If you’re one of those people who looked at DC’s Wednesday Comics when it was released last summer but for one reason or another decided not to buy it OR if you’re looking for another set for you or a friend, now’s the time to pick up one of our Wednesday Comics Grab Bags!

While supplies last, we’re selling all 12 issues for the sale price of $24.95. That’s half the cover price of the upcoming Wednesday Comics Hardcover currently scheduled for May 26. Plus, the Hardcover edition will be half the size of the original tabloid-sized comics!

Also, any remaining single issues of Wednesday Comics are now 50% OFF!

Want to know what it takes to break into Marvel Comics these days? Then look no further than this week’s Breaking Into Comics The Marvel Way #1 (of 2) This book is a must-have for anyone wanting to be a Comic Book Breakout Star. After traveling the globe and meeting scores of talented illustrators, intrepid writer, editor and talent manager C.B. Cebulski is giving twelve rising star artists the opportunity to do their breakout work at Marvel Comics. C.B. will also provide an insider’s commentary on how these artists got their work seen and what it was that landed them the gig. And with step-by-step submission information and a sample Marvel Comics script, these 2 issues are must-haves for anyone interested in breaking into the comics industry!

*DC has released the cover art for Blackest Night #8 (of 8). Its currently due Wednesday, March 31 and has 10 extra pages for the same $3.99 cover price;

*If you missed it during the Jimmy Kimmel Oscar Special Sunday night here’s the new Iron Man 2 Trailer Robert Downey Jr. brought with him;
*Gail Simone is leaving as writer of Wonder Woman and J. Michael Straczynski is taking over it and Superman in July;
*The CW’s Smallville has been renewed for a tenth season;
*The Green Lantern movie will be released in 3D next summer on June 17, 2011;
*Dark Horse Comics has donated 5000 copies of its Mass Effect 2 #1 comic to U.S. troops around the world. In other Mass Effect news, DC Direct will be releasing action figures this August.
*12 new episodes of Futurama begin airing in June on Comedy Central.

We’re pretty sure there isn’t much that needs to be said here; it’s Twilight Manga Volume 1 (of 2)!!!;

Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight (we hear it has something to do with vampires) is being adapted by Korean manhwa artist Young Kim, and it is being published by Yen Press.

This first book is a 200-plus page hardcover that sells for $19.99 and will be available as soon as we open on Tuesday, March 16.

You can read a short interview (and see sample artwork) with Meyer over at EW’s Shelf Life.

DC’s new pulp universe is finally unveiled this week in First Wave #1 (of 6) after giving us a brief glimpse in the Batman Doc Savage One-shot. In the shadows of the War, the roots of the Golden Tree cabal grew deep into the heart of a fallen world. Doc Savage, struggling with the loss of his father, has been blind to their advance – until now. Central City’s mysterious Spirit has caught wind of their plans as well. But whose side have the Blackhawks chosen? What is the Red Right Hand? And where is the Batman? Writer Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets, Joker) and artist Rags Morales (Identity Crisis) craft a DC universe like you’ve never seen before. It’s a world with no supermen, only mortal men… Death can come at any moment, and adventure can still be found at every corner of the map! Will Doc Savage be the first to lead the coming world or the last to be crushed under its heel?

Click here to see a first look at First Wave!

Spinning out of their year long Women of Marvel event, this week Marvel is proud to bring you a celebration of amazing women in their comics BY women in comics with the first of a three issue anthology Girl Comics #1 (of 3) created by the most talented and exciting women working in comics today, including Ann Nocenti (Daredevil), Amanda Conner (Power Girl), Laura Martin (Secret Invasion), G. Willow Wilson (Air), Devin Grayson (Nightwing; Birds of Prey), Stephanie Buscema (Web of Spider-Man), and many more! With stories featuring your favorite Marvel characters, from the Punisher to Mary Jane, don’t miss what will be the one of the most talked about series of the year! (And, Is there any doubt that She-Hulk would totally win in an arm-wrestling match with Tony Stark?!).

Click here to read an interview with Girl Comics editor Jeanine Schaefer

*True Blood author Charlaine Harris is getting in the comic biz;

*Wil Wheaton will be making a return appearance as Sheldon’s nemesis on an April Big Bang Theory (WHEATON!!!);

*These are supposedly the final 5 actors up for the role of Steve Rogers (John Krasinski? …Really?) Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.;

*What’s does this early look at the screenplay for the Y-The Last Man movie reveal about its differences with the comic?;

*If you haven’t already heard, the first comic book appearances of Superman and Batman recently broke the Million Dollar mark at recent auctions!

The very busy J. Michael Straczynski recently sat down with folks at the Newsarama website and answered many questions about a variety of subjects including:

The future of The Twelve mini-series at Marvel (We’re supposed to see #9 finally this Spring) and what will happen in the final issues;

His plans to increase sales of DC’s Brave and the Bold (a terrific book by the by);

His upcoming reworking of the Man of Steel in Superman: Earth One;

His current and future screenplays and opinion of the current state of television.

Click here to read the entire 5-part interview on the Newsarama website

In case you’ve been too busy watching the Winter Olympics, there was a little bit of industry news Thursday: The new senior executive team includes Jim Lee and Dan DiDio, who have been named Co-Publishers of DC Comics, and Geoff Johns, who will serve as Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment. Additionally… DC’s The Source blog has the full press release.

New this week from the barking-mad mind of Warren Ellis, the creator of Ignition City and Planetary, comes Captain Swing & The Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island #1 (of 4). The mini-series Illustrated by Raulo Caceres in a woodcut style, and presented in full color, is set in 1830 London. The newly-minted copper Charlie Gravel keeps seeing things he’s not supposed to.

A crooked Bow Street Runner with a flintlock revolver, flying things that are not supposed to fly, and the violent Scientific Phantasmagoria that is christened Spring-Heeled Jack, but is known by other