Shawn Says: Spotlight on New Releases March 31, 2010

In which Shawn looks at the New Releases and lets you know which books she is most excited about!

1) Blackest Night #8

Did someone say “splash pages”? The final installment of the Blackest Night mini-series is plum full of action, excitement and suprises. Here at Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find you get a free Black Lantern ring with purchase of Blackest Night #8!

2) Amazing Spider-Man #627

Roger Stern and Lee Weeks and the Juggernaut? Sign me up!

3) X-Men Second Coming #1

Hope and Cable return from the future to the X-Men and Utopia (their new home near San Francisco).

 

4) John Stanley Library Melvin Monster HC vol 2

It is like John Stanley took what I love about the Addams Family and the Munsters and turned it into a comic book. It has the perfect amount of humor and camp. I love it!

5) RASL #7

I seriously can’t wait to get home so I can read this book! If loving RASL and Jeff Smith is wrong than I don’t want to be right.

BOOM Studios releases for March 31, 2010

DISNEY’S HERO SQUAD: ULTRAHEROES #3

Written by Alessandro Ferraro & Ivan Saidenberg
Drawn by Antonello Dalena & Carlos Edgard Herrero
Covers by Magic Eye Studios & Mike Decarlo
SC, 24 pgs, FC, SRP: $2.99

The battle for the Ultrapods intensifies as the Sinister 7 unleash their plan to steal the remaining pieces of the ultramachine. But will it be up to the powerless Mickey Mouse to foil their nefarious plot and keep the world safe? Tune in and find out as Disney’s Hero Squad presents another chapter of the instant Disney classic, Ultraheroes!

DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? #10

Written by Philip K. Dick
Drawn by Tony Parker
SC, 32 pgs, FC, (10 of 24), SRP: $3.99
Covers by Frazer Irving & Moritat

Is Rick Deckard an android?! The saga that inspired BLADE RUNNER continues in this special tenth issue of the Philip K. Dick sci-fi epic. Is the hunt for the rogue Nexus-6 androids at an end? Questions are raised and answers are given in the most exciting issue of DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? yet! Cover by red-hot artist Frazer Irving (BATMAN AND ROBIN)!

INCORRUPTIBLE #4

Written by Mark Waid
Drawn by Jean Diaz
SC, 24pgs, FC, SRP: $3.99
Covers by Rafael Albuquerque & Dennis Calero

Last April BOOM! Studios showed the world that MARK WAID IS EVIL with the smash-hit series IRREDEEMABLE. Now BOOM! shows the world that Mark Waid is… INCORRUPTIBLE! In this new ongoing, Max Danger can’t find an ally in this world. No one believes he’s reformed. No proof he can offer can clear his name… unless he throws in with the bad guys one last time.

WIZARDS OF MICKEY #3

Written by Stefano Ambrosio
Drawn by Vitale Mangiatordi & Lorenzo Pastrovicchio
SC, 24 pgs, FC, SRP: $2.99
Covers by Lorenzo Pastrovicchio & Magic Eye Studios

When one of their eggs goes missing, the dragons of the realm declare war on the scaleless. The situation looks dire, but leave it to the brave wizard Mickey Mouse and his sorcerer companions to seek out the eggs before mayhem can break loose. The odds are stacked against our heroes, but Goofy may have something up his sleeve to turn the tide! The series that the fans have been clamoring for continues this month in the thrilling tale of the “Iron Dragon!”

IDW releases for March 31, 2010

A-Team War Stories BA #1

Chuck Dixon & Erik Burnham (w)
Casey Maloney (a)
Michael Gaydos (c)

A prequel to this summer’s most anticipated movie! Sgt. Bosco “B.A.” Baracus is the kind of man you want on your side in a tough situation-which is why he was sent into Kuwait City to help retrieve weapons stolen from the coalition during Desert Storm. But when B.A. learns that this particular mission isn’t exactly what he was told, you’ll pity the fool that tried to lie to him.

Eternal Descent #1

Llexi Leon (w)

Jason Metcalf (a)

Syzmond Kudranski & Svee Wheeler (c)

Welcome to a city where lost souls lurk in every shadow and darkness veils sinister designs, where heavy metal could be the key to salvation…or the gateway to destruction. A fallen hero, a twisted demon, one gorgeous succubus, and an army of chart-topping guitar heroes: the pieces are in place. The Descent begins, created in conjunction with ESP Guitars and Marshall Amplification.

GI JOE COBRA II #3

Mike Costa & Christos N. Gage (w)
Antonio Fuso (a & c)
Howard Chaykin (c)

Chuckles is in the wind and doesn’t care if he lives or dies. All he wants is revenge. But the Joes need him in one piece… and getting him means following him into the belly of the beast. Or, in this case, the reptile known as COBRA.

Star Trek The Next Generation Ghosts #5

Zander Cannon (w)
Javier Aranda (a)
Joe Corroney (c)

It’s the stunning conclusion! As Worf’s execution draws ever closer, Commander Riker sends Data alone into enemy territory to find him. Meanwhile, Picard and his fellow prisoners search desperately for a way out of the white zone before their link to the real world disappears trapping them forever!

Transformers #5

Mike Costa (w)
Don Figueroa (a & c)
Andrew Wildman (c)

Optimus Prime and Spike Witwicky have a chat that could define the future of Autobot and human relations! But lest you think it’s all talky-talk, back at Rodimus’ camp something big happens, something very big. A game-changing event in IDW’s Transformers, with a Don Figueroa double-page spread that has to be seen to be believed!

Dynamite Entertainment releases for March 31, 2010

KEVIN SMITH’S GREEN HORNET #2

Writer: Kevin Smith

Penciller/Inker: Jonathan Lau

Covers: Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Joe Benitez & Stephen Segovia

The Green Hornet is back, and Dynamite is the new home for the avenging hero and his faithful sidekick, Kato (and, their ride, Black Beauty, ‘natch!)! Issue #2 continues the incredible opening blast from Dynamite and Kevin Smith: the original Green Hornet struggles with forces put in motion against him while his son unwittingly becomes a pawn in a world not of his making! Never before seen, this comic adaptation of the unproduced Kevin Smith screenplay is THE comic book event of 2010 (and beyond!)

THE LEGENDARY TALESPINNERS #2 (OF 3)

Writer: James Kuhoric

Penciller/Inker/Colorist: Grant Bond

Covers: Nick Bradshaw & Grant Bond

Abby traded her hospital coat for a straight jacket as her careful and orderly world instantly turned into a raving madhouse upon waking on the other side of the magic mirror. Her denials of the phantasmical Baron Munchausen’s stories withered in light of a world of dysfunctional fairytale creatures all around her. And now she must undertake a lunatic’s journey through the corrupted Storybook Forest to find the last king of the poisoned fable world. Facing creatures of legend, undead fairytale characters, and the ever present pursuit of Mother Goose’s deadly thugs, Abby must find a way to believe in the stories once again and embrace her dormant imagination or be buried by the horrors around her. The journey from college student to Legendary Talespinner begins here!

IDW visits Jurassic Park

IDW Publishing is pleased to announce a publishing agreement with Universal Partnerships & Licensing to create an entirely new series of comics based on the always-popular Jurassic Park franchise. Launching in June, IDW’s Jurassic Park comics will bring all of the oversized action and prehistoric adventure that fans love in a brand-new story. Plus, IDW will also reprint all the original Topps Jurassic Park comics in a trade paperback collection, most of which have never before been reprinted. Fans attending WonderCon 2010, one of the country’s leading comics and pop culture conventions, held April 2nd through the 4th in San Francisco, can get a sneak peak of the new series at the IDW booth #519 and at the Jurassic Park panel on Friday.

“I’ve been a fan of Jurassic Park since we first published it at Topps back in the 90’s, and it’s exciting revisit and reinvigorate the property after all these years,” said IDW chief operating officer, Greg Goldstein. “There’s so much potential for interesting stories, and we have a great team in place to bring them to life.”

Available in both print and digital, IDW’s Jurassic Park comics kick off with a five-issue story arc, written by IDW Senior Editor and comics veteran Bob Schreck. Nate Van Dyke provides interior art, while comics’ legends Tom Yeates and Frank Miller offer their awesome and gory covers to the first issue, with Arthur Adams, Paul Pope, and Bernie Wrightson also providing variant covers for the first storyline. IDW will be giving away a Jurassic Park poster at WonderCon, featuring Frank Miller’s cover art for issue #1. Schreck, Van Dyke and Yeates will also all be on hand throughout the weekend to sign autographs.

“Having been born in the Jurassic Era myself, I just couldn’t pass up this opportunity,” Schreck commented. “I was raised on a strict diet of Willis O’Brien and Ray Harryhausen movies and adore the Jurassic Park films. I can’t begin to convey the thrill of bringing this tale to life with so many old (and new) super-talented friends and fellow dinosaur lovers.”

The first five-issue story arc in IDW’s new Jurassic Park series, Jurassic Park: Redemption, takes up thirteen years after the very first Jurassic Park motion picture and finds John Hammond’s grandchildren, Tim and Lex Murphy, as well-to-do young adults. While Lex is working with the UN to continue keeping people off of both Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna — her brother Tim has other ideas about how to get their grandfather’s name back in good standing. Each issue in the arc will feature a cover by Yeates and a variant by another major artist. For issue #2, fans can expect great things from Arthur Adams, followed by Paul Pope on issue #3, Bernie Wrightson on issue #4 and the hugely popular dinosaur connoisseur Bill Stout on issue #5.


Jurassic Park: Redemption #1 (32 pages, full color, $3.99) will be available in stores in June. Visit IDWPublishing.com to sign up for updates and learn more about the company and its top-selling books.