Thursday, October 13, 2005
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN #19
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Peter David, with art and cover by Pat Lee.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Just another typical night of insanity for Mary Jane as she deals with an obsessed stalker and with watches helplessly while Spider-Man slugs it out with...Iron Man? And thatı s just a warm-up for the devastating confrontation she has with Peter that results in the last thing she expected to hear. Part 2 (of 12)."
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: MARVEL MONSTERS: FIN FANG FOUR
Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang Four will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Roger Langridge and Mick Gray, with art by Langridge and a cover by Eric Powell.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Four giant monstersincarcerated for years for their crimes against humanitynow find themselves shrunk to human size and working at the home of the very people who captured them: the Fantastic Four! Meet Googam, Son of Goom (and the Baxter Buildingıs parking lot attendant), Elektro (the robot with a forbidden love), Gorgilla (expert window-washer) and Fin Fang Foom (head chef at a classy Chinese restaurant)! But when Goomıs mad plan to rescue his father goes awry, the quartet must put aside their differences and becomethe Fin Fang Four! Join Eisner and Harvey Award nominee Roger Langridge (Fred the Clown, Knuckles the Malevolent Nun) in this wild romp through the Marvel Universe! Plus: Witness the first appearance of Fin Fang Foom in a classic story by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers from Strange Tales #89, October 1961!"
Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang Four will be 48 pages and will cost $3.99.
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FIRST LOOK: NICK FURY'S HOWLING COMMANDOS #1
Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #1 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Keith Giffen, with art and cover by Edu Francisco.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"When the supernatural proves too difficult and dangerous for S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury fights fire with fire! Introducing the top secret weapon in the battle against other worldly threats, the Howling Commandos, a special covert ³shock and awe² unit made up of Marvelıs greatest horror characters. Join Warwolf, the Living Mummy, Frankenstein, the Zombie, Vampire by Night and a whole army of the macabre in this fantastic first issue! This series will have far reaching ramifications in the Marvel Universe!"
Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #1
Spider-Man Family #1 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Tom DeFalco, with art and cover by Ron Lim.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Hail, hail the gangıs all here! All your favorite folks who don the webs in one book for the first time ever! An old television program that features Spider-Man and Araña (with guest appearances by Spider-Ham and The Spider-Mobile) returns to haunt Spider-Girl in an 8-page original story. Also features Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker The Spectacular Spider-Ham #1 (November 1983), written by Tom DeFalco and illustrated by Mark Armstrong, in which Captain Americat and Spider-Ham investigate a video-arcade saboteur and run afoul of Hulk Bunny; Spider-Woman #20 (November 1979), written by Mark Gruenwald and illustrated by Frank Springer, featuring the first meeting between Spider-Woman and Spider-Man; and Spider-Man 2099 #1 (November 1992), written by Peter David and illustrated by Rick Leonardi, where an all-new, all-different web-slinger is born as hot-shot geneticist Miguel OıHara finds his genetic code merged with that of a spiderıs! Also features the first Untold Tale of Spider-Man as told by Kurt Busiek & Pat Oliffe!"
Spider-Man Family #1 will be 100 pages and will cost $4.99.
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FIRST LOOK: X-MEN: COLOSSUS -- BLOODLINE #2
X-Men: Colossus -- Bloodline #2 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by David Hine, with art by Jorge Lucas and a cover by Chris Bachalo.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Colossus' journey into his past continues as he travels to the countryside of Russia. But how will Colossus react to one of the darkest secrets of his familyıs history?"
X-Men: Colossus -- Bloodline #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: WEAPON X: DAYS OF FUTURE NOW #4
Weapon X: Days of Future Now #4 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Frank Tieri, with art by Andy Smith and a cover by Bart Sears.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"All hail the return of Lord Magnus! Magneto returns and not a moment too soon, as Mutantkind is ready to sacrifice anything to save itself. Itıs the future, Weapon X style, and you know what that means...violence, death, and Frank Tieri!"
Weapon X: Days of Future Now #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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