Coming Up: "Psurroundabout Ride" by XTC (as the Dukes of Stratosphear)

Out Oct 18. Order from Amazon now.

Details:

XTC as The Dukes - From Psychedelic Pswindon - the complete recordings in stereo and 5.1 Psurround Psound / 25 o Clock and Psonic Psunspot newly mixed in stereo by Steven Wilson, with mixes approved by Andy Partridge (CD & Blu-Ray) / Both albums + 2 extra tracks also newly mixed in 5.1 surround by Steven Wilson on Blu-Ray (with a final song up-mixed to surround using the Penteo audio system) / All 19 songs appear in their original mixes in hi-res stereo (Blu-Ray) / 18 songs appear in their new mixes in hi-res stereo (Blu-Ray)] / Complete demos from both albums & instrumental versions of album songs also feature in hi-res stereo on the Blu-Ray. Produced by John Leckie (Swami Anand Nagara) and The Dukes.

Sometimes it pays to be a studio band... Between 1980 (when they were still performing live) and 1989, XTC wrote, recorded and released a series of albums from Black Sea to Oranges & Lemons that cemented the band's reputation as songwriters and recording artists almost without parallel in the UK. They may not have sold as many as some and they tended to sell more in Japan and America than on home soil. They may not be as famous as other bands of the era but, to many of those with discerning ears, they're rated among the very best, the select few who rise above their contemporaries...

As if six stellar albums in ten years including two double LPs, in an era when the advent of digital technology and CDs left many artists struggling to issue one or two albums in the same period, wasn't enough, the band also issued two albums under completely different names as The Dukes of Stratosphear, an unashamedly psychedelic ensemble which phased and flanged in and out of existence in 1985 and 1987 respectively... (Though rumours continue to circulate of an earlier proto Merseybeat/Brit Blues incarnation of the band under yet another name..)

Psurroundabout Ride gathers all of the Dukes' material, with both albums remixed in stereo and 5.1 surround by Steven Wilson and mixes approved by Andy Partridge. No need for mushrooms, simply position yourself between 6 speakers, play the blu-ray, relax and float downstream, as the music takes you to places un-imagined, even in the original summer of love...

Tracks:

Disc: 1

  1. 25 O'Clock

  2. Bike Ride to the Moon

  3. My Love Explodes

  4. What in the World?

  5. Your Gold Dress

  6. The Mole from the Ministry

  7. Psonic Psunspot

  8. Vanishing Girl

  9. Have You Seen Jackie?

  10. Little Lighthouse

  11. You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)

  12. Collideascope

  13. You're My Drug

  14. Shiny Cage

  15. Brainiac's Daughter

  16. The Affiliated

  17. Pale and Precious

  18. Open a Can of Human Beans

  19. Black Jewelled Serpent of Sound (Radio Caroline Edit)

Disc: 2

  1. Tin Toy Clockwork Train

  2. 25 O'Clock

  3. Bike Ride to the Moon

  4. My Love Explodes

  5. What in the World?

  6. Your Gold Dress

  7. The Mole from the Ministry

  8. Psonic Psunspot

  9. Vanishing Girl

  10. Have You Seen Jackie?

  11. Little Lighthouse

  12. You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)

  13. Collideascope

  14. You're My Drug

  15. Shiny Cage

  16. Brainiac's Daughter

  17. The Affiliated

  18. Pale and Precious

  19. 25 O'Clock (Demo)

  20. Bike Ride to the Moon (Demo)

  21. My Love Explodes (Demo)

  22. What in the World?... (Demo)

  23. Nicely Nicely Jane (Demo)

  24. Susan Revolving (Demo)

  25. Psonic Psunspot

  26. No One at Home (Vanishing Girl Demo)

  27. Little Lighthouse (Demo)

  28. Collideascope (Demo)

  29. Shiny Cage (Demo)

  30. Brainiac's Daughter (Demo)

  31. The Affiliated (Demo)

Coming Up: Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 2

Available for pre-order from Amazon now.

Details from Marvel Comics:

Concluding Marvel's once-in-a-lifetime Omnibus collection of every astonishing tale of suspense by the inimitable duo of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko! Their collaborations birthed the Amazing Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, and in these pages you'll find the concepts, the themes and the very creative origins of those iconic super heroes. They're packed inside tight five-page thrillers, stories covering everything from aliens with outsized agendas to down-on-their-luck gutter bums. Stories that sought to raise the bar for comic book storytelling. Stories that plumb the human condition, expand the language of comics - and shock your pants off . Extensively researched and painstakingly restored, this, True Believer, is the collection you've dreamed of - and a testament to two of Marvel Comics' greatest creators.

COLLECTING: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1952) 74-96, STRANGE TALES (1951) 92-109, 112-113, TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) 27-48, TALES OF SUSPENSE (1959) 25-44, 46, AMAZING ADULT FANTASY (1961) 7-14, AMAZING FANTASY (1962) 15

Coming Up: Aquaman: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1

Available for pre-order now from Amazon.

Details from DC Comics:

The 1950s and early 1960s adventures of Aquaman are collected for the very first time.

Like many DC heroes, Aquaman had a resurgence in the late 1950s with the introduction of new allies and new story elements. Now these tales from the dawn of the Silver Age of comics are collected for the very first time. In these undersea adventures, Aquaman meets an invading force of alien amphibians, discovers an island that is in fact a spaceship, attends the Underwater Olympics, helps a sea captain overcome an ancient curse and much more.

Collects SHOWCASE #30-33, AQUAMAN #1-18, BRAVE AND THE BOLD #51, and the Aquaman adventures from ADVENTURE COMICS #260-280, #282 and #284, DETECTIVE COMICS #293-300, WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #125-133, #135, #137 and #139, SUPERMAN #138 and #148, ACTION COMICS #272, SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #55, SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #12, 29-31.

Coming Up: World's Finest: The Guardians of Earth

Available for pre-order now from Amazon.

Info from DC Comics:

Superman teams up with his fellow members of the Justice League to protect the Earth in these never-before-reprinted stories from the start of the 1970s.

In these tales from the start of the 1970s, Superman teams up with his fellow Justice League team members to protect the Earth. Included in this collection are stories in which the Man of Steel meets the Flash, in a well remembered race around the globe, as well as Green Lantern, Aquaman, Batman, Hawkman, Green Arrow, the Atom and Wonder Woman, in her white jumpsuit/secret agent phase. Collects WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #195-214.

Coming Up: New Gods by Gerry Conway

Up for pre-order now from Amazon.

Details from DC Comics:

The New Gods have starred in some of the most compelling stories in all of comics, written by masters like Jack Kirby and Gerry Conway. Now comes New Gods by Gerry Conway!

The Anti-Life Equation, a simple set on functions that would give Darkseid ultimate power over all sentient life, is exactly the type of thing the New Gods want to keep away from the Lord of Apokolips. However, the battle for the fate of the universe comes knocking on Earth's door. Six earthlings are all determined to possess a part of the equation, and the New Gods must reach them before Darkseid does.

Collects New Gods issues #12-19, 1st Issue Special #13, Super-Team Family #15, Adventure Comics #459-#460 Justice League of America #183-185.

Coming Up: Soundtrack to Gerry Anderson's 1970s sci-fi live-actioner "UFO"

Out Sept. 13 from Silva Screen Records. Watch for pre-order info at Amazon.

Details from the label:

After a decade of creating pioneering puppet series made for children, Gerry & Sylvia Anderson took their first steps into live-action, with the 1969 feature film Doppelgänger (re-titled outside Britain as Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun). 

This science-fiction film approached its outer space subject matter with a gritty realism, and would set the tone for what was to be their first live-action television series: UFO. 

This new series took as a starting point the pioneering work of Dr Christiaan N. Barnard, the surgeon who performed the world’s first heart transplant operation. In UFO a dying race of aliens travel across vast distances of space to harvest organs from human beings to help ensure their own survival. To combat this threat the United Nations created SHADO, a top-secret organisation utilising the latest technology available to defend the Earth. 

To complement the series, the Andersons frequent musical collaborator Barry Gray created a multifaceted score that gave the programme its own musical identity. 

Elegantly crafted and a firm favourite with Barry Gray fans, the sound of UFO, particularly its ethereal “World Music” closing credits is, quite simply, a joy. Includes a bonus track, Trampoline performed by The Spencer Davis Group from the episode Ordeal.

01 UFO Main Titles
02 S.H.A.D.O.
03 E.S.P. from “E.S.P.”
04 Flashback from “Confetti Check A-O.K.”
05 The Choice from “Confetti Check A-O.K.”
06 Space Junk from “Conflict”
07 Straker and the General from “Conflict”
08 A Rose for Sylvia from “Ordeal”
09 Harlington Straker from “Identified”
10 Alien from “Identified”
11 Travelling Home from “Ordeal”
12 The Trip from The Long Sleep
13 Taken from Ordeal
14 Crash Landing / Dreambox from Ordeal
15 The Leisure Sphere from Survival
16 Enemy my Friend from Survival
17 The Affair from The Square Triangle
18 A Day at the Studio from A Question of Priorities
19 Who Are You? / John’s Death from A Question of Priorities
20 UFO End Titles
21 Bonus Track – Trampoline from “Ordeal” - The Spencer Davis Group

Coming Up: Justice League of America - The Wedding of the Atom and Jean Loring

More Bronze Age JLA! Out Feb. 11. Pre-order from Amazon now.

Details:

While the male Leaguers are distracted by a bachelor party for the Atom, Amos Fortune captures Wonder Woman and uses the magical properties of her body to infuse seven random people with superpowers, then sends them to battle the Justice League!

Collects Justice League of America issues #149-158 and Super-Team Family #13-14.

Coming Up: "The Definitive Archies" - new vinyl best of

Out Sept. 13 from Real Gone. Order now from Amazon.

Details:

The first vinyl compilation in 30 years from everybody’s favorite back-of-the-cereal-box band! And, unlike recent (and decidedly unauthorized) reissues of The Archies’ albums, this release is not a disc dub! 

Brainchild of Don Kirshner, the man behind The Monkees, The Archies, for all of their “manufactured” image, were actually the result of a remarkable collection of talent. Holding down production duties was Jeff Barry, whose songwriting collaborations with then-wife Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector had yielded such classics as “Da Doo Ron Ron” and “Be My Baby,” and whose previous production credits included The Shangri-Las (“Leader of the Pack”) and The Monkees. 

Aiding Barry on the songwriting side was Barry discovery Andy Kim (“Rock Me Gently”), with whom Barry penned The Archies’ biggest hit, “Sugar, Sugar.” And at the mic was the great Ron Dante, whose first chart hit, ironically, was The Detergents’ “Leader of the Laundromat,” which was a parody version of “Leader of the Pack!” With such a surehanded production and songwriting team in tow, The Archies rattled off seven chart hits in quick succession, and you’ll find six of ‘em (featuring their other Top Ten hit, “Jingle Jangle”) here, in a 14-track compilation pressed in opaque blue vinyl limited to 1000 copies! Extensive sleeve notes by Ed Osborne accompany. 

SIDE ONE
1. Bang-Shang-A-Lang

2. Feelin’ So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.-D.O.O.) 3. Jingle Jangle
4. Who’s Your Baby?
5. Sunshine
6. Archie’s Party
7. Truck Driver

SIDE TWO
1. Inside Out – Upside Down 2. Get on the Line
3. Melody Hill
4. Justine

5. Love Light
6. Bicycles, Roller Skates and You

7. Sugar, Sugar

 

Coming Up: Criterion's monster-sized Godzilla collection

Out Oct. 29. Order from Amazon now.

Details:

In 1954, an enormous beast clawed its way out of the sea, destroying everything in its path—and changing movies forever. 

The arresting original Godzilla soon gave rise to an entire monster-movie genre (kaiju eiga), but the King of the Monsters continued to reign supreme: in fourteen fiercely entertaining sequels over the next two decades, Godzilla defended its throne against a host of other formidable creatures, transforming from a terrifying symbol of nuclear annihilation into a benevolent (if still belligerent) Earth protector. 

Collected here for the first time are all fifteen Godzilla films of Japan’s Showa era, in a landmark set showcasing the technical wizardry, fantastical storytelling, and indomitable international appeal that established the most iconic giant monster the cinema has ever seen. 

EIGHT-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTOR’S SET FEATURES

• High-definition digital transfers of all fifteen Godzilla films made between 1954 and 1975, released together for the first time, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks 

• High-definition digital transfers of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, the 1956 U.S.-release version of Godzilla; and the 1962 Japanese-release version of King Kong vs. Godzilla 

• Audio commentaries from 2011 on Godzilla and Godzilla, King of the Monsters featuring film historian David Kalat 

• International English-language dub tracks for Invasion of Astro-Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and Terror of Mechagodzilla 

• Directors Guild of Japan interview with director Ishiro Honda, conducted by director Yoshimitsu Banno in 1990 

• Programs detailing the creation of Godzilla’s special effects and unused effects sequences from Toho releases including Destroy All Monsters 

• New interview with filmmaker Alex Cox about his admiration for the Showa-era Godzilla films 

• New and archival interviews with cast and crew members, including actors Bin Furuya, Tsugutoshi Komada, Haruo Nakajima, and Akira Takarada; composer Akira Ifukube; and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai 

• Interview with critic Tadao Sato from 2011 • Illustrated audio essay from 2011 about the real-life tragedy that inspired Godzilla 

• New English subtitle translations • Trailers • PLUS: A lavishly illustrated deluxe hardcover book featuring an essay by cinema historian Steve Ryfle, notes on the films by cinema historian Ed Godziszewski, and new illustrations by Arthur Adams, Sophie Campbell, Becky Cloonan, Jorge Coelho, Geof Darrow, Simon Gane, Robert Goodin, Benjamin Marra, Monarobot, Takashi Okazaki, Angela Rizza, Yuko Shimizu, Bill Sienkiewicz, Katsuya Terada, Ronald Wimberly, and Chris Wisnia 

Coming Up: Horn Rock & Funky Guitar Grooves 1968-1974

Out Aug. 2 from Ace Records. Order now from Amazon for $12.89.

Details:

American rock gets back to its soulful roots. Available on CD and double LP.
1968 was the year when rock music went back to its roots. Many cite Dylan and the Band and their search for a mythical America, but for others it was a return to the jazz, soul and R&B they had grown up with and had first got them into music. “Horn Rock & Funky Guitar Grooves” explores these escapes from psychedelia in a 17-track compilation that stretches geographically from New Jersey to San Francisco, and on down to Memphis and New Orleans as rock once again became danceable.

The term horn rock traditionally refers to the jazz style of big band-arranged rock associated with bands such as Blood, Sweat & Tears (who are featured with ‘Roller Coaster’) and Chicago: music which showed the influence of jazz on the post-war children who became rock stars in the 1960s. It’s clearly there with Al Kooper’s take on Hayes & Porter’s ‘Toe Hold’, San Francisco’s the Sons with their De La Soul-sampled ‘Boomp, Boomp, Chomp’, Chase’s frenetic ‘Run Back To Mama’, Lighthouse’s floor-filler ‘One Fine Morning’ and Donnie Brooks’ previously unreleased ‘Blow Your Mind’.

Others looked to the touring R&B bands for their influence. This was most obvious in Delaney & Bonnie’s Memphis-recorded ‘It’s Been A Long Time Coming’, and the bands that emerged from Bill Graham’s San Francisco label: Cold Blood, Tower Of Power and Hammer. The last of those replaced the horns with guitars and organ, as did the East Coast’s Crystal Mansion. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and alumnus Mike Bloomfield in the Electric Flag embraced horns after starting out as pioneers of electric guitar.

“Horn Rock & Funky Guitar Grooves” embraces an era and a sound that is often overlooked for self-consciously heavier and hipper sounds. These records are today sampled for their good grooves, and championed by DJs of retro sounds for their dancefloor adaptability.

Tracks:

1. Buddy's Advice - Paul Butterfield Blues Band

  2. Toe Hold - Al Kooper

  3. It's Been a Long Time Coming - Delaney & Bonnie

  4. Understanding - Cold Blood

  5. One Fine Morning (LP Version) - Lighthouse

  6. Roller Coaster - Blood Sweat & Tears

  7. Clever Girl - Tower of Power

  8. Blow Your Mind - Donnie Brooks

  9. Run Back to Mama - Chase

  10. Tuane - Hammer

  11. Somebody Oughta Turn Your Head Around - Crystal Mansions

  12. Clown (Part 1) - the Flock

  13. Gypsy Boy II - Tobias Wood Henderson

  14. Shoes - Black Magic

  15. Make Your Move - the Electric Flag

  16. Boomp, Boomp, Chomp - the Sons

  17. Aunt Marie - American Sound LTD

Coming Up: Come On Let's Go! Power Pop Gems From The 70s & 80s

Out Aug. 2 from Ace Records. Order from Amazon now for $12.89.

Details:

Nothing shakes some action like a snappy guitar-based pop song delivered with a powerful beat, boundless energy and joyous enthusiasm. 

“Power pop is what we play,” declared Pete Townshend in a 1967 interview to promote the Who’s ‘Pictures Of Lily’. Although the term power pop did not gain much traction at the time, it re-emerged at the beginning of the 70s after the Beatles had dissolved and music began to fracture into various camps.

In the USA, bands that remained true to the Beatles tradition began to be referred to as power pop. The Raspberries set the ball rolling in 1972, and young bands began to spring up who really only wanted to sing about girls and having a good time on Saturday night. As the 70s wore on, the new wave had an ever-growing influence on the movement, and even the Ramones donned skinny ties long enough to back up harmony pop masters the Paley Brothers on a thrilling update of Ritchie Valens’ ‘Come On Let’s Go’.

The power pop movement never really caught on in the UK, principally because the highly influential mainstream music press were first centred on progressive rock, and then completely consumed by the arrival of punk. Even the mighty Raspberries failed to crack the UK Top 50, while Cheap Trick scored one lowly entry and only the Knack managed to hit the Top 10. US fans were fortunate in having publications such as Creem, Trouser Press and Who Put The Bomp staffed by maverick writers with diverse voices. Greg and Suzy Shaw were especially supportive of groups such as the Flamin’ Groovies, Rubinoos and Dwight Twilley Band, not only with their magazine but, once their Bomp! record label was formed, by putting out singles by the Romantics, Shoes, 20/20, Gary Charlson and others.

Pure pop bliss is provided by the Toms on their richly melodic ‘Better Than Anyone Else’, while the Dwight Twilley Band go ‘Looking For The Magic’ with breathless energy and insistent determination. The Romantics kick up a storm on ‘What I Like About You’ – its hectic rhythm guitar, squealing harmonica, and raw Beatles-like vitality making it an absolute killer. Staten Island’s Dirty Looks deliver their paean to rock’n’roll, ‘Let Go’, with the same energy and drive that any punk band would have been proud to muster, while the Tweeds nail our musical addiction in one with ‘I Need That Record’. Also included is the Flamin’ Groovies’ original US version of ‘Shake Some Action’, which Cyril Jordan claims is their best ever recording and we are not arguing. 

“Come On Let’s Go!” presents us with a smorgasbord of power pop classics, obscurities and left-field gems – collective proof that nothing shakes some action like a snappy guitar-based pop song delivered with a powerful beat, boundless energy and joyous enthusiasm.

Tracks:

1. Come on Let's Go - the Paley Brothers & the Ramones

  2. I Wanna Be with You - Raspberries

  3. What I Like About You - the Romantics

  4. Let Go - Dirty Looks

  5. Looking for the Magic - Dwight Twilley Band

  6. I Need That Record - the Tweeds

  7. Shake Some Action - the Flamin' Groovies

  8. (My Girl) Mary Anne - the Spongetones

  9. Radio Heart - the Secrets

  10. Kerri - Robert Johnson

  11. The Trains - Nashville Ramblers

  12. Nuclear Boy - 20/20

  13. Better Than Anyone Else - the Toms

  14. Nothing Comes Close - Bill Lloyd

  15. (Baby) It's You - the Boys

  16. It's Only Dark - Wire Train

  17. Andy, Please - Van Duren & Jody Stephens

  18. Glitter Best - the Rooks

  19. Teen Line - the Shivvers

  20. September Gurls - Big Star

  21. Not the Way It Seems - Gary Charlson

  22. Tomorrow Night - Shoes

  23. Rock and Roll Is Dead - the Rubinoos

  24. One World - Utopia

Coming Up: Daredevil By Frank Miller Box Set

Out Oct. 15. Pre-order now from Amazon.

Details:

Visionary creator Frank Miller's complete saga of Matt Murdock and his first love, the lethal assassin Elektra Natchios - in a single exhilarating box set! One of the greatest runs not just in Daredevil history but in all of comics, Miller also introduced Stick and the Hand to the DD mythos and established the Kingpin and his sadistic marksman Bullseye as Matt's deadliest foes. Plus the stunning graphic novel LOVE & WAR, Miller's revolutionary revisit of the origin of the Man Without Fear, the starling continuation of Elektra's story, and much more!

Coming Up: The Complete Nazz - Todd Rundgren's psych rock band

Out Aug. 30. Pre-order from Amazon now.

Details:

For the first time ever, all the recordings of Todd Rundgren's late '60s psych rock band Nazz are collected together in one far out 3CD box set!Includes all 3 commercially released studio albums plus tons of bonus material!Packaged in a high quality clam shell box with individual replication sleeves for the CDs and two sets of liner notes detailing the history of the band with images and words! 

Track list:

Disc: 1

  1. Open My Eyes

  2. Back of Your Mind

  3. See What You Can Be

  4. Hello, It's Me

  5. Wildwood Blues

  6. If That's the Way You Feel

  7. Then I Get My Plane

  8. Lemming Song

  9. Crowded

  10. She's Goin' Down

  11. Nazz Radio Commercials

  12. Train Kept a Rollin' (Album Outtake)

  13. Magic Me (Audition Tape)

  14. See What You Can Be (Audition Tape)

  15. Hello, It's Me (Demo)

  16. Crowded (Demo)

  17. Open My Eyes (Non-Phased Demo)

  18. Lemming Song (Demo)

  19. The Nazz Are Blue (Live)

  20. Why Is It Me (Woody's Truck Stop Version)

  21. Hello, It's Me (Mono Single Mix)

  22. Open My Eyes (Mono Single Mix)

Disc: 2

  1. Forget All About It

  2. Not Wrong Long

  3. Rain Rider

  4. Gonna Cry Today

  5. Meridian Leeward

  6. Under the Ice

  7. Hang on Paul

  8. Kiddie Boy

  9. Featherbedding Lover

  10. Letters Don't Count

  11. A Beautiful Song

  12. Not Wrong Long (Extended Beginning)

  13. Love Everywhere (Album Outtake)

  14. Sing a Song (Album Outtake)

  15. Sydney's Lunchbox (Album Outtake)

  16. Letters Don't Count (Todd Vocal)

  17. Meridian Leeeward (Alternate Version)

  18. Not Wrong Long (Mono Single Mix)

  19. Under the Ice (Mono Single Mix)

Disc: 3

  1. Some People

  2. Only One Winner

  3. Kicks

  4. Resolution

  5. It's Not That Easy

  6. Old Time Lovemaking

  7. Magic Me

  8. Loosen Up

  9. Take the Hand

  10. How Can You Call That Beautiful?

  11. Plenty of Lovin'

  12. Christopher Columbus

  13. You Are My Window

  14. Magic Me (Alternate Version)

  15. Resolution (Todd Vocal)

  16. Only One Winner (Todd Vocal)

  17. It's Not That Easy (Todd Vocal)

  18. Take the Hand (Todd Vocal)

  19. How Can You Call That Beautiful? (Todd Vocal)

  20. Forget All About It (Todd Vocal)

  21. Kicks (Long Version)

  22. Some People (Mono Single Mix)

  23. Magic Me (Single Mix)

Coming Up: Doctor Who: Jon Pertwee Complete Season Four

Out Oct. 15. Pre-order from Amazon now.

Details:

Jon Pertwee’s complete fourth season as The Doctor in Doctor Who is coming to Blu-ray in this brand new collection!  In 1973, Doctor Who celebrated its tenth anniversary with a very special story reuniting the first two Doctors – William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton – with Jon Pertwee’s then-current Doctor. The Three Doctors kicks off an explosive, colorful series of adventures across all of time and space as the Doctor and Jo Grant (Katy Manning) encounter the rogue Time Lord Omega, the terrifying Drashigs, the noble Draconians, fearsome Ogrons, deadly Daleks and slithering giant maggots. This season also includes the final appearance of Roger Delgado as the Doctor’s arch nemesis The Master, plus adventures alongside Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) and UNIT.

With all 26 episodes newly remastered from the best available sources, this Blu-ray box set also contains extensive and exclusive special features which include:

♦ A brand new feature-length documentary examining the Third Doctor’s Era, with archival contributions from Jon Pertwee, Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks plus all-new interviews with Katy Manning, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, presented by Matthew Sweet.
♦ Updated special effects and surround sound mix for Planet of the Daleks.
♦ Five new instalments of Behind the Sofa, featuring Katy Manning, Richard Franklin (Captain Yates) and John Levene (Sergeant Benton), along with 21st century Doctor Who panel Phil Collinson (Producer/Executive Producer), Pete McTighe (Writer) and Joy Wilkinson (Writer).
♦ Looking for Lennie, a documentary investigating the life of director Lennie Mayne.
♦ Keeping up with the Jones’, which sees Katy Manning with Stewart Bevan (Cliff Jones) pay a return visit to the Welsh locations from The Green Death.
♦ Plus: a repeat omnibus of The Green Death unseen since Christmas 1973, rare Panopticon convention footage, Blu-ray trailer, HD photo galleries plus scripts, production files and rare documentation provided as PDFs.
♦ The six-disc box set also includes hours of extensive special features previously released on DVD including two episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures that saw Katy Manning’s Jo Jones meet the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith).

Coming Up: Ultraman - The Complete Series

Out Oct. 15. Pre-order from Amazon now.

Details:

ULTRAMAN, a giant alien from the Land of Light in Nebula M78, enters Earth's atmosphere in pursuit of an escaped space monster. In the skies above Japan he accidentally crashes into a Jet VTOL piloted by Hayata, a member of the Science Special Search Party (SSSP), an international research and defense agency that protects the world from monsters and aliens of all shapes and sizes. To save Hayata, Ultraman merges his life force with the dying human and vows to stay and fight for peace on Earth. Now, whenever the Patrol faces a threat too great for them to handle, Hayata transforms into Ultraman to save the day!
ULTRAMAN was Tsuburaya Productions' first color series, a sci-fi action adventure drama that dominated the ratings during its initial 1966-67 broadcast run in Japan. The show was quickly licensed for release in America, airing in syndication for nearly two decades. Colorful, fast-paced, and packed with memorable heroes, creatures and incredible special effects, ULTRAMAN was the foundation for a phenomena that continues to this day.
SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Complete, original Japanese broadcast edits - fully remastered and restored in HD
• Lossless DTS-HD Master Audio
• 28-page collectible booklet
• Digital Redeption on movieSPREE!

Coming Up: Marvel's Solid Gold Super Heroes: Captain America, Human Torch, Sub-Mariner, and way beyond!

Out Jan. 28. Pre-order from Amazon now.

Details:

Captain America, Human Torch, Sub-Mariner! PLUS a bountiful bevy of obscure heroes like Blazing Skull, Blonde Phantom, Terror, Sun Girl, Marvel Boy and... the yellow-costumed Whizzer! This stunning, ginormous-format coffee-table book is brought to you by the Yoe Books/IDW titanic team who gave you the rousingly acclaimed Super Weird Heroes books! True Believers, face front as we look back at the pulse-pounding super heroes who are the bodacious bedrock of the Mighty Marvel Universe!

Coming Up: History of the Marvel Universe Treasury Edition

Out Feb. 25. Pre-order from Amazon now.

Details:

The Marvel Universe is a sprawling, interconnected web of rich history...and now, it's all coming together! Writer Mark Waid and artist Javier Rodriguez chronicle the definitive history of the Marvel Universe from its very beginnings to the modern day - and perhaps beyond! And woven through the moments you know is a brand-new tale featuring previously unknown secrets and shocking revelations, connecting dozens of threads from the Marvel Universe's past and present! From the Big Bang to the twilight of existence, this sweeping saga covers every significant Marvel event and provides fresh looks at the origins of every fan's favorite stories! It's the greatest tale ever told -and a story you've never seen before!

COLLECTING: HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE 1-6

Coming Up: "American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-44"

Out July 2. Order now from Amazon.

Details:

The American Comic Book Chronicles continues its ambitious series of FULL-COLOR HARDCOVERS, where TwoMorrows' top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today! 

Kurt Mitchell and editor Roy Thomas composed this volume about the “Golden Age” of the comic book industry, a five-year period that presented the earliest adventures of such iconic super-heroes as Batman, Captain Marvel, Superman, and Wonder Woman. 

It was a time when America’s entry into World War II was presaged by the arrival of such patriotic do-gooders as Will Eisner’s Uncle Sam, Harry Shorten and Irv Novick’s The Shield, and Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s Captain America. 

It was when teenage culture found expression in a fumbling red-haired high school student named Archie Andrews. But most of all, the first five years of the 1940s was the age of the “packagers” when studios headed by men like Harry A Chesler, Will Eisner, and Jerry Iger churned out material for a plethora of new comic book companies that published the entire gamut of genres, from funny animal stories to crime tales to jungle sagas to science-fiction adventures.

These are just a few of the events chronicled in this exhaustive, full-color hardcover. Taken together, American Comic Book Chronicles forms a cohesive, linear overview of the entire landscape of comics history, sure to be an invaluable resource for ANY comic book enthusiast!

Coming up: "Mac Raboy: Master of the Comics"

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Beginning with his WPA etchings during the 1930s, Mac Raboy struggled to survive the Great Depression and eventually found his way into the comic book sweatshops of America. In that world of four-color panels, he perfected his art style on such creations as Dr. Voodoo, Zoro, The Mystery Man, Bulletman, Spy Smasher, Green Lama and his crowning achievement, Captain Marvel Jr. Raboy went on to illustrate the Flash Gordon Sunday newspaper strip, and left behind a legacy of meticulous perfection. Through extensive research and interviews with son David Raboy, and assistants who worked with the artist during the Golden Age of Comics, author Roger Hill brings Mac Raboy, the man and the artist, into focus for historians to savor and enjoy. This full-color hardcover includes never-before-seen photos, a wealth of rare and unpublished artwork, and the first definitive biography of a true Master of the Comics!

 

Coming Up: "All Star Comics: Only Legends Live Forever"

 
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Witness the continuing adventures of the Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Doctor Fate and Wildcat as they're joined by younger heroes Robin, Power Girl and Star-Spangled Kid to battle the Psycho-Pirate, the immortal Vandal Savage, the Injustice Society and more. The classic 1970s run of the Justice Society of America is now collected in a single volume from the pages of ALL-STAR COMICS #58-74, ADVENTURE COMICS #461-466 and DC SPECIAL #29.