From: [dor 1] at [midway.uchicago.edu] (thad a doria)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info,rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: [INFO]PREVIEWS-O-RAMA III. IMAGE-MARVEL FOR 1996 NOV
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 96 01:14:25 GMT

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P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A.  III. Image-Marvel
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Shipping November 1996
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Spoiliers!
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Everything contained herein is IMO. Duh, 'cuz I wrote it.

CLIP AND SAVE!
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*Homage*
Astro City #4 (Busiek & Anderson/Ross). The beginning of a six-part
epic as a young boy takes his first step on the road to becoming a
teen sidekick: busboy at a superhero bar.

The Wizard's Tale GN (Busiek & Wenzel). A painted fantasy story of
an "semi-evil" wizard's quest.

Bone #27 (Jeff Smith). The end of the dragonslayer storyline.

Cabbot: Bloodhunter #1of6 (Rick Veitch). A character killed off about
2 years ago returns as a zombie on a mission from God, courtesy of
Mr. Rick Veitch. Advert uses the words "Sophisticated Suspense."

Supreme #44 (A. Moore & J. Bennett). Allies reunion! Why can't Sup-
reme remember them? Guest-stars Image "Golden Agers" Glory, Mighty
Man, Superpatriot, etc.

Big Bang #6 is only a reprint of Caliber's BB #3 ("The Criss-Cross
Crisis!"). But if you don't have one, get one!

Rapture gives birth in Savage Dragon #33 (Larsen).

Gen^13 Bootleg #1 (A. Davis/Farmer). An all-new Gen^13 series with
a sort of Legends of the Dark Knight format of rotating creative
teams. First up is Alan Davis!

Wondering where Youngblood, Glory, Prophet, and Newmen went? See the
"Maximum" section...

TPBs: Spawn Vol III

KING HELL:
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Maximortal Collected Edition TPB (R.Vietch).

KITCHEN SINK:
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Zot! Book One TPB (McCloud).

Graphic Storytelling (Eisner). Another of Eisner's textbooks on the
craft of comic art.

Registry of Death GN (Lamb & Coyle). Near future alienation and oppres-
sion, by a couple of lads from Australia.

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Ghost Rider #80 (Velez & Larocca). Guest starring Howard the Duck, Devil
Dinosaur, and Moon Boy. No I have not been drinking.

Silver Surfer #124 (Perez & Garney). Ron Garney's the new regular
penciller.

Silver Surfer/Superman (Perez & Lim).

Hulk #449 (PAD & Deodato). First appearance of The Thunderbolts, a new
team to take up where the Avengers and FF left off. Soon to be in their
own title (by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley).

Ultra Girl #1 (B. Kesel & Kirk). "The Marvel Universe's sassiest power-
house!" No really, I have not been drinking.

Valkyrie (DeMatteis & Raimondi). 48 page one-shot that returns Brunhilde
to the Marvel Universe.

Marvel Holiday Special. No solid info, but writers include Waid and
Kesel, characters include Spider-Man, Kitty Pryde, and the Rawhide Kid.

Imperial Guard #1 of 2 (Augustyn & Wojtkiewicz). Does Marvel fear the
Legion?

Marvel Timeline (Gruenwald & various). What happened when, in 48 pages.

The All New Marvel Tryout Book. 32 11"x17" bristol board pages of
X-Men plot for you!

*Heroes Reborn*
Fantastic Four #3 (Choi & Lee). As the FF and Avengers battle Namor,
Doom turns his attention to a cosmic anomaly.

Iron Man #3 (Lobdell & Portacio). Guest starring the Fantastic Four.

Captain America #3 (Loeb & Liefeld). Cap, Bucky, Nick Fury, and the
Falcon vs. the Red Skull and Master Man. Plus the rampaging Hulk.

Avengers #3 (Valentino/Liefeld & Yaep). Featuring Kang, Ultron, Mantis,
Loki, the Enchantress, and the Howling Commandos.

*Spider-Man*
101 Ways to End the Clone Saga (Bernardo & Herrera). Parody of the
Spider-Clone plot.

Hobgoblin Lives! #1 of 3 (Stern & Frenz/Perez). He ain't Macendale.
He ain't Ned Leeds. He ain't Lefty Donovan. Find out all the answers
from the man who knows.

Spider-Man/Gen^13 (PAD & Immonen). The Wall-crawler meets Wildstorm's
spunky teens. Again, not drinking.

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #17 (Busiek & Oliffe). vs. Hawkeye.

Spectacular Spider-Man #242 (DeMatteis & L. Ross). the return of the
Kangaroo. I think maybe I should *start* drinking.

*X-Men*
The Micronauts are still fighting the Psycho-Man in Cable #39 (Loeb &
Churchill).

Team X/Team 7 (Hama & Epting). Logan, Creed, and Maverick meet the
fathers of Wildstorm's spunky teens. Hey, I'm just tying it all to-
gether for ya.

X-Man Annual '96 (Kavanagh & Alan Davis). Chasing the Sugarman, Nate
falls back into the "Age of Apocalypse" timeline.

Star Trek X-men (Lobdell & Silvestri). This time for sure. 64p.

TPBs: Deadpool II, X-Men: Inferno, Best of Marvel '96.

to be continued...



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-Thad Doria
"Wsssssshhhhhhhttt. Goldust."