From: [dor 1] at [midway.uchicago.edu] (thad a doria)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info
Subject: PREVIEWS-O-RAMA IV. MAXIMUM-VELOCITY+MISC. FOR 1996 OCT [SPOILERS]
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 96 02:18:40 GMT

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P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A.  IV. Maximum-Velocity+misc.
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Shipping October 1996
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SPOILERS
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Everything contained herein is IMO. Duh, 'cuz I wrote it.

CLIP AND SAVE!
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MAXIMUM:
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Asylum #8 has...Jim Krueger's Foot Soldiers, formerly published by
Dark Horse. Maximum releases a new FS series in December. Also in
Asylum is a comic based on Traveller, the grandpappy of science
fiction role-playing games...

Bionix #1 (Napton & Liefeld). The further adventures of Steve Austin
(no, not the wrestler, the other one) and Jaime Sommers (no, not the
porn star, the other one).
OLIO:
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Castle Waiting: The Curse of Brambly Hedge GN (Medley). Former
Justice League and Doom Patrol artist Linda Medley has been
awarded a Xeric Grant! Fairy tales reinterpret themselves in an
abandoned castle, redefining the words "happily ever after."
Prelude to the ongoing Castle Waiting series.

SLAVE LABOR/AMAZE INK:
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Hearts of Africa: Trials TPB (Goff/Nieves/Hayden/Baroza). Collects
Tales from the Heart #4-7.

TOP COW:
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Tales of the Witchblade #1 (Christina Z & T. Daniel). Holders of the
Witchblade past and future.

And continuing from their original numbering, we have:
Cyber Force #28 (Holguin & Finch).
Weapon Zero #8 (W. Simonson & Benitez).
Witchblade #10 (Christina Z/Wohl & M. Turner). Guest stars Silvestri/
Ennis's The Darkness.

TOPPS:
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Lady Rawhide: Other People's Blood #1 (MacGregor & Maroto).

VELOCITY:
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Velocity #6 (Gary & Warren Pleece). The Pleece brothers are back!

META: games, toys, books, etc.
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Books: [offered again] Alex Toth: by Design! (Toth & McNeill). I just
bought this the other day and it is the BEST GODDAM THING SINCE SLICED
BREAD!!! 360 pages packed with Toth's character designs, storyboards,
and layouts for Hanna-Barberra, Ruby-Spears, TMS, Disney, etc. with
comments from Alex and his pal, animator Darrel McNeill (who writes
like "Bud" Shakespeare way too often). From Aquaman to Zok! See the
*Original* Legion of Doom (with Catwoman, the Joker, and Dr. Sivana)!
Check out the evolution of Space Ghost and the Herculoids!

[offered again] The Comic Book Heroes (G. Jones & W. Jacobs). The
history of modern comic books from the Silver Age to the persent.

Card Games: Arcadia II: King Ironheart's Madness, Hoth (Star Wars),
Dark Age: The Brood, Sim City Toronto, Mirage (Magic:tG, stand-
alone expansion).
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