Here's what looks good/interesting to me this week. Click title links to order discounted collections from Amazon.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #20 (the only comic my wife reads)
SHOWCASE PRESENTS BRAVE & BOLD BATMAN TEAMUPS VOL 03 (more Jim Aparo art! He's my all-time favorite Batman artist)
ASTERIX OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 (I've had all these books for years, but I'm very happy to see Asterix in print in the U.S.)
Pop links: Santa songs, happy holidays with Bing and Frank, Cohen's Hallelujah chorus, Davy Graham remembered
WFMU's Beware of the Blog asks the musical question: Is Santa Claus a hippie?
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Classic TV Showbiz presents "Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank" from 1957.
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You can rest easy: "Howard the Duck" is finally coming to DVD.
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What did Leonard Cohen mean when he wrote "Hallelujah," (now enjoying chart success in multiple cover versions) anyway? The BBC investigates.
...exactly how Christmassy is this song, with lines like "your faith was strong but you needed proof", where the singer is "not somebody who's seen the light"?
Well, while there's not a lot of "behold the Baby Jesus" and not a donkey in sight, there's certainly a lot of Bible in there - it's just that it's some of the raunchier and more violent episodes from the Christmas-free Old Testament.
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Mojo mag remembers the great British guitarist Davy Graham, who passed away yesterday.
Here's Graham in a 1959 BBC TV documentary directed by Ken Russell.
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Classic TV Showbiz presents "Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank" from 1957.
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You can rest easy: "Howard the Duck" is finally coming to DVD.
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What did Leonard Cohen mean when he wrote "Hallelujah," (now enjoying chart success in multiple cover versions) anyway? The BBC investigates.
...exactly how Christmassy is this song, with lines like "your faith was strong but you needed proof", where the singer is "not somebody who's seen the light"?
Well, while there's not a lot of "behold the Baby Jesus" and not a donkey in sight, there's certainly a lot of Bible in there - it's just that it's some of the raunchier and more violent episodes from the Christmas-free Old Testament.
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Mojo mag remembers the great British guitarist Davy Graham, who passed away yesterday.
Here's Graham in a 1959 BBC TV documentary directed by Ken Russell.
Find a Wii this Christmas! $249 at Amazon!
Are you a frazzled parent looking for what seems to be this year's ultimate Christmas gift? Here's the best deal
I've spotted on the elusive things! Turned up this morning on Amazon after clicks to everywhere else came up empty. Good luck!
I've spotted on the elusive things! Turned up this morning on Amazon after clicks to everywhere else came up empty. Good luck!
Marvel Comics March 2008 solicitations: Softcover Masterworks, more
Marvel Comics has announced its releases for next March. Here's what looks good to me. Click title links to pre-order discounted books from Amazon.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE X-MEN VOL. 1 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE
Welcome to the uncanny world of Marvel's mutant adventurers, the X-Men! Billled as "The Strangest Super-Heroes of All!" the X-Men blasted onto the comic-book scene in 1963, as the Marvel Comics revolution mounted a full-scale reinvention of four-color adventure like no other! You'll feast your eyes on the foundation of one of comic's most-famous franchises in these first ten issues. It's all here from the very beginning with the debut of Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Iceman and Marvel Girl, Professor X's teen team with a mission of peace and brotherhood for man and mutant, in their first battle with the Master of Magnetism, Magneto. You'll also read the first appearances of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Marvel Universe mainstays, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, the villainous Blob and Unus the Untouchable, as well as the reinvention of the Golden Age jungle man, Ka-Zar! Written by Stan "The Man" Lee and illustrated by Jack "King" Kirby, it's super-hero adventure at its very best! Collecting THE X-MEN #1-10.
248 PGS/All Ages ...$24.99 $16.49.
X-MEN: PHOENIX RISING PREMIERE HC
Written by ROGER STERN, JOHN BYRNE & BOB LAYTON
Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA, JOHN BYRNE & JACKSON GUICE
Covers by JOHN BYRNE & JACKSON GUICE
She was a mutant. She was a telepath. She was dead. PHOENIX. Now, Jean Grey walks the earth again. How will her friends, her enemies, and her one true love react to the fiery spectacle of Phoenix Rising? Collecting AVENGERS #263, FANTASTIC FOUR #286, X-FACTOR #1 and material from CLASSIC X-MEN #8 & #43.
136 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99
AVENGERS: HAWKEYE PREMIERE HC
Written by STAN LEE, MARK GRUENWALD, ROGER STERN, STEVEN GRANT, DAVID MICHELINIE & MIKE FRIEDRICH
Penciled by DON HECK, JOHN BYRNE, MARK GRUENWALD, BRETT BREEDING, ELIOT R. BROWN, GEORGE EVANS, JIMMY JANES & BRUCE PATTERSON
Covers by MARK GRUENWALD & JOHN BYRNE
The Ace Archer of the Avengers in some of his sharpest adventures! His beginnings as a malfeasant marksman! His solo stand against X-Men adversary Deathbird! Plus: double-costumed debuts for Hawkeye's future bride Bobbi Morse, a.k.a. Agent 19, and the couple's whirlwind romance in Hawkeye's first miniseries! Guest-starring the Black Widow, Spider-Man and more! Collecting HAWKEYE #1-4, TALES OF SUSPENSE #57, MARVEL SUPER ACTION #1, AVENGERS #189 and MARVEL TEAM-UP #95.
184 PGS./ Rated T+ ...$24.99
ESSENTIAL POWER MAN AND IRON FIST VOL. 2 TPB
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, MIKE W. BARR, MARY JO DUFFY, DENNY O'NEIL, STEVEN GRANT, KURT BUSIEK & FRANK MILLER
Penciled by RUBY NEBRES, FRANK MILLER, KERRY GAMMILL, DENYS COWAN, RICARDO VILLAMONTE, KEITH POLLARD, GREG LAROCQUE, ERNIE CHAN & KLAUS JANSON
Cover by DENYS COWAN
Organized crime, interdimensional evil, espionage, vampirism, the Elite Odd Couple of the Eighties can handle it all! The origins of Power Man and Iron Fist are retold as figures from each past return to haunt both! Plus the savage Sabretooth! The untouchable Unus! Goldeneye, Stoneface, and Hammerhead! Also featuring more of New York's finest heroes: Daredevil, Moon Knight, el Aguila, and the Daughters of the Dragon! Special guest appearance by Elektra: Assassin! Collecting POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #76-100 and DAREDEVIL #178.
616 PGS./All Ages ...$16.99 $11.55
OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #3
Written by VARIOUS
Continuing the chronicle of the Marvel Universe, starting with Spider-Man (from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #113 on), Iron Man (from IRON MAN #6 on) and the X-Men (from UNCANNY X-MEN #126 on). Follow the history of the Marvel universe as it unfolds month by month with the All-New Official Index to the Marvel Universe. Each issue provides synopses for dozens of individual comics, including back-up strips, introducing you to the characters, teams, places and equipment that appeared within, providing vital information about first appearances, where they last showed up and where they appeared next!
64 PGS./Rated A ...$3.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY VOL. 2 HC
Written by STAN LEE & VARIOUS
Penciled by RUSS HEATH, BILL EVERETT, DON PERLIN, GEORGE TUSKA, DICK AYERS, MYRON FASS, PAUL REINMAN, MORT LAWRENCE, VINCE COLLETTA, JACK ABEL, TONY DIPRETA, HARRY ANDERSON VIC CARRABOTTA, PETE TUMLINSON, ROBERT Q. SALE, AL LUSTER, DOUG WILDEY, AL EADEH, BILL WALTON, JOHN FORTE, DON LORRINO, DICK BRIEFER, PABLO FERRO, MANNIE BANKS,
HOWARD POST & MORE
Cover by RUSS HEATH
It's time again to journey into the deepest, darkest, most terrifying recesses of Marvel history, so make sure you've got batteries in your flashlight and prepare yourself for another deadly dose of pre-Code horror! In 1953 the gloves were off, and for a thin dime you could experience all the horrors of the human imagination as portrayed in despondent four-color gorey. So if you're the sort that likes weird and shocking tales, shamble on up for ten issues of wall-to-wall zombies, ghosts, vampires and devil-dealing ne'er-do-wells illustrated by the very best of the Atlas Era! Collecting JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #11-20 .
272 PGS/All Ages ...$59.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 9 HC
Written by ROY THOMAS with HARLAN ELLISON
Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA with SAL BUSCEMA, HERB TRIMPE & FRANK GIACOIA
Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA
Rascally Roy Thomas and Big John Buscema are back again with another batch of true Avengers classics! They've packed so many fantastic firsts into these pages, there's no time to delay so here we go: First you'll meet a new face in the Marvel Universe, the Native American hero, Red Wolf! Then, it's all-out invasion when the Zodiac take over Manhattan, followed by the first appearance of the Defender-to-be, Valkyrie and the Lady Liberators. Then comes a set of other-dimensional threats that helped defined a decade: the sword-and-sorcery menace, Arkon, and the evil super-team, the Squadron Sinister. Follow that up with the origin of the Black Panther, and a crossover classic penned by Roy and the award-winning titan of speculative fiction, Harlan Ellison, that pits the Avengers with the Hulk in an adventure that changed ol' Greenskin forever. With guest-star appearances by Peter Parker, Aunt May, the Fantastic Four, Black Widow, the Inhumans' Medusa, Professor X and Roy Thomas himself there's no denying that the entire Marvel Universe has fallen in for this one, so reserve that copy today, True Believer! Collecting AVENGERS #80-88 & INCREDIBLE HULK #140.
224 PGS./ All Ages ...$54.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: WARLOCK VOL. 2 HC
Written by JIM STARLIN with BILL MANTLO
Penciled by JIM STARLIN with JOHN BYRNE
Cover by JIM STARLIN
The MARVEL MASTERWORKS line is proud to present one of comics' most mind-blowingly cosmic sagas. At '70s Marvel there was no who quite mastered the startling scope and high-concept complexity of truly cosmic adventure like writer/artist and overall Renaissance man, Jim Starlin. His first effort with Captain Marvel redefined a character. His second with Adam Warlock set the tone for star-spanning spectacle that is considered a high-water mark to this day. Taking the legacy laid out by Lee, Kirby, Thomas and Kane, Jim Starlin evolved Warlock to the next level, imbuing the character with the furies and inner demons of a man-god on the brink of insanity. Forced to confront the Magus, an evil version of himself, and the nihilistic menace, Thanos, Warlock's conflicts weren't just knuckle-grinding throw-downs, they were epic, existential struggles for the very soul. Culminating in the first-ever assembling of the Infinity Gems, and featuring the first appearances of such cosmic Marvel mainstays as Gamorra and Pip the Troll--not to mention an all-out struggle to save the universe joined by the Avengers, Captain Marvel and Spider-Man--this MASTERWORKs edition is definitive Marvel. So reserve that copy today, True Believer! Collecting STRANGE TALES #178-181, WARLOCK #9-15, MARVEL TEAM-UP #55, AVENGERS ANNUAL #7 and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #2.
320 PGS./All Ages ...$54.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE X-MEN VOL. 1 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE
Welcome to the uncanny world of Marvel's mutant adventurers, the X-Men! Billled as "The Strangest Super-Heroes of All!" the X-Men blasted onto the comic-book scene in 1963, as the Marvel Comics revolution mounted a full-scale reinvention of four-color adventure like no other! You'll feast your eyes on the foundation of one of comic's most-famous franchises in these first ten issues. It's all here from the very beginning with the debut of Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Iceman and Marvel Girl, Professor X's teen team with a mission of peace and brotherhood for man and mutant, in their first battle with the Master of Magnetism, Magneto. You'll also read the first appearances of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Marvel Universe mainstays, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, the villainous Blob and Unus the Untouchable, as well as the reinvention of the Golden Age jungle man, Ka-Zar! Written by Stan "The Man" Lee and illustrated by Jack "King" Kirby, it's super-hero adventure at its very best! Collecting THE X-MEN #1-10.
248 PGS/All Ages ...
X-MEN: PHOENIX RISING PREMIERE HC
Written by ROGER STERN, JOHN BYRNE & BOB LAYTON
Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA, JOHN BYRNE & JACKSON GUICE
Covers by JOHN BYRNE & JACKSON GUICE
She was a mutant. She was a telepath. She was dead. PHOENIX. Now, Jean Grey walks the earth again. How will her friends, her enemies, and her one true love react to the fiery spectacle of Phoenix Rising? Collecting AVENGERS #263, FANTASTIC FOUR #286, X-FACTOR #1 and material from CLASSIC X-MEN #8 & #43.
136 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99
AVENGERS: HAWKEYE PREMIERE HC
Written by STAN LEE, MARK GRUENWALD, ROGER STERN, STEVEN GRANT, DAVID MICHELINIE & MIKE FRIEDRICH
Penciled by DON HECK, JOHN BYRNE, MARK GRUENWALD, BRETT BREEDING, ELIOT R. BROWN, GEORGE EVANS, JIMMY JANES & BRUCE PATTERSON
Covers by MARK GRUENWALD & JOHN BYRNE
The Ace Archer of the Avengers in some of his sharpest adventures! His beginnings as a malfeasant marksman! His solo stand against X-Men adversary Deathbird! Plus: double-costumed debuts for Hawkeye's future bride Bobbi Morse, a.k.a. Agent 19, and the couple's whirlwind romance in Hawkeye's first miniseries! Guest-starring the Black Widow, Spider-Man and more! Collecting HAWKEYE #1-4, TALES OF SUSPENSE #57, MARVEL SUPER ACTION #1, AVENGERS #189 and MARVEL TEAM-UP #95.
184 PGS./ Rated T+ ...$24.99
ESSENTIAL POWER MAN AND IRON FIST VOL. 2 TPB
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, MIKE W. BARR, MARY JO DUFFY, DENNY O'NEIL, STEVEN GRANT, KURT BUSIEK & FRANK MILLER
Penciled by RUBY NEBRES, FRANK MILLER, KERRY GAMMILL, DENYS COWAN, RICARDO VILLAMONTE, KEITH POLLARD, GREG LAROCQUE, ERNIE CHAN & KLAUS JANSON
Cover by DENYS COWAN
Organized crime, interdimensional evil, espionage, vampirism, the Elite Odd Couple of the Eighties can handle it all! The origins of Power Man and Iron Fist are retold as figures from each past return to haunt both! Plus the savage Sabretooth! The untouchable Unus! Goldeneye, Stoneface, and Hammerhead! Also featuring more of New York's finest heroes: Daredevil, Moon Knight, el Aguila, and the Daughters of the Dragon! Special guest appearance by Elektra: Assassin! Collecting POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #76-100 and DAREDEVIL #178.
616 PGS./All Ages ...
OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #3
Written by VARIOUS
Continuing the chronicle of the Marvel Universe, starting with Spider-Man (from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #113 on), Iron Man (from IRON MAN #6 on) and the X-Men (from UNCANNY X-MEN #126 on). Follow the history of the Marvel universe as it unfolds month by month with the All-New Official Index to the Marvel Universe. Each issue provides synopses for dozens of individual comics, including back-up strips, introducing you to the characters, teams, places and equipment that appeared within, providing vital information about first appearances, where they last showed up and where they appeared next!
64 PGS./Rated A ...$3.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY VOL. 2 HC
Written by STAN LEE & VARIOUS
Penciled by RUSS HEATH, BILL EVERETT, DON PERLIN, GEORGE TUSKA, DICK AYERS, MYRON FASS, PAUL REINMAN, MORT LAWRENCE, VINCE COLLETTA, JACK ABEL, TONY DIPRETA, HARRY ANDERSON VIC CARRABOTTA, PETE TUMLINSON, ROBERT Q. SALE, AL LUSTER, DOUG WILDEY, AL EADEH, BILL WALTON, JOHN FORTE, DON LORRINO, DICK BRIEFER, PABLO FERRO, MANNIE BANKS,
HOWARD POST & MORE
Cover by RUSS HEATH
It's time again to journey into the deepest, darkest, most terrifying recesses of Marvel history, so make sure you've got batteries in your flashlight and prepare yourself for another deadly dose of pre-Code horror! In 1953 the gloves were off, and for a thin dime you could experience all the horrors of the human imagination as portrayed in despondent four-color gorey. So if you're the sort that likes weird and shocking tales, shamble on up for ten issues of wall-to-wall zombies, ghosts, vampires and devil-dealing ne'er-do-wells illustrated by the very best of the Atlas Era! Collecting JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #11-20 .
272 PGS/All Ages ...$59.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 9 HC
Written by ROY THOMAS with HARLAN ELLISON
Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA with SAL BUSCEMA, HERB TRIMPE & FRANK GIACOIA
Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA
Rascally Roy Thomas and Big John Buscema are back again with another batch of true Avengers classics! They've packed so many fantastic firsts into these pages, there's no time to delay so here we go: First you'll meet a new face in the Marvel Universe, the Native American hero, Red Wolf! Then, it's all-out invasion when the Zodiac take over Manhattan, followed by the first appearance of the Defender-to-be, Valkyrie and the Lady Liberators. Then comes a set of other-dimensional threats that helped defined a decade: the sword-and-sorcery menace, Arkon, and the evil super-team, the Squadron Sinister. Follow that up with the origin of the Black Panther, and a crossover classic penned by Roy and the award-winning titan of speculative fiction, Harlan Ellison, that pits the Avengers with the Hulk in an adventure that changed ol' Greenskin forever. With guest-star appearances by Peter Parker, Aunt May, the Fantastic Four, Black Widow, the Inhumans' Medusa, Professor X and Roy Thomas himself there's no denying that the entire Marvel Universe has fallen in for this one, so reserve that copy today, True Believer! Collecting AVENGERS #80-88 & INCREDIBLE HULK #140.
224 PGS./ All Ages ...$54.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: WARLOCK VOL. 2 HC
Written by JIM STARLIN with BILL MANTLO
Penciled by JIM STARLIN with JOHN BYRNE
Cover by JIM STARLIN
The MARVEL MASTERWORKS line is proud to present one of comics' most mind-blowingly cosmic sagas. At '70s Marvel there was no who quite mastered the startling scope and high-concept complexity of truly cosmic adventure like writer/artist and overall Renaissance man, Jim Starlin. His first effort with Captain Marvel redefined a character. His second with Adam Warlock set the tone for star-spanning spectacle that is considered a high-water mark to this day. Taking the legacy laid out by Lee, Kirby, Thomas and Kane, Jim Starlin evolved Warlock to the next level, imbuing the character with the furies and inner demons of a man-god on the brink of insanity. Forced to confront the Magus, an evil version of himself, and the nihilistic menace, Thanos, Warlock's conflicts weren't just knuckle-grinding throw-downs, they were epic, existential struggles for the very soul. Culminating in the first-ever assembling of the Infinity Gems, and featuring the first appearances of such cosmic Marvel mainstays as Gamorra and Pip the Troll--not to mention an all-out struggle to save the universe joined by the Avengers, Captain Marvel and Spider-Man--this MASTERWORKs edition is definitive Marvel. So reserve that copy today, True Believer! Collecting STRANGE TALES #178-181, WARLOCK #9-15, MARVEL TEAM-UP #55, AVENGERS ANNUAL #7 and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #2.
320 PGS./All Ages ...$54.99
Pop links: Vintage Disney Christmas cards, Carl Barks Christmas tale, Arrested Development DVD deal
The Hollywood Animation Archive presents some Disney Studio in-house Christmas cards from the 1940s and 50s.
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More holiday Disney: The Fortress of Fortitude presents a lost Carl Barks Christmas tale.
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Madness will reissue its catalog in both CD and digital formats next year.
2009 will also see the band releasing their first studio album in nine years through their label, Lucky Seven.
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Deal alert: Amazon is offering all three seasons of the fabulously funny "Arrested Development" for $28.99 today only. The regular price is $109.94.
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More holiday Disney: The Fortress of Fortitude presents a lost Carl Barks Christmas tale.
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Madness will reissue its catalog in both CD and digital formats next year.
2009 will also see the band releasing their first studio album in nine years through their label, Lucky Seven.
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Deal alert: Amazon is offering all three seasons of the fabulously funny "Arrested Development" for $28.99 today only. The regular price is $109.94.
New DVD, music releases Dec. 16, 2009: Dr. Horrible, Will Eisner documentary, Kinks box set and more!
Here's what looks good this week. Click the title links to order DVDs or CDs from Amazon. Proceeds help support this site.
DVDs
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Widescreen)
Bottle Rocket (Blu-ray) - Criterion Collection
The Third Man [Blu-ray]
The Man Who Fell to Earth [Blu-ray]
Will Eisner: Profession - Cartoonist
Music
Picture Book by The Kinks
Complete Studio Recordings by Led Zeppelin
The Delfonics / Tell Me This Is A Dream by The Delfonics
Radio Radio: Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour box set
Dream Goes On: From the Black Sword to Distant Horizons by Hawkwind
The Hoople by Mott the Hoople
DVDs
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Widescreen)
Bottle Rocket (Blu-ray) - Criterion Collection
The Third Man [Blu-ray]
The Man Who Fell to Earth [Blu-ray]
Will Eisner: Profession - Cartoonist
Music
Picture Book by The Kinks
Complete Studio Recordings by Led Zeppelin
The Delfonics / Tell Me This Is A Dream by The Delfonics
Radio Radio: Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour box set
Dream Goes On: From the Black Sword to Distant Horizons by Hawkwind
The Hoople by Mott the Hoople
DC Comics March 2009 solicitations
DC has announced its releases for next March. Here's what looks good to me. Click the links to pre-order discounted titles from Amazon.
BATMAN: MAD LOVE AND OTHER STORIES HC
Written by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm & Glen Murakami
Art and cover by Bruce Timm, Mike Parobeck, Matt Wagner, Dan DeCarlo, Klaus Janson and Glen Murakami
Cover by Bruce Timm
Tales by two of the creators behind the acclaimed Batman Animated TV series are collected for the first time in hardcover!
The centerpiece of this fantastic collection is the Eisner Award-winning BATMAN: MAD LOVE, the surprisingly dark origin of Harley Quinn, co-starring The Joker and Poison Ivy as well as Batman. Also included are tales by Dini, Timm and others that feature the Scarecrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Batgirl and more, from BATMAN ADVENUTURES ANNUAL #1-2 and stories from the BATMAN ADVENTURES HOLIDAY SPECIAL, ADVENTURES IN THE DC UNIVERSE #3 and BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE #1!
Advance-solicited; on sale May 20 • 208 pg, FC,$19.99 $13.59 US
DC COMICS CLASSICS LIBRARY: ROOTS OF THE SWAMP THING HC
Written by Len Wein
Art by Bernie Wrightston and Nestor Redondo
Cover by Bernie Wrightston
The tales that made Swamp Thing a fan-favorite are collected in hardcover for the first time! Featuring the first appearance from HOUSE OF SECRETS #92 along with SWAMP THING #1-13 and featuring moody art by legendary artist Bernie Wrightson!
Advance-solicited; on sale May 27 • 320 pg, FC,$39.99 $26.39 US
GREEN LANTERN CHRONICLES VOL. 1 TP
Written by John Broome
Art by Gil Kane, Joe Giella & Murphy Anderson
Cover by Gil Kane & Joe Giella
DC adds a new title to the CHRONICLES series: GREEN LANTERN CHRONICLES, collecting the adventures of Hal Jordan in the exact order of their original publication. In this first volume featuring SHOWCASE #22-24 and GREEN LANTERN #1-3, Hal meets the dying Abin Sur and gains his power ring before facing the menace of the Weaponers of Qward.
Advance-solicited; on sale April 29 • 160 pg, FC,$14.99 $10.19 US
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE DOOM PATROL VOL. 1 TP
Written by Arnold Drake and Bob Haney
Art by Bruno Premiani and Bob Brown
Cover by Bruno Premiani
The most unusual heroes of all star in this new SHOWCASE PRESENTS volume, collecting MY GREATEST ADVENTURE #80-85, DOOM PATROL #88-101 and CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #48.
Advance-solicited; on sale April 8 • 520 pg, B&W,$16.99 $11.55 US
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL. 3 TP
Written by Jim Shooter, E. Nelson Bridwell and Otto Binder
Art by Curt Swan, George Klein, Jim Mooney and Pete Costanza
Cover by Curt Swan & George Klein
The Legion battles the Fatal Five and is forced to expel Superboy and Supergirl in this new volume collecting stories from ADVENTURE COMICS #349-368 and SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #116.
Advance-solicited; on sale April 22 • 496 pg, B&W,$16.99 $11.55 US
BATMAN: MAD LOVE AND OTHER STORIES HC
Written by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm & Glen Murakami
Art and cover by Bruce Timm, Mike Parobeck, Matt Wagner, Dan DeCarlo, Klaus Janson and Glen Murakami
Cover by Bruce Timm
Tales by two of the creators behind the acclaimed Batman Animated TV series are collected for the first time in hardcover!
The centerpiece of this fantastic collection is the Eisner Award-winning BATMAN: MAD LOVE, the surprisingly dark origin of Harley Quinn, co-starring The Joker and Poison Ivy as well as Batman. Also included are tales by Dini, Timm and others that feature the Scarecrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Batgirl and more, from BATMAN ADVENUTURES ANNUAL #1-2 and stories from the BATMAN ADVENTURES HOLIDAY SPECIAL, ADVENTURES IN THE DC UNIVERSE #3 and BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE #1!
Advance-solicited; on sale May 20 • 208 pg, FC,
DC COMICS CLASSICS LIBRARY: ROOTS OF THE SWAMP THING HC
Written by Len Wein
Art by Bernie Wrightston and Nestor Redondo
Cover by Bernie Wrightston
The tales that made Swamp Thing a fan-favorite are collected in hardcover for the first time! Featuring the first appearance from HOUSE OF SECRETS #92 along with SWAMP THING #1-13 and featuring moody art by legendary artist Bernie Wrightson!
Advance-solicited; on sale May 27 • 320 pg, FC,
GREEN LANTERN CHRONICLES VOL. 1 TP
Written by John Broome
Art by Gil Kane, Joe Giella & Murphy Anderson
Cover by Gil Kane & Joe Giella
DC adds a new title to the CHRONICLES series: GREEN LANTERN CHRONICLES, collecting the adventures of Hal Jordan in the exact order of their original publication. In this first volume featuring SHOWCASE #22-24 and GREEN LANTERN #1-3, Hal meets the dying Abin Sur and gains his power ring before facing the menace of the Weaponers of Qward.
Advance-solicited; on sale April 29 • 160 pg, FC,
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE DOOM PATROL VOL. 1 TP
Written by Arnold Drake and Bob Haney
Art by Bruno Premiani and Bob Brown
Cover by Bruno Premiani
The most unusual heroes of all star in this new SHOWCASE PRESENTS volume, collecting MY GREATEST ADVENTURE #80-85, DOOM PATROL #88-101 and CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #48.
Advance-solicited; on sale April 8 • 520 pg, B&W,
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL. 3 TP
Written by Jim Shooter, E. Nelson Bridwell and Otto Binder
Art by Curt Swan, George Klein, Jim Mooney and Pete Costanza
Cover by Curt Swan & George Klein
The Legion battles the Fatal Five and is forced to expel Superboy and Supergirl in this new volume collecting stories from ADVENTURE COMICS #349-368 and SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #116.
Advance-solicited; on sale April 22 • 496 pg, B&W,
Pop links: Frazetta "Tarzan" art, Phantom movie
Via Golden Age Comic Book Stories: Frank Frazetta illustrates "Tarzan at the Earth's Core" and "Tarzan and the Castaways." I think GACBS presented these pics before but, whatever, it's good stuff.
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Another "Phantom" movie is in the works.
he latest adaptation, which is expected to cost $87 million, will focus on "the Father/Son relationship, and what it means to be The Phantom," scriptwriter Tim Boyle said in a statement. "The film will be set in the present day and will deal with the concept of destiny."
Producer Bruce Sherlock, who also served as executive producer of the first Phantom movie, said the new film will be a marked improvement over its predecessor, which received mixed reviews.
"It has the makings of a blockbuster," Sherlock told The Associated Press. "There's some surprises that will thrill the Phantom fans worldwide." Sherlock's Sydney-based Sherlock Symington Productions won the rights to the film.
The movie will likely be shot entirely in Australia, with production set to begin within six to nine months, Sherlock said. Producers are in talks with several "top talent" Australian and American actors, Sherlock said. He declined to provide names.
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Another "Phantom" movie is in the works.
he latest adaptation, which is expected to cost $87 million, will focus on "the Father/Son relationship, and what it means to be The Phantom," scriptwriter Tim Boyle said in a statement. "The film will be set in the present day and will deal with the concept of destiny."
Producer Bruce Sherlock, who also served as executive producer of the first Phantom movie, said the new film will be a marked improvement over its predecessor, which received mixed reviews.
"It has the makings of a blockbuster," Sherlock told The Associated Press. "There's some surprises that will thrill the Phantom fans worldwide." Sherlock's Sydney-based Sherlock Symington Productions won the rights to the film.
The movie will likely be shot entirely in Australia, with production set to begin within six to nine months, Sherlock said. Producers are in talks with several "top talent" Australian and American actors, Sherlock said. He declined to provide names.
Pop links: Vintage Christmas TV
Classic TV Showbiz is presenting classic Christmas episodes of old shows such as "Dennis the Menace," "Mr. Ed" and "Dragnet."
Iconic pin-up Bettie Page passes away
Bettie Page died at age 85 last night. The Los Angeles Times has a feature and pics.
A cult figure, Page was most famous for the estimated 20,000 4-by-5-inch black-and-white glossy photographs taken by amateur shutterbugs from 1949 to 1957. The photos showed her in high heels and bikinis or negligees, bondage apparel -- or nothing at all.
Decades later, those images inspired biographies, comic books, fan clubs, websites, commercial products -- Bettie Page playing cards, dress-up magnet sets, action figures, Zippo lighters, shot glasses -- and, in 2005, a film about her life and times, "The Notorious Bettie Page."
A cult figure, Page was most famous for the estimated 20,000 4-by-5-inch black-and-white glossy photographs taken by amateur shutterbugs from 1949 to 1957. The photos showed her in high heels and bikinis or negligees, bondage apparel -- or nothing at all.
Decades later, those images inspired biographies, comic books, fan clubs, websites, commercial products -- Bettie Page playing cards, dress-up magnet sets, action figures, Zippo lighters, shot glasses -- and, in 2005, a film about her life and times, "The Notorious Bettie Page."
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