From: [dor 1] at [quads.uchicago.edu] (thad a doria) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info Subject: PREVIEWS-O-RAMA II. DC-Image for April 1996. Spoilers Date: Sat, 10 Feb 96 21:15:40 GMT *********************************************************** P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A. II. DC-Image *********************************************************** *********************************************************** Shipping April 1996 //////////////////////////////////////////////////// SPOILERS \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Everything contained herein is IMO. Duh, 'cuz I wrote it. CLIP AND SAVE! -------------------- DC: === The theme for the 1996 annuals is "heroes of the future" or some such. No, wait, here it is: "Legends of the Dead Earth." Concept: a la Chaykin's Twilight, Earth has been left behind, and humanity thrives on thousands of colony worlds. New incar- nations of the World's Greatest Heroes still pop up every so often, and each annual picks a world and tells a story. The Dreaming #1 (LaBan & Snejberg). "The Goldie Factor." Abel's little gargoyle friend runs away from home. Future story arcs will be by Louapre, Talbot, Parkhouse, and others. The series focuses on supporting characters from Sandman and the "horror hosts"--Cain, Abel, Eve, the Witches 3, Mervyn, Lucien, etc. Neil Gaiman is listed as "consultant." Batman Black and White #1 of 4 (various). Short b&w batstories by a line-up you're not gonna believe: Toth. Kubert. Gaiman. Goodwin. Bolland. Sienkiewicz. Nowlan. Corben. Liberatore. Timm. Bisley. Simonson. Chaykin. O'Neil. Munoz. McKeever. Jim Lee. Kaluta. Moebius. Russell. Zaffino. Kristiansen. Otomo. Artemis: Requiem #1 of 6 (Messner-Loebs & Benes). Wonder Woman attempts to rescue her former rival from the netherworld. ********FLEX!*******FLEX!******FLEX!********FLEX!*****FLEX!****** Flex Mentallo #1 of 4 (Morrison & Quitely). The Man of Muscle Mys- tery is here!! Grant's been promising this story ever since he left Doom Patrol, AND NOW IT'S HERE! woohoo! ********FLEX!*******FLEX!******FLEX!********FLEX!*****FLEX!****** Sergio Destroys DC (Aragones, with Evanier doing whatever). The Companion volume to Sergio Massacres Marvel, also due in April. Title says it all. Kingdom Come: The Poster (A. Ross). Identifiable characters (or their future counterparts): Wonder Woman, Captain Atom, Supergirl? Hawkman, Bulletman, Bulletgirl, Mary Marvel, Hourman, Cap Jr., Adam Strange (but female), Red Tornado, Barda, Power Girl, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, Captain Comet, Dr. Mid-nite, and some people who could be Nightwing, Starman, Flash, and Maxima. Wonder Woman #110 (Byrne). Sinestro. Yes. He is dead. Last month, Barry Allen. This month, Sinestro. Next month, Doomsday. Some people have told me General Immortus is not out of the question. But in keeping with my new policy of remaining positive, I will not trash Byrne today. Takion #1 (Kupperberg & Lopresti). Blind mortal Josh Sanders is chosen by Highfather (yes, The Source is still tainted. if it weren't, Paul Kupperberg wouldn't be writing comics now would he? Oops, remain positive!) to be a "source elemental" (rrremainnn... positive...), the living embodiment of the fundamental power of the DC universe (unf...urgh...pos-i-tive..). He soon attracts the attention of other Source-linked heroes..."and you won't believe who some of them are!" Remain...oh, fuck it THIS IS SO STUPID! It's lamer than bringing back Doomsday! It's lamer than that comic about pogs! AaaaaaaaaIIIIiiiIIIEEEEeeeeEEE! Oh, man. That felt good. Green Lantern #74 (Marz & Banks). Darkseid's third son, Grayven, pesters Kyle, Donna, and John Stewart. Like Takion wasn't enough. Why they're making you buy Showcase '96 #5: Part 2 of a Dr. Fate/ The Shade golden age story by James Robinson,who also writes Starman #19 (Robinson & Harris). Talking with David II. Aquaman #21 (PAD & Calafiore). Aquaman, Dolphin, and The Hero Former- ly Known as Aqualad travel to Thierna Na Oge, the undersea Celtic city featured in The Greatest Aquaman Story Ever, The One That Had The Cool Costume But Nobody at DC Cared Enough To Put Out A TPB Or Even Acknowledge It Since 1987. But I'm not bitter. I remain posi- tive. Detective Comics #697 (Dixon & Nolan). Lock-Up, the lame villain Dixon created for the Animated Series, makes his first in-continuity appearance. ********Garth Ennis Alert***************Garth Ennis Alert************ Batman: LOTDK #83 (Ennis & McCrea). Batman pursues a killer armed organic weaponry. Also, this same creative team has a contract on The Joker in Hitman #2. ********************************************************************* JL Task Force #35 (Priest & Bernado). Guest starring Travis "Warlord" Morgan, and Weena Mercator as "The Hopping Woman". Extreme Justice #17 (Washington & Morgan). The Legion of Doooom! LSH #81 (Peyer/McCraw & Moder). Dirk "Sun Boy" Morgna returns, and Spark's secret admirer is revealed. TPBs: Wonder Woman: Challenge of Artemis (#95-100), Books of Magic: Summonings (#5-13) FANTAGRAPHICS: ============== Comics Journal #186 features a huge retrospective on Gil Kane. EDDIE CAMPBELL COMICS: ====================== Collected Bacchus Vol. 1 (Campbell & Hillyer). GLADSTONE: ========== Life and Times of Scrooge By Don Rosa #1 (Rosa). All 12 episodes of "The Life of Scrooge" for 10.95. Uncle Scrooge #39 (Barks). The famous "Tralla La" story: Scrooge es- capes from the world to seek inner peace. HALLOWEEN COMICS: ================= ESPers #1 (Hudnall & Horn). IMAGE: ====== Fire From Heaven continues through the WildStorm titles, as the cosmic giant Damocles arrives on Earth. Friends of The Maxx Special (Messner-Loebs & Kieth). A one-shot introducing new supporting characters into the Maxx's world. ********Garth Ennis Alert***************Garth Ennis Alert************ Medieval Spawn/Witchblade #1 of 3 (Ennis & B. Peterson). A dark ages romance between the previous incarnations of 2 image heroes may have a secret link to the present. A crossover and a prelude to Marc Silvestri's summer project, "The Darkness." With Ennis,the number of Vertigo Writers Who Have Been Hired By Image Studios rises to 6, or 5 if you don't count Alan Moore as "Vertigo." ********************************************************************* Kurt Busiek's involvement with The New Shadowhawk appears to be over, as Jim Valentino leads him into Shadowhunt, a crossover between SH and half the Extreme titles. Strikeback! #4 (J. Peterson & Maguire). The never-before-published con- clusion to the miniseries, and the debut of Tyrannosaurus-X. Hoo-ha! To be continued... -- Thad Doria ***Goldust Forever! Remember the name!*** ----------------------------------------------------------- "Wow, she's saying some pretty profound stuff...I bet she's read The Hobbit." --Jezebel, The Mysterious One