Forget Civil War, GA All-Winners Vol. 2 delayed, too!

It seems that Civil War isn’t the only thing from Marvel that is going to be late, thanks to ComicsList, it is being reported that Marvel Masterworks Golden Age All-Winners Comics Volume 2 is being delayed from September 27th to December 28th! Now if you’re a collector of the variant Masterworks this book is suppose to be the #67 in the series. It’s my guess that Marvel, now, will go back and renumber the series to reflect the change. But my question is, so what if the book is late? A year from now, I’m not exactly sure if anyone would care. Marvel shouldn’t have to switch up the system just because it’s delayed a bit. So far Marvel has done an excellent job in getting the Masterworks out in a timely manner (no pun intended), but chances are that this will happen again. Hell, it could happen a few weeks from now. Then they’ll have to go back and renumber everything again. This will just add more frustration and aggravation to a hard working Collected Editions department. Keep in mind that changing the numbering on this one book affects four others. Sure this may be Marvels fault, but what if there is a long delay that isn’t their fault. Anyone remember the shipping industry strike a few years ago that kept the Sgt. Rock Archives Volume 1 sitting on the dock for a few weeks?
Kudos for Marvel for doing what they think is the right thing, but I for one think it’s an extraordinary waste of time and effort. The new variant numbering now looks like this:

August 23 - Volume 65 - Iron Man Vol. 3 collects stories from:
Tales of Suspense #66-83 and Tales to Astonish #82

Sept. 20 - Volume 66 - Human Torch Vol. 1 collects stories from:
Strange Tales #101-107 and Annual #2

Oct. 11 - Volume 67 - Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8 collects stories from:
The Amazing Spider-Man #68-77 and Marvel Super-Heroes #14

Oct. 25 - Volume 68 - Atlas Era: Tales of Suspense Vol. 1 collects stories from: Tales of Suspense #1-10 (Atlas Comics - 1959-60)

Nov. 15 - Volume 69 - Mighty Thor Vol. 5 collects stories from:
Mighty Thor #131-140 and Annual #2

Dec. 27 - Volume 70 - Golden Age All-Winners Vol. 2 collects stories from:
All-Winners Comics #5-8 (1942-1943)

Lastly, Daredevil: Father Premiere HC has also been delayed until December 13 and now that Civil War is delayed, don’t expect any chance of a trade or hardcover collected edition until mid–late summer 2007.
Chris

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