& Artist: David Lapham.Fantastic Four: House of MRelease: July 6 by Marvel Comics. Writer: John Layman. Artist: Scot Eaton.Great Lakes AvengersRelease: April 6 by Marvel Comics. Writer: Dan Slott. Artist: Paul Pelletier.House of MRelease: June 1 by Marvel Comics. Writer: Brian Michael Bendis. Artist: Olivier Coipel.Hunter-KillerRelease: March 17 by Top Cow Productions. Writer: Mark Waid. Artist: Marc Silvestri.Young AvengersRelease: February 9 by Marvel Comics. Writer: Allan Heinberg. Artist: Jim Cheung.Young Avengers #1 "Director's Cut"Release: March 16 by Marvel Comics. Conventions January 22–23: Big Apple Comic Con I (Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City) January 29: FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival (Tasty World, Athens, Georgia) February 5–6: Emerald City Comicon (Qwest Field Event Center, Seattle, Washington) — guests include Adam Kubert, Jhonen Vasquez, Tony Harris, Josh Middleton, Travis Charest, Cary Nord, Steve McNiven, Mike Choi, Russ Heath, Michael Lark, David Finch, Eric Powell, Dustin Nguyen, Roy Thomas, Andy Owens, Drew Johnson, Pete Woods, Jason Pearson, Tim Sale, Brian Michael Bendis, Kurt Busiek, Robert Kirkman, Jim Cheung, Ed Brubaker, Sean Chen, Peter Bagge, Jim Woodring, Greg Rucka, Alex Maleev, Scott Kurtz, Crab Scrambly, Dexter Vines, Gail Simone, Jay Faerber, John Layman, Ford Gilmore, David Hahn, Matthew Clark, Tom Peyer, Karl Kesel, Rebecca Woods, Jeff Parker, Steve Lieber, Ron Randall, Paul Guinan, Steve Rolston, Takeshi Miyazawa, Dave Stewart, Matt Haley, Bill Schelly, and Steve Sadowski February 12–13: Dallas Comic Con ("DCC5") (Richardson Civic Center, Richardson, Texas) — guests include Bernie Wrightson, Tim Bradstreet, Steve Niles, Mark Brooks, Jaime Mendoza, Scott Kurtz, Todd Nauck, Raven Gregory, Cal Slayton, and Brian Denham February 18–20: WonderCon (Moscone Center, San Francisco, California) February 25–27: MegaCon (Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida) — guests include Mark Waid, Mike Deodato, George Pérez, Michael Avon Oeming, Chuck Dixon, Wilson Tortosa, Aaron Lopresti, Marv Wolfman, Ethan Van Sciver, Monte Moore, Phil Jimenez, Tone Rodriguez, Michael T. Gilbert, Roy Thomas, Dan Brereton, Allen Bellman, Gene Colan, George Tuska, Tommy Castillo, Andy Runton, Jinky Coronado, David Campiti, Lou Ferrigno, George Lowe, Richard Hatch, and Gil Gerard March 5: STAPLE! (BPOE #201, Austin, Texas) — first edition of this convention; guests: Shannon Wheeler, Scott Kurtz, Terry Moore, and Michael Lark March 19: UK Web & Mini Comix Thing (Mile End, London, UK) — 2nd annual event, organized by Patrick Findlay March 18–20: Wizard World Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California) — 24,000 attendees April: Phoenix Comicon (Glendale, Arizona) — official guests: Todd Nauck and Marv