Coming Up: Doctor Who - Series 11 Original TV Soundtrack


Out Feb. 1. Order now from Amazon.

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Bigger and bolder than ever, Series 11 marks the arrival of the Thirteenth Doctor, award-winning actress Jodie Whittaker. a super-smart explorer of the universe, alongside a team of new friends and delightful characters.

The new series heralds a brand-new era for Doctor Who, full of action and adventure, humour and heart an unmissable high-end drama everyone will enjoy.

Segun Akinola is a multi-talented composer who has strengthened many projects with his musical acumen and is a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit.

Segun's work includes scoring BBC Two's landmark four-part series Black and British: A Forgotten History, written and presented by Historian David Olusoga. He also scored Shola Amoo's debut feature film A Moving Image, which had its world premiere at the 2016 LA Film Festival.

Time Capsule: Dean Martin Christmas Show 1968

Time Capsule: Football program - Colts vs. Vikings, Dec. 22, 1968


Coming up: "Manchester - A City United in Music" from Ace Records


Out Jan. 25.

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Starting with Ewan MacColl's Dirty Old Town , written about the great metropolis and capturing the effects of 200 years of industrial revolution and its aftermath, Manchester: A City United In Music moves through the 60s beat revolution, Strawberry Studios pop era, northern punk, indie mayhem and on to the Madchester years, culminating with an Oasis modern day-anthem.

The tracks vary from the multi-million selling hits of Wayne Fontana, 10cc, Herman's Hermits and Simply Red to the cult musical art of Haydock's Rockhouse, Wynder K Frog and Smack.

Well-known artists like the Hollies, Georgie Fame and John Mayall are heard on some of their lesser-known but top-notch tracks. Cult singles are featured by the Purple Gang, Toggery 5, Gerry & the Holograms and the Dakotas.

Local personalities abound - Chris Sievey in pre-Frank Sidebottom guise with the Freshies, the Bard Of Salford - Mr John Cooper-Clarke and Graham Fellows aka John Shuttleworth when he was Jilted John.

Future stars like Graham Gouldman and Dave Formula are present on great tracks recorded before fame arrived, while legendary producer Martin Hannett's name threads through the track-listing.

Manchester's soulful roots can be heard on tracks by Elkie Brooks, Sweet Sensation, M People and Blue Zone, while earlier attempts at R&B were made by beat groups the Measles, Pete MacLaine & the Clan and the Whirlwinds.

A dozen years later a raucous in your face musical rebellion was taken up by Buzzcocks, Slaughter & the Dogs and the Salford Jets. That burst of pent-up energy was then followed by the moodier angst-ridden sounds of Joy Division, Magazine and the Fall, and their younger followers the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Inspiral Carpets.

Sequenced mainly chronologically, this 2CD set and its accompanying booklet tell a fascinating story of a city's musical history and examine how it came to be. Photos many by noted Manchester scene photographer Kevin Cummins and artwork from the period, along with the reminiscences from the players, bring it to life again. The striking digipak features a photo of Chris Sievey lurking outside Market Street's Virgin Megastore, and the package is enhanced with a 44-page booklet and extensive notes by compiler CP Lee with an overview by Jon Savage.

Time Capsule: Hollywood Palace Christmas Show 1968

First teaser-trailer for DC's "Doom Patrol" TV series - plus cast pics









Time Capsule: "Concentration" Christmas episode 1968

Pop culture roundup: Power Records; Frazetta; Steranko; Gorey; Kirby and more

The Retroist remembers Power Records at Christmas.


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At Davy Crockett's Almanac: Frank Frazetta meets Leif Ericcson.

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Also at Davy's: Mickey meets the movie stars.


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Jim Steranko Michael Cho and Bruce Timm are among artists featured on the variant covers of DC's upcoming Detective Comics #1000.


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A new biography recounts Edward Gorey's Tarot card deck.


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The Bronze Age of Blogs digs into Jack Kirby's 1970s Sandman.


Watch/listen: "A Very Spidey Christmas"


Via Film Music Reporter:

Sony Classical and Sony Pictures Animation will release a new soundtrack EP featuring the Christmas songs recorded for the studios’ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, including Chris Pine’s rendition of Spidey-Bells (A Hero’s Lament) (as featured in the movie’s end credits) and Up on the House Top, Joy to the World performed by Shameik Moore and Deck the Halls performed by Jake Johnson. A Very Spidey Christmas will be released digitally tomorrow, December 21.

Coming up: Marvel Masters of Suspense - Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1

Out Aug. 27. Order from Amazon now.

Before Steve Ditko revolutionized comic book super-heroes with the Amazing Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, he applied his incomparable storytelling mastery to taught suspense-thrillers. These chilling stories were cast with nervous-eyed dreamers and sweaty-palmed schemers, none of whom make it out with getting theirs. They were parables of wrenching psychological tension, expressed by one of comic book's most unique creative minds, and they will leave you curled up and screaming for more-whether you like it or not! Marvel is honored to collect Ditko's complete stories of suspense in two beautifully restored Omnibus volumes. From his very first Marvel work in 1956 through to his last five-page masterpiece, every iconic Silver Age Ditko short is collected in these incomparable Omnibus editions.

COLLECTING: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1952) 33, 38, 50-73, STRANGE TALES (1951) 46, 50, 67-91, TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) 1-26, TALES OF SUSPENSE (1959) 1-15, 17-24, STRANGE WORLDS (1958) 1-5, WORLD OF FANTASY(1956) 16-19, AMAZING ADVENTURES (1961) 1-6, JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS (1950) 45, 51, MYSTERY TALES (1950) 40, 45, 47, TWO-GUN WESTERN (1956) 4, WORLD OF SUSPENSE (1956) 2, MARVEL TALES (1949) 147, SPELLBOUND (1952) 29, STRANGE TALES OF THE UNUSUAL (1955) 5, ASTONISHING (1951) 53, WORLD OF MYSTERY (1956) 3, 6, BATTLE (1951) 63, GUNSMOKE WESTERN (1955) 66



Time Capsule: "The Night Before Christmas" animated TV special, 1968

Coming up: Golden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus Vol. 1

Out Aug. 20. Order from Amazon now.

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In August 1939 a new voice hit the newsstands and changed the comic-book world forever: MARVEL COMICS #1, with its blazing Human Torch cover, had arrived! And this 64-page pulp package wasn't your typical assortment of super-powered, straight-laced, do-gooders-this was something completely new. The amazing android creation of Dr. Phineas Horton, the Human Torch was neither man nor hero-he was a blazing force of nature that shocked and unsettled mankind. Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, the half-human/half-Atlantean, ventures from his undersea kingdom into the world of man-not with a mind set on peace, but towards vengeance! These two characters would form the foundation for the style of conflicted hero that defi nes Marvel to this day, and you'll see them evolve across twelve full issues from their raw forms into the battling fire and water mega-hits of the Golden Age! They're flanked by an eclectic set born out of the fast-paced energy and imagination of the Golden Age including the heroic Angel; the wild and incomparable robot invention, Electro; the hard-edged detective, the Ferret; Terry Vance, the boy adventurer; the Western Masked Raider; and the ongoing jungle adventures of Ka-Zar, the Great. Featuring an extensive essay on Marvel's pulp magazine pre-history, publisher Martin Goodman and the birth of Marvel Comics by noted historian Will Murray, and topped off with special bonus features including original artwork and items never seen since 1939, this collection forms the cornerstone of Marvel history essential for every comic book fan, collector and historian!

COLLECTING: MARVEL COMICS 1 & MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 2-12 


Time Capsule: The Queen's Christmas message, 1968

New Comics Day: Wonder Woman -Celebrating the '60s Omnibus; EC Archives - Vault of Horror; Eerie Archives; Marvel Universe by Frank Miller Omnibus; Moon Knight Epic Collection

Wonder Woman: Diana Prince: Celebrating the '60s Omnibus

EC Archives: Vault of Horror Vol. 5

Eerie Archives Vol. 25

Marvel Universe by Frank Miller Omnibus

Moon Knight Epic Collection: Final Rest

New "Hellboy" movie posters and pics

The first film in the re-booted "Hellboy" franchise is due out in April with David Harbour (the sheriff on "Stranger Things") in the title role. Here's a look. A trailer will debut later this week.