From: [dor 1] at [quads.uchicago.edu] (thad a doria) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info Subject: PREVIEWS-O-RAMA III. IMAGE-MARVEL/MALIBU FOR 1996 MAY [SPOILERS] Date: Sun, 10 Mar 96 06:31:48 GMT *********************************************************** P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A. III. Image-Marvel/Malibu *********************************************************** Shipping May 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------- Spoiliers! ----------------------------------------------------------- Everything contained herein is IMO. Duh, 'cuz I wrote it. CLIP AND SAVE! -------------------- IMAGE: ====== Just when you think Rob Liefeld hasn't a brain in his head, he does something that almost sounds sensible. Like hiring quality writers for his, er, "enhanced female heroines." Glory, as always, is by Jo Duffy & Deodato. Alan Moore's Celestine is by Warren Ellis and Pat Lee (stars the angel from Badrock vs. Violator). Maximage, as of #6, is written by Wm. Messner-Loebs (art by Fabio Laguna). And Strangers in Paradise creator TERRY MOORE is the writer for the brand new Lady Supreme series (art by the Deodato studios). Supreme #39 (Stephenson & J. Bennett). The original Supreme is back. Mike Grell's Maggie the Cat #5 (Grell). Guest stars Jon Sable. Savage Dragon #28 (Larsen). Guest stars the Maxx. Big Bang Comics #1 (Carlson, Larsen, various). The neato golden/silver modern age pastiche (formerly published by Caliber) is revived at Image. Starring my old faves like Dr. Wierd, Knight Watchman, Ultiman, The Beacon, Robo-Hood, The Blitz, Thunder Girl, and now the golden age ad- ventures of Erik Larsen's Mighty Man! The Big Bang web site is http://www.xnet.com/~bigbang/ David Quinn and Chriscross are the new creative team for Man Against Time, with #4 of 6. Spawn #50 (McFarlane w/Capullo). Ties up the past 49 issues worth of plotlines and sets up a whole new direction. 48 pages. Strikeback! #5. (Peterson & Maguire). Now an ongoing series. Hazard #1 (Mariotte & Martinez). WildStorm launches a $1.75 line of comics with this series about a Gamorran-empowered bounty hunter (spinning off from the Fire from Heaven x-over). Upcoming $1.75 titles (20 pages of story, btw) will be Union Vol. II by Heisler & Randy Green, and a series to be written by Beau Smith. It is unknown to me whether Steven Grant's Grifter series will be part of this line. Fire from Heaven continues through the WildStorm titles, concluding in Fire from Heaven #2 (A. Moore & Jim Lee). KEVLAR: ======= Horseman #0 (Kwon & Mshindo). The feudal Korean legend spins out from the pages of Shi. Now published by Kwon's own studio. LONDON NIGHT: ============= Razor/Warrior Nun Areala (Hartsoe & Millien). See also Antarctic. MARVEL: ======= Our promise to you, the new brand of Marvel reader: lower prices and fewer fiefdoms! Marvel "Edge" and 2099 fold back into the Marvel Heroes line, where nearly everything is $1.50 or $0.99. Most Spider and X books expand to 40 pages for $1.95. None of the big anniversary issues this month have cover gimmicks (Wolverine #100 was the last fancy cover for the foreseeable future). Spider-Man 2099 #45 (Raab & McKone). Atlantis floods downtown. Guest starring Strange 2099. Fantasic 4 2099 #7 (Kavanagh & Ferry). Namor is resurrected. Doom 2099 #43 (J. F. Moore & Lafferty). Reed offers Doom a choice: Save the last remaining Latverians or save the rest of the world. X-Nation 2099 #5 (Kavanagh/Raab & Battle). Guest stars Exodus. FF #413 (DeFalco & P. Ryan). Ties in to Onslaught. Avengers #400 (Waid & Wieringo). A man from the future travels to 1996 to witness what history recorded as the Avengers' final battle. But did the trip cause the disaster? Guest stars everyone who's ever been an Avenger, and nearly everyone they've ever fought. Wieringo is inked by Tom Palmer, which should be...odd. Ties in to Onslaught. Thor #500 (Messner-Loebs & Deodato). Thor and Amora return to Asgard and find nobody home but Trolls and Frost Giants. Perhaps now Thor will put on that costume that he's seen in everywhere but in his own book. Daredevil #354 (K. Kesel & Nord). Guest stars Spider-Man. Hulk #443 (PAD & Medina). Rick Jones's granddaughter returns to the present to find Bruce. What of that larger, darker, more brutish man-monster trudging through Canada. Is he Bruce, or a Maestro in the making? Untold Tales of Spider-Man #11 (Busiek & Oliffe). Electro teams up with the Eel, and Spidey's would-be sidekick, Bluebird, causes trouble. Spectacular Spider-Man #236 (DeZago & S. Buscema). Guest stars Will O' The Wisp and Dragon Man. Spider-Man #70 (Mackie & Romita Jr.). The Hobgoblin is back. New Warriors #73 (Skolnick & Zircher). The return of the Dire Wraiths, and the origin of Torpedo. Mission: Impossible! #1 (Wolfman & Liefeld). Adaptation of the upcoming movie. **X-Men** Onslaught is coming, but first he sends the least of his minions, Post, after Cable (#33, Loeb & Churchill), and then he sics Holocaust on X-Man (#17, Kavanagh & Skroce). Juggernaut's mental block prevents him from revealing Onslaught's true identity, but Jean Grey tries to unlock the secret in Uncanny X-Men #334 (Lobdell & Maduriera) and X-Men #54 (Waid & Andy Kubert). Jeff Matsuda is the new penciller of X-Factor, as of #124. Generation X #17 (Lobdell & Bachalo). Chris Bachalo returns as Skin fights the X-Cutioner. Origin of Generation X TPB reprints The Phalanx Covenant+GenX#1. MALIBU: ======= Prime #8 (G. Jones & Kolins). Guest starring Solitaire. 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