PREVIEWS Coming Attractions-CBH’s JANUARY 2009 Picks
Dave’s PREVIEWS PICKS – Cool comics from the November edition of Previews
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DC COMICS
Faces of Evil One Shots – The weekly one shots: Grundy, Prometheus, Deathstroke, and Kobra. Each issue features a defining story to reintroduce these characters as major villains in the DCU. Faces of Evil: Prometheus is a lead-in to a new Justice League #1! [p. 66]
Black Lightning: Year One #1 & 2 – Re-visit the beginnings of this hero. [p. 70]
The Losers by Jack Kirby Hard Cover – Re-printing World War II stories from Our Fighting Forces #151-162 produced by Kirby for DC in 1974. [p. 89]
The Spirit Special One Shot – Re-printing four classic stories by Spirit creator and comics innovator, Will Eisner. [p. 91]
DC COMICS/Johnny DC
Batman: The Brave and the Bold #1 – This is based on the Cartoon Network show featuring an all ages version of Batman teaming with various DC Comics superheroes. Look for kid-friendly takes on Green Arrow, Blue Beetle, Aquaman, and more. [p. 97]
DC COMICS/Wildstorm
Mysterius: The Unfathomable #1 – Jeff Parker (X-Men: First Class) writes this left-of-center new miniseries about a strange stage magician. [p. 101]
DC COMICS/Vertigo
The Compleat Death Deluxe Edition Hard Cover – This oversized hard cover reprints every Death story by Neil Gaiman. [p. 113]
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
New Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War #1 – The origin of the Cylons and the first Cylon/Colonial conflict. Based on the settings and characters seen in the Sci-Fi TV series. [p. 248]
EVIL TWIN COMICS
Comic Book Comics #4 – The creators of Action Philosophers use their story-telling skills to present the saga of the comics industry. In #4 they get in to the beginnings of the Marvel Universe and underground comix. [p. 271]
IDW PUBLISHING
Star Trek Countdown #1 – A prequel of sorts to the J.J. Abrams motion picture. [p. 279]
MARVEL COMICS
Super Hero Squad One Shot – Cute is the word here with this “big-foot” kids version of the Marvel Universe. [p. 6]
Dr. Doom and the Masters of Evil #1 – Doom gets the old Sinister Six together under his direction and he’s going to spruce up their powers before they go on with their evil ways. [p. 36]
Punisher #1 – This is the restart to the Marvel Universe version of old Punny. Frank’s got a Skrull rifle and he’s hunting super-folks like The Sentry! [p. 50]
Secret Invasion: War of Kings One Shot – Just as the Inhumans start to rebuild after the Skrull war, Vulcan, king of Shi’ar, decides to attack. [p. 61]
Captain Britain by Alan Moore & Alan Davis Omnibus Hard Cover – This reprints Marvel UK comics along with some early stateside appearances by Moore and Davis plus Chris Claremont, Paul Neary, and Jamie Delano. [p. 61]
Books
Teenagers From the Future – The 50-year history of the Legion of Super-Heroes! [p. 352]
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