Previews Spotlight #076 (Feb -> Apr): Feb 8, 5pm PT/7pm CT

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, January 29th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, February 8th.

The monthly Comic Book Page Previews Teleconference will be on Saturday, February 8th at 5pm Pacific / 6pm Mountain / 7pm Central / 8pm Eastern.

As always, you can join the call at any time and leave whenever you need to. I'll be on Skype shortly before the 7pm Central. Just chat me on Skype and I'll add you to the conference call. My Skype handle is theJohnMayo.

The earlier you send in submissions, the happier I'll be. It is a bit awkward to not get any of the submissions until the last minute. If you think of more you'd like to talk about after you've sent in submissions, feel free to send more in clips.

Please post which comics you will be sending in submissions for here on this thread. That way we can reduce the number of duplicate submissions and maximize the number of different items that are covered. If someone has already posted that they will be covering something you are passionate about discussing, we are okay with more than one submission for the item but want that to be the exceptional case.

Remember: Anyone can send in a short audio clip talking about any book in the upcoming Previews (or slated for release around that same time). This includes creators, publishers and other people directly involved in the project. This is your chance to promote items, including ones you have worked on.

The email address to send the clips to is TheGuys@ComicBookPage.com.

A couple of quick things that help out a lot in the organizing and producing of the episode:

Please featured item in a separate audio file. Exceptions can be made but the episode covers items in the order they are in Previews so listeners can follow along in Previews if they want to.

If possible, please follow the naming convention of:
p###-[M###-]ItemName-YourName.mp3

p###-: the page number in Previews (ex: an item on page 80 would start with p080-)
M###-: If the item is in the Marvel Previews, use the first even page number in Previews for Marvel with the page number in the Marvel Previews.
If the item is not in the Marvel Previews, skip the M###- part of the file naming convention.
ItemName: This is the name of the item. We need is enough to determine which item it is.
YourName: All we need here is enough to properly credit you in the show notes.
Please do not include spaces in the filename. Not all of the tools we use to prep the clips for the episode handle spaces in filenames gracefully.

At the very least, please include the full name of the item in the filename so it can be properly listed in the show notes. If you don't know the page number, that is fine. Just leave it off. But having the full name of the item the clip is for makes it much easier for us to organize the files and prepare for recording the episode.

Useful Links
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Tips on how to record a clip can be found here.

Mail Order Comics usually posts a PDF version of the Previews catalog at: http://www.mailordercomics.com/preview-catalogs/

For your convenience, here are links to some of the solicitations that are currently available online:



Dark Horse: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=50201
DC: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=50423
IDW: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=50330
Image: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=50417
Marvel: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=50316

Action Lab Entertainment: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... bapril.htm
Archie Comics: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... eapril.htm
Aspen: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=50316
Bongo Comics: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... oapril.htm
Boom! Studios: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... mapril.htm
ComixTribe: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... eapril.htm
Valiant Entertainment: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... tapril.htm

[JohnMayo]

Here are the Comic Book Page picks of the month:


DC

AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS #1
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art by LAN MEDINA and ED TADEO
Cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
1:25 Variant cover by DAN JURGENS and NORM RAPMUND
On sale APRIL 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
A “FUTURES END” prelude! Spinning out of AQUAMAN, the King of Atlantis and his teammates find themselves targeted by an unknown foe that wants their Atlantean artifacts! Don’t miss the start of this all-new series!

SMALLVILLE SEASON 11: LANTERN #1
Written by BRYAN Q. MILLER
Art by MARCIO TAKARA
Cover by CAT STAGGS
On sale APRIL 16 • 40 pg, FC, 1 of 4, $3.99 US RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
The Green Lantern ring for space sector 2813 was inactive for years after Krypton’s end, until the creation of the Argo colony recalled it to service. As none of Zod’s followers are suitable candidates, the ring’s search brings it to the nearest Kryptonian it can recruit! SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 continues in “Lantern” part 1 of 4!

IDW

STAR MAGE #1 (OF 6)
JC De La Torre (w) • Ray Dillon (a & c)
Part One: “Darien”—JC De La Torre, author of the critically acclaimed novel Ancient Rising, gives us a new fusion of Science Fiction and Magic in Star Mage. In issue one, Darien Connors discovers he's not from Earth, has strange magical powers and is the key in an ancient war between two alien races of necromancers. Like Harry Potter meets the Last Starfighter, Star Mage offers wizard battles with a side of spaceship warfare, alien worlds and weird creatures.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Image

INVINCIBLE #111
story: ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover: RYAN OTTLEY
APRIL 16 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
THE WALKING DEAD CREATOR ROBERT KIRKMAN WRITES INVINCIBLE!!!
A new beginning for INVINCIBLE as things take a turn down a dark path. Everything changes as Invincible is betrayed by one of his own. You won't want to miss this explosive issue #1... 1... 1! It packs the punch of THREE relaunched number one issues! IN ONE BOOK!

Marvel

NIGHTCRAWLER #1
CHRIS CLAREMONT (W) • TODD NAUCK (A)
Cover by CHRIS SAMNEE
Artist Variant by Humberto Ramos
Animal Variant by TBA
NIGHTCRAWLER IS BACK!
Newly-returned from the afterlife, veteran X-Man Kurt Wagner finds himself in a world that’s a far cry from the one he left: Professor Xavier is dead, Cyclops is on the run, and the X-Men are divided. But determined not to let his new lease on life go to waste, Nightcrawler hits the road alongside Wolverine, eager to right some wrongs and safeguard the future mutantkind…and he’s going to do it by the means he loves most: swashbuckling, lady-charming and—of course—BAMFing!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …2.99

Other publishers

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

SOLAR: MAN OF THE ATOM #1
(W) Frank Barbiere (A) Joe Bennett
(CA) Juan Doe
“This all started with an accident…” AN ALL-NEW CORNER OF THE GOLD KEY UNIVERSE! Flooded with experimental radiation that grants him unbelievable powers, the brilliant-and-obsessive Dr. Phil Seleski seeks to unlock the secrets of the universe, begrudgingly becoming a "hero" along the way. But can a single man be trusted with near-limitless abilities? What will this mean to the ones he loves? And will his choices lead to utter chaos and destruction? Brilliant writer FRANK BARBIERE (Five Ghosts) and JOE BENNETT present the Man Of The Atom as you've NEVER imagined!
FC, 32pgs $3.99

FLASH GORDON #1
(W) Jeff Parker (A) Evan Shaner
(CA) A: Gabriel Hardman; B: Jonathan Case; C: Declan Shalvey; D: Marc Laming
Flash Gordon never fit in on Earth. But on the bizarre planet MONGO, Flash's thirst for thrills and daring danger makes him the perfect weapon against world-breaking Ming the Merciless and his awful inter-planetary swarms of terror! Can the cocksure Man From Earth funnel his overconfidence into saving worlds, or will the universe fall to Ming? Don't miss out on THE most exciting ongoing series of 2014 by dream team Jeff Parker (Batman '66, Aquaman), Evan "Doc" Shaner (Deadpool, Ghostbusters) and Jordie Bellaire (Pretty Deadly, Captain Marvel)!
COVER A: HARDMAN—FC, 32pgs $3.99
COVER B: CASE—FC, 32pgs $3.99
COVER C: SHALVEY—FC, 32pgs $3.99
COVER D: LAMING—FC, 32pgs $3.99

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT

QUANTUM AND WOODY #9
(W) James Asmus (A) Kano
(CA) Tom Fowler, Tom Raney, Kano
ALL-NEW ARC! START READING HERE! The world's worst superhero team welcomes fan favorite artist Kano (Swamp Thing, Gotham Central) aboard to stop the latest scourge on the streets – ROBOTS! Eric needs to know he can trust Woody — and that means Woody needs to get a job, open a bank account, sign up for a library card, and do all the things a responsible adult does. But when a new gang of rogue mad-scientist super-criminals launch a wave of ROBO-CRIME, will Woody stop them…or join them? Plus – the return of EDISON'S RADICAL ACQUISITIONS?!
FC, 32pgs $3.99

[DNArington]

There's a lot of good stuff! Here is what I am planning on sending in clips for:

ORIGINAL SIN #0

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1

WHAT IF: AGE OF ULTRON #1-5

AGE OF ULTRON TPB

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #14

MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY PRELUDE #1

AMAZING X-MEN #6

JUSTICE LEAGUE #30

AQUAMAN VOL. 3: THRONE OF ATLANTIS TP

[drew]

Heck Yeah, All Kinds of Good Stuff to Choose From, My Picks are:

Superior Foes #12
Star Wars Rebel Heist #1
Batman Eternal #1
Astro City #11
X-Files Annual #1
Southern (bleeps) #1
Walking Dead #125/126
Caliban #1
Sanitarium #1
Ordinary #1

[SpideySavestheDay]

Sinestro #1
Shadowman: End Times #1

Also here's Dynamite's solicitations

http://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/previews.html

[JohnMayo]

It looks like Nightcrawler #1 is now X-Men: Legacy #1. Strange that the online solicits at Comic Book Resources and Comics Continuum had it listed as Nightcrawler #1.

It makes me wonder what title the comic have when it ships and if Nightcrawler will be the lead character in the book after the first arc.

[drew]

hey guys, my clips tend to be around a minute so feel free to double up on any of the picks i listed if you want to do them to...no worries

[TJ602]

p072-Criminal Macrabe - The Eyes of Frankenstein TP
p083-New Lone Wolf & Cub - Volume 1 TP
p140-The Spectre Volume 1 - Crimes and Judgements TP
p148-Coffin Hill Volume 1 - Forest of the Night TP
p213-Genesis (one-shot)
p216-Elephantmen 2260 Book one TP
p217-Glory - The Complete Saga HC
p254-Rachel Rising Volume 4 - Winter Graves TP
p262-Afterlife with archie volume 1 - Escape from riverdale TP
p271-Uber Volume 1 TP
p389-Escapo HC

[ComicTrekker]

Hi guys! I've been meaning to submit my clips but time/work got away from me this month. I look forward to listening to everyone's picks, and I'll be back for next month.

Have a great weekend!

[Kyle]

me and the guys did:

Nightwing 30
Manifest Destiny 6
Translucid #1 (boom)

Hope ya like em'

[drew]

according to DCBS website, you had it right the first time:

NIGHTCRAWLER #1

**PREVIOUSLY TITLED X-MEN LEGACY #1** (W/A) Various (CA) TBD NIGHTCRAWLER IS BACK! Newly-returned from the afterlife, veteran X-Man Kurt Wagner finds himself in a world that's a far cry from the one he left: Professor Xavier is dead, Cyclops is on the run, and the X-Men are divided. But determined not to let his new lease on life go to waste, Nightcrawler hits the road alongside Wolverine, eager to right some wrongs and safeguard the future mutantkind…and he's going to do it by the means he loves most: swashbuckling, lady-charming and-of course-BAMFing!

[JohnMayo]

I kind of figured the lead time on the printing of the Marvel Previews meant that title was the older one but I wasn't entirely sure. I'm glad the title is Nightcrawler and not X-Men: Legacy.