Joe Books Disney Comics February 2017 Solicitations

[squeakyboots]

Disney Princess #9
DEC161763
(W) Disney (A/CA) Disney
Celebrating all things Disney Tangled, Joe Books presents a special edition Disney Princess Spotlight issue focused on Rapunzel. Featuring over 40 strips, Rapunzel's hair-larious adventures in her home kingdom of Corona will delight fans of all ages. This special edition includes some brand-new content by Amy Mebberson as well as a collection of strips by Mebberson, Geoffrey Golden, Paul Benjamin, and even more creators from the beloved Disney Princess original comic book series.
In Shops: Jan 25, 2017
SRP: $3.99



Frozen #6
DEC161760
(W) Georgia Ball (A/CA) Benedetta Barone
Brand new adventures await Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, Sven, and the rest of your favorite characters from Disney Frozen! Return to the magical kingdom of Arendelle again and again in the sixth installment of the all-new, original comic series from Joe Books.
In Shops: Feb 22, 2017
SRP: $3.99



Moana Comics Collection
DEC161762
(W) Disney (A/CA) Disney
Sail across the ocean on an action-packed voyage with Moana, Maui, and all of your favorite characters from Disney Moana in this collection of comics packed with vibrant artwork drawn by Disney's master artists.
In Shops: Feb 22, 2017
SRP: $9.99




Cars #2
DEC161756
(W) Disney (A/CA) Disney
Disney•Pixar Cars fans will be racing to stores to pick up the second issue of the comic series from Joe Books. Buckle up and hit the road with Lightning McQueen, Mater, Sally, and more of your favorite characters from the hugely popular Disney•Pixar animated film.
In Shops: Feb 22, 2017
SRP: $3.99



Toy Story #1
DEC161765
(W) Disney (A/CA) Disney
Get ready to fly to infinity and beyond with your favorite Disney•Pixar Toy Story characters in the first issue of the comic book series from Joe Books. Get ready for hilarious adventures with Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, and more treasured toys from this classic Disney•Pixar animated film.
In Shops: Jan 25, 2017
SRP: $3.99


Toy Story #2 (No cover)
DEC161766
(W) Disney (A/CA) Disney
Get ready to fly to infinity and beyond with your favorite Disney•Pixar Toy Story characters in the second issue of the comic book series from Joe Books. Get ready for hilarious adventures with Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, and more treasured toys from this classic DisneyoPixar animated film.
In Shops: Feb 22, 2017
SRP: $3.99




Cars Comics Treasury
DEC161757
(W) Disney (A/CA) Disney
Zoom through this giant collection of Disney•Pixar Cars comics with Lightning McQueen, Mater, Sally, and more of your favorite quirky characters! Drawn by Disney's master artists, this 800-page comic treasury is perfect for fans who can't wait for Disney•Pixar Cars 3 to hit the big screen in the summer of 2017.
In Shops: Feb 08, 2017
SRP: $19.99


Plus:
Elena of Avalor Cinestory (DEC161759)
Beauty and the Beast Cinestory (DEC161754 and DEC161755)
Descendants Cinestory Vol. 3 (DEC161758)
Moana Cinestory (DEC161761)
Tangled Cinestory (DEC161764)



Notes for this month:

-This is the second month in a row with no new Darkwing Duck issue.
-The cover they are using for Cars #2 is an early version of issue #1's cover.
-Frozen #6 was originally solicited for December and is being pushed back two months. It's the exact same thing they solicited back then only with the release date pushed back. (Which is to be expected as other issues of this series are already several months behind.)
-The Cars Treasury I'm assuming is an omnibus of the Boom Studios Cars comics. I don't know of any other Cars comics that exist. Were there that many of them to fill an 800 page book though?

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Getting worried about "Darkwing Duck".

Also, that "hair-larious" pun was incredibly lab-hair-ious.

[hex]

I was a bit suprised to see Dinsey Princess on the list. Amy said earlier that the sereis was only going to last for 8 issues. The listing say #9, but it's also called a "special" and is numberd #1 on the pre-release cover. So who knows if this is part of the same series or not. But it sounds like it's mostly reprints from the first 8 issues anyways.

About Darkwing Duck, lets look statistically on it:

Issue #	Original scheduled release	Day on sale
1	2016-04-27	2016-04-27
2	2016-05-25	2016-05-25
3	2016-06-29	2016-07-13
4	2016-07-27	2016-08-24
5	2016-08-24	2016-09-28
6	2016-09-28	2016-11-16
7	2016-10-26
8	2016-12-28

So they are about two months behind the original plan at this point. Also from the scheduled date for #8 it seems they realized they couldn't put out a comic every month. So if #7 get on sale in January and #8 in March, we might not see #9 until the March catalog (for a May release)

[squeakyboots]

Darkwing Duck isn't the only series that's behind schedule for Joe Books. I'm pretty sure all of their other ongoing Disney series have been delayed by at least a month as well. I know Frozen in particular has got to be around three months back at this point. There's also about a dozen or so cinestory books that are either being continuously delayed or just not being released for whatever reason but who knows how many people actually care about those. I figure all of this just comes from Joe Books being a new publisher that hasn't quite gotten their bearings yet. As far as I can tell, last year's Darkwing omnibus was the first book they ever published. Their website was literally nothing but a blank page with some contact info back then.

Disney Princess was going to be eight issues but it makes sense to keep it going. I think it's their most popular series behind Darkwing. I would hope that it's not reprints of material from the first eight issues considering it's not even a year old yet.

[hex]

In the order form for the new catalog, the Disney Princess comic is called something else, so it might be relesed as a new series:

DEC161763 DISNEY PRINCESS SPOTLIGHT #1 RAPUNZEL 01/25/17 SRP: $3.99