From: Thad Doria <[t--or--a] at [journals.uchicago.edu]> Subject: [INFO] PREVIEWS-O-RAMA III. Image-Marvel for 1996 December [spoilers] Date: Thu, 10 Oct 96 14:15:29 GMT Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info,rec.arts.comics.misc *********************************************************** P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A. III. Image-Marvel *********************************************************** Shipping December 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------- Spoiliers! ----------------------------------------------------------- Everything contained herein is IMO. Duh, 'cuz I wrote it. CLIP AND SAVE! -------------------- IMAGE: ====== Savage Dragon #34 (Larsen). Dragon teams up with Mike Mignola's Hellboy to fight Brainiape, the Gorilla with the See-through Skull(tm)! Speaking of gorillas, Cy-Gor is back in Spawn #57 (McFarlane/Capullo). Mars Attacks! Image #1of4 (Giffen & A.Smith). Spawn, Dragon, Gen^13, and others fight the Martians. See Topps for Mars Attacks! The Savage Dragon. Big Bang #7 (?) moves into the swingin' 70's, as Mighty Man meets his evil self from the future. If Jim Starlin didn't draw this cover, then it's one of the best swipes I've ever seen. Friends of The Maxx #3 (Kieth). Wynonna Earp #1 (Beau Smith & Joyce Chin). Fearless US Marshall battles redneck vampires in New Mexico. Yeeeeee-hawwwww! *Homage* Astro City #5 (Busiek & Anderson/Ross). Brian meets The Confessor. Leave It to Chance #4 (J.Robinson & P.Smith). Now that is one BIG toad! I always wondered what happened to Rob Leifeld...See the "Maximum" section for details. TPBs: TMNT Bodycount. KITCHEN SINK: ============= Will Eisner Sketchbook (Eisner). Snarf #16 (Various). Snarf is back! Bizarre humor from Woodring, Landman, Drew Friedman, Mack White, "Cowboy Henk" Kamagurka, and others. MARVEL: ======= Ghost Rider/Ballistic (Ellis & Tan).Here's what Warren Ellis has to say about it: "A section of the forthcoming Top Cow/Marvel intercompany crossover. I'm writing this piece mostly because I like David Wohl, the Top Cow EIC whom I'm dealing with on this, and I liked Mark Gruenwald, who asked me to write it just three days before he died. This isn't going to be High Art, people, but it will be a bit of a laugh." [from Smoke Damage, reprinted w/o permission] Ghost Rider/Cyblade (Velez & Chun). More of the Marvel/Top Cow cross. See the Top Cow section for more. Silver Surfer #125 (Perez & Garney). Ron Garney's still the new regular penciller, but the writer is a big ol' question mark. Huh? Code of Honor #1of4 (Dixon & Shane). The long rumored "sequel" to Marvels follows a New York cop from the 60's to the 80's in the Marvel Universe. Marvel: Shadows and Light is a B&W anthology with new stories by Mike Golden (Dr. Strange), J.P.Leon (Wolverine), Klaus Janson (Askani'son). Daredevil/Shi (C. Golden/Sniegoski & Igle). See the Crusade section for the other half of this. Ultra Girl #2of3 (B. Kesel & Kirk). She's a teenage mutant Kree?! Ghost Rider #82 (Velez & Mhan). Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy. Howard the Duck Holiday Special (Hama & Ferry). Non-Gerber approved. Marvel Universe #1 (?). The state of the post-Onslaught Marvel U. Stars S.H.I.E.L.D., The Thunderbolts, Jim Rhodes, etc. The Art of John Romita Sr. HC. Romita retrospective. Hulk #450 (PAD & Deodato/Rebner). Dr. Strange discovers the "pocket universe." Ka-zar of the Savage Land (Dixon & Teran). One-shot Ka-zar story before the regular series begins. The Essential Spider-Man #1 (S.Lee & Ditko). Reprints Amazing Fantasy #15 and Amazing Spider-Man #1-20 and Annual #1. B&W. Untold Tales of Spider-Man #18 (Busiek & Oliffe). The Green Goblin. The Osborn Journals (Greenberg & Hotz). Norman Osborn's memoirs. Onslaught: Epilogue (Hama & R.Green). Prof. X's captivity. J.F.Moore is the new writer of X-Force, as of #63 (art by Pollina). Tales of the Age of Apocalypse (Lobdell & J.Bennett). Apocalypse retreats to the Blue Area of the Moon, with Blink and the X-Men in pursuit. Guest starring the AoA Inhumans. *Heroes Reborn* Fantastic Four #4 (Choi & Jim Lee). Introducing the Black Panther. Captain America #4 (Loeb & Liefeld). Guest starring Namor. Iron Man #4 (Lobdell & Portacio). Introducing the Living Laser. Avengers #4 (Loeb & Liefeld/Yaep). Guest starring the (savage) Hulk. *Star Trek* Operation Assimilation (P.Jenkins & Pitterelli). A Romulan ship has a close encounter with the Borg. Hellblazer's Paul Jenkins writes the first of Marvel's many ST specials. Why here comes another one now... Mirror, Mirror (DeFalco & Bagley). Fills in the gaps between the TOS episode and the later DS9 stories. Highlights include Spock's mutiny and the execution of Kirk. Blurb calls it "Star Trek meets the Age of Apocalypse." Star Trek: Early Voyages #1(Edgington/Abnett & Zircher).The Christopher Pike Enterprise crew. TPBs: Onslaught Vols. 1-6, Wolverine/Gambit, Greatest Spider-Man/Dare- devil Team-Ups. to be continued... -- -Thad Doria "Wsssssshhhhhhhttt. Goldust."