DC Comics November 2011 solicitations

Items of interest from DC's November offerings:


The Batman Archives Vol. 8
Written by BILL FINGER, EDMOND HAMILTON and JOE SAMACHSON
Art by BOB KANE, LEW SAYRE SCHWARTZ, DICK SPRANG, WIN MORTIMER and others
Cover by BOB KANE

The Caped Crusader began his third decade of crimefighting with these tales from DETECTIVE COMICS #155-171, Batman introduces the new, updated Batmobile, has his secret identity revealed to the underworld, meets The Red Hood for the first time and much more!

 
Jack Kirby's Spirit World 
Written by JACK KIRBY, MARK EVANIER, STEVE SHERMAN and SERGIO ARAGONES
Art by JACK KIRBY, VINCE COLLETTA, MIKE ROYER and SERGIO ARAGONES
Cover by JACK KIRBY and NEAL ADAMS

After leaving Marvel Comics at the end of the 1960s, Jack Kirby came to DC Comics, where he soon created the series of superhero comics known collectively as "The Fourth World." But before that came SPIRIT WORLD, a magazine that delved into the occult and the supernatural.
Now, DC reprints that hard-to-find title for the very first time in this new hardcover, including four stories completed for the second issue that appeared in WEIRD MYSTERY TALES 1-3 and FORBIDDEN TALES OF DARK MANSION #6, plus a pin-up version of the striking cover image by Kirby and Neal Adams!


Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman Vol. 4 
Written by BOB KANIGHER and BILL FINGER * Art by ROSS ANDRU, IRV NOVICK, WIN MORTIMER and MIKE ESPOSITO * Cover by ROSS ANDRU and MIKE ESPOSITO

It's another value-priced collection of Wonder Woman adventures from issues #157-177 featuring Supergirl, Cheetah, Egg Fu and many more!


Roots of the Swamp Thing Vol. 1 
Written by LEN WEIN * Art by BERNIE WRIGHTSON and NESTOR REDONDO * Cover by BERNIE WRIGHTSON

The tales that made Swamp Thing a fan-favorite are collected in trade paperback! Featuring the first appearance from HOUSE OF SECRETS #92, along with SWAMP THING #1-13 and moody art by legendary artist Bernie Wrightson.

Green Lantern the Animated Series #0

Written by ART BALTAZAR and FRANCO
Art by DARIO BRIZUELA
Series art cover
On sale NOVEMBER 30 * 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US * RATED E
The all-ages adventure begins in this issue that sets the stage for the upcoming monthly series! Green is the color of will power, and one of the most powerful lights in the universe. The Guardians have harnessed this power to create an intergalactic police force wielding green power rings. What happens when Hal Jordan and Kilowog find one of these rings abandoned in space? Has one of their comrades fallen, or is something even more sinister happening?

The MAD Archives Vol. 3
Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots

This new hardcover collects MAD #13-18 from the 1950s, as originally published by E.C. Comics. In it, the Usual Gang of Idiots takes on:
* "Robinson Crusoe" * Sherlock Holmes * "Julius Caesar"
* The movie "The Wild Ones" * TV's Howdy Doody * Prince Valian

Music new releases Aug. 16, 2011

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes


I'm Back Family & Friends Sly Stone


Conan The Barbarian 3D (Music From The Motion Picture)

DVD new releases Aug. 16, 2011

Batman: Brave & The Bold - Season Two Part One


Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson - Robert Johnson Centennial Special Edition


Horatio Hornblower: Further Adventures


Breaking Glass
 

Vintage paperback cover: Perry Mason - The Case of the Sulky Girl

Vintage paperback cover: Mike Shayne Tickets for Death

October comics solicitations - more good stuff

We'ved looked at DC and Marvel's upcoming releases for October. Here are some other items of interest.


Bob Powell's Terror: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics Volume 2
Craig Yoe, Bob Powell (w) * Bob Powell (a & c) 
Cult-favorite Bob Powell was a master 1950s horror cartoonist delineating some of the most imaginative and incredibly drawn comics in the genre. His terrifying ghouls were as gruesome as his tantalizing girls were gorgeous! The introduction is by Eisner winner Craig Yoe and details Powell's comics career with extensive and revealing quotes from a recently discovered manuscript about his work penned by Powell himself. The front matter is profusely illustrated with rare ephemera and flawless reproductions of Powell's original art. Bob Powell's Terror prints a generous amount of horror comic stories carefully scanned and reproduced from vintage horror-era comics, many of them quite rare and expensive -- if you could even find them! This beautifully designed 148-page library-quality full-color hardback book is volume two in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics series.

DOCTOR WHO DAVE GIBBONS COLLECTION
Pat Mills, Steve Moore, Steve Parkhouse, John Wagner (w) * Dave Gibbons (a & c) 
Industry legend Dave Gibbons illustrated a classic run of Doctor Who comics, and this oversized, hardcover book collects them all for the first time! And in full color! Gibbons-drawn strips began appearing in the very first issue of Doctor Who Magazine (then titled Doctor Who Weekly), starring the Fourth Doctor as portrayed by Tom Baker, and Gibbons continued as the primary artist until issue #69, a Fifth Doctor tale. 


WALLY WOOD EC STORIES ARTIST EDITION
Wally Wood (a & c) 
The third IDWArtist's Edition (Following Dave Steven's Rocketeer and Walter Simonson's Thor) focuses on one of the all time greatest comic book artists, and at the absolute peak of his creative powers: Wally Wood. EC Comics was quite likely the finest comics line ever produced, and Wally Wood was one of their mainstays who set an incredibly high artistic standard. This volume will contain a wonderful selection of stories in original art form by Wood, including: MY WORLD, CAME THE DAWN, MARS IS HEAVEN, HE WALKED AMONG US, and more. Additionally, there will be a fantastic cover gallery section by Wood. If you've never seen Wood original art, you've never seen Wally Wood! NOTE: Artist's Editions are printed the same size as the original art. The art from this book was drawn in the 1950s, at a time when original art was produced "TWICE UP" (meaning twice printed size), as opposed to today's one and a half up (50% larger than printed size). So this Artist's Edition will measure an INSANE 15" x 22!"

SKY MASTERS VOL. 1
(W/A) Jack Kirby (A) Wally Wood, Dick Ayers
Kirby's classic newspaper strip, inked by Wally Wood and Dick Ayers, was produced shortly before he invented the Marvel Universe and its breathtaking artwork shows the shape of things to come. Over two hundred daily strips are collected again for the first time in over a decade. A must-have for Kirby and Wood collectors. Introduction by comics historian Greg Theakston.

WALLY WOOD STRANGE WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION
(W/A) Wallace Wood 
Tales from the Crypt and Weird Science publisher Bill Gaines called Daredevil, THUNDER Agents, and Mars Attacks co-creator, Wally Wood "the greatest Science Fiction artist of all time." Strange Worlds collects rare 1950s Wood sci-fi comics Strange Worlds, Space Detective, Capt. Science, covers, and more.


SOMEDAY FUNNIES
(E) Michel Choquette 
The Someday Funnies is the long-awaited collection of comic strips created in the early 1970s by world-famous artists and writers such as C. C. Beck, Rene Goscinny, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby, Moebius, Art Spiegelman, and Gahan Wilson. What started out as a special insert for Rolling Stone took on a life of its own as writer/editor Michel Choquette traveled the world, commissioning this visual chronicle of the 1960s, only to find himself without a publishing partner or the financial support to continue. Forty years later, readers finally get to experience this legendary anthology as Choquette celebrates the birth, death, and resurrection of The Someday Funnies -- 129 previously unpublished strips by 169 writers and artists.



WILL EISNER CONVERSATIONS
(E) M. Thomas Inge 
Will Eisner's innovations in the comics, especially the comic book and the graphic novel, as well as his devotion to comics analysis, make him one of comics' first true auteurs and the cartoonist so revered and influential that cartooning's highest honor is named after him. Will Eisner: Conversations collects the best interviews with Eisner from 1965 to 2004. Taken together, the interviews cover the breadth of Eisner's career with in-depth information about his creation of The Spirit and other well-known comic book characters, his devotion to the educational uses of the comics medium, and his contributions to the development of the graphic novel.

Vintage late 1960s Supremes publicity photo

Vintage DC Comics/All-American house ad

Vintage Batman in Batmobile photo