Action Comics #1000....you got $29.99?

Are you excited about Action Comics #1000? Do you even read Action Comics or DC Comics in general anymore?

Apparently Marv Wolfman will be writing a new story based on unpublished artwork by the late Curt Swan in Action Comics #1000. Presumably that is a completely drawn story that Wolfman will dialogue a story for since it is already drawn.  That would be comics the old "Marvel way". heh, Marv?

And the newly exclusive writer, Brian Michael Bendis, having jumped the good ship Marvel like so many other creators in the past in a hissy-fit (a bit like Wolfman did) will be writing a 10-page story with art by Jim Lee. This will be Bendis' first DC comics work since June, 2000 (if only he had stayed at DC!). 

Anyway, according to DC:

Join us for the 80th anniversary celebration of the most important comic book in American history: ACTION COMICS #1, featuring the first appearance of Superman! It’s an extraordinary party as we revisit stories from across the decades, featuring the debuts of not just the Man of Tomorrow, but also Supergirl, Brainiac, the Fortress of Solitude and more! 

See the work of generations of top writers and artists on the original superhero! Enjoy sparkling essays from literary wizards who have won Pulitzer Prizes and hit the bestseller lists, including Jules Feiffer, who relives his memories of when ACTION COMICS #1 first hit newsstands. 

Plus, a historical essay by guest editor Paul Levitz, and all one thousand ACTION COMICS covers presented on a special 30” x by 39.75” poster! And as a bonus, don’t miss a previously unpublished 1940s Superman tale believed to be written by Jerry Siegel with art by the Joe Shuster studio, salvaged fifty years ago and hidden away until now!

This new hardcover serves as a companion to the ACTION COMICS #1000 comic book coming in March!

Now, before you get excited: this is a "collected hard cover book" and will cost you $29.99 and that includes that story "believed" to be written by Siegel so well worth it...well, I have searched every news item I can find including DC Comics and I see no page counts mentioned.  I had to go to frickin' Amazon who give the page count as 384.

Me? I'll wait until it turns up in a remainders store and see if I have the cash -which is not likely.