New comics and more Jan. 7, 2015: Showcase Presents Unknown Soldier; Steve Canyon 1955-56; Tom Sutton's Creepy Things; Wally Wood sci-fi; Batman 1966 car decal

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Showcase Presents Unknown Soldier Vol. 2
The Unknown Soldier's mission deep behind enemy lines continues in these stories from STAR SPANGLED WAR STORIES #189-204 and UNKNOWN SOLDIER #205-226.


Steve Canyon Volume 5: 1955-1956
Milton Caniff's square-jawed hero is back in the Orient and crossing paths with old friends and new enemies. Doe Redwood and the Hall family reappear on the scene, as does another young friend who is working hard to grow up. There are also more hearts and flowers in store within the tangled web that ensnares Steve, Summer Olson, and Copper Calhoon, while Happy Easter returns stateside but ends up having a Gay old time on the Savannah. As 1956 races to a conclusion, a new member of the Canyon clan steps on-stage-get ready to meet Cousin Poteet!


Tom Sutton's Creepy Things
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 A full sixteen stories, unpublished art, and more than a dozen of his creepy-crawly covers are faithfully reproduced from rare original artwork!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. Dementedly designed by Donnie "Lum and Abner" Pitchford.


Spawn of Mars and Other Stories
The science fiction genre owes a debt, especially visually, to EC Comics, and this highly anticipated Wallace Wood collection shows why. It features over two dozen comics stories drawn in Wood's meticulously detailed brushwork (his "lived in" spaceship interiors helped inspire Star Wars' Millennium Falcon). And with titles like “Spawn of Mars,” “The Dark Side of the Moon,” “A Trip to a Star,” “The Invaders,” “The Secret of Saturn’s Ring,” and “The Two-Century Journey,” how can you go wrong? Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC line, Spawn of Mars and Other Stories features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic comic book masterpieces. Black & white


Batman Classic 1966 TV Series Logo Car Window Sticker Decal

"Pinocchio" and "Fantasia" Legacy Collections coming soon from Walt Disney Records

"Pinocchio" and "Fantasia" are the latest Disney features to receive the Legacy treatment from Walt Disney Records.

The Legacy series features the original soundtracks and numerous outtakes and extras from classic Disney films. Past entries have included "Mary Poppins," "Sleeping Beauty," "The Lion King" and "The Little Mermaid."

No details yet, but the Pinocchio Legacy set is now listed on Amazon for a Feb. 10 release.

The Amazon listing for the Fantasia set, slated for release Jan. 13, features the following track list:

Disc: 1
1. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (Johann Sebastian Bach) The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A (Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky)
2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
3. Chinese Dance
4. Dance of the Reed Flutes
5. Arabian Dance
6. Russian Dance
7. Waltz of the Flowers
8. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Paul Dukas)
9. Rite of Spring (Igor Stravinsky)
Disc: 2
1. I Allegro Ma Non Troppo
2. II Andante Molto Mosso
3. III Allegro IV Allegro V Allegretto
4. Dance of the Hours from the opera 'La Gioconda' (Amilcare Ponchielli)
5. A Night on Bald Mountain (Modeste Moussorgsky)
6. Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6 (Franz Schubert)
7. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Bonus Track) (Sterling Holloway)
8. Clair de Lune ('Moonlight') from 'Suite Bergamasque' (CD 82/3) (Bonus Track) (Claude Debussy)
Disc: 3
1. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
3. Chinese Dance
4. Dance of the Reed Flutes
5. Arabian Dance
6. Russian Dance
7. Waltz of the Flowers
8. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Paul Dukas)
9. Rite of Spring (Igor Stravinsky)
Disc: 4
1. I Allegro Ma Non Troppo
2. II Andante Molto Mosso
3. III Allegro IV Allegro V Allegretto
4. Dance of the Hours from the opera 'La Gioconda' (Amilcare Ponchielli)
5. A Night on Bald Mountain (Modeste Moussorgsky)
6. Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6 (Franz Schubert)
7. Peter and the Wolf (Bonus Track) (Sterling Holloway)

 

Trailer for big screen "Peanuts" film


Disney's "Fantasia" now on Netflix

Walt Disney's 1940 classic "Fantasia" is now streaming on Netflix in the U.S.

Also added today is Disney's attempted followup, "Fantasia 2000."


Music new releases Jan. 6, 2015: Gone Girl; Jackie Moore; the Byrds; Aretha Franklin; Ry Cooder; Dion; Alejandro Jodorowsky; Main Ingredient; Velvet Underground; Les Baxter

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Gone Girl


The Complete Atlantic Recordings by Jackie Moore


Avalon Ballroom San Francisco November 2nd 1968 by the Byrds


Through the Storm by Aretha Franklin


Acoustic Performance Radio Branch 12th December by Ry Cooder


Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain: Original Soundtrack


The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death


Runaround Sue by Dion


L.T.D./Black Seeds by the Main Ingredient


Velvet Underground: 45th Anniversary Deluxe


Barbarian by Les Baxter


African Jazz by Les Baxter