Friday, April 1, 2005
FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: DEAD @17: REVOLUTION #4
Dear @17: Revolution #4 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Viper Comics. The issue is by Josh Howard.
Here's how Viper describes the book:
"Josh Howard and Viper Comics have rocked the comic community with the incendiary adventures of best friends Nara Kilday and Hazy Foss. Through the original series and into the follow up, Dead@17: Blood of Saints, their journey has finally reached its mighty, cataclysmic conclusion. Their ultimate fate will be revealed in the concluding Dead@17 installment - Dead@17: Revolution #4. The tension has been building, death is in the air as the final curtain falls. Who will prevail in the final struggle between good and evil and at what cost?"
Dear @17: Revolution #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.
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FIRST LOOK: INFANTRY #4
Infantry #4 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Devil's Due Publishing. The issue is written by Joe Casey, with art by Jim Muniz.
Here's how Devil's Due describes the book:
"Even as Charlie Alexander begins to uncover some truths behind his recent encounters with the C.I.A. and its connection to his investigation, the mystery surrounding the man called Infantry deepens. How is he connected to a century-old man who claims to have once been the country's greatest weapon? While Charlie digs for the facts, Infantry confronts the three most deadly assassins in the world!
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Infantry #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.
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FIRST LOOK: MICHAEL CHABON PRESENTS: THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF THE ESCAPIST #6
Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist #6 will arrive in stores in April 13 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Will Eisner, Chris Offutt, Steven Grant, Howard Chaykin, Jason, Dan Best and Eddie Campbell, with art by Will Eisner, Thomas Yeates, Howard Chaykin, Jason, Eddie Campbell, Norm Breyfogle
Here's how Dark Horse describes the book:
"In these pages, the Spirit meets the Escapist! That's right-legendary comics godfather Will Eisner returns to his world-famous creation for a meeting that neither WWII-era hero will soon forget. This is the first new Spirit story both written and drawn by Eisner to see print in decades!
Also in this issue is the comics writing debut of Lannan and Whiting award winner Chris Offutt! Thomas Yeates lushly illustrates this celebrated author's tale of the Escapist in Vietnam. Dan Best and Eddie Campbell present a fully-painted story of the Empire City 1939 World's Fair, and Howard Chaykin returns to concoct "Liberators," a fact-based tale of art looted by the Nazis, set in 1945 Paris! Norwegian indy cartoonist Jason contributes an Escapist spoof, and Steven Grant and Norm Breyfogle proffer the first Weird Date story of the anthology! One of the myriad classic titles created by Kavalier & Clay, Weird Date featured mixes of classic Alex Toth romance comics and outrageous Jack Cole crime comics of the sort that put Dr. Freddie Wertham's undies in a twist!"
Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist #6 will be 80 pages and will cost $8.95.
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FIRST LOOK: SHADOWHAWK #1
Shadowhawk #1 will arrive in stores in May 4 from Image Comics. The issue is written by by Jim Valention and Jim Keplinger, with art and cover by Carlos Rodriguez and Albert Puig.
Here's how Image describes the book:
"A whole new era begins here. When Eddie Collins and his father moved to New York, Eddie was given a mystical helmet and became the last in a line of legendary heroes dating back to Ancient Egypt. But does even ShadowHawk have the power to stop the man called BackLight? Even if he does, a new mystery waits in the wings as a mysterious talker attempts to uncover ShadowHawk's secret identity. Plus: A former hero awakens from a deep coma...and goes mad."
Shadowhawk #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.
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