Monday, May 30, 2005
FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #102
Blade of the Immortal #102 will arrive in stores on June 2 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is by Hiroaki Samura.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:
"The concluding chapter to the 'Trickster' story arc! The winner of last issue's brutal dogfight between Giichi and Magatsu is revealed! Also, Manji fights for his life after being blinded by a tenacious new foe. Facing an enemy armed with kessen-satsu, the only poison known to damage his immortal blood, Manji is vulnerable, falling apart, and swinging in the dark! Will the vindictive Itto-ryü noose finally close in around Manji's neck? Fans of Hiroaki Samura's entertaining, colorful characters, complex grudge matches, and beautifully brutal swordfights will be delighted with this hard-hitting 'Trickster' finale!"
Blade of the Immortal #102 will be 32 black-and-white pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN #2
Man with the Screaming Brain #2 will arrive in stores on June 15 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Bruce Campbell and David Goodman, with art by Rick Remender and Hilary Barta.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:
"The second issue of this film-cum-comics series from Bruce Campbell, star of Evil Dead and Army of Darkness, begins with our square-jawed anti-hero facedown in a ghetto alley, a bullet blown through his head, and ends with a reanimated monster that only this king of B-Movies could bring to life. How he gets there is the whole point in this bizarre romp involving mad scientists, retired KGB, trophy wives, and more scorned women than you can shake a stake at. In this crumbling Eastern European city straight out of a classic Universal horror film, all anyone wants is a way out, and they'll stop at nothing-not murder, not extortion, not organ theft-to get it."
Man with the Screaming Brain #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.
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FIRST LOOK: SUPER MANGA BLAST! #52
Super Manga Blast! #52 will arrive in stores on June 15 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is by various.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:
"Unable to ignore the grudge she harbors, Satomi Ozawa makes a deadly move against Shiina Tamai, using a powerful Shadow Dragon to hunt Shiina down. A weird, dangerous game begins with this new Shadow Star story arc! An easily frightened, dysfunctional vampire returns to the world of What's Michael? As the invading Riofaldian aliens plan their next assault, Hoichi Kano and the Cannon God Exaxxion team welcome a new member to the Exaxxion home base. Surprising, mysterious forces are awakened in Seraphic Feather, while our Club 9 cutie, Haruo Hattori, works her own mysterious magic on a heartbroken, major league baseball pitcher."
Super Manga Blast! #52 will be 128 black-and-white pages and will cost $5.99.
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FIRST LOOK: HELLBOY: THE ISLAND #1
Hellboy: The Island #1 will arrive in stores on June 22 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is by Mike Mignola.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:
"After more than two years at the bottom of the sea, Hellboy washes up on an island full of sunken ships where he is tempted by singing dead men and stupidly ignores good advice from an ancient enemy. This tale of gods and monsters offers the first revelations about one (or more) of the great secrets of Hellboy's world."
Hellboy: The Island #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: HELLSHOCK: THE DEFINITIVE EDITION
Hellshock: The Definitive Edition will arrive in stores on July 27 from Image Comics. The book is by Jae Lee.
Here's how Image describes the issue:
"This 144-page trade paperback edition, will reprint issues 1-3 of the original Hellshock, by Jae Lee and color artists June Chung and Jose Villarrubia. In addition, this volume will include a brand-new 22-page conclusion by Lee! Also included are another 22 pages of original unpublished material: the alternate beginning to Hellshock!
"Hellshock: The Definitive Edtion will also include a new introduction by Jim Lee, a cover gallery,
unpublished sketches and art, and a new afterword by Jae Lee describing
the creative process that led to Hellshock."
Hellshock: The Definitive Edition will be 144 pages and will cost $19.99.
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