Previews Spotlight #102 (Apr->Jun) Deadline: Sat AM, Apr 9

[drew]

Here are the Comic Book Page picks of the month:

IDW

ACTION MAN #1
John Barber (w) • Paolo Villanelli (a) • Chris Evenhuis (c)
ACTION MAN IS DEAD—LONG LIVE ACTION MAN! He’s the world’s greatest special agent… until he dies saving the planet, with all the world’s eyes on him. Now his young protégé has to step into the role—whether he’s ready or not!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

IMAGE

LAZARUS #22
STORY: GREG RUCKA
ART / COVER: MICHAEL LARK
JUNE 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
NEW STORY ARC! “CULL," Part One—There are fifteen families fighting to control the world. That’s fourteen too many. The time has come for the cull.

SYMMETRY #5
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVERS A & B: RAFFAELE IENCO
JUNE 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
NEW STORY ARC! Twenty years later, the child of Michael and Maricela is alone, apart, and different from every other human on the planet. She works with the artificial intelligence to try and create real, lasting change.

OTHER PUBLISHERS

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT

SUPER HUMAN RESOURCES #1
(W) Ken Marcus (A) Armando M. Zanker (CA) Justin Bleep
The sequel to the sold-out, indie hit is finally here. Welcome back to the HR department of the world's greatest super team. Super Crises International has been infiltrated by sinister forces. And stupidity. Lots of stupidity. Cover by Justin Bleep. Variant by Gabriel Hardman (Hulk, Agents of Atlas, Invisible Republic.)
QUOTE: "This is the comic you never knew you were waiting to read." - Comic Book Resources (STL007484)
BLEEP COVER—32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
HARDMAN COVER—32pgs, FC SRP: $4.99

AFTERSHOCK COMICS

THE REVISIONIST #1
(W) Frank Barbiere (A/CA) Garry Brown
New Series! How far would you go to save reality? Martin Monroe is The Revisionist — a time-traveling assassin tasked with repairing our fractured timeline. Forced to place his trust in his estranged father, Martin will have to overcome his troubled past to save the future — but can he live with his decisions? Join the all-star creative team of writer FRANK J. BARBIERE (Five Ghosts, Avengers World), artist GARRY BROWN (Black Road, The Massive), and colorist LAUREN AFFE (The Paybacks, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter) for the first chapter of an all-new action/sci-fi adventure about fathers, sons, and time travel!
32pgs, FC $3.99


AUTOMATIC PICTURES PUBLISHING

CON MAN'S SPECTRUM #1
(W) Pj Haarsma, Alan Tudyk (A/CA) Sarah Stone
The survivors of a brutal alien invasion converge on the last military base on Earth. Ambushed and outgunned, pilot Cash Wayne and Captain James Raaker have to figure out how to escape in a spaceship no one has ever flown! Firefly stars Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion explore the world of "Spectrum," the cancelled-too-soon show-within-a-show from their hit web series, Con Man! (STL006721)
SARAH STONE COVER A—32pgs, FC $3.99
COLLEEN DORAN COVER B—32pgs, FC $3.99
PHIL NOTO COVER C—32pgs, FC $3.99

BOOM! STUDIOS

LUMBERJANES/GOTHAM ACADEMY #1
(W) Chynna Clugston-Flores (A) Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
(CA) Mingjue Chen, Brooke Allen
What’s to Love: We adore DC’s Gotham Academy and it’s been on our wish list to have them somehow meet the Lumberjanes. From the great characters to the fun stories, we saw a world in which these two groups could coexist. Fast forward and here we are—the crossover event we’ve dreamed about and can’t wait to bring to you!
What It Is: Something sinister is happening at a mysterious building deep in the woods, drawing the Lumberjanes and the Gotham Academy kids separately to investigate. Is it a weird cabin? An abandoned asylum? The two groups band together to find out what exactly is going on. Featuring a connecting subscription cover by Brooke Allen!
32pgs, FC (1 of 6) $3.99

STRANGE ATTRACTORS #1
(W) Charles Soule (A) Greg Scott, Soo Lee
(CA) Greg Scott, Scott Newman
What’s to Love: Writer Charles Soule (Daredevil, Civil War) crafted a mind-bending story about how chaos math kept New York City from collapsing under itself. Presented for the first time as a limited series, each oversized issue of Strange Attractors features 30 pages of content, including new, never-before-seen bonus story pages.
What It Is: Dr. Brownfield believes that a series of cataclysmic events are coming to New York City, and someone has to keep the city safe after he’s gone. Enter Heller Wilson, a brilliant mathematics student, who discovers that his ailing, perhaps insane, mentor has been saving New York City from societal collapse by a series of “adjustments,” a la the Butterfly Effect. But now, all signs point toward an impending disaster. Can Wilson take what little he’s learned and save the city in time?
32pgs, FC (1 of 5) $3.99

CHAPTERHOUSE COMICS

NORTHGUARD #1
(W) Anthony Falcone (A/CA) Ron Salas
Leaping from the pages of Captain Canuck comes Northguard, Canada's newest super-hero! His first mission: Track down The Aurora Dawn, a mysterious cult hoping to bring about the end of the world! Chapterhouse Comics' Captain Canuck reboot has garnered praise and critical acclaim, now see our take on another clas-sic Canadian superhero, Marc Shainblum and Gabriel Morrisette's Northguard! (STL007034) (C: 0-0-1)
COVER A—32pgs, FC $3.99
COVER B—32pgs, FC $3.99
BLANK COVER—32pgs, FC $3.99
MEGO COVER—32pgs, FC $3.99

no big two selections, that's rare, isn't it?

[GABE!]

Here are the full DC Comics solicits for June. Including the new DC Rebirth comics.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/03/28/ ... dcrebirth/

Dear Gabe,

Thank you for posting the DC solicits.

I hope you are going to send in some clips for this episode.

Aloha!

I will try. The DC Rebirth solicits are calling to me. But I'm very busy studying for my insurance license and that has taken me away from pretty much everything.

[Joe3c]

My picks this month are:

DC:
DETECTIVE COMICS #934

Marvel:
CIVIL WAR II: X-MEN #1
TIMELY COMICS

Dark Horse:
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' TARZAN: THE COMPLETE JOE KUBERT YEARS TP

IDW:
TMNT BEBOP & ROCKSTEADY DESTROY EVERYTHING #1

Albatross:
HILLBILLY #1

BOOM:
LUCAS STAND #1

Dynamite:
SHADOW: DEATH OF MARGO LANE #1

I may also record a shout out to books that I have been enjoying, but it will only be one clip:
Spider-Woman #8, Mockingbird #4, Hellboy in Hell #10, Transformers More than Meets the Eye #54, Tomboy #6, Doctor Who: Eleventh Doctor Year Two #12 and Bloodshot Reborn #14

Cheers!

[Thedoh]

I would like to submit clips this month for:

Tales From The Darkside #1
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: Complete Joe Kubert Years
Midnight of the Soul #1
Starve #10
TwoMorrows ad page for their entire library

-TODD

[drew]

Just received my previews and no rebirth solicits from DC just a listing (as John predicted)

I hope this "strategy" doesn't back fire on them

[Joe3c]

Just received my previews and no rebirth solicits from DC just a listing (as John predicted)

I hope this "strategy" doesn't back fire on them

I only get my comics from DCBS once a month. For customers like myself who use Previews (and the podcast) to order, it means the DC section might as well not exist this month.
For retailers, I wonder if they will get an extra two weeks to order? Will the cutoff be extended?
In the best scenario, everyone has less time to look at their offerings for the month.

[drew]

I only get my comics from DCBS once a month. For customers like myself who use Previews (and the podcast) to order, it means the DC section might as well not exist this month.
For retailers, I wonder if they will get an extra two weeks to order? Will the cutoff be extended?
In the best scenario, everyone has less time to look at their offerings for the month.

yeah seems like they were so worried about leaks and debuting at wonder con they missed the forest for the trees, either that or creators weren't in place yet...yikes

[bralinator]

I only get my comics from DCBS once a month. For customers like myself who use Previews (and the podcast) to order, it means the DC section might as well not exist this month.
For retailers, I wonder if they will get an extra two weeks to order? Will the cutoff be extended?
In the best scenario, everyone has less time to look at their offerings for the month.

yeah seems like they were so worried about leaks and debuting at wonder con they missed the forest for the trees, either that or creators weren't in place yet...yikes

Don't fret. They had time to get an online version of their Previews up.

http://www.dccomics.com/reader/#/comics/394096

It looks great and it's 62 pages

[bralinator]

Email from DCBS this afternoon:

Hello,

You'll notice that your copy of Previews this month does not include any of DC's book solicitations for the month of April. DC decided to hold their solicitations from Previews because they wanted to make their Rebirth announcements at WonderCon last weekend without spoilers getting leaked. They will be releasing a separate catalog with all of their April solicitations the week of 4/13/16. All of our customers who ordered Previews will receive a free copy of this catalog in their next regularly scheduled shipment after it releases.

We don't want any of our customers to have to wait until the end of the month to see DC's April catalog, so we will make the catalog available digitally on our website when the April solicitations go live. You will find a link to that digital version under our slideshow banner on the main page of our website once April's pre-orders go up.

Thank you,
DCBS Customer Service

[ChrisMyers]

My picks for this months Preview Spotlight are:

Dark Horse
Kings Road TP

DC
Titans Rebirth #1

Vertigo
The Sheriff of Babylon vol 1 TP

Image
Huck vol 1 TP

Marvel
Thunderbolts Classic vol 2 TP
The Vision vol 1 TP

Looking forward to hearing everyone's clips.

[drew]

Comics for Fun and Profit Picks:

I Hate Fairyland #6
Revival #41
Overstreet Price Guide

[JohnMayo]

I only get my comics from DCBS once a month. For customers like myself who use Previews (and the podcast) to order, it means the DC section might as well not exist this month.
For retailers, I wonder if they will get an extra two weeks to order? Will the cutoff be extended?
In the best scenario, everyone has less time to look at their offerings for the month.

yeah seems like they were so worried about leaks and debuting at wonder con they missed the forest for the trees, either that or creators weren't in place yet...yikes

Don't fret. They had time to get an online version of their Previews up.

http://www.dccomics.com/reader/#/comics/394096

It looks great and it's 62 pages

I was able to get a copy of that file right before Drew and I recorded Weekly Comics Spotlight #450 which goes up on Monday. After the reviews, we stepped through the listings and gave our thoughts on many of the items. I figured since it wasn't going to be in Previews and therefore those items might not get covered in the Previews Spotlight, it made since to go over them.

After going through that file, I'm more interested in some items and less in a few than I was before seeing the covers, solicitations and creative teams.

[SupermanFan]

MrAloha, I'll try not to disappoint:

Dark Horse Comics:
USAGI YOJIMBO #155

IDW:
WYNONNA EARP #5

Image Comics:
INVINCIBLE #129

DC Comics:
DC UNIVERSE #1
SUPERMAN: REBIRTH #1
SUPERMAN: THE COMING OF THE SUPERMEN #5
ACTION COMICS #957
ASTRO CITY #36 (Vertigo)
SUPERMAN #1
ACTION COMICS #958
FUTURE QUEST #2

Dynamite Entertainment:
THE SHADOW: THE DEATH OF MARGO LANE #1

Asgard Press:
VINTAGE DC COMICS 12-MONTH 2017 WALL CALENDAR

[MrAloha]

Dear Gang,

Here are my picks for this episode

Dark Horse Comics: Leaving Megalopolis: Surviving Megalopolis #6 This is the final issue of this mini-series. Created by Gail Simone (W) and J. Calafiore (A)

DC Comics: BATMAN #1
by Tom King and Art and cover by Davie Finch and Matt Banning
(I'm going to record this clip at Dragon's Lair.)

Image Comics: Paper Girls #6
by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang
(I'm going to record this clip at Dragon's Lair.)
NEW STORY ARC!

Marvel Comics: Civil War II #1 and 2
by Brian Michael Bendis (W) and David Marquez (A)

Marvel Comics: Vote Loki #1
by Christopher Hastings (W) and Langdon Foss (A)

Marvel Comics: Silver Surfer #200
By Dan Slott (W) and Michael Allred (A)
Oops! Sorry! I meant Silver Surfer #6

Legendary Comics: Axiom Graphic Novel
by Mark Waid (W) and Ed Benes (A)
Resolicited from February's Previews.

Shoutout clip
Welcome Alan to the Previews Spotlight Episode.
Thank Billy for recommending Future Quest #1

Aloha!

[JohnMayo]

For DC items, go with p082-D035-Superman1 with the 82 being the page in Previews that the DC Previews starts at and the 35 being the page for the item in the DC Previews. Essentially, for this month we'll be treating the DC Previews like we've been treating the Marvel Previews.