Happy New Year. It’s not too late to say that, right? Even if it is, the new year brings new comics so let’s take a look at what Marvel is bringing out for our reading pleasure this week.

Among the new books dropping on Wednesday, we’re most interested in I am an Avenger #5, Deadpool #31, Chaos War: Dead Avengers #3, Heroes for Hire #2 and Daredevil: Reborn.

As with most weeks, new comics arrive on Wednesday so hit your nearest comics book store early for best selection. Don’t know where your nearest comic store is? Use this handy guide to find one.

Comics On-Sale:
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #651
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #651 TRON VARIANT
AVENGERS ACADEMY: MEET THE NEW CLASS #1
AVENGERS POSTER BOOK
AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE – SEARCH FOR THE SCARLET WITCH #1
BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR #514
CAPTAIN AMERICA & THE KORVAC SAGA #2
CAPTAIN AMERICA: MAN OUT OF TIME #3
CASANOVA: GULA #1
CHAOS WAR: DEAD AVENGERS #3
DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE – EMPIRE #1
DAREDEVIL: REBORN #1
DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER – THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA #2
DEADPOOL #31
HEROES FOR HIRE #1 COMBINED 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
HEROES FOR HIRE #1 FALCON 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
HEROES FOR HIRE #2
HEROES FOR HIRE #2 TOLIBAO VARIANT

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Now that Thanksgiving is over we can get back to the more important business like reading new comics. Fortunately, Marvel has us covered and is releasing a bunch of new ones this week for our reading pleasure.

Of the ones coming out this week, we’re most interested in Heroes for Hire #1, Iron Man/Thor #2, Shadowland #5, Captain America: Patriot #4 and Wolverine: The Best There Is #1. Remember, comics come out on Thursday this week so keep that in mind and don’t show up at the store on Wednesday. However, on Thursday So, head over to your nearest / favorite comic store early for best selection.

Don’t know where your nearest comic shop is? Use this handy guide to find one.

Check out the list of comics you can get below.

Comics On-Sale:
ANT-MAN & WASP #2
AVENGERS, THOR & CAPTAIN AMERICA: OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #8
AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES #2
CAPTAIN AMERICA: PATRIOT #4
CHAOS WAR #2 2ND PRINTING VARIANT (CW)
CHAOS WAR: GOD SQUAD #1 (CW)
DAREDEVIL #512 (SHL)
DECEMBER 2010 SNEAK PEEKS
GENERATION HOPE #2
GENERATION HOPE #2 LAND VARIANT
GENERATION HOPE #2 WOMEN OF MARVEL VARIANT
HEROES FOR HIRE #1
HEROES FOR HIRE #1 TOLIBAO VARIANT
HEROES FOR HIRE #1 WALKER VARIANT
IRON MAN/THOR #2

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Since the announcement that Disney purchased Marvel Entertainment over a year ago, we the fans have been waiting to see exactly how that would effect us, because really, it’s all about us. We haven’t seen any mega-crossovers like Daredevil the Pooh or Spider-Mouse, but it looks like Disney may just be pulling some weight by bringing a few Marvel titles to your TV screen.

After a presentation on the Disney lot, Marvel has put together a short list of properties that they are looking to bring to TV in the next few years. On the very top of that list is a live action Hulk series, helmed by comic veteran Jeph Loeb, who most know for his work on NBC’s Heroes.

Hulk could go into production over at ABC as early as mid-summer. Next in line, the plan is to work on a series based on the Cloak & Dagger franchise, which would go straight to ABC’s cable network, ABC Family. The story would follow the duo of Tyrone Johnson (aka Cloak, who has the ability to teleport) and Tandy Bowen (aka Dagger, who has the ability to heal and create daggers from light).

Both shows are in very early development, but that hasn’t stopped the studio from poking around a handful of other properties to adapt into the small screen. Heat Vision has the short list.

Executives presented ABC suits with a list of titles they identified as possible series:
• Heroes for Hire (focusing on ex-con Luke Cage offering to take on bad guys for a price);
• The Eternals (a race of superpowered beings live amid humanity in secret, inspiring legends);
• Agents of Atlas, Alter Ego (private investigator Jessica Jones takes on cases involving superhumans);
• Moon Knight, the Red Hood (a low-rent criminal discovers a cloak that gives him superpowers);
• Ka-Zar (a Tarzan-type and his saber-toothed tiger must journey to the concrete jungle to seek justice);
• Daughters of the Dragon (a dynamic female duo, one with a bionic arm and the other a granddaughter of a samurai, open a private-detective agency); and
• The Punisher (one man wages a war on crime; already adapted as two feature films).

Even given Hulk and Cloak & Dagger, this is an incredible list, and could only mean that Warner/DC and Disney/Marvel have decided that the silver screen wasn’t large enough for them to wage war, and they’re now taking over our living rooms. In any outcome, we all win.