From: [dor 1] at [quads.uchicago.edu] (thad a doria) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info Subject: PREVIEWS-O-RAMA II. DC-GLADSTONE FOR 1996 MAY [SPOILERS] Date: Sun, 10 Mar 96 06:30:50 GMT *********************************************************** P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A. II. DC-Gladstone *********************************************************** *********************************************************** Shipping May 1996 //////////////////////////////////////////////////// SPOILERS \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Everything contained herein is IMO. Duh, 'cuz I wrote it. CLIP AND SAVE! ------------------- DC: === Can Kingdom Come be hyped any more? T-shirts, posters, and oh yeah, there's a comic involved. Again, the plot: The Spectre guides elderly everyman Norman McCay on a path of revelations. McCay is also Spec's human anchor in this future era, and will witness his horrific Judge- ment on the world, as the long forgotten heroes of old clash with the dark, out-of-control vigilantes that have replaced them. Quoth Alex Ross:"Just about every major character from dc's 60 year history is represented in some form or another." Quoth Mark Waid:"...everyone from Metamorpho to the Legion to Beppo the Super-Monkey to Sugar and Spike has at least a walk-on role...spotting them is half the fun." Terminal City #1 of 9 (Motter & Lark). Mr. X (no, the *other* one) cre- ator Dean Motter returns to the art deco sci-fi genre for a new Vertigo series. Pinky and The Brain #1 (Weiss/Weiss & Carzon). Wonder what *they're* gonna do tonight... Nine Princes in Amber #1 of 3 (Zelazny/Bisson & Harrison/Barnard/Roberts) Adaptation of the classic fantasy novel. Vertgo Verite: Girl #1 of 3 (Milligan & Fegredo). 15-year-old Simone Cundy runs away from her insufferable family and her unbearable home town and into a bizarre and inexplicable chain of events. In short, hijinks ensue. Green Lantern #75 (Marz & Banks). Grayven has brought about the end of the Darkstars, and Kyle and Adam Strange make a last stand. The fates of Donna Troy and John Stewart are revealed. Green Lantern #76 (Marz & Pelletier). Kyle and Green Arrow Connor Hawke hit the road in search of...well, not America, but Kyle's missing dad. Green Arrow #110 (Dixon & Damaggio). GL and GA visit a town where their prdecessors once had an adventure together. Icon #38 (McDuffie & Bright). Meet Holocaust's new enforcers: The all- new, all-ruthless Blood Syndicate. Power of Shazam! #16 (Ordway & Krause). Venusian mind-worms take a bite out of the big red cheese. Hawkman #33 (Priest & M. Collins). Final issue. Guest stars J'onn J'onnz. Guy Gardner:Warrior #44 (Beau Smith & Byrd). Final issue. Major Force is back, and readers can choose from 3 different endings. Extreme Justice #18 (Washington & Morgan). Final issue. Robin #31 (Dixon & Wieringo). Guest stars the golden age Wildcat. Batman Chronicles #5 (Ostrander & Stelfreeze, various). The secret origin of Oracle. Back-ups by Alan Grant and Howard Chaykin. Takion #2 (Kupperberg & Lopresti). Tak seeks out other heroes whose pow- ers come from The Source: Green Lantern, Flash, and Captain Atom. Oh for the love of God this is bad! Screw you, Kup, just for that I'm not men- tioning that you have a Martian Manhunter special or that you edit Won- der Woman, where Byrne is bringing back Doomsday. Then again perhaps I will, as it will hopefully keep people from buying them. The Poison Ivy and Robin Adventures #8 (Dini/Templeton & Burchett). And yes, Harley's pretty upset about that. In the Superbooks, an arc written by Peyer and Waid and drawn by Dick Giordano and Curt Swan. Brainiac puts his mind into Superman's body... and Superman's mind into a scrawny teenage mental patient. L* #38 (Stern/McCraw & Moy). Spotlight on Saturn Girl. LSH #82 (Peyer/McCraw & Moder/Collins). There is a ghostly hand reaching out of Ultra Boy's chest on the cover, but Tom McCraw on AOL says "it's not what you think." The team also visits Star Boy's planet. New Gods #9 (Pollack & Giffen). Metron restores Highfather's sanity. The Ray #25 (Priest & Armstrong). Many years from now, millionnaire Ray Terril must choose between his responsibilities to his business, his life as a hero, and his friend: Bart Allen, the Flash. Batman: LotDK #84 (Ellis & McCrea). retraction: Warren Ellis, not Garth Ennis, is writing this arc. Still recommended. TPBs: Invisibles (#1-8), Batman: Dark Legends (LotDK #39, 40, 50, 52-54). DREAMLAND COMICS: ================= Grad Yearbook '95 (Migliore & various). Former star of Lethargic Comics in his own book. EVENT: ====== Ash: The Fire Within #1 (Quesada/Palmiotti). A new series of Ash, contin- ued from Ash #0. GLADSTONE: ========== WDC&S #604 has part 1 of Don Rosa's "Universal Solvent." Gyro's new invention leads to disaster when Scrooge tries to market it. Uncle Scrooge #299 features "A Financial Fable," Carl Barks's lesson in economic theory. Plus an all-new Gyro Gearloose story. Also Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color #4 (Barks) and USAiC: Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck #2 (Rosa) are the May TPBs. To be continued...(Norman McCay, heh, now I get it.) -- 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