PREVIEWS #262 (VOL. XX #7, JUL10)
PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS
PREVIEWS #264
SEPTEMBER 2010
COVER ART: The latest projects from DC Comics and Image Comics!
Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop… revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This September issue features items scheduled to ship from November 2010 and beyond.
Catalog, 8x11, 400+pg, PC $4.50
PREVIEWS #264 CUSTOMER ORDER FORM — SEPTEMBER 2010
PREVIEWS makes it easy for you to order every item in the catalog with this separate order form booklet! This September order form features items scheduled to ship in November 2010 and beyond.
Comic-sized, 62pg, PC PI
MARVEL PREVIEWS #85
Your Marvel companion piece to the regular issue of PREVIEWS!
Each issue of Marvel Previews is a comic book-sized, 120-page, full-color guide and preview to all of Marvel’s upcoming releases — it’s your #1 source for advanced information on Marvel Comics! This September issue features items scheduled to ship in November 2010 and beyond.
FREE w/Purchase of PREVIEWS
FC, 120pg $1.25
DIAMOND PUBLICATIONS
HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMICS
This year, PREVIEWS once again offers folks the opportunity to offer an alternative to sugary sweets this Halloween season with a new batch of kid-friendly mini-comics! Sold in bundles of 20 copies, each colorful 6” x 9” mini-comic is filled with all-ages adventures and laughs that will last a lot longer than any chocolate bar or candy confection at the bottom of their goodie bags!
ARCHIE COMICS
ARCHIE & FRIENDS ALL-STARS PRESENTS—ARCHIE 1: THE DAWN OF TIME HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
(A) Doug Crane, Harry Lucey
In Archie 1: The Dawn of Time, Archie and his friends face off with giant dinosaurs and wild cave-people! Betty & Veronica are in for the surprise of a lifetime when they cross paths with Zantar, King of the Jungle, in "The King of Swing"; and Archie and Reggie find out that just because you can speak, doesn't mean you know what you're talking about, in "Language Barrier"! It's perfect for Halloween Trick or Treat bags! Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
BOOM! STUDIOS
TOY STORY: THE RETURN OF BUZZ LIGHTYEAR HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
(W) Jesse Blaze Snider (A) Nathan Watson
When Andy is given a surprise gift by his grandmother, no one is more surprised than the toys in his room… it’s a second Buzz Lightyear! The stage is set for a Star Command showdown as only one Buzz can stay… but when the wrong Buzz is returned to the store, Woody and the other toys must mount a rescue mission! A special Halloween treat, showcasing the first half of Toy Story #1 the ongoing series! Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
CARTOON BOOKS
BONE HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
(W/A) Jeff Smith
A spooky excerpt from the climactic final chapter of the Bone series, just in time for Halloween! Fone Bone follows after Thorn as he makes his way through the dangerous dragon burial ground that leads to the Crown of Horns, and elsewhere, Gran'ma Ben and Phoney Bone are trapped by The Hooded One and her army of rat creatures! Each must overcome their most feared enemies to stop the Lord of the Locust's return! Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
DARK HORSE COMICS
HOT STUFF HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
Look out, it's Hot Stuff, the irascible Little Devil with a heart of gold! Join Hot Stuff as he accidentally becomes a "mother" to a newly hatched baby bird in "Getting the Bird." And venture to a strange and alien world as Hot Stuff encounters the choice between Princess Beema — or life in prison — in "A Strange Dream!" Don't miss out on a smokin' Halloween this year with Hot Stuff!
Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MELVIN MONSTER & NANCY HALLLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
(W/A) John Stanley
The John Stanley Library series collects comics from the 1950s and 1960s scripted by John Stanley, considered by many comics historians to be one of the most consistently funny writers to ever work in comics. In two short stories, Melvin Monster (a Stanley creation) maligns the upside-down values of Monsterville, which become a source of comfort when he encounters a terrifying "human bean." Also, Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy is tricked into attending a party at creepy Oona Goosepimple's house and finds herself caught in a trap set by the Yoyos, the green pygmy people that live in the surreal purgatory beyond Oona's fireplace! Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
TOYS IN THE BASEMENT/THE LITTLEST PIRATE KING HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
(W/A) Stephane Blanquet, Mac Orlan
Two kid-friendly tales spooky enough for Halloween smiles from Fantagraphics Books! Stephane Blanquet's Toys in the Basement follows a hero in an embarrassing pink bunny costume as he escapes a boring Halloween party and stumbles across a secret society of toys! The Littlest Pirate King by David B. and Pierre Mac Olran, chronicles an unusual family: a crew of undead ghost pirates and the little boy they've adopted and raised as their king! Sold in bundles of 20 copies.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
NBM PUBLISHING
THE SMURFS HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
NBM's Papercutz imprint brings you Peyo's original Smurfs to celebrate Halloween as only they can! Included are two very Smurfy stories in one very smurfy mini-comic treat! First, the Smurflings carve Jack-O-Lanterns and play some Halloween Tricks on a very frightened — and then very angry — witch! Thank goodness the real "Jack-O-Lantern" shows up to save day! Then Brainy, Hefty, and Puppy have a run-in with the tiniest ghost of all. Who's scaring who?! Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
COMICS SECTION
PREMIER VENDORS
DARK HORSE COMICS
1 FOR $1 PROGRAM
Go back to the beginning with Dark Horse’s 1 for $1 comics!
Get in on the ground floor of twelve featured titles from our popular comics pantheon. See what started it all in these first-issue classics from Dark Horse Comics.
1 FOR $1: GROO
Sergio Aragonés (W/A) and Mark Evanier (W)
On sale Sept 1
FC, 28 pages $1.00
If you thought Groo was a dangerous idiot, wait till you see how dangerous he is now that he’s intelligent.
1 FOR $1: STAR WARS LEGACY
John Ostrander (W), Jan Duursema (P), Dan Parsons (I), and Brad Anderson (C)
On sale Sept 1
FC, 28 pages $1.00
The Jedi Temple is attacked, an Emperor is betrayed, and the Sith are born anew! A lot can happen in a hundred years, but all of the above happens just in this first issue! Not since Luke Skywalker first stepped aboard the Millennium Falcon has the galaxy seemed like such a vast, exciting, dangerous place!
1 FOR $1: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Andi Watson (W), Joe Bennett (P), Rick Ketcham (I), Guy Major (C), and Art Adams (Cover)
On sale Sept 8
FC, 28 pages $1.00
Buffy Summers is not like other girls. She’s been chosen to save the world from the vampire plague, and balancing saving the world with high school is no easy task.
1 FOR $1: MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER
Russ Manning (W/A)
On sale Sept 8
FC, 28 pages $1.00
In the year 4000, with the human race threatened by robots that would enslave mankind, one man alone has the power to fight back—Magnus, Robot Fighter!
1 FOR $1: SERENITY: THOSE LEFT BEHIND
Joss Whedon (W), Brett Mathews (W), Will Conrad (P), Laura Martin (C), and John Cassaday (Cover)
On sale Sept 15
FC, 28 pages $1.00
Firefly—the story of a ship full of mercenaries, outlaws, fugitives, and one law-abiding prostitute running across the fringes of space. The crew of Serenity once again find themselves broke and on the wrong side of a number of very large firearms…
1 FOR $1: UMBRELLA ACADEMY: APOCALYPSE SUITE #1
Gerard Way (W), Gabriel Bá (A), Dave Stewart (C), and James Jean (Cover)
On sale Sept 15
FC, 28 pages $1.00
Once, the Umbrella Academy was unstoppable. Under the tutelage of their guardian and mentor, Dr. Reginald Hargreeves, its members spent their childhoods fighting evil and honing their extraordinary gifts. Until something went terribly wrong…
Now, nine years later, the estranged members of the Umbrella Academy are reunited by the death of the only parent they've ever known and the rise of a new and terrible threat. Will they be able to overcome their history for long enough to save the world one more time?
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THE TERMINATOR: 1984 #1 (OF 3)
Zack Whedon (W), Andy MacDonald (A), Dan Jackson (C), and Massimo Carnivale (Cover)
On sale Sept 29
FC, 40 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
After the shocking events he witnessed in humanity’s future, Kyle Reese has made the history-changing jump from the year 2029 to a world previously beyond his imagining—1984 Los Angeles.
It’s a time before the war, before Skynet, but not without danger, as Kyle begins his mission to find and protect Sarah Connor from time-traveling T-800s. Close behind is Kyle’s friend Ben, with a crucial mission of his own. Hot off the critically-acclaimed Terminator: 2029, Zack Whedon and Andy MacDonald begin the next chapter of Kyle’s journey toward destiny in their gripping reimaging of James Cameron’s classic.
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SERENITY: SHEPHERD’S TALE
Zack Whedon (W), Chris Samnee (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Steve Morns (Cover)
On sale Nov 24
FC, 56 pages $14.99
HC, 7" x 10"
One of Serenity’s greatest mysteries is finally revealed in Shepherd’s Tale, filling in the life of one of the show’s most beloved characters—Shepherd Book!
Who was Book before meeting Mal and the rest of the Serenity crew, how did he become one of their most trusted allies, and how did he find God in a bowl of soup? Answers to these and more questions about Book’s past are uncovered in this original graphic novel by rising stars Zack Whedon (Dr. Horrible, Terminator, Fringe) and Chris Samnee (Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps, Daredevil). A pivotal chapter in the ongoing Serenity saga, Shepherd’s Tale is also a rollicking, action-packed epic in its own right!
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TROUBLEMAKER BOOK 2
Janet Evanovich (W), Alex Evanovich (W), Joëlle Jones (P), Andy Owens (I), and Dan Jackson (C)
On sale Nov 3
FC, 112 pages $17.99
HC, 6" x 9"
There’s no smooth sailing for Alex Barnaby and Sam Hooker in the second volume of best-selling author Janet Evanovich’s graphic-novel adventure, Troublemaker.
Barnaby, Hooker, Rosa, Felicia, and Beans the St. Bernard set sail to the Florida Keys in order to find the wooden body of Baron Samedi that matches their recently acquired (and stolen) wooden hand. But in the world of Petro Voodoo a hand for a hand and a Baron for a boat is fair play. When the Happy Hooker disappears from its mooring in the Keys, Barnaby and Hooker have to find a way back to Miami with the stolen body of Baron Samedi. Ransom notes for the Happy Hooker, a sack of snakes, and a ticked-off chicken leave only one place safe enough to hide a body . . . Hooker’s mom’s house—a situation that makes the sack of snakes look like chump change.
TUROK, SON OF STONE ARCHIVES VOLUME 7
Alberto Giolitti (A)
On sale Nov 10
FC, 216 pages $49.99
HC, 7" x 10"
Indian braves Turok and Andar are trapped in a lost valley struggling to survive while they search for a way to return to their true home and tribe. But searching only seems to bring them more peril in this strange place where wonders from earth’s prehistoric past thrive: dinosaurs with gaping, hungry jaws, rival tribes of tree-dwelling monkey men and underground spider men, poisonous fruits that change the nature of peaceful beings, ghosts of dinosaurs long dead, and more!
• This volume collects issues #38–#43 of Turok, Son of Stone from the Gold Key Comics run (1964–1965). These classic adventures have not been seen since the early 1960s!
MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER #2
Jim Shooter (W), Bill Reinhold (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Raymond Swanland (Cover)
On sale Sept 15
FC, 40 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
At the feet of the milespires of the utopian megalopolis North Am, in the shadowy regions where the dregs of humanity dwell, Magnus invades the stronghold of the “Metal Mob”—human criminals who use robot muscle to plunder and terrorize the city. Big Guns, the cyborg mob enforcer, along with scores of brutal thug-robs and assassins, stands between Magnus and the “Pens,” where kidnap victims await ransom, auctioning into off-world slavery, or being sold by weight as a protein source to the Arcturians. Leeja Clane and the stunningly beautiful Cinnette, both kidnap victims, are prime material for the chattel trade. In a lawless land, Magnus fights against an army of ruthless killers to save the Metal Mob’s prisoners, especially the woman he is quickly falling in love with.
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF KULL VOLUME 1
Roy Thomas (W), Bernie Wrightson (A), Howard Chaykin (A), Barry Windsor-Smith (A), and others
On sale Nov 3
b&w, 375 pages $19.99
TPB, 7" x 10"
In the tradition of the Savage Sword of Conan and Saga of Solomon Kane collections, Dark Horse presents The Savage Sword of Kull, which is the first of a two-volume set that will collect all of the black-and-white Kull material printed by Marvel in the 1970s through the1990s! Howard’s characters have always attracted top talent, and the creators assembled in this hefty tome are no different. Industry heavyweights like Roy Thomas, Chuck Dixon, and Gerry Conway Barry Windsor-Smith, Bernie Wrightson, Marie and John Severin, and others to bring you some of the most exciting tales of fantastic battles and political intrigue ever committed to paper!
• This volume includes stories from Savage Tales #2, The Savage Sword of Conan #2, #3, #9, #23, #34, #42, #43, #55, and #119, Kull and the Barbarians #1, #2, and #3, The Savage Sword of Conan Annual #1, Marvel Preview #19, and Bizarre Adventures #26.
CONAN VOLUME 9: FREE COMPANIONS
Timothy Truman (W/A), Tomás Giorello (A), Joe Kubert (A), and José Villarrubia (C)
On sale Nov 10
FC, 184 pages $17.99
TPB, 7" x 10"
In his short career as a mercenary, young Conan has impressed both Princess Yasmela and military leader Lord Amalric, but an ambitious, rogue prince arrives in Khoraja and blindsides Conan out of the comfortable, courtly situation he’s found himself in. Not only is Conan’s love affair with Yasmela going south, but rebel Prince Julion immediately challenges Conan’s headstrong impulses and military plans, causing a rift between the battered-but-proud forces of Khoraja and Amalric’s army of colorful mercs.
• Collects Conan the Cimmerian #14 and #16-#21.
TARZAN ARCHIVES: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME 7
Gaylord DuBois (W) and Jesse Marsh (A)
On sale Nov 3
FC, 224 pages $49.99
HC, 7" x 10"
Join Tarzan, Jane, Boy, and their animal companions as they encounter new friends, old enemies, and undiscovered lands in the wilds of Africa. In addition to stories featuring favorite recurring characters—such as the oddball scientist Dr. MacWhirtle, the lion-taming people of Cathne, cruel Queen La, and the Waziri warriors—Tarzan meets a group of Texan cowboys out to rope lions, a filmmaker documenting African wildlife, and the marsh-dwelling people of Lutor in this volume. Always a help to his friends, whether they’re beast or human, Tarzan faithfully thwarts the plans of slavers, cannibals, and poachers who would do them harm!
• Collecting Dell’s Tarzan #33-#38 from 1952, and introducing Goliath—the colossal lion Tarzan raises to protect the settlers of New Cathne—for the first time.
FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 5: FAMILY VALUES 3RD EDITION
Frank Miller (W/A)
On sale Nov 3
b&w, 128 pages $14.00
TPB, 6" x 9"
Frank Miller’s first-ever original graphic novel is one of Sin City’s nastiest yarns to date! Starring fan-favorite characters Dwight and Miho, this newly redesigned edition sports a brand-new cover by Miller, some of his first comics art in years!
There’s a kind of debt you can’t ever pay off, not entirely. And that’s the kind of debt Dwight owes Gail. The girls of Old Town have their own family values, their own laws—and when someone too dumb to know better breaks them, an example needs to be set. Dwight’s got his own reasons for taking the job, and deadly little Miho . . . Miho likes to play with them a little first.
With a new look generating more excitement than ever before, this third edition is the perfect way to attract a whole new generation of readers to Frank Miller’s masterpiece!
FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 6: BOOZE, BROADS, & BULLETS 3RD EDITION
Frank Miller (W/A)
On sale Nov 10
b&w, 160 pages $17.00
TPB, 6" x 9"
The Sin City graphic novels are among the most widely acclaimed comics in history, but Frank Miller is also a master of the quick and dirty yarn. Collected in this sixth volume of his crime-comic megahit are all of Miller’s Sin City shorts and one-shots, newly redesigned with a brand-new cover by Miller, some of his first comics art in years!
Collecting classics like “Just Another Saturday Night” and “Silent Night,” both starring the iconic big lug with a condition, Marv; “The Customer Is Always Right,” featured in the Sin City film; and “The Babe Wore Red,” starring Sin City’s most enduring hero, Dwight; Booze, Broads, and Bullets spans every kind of dark business you might encounter on a cold night in Basin City. It’s sure to scratch your Sin City itch again and again, in just that way that makes you itch for more.
FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 7: HELL AND BACK 3RD EDITION
Frank Miller (W/A)
On sale Nov 24
b&w, 320 pages $30.00
TPB, 6" x 9"
Hell and Back, the final volume of Frank Miller’s signature series, is the biggest and baddest Sin City of them all! This newly redesigned edition features a brand-new cover by Miller—some of his first comics art in years!
It’s one of those clear, cool nights that drops in the middle of summer like a gift from on high. If it weren’t for the rent, Wallace wouldn’t have a care in the world. Then he sees Esther, about to throw it all away—and throw herself off a cliff. Wallace jumps in after her, saves her life, and falls in love, but before he can find out what she was running from, she’s gone again, kidnapped. But Wallace isn’t the kind to lose his head. He’s calm. Like a monk. Like an executioner. And he’ll find them.
FEAR AGENT #30: OUT OF STEP #3 (OF 5)
Rick Remender (W), Mike Hawthorne (P), Tony Moore (P/Cover), and John Lucas (I)
On sale Sept 29
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
Everything you know is a manipulation. Every life lost, every terrible danger, every lonely year—preordained by a being that has been with you, in front of your face, the entire journey. If you are Heath Huston, your life will soon crumble apart. Entirely. Once and for all. If you are Heath Huston, you’re going to want to kill the son-of-a-bitch who caused it all before you go. Also includes a special Tales of the Fear Agent by legendary creator Hilary Barta! The Final Arc!
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THE WEDNESDAY CONSPIRACY
Sergio Bleda (W/A)
On sale Nov 3
FC, 152 pages $19.99
TPB, 7" x 10"
Think you’ve got problems? Meet the patients in Dr. Burton’s Wednesday-afternoon support group. Violet carries a jar full of demons. Roger can read minds. Akiko talks with her dead parents through the bathroom mirror. Joe is an exorcist. Brian is pyrokinetic. And then, of course, there’s Charles.
They’ve been thrown together by the luck of the draw, stuck with supernatural powers they don’t want and can’t control. But when something begins to pick them off one by one, the surviving members of the Wednesday Conspiracy find themselves the last, reluctant line of defense between the reincarnation of an ancient evil and the fate of the world.
MOTEL ART IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
Jason Little (W/A)
On sale Nov 17
FC, 208 pages $19.99
HC, 9" x 6 3/4"
From Jason Little, author of the Ignatz Award-winning Shutterbug Follies, comes another exciting “bubblegum noir” graphic novel, originally serialized in the acclaimed webcomic Bee!
Eighteen-year-old Bee has finally saved up enough to embark on her long-planned cross-country bicycle trip. However, she doesn’t make it very far before disaster leaves her stranded at a motel. Her hormones surge when she meets a misunderstood young artist on a mission to “upgrade” the banal “artwork” that hangs on the walls of every motel room. Taking a job there as a housekeeper, Bee snoops around in the motel’s dirty laundry and finds herself entangled in a scary drug deal gone dangerously wrong.
Featuring gorgeous artwork balancing grit with cuteness, Motel Art Improvement Service explores crime, young love, and the purpose of art, in a story that’s equal parts thrilling, funny, and sexy!
LITTLE LULU VOLUME 25: THE BURGLAR-PROOF CLUBHOUSE AND OTHER STORIES
John Stanley (W/A) and Irving Tripp (A)
On sale Nov 24
FC, 200 pages $14.99
TPB, 6" x 9"
With the wittiest stories, most graceful art, and most effortless pacing in the business, cartoon iconoclasts John Stanley and Irving Tripp set the gold standard for American humor comics in Little Lulu. Lulu Moppet, her best friend/nemesis Tubby, and the rest of the Main Street gang never run out of new ways into and out of (but mostly into) trouble. This new volume is no exception, filled cover to cover with mirthful mayhem from a pair of all-time comics masters!
• The Burglar-Proof Clubhouse continues Dark Horse’s chronological reprinting of Little Lulu, collecting issues #124-#129 in all their original full-color glory!
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POP WONDERLAND: CINDERELLA
Michiyo Hayano (W) and POP (A)
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