Tuesday, February 15, 2005
FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: B.P.R.D.: THE DEAD #4
B.P.R.D.: The Dead #4 will arrive in stores on Feb. 23 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, with art and cover by Guy Davis.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:
"Something horrible has waited fifty years inside an abandoned military facility that the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. Now the team must confront the ghosts of scientists and a Nazi madman with a scheme involving the Robe of Christ, the Spear of Destiny, and a giant death ray. Back on the East Coast, Abe Sapien dreams of happier times in the arms of his long-dead wife."
B.P.R.D.: The Dead #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: CONAN #13
Conan #13 will arrive in stores on Feb. 23 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Kurt Busiek, with art by Cary Nord and Thomas Yeates and a cover by Leinil Francis Yu.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the book:
"Thoth-amon launches a terrible magical attack on Conan as the High Priest Kalanthes calls upon the power of an ancient holy site. The natural world explodes in a monstrous outpouring of beetles and weeds, and an acolyte of Kalanthes succumbs to the power of the evil god Set."
Conan #13 will be pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: STAR WARS: EMPIRE #29
Star Wars: Empire #29 will arrive in stores on Feb. 23 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Thomas Andrews, with art by Adriana Melo and a cover by Tomås Giorello.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:
"With its mines played out and the planet nearly stripped of its valuable ore, the Empire's interest in Jabiim is waning. But Emperor Palpatine is not willing to allow Jabiimi rebels to forcibly boot the last of his stormtroopers off the planet. The harder they fight, the tighter the Imperial grip becomes.
"Help arrives in the form of the Rebel Alliance, which is hoping to convince the fiercely independent Jabiimi to join their galaxy-wide cause. But Rebel hero Luke Skywalker doesn't realize he's walking in his father's tainted footsteps-or that the name 'Skywalker' may earn him a death sentence from his would be allies!"
Star Wars: Empire #29 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: BOSTON BLACKIE: INSIDE OUT
Boston Blackie: Inside Out will arrive in stores in June from Moonstone Books. The issue is written Stefan Petrucha, with art by Chris Burnham and a cover by Dave Dorman.
Here's how Moonstone describes the book:
"The suave safe-cracker returns! A woman from Boston Blackie¹s past comes to him for help. Her son is sitting on death row for a murder she knows he did not commit. Quickly getting himself some short time for a job any fool could sleepwalk through, Blackie finds that the rotten warden may have a hand in the man's execution. What is he hiding, and why does he fear the work of the nebbish criminologist? More importantly, can Blackie tie all these frayed ends together before an innocent man is, as the mugs say, 'Westinghoused'? Another Tale dripping with Noir, with a painted Dave Dorman cover!"
Boston Blackie: Inside Out will be 48 black-and-white pages and will cost $4.95.
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FIRST LOOK: CITY OF TOMORROW #1
City of Tomorrow #1 will arrive in stores on April 27 from DC Comics. The issue is by Howard Chaykin.
Here's how DC describes the issue:
"Created a decade ago by renegade billionaire Eli Foyle, the artificial island off the California coast offered winners of a citizenship lottery the chance at a brighter tomorrow and a crime-free world. Life in Columbia was a dreamfor a while. At first, the problems seemed to be no big deal -- until it became clear that a virus was affecting the municipal employees of Columbia...all of whom are actually bio-animatronic robots. Now these robots have gone from civil servants to criminal masterminds -- and they've turned Columbia from an idyllic community into a hellhole of crime and urban blight!
"Now Foyle's 28-year-old son Tucker has returned to Columbia fresh from the Navy SEALs, and with the help of his father and a posse of concerned Columbia citizens will begin the slow process of taking back the night. But is he too late?"
City of Tomorrow #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: STAR WARS: GENERAL GRIEVOUS #1
Star Wars: General Grievous #1 will arrive in stores on March 16 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Chuck Dixon, with art and cover by Rick Leonardi.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:
"On a rescue mission to Vandos, Padawan Flynn Kybo and his master T'chooka D'oon come face to face with one of the leaders of the Separatist army, General Grievous. After Grievous kills his master, Kybo goes to the Jedi Council with a plan to take out the general before more lives are lost. But when the council rejects his plan, Flynn Kybo decides to take matters in his own hands. Seeking out others who share his feelings, Flynn Kybo sets out to put an end to the cyborg killer. Meanwhile, Grievous has hijacked a transport ship -and its precious cargo may give him an advantage over the Jedi that they would never expect..."
Star Wars: General Grievous #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: STAR WARS: EPISODE III -- REVENGE OF THE SITH #1
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith #1 will arrive in stores on April 2 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Miles Lane, with art by Doug Wheatley and a cover by Tsueno Sanda.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:
"Based on the screenplay by George Lucas -- the official comics adaptation of the most anticipated of the Star Wars films! The action of the Clone Wars comes to a dramatic conclusion, and events are put in place for A New Hope. Battles rage in space, armies clash on alien worlds, heroes become martyrs, and friends become enemies-and the galaxy is forever changed."
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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