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David LeBlanc [7] New Comics Shipping 7/16/96 ........... Bobb Waller [A] E-Mag Info: Submissions, Subscriptions, Back Issues, Copyrights [B] How to join ComicBook Network.......... BBS 101 [C] Bulletin Boards Linked into CBN........ CBN node list ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] On the Net by David LeBlanc A bit later than normal this week, lot's of distractions. I was coming off vacation last Sunday and did the flea market thing. I was up at 3:30 and spent until about 2:00 P.M. in direct sun hawking my wares and netted about $200. Of that $56 was from old comics. That night I got sick around 9:00 and was too weak to get out of bed on Monday. Bad enough trying to get back in the groove after 2 weeks off, but then my brother decides to join the world of modem communications. He bought a 28.8 Boca internal and tried to install it himself. I have spent a good part of this week on the phone with him, reinstalling software, trouble shooting config files and generally burning up my free time getting him back where he was before he started. He eventually got to the right people at BOCA who told him to swap it for another and then talked him through the installation. Next, would you believe, he did not even know the line he had it plugged into was dead? The line we talk on is off a local PBX so he knew he had to use the other, but did not bother to plug a phone in to see if it worked! I was ready to jump through the phone when he finally told me. Now with all that behind us, he still does not have his CD rom drive working right in windows and just found out his speakers no longer work. So it goes. Anyway, I am finally getting time to finish up this issue. We have a review of comics from Nashville this week, the EISNER and Inkpot winners and Rich's Revelations for July. A while back I mentioned that my local retailer, THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT, was nominated and made the finals for the "Spirit of the Industry" award. It turns out a store in California and one in Australia both won. Wait til next year! David LeBlanc [ComicBkNet@aol.com] Editor The Comic Book Net E-Mag ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2] Letters to the Editor If you want to comment on this or any previous issue, want to offer something for us to publish, or just want to shamelessly suck up to the editor to try and get your name in print send Email to: ComicBkNet@aol.com Note: letters of comment, complete with the sender's Email address, may be used in future issues of the CBN E-Mag unless you specifically request us NOT to use them. Email address will be withheld upon request. +++++ From: Angelo Furlan Subject: Re: Cbem #66 >Angelo Furlan, creator of Sinnamon >and the Bruiser, gives us a report on his trip to the Chicago >Convention. Geez. You'll let ANYONE write in your magazine, won't you? >Name the original Frightful Four. JFK, Robert Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and J. Edgar Hoover. Sorry! Wrong continuity. S'okay. I'm allergic to cheese. > A copy of Action Comics #1, the comic book in which Superman made >his 1938 debut sold for $61,900 at a Sotheby's auction. The buyer was >Steve Geppi, owner of Diamond Comics Distribution Nice to see that someone's still making money from the comic biz. > Daredevil and Shi >cross paths in 1997. . . Mr. Mxyzptlk and The Impossible Man will be >plaguing Superman and the Silver Surfer in a crossover by George Perez, >Ron Lim and Terry Austin. . . new Amalgam comics are being planned, word >is that among them is a Green Lantern/Iron Man mix called Iron Lantern . >. . other team ups in the works include Spider-Man/Gen13 and >Batman/Daredevil the latter by Scott McDaniel & Dan Chichester. Sigh. I saw the Iron Man/X-O Man of War teamup at a local shop. Hasn't the novelty worn off yet? Let's make it more interesting. I propose a team-up of characters wherein only one walks away back to his/her company. Loser vanishes off the face of the publishing planet. Loser doesn't come back from the grave, no one gets to wear the costume, nothing. Dead, dead, dead! Now THAT would sell! And isn't that the entire point behind these exercises? My first suggestion is a triangle battle: Iron Man vs. X-O vs. Prototype! There's only room for ONE armoured hero, baby! >[5] ChicagoConvention Report by Angelo Furlan > >FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE WINDY CITY Uh oh. You printed all of it? Guess we're in trouble now. :> >You too can enjoy the intelligent conversations and informative threads >that occur in the conferences of the Comic Book Net every day! Once you start printing article by the likes of me, you've pretty much lowered the general IQ of CBEM by a dozen or so points. BTW, have you gotten SINNAMON #6 yet? I look forward to your comments. [Just got it this week. Great stuff! (STUF?)] Angelo Furlan Writer/Creator of SINNAMON, BRUISER, and STUF. email me at: afurlan@pathcom.com Check out the Catfish Comics Web Page at: http//www.thenerve2.com/catfish +++++ Subj: Re: Steven's Comics Date: 96-07-06 16:07:59 EDT From: DKPress To: ComicBknet David -- Thanks for reviewing Steven's Comics - I'm happy to tell you that your review is the first I've read on my new collection. Thanks for the positive and encouraging words. I self-syndicate my strip to alternative and gay papers and every year I collect the strips in a book form. I'm thinking of dropping the strip as it's been tough trying to convince papers to run it and those that do run it to pay me! I won't give up on Steven though, I may do Steven's Comics as a comic book in a new format and style. I look forward to your weekly e-mag - keep up the good work! all the best-- David Kelly +++++ Subj: Gerard Jones From: hershst@cpmail-am.cis.columbia.edu To: comicbknet@aol.com What ever happened to Gerard Jones? He used to do JLA at DC? He used to do Prime and other stuff at Malibu. He used to do a 2099 book at Marvel? Can anyone on the net tell me : what is Gerard Jones doing now? [I remember reading a rather long message from him forwarded to the rec.art.comics newsgroups with him discussing his take on the industry, right after he decided to take a break from the mainstream. I don't recall seeing anything by him lately, but maybe one of our readers does.] +++++ From: hershst@cpmail-am.cis.columbia.edu To: comicbknet@aol.com Surely you jest! DC had no continuity problems in the Silver Age of Comics! Every issue was like an independent ELSEWORLDS tale. Characters might were the same costume in two consecutive issues, but consistency beyond that was NOT expected! Thus, in BRAVE & BOLD, Batman would be depicted as a dreaded creature of the night. Meanwhile in BATMAN, he was a friendly super-hero operating in the middle of the day more like a boy scout leader. Thus, BRAVE & BOLD # 60 appeared showcasing the TEEN TITANS, including WONDER GIRL. Until this time, WONDER GIRL was actually WONDER WOMAN when she was a girl. She could only appear in the same stories as WONDER WOMAN when photos of WONDER GIRL would be animated (by Bob Kanigher's fiat, of course. why would Queen Hippolyta even want to do such a thing?) All of this makes perfect sense when you recall that WONDER WOMAN was no ordinary Amazon; she was an animated statue! It was only for the benefit of fans with no imagination at all that DC decided that the WONDER GIRL appearing in TEEN TITANS was a real person, distinct from the Diana Prince/WONDER WOMAN character. Even so, it was not until issue #22 of the bi-monthly title (yes there were bi-monthly titles in the "pre-Crisis" DC Universe) that Dc bowed to fan pressure and related the origin of Donna Troy. The more I think about it, the more I feel comics were more fun in the old days, when they did not have to splash the logo "ELSEWORLDS" on the cover or paint every inside page to tell an enjoyable story. [heh, heh! On that note, we enter into another trivia challenge. Lots of people did not identify the right *name* for Paste Pot Pete, preferring instead his later identity. While this did not keep anyone from winning the prize this time, I am a stickler for such detail. If I ask for original I mean back then, not now. . . and visa versa.] [TRIVIA CONTEST] Last week's question: Name the *Original* Frightful Four. In reverse order: From: kjobe@wmcstations.com (Ken Jobe) I'm probably way too late on this one, but, hey, it was a busy week. The original Frightful Four are: the Wingless Wizard, the Sandman, the Trapster (or Paste-Pot Pete, if you prefer) and Medusa. From: Pest23 I probably won't be first with this, but the original group has always held a cheesy charm for me, so here goes: >Name the original Frightful Four. The Wizard Sandman Paste Pot Pete (also known as The Trapster) Medusa (of the Inhumans) This may not be the original line-up, but it's the earliest one I remember From: Rob & Cindy Collier the wizard the sandman the trapster (paste-pot-pete) medusa From: Mike Sawin the original FrightfulFour consisted of the Wizard, Medusa, Sandman, and Paste-pot Pete. From: eli@FreeMark.COM (Eli Zweifach) I may be a little late getting this in since I just returned from a great San Diego Con. The original Frightful Four were: The Wizard, Paste-Pot Pete, Medusa and Sandman. From: desada@edc1.edc.ca (Desabrais, Dave) I don't know if I'm eligible to win yet or not, but I'll take a quick guess off the top of my head for fun. (By the way, I forgot to let you know I got my Cheesy Prize and it was great!! Thanks) The original Frightful Four was The Wizard, The Trapster, Sandman, and Medusa From: ThorIsCool Finally, a question in my area of expertise! The original Frightful Four consisted of The Wizard, Sandman, Paste-Pot Pete, and Medusa, and they first appeared in Fantastic Four #36 > From: nexus1@soho.ios.com > > The original Frightful Four: The (Mad) Thinker, The Sandman, The Trapster > (Paste Pot Pete), and Medusa. From: vroy@loginius.com Ok the FF were: Medusa, The Wizard, The Trapster and Sandman. Vince From: edcatibs@linknet.net (Ed Catibog) the original fright ful four were composed of : The Wizard, the Fixer, the Sandman and Medusa of the Inhumans. From: MYGN71A@prodigy.com ( RICH BOWMAN) Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 07:57:56, The Original Frightful Four? The Wizard, Medusa, The Sandman, and The Trapster (Paste Pot Pete) [Well this was not the first correct answer. That is from our old friend the "Answer Man", Bill de Haan who claims he had to get back after missing the John Byrne trivia question.] From: bdh@deus.com (William de Haan) Date: Sat, 06 Jul 1996 05:30:21 David LeBlanc's evil twin Skippy writes: >Name the original Frightful Four. Madame Medusa, Sandman, the Wizard, and Paste Pot Pete (who changed his name to the Trapster in the first Frightful Four story in FF #38). +--------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | William de Haan | | | Unix Developer Consultant | Out the 10Base-T, through the router, | | Deus Ex Machina | down the T1, over the leased line, | | 3650 Kaneff Cresent, Suite 2702| off the bridge, past the | | Mississauga, Ontario L5A 4A1 | firewall...nothing but Net. | | Tel: (905) 281-3523 | | +--------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION: Where did Jerry Siegel get the name "Clark Kent"? IMPORTANT RULES NOTICE: The first correct answer to reach the editor wins the CHEEZY PRIZE(tm). The editor will be the sole judge as to which guess arrived first! Please be sporting and send only one guess at a time. LIMIT: ONE PRIZE PER MONTH PER PERSON! Submit your own trivia and win the CHEEZY PRIZE(tm) if you stump the subscribers! You MUST submit the correct answer with the question. ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3] CBN Insider - News, gossip and rumors from around the industry Everyone's out to make a buck! Part 1: I have read reports that Rob Liefeld was hawking black and white signed ashcans of his Captain America at the convention for $5 each. I have read just as many reports of people who couldn't be bothered or stifled laughs as they handed it back and said, "no thanks." BUT I am sure the majority who saw it thought they got a bargain and would make some dough on it. GIVE THEM AWAY ROB! You'll make enough off of Marvel on this deal anyway. Don't perpetuate the killer of comics - greed! +++++ RIKKI ROCKETT'S 'NO MERCY' comics announced Saturday night after the San Diego Comic Con at a private party at the SAN DIEGO PLANET HOLLYWOOD the following. Actor Charlie Sheen has invested in No Mercy Comics recently. An avid comic reader he believes that the Company is the most innovative in years. NO Mercy comics will be officially doing the ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP COMICS. Artist have not yet been choosen and although it's unclear how many issues will be produced, Rikki plans on doing at least 6 highlighting each of the more well-known fighters. David Issacs at SEG Sports and Don Gold at Viacom, who are united in the UFC productions confirmed this announcement. NO MERCY Comics and CHAOS Comics will be doing a joint production venture of the No Mercy comics title Sisters of Mercy starting in January. The 1st issue will be a 16 page comic in January, followed by March, April, May, June and July full comics of this mini-series. +++++ For those of you who may not have heard it, it was announced that Mike Parobeck passed away on Wednesday, July 3rd. Mike is known for his artwork on the Impact line of comics, Batman Adventures, and the most recent version of the JSA. +++++ Everyone's out to make a buck, Part 2: Last week, Dark Horse shipped the latest chapter of Frank Miller's Sin City: That Yellow Bastard and then issued a recall of the entire lot. They told dealers to just send back the covers and they would get replacement books FREE. The problem was in the printing, or the paper. In some of the copies the yellow came out more green (That Pea Green Bastard?) so they decided to reprint and replace them. Some dealers, like mine, decided to give away the remaining interiors, to anybody who wanted them, after offering them to subscribers of SC:TYB. Other dealers used them to stimulate interest in non readers of that book. Other dealers kept the books anyway and sold them at cover, advising the customers that if they wanted the fixed issues they would hold one when they came in, as they just re-ordered all new copies. These are all acceptable solutions, and ethical at that. One message I read today had a dealer telling customers that this was a RARE edition since it had been recalled and they wouldn't be able to find it anywhere else in the city. He had them, *the original **defective** issues, on sale for $25 each the same week they came out all the time pushing the fact they would go way up in price. All the speculators are not dead yet it seems. +++++ From this week's CSNsider in Comic Shop News #473, lots of stuff we already told you about, plus . . . John Buscema, at Marvel since 1966, has retired . . . meanwhile Sal Buscema and Tom Palmer have also left Marvel, but look for them elsewhere in the near future, perhaps the Distinguished Competition? . . . Walt Disney has acquire the "Starblazers" rights with designs on a live action 1998 movie . . . DC is considering putting out "animation style" comics based on the success of Batman and Robin Adventures, but these wont be of characters with running cartoons. . . Millennium COmics says Uma Thurman has agreed to star in a "VIGIL" movie, a vampire detective comic. . .CSN says that the movie version of Dark Horse's "X", appears on the verge of happening. . . a compendium of Batman collectibles and memorabelia is slated for November from Little Brown & Co. It will be a 276 page, oversized hardcover by Chip Kidd. . . Topps is planning to put out X-Files graphic novels. . . meanwhile Chris Carter's "Millennium" is being sought after by comic companies betting on another hit when the TV series debuts in the X-Files old Friday time slot. ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [4] Rich's Revelations July by Rich Johnston RICH'S REVELATIONS BACK IN BLIGHTY Home, sweet home. America was great, but I wouldn't like to live there... I might lose that accent. But I'll definitely be back. I've got invitations... (I mean, like, even on the plane home! Is there nothing that American women won't do for a British accent? What are you all... sick?) Hey did you know that Trent (Creed) Kanuga, that Snowman guy (Mark Martin? Matt Martin?), the artist of Strangelove and a number of associated creators are going to set up their own company ala Image? No? Well neither does anyone else, until now. A Rich's Revelations exclusive. If Jeff Mason is reading, you owe me dinner, and "apthykt". Creator Moves: Spider-plan, Spider-plan, does anything a spider-plan can. Sal Buscema and Mark Bagley off. Luke Ross on Spec, Ron Garney on Amazing, to be replaced by Steve Skroce. Mike Wieringo on Sensational, JR JR still on Adjectiveless.. Roger Cruz replaces Skroce on X-Man. Andy Kubert finishes on X-Men 60. Cheers from the peanut gallery. Carlos Pacheco comes on from 60 on occasion, Bob Wiacek inks. Andy Kubert on Ka-Zar, with Cam Smith and writer Mark Waid. Pollina off X-Force, on X-Men: Rise of Apocalypse. Harry Castrillo on X-Force. Hitch on Excalibur and its a race for Kavanagh or Milligan to Excalibur writer. But could there be a newcomer entry in the race? Paul O'Brien knows, but he'd better keep schtum about it. Lobdell writes both X-books, with Loeb helping scripting. Ostrander, Kavanagh or Hanna may move to X-Men soon. Adam Kubert off Wolverine, Val Semiecks on. Rick Leonardi on Cable, Ian Churchill off. Ron Garney on Silver Surfer. Ghost Rider reprieved from cancellation. And maybe Val Seniecks off Wolverine soon and Marc Silvestri on. Chuck Dixon off Cap America, to join Waid and Perez in Liefeld's dump bin. Jeph Loeb on. Watch for JH Williams III ... Image camps hold forts. Now that Silvestri has gone, Wildstorm Studios is holding its own against the combined will of McFarlane, Liefeld and Larsen. How long can they hold up? Justice League news... Mark Millar and Grant Morrison's Aztek The Ultimate Man will join Morrison's Justice League as of issue 8. But while JL will see him joining the team, in Aztek, we see him go through a bizarre masonic ritual to join the tam. Aztek will expose the hypocrisy and the conspiracies so far hidden from view in the DC Universe. Old time traditionalists should really avoid this book and remain content. And to recap some of San Diego news, Grant Morrison on JLA/WildCATS... cool huh? Back at home in London. Ahhh. Damn, my accent isn't special anymore, and my most recent g-f has gone back home to Australia... anyone in London interested? If not, I might turn desperate and go over to one of those rec.singles things... Rich Johnston twist@mail.easynet.co.uk 0(1144)181 5346433 Twist and Shout Comics UK. Publishers of Dirtbag and X-Flies. Advertising copywriter for WCRS/healthcare. Contributor to Comics International Reviews and Networks. Student Cartoonist of the Year 1994. ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5] Eisner Awards by Geoffrey R Mason Here are the winners of this year's Eisners: Best Single Issue Kurt Busiek's Astro City #4: "Safeguards," by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson (Jukebox Productions/Image) Best Short Story "The Eltingville Comic-Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Role-Playing Club in Bring Me the Head of Boba Fett" by Evan Dorkin, in Instant Piano #3 (Dark Horse) Best Serialized Story Strangers in Paradise #1-8, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studios) Best Continuing Series Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics) Best Title for Younger Readers Batman & Robin Adventures, by Paul Dini, Ty Templeton, and Rick Burchett (DC) Best Limited Series Sin City: The Big Fat Kill, by Frank Miller (Dark Horse/Legend) Best New Series Kurt Busiek's Astro City, by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson (Jukebox Productions/Image) Best Anthology The Big Book of Conspiracies, edited by Bronwyn Taggart (Paradox Press) Best Graphic Album-New Stuck Rubber Baby, by Howard Cruse (Paradox Press) Best Graphic Album-Reprint The Tale of One Bad Rat, by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse) Best Archival Collection The Complete Crumb Comics, vol. 11, by R. Crumb (Fantagraphics) Best Humor Publication Milk & Cheese #666, by Evan Dorkin (Slave Labor) Best Writer Alan Moore, From Hell (Kitchen Sink) Best Writer/Artist, Drama David Lapham, Stray Bullets (El Capitan) Best Writer/Artist, Humor Sergio Aragones, Groo (Image) Best Painter John Bolton, Batman: Manbat (DC) Best Penciller/Inker Geof Darrow, The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (Dark Horse/Legend) Best Cover Artist Alex Ross, Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Image) Best Coloring Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics) Best Lettering Stan Sakai, Groo (Image); Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage) Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo) Best Editor - [TIE] Stuart Moore, Swamp Thing, The Invisibles, Preacher (DC/Vertigo) Bronwyn Taggart, The Big Book of Weirdos, The Big Book of Conspiracies, Brooklyn Dreams, Stuck Rubber Baby (Paradox Press) Best Comics-Related Publication: Periodical The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics) Best Comics-Related Publication: Book Alex Toth, edited by Manuel Auad (Kitchen Sink) Best Comics-Related Item Comic strip stamps (U.S. Postal Service) Best Publication Design The Acme Novelty Library, designed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics) Hall of Fame Hal Foster Bob Kane Winsor McCay Alex Raymond Inkpot awards went to: * Joe Giella: "the thousands of gorillas he's inked alone qualify him for an award". * David Seagle, who received his award for finding people to give awards to: tracking down Golden Age greats and guiding them to San Diego. * Donna Barr: "The Desert Peach is a loveable and controversial character, and frankly so is Donna Barr." ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6] REVIEW: Volunteer Comics by David LeBlanc This week I get to tell you about yet another self-publishing effort, this time from a group of creators in Tennessee (ain't that the Volunteer State?) Larry Underwood made contact on FIDO Comics and sent along their first collaborative effort called "Volunteer Comics Summer Lineup '96" as well as his mini-comic "Killer Whale". For the record, the first costs $3 including postage per issue and is full size Black and White with color covers and the B&W mini is $1. Get both by writing to: Volunteer Comics, 4912 Monterey Drive, Nashville, TN 37220 SUMMER LINEUP The text says these guys from various local companies wanted to get together and create on book to showcase the talent that abounds in Nashville. What they created was a pretty nice anthology with a variety of products that will interest most people. First is "The only thing we have to fear", by Jason Alexander. The art is very much a manga style and reminiscent of Tank Girl at first glance. It starts with Rene breaking out of a padded cell after we see she has prosthetic enhancements and a plate with antennae on the shaved side of her head. We see the world is not too pretty, with her walk through an urban marketplace. Most of the action takes place in a bar as bounty hunters try to bring her in. I must say the art is very stylish and the mystery of how this strange future came about and how it operates leaves you wanting more after the 8 pages here. Next is J.O.N.A.H. which stands for Joint Organism Nocturnal Alien Humanoid. The art and story are by John Jordan. If you say that title a few times and think about it, you understand the main, really the *only* humanoid in the story. We see a splash down on a planet and a handsome astronaut emerges in a steamy primordial swamp on his mission of destruction. His foe finds him and soon grows to monstrous proportions, a seeming quick fate for our hero. Well he bounces back from a seeming fatal wound and at dusk (that must be that Nocturnal bit) he undergoes a metamorphosis to better go after the bug eyed monster. But why does he come here just to fight some lizard in a swamp? Well, I can't give away the whole story now. I like the art in this one as it is clean and dynamic. It is not cluttered up but has significant detail were it counts. John could easily be drawing for the big guys some day as the style is easy on the eyes and tells the story. Next up, Larry Underwood's "Killer Whale". This is the story of fry-cook Willie Finn who ate a fish that had consumed a radioactive particle dropped by a nuclear power plant employee who was attempting to catch a donut. (I watch the Simpsons so I know this could really happen!) So he steals the restaurant mascot whale suit and becomes Killer Whale! Naturally he can swim real fast and hold his breath long as well as make high jumps out of the water, and his prowess on land is pretty good as well. In this episode some computer hardware gains a life of its own and is terrorizing the local computer store. The leader is a Pent-E-Yum 986 aided by a Newt-Ton and a floppy disk. Pent has power to take over electronics and has CDs and disks flying through the air and mice tangling up our hero. How he stops them is the gist of the story. It is all in fun, and a good break from the first two stories. Larry puts a lot of effort into the art and it shows in every aspect. The people are well drawn and the silly computer stuff has a Milk and Cheese look to it. Actually, I much preferred the origin story in the mini-comic, but this one is a great addition to the anthology. Could this be a comical Concrete? Next we have Sherard Jackson's "Semantic Lace". This one was a bit harder to get into. The artwork is very busy, in fact a bit too busy in places. In action sequences there is lots of detail and speed lines and a bit too much shadow, as well as reverse video (white on black) text; all resulting in a difficult to interpret picture at first. Simpler scenes, like the two lovers discussing their work, is straight forward and gets the job done in good fashion. The story, once I got into it is intriguing, and ironic. The girl is in the Mossad and her lover's soul is kidnapped and implanted in a rampaging manga-bot and it is her sad duty to bring him down by any means. This was probably the story with the most passion and thought to it in the book. It left me thinking and, if not for the art, it would have been the best. Paul Mellette's "Battleground Earth" has a more realistic and easy to follow style of drawing to it.This one is about demons of sorts luring people to hideous deaths by taking on human form. As we look in on the next intended victim about to put one over on the bad guys. Soon he and a bystander are transformed into a winged strongman and a fully armored warrior and they are then joined by a mystic of some sort. This one is full of action, and geared to the whole magic and sorcery stuff. It is not my favorite type of story but is well done here. There is a one page story by C. Hughes Shelton, written by Larry Underwood, printed as winner of a contest and it too deserves a close look. I did not find much fault with this book as a whole. The bits and pieces shown indicate some promise from these guys and I do hope they keep at it. I also hope they try their hand at other types and styles as well. Looking at the cover again I am reminded there is a lot of violence in 4 of 5 of the stories. Killer Whale is my pick of the lot. Get the mini-comic ashcan where Will gets his powers and we see what will probably the making of a great arch villain. It is fun and very well done. ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [7] New Comics Shipping 7/16/96 by Bobb Waller Well here's the list it's a day late but I got My DSS installed last night so I have a Great excuse. Also no matter what Nathan say's There are at least three or more in the Dallas area (probably more in Ft. Worth) that have DC's and Indies in our quarter boxes! Now onto the List: =============================================================================== Acclaim Comics: Killer Instinct Tiger Fury Special #? Archie Comics: Archie Digest #143 Betty & Veronica Spectacular #20 Jughead #85 Scooby Doo #13 Sonic The Hedgehog #39 Big Entertainment: Mike Danger #4 Black Eye Productions: The Land of Nod #2 Calenders: Star Wars 20th Anniversary 1997 Calender Chaos! Comics: Lady Death The Odyssey #4 Claypool Comics: Soulsearchers & Company #18 CSN Inc.: Comic Shop News #474 Dark Horse Comics: Decade of Dark Horse #1 Girl Crazy #3 Godzilla #14 Nexus:Executioners Son #2 Usagi Yojimbo #4 You're Under Arrest #8 DC Comics: Action Comics #725 Aquaman Annual #2 Artemis: Requiem #4 Aztec The Ultimate Man #2 Batman & Robin Adventures #10 Contagion Collectors Set #1 & 2 Detective Comics #701 Dreaming #4 Gemini Blood #1 Legionnaires #40 Looney Tunes #25 Nine Princes in Amber #3 Preacher Special Saint of Killers #2 Ray #27 Superboy #31 Vertigo Verite The Unseen Hand #1 Diversity Comics: Alpha Korps #1 Eros Comics: Mara Paperdoll Book Event Comics: Kid Death & Fluffy Spring Break Special Fantagraphic Books: Acme Novelty Library #7 Fantasy Flight Comics: Valerian:Heroes of the Equinox #1 Fireman Press: Scud the Disposable Assassin #13 Gemstone Publishing-R. Cochran: Shock Suspenstories #17 Tales from the Crypt #17 Weird Science #17 Horse Comics: Giant THB Image Comics: Big Bruisers Bone #9-Image Comics Cyberforce Annual #2 Gen 13-Ordinary Heroes #2 Grifter #1 Man Against Time #5 Maxx #25 Maggie the Cat #3 Troubleman #3 Youngblood #9 Indo City Productions: Wild Seed #2 Marvel Comics: Adv. of Spider-Man #6 Excalibur #101 Green Goblin #12 Incredible Hulk #445 Iron Man #332 Iron Man:The Legend Punisher #11 Spider-Man #72 What If? #89 X-Man #19 X-Men: Earthfall TP Maximum Comics Press: Avengylne #4 Slave Labor Graphics: Johnny The Homicidal Maniac #2-2nd Prnt. Topps Comics: Hercules #2 X-Files #19 Viz Com.: Bio-Booster Armor Guyver:Escape from Chronos TP No Need for Tenchi #4 Street Fighter II Animated Movie #5 =============================================================================== We did some figuring today, our Top three selling comics at Remember When are: #1. Superman #2. Wonder Woman #3. 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