April 29th, 2007
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Forthcoming titles:
The Highwaymen sounds like a great idea for a Hollywood buddy movie, albeit a geriatric one. Able “Speed” Monroe and Alistair McQueen were the ultimate couriers and they’re coming out of retirement for one last job, transporting a top secret package for a dead President. Writers Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman team with artist Lee Garbett. I’d love to see Sidney Poitier and Clint Eastwood in the inevitable film version. Coming from Wildstorm June 20. Anticipation factor: 7
The Weapon is another title that sounds like it would make a great film. A high tech invention, evil assassins and an ancient mystical martial art - this sounds perfect for Jet Li! Fred van Lente and Scott Koblish bring us this four issue actionfest. Coming from Platinum Studios in June. Anticipation factor: 7
Black Summer is a new series from my current favourite comic writer Warren Ellis. Here Warren once again turns his fevered imagination to the superhero genre but this promises a more explicit take than the usual Marvel/DC fare. Art is by Juan Jose Ryp. The eight issue series from Avatar starts in August but watch out for issue 0 before that. Anticipation factor: 8
Sheena Queen of the Jungle gets reinvented for the modern age by Robert Rodi and Matt Merhoff from a concept by Die Hard scriptwriter Stephen E. de Souza. Coming in June from Devil’s Due. Anticipation factor: 7
March 25th, 2007
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Gutsville is the bizarre tale of the decedents of an ocean liner swallowed by a mysterious creature. They live inside the monster and one of them wants out. Simon Spurrier teams up with talented artist Frazer Irving to bring us what must be the strangest story of the year so far. Gutsville is published by Image on 30th May. Anticipation factor: 7
Strange Embrace comes to Image comics in digitally re-mastered form with colours by Rob Steen and lettering by Comicraft ensuring David Hine’s dark tale of sexual desire, obsession and damnation looks better than ever before. Issue 1 is out on May 16th. Anticipation factor: 7
Ward of the State is about an assassination business, the twist is the ringleader is a foster mother and the assassins are the kids she’s put in charge of. This three issue series is written by Christopher Long with art from Chee. Published 2nd May. Anticipation factor: 8
Warlash: Zombie Mutant Genesis is the opening shot of a three part series from Frank Forte. Set in Pittsburgh (the spiritual home of zombies) and featuring mad scientists and genetically engineered warriors plus lots of the undead this promises to be great fun. Coming in March from Asylum Press. Anticipation factor: 7
Painkiller Jane gets a new comic series from Dynamite. The comics character will shortly be seen in a new Sci Fi Channel series and this re-launch must be hoping to capitalise on that. Written by Jimmy Palmiotti with art by Lee Moder this should be out in May. Anticipation factor: 6
February 12th, 2007
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Doctor Fate gets a new ongoing title by legendary comic creators Steve Gerber and Paul Gulacy that spins out of The Helmet of Fate mini series. Gerber or Gulacy alone would be enough to get my attention but together this becomes an essential purchase. On sale April 18. Anticipation factor: 8
Madman Atomic Comics marks the return of Mike Allred’s creation and it starts with what could be the end of the Madman universe! Then again this being issue 1 it probably won’t be. On sale April 4. Anticipation factor: 7
Final Girl sees David Hutchinson bring the slasher film to comics as a group of young girls find themselves in a town under siege by killers. Not just any killers but Freddy/Jason won’t stay dead even when you shoot/stab/cut them into little pieces style killers. And to add to the fun you get to vote online to decide who will survive. On sale April. Anticipation factor: 7
Nova gets a new ongoing series in the wake of Annihilation and while that title failed to impress I’ll be picking this up as I have fond memories of the original series. Here’s hoping that writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning and artist Sean Chen can recapture the spirit of that title. On sale April 11. Anticipation factor: 7
Runaways 25 sees a new creative team take over the title. Joss Whedon and Michael Ryan will take the group in a new direction both figuratively and literally as they head for New York. On sale April 4. Anticipation factor: 8
January 9th, 2007
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After missing December the monthly comics round-up returns with a bumper New Year edition!
Forthcoming titles:
Legion of Monsters: Werewolf by Night promises to bring back memories of Marvel’s horror heyday in the 70’s. Not only do we get a new story featuring Jack Russel, the furry beast of the title but also a new Monster of Frankenstein tale as well. Werewolf by Night is by Mike (X-Men) Carey and Greg (Ultimate Power) Land while Big Frankie is written and drawn by Skottie Young. Out February with more Legion of Monsters one-shot titles to follow. Anticipation factor: 9
Amazing Spider-Man 539 starts a thread that runs through all the Spider-Man titles - “Back in Black”. If you don’t get the significance of that title then you’re either not a Spidey fan or you’ve been trapped in a block of ice in the Arctic for the last few decades. The return of the black costume is obviously designed to tie-in with the release of Spider-Man 3 next summer. Here’s hoping the regular Amazing team of Straczynski and Garney will provide something more than just an empty cash in on the new movie. The fun starts at the end of February. Anticipation factor: 8
Marvel Zombies/Army of Darkness sees Evil Dead’s Ash travel to the Marvel Zombies universe just as the zombie outbreak kicks off. Written by John Layman with art from Fabiano Neves and June Chung and wickedly amusing tributes to classic Marvel covers from Arthur Suydam. On sale early March. Anticipation factor: 7
November 19th, 2006
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My recommendations for your comic shopping list.
Criminal Macabre: Two Red Eyes continues the adventures of Steve Niles’ hard-boiled detective Cal McDonald. This time he’s up against Nosferatu. Kyle Hotz provides the pictures. Available December from Dark Horse. Anticipation factor: 7
Batman Confidential is the latest title for everyone’s favourite Dark Knight. From the couple of pages I’ve seen this is looking dark and violent and that’s just how I like my Batman. Story by Andy Diggle and art from Whilce Portacio. On sale December. Anticipation factor: 8
The Helmet of Fate: Ibis The Invincible is a very clunky title but hopefully top fantasy author Tad Williams’ script won’t be. This five issue series leads in the new Dr Fate 1 and is due late January. Phil Winslade provides the artwork. Anticipation factor: 6
Scalped has a unique combination of modern Native American life and mob violence. Jason Aaron and R.M. Guéra combine talents to bring this one to life. This is due early January from Vertigo. Anticipation factor: 7
Spawn/Batman: Inner Demons is a 56-page one-shot coming in time for Christmas. Written and illustrated by Todd McFarlane, this has the two heroes fighting each other’s greatest villains. Anticipation factor: 7
‘68 combines zombies and the Viet Nam War. Expect buckets of blood from Mark Kidwell and Nat Jones in early January. Anticipation factor: 7
October 2nd, 2006
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Forthcoming Titles
A round up of some of the future releases to get excited about.
First up some Marvel titles, and big things are in the works from J. Michael Straczynski at Marvel with three new titles on the horizon -
Silver Surfer: Requiem teams him with artist Esad Ribic and is due out early next year. From the title, this sounds like a future tale featuring the end of the galactic beach bum.
Anticipation factor 7
Bullet Points is an alternate history limited series that follows the repercussions of two deaths during WWII, Peter Parker will become The Hulk, Steve Rodgers Iron Man and Reed Richards the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. Art on this one is by Tommy Lee Edwards. Due later this year.
Anticipation factor 8
Ultimate Power will see Straczynski’s Squadron Supreme crossover to the Ultimate universe. This will be a nine issue series featuring three writers, Brian Michael Bendis, J.M.S. and Jeph Leob, with each doing three issues. Ultimate FF’s Greg Land gets to do the pretty pictures on this one. With the possibility that not all the heroes will return to their respective worlds this could have major repercussions on the regular titles. The first issue is due to ship late this month.
Anticipation factor 9
