From: [dor 1] at [quads.uchicago.edu] (thad a doria) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info Subject: PREVIEWS-O-RAMA I. AA-DARK HORSE FOR 1996 MAY [SPOILERS] Date: Sun, 10 Mar 96 06:31:08 GMT Whoa...I just had this wierd dream where I was in this whole other mixed-up universe. People were asking me to join the Hal Jordan Ex- patriates, I couldn't stop talking about BGA, and r.a.c.* was consumed by that eternal question: Is the Speed Force gay? *********************************************************** P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A. I. AA--Dark Horse *********************************************************** 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! *********************************************************** The usenet equivalent of hurling a TV Guide wrapped in barbed wire at someone who says "there's nothing on!" for comics shipping May 1996! ----------------------------------------------------------- I got your spoilers, buddy...right HERE!! ----------------------------------------------------------- Everything contained herein is IMO. Duh, 'cuz I wrote it. CLIP AND SAVE! Opening volleys: Joe Quesada has designed a "JUST READ IT!" cover logo to "encourage people to get into the fun and fascinating world of comics," and plans to have as many publishers as possible use the logo. Teri Wood's Wandering Star will now be published by Sirius Entertainment. See the Image section for an interesting little nubbin regarding Stran- gers in Paradise creator Terry Moore. -------------- HUNH! Break it down now! --------------- AA^2 ENTERTAINMENT: =================== Agony Acres #1 of 4 (Ronn Stern/C. Satterlee & Stern/Maly). This SF mystery gets a huge push this month. Compliments from Quesada, Shooter, Breyfogle, Strazewski, and others adorn its ad. ACCLAIM: ======== X-O Manowar #68 (Layton & Guice). Final issue. When PunX ReduX ends in June, it'll be the end of the Valiant Universe for a while... ANTARCTIC: ========== Warrior Nun Areala crosses over with London Night Studio's Razor in a 40 page special (J. Wolfe & Ben Dunn). Also available is an edition polybagged with a CD soundtrack to the story. ARCHIE: ======= Archie's All Canadian Digest #1 is a compendium of the Riverdale kids' many excursions to the Great White North. BONGO/ZONGO: ============ Fleener #1 (Fleener). The only cubist working in comics today, Mary Fleener, has a new series with Matt Groening's company. This will be all-new fiction, as opposed to the autobio stuff she did in Slut- burger. CALIBER: ======== Bumpkin Buzz: Feelin' Pretty Darn Realistic GN (Ahern). Collection of strips from CBG. Moebius Comics #1 (various). With installments of "The Man from Ciguri" picking up where the Dark Horse TPB left off (see Dark Horse section) plus Arzach stories where Moebius jams with Ploog, Stout, Pope, and more. The Silent Invasion #1 (Cherkas & Hancock). Reprints the classic tale of 1950's paranoia published by Renegade and NBM in the 80's. Strange Embrace GN (Hine). A story of art, sex, and horror by David Hine. Previously published by Atomeka/A1. COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND: ============================== Cherry t-shirt by Larry Welz. DARK HORSE: =========== Nexus Meets Madman (Baron, Allred, Rude). An insane giant robot is destroying Ylum, and Nexus is powerless against it. Reasoning that only a lunatic can stop it, Nexus and Sundra look to the past for The Badger, but snag someone else by mistake... Girl Crazy #1 of 3 (G. Hernandez). Hey, Gilbert Hernandez! You just finished 50 issues of Love & Rockets! What are you gonna do now? "I'm going to Dark Horse!" Three superhuman, fun-loving gals on an adventure that would make Russ Meyer proud. Cover by Hernandez & Dave Stevens. Ghost/Hellboy #1 of 2 (Mignola & Benefiel). Hellboy is sent to inves- tigate reports of a phantom lady killing people in Arcadia. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire #1 of 6 (J. Wagner & Kilian Plunkett). Adaptation of the novel/videogame/toy line/multimedia blitz. An "offi- cial" story filling in the gaps between "Empire" and "Jedi." Wonderful art by Plunkett. Barb Wire #1 of 4 (Warner & Bradstreet). Relaunch due to the Pam Ander- son movie. Tarzan: The Land that Time Forgot GN (Manning). Adaptation of the ERB novel by the legendary Russ Manning. Never before published in the USA. The Man from Ciguri GN (Moebius). The sequel to The Airtight Garage, never before seen in English, plus a few reprinted shorts. Richard Delgado's masterful wordless miniseries, Age of Reptiles, went largely unnoticed a few years back. Thankfully, that hasn't stopped Dark Horse from putting out another miniseries, Age of Reptiles: The Hunt #1 of 5 (Delgado). A lone allosaur struggles to survive the deserts of Jurassic North America. Told entirely in pictures. TPBs: Sin City: The Big Fat Kill, Superman Vs. Aliens, The Mask Strikes Back, Age of Reptiles: Tribal Warfare. 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