Date: Tue, 3 Oct 95 7:43:37 CDT
From: thad a doria <[dor 1] at [midway.uchicago.edu]>
Subject: Previews-O-Rama parts 1 & 2 (December)

I am...Criswell! You are all interested in the future be-
cause that is where you and I are going to spend the rest
of our lives! Come with me now into the future...

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P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A.  I. Aardvark--Dark Horse
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now archived! gopher://nspace.cts.com, directory
ftp/pub/Comics/New Comics/Previews-O-Rama
also reachable at 
http://nspace.cts.com/html/Comics/Comics.html
Thanx to Jerry at Negative Space! 
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Plugs, pans, and miscellaneous career tracking for comics
shipping December 1995!

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Spoiler-reenie-mack-voutie-moe!
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Everything contained herein is IMO. Duh, 'cuz I wrote it.


CLIP AND SAVE!
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Opening Volleys: 
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Wizard is exclusive to Diamond.

Malibu cofounders Chris Ulm and Tom Mason have set up Main-
Brain Productions, "an entertainment firm specializing in 
comic books, new media development, game design, scripts,
trading cards, marketing, an advertising."

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund will begin offering
limited edition products to raise funds. The first offering
is an autographed reissue of Paul Mavrides's Sketchbook, 
Skull Farmer. Future books, by Chester Brown, Sergio Ara-
gones, Greg Capullo, Larry Welz, and others, are promised.

DC vs. Marvel. I'll file this up here for the foreseeable
future, as it gets solicited alternately by Marvel and DC
in the coming months. As has been reported by *many* other
folks:
Two cosmic entities stage the biggest "who'd win" argument
ever.
Preliminary bouts take up #1 and 2:
Flash/Quicksilver, Thor/Captain Marvel (called Shazam! here
due to that pesky copyright thing), Robin/Jubilee, Namor/
Aquaman, Green Lantern/Silver Surfer, Elektra/Catwoman.

Main events in #3 and 4:
Batman/Captain America, Superman/Hulk, Wonder Woman/Storm,
Lobo/Wolverine, and Superboy/Spider-Man. The main event 
outcome will be decided by reader vote, done via ballots
inserted in #1, the trading card packs, various trade mags,
and also via e-mail. A free 16 page preview (also with a
ballot) is coming in November.

Creative teams: PAD writes even-number issues, Ron Marz
writes odd-numbered issues. Pencils by Dan Jurgens and 
Claudio Castellini. Inks by Joseph Rubenstein and Paul
Neary.

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HUNH! Break it down now!
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ACCLAIM:
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Bob Hall writes and draws a 4-issue mini (in black and white,
no less) called Armed and Dangerous. Gritty film noir stuff
with lots of heavy shadows. You know, the sort of thing Frank
Miller thinks he invented...

Kieth Giffen writes both Solar #60 (art by Giffen) and X-O
#61-62 (art by Chang and Andy Smith).

Magic the Gathering: The Elder Dragons #1 0f 2 (Holcomb & D.
Wheatley).

Baywatch-The Magazine #1 (VanHook Studios). Computer imaging
tricks create all-new fumetti stories of those plucky Baywatch
lifeguards. I expect this will do very well in Germany...

Eternal Warrior is not solicited.

ARCHIE:
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Have I mentioned lately that Evan Skolnick is writing Archie 
Superteens and Street Sharks?

BONGO:
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Shrinkwrapped Radioactive Man #1-6 set for $10.95.

Simpsons #15, with special guest star George Bush.

Jimbo #3 (Panter, of course)

CALIBER:
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Espers GN (Hudnall & Lloyd). The oft-praised miniseries pub-
lished so long ago by Eclipse (when they not only existed but
actually produced comics as well) collected for $12.95.

DARK HORSE:
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Indiana Jones and the Sargasso Pirates #1 0f 4 (K. Kesel & 
Guinan/Barreto).  Covers by Alex Ross.

John Wagner and Cam Kennedy have a Star Wars: Boba Fett one-
shot.

The Mask: World Tour #1 of 4 (Fleming & Erskine). Big-Head 
pesters the Dark Horse Heroes line.

Ghost and The Shadow one-shot (Moench & H. M. Baker). Not Kyle
Baker, so calm down. That's never gonna happen. Live in the 
now.

G. I. Joe #1 (Barr & Ishida). Not the old Marvel continuity,
but rather the G.I. Joe Extreme stuff. Near-future Joes face
off against the forces of S.K.A.R.

Grendel Tales: The Devil May Care (LaBan & Doherty). Looks
quite like an homage to Death Race 2000.

Concrete: Short Stories 1990-1995 is a pretty self-explana-
tory TPB.

Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind's Eye (Austin & Sprouse).
Adaptation of the Alan Dean Foster novel.

Tarzan/John Carter: Warlords of Mars #1 of 4 (Bruce Jones 
& Bret Blevins). Two great tastes that taste great together.

to be continued....