Previews Spotlight #097 (Nov->Jan) Deadline: Sat AM, Nov 7

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, October 28th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, November 7th.

Please post which comics you will be sending in submissions for here on this thread with the full title, issue number and publisher. 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.

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-)
Note that the "p" is lowercase. I use the name of the clip to sort the tracks in Audacity and it sorts all of lowercase letters before any of the uppercase letters. Obviously, I can fix this part of the filename if needed. If you don't know the page number, that is fine. Just use "p000-" instead and I'll look it up. Just use "p000-" for this part of the filename. If it is something not in Previews, use 888 for the page number and be sure to include a URL or whatever information might be needed to get the item for I can include that in the show notes if needed.
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.The more complete this is, the better. Capitalize the first letter of each word and don't include spaces or punctuation. For example, "WolverineAndTheXMen1".
YourName: All we need here is enough to properly credit you in the show notes.

I've got some automation around the episode assembly process which uses the dashes to parse the filenames. Please do not include spaces in the filename. Not all of the tools I use to prepare the clips for the episode handle spaces or other odd things in filenames gracefully.

If you have a link you'd like me to include in the show notes, include both your name and the link it in the email to me and I'll add it to the system I use for doing the show notes.

The episode covers items in the order they are in Previews so listeners can follow along in Previews if they want to.

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

Online solicitations can be found at Comic Book Resources for Dark Horse, DC, IDW, Image and Marvel.

Dark Horse:
DC:
IDW:
Image:
Marvel:

Archie (Dark Circle):
BOOM!/Archaia:
Valiant:

If you see online solicitations for any of the publishers that aren't linked to here in the thread, please post the link.

[MrAloha]

Dear Gang,

Here is the solicitations for January 2016. (Where did 2015 go?)

Dark Horse: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=156409

DC: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations

IDW: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=157397

Image: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=157365

Marvel: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=157189

Archie Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=157373

Archie's Dark Circle Comics: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... janua-2015

Valiant: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=157367

Devil's Due/1 First Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=157545

My pick for this episode:

Dark Horse: Leaving Megalopolis: Surviving Megalopolis #1 (of 6)
Gail Simone (W) and J. Calafiore (A/C)

DC: Swamp Thing #1
Len Wein (W) and Kelly Jones (A/C)

IDW: Star Trek #53
Mike Johnson (W) and Tony Shasteen (A)

IDW: The Avengers: George Pérez Marvel Artist Select Series-SPOTLIGHT
Kurt Busiek (W) George Pérez (A&C)
-999-copy Limited-Edition, Hardcover, and Signed.
(Mahalo, John, for letting me do this clip. I know you are huge fan of George Pérez)

Marvel: Old Man Logan #1
JEFF LEMIRE (W) and ANDREA SORRENTINO (A/C)

Valiant: Faith #1 (4 part limited series)
JODY HOUSER (W) & FRANCIS PORTELA and MARGUERITE SAUVAGE (A)


To: Bralinator,
I'm making it clear, I'm just making a compliment on a couple of your cool picks. (And they are cool picks for this episode!)
I'm not going to submit clips on them.

Cool pick on The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (New Printing). (Out of my budget range.)
I'm still undecided, at this time, on picking up The Dark Knight Returns TP New Edition. I still got my old copy.

Aloha!

[bralinator]

Silver Surfer #1 (Marvel)
Obi-Wan and Anakin #1 (Marvel)
Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol 1 (New Printing)
Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol 1 (New Printing)
The Dark Knight Returns TP New Edition
Devolution #1 (Dynamite)

Will probably wait until the new Previews comes out so I can comb the back of the book better.


I'm going to presume John will want to pick BOOM!'s new ongoing, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #0. Maybe he's working on making that a CBP Pick of the month?

[erickowabunga]

Here are my picks for this month (so far):

DC:
POISON IVY: CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH #1
BATMAN #48
BAT-MITE TP

[Joe3c]

I want to pick Power Rangers, but I hope John is picking it so that we get a 50 percent discount. [WebWiz2]

[JohnMayo]

I want to pick Power Rangers, but I hope John is picking it so that we get a 50 percent discount. [WebWiz2]

I've just added it to my list of picks. Feel free to send in a clip on it if you want to.

[JohnMayo]

Here are the ComicBookPage picks of the month:

DARK HORSE

USAGI YOJIMBO #151
Stan Sakai (W/A/Cover)
On sale Jan 20
b&w, 28 pages $3.99 / Ongoing
Usagi escorts a merchant’s daughter to the town where she is betrothed to a merchant’s son. While the parents are thrilled that the union will unite the two businesses, Usagi has his work cut out for him when Koroshi, the league of assassins, is hired to see she never arrives at her destination!

DC

SUPERMAN: LOIS & CLARK #4
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art and cover by LEE WEEKS
On sale JANUARY 20 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
The mysteries surrounding Lois and Clark are just starting to unfold! In this issue find out what happened to the man who would have been the Cyborg Superman! Learn what else is hidden in this Superman’s Fortress! And discover why Lois gave Clark his new, black uniform!

INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US: YEAR FIVE #1
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by BRUNDO REDONDO, MIKE S. MILLER and JUAN ALBARRAN
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
On sale JANUARY 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
This is it: the final year of INJUSTICE:GODS AMONG US, leading into the storyline of the hit videogame! Having defeated the Green Lantern Corps, the forces of magic, and now the gods themselves, the Regime seems to have eliminated all threats. Yet uneasy lies the crown on the head of Emperor Superman. Still obsessed with the outlaw Batman and worried about having enough troops to police his world, The Man of Steel begins to recruit some of Earth’s deadliest villains to his side. Does the Dark Knight have any chance of ending the Man of Steel’s rule?

IMAGE

NOWHERE MEN #7
STORY: ERIC STEPHENSON
ART: DAVE TAYLOR, EMI LENOX, & JORDIE BELLAIRE
COVER: DAVE TAYLOR & FONOGRAFIKS
JANUARY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
NEW STORY ARC
ERIC STEPHENSON, JORDIE BELLAIRE, and FONOGRAFIKS welcome new artists DAVE TAYLOR and EMI LENOX as the Eisner-nominated series returns with the first of six all-new issues. Featuring thirty-two pages of story and no ads for $2.99, the second story arc picks up right where the volume one trade paperback left off and will ship monthly through May 2016.

MARVEL

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
MARC GUGGENHEIM (w) • GERMAN PERALTA (a)
Cover by MIKE NORTON
It’s high-stakes espionage in the Marvel Universe in this brand-new series inspired by the hit television show Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tony Stark guest-stars in the beginning of “THE COULSON PROTOCOLS.”
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99


OTHER PUBLISHERS


BOOM! STUDIOS

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #0
(W) Kyle Higgins, Mairghread Scott
(A) Hendry Prasetyo, Daniel Bayliss (CA) Goñi Montes
What’s to Love: The Power Rangers franchise is a true multi-generational, worldwide franchises. With its flashy costumes, mecha Zords, and—at its core—a story of superpowered teens who fight against evil alien forces, the Power Rangers are a pop-culture phenomenon that has continued to resonate with fans for over 20 years. As a new film gets ready for release in 2017, we, as huge Power Rangers fans ourselves, are excited to produce a modern Power Rangers comic featuring the characters of the original Mighty Morphin series.
What It Is: It’s Morphin Time! The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers make their BOOM! Studios comic debut in this kick-off #0 issue that sets the stage for the rest of the series. After escaping Rita Repulsa’s mind control, Tommy Oliver, the Green Ranger, joins up with the rest of the Power Rangers to combat her never-ending evil plans. Any semblance of a normal life is gone for Tommy now, but with his newfound family there lies hope for a brighter path. Includes the short story from the San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comics!
32pgs, FC $3.99

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT

X-O MANOWAR 43
(W) Robert Venditti (A) Rafa Sandoval
(CA) Phil Jimenez, Stephen Mooney, Das Pastoras, Mike Choi
ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! X-O MANOWAR AND NINJAK GO DEEP UNDERCOVER FOR…”THE KILL LIST”!
With two kingdoms now under his command, Aric of Dacia has pledged loyalty to his adopted nation – the United States of America – and now…America has given him a new mission: destroy the Vine’s network of humanoid alien agents once and for all. To do it, he’ll have to turn to the one man among us he can trust… his own former enemy, the deadly MI-6 operative called Ninjak!
Meanwhile, the Vine’s most militant warrior, Commander Trill, is readying a counterattack…and what happens next will shake the Valiant Universe to its core. Can X-O Manowar and Ninjak cut their way to the source of this of stealth attack before all is lost?
New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR) and fan-favorite artist Rafa Sandoval prepare the next epic salvo in X-O MANOWAR’s unfolding epic as the march toward the issue #50 game-changer continues!
FC, 32pgs $3.99

[bralinator]

Here's a few more.

Aspen: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... penjan.htm
BOOM! Studios: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... oomjan.htm
Bongo Comics: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... ngojan.htm
Dynamite: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... itejan.htm

[Joe3c]

Here are my picks:

Image: Spawn #260
Marvel: True Believers: Deadpool
Seven Seas: Tomodachi X Monster Vol 1
Viz One-Punch Man Vol 4

[clobberin_time_bs]

My clips for November will be:

Spider-Man/Deadpool #1 from Marvel
Angel & Faith Season 10 #22 from Dark Horse

[SupermanFan]

DARK HORSE:
Hellboy Winter Special
Rebels #10
Usagi Yojimbo #151
DC COMICS:
Action Comics #48
Superman #48
Superman: Lois & Clark #4
VERTIGO/DC:
Astro City #31
IDW:
Atomic Robo And The Ring Of Fire #5 (of 5)
IMAGE COMICS:
Astronauts In Trouble #8
ABSTRACT STUDIOS:
Rachel Rising #39

[drew]

DARK HORSE:
Hellboy Winter Special
Rebels #10
Usagi Yojimbo #151
DC COMICS:
Action Comics #48
Superman #48
Superman: Lois & Clark #4
VERTIGO/DC:
Astro City #31
IDW:
Atomic Robo And The Ring Of Fire #5 (of 5)
IMAGE COMICS:
Astronauts In Trouble #8
ABSTRACT STUDIOS:
Rachel Rising #39

i spaced on your handle SuperManFan during recent Weekly Comic Spotlight discussing the latest issue of Supe 45 (i was asking out loud if long time fans liked that new issue or not)

[drew]

this damned band #6

swamp thing #1 (sorry for the dupe Jason, missed your post)

[MrAloha]

Drew said:
"swamp thing #1 (sorry for the dupe Jason, missed your post)"

Dear Drew,

No problem. I'm glad your sending in clip on Swamp Thing. Hopefully, we can more listeners to try out this title.

My clip will focus more on the horror side I remember from Swamp Thing #2 back in the early seventies. I think it was written by Len Wein and art by Bernie Wrightson. As you can see it made a huge impact on me.

Honestly, I never read Alan Moore's run. (I know: "bad comic book collector." Ha. Ha.)

I look forward to your clip.
Aloha!
Jason

P.S. I love your Comics For Fun and Profit Podcast.

[drew]

No problem. I'm glad your sending in clip on Swamp Thing. Hopefully, we can more listeners to try out this title.

I hope its a really good first issue, i really want to like swamp thing

Honestly, I never read Alan Moore's run. (I know: "bad comic book collector." Ha. Ha.)

ya know, I just read a few back in the day, but cant remember much about them

P.S. I love your Comics For Fun and Profit Podcast.

that is awesome - thanks for listening