Highlights of December's releases. Click the links to order discounted items from Amazon.
Avengers by Kurt Busiek & George Perez Omnibus Volume 1
Written by KURT BUSIEK,
MARK WAID, JOE EDKIN, JOHN OSTRANDER, ROGER STERN, JOHN FRANCIS MOORE
& JERRY ORDWAY
Penciled by GEORGE PEREZ, SEAN CHEN, ANDY KUBERT, DEREC AUCOIN, CARLOS
PACHECO, LEONARDO MANCO, JERRY ORDWAY & STUART IMMONEN
Cover by GEORGE PEREZ
Fan-favorite creators Kurt Busiek and George Perez craft a new era for
Earth's Mightiest Heroes! The Avengers have always defended humanity
against the forces of evil. When duty calls, these legendary champions
answer, fighting valiantly for justice. But as the Avengers re-form in
the wake of a life-changing event, they must face an array of foes like
no other: Morgan Le Fay, the Squadron Supreme, the Kree, the Legion of
the Unliving, the Thunderbolts, the Wrecking Crew...not to mention
facing Kang and Immortus in the Destiny War! But when the merciless
Ultron attacks, wiping out an entire nation in his hatred for mankind,
the Avengers must live up to their name -- if they can! Collecting
AVENGERS (1998) #1-23, #0 and #1 ROUGH CUT; IRON MAN (1998) #7; CAPTAIN
AMERICA (1998) #8; QUICKSILVER #10; AVENGERS ANNUAL '98-'99; and
AVENGERS FOREVER #1-12.
1184 PGS.
The Avengers Omnibus Volume 2
Written by ROY THOMAS with STAN
LEE & GARY FRIEDRICH
Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA & DON HECK with WERNER ROTH & GEORGE
TUSKA
Covers by ALEX ROSS & JOHN BUSCEMA
One of the Avengers' greatest eras has been assembled for this amazing
Omnibus collection! Beginning master Avengers storyteller Roy Thomas'
run, it's cover-to-cover watershed moments: the first appearances of
Ultron and the Vision! The Black Widow's surprise connection with the
Red Guardian! Hercules' epic battles with Sub-Mariner and Dragon Man!
The Avengers vs. the Super-Adaptoid! Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch
defect! The Black Panther joins the team! The Avengers fight the X-Men!
An all-new Masters of Evil! The first-ever full telling of Bucky Barnes'
tragic death! A reality-bending battle between the new Avengers and the
original Avengers! And more! Featuring breathtaking artwork by John
Buscema and Don Heck, this Omnibus is a must-have for every Avengers
fan! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #31-58 and ANNUAL #1-2, X-MEN (1963)
#45, and material from NOT BRAND ECHH (1967) #5 and #8.
832 PGS.
Iron Man Epic Collection: Stark Wars
(Volume #13 in the Iron Man
Epic Collections)
Written by BOB LAYTON & DAVID MICHELINIE
Penciled by MARK BRIGHT, BOB LAYTON & BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH
Cover by MARK BRIGHT
Time for the Armored Avenger to start avenging! Tony Stark is back in
the groove as Iron Man, from outer space to the ocean depths. But the
new Stark Enterprises is on constant super-villain alert, under attack
from familiar faces like Spymaster and new threats like the ethereal
Ghost. And when Tony discovers that his technology has been stolen and
abused, he declares war on anyone in armor! Iron Man's new ruthless
streak brings him into conflict with the U.S. government, S.H.I.E.L.D.
and the Avengers. And as his actions grow ever more extreme, he must
battle an old friend in a new guise -- Steve Rogers, aka the Captain! By
the time the dust settles on these Armor Wars, the world might need a
new Iron Man! Collecting IRON MAN (1968) #215-232 and ANNUAL #9.
496 PGS.
Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Volume 9
Written by MIKE FRIEDRICH with JIM
STARLIN & STEVE GERBER
Penciled by GEORGE TUSKA with JIM STARLIN & P. CRAIG RUSSELL
Cover by GIL KANE
Iron Man's adventures take on a cosmic dimension in the latest lavishly
restored Marvel Masterworks collection! Tony Stark faces an entirely new
league of villain as we witness the first appearances of Thanos, Drax
the Destroyer and Moondragon! Then, a gauntlet of his greatest villains
-- from the Mandarin to Whiplash -- pushes Iron Man to his limits before
a new Dr. Spectrum enters the fray! And their four-part epic stands
against the backdrop of an increasingly tense love triangle between Tony
Stark, Pepper Potts and Pepper's husband, Happy Hogan. Topped off with
an Avenger vs. Avenger battle pitting Iron Man against the Mighty Thor,
these Marvel classics are essential reading for every Iron Man
aficionado! Collecting IRON MAN (1968) #54-67.
304 PGS.
Marvel Masterworks: Warlock Volume 1
Written by ROY THOMAS & MIKE FRIEDRICH with
RON GOULART, GERRY CONWAY & TONY ISABELLA
Penciled by GIL KANE with BOB BROWN, HERB TRIMPE, JOHN BUSCEMA & TOM
SUTTON
Cover by GIL KANE & RICHARD ISANOVE
In 1972, Marvel Comics marched into a new era -- an era in which super
heroes increasingly reflected the world's turmoil and social unrest. And
the hero for that era was the newly christened Adam Warlock! Mixing
action and allegory, Roy Thomas and Gil Kane armed the character that
Stan and Jack called "Him" with the sublime Soul Gem, and launched him
on a wild ride across the cosmos to Counter-Earth. Hastened by the High
Evolutionary to become the savior of this parallel planet, Warlock must
rally humanity against the evil of the Man-Beast! This volume is a
can't-miss foundation for Marvel's cosmic era, so reserve your copy
today! Collecting MARVEL PREMIERE #1-2, WARLOCK (1972) #1-8 and
INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #176-178.
296 PGS.
X-Men Epic Collection: Children of the Atom
(Volume #1 in the X-Men
Epic Collections)
Written by STAN LEE with ROY THOMAS
Penciled by JACK KIRBY & WERNER ROTH with ALEX TOTH
Cover by JACK KIRBY
Billed as "The Strangest Super-Heroes of All!," the ever-uncanny X-Men
blasted onto the comic-book scene in 1963. Now, in this massive Epic
Collection, you can feast your eyes as Stan, Jack & Co. lay down the
building blocks of comics' most famous franchise! You'll experience the
beginning of Professor X's teen team, and their mission for peace and
brotherhood between man and mutant; their first battle with arch-foe
Magneto; the dynamic debuts of Juggernaut, the Sentinels, Quicksilver,
the Scarlet Witch and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants; and the Golden
Age jungle man, Ka-Zar, reinvented for a new era! All this and more Epic
X-Men adventures await within! Collecting X-MEN (1963) #1-23.
520 PGS.
Batman: Black and White Vol. 4
Written and illustrated by CHIP KIDD
and MICHAEL CHO, NEAL ADAMS, MARIS WICKS and JOE QUINONES, DAN DIDIO and
J.G. JONES, RAFAEL GRAMPA, RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, JEFF LEMIRE and ALEX
NINO, LEE BERMEJO, DAMION SCOTT, PAUL DINI and STEPHANE ROUX, MARV
WOLFMAN and RICCARDO BURCHIELLI, NATHAN EDMONDSON and KENNETH ROCAFORT,
DUSTIN NGUYEN, MICHAEL ALLRED and LAURA ALLRED, KEITH GIFFEN and JAVIER
PULIDO, BLAIR BUTLER and CHRIS WESTON, LEN WEIN and VICTOR IBANEZ, JIMMY
PALMIOTTI and ANDREW
ROBINSON and others
Cover by MARC SILVESTRI
On sale JANUARY 14 * 288 pg
The Complete Elfquest Volume 2
Wendy Pini (W/A/Cover) and Richard Pini
(W)
On sale Feb 4
b&w, 552 pages
The elves have reclaimed the Palace of the High Ones, but
it is not the safe haven they believed. New threats loom as Winnowill,
lord of Blue Mountain, vows to destroy all trace of the Wolfriders, and
Cutter's rival Rayek is overcome with power. Collects ElfQuest: Siege at
Blue Mountain #1-#8 and Kings of the Broken Wheel #1-#9.
* Includes an extensive art gallery with commentary from the series
creators.
* 552 pages of content--value priced!
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn
Hugo Pratt (w & a
& c)
This book, the first of 12 volumes, launches the definitive English
language edition of Hugo Pratt's masterpiece, presented in the original
oversized B&W format with new translations made from Pratt's
original Italian scripts.
Long before the term "graphic novel" entered the popular lexicon--ten
years before Will Eisner's A Contract with God--Hugo Pratt pioneered the
long-form "drawn literature" story. Corto Maltese set the standard for
all adult adventure comics in Europe. By the mid-1970s Corto was the
continent's most popular series and Hugo Pratt the world's leading
graphic novelist.
Hugo Pratt's peripatetic sailor was featured in a series of 29 stories.
The adventures of this modern Ulysses are set during the first 30 years
of the 20th Century in such exotic locales as Pratt's native Venice, the
steppes of Manchuria, the Caribbean islands, the Danakil deserts, the
Amazon forests, and the waves of the Pacific.
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn collects the first six
inter-connected short stories Pratt created in France in the early
1970s: "The Secret of Tristan Bantam," "Rendez-vous in Bahia," "Sureshot
Samba," "The Brazilian Eagle," "So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune," and
"The Seagull's Fault."
Superman The Silver Age Newspaper Dailies Volume 3: 1963-1966
Jerry Siegel
(w) * Wayne Boring (a) * Pete Poplaski (c)
Wayne Boring provides the classic artwork, and once again, Superman
co-creator Jerry Siegel scripts adaptations of stories that first
appeared in comic books. Siegel and Boring offer alternate versions of
now classic stories originally written by Siegel himself, Leo Dorfman,
Otto Binder, Robert Bernstein, Edmund Hamilton--and drawn in comic books
by Curt Swan, Al Plastino, Kurt Schaffenberger, and Pete Costanza. More
than 750 daily strips -- over two years of stories -- from Earth-N (for
Newspapers) that comic book fans have not previously seen. Edited and
designed by Dean Mullaney, Introduction by Sid Friedfertig, and cover
drawing by Pete Poplaski.
Tom Sutton's Creepy Things
Nicola Cuti,
Joe Gill & Tom Sutton (w) * Sutton (a & c)
Get ready for a mind-bending walk on the weird side with the very best
of Tom Sutton's 1970s horror tales for Charlton Comics! Sutton was at
his most expressionistic and experimental with the scores of stories he
drew for Charlton's "ghost" line, whose titles said it all: Creepy
Things, Ghostly Tales, The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves, and more. A
full sixteen stories, unpublished art, and more than a dozen of his
creepy-crawly covers are faithfully reproduced from rare original
artwork! Edited by Michael Ambrose, editor of the insightful Charlton
Spotlight magazine, who provides a fascinating behind-the-scenes
introduction profusely illustrated with rare art and photos.
Creeping Death from Neptune: The Life And Comics Of Basil Wolverton Vol. 1
by Basil
Wolverton; Edited by Greg Sadowski
This is the first of two volumes reprinting copious amounts of comics
stories and recounting the career of cartoonist Basil Wolverton. All of
Wolverton's non-humorous comic book stories will be presented in full,
along with prime examples of his humorous comics and dozens of pages of
unpublished art, including editorial drawings, advertisements,
caricatures, pulp illustrations, rejected comic book covers, and unsold
features.
Video: All-star cast sings Brian Wilson's "God Only Knows"
See Brian Wilson, Pharell Williams, Elton John, Lorde, Stevie Wonder, Brian May, that dude from Coldplay, a tiger and a whole bunch of other people singing the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" in this BBC Music video.
The song is available as a single, with proceeds benefiting the UK Children in Need program.
The song is available as a single, with proceeds benefiting the UK Children in Need program.
New Twin Peaks: Agent Cooper is in!
Better fire up that percolator and find my black suit :-) #Twinpeaks
— Kyle MacLachlan (@Kyle_MacLachlan) October 6, 2014
New comics Oct. 8, 2014: Creepy Archives 10; Battling Boy - Aurora West; Ripley's Believe it or Not; Wonder Woman newspaper strips; Graveyard Book 2, more
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Creepy Archives Vol. 10
In this new, cranium-cracking collection, our award-winning Creepy Archives run continues to bring classic Warren horror anthology stories to modern readers! Collecting Creepy magazine issues #46-#50 and featuring a terrifying cover by acclaimed horror and fantasy illustrator Sanjulian, our latest excursion into terror brings us face to fang with the bizarre concoctions of Richard Corben, Doug Moench, Reed Crandall, Tom Sutton, Jerry Grandenetti, José Bea, and other familiar monsterminds and fan faves. This archival edition will also reprint all color covers, color "Loathsome Lore" stories, fan-art pages, letter columns, and essays from the original magazines, making our series essential for hardcore horror collectors and new readers alike!
Crime Does Not Pay Archives Vol. 8
Pyromaniacs, murderous thugs, and pinstriped goons wreak havoc in the notorious pre-Code Crime Does Not Pay anthology. This collection--featuring every uncensored page from Crime Does Not Pay issues #50 to #53--is brimming with sharp work by artists George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Charles Biro, and others! These gruesome tales are topped off with an all-new foreword by crime storytelling all-star Joel Rose (Get Jiro!, Miami Vice, Kill the Poor)! Criminals had better learn . . . the path of theft and murder only leads to prison and the chair!
Ripley's Believe it or Not! Daily Cartoons 1929-30
Odditoriums are among the most popular attractions worldwide, yet most people don't know that it all started with a daily cartoon drawn by one man - Robert Ripley. Originally a sports cartoonist, Ripley developed Believe It or Not! in the 1920s. By the end of the decade, the series had become a phenomenal hit. In an era when few people traveled outside their own home town, let alone out of the country, Ripley became a globetrotter, seeking stories of bizarre and unusual proportion to put in his internationally-known feature. The cartoons were adapted into radio and television programs, and helped make Ripley the highest paid cartoonist in the world. This series begins a chronological reprinting of Ripley's famous daily cartoons in hardcover collections, reminding us that first and foremost Robert Ripley - explorer, radio, movie, and television personality, entrepreneur and museum impresario - was an astounding artist-cartoonist. The first volume reprises cartoons from 1929 and 1930, when Ripley's fame raised him from relative obscurity to international celebrity, and includes bonus and background material from Ripley's impressive archives.
Star Trek: New Visions
John Byrne presents all-new Star Trek: The Original Series episodes like you've never seen them before! Including the 2013 Photonovel Annual as well as the one-shots "Core" and "Cry Vengeance" - done in the fumetti-style by one of the greatest living comic book artists!
Wonder Woman: The Complete Newspaper Comics
Just a few years after she burst into comic books, the world's most famous female superhero starred in her own daily newspaper strip written and drawn by the same creative team that produced the comic book: William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peters. The strip lasted a little more than a year and a half - from May 1, 1944 until December 1, 1945 - and is reprinted here for the first time. It all starts on Paradise Island where Amazonian women rule supreme and no men are allowed. Led by Princess Diana, their way of life is about to change when when Steve Trevor, a wounded American soldier, washes up on their shores. Soon, Diana - rechristened Wonder Woman - is off to America, where the saga continues!
Battling Boy: The Rise of Aurora West
Creepy Archives Vol. 10
In this new, cranium-cracking collection, our award-winning Creepy Archives run continues to bring classic Warren horror anthology stories to modern readers! Collecting Creepy magazine issues #46-#50 and featuring a terrifying cover by acclaimed horror and fantasy illustrator Sanjulian, our latest excursion into terror brings us face to fang with the bizarre concoctions of Richard Corben, Doug Moench, Reed Crandall, Tom Sutton, Jerry Grandenetti, José Bea, and other familiar monsterminds and fan faves. This archival edition will also reprint all color covers, color "Loathsome Lore" stories, fan-art pages, letter columns, and essays from the original magazines, making our series essential for hardcore horror collectors and new readers alike!
Crime Does Not Pay Archives Vol. 8
Pyromaniacs, murderous thugs, and pinstriped goons wreak havoc in the notorious pre-Code Crime Does Not Pay anthology. This collection--featuring every uncensored page from Crime Does Not Pay issues #50 to #53--is brimming with sharp work by artists George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Charles Biro, and others! These gruesome tales are topped off with an all-new foreword by crime storytelling all-star Joel Rose (Get Jiro!, Miami Vice, Kill the Poor)! Criminals had better learn . . . the path of theft and murder only leads to prison and the chair!
Ripley's Believe it or Not! Daily Cartoons 1929-30
Odditoriums are among the most popular attractions worldwide, yet most people don't know that it all started with a daily cartoon drawn by one man - Robert Ripley. Originally a sports cartoonist, Ripley developed Believe It or Not! in the 1920s. By the end of the decade, the series had become a phenomenal hit. In an era when few people traveled outside their own home town, let alone out of the country, Ripley became a globetrotter, seeking stories of bizarre and unusual proportion to put in his internationally-known feature. The cartoons were adapted into radio and television programs, and helped make Ripley the highest paid cartoonist in the world. This series begins a chronological reprinting of Ripley's famous daily cartoons in hardcover collections, reminding us that first and foremost Robert Ripley - explorer, radio, movie, and television personality, entrepreneur and museum impresario - was an astounding artist-cartoonist. The first volume reprises cartoons from 1929 and 1930, when Ripley's fame raised him from relative obscurity to international celebrity, and includes bonus and background material from Ripley's impressive archives.
Star Trek: New Visions
John Byrne presents all-new Star Trek: The Original Series episodes like you've never seen them before! Including the 2013 Photonovel Annual as well as the one-shots "Core" and "Cry Vengeance" - done in the fumetti-style by one of the greatest living comic book artists!
Wonder Woman: The Complete Newspaper Comics
Just a few years after she burst into comic books, the world's most famous female superhero starred in her own daily newspaper strip written and drawn by the same creative team that produced the comic book: William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peters. The strip lasted a little more than a year and a half - from May 1, 1944 until December 1, 1945 - and is reprinted here for the first time. It all starts on Paradise Island where Amazonian women rule supreme and no men are allowed. Led by Princess Diana, their way of life is about to change when when Steve Trevor, a wounded American soldier, washes up on their shores. Soon, Diana - rechristened Wonder Woman - is off to America, where the saga continues!
Battling Boy: The Rise of Aurora West
The extraordinary world introduced in Paul Pope's Battling Boy is rife with monsters and short on heroes... but in this action-driven extension of theBattling Boy universe, we see it through a new pair of eyes: Aurora West, daughter of Arcopolis's last great hero, Haggard West.
A prequel to Battling Boy, The Rise of Aurora West follows the young hero as she seeks to uncover the mystery of her mother's death, and to find her place in a world overrun with supernatural monsters and all-too-human corruption. With a taut, fast-paced script from Paul Pope and JT Petty and gorgeous, kinetic art from David Rubin, The Rise of Aurora West (the first of two volumes) is a tour de force in comics storytelling.
The second volume of a glorious two-volume, four-color graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning novel The Graveyard Book, adapted by P. Craig Russell and illustrated by an extraordinary team of renowned artists. Inventive, chilling, and filled with wonder, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Bookreaches new heights in this stunning adaptation. Artists Kevin Nowlan, P. Craig Russell, Galen Showman, Scott Hampton, and David Lafuente lend their own signature styles to create an imaginatively diverse and yet cohesive interpretation of Neil Gaiman's luminous novel. Volume Two includes chapter six to the end of the book.
Twin Peaks back for limited Showtime run - teaser video
Nine new episodes of "Twin Peaks," created more than 20 years after the show's cancellation, are set to air on Showtime in 2016, reports Deadline.
The original show's creators Mark Frost and David Lynch will write the limited series.
The original show's creators Mark Frost and David Lynch will write the limited series.
The new Twin Peaks will be set in the present day, more than two decades after the events in the first two seasons. It will continue the lore and story of the original series, with Lynch and Frost committed to providing long-awaited answers and, hopefully, a satisfying conclusion to the series.
It is unclear which actors from the original series will be featured in the followup. I hear that star Kyle MacLachlan will be back, reprising his role as FBI Agent Dale Cooper who was at the center of the show.
The ABC series also featured some of Lynch’s favorite character actors, and it is likely that at least some of them will return. Leading to the 2016 debut of the Twin Peaks limited series, Showtime will re-air the first two seasons of the series, owned by parent CBS Corp.Meanwhile, Showtime says:
The groundbreaking television phenomenon, Golden Globe® and Peabody Award-winner TWIN PEAKS will return as a new limited series on SHOWTIME in 2016. Series creators and executive producers David Lynch and Mark Frost will write and produce all nine episodes of the limited series, and Lynch will direct every episode. Set in the present day, TWIN PEAKS will continue the lore of the original series, providing long-awaited answers and a satisfying conclusion for the series’ passionate fan base.
Check out ZBS Media's new audio drama: "The Night Has Begun"
ZBS Media and scripter/producer Meatball Fulton have produced a new audio series and are airing free episodes each Monday and Friday through Halloween on their website. Hear the first ep here.
If you haven't entered Fulton's funny/mystical/adventurous world before, you should get a kick out of it. I grew up hearing his fabulous Jack Flanders adventures on my local college radio station and enthusiastically recommend them to anyone who loves cool things.
Background info:
If you haven't entered Fulton's funny/mystical/adventurous world before, you should get a kick out of it. I grew up hearing his fabulous Jack Flanders adventures on my local college radio station and enthusiastically recommend them to anyone who loves cool things.
Background info:
The spark that ignited The Night happened when Mr. Fulton was trekking through the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan and wandered into a room filled with carved wooden sculptures, masks, shields, totem poles, and a gigantic elaborately carved dugout canoe the size of a fallen tree. When he saw this, he stopped in his tracks. We’ve all seen primitive art, but these things were alive.
The Headhunters
It turned out to be the works of the Asmat headhunters of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Meatball began to wonder, “Why do I feel these things are breathing?” When he began his research, he discovered that the carvers believe the spirits of their ancestors still live within the sculptures. In fact, it’s the ancestor’s spirits that inspire their art and guide their hand.
The Story
And so Meatball began to wonder, is it possible to tap this energy he‘s feeling? The Asmat, besides being headhunters, are also known for their curses. Someone has done them wrong, then there’s nothing like a good curse to make things right, to restore the balance in their universe.
New music Oct. 7, 2014: Prince; Flying Lotus; Walt Disney Sleeping Beauty; Monkees in Mono; Batman TV soundtrack, more
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Sound And Vision by Prince
Sound And Vision by Prince
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