From: Thad Doria <[t--or--a] at [journals.uchicago.edu]>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc,rec.arts.comics.info
Subject: PREVIEWS-O-RAMA III. IMAGE-MARVEL FOR JUNE 1996 (SPOILERS)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 96 01:43:06 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 June 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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IMAGE:
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The Image/Marvel crossovers have begun. In June there's Badrock/
Wolverine (Valentino & Yaep) and Prophet/Cable (Dixon & Liefeld).
Upcoming are Badrock/Spider-Man (? & Michaels) and Youngblood/X-Force
(Liefeld & Cruz). Two notes: the promo art for Badrock/Spider-Man
shows the original Spidey costume, and Liefeld says his marvel cross-
overs happen outside of continuity and do not tie in to Onslaught or
Unfinished Business. The Wildstorm/Marvel crossovers, including X-Men/
WildC.A.T.s, happen later this year.

Yes, Terry Moore is still writing Lady Supreme. Yes, Warren Ellis is
still writing Celestine. Yes, Alan Moore is still going to write
Supreme. Get over it.

Big Bang Comics #2 (Carlson & various). Knight Watchman teams up with
the Silver Age ShadowHawk to face The Angry Red Aliens! Plus, The Badge
faces Dr. Cadaver.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (Carlson & Fosco/Larsen). B&W. Blurb says
the book takes a "back to the basics" approach to TMNT: No pizzas, no
cowabungas.

Cyberforce #25 (Holguin & Finch). The end of Cyberdata. All secrets re-
vealed, all questions answered. Includes a preview of Top Cow's new title
The Darkness, by Garth Ennis and Marc Silvestri. Oops, let's make this
a...
************Garth Ennis Alert!******************Garth Ennis Alert!******
..because Medieval Spawn/Witchblade #3 of 3 (Ennis & B.Peterson) also
ships in June. And Witchblade #7 has a preview of Ripclaw #7, because
Garth
will be writing Ripclaw as well.

The Big Bruisers (Harrington & Rebner). One-shot team-up of 3 Image
muscle-
men: Badrock, Maul, and Impact. Hijinks ensue.

Gen^13: The Unreal World (Heisler & Ramos). Humberto Ramos returns to
Image.
One-shot.Ramos will be pencilling the upcoming series, Deviants.

Union #1 (Heisler & R. Green). Union returns as part of the Wildstorm
$1.75
line.

Warren Ellis will "run StormWatch into the ground" beginning with #37.
Art by
Tom Raney. Jim Lee returns to WildC.A.T.s beginning with #31, story still
by
Alan Moore.

LABOR OF LOVE PRODUCTIONS:
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Glyph #1 (various). Anthology featuring M.W.Kaluta, Sara Byam, David
Lasky,
and David Lee Ingersoll.

MARVEL:
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Ladies and gentlemen, your Onslaught checklist thus far:
Uncanny X-Men #322
X-Men #46
X-Force #46
X-Force #52
X-Men #49
X-Men #50

Spider-Man 2099 #46 (Raab & McKone). Final issue.
Fantasic 4 2099 #8 (Kavanagh & Ferry). Final issue.
Doom 2099 #44 (J. F. Moore & Lafferty). Final issue.
X-Men 2099 #35 (J. F. Moore & Duursema). Final issue.
X-Nation 2099 #6 (Raab & Battle). Final issue. There's some kind
of trend at work here. Plugs galore for "next month's fresh future-
verse!"
X-Men 2099: Oasis (J. F. Moore & the Hildebrandts). Painted one-shot.

Iron Man/X-O Manowar (Nicieza & Grindberg). It's a comic, it's a
crossover, it's a video game, it's a floor wax, it's a dessert top-
ping. Hmm. Deja vu.

The following titles are tie-ins to Onslaught, and guest star
assorted mutant characters:
FF #413 (DeFalco & Pacheco). New uniforms.
Avengers #400 (Waid & Deodato).
Thor #501 (Messner-Loebs & Deodato). Thor regains his powers.
Hulk #443 (PAD & Medina). Hulk is Onslaught's newest pawn.

**Spidey**
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #11 (Busiek & Oliffe). The stunning
secret of Betty Brant. Plus more on Spidey's "sidekick."

In the main Spiderbooks, Peter Parker is in the hospital dying
from clone deterioration, and J. Jonah has vanished.

New Warriors #74 (Skolnick & Zircher). Night Thrasher. Namorita.
Dire Wraiths. #75 is the last issue.

**X-Men**
Onslaught is everywhere, pretty much. All regular titles and...

Onslaught #1 (Waid/Lobdell & Andy Kubert).

MALIBU:
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Prime #9 (G. Jones & Breyfogle). Apparently Prime has won the 1995
Parent's Choice Award. That'll keep the title alive for a few more
months...

Ultraverse Unlimited #1 (Kaminski & Gecko). Rune vs. Warlock.

to be continued...
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Thad Doria                    Wsssssshhhhhhhhht....Goldust.
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"Wow, she's saying some pretty profound stuff...I bet she's
read The Hobbit."  --Jezebel, The Mysterious One