since, like most issues of Kick-Ass (and Icon books in general), it's gonna be horribly late anyway.

[Nova2814]

Surely that conversion must come up with regularity when reading comics solicits and order forms, though, right?

Usually yes. But it can slip by us from time to time. I'm fairly clued into it, but everyone now and again I do a double take when it looks like a book has been pushed back 6 months, when it's really only a week or two.

Marvel did the same thing with a couple of trade paperbacks from the November order form. You'd think they'd do the sensible thing and just push Hit-Girl back a month. Especially since, like most issues of Kick-Ass (and Icon books in general), it's gonna be horribly late anyway.

With those books being creator owned, it's probably not up to Marvel to say the book should be pushed back. And if this was an error on Marvel's part, you can bet that Millar will make sure he's not out of pocket for it.

[Lord Viper Scorpion]

I really enjoyed Kick Ass, but Kick Ass 2 has been abysmal. Millar is trying way to hard to be EXTREME. Calling your villain The Motherfucker? I'm not at all offended by the profanity, but I am offended by the laziness of his insert-EXTREME-thing-here formula.

Also, Hit Girl is not a comic. It's a movie pitch, as are all of his projects. Best of luck in Hollywood Mr. Millar, but please, stop pretending to give a shit about comics.