Friday, November 25, 2005
FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: THE LOST SQUAD #2
The Lost Squad #2 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Devil's Due Publishing. The issue is by Chris Kirby and Alan Robinson.
Here's how Devil's Due describes the issue:
"When a mission is too weird for the U.S. Army, the brass calls in the Lost Squad! Itıs 1942 and the seemingly unstoppable Wermarcht is on the march. As the Nazis swallow more and more of Europe, Hitlerıs scientists perfect a mechanism that could guarantee his ultimate victory! The US Army has only one place to turn to stop this from happening: the mysterious unit known as the Lost Squad! Itıs the Dirty Dozen by way of the X-Files -- weird war tales created for a new audience!"
The Lost Squad #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.
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FIRST LOOK: HACK/SLASH: LAND OF THE LOST TOYS #1
HACK/slash: Land of the Lost Toys #1 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Devil's Due Publishing. The issue is by Tim Seeley and Dave Crosland.
Here's how Devil's Due describes the issue:
"In Mt. Healthy, Ohio, children are dying in their dreams, falling victim to twisted versions of their own toys! It's up to Cassie, Vlad and a 23-year-old toy collector to stop a demented dream killer before he turns playtime into a deadly nightmare! The cult hit one shots graduate into a full color mini-series!"
HACK/slash: Land of the Lost Toys #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.25.
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FIRST LOOK: ANTHEM #1
Anthem #1 will arrive in stores on Jan.25 from Heroic Publishing. The issue is written by Roy Thomas, with art by Daniel Acunas and a cover by Jorge Santamaria Garcia.
Here's how Devil's Due describes the book:
"Anthem is a darker saga of an alternate Earth--and of the super-heroes who were created to save it. In this world, Pearl Harbor wasn't just an attack by Japanese planes on a sleepy Hawaiian base--it was a full-blown assault on the U.S. West Coast by Imperial Japanese forces spearheaded by a towering monster that could mop up the ocean with Godzilla--and on the East Coast by Nazi shock troops--and ray-firing flying saucers!
"Driven back into the American interior, the desperate US survivors spawned Project Anthem--creating a handful of young super-heroes some of whose powers and names reflected the words of The Star-Spangled Banner: Dawns Earlylight, Amerindian super-archeress--Stars & Stripes, two twins with very special abilities--'Rockets' Redglare, a flaming human rocket--Bomb-Burst, a very explosive warrior--Liberty, a living incarnation of the proud Statue the enemy destroyed in New York Harbor--and Stonewall Jackson, a living being of rock from south of the Mason-Dixon line. Led by the mysterious Agent 76, they battle the forces that have conquered Europe and Asia and now mean to trample America as the last hold-out of freedom... and they've got the powers to do it!
"Only thing is, the Axis forces have been devoping super-beings of their own--and they have an ace up their sleeve that will give even Agent 76 and the young heroes of Anthem a run for their money."
Anthem #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.25.
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