Invincible #63 Promises To Be The Most Awesome Thing Ever!

A day after the announcement of the original Captain America, Steve Rogers, return from the dead, Robert Kirkman, creator of the awesome comics Invincible and The Walking Dead, released a press statement regarding the release of Invincible #63. If the statement is to be believed, this is really a big deal, and not because Kirkman is telling us so:

All I’m saying is INVINCIBLE #63 reorders should be double or triple over all retailer’s orders combined plus fifty thousand,” Kirkman stated. “I even heard President Barack Obama might call a press conference to discuss the contents of this very special issue, because there may be something of national interest in there. Also, every newspaper ever could possibly make it a front page story. Who knows?! All I can say for sure is every single human being on the planet, regardless of whether they read comics or even know what they are, will definitely be extremely interested in this issue, maybe even enough to buy a copy!

Consider me sold! However it doesn’t stop there as Invincible #63 promises to be much more than just a comic.

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There’s a chance this could very possibly be an event of undetermined importance, both for comics fans and people of all walks of life, with only the most passing familiarity with comic books, or even books, period. We can’t really say what happens in this issue, but trust us, something does happen. And it might even be something interesting. Best not to jinx it, though, so let’s just go with, ‘Something happens.’ It’s somewhat likely a number of people we have yet to identify will want one.

I love this press release for poking fun at the thousands of press releases for a comic event that either changes nothing, does nothing that spectacular, or just plain ruins a good thing. Perhaps more recently, it takes aim at Marvel and it’s Captain America series, which released issue #600 on Monday instead of the regular Wednesday schedule. It was supposed to spark media coverage that would rival Marvel’s previous event series, Civil War, and Captain America #25 which featured the death of Steve Rogers. Unfortunately, I don’t think that happened. It was covered in the media, but not to the extent of which I’m sure Marvel hoped for. In fact, it wasn’t even seen as that big a deal for most people since no one ever really expected that death to stick.  I mean, Batman’s been dead for a few months now, and nobody expects that to last. Although to be fair, Bruce Wayne is so awesome he can never truly die.

In either case, Both Invincible #63 and Captain America #600 are available today.

Via Comic Book Resources