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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 April 1.4 May 1.5 October 2 Deaths 2.1 April 2.2 August 2.3 October 3 First issues by title

Events

January

• January 1: The direct-to-DVD movie Hulk Vs was released.
• January 6: The third and final volume of Hollow Fields has been released.

February

• The Ultimate Marvel titles Ultimate X-Men and Ultimate Fantastic Four are both cancelled at milestones.

• To celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama, Amazing Spider-Man #583 presented an all-new story teaming up President Obama and Spider-Man in Spidey Meets the President! The title featured five variant covers.*http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.6546.Spidey_Meets_the_President!*

April

• In honor of Wolverine's 35th anniversary, Marvel Comics announced that numerous Marvel titles would feature Wolverine Art Appreciation Variant covers in April 2009. Styles will be reminiscent of Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Andy Warhol.* http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.7254.Wolverine_Art_Appreciation_Month* The first issues to feature a Wolverine Art Appreciation variant cover were Captain Britain and MI13 #12, Amazing Spider-man #590, Hulk #11, Uncanny X-Men #508, and Secret Warriors #3.

• "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" was a 2009 story featuring the DC Comics character of Batman. The story was published in two parts, in the "final" issues of the series Batman (#686) and Detective Comics (#853), released February and April respectively. Written by Neil Gaiman, pencilled by Andy Kubert, and inked by Scott Williams, the story was purported to be the "last" Batman story in the wake of severe psychological trauma that Batman endures within the Batman RIP story, and his ultimate fate in Final Crisis.

May

• May 1: X-Men Origins: Wolverine is set to be released in theaters. The film will explore the claw-wielding character Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)'s violent and romantic past, and his complex relationship with Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) and the ominous Weapon X, as well as his encounters with other mutants.

October

• October 7: Haunt, an ongoing series created by Todd McFarlane and Robert Kirkman, was launched by Image Comics. The book is written by Kirkman with layouts done by Greg Capullo, pencils by Ryan Ottley, and inks by McFarlane.*

Deaths

April

• April 2: Frank Springer dies at age 79.

August

• August 9: Frank Borth dies at age 91.

October

• October 15: George Tuska dies at age 93.

First issues by title

Batman and Robin

Release: June by DC Comics. Writer: Grant Morrison Artists: Frank Quitely, Philip Tan.

Black Panther Vol. 5

Release: February by Marvel Comics. Writer: Reginald Wudlin Artist: Ken Lashley.

The Flash: Rebirth

Release: March by DC Comics. Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: Ethan Van Sciver.

Green Lantern: The Blackest Night

Release: Summer by DC Comics. Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: Ivan Reis.

Mysterius: The Unfathomable

Release: March by Wildstorm. Writers: Jeff Parker Artist: Tom Fowler*

Push

Release: January by Wildstorm. Writers: Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman Artist: Bruno Redondo*SDCC 08: Wildstorm Snares Push License, IGN, July 22, 2008*

REBELS

Release: February by DC Comics. Writer: Tony Bedard Artists: Andy Clarke, Claude St Aubin.