Comic Book Previews for August 12, 2009

What could be causing part of the oppressive heat this summer, at least this Wednesday anyway?Those SEVENTY candles on the top of Marvel’s cake, that’s what!Happy birthday to the home of some of the most recognizable characters in pop culture today!With that, Marvel has a big birthday bash planned, with several powerful new releases this week!First up for the birthday boys and girls is Marvel Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Edition.It starts here!The original Human Torch, Ka-Zar, and Sub-Mariner are all here, brought to you in a stunning new edition by some amazing talent in the industry today!That’s not all birthday fun!The Marvel’s Project #1debuts, with this Ed Brubaker penned tale kicking off the ultimate origin story of the Marvel universe!Look also for the releases of Ultimate Comics Avengers #1 and Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1.Both of these titles will give us a post-Ultimatum look at the Ultimate universe.Look also for the continuation of the powerful Dark Avengers/X-Men crossover, Utopia, in Uncanny X-Men #514.