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"Greetings, my friends.
We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to
spend the rest of our lives..." *
... while reading comics.
Once again, "doctored" image from the cover to Strange Tales # 156
(original art by Marie Severin)
*not sure if I'll be using this image all the time for this feature - we'll see*
-------------
I'll see you there.
-----------------
Here's a brief news-flash on upcoming Doctor Strange (Man-Thing and other "6-dimensions" characters) appearances * :
-------------
DOC & the DEFENDERS! in
*2 interlocking covers!*
(images yoinked from Marvel.com)
HULK #10
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & 50/50 Covers by ED MCGUINNESS
Guess what Emmy nominated, Eisner Award winning Jeph Loeb and superstar fan fave Ed McGuinness have for you THIS month?! There was a time when the world's mightiest heroes got together to fight foes too great for them to handle all by themselves. No! Not the Avengers! The other guys: HULK! NAMOR! SILVER SURFER! DOC STRANGE! The original Defenders are back! But what terrible threat could bring them together again? How about THE OFFENDERS! RULK! TIGER SHARK! TERRAX! BARON MORDO! If you have to buy ONE comic this month -- be sure to by TWO copies of HULK!
32 PGS./Rated A …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 25, 2009
Interesting. The 1969 (and "Order") costumed Doctor Strange has piqued my curiosity.
Time displacement? Alternate universe? Hulk have too much pepperoni pizza before bedtime?
I'm on the hook.
-------------
Doctor Strange is on the COVER ART (and perhaps the interior) of:
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS FINALS # 1
The Story: Youth is fleeting, powers are growing, and the first class of Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters is about to move on to a bigger, scarier world. What does the future hold- and how will it all end?
Plus: Colleen Coover shows us... Jean and Scott on a DATE!
Rated A …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
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"Ultimate" Doc is in:
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #131
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils and Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Ultimatum tie-in!
The hits just KEEP ON COMING! Just when our waterlogged webslinger thought things couldn’t get any worse, Spidey finds himself face-to-face with none other than the HULK! PLUS Spider-Woman, Daredevil, and Doctor Strange amidst the destruction... and not everyone lives to see the next issue…!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99
(oh, if there's any justice, Stephen Strange JR will die a horrid death, and his DAD will return to the world! How nice would it be if Bendis actually wrapped up -or tied in- the whole "Doctor Strange Sr. goes missing" with the current storyline. Any chance of it happening?)
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"Ultimate" Doc is probably in:
ULTIMATUM # 3
The Story: The saga that will change the Ultimate Universe continues!
What is Magneto's true plan? Can he be stopped before all the heroes die? And in the end, what fate is in store for The
Fantastic Four? The Ultimates? Even Spider-Man? Shock follows shock from the Emmy-nominated, Eisner-award winning writer Jeph Loeb and superstar artist David Finch!
Rated T+ …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
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Doctor Strange MIGHT be in:
DARK AVENGERS # 2
The Story: These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8. (12/03/2008)
Rated T+ …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 18, 2009
NEW AVENGERS # 50
The Story: These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8. (12/03/2008)
Rated T+ …$2.99
In Stores: Feb 25, 2009
GAH!!! Classified solicits! Damn it, Marvel! SOME of us order in ADVANCE!
(like shop owners... your lifeline? Remember them?)
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-------------"6-Dimensions" characters-------------
-------------
MAN-THING
is in one of these MONSTERS, MYTHS and MARVELS issues.
The solicits lead me to believe it isn't going to be this one, but keep your eyes peeled. (this title started as an online exclusive for Marvel's Digital Comics Unlimited site)
MARVEL TV: GALACTUS- THE REAL STORY # 1
The Story: Welcome to MARVELS CHANNEL, where you can get all the 411 on the 616.
In this episode of MONSTERS, MYTHS and MARVELS, we explore one of the greatest threats mankind has ever faced: GALACTUS. But is he really the planet-eating celestial being we’ve come to fear with every fiber of our being? Or is he the construct of a super hero team desperate for headlines? Join host Gordon Allsworth as he exposes the truth behind Galactus, and the greatest hoax ever pulled on humankind.
Rated T+ …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
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Black Knight's new team goes up against DRACULA in
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 #10
Written by PAUL CORNELL
Penciled by LEONARD KIRK
Cover by STUART IMMONEN
The king of the vampires is back. As if the hoards of demons that Pete Wisdom let out in order to defeat the Skrulls in England weren’t enough, now DRACULA has entered the scene. What does he want with Spitfire? And how will an election help his cause? You better hope that Captain Britain and the rest of MI13 have a way to defeat him!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
In Stores: Feb 11, 2009
(GAH! where the HELL is Doctor Strange in all this mystic fallout?)
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Dr. DRUID's kid is in:
SECRET WARRIORS # 1
Rating: RATED T+ SECRET WARRIORS # 1
The Story: These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8. (12/3/08)
Rated T+ …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
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Silver Surfer is in:
SKAAR: SON OF HULK # 8
The Story: The first time the Silver Surfer came to Planet Sakaar, he was enslaved as a gladiator and became the most terrifying combatant the Great Games had ever seen. But now the whole globe trembles -- for the Silver Savage has returned, not as a mere gladiator -- but as the Herald of Galactus, Devourer of Worlds! The children of Sakaar turn to the Son of Hulk for succor -- but what hope have they now that Skaar has allied himself with his father's greatest enemy?
Parental Advisory …$2.99
In Stores: Feb 25, 2009
-------------
Ghost Rider is in:
GHOST RIDER # 32
The Story: This is it. The final chapter in the epic arc, "LAST STAND OF THE SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE."
Johnny Blaze and the last remaining Ghost Riders from around the world make their final stand against the warrior hordes of the rebel angel Zadkiel, led by Blaze's brother, the power-mad renegade Danny Ketch. This is a showdown for the ages, featuring more Ghost Riders than you can shake a stick at and an ending you won't believe!
Parental Advisory …$2.99
In Stores: Feb 18, 2009
...and the 1990's Ghost Rider is in:
GHOST RIDER: DANNY KETCH # 5
The Story: This is it. The moment of truth. The moment when a broken hero with a good heart faces his demons, his fiery foes, and his own twisted future. Burning rat-gods, manipulative masters, the land Beyond the Veil, a soul up for sale…DANNY KETCH concludes his cataclysmic spiral into the dark…and is reborn! Flamehead-fans: You Cannot. Afford. To miss. This.
Parental Advisory …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 25, 2009
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Magik (Illyana Rasputin) is in:
X-INFERNUS #3 (of 4)
Written by C. B. CEBULSKI
Penciled by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Cover by DAVID FINCH
The battle for Illyana Rasputin’s soul continues! Colossus leads the X-Men into Limbo, but does Illyana want them there? They’ll find out that her soul isn’t the only one on the line. And who is the mysterious woman who is changing the landscape of reality?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 11, 2009
It'd be nice if DOC was SOMEWHERE in all this.
-------------
Werewolf By Night is in:
DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING WEREWOLF
BY NIGHT #2 (of 4)
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Pencils & Cover by MICO SUAYAN
Jack Russell is in serious trouble. The police have made him their prime suspect in a brutal murder…and they don’t even realize the full moon turns him into a vicious, blood-thirsty predator! But Jack is innocent – at least as far as he can remember – and with the clock ticking and the authorities on his trail, he goes looking for answers…and redemption! It’s a gruesome, grisly MAX take on one of Marvel’s horror legends, by Duane Swierczynski (IMMORTAL IRON FIST) and Mico Suayan (MOON KNIGHT)!
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
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Hellcat (or at least Patsy Walker) is in:
MODELS, INC. # 1
The Story: Fashion Week is always a hectic time for models, and this year is no exception. Between escaped wolves, robbery attempts, and overly friendly police officers, Mary Jane Watson, Patsy Walker, Jill Jerold, Chili Storm and Millicent (Millie the Model)
Collins are testing the limits of their endurance. But when a brilliant young set designer is found murdered with three bullet holes in his back, and Millie proves to be the prime suspect, the models are forced to play detective in order to save one of their own!
Rated A …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
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I usually pick these up (oddly enough, Doc - or one of the "6-dimensions", at least, usually has some sort of cameo in these):
YOUNG GUNS SKETCHBOOK # 1
The Story: A new group of artists are on the rise ready to shake up Marvel, just as their Young Gun predecessors have. But who makes up this next dynamic group of Young Guns? This free sketchbook is your first look at the artists on the cusp of superstardom and the MAJOR projects they are working on in 2009. Don't miss out!
Rated T+…FREE!
*see upcoming Marvel Mailers for ordering information
--------------
------------- Trades & collections -------------
Scarlet Witch begins her descent into craziness in:
AVENGERS: KNIGHTS OF WUNDAGORE
The Story: In 1958, the High Evolutionary's evolved and armored animal elite forced the Elder God Chthon back to his prison within Mount Wundagore! More than forty years later, Captain America, Iron Man, Ms. Marvel and their teammates face the same challenge, only for Chthon to find his greatest power in the Avengers' own ranks! It's demonic, it's devastating, it's a daunting dilemma only Earth's Mightiest Heroes can handle! Plus: the Absorbing Man in action, the origin of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, and cameos from the history of the dreaded document dubbed the Darkhold! Collecting AVENGERS #181-187.
136 PGS./Rated A …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3721-4
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
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Black Knight and a "Doctor Strange Skrull" in:
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 VOL. 1: SECRET INVASION
The Story: The Skrull Invasion isn’t restricted to the US. When the Skrull Invasion hits England, only Captain Britain and MI13 stand in their way. Can they find out what the Skrulls are after before it’s too late? Collecting CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 #1-4.
Rated T+ …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3344-5
In Stores: Feb 18, 2009
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* I don't list ALL the new solicits, just the stuff that's in the ballpark of my interests and this blog. The whole list can be found in any number of places online. marvel.com for one.
We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to
spend the rest of our lives..." *
... while reading comics.
Once again, "doctored" image from the cover to Strange Tales # 156(original art by Marie Severin)
*not sure if I'll be using this image all the time for this feature - we'll see*
-------------
Once more, my misused lunch-time is spent gathering the current new solicits of what comics will be shipping in FEBRUARY 2009.
So, while I get back to work, you can enjoy this "glimpse into the future".
So, while I get back to work, you can enjoy this "glimpse into the future".
I'll see you there.
-----------------
Here's a brief news-flash on upcoming Doctor Strange (Man-Thing and other "6-dimensions" characters) appearances * :
-------------
DOC & the DEFENDERS! in
*2 interlocking covers!*
HULK #10
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & 50/50 Covers by ED MCGUINNESS
Guess what Emmy nominated, Eisner Award winning Jeph Loeb and superstar fan fave Ed McGuinness have for you THIS month?! There was a time when the world's mightiest heroes got together to fight foes too great for them to handle all by themselves. No! Not the Avengers! The other guys: HULK! NAMOR! SILVER SURFER! DOC STRANGE! The original Defenders are back! But what terrible threat could bring them together again? How about THE OFFENDERS! RULK! TIGER SHARK! TERRAX! BARON MORDO! If you have to buy ONE comic this month -- be sure to by TWO copies of HULK!
32 PGS./Rated A …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 25, 2009
Interesting. The 1969 (and "Order") costumed Doctor Strange has piqued my curiosity.
Time displacement? Alternate universe? Hulk have too much pepperoni pizza before bedtime?
I'm on the hook.
-------------
Doctor Strange is on the COVER ART (and perhaps the interior) of:
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS FINALS # 1
The Story: Youth is fleeting, powers are growing, and the first class of Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters is about to move on to a bigger, scarier world. What does the future hold- and how will it all end?
Plus: Colleen Coover shows us... Jean and Scott on a DATE!
Rated A …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
-------------
"Ultimate" Doc is in:
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #131
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils and Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Ultimatum tie-in!
The hits just KEEP ON COMING! Just when our waterlogged webslinger thought things couldn’t get any worse, Spidey finds himself face-to-face with none other than the HULK! PLUS Spider-Woman, Daredevil, and Doctor Strange amidst the destruction... and not everyone lives to see the next issue…!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99
(oh, if there's any justice, Stephen Strange JR will die a horrid death, and his DAD will return to the world! How nice would it be if Bendis actually wrapped up -or tied in- the whole "Doctor Strange Sr. goes missing" with the current storyline. Any chance of it happening?)
-------------
"Ultimate" Doc is probably in:
ULTIMATUM # 3
The Story: The saga that will change the Ultimate Universe continues!
What is Magneto's true plan? Can he be stopped before all the heroes die? And in the end, what fate is in store for The
Fantastic Four? The Ultimates? Even Spider-Man? Shock follows shock from the Emmy-nominated, Eisner-award winning writer Jeph Loeb and superstar artist David Finch!
Rated T+ …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
-------------
Doctor Strange MIGHT be in:
DARK AVENGERS # 2
The Story: These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8. (12/03/2008)
Rated T+ …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 18, 2009
NEW AVENGERS # 50
The Story: These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8. (12/03/2008)
Rated T+ …$2.99
In Stores: Feb 25, 2009
GAH!!! Classified solicits! Damn it, Marvel! SOME of us order in ADVANCE!
(like shop owners... your lifeline? Remember them?)
-------------
-------------"6-Dimensions" characters-------------
-------------
MAN-THING
is in one of these MONSTERS, MYTHS and MARVELS issues.
The solicits lead me to believe it isn't going to be this one, but keep your eyes peeled. (this title started as an online exclusive for Marvel's Digital Comics Unlimited site)
MARVEL TV: GALACTUS- THE REAL STORY # 1
The Story: Welcome to MARVELS CHANNEL, where you can get all the 411 on the 616.
In this episode of MONSTERS, MYTHS and MARVELS, we explore one of the greatest threats mankind has ever faced: GALACTUS. But is he really the planet-eating celestial being we’ve come to fear with every fiber of our being? Or is he the construct of a super hero team desperate for headlines? Join host Gordon Allsworth as he exposes the truth behind Galactus, and the greatest hoax ever pulled on humankind.
Rated T+ …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
-------------
Black Knight's new team goes up against DRACULA in
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 #10
Written by PAUL CORNELL
Penciled by LEONARD KIRK
Cover by STUART IMMONEN
The king of the vampires is back. As if the hoards of demons that Pete Wisdom let out in order to defeat the Skrulls in England weren’t enough, now DRACULA has entered the scene. What does he want with Spitfire? And how will an election help his cause? You better hope that Captain Britain and the rest of MI13 have a way to defeat him!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
In Stores: Feb 11, 2009
(GAH! where the HELL is Doctor Strange in all this mystic fallout?)
-------------
Dr. DRUID's kid is in:
SECRET WARRIORS # 1
Rating: RATED T+ SECRET WARRIORS # 1
The Story: These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8. (12/3/08)
Rated T+ …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
-------------
Silver Surfer is in:
SKAAR: SON OF HULK # 8
The Story: The first time the Silver Surfer came to Planet Sakaar, he was enslaved as a gladiator and became the most terrifying combatant the Great Games had ever seen. But now the whole globe trembles -- for the Silver Savage has returned, not as a mere gladiator -- but as the Herald of Galactus, Devourer of Worlds! The children of Sakaar turn to the Son of Hulk for succor -- but what hope have they now that Skaar has allied himself with his father's greatest enemy?
Parental Advisory …$2.99
In Stores: Feb 25, 2009
-------------
Ghost Rider is in:
GHOST RIDER # 32
The Story: This is it. The final chapter in the epic arc, "LAST STAND OF THE SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE."
Johnny Blaze and the last remaining Ghost Riders from around the world make their final stand against the warrior hordes of the rebel angel Zadkiel, led by Blaze's brother, the power-mad renegade Danny Ketch. This is a showdown for the ages, featuring more Ghost Riders than you can shake a stick at and an ending you won't believe!
Parental Advisory …$2.99
In Stores: Feb 18, 2009
...and the 1990's Ghost Rider is in:
GHOST RIDER: DANNY KETCH # 5
The Story: This is it. The moment of truth. The moment when a broken hero with a good heart faces his demons, his fiery foes, and his own twisted future. Burning rat-gods, manipulative masters, the land Beyond the Veil, a soul up for sale…DANNY KETCH concludes his cataclysmic spiral into the dark…and is reborn! Flamehead-fans: You Cannot. Afford. To miss. This.
Parental Advisory …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 25, 2009
-------------
Magik (Illyana Rasputin) is in:
X-INFERNUS #3 (of 4)
Written by C. B. CEBULSKI
Penciled by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Cover by DAVID FINCH
The battle for Illyana Rasputin’s soul continues! Colossus leads the X-Men into Limbo, but does Illyana want them there? They’ll find out that her soul isn’t the only one on the line. And who is the mysterious woman who is changing the landscape of reality?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 11, 2009
It'd be nice if DOC was SOMEWHERE in all this.
-------------
Werewolf By Night is in:
DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING WEREWOLF
BY NIGHT #2 (of 4)
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Pencils & Cover by MICO SUAYAN
Jack Russell is in serious trouble. The police have made him their prime suspect in a brutal murder…and they don’t even realize the full moon turns him into a vicious, blood-thirsty predator! But Jack is innocent – at least as far as he can remember – and with the clock ticking and the authorities on his trail, he goes looking for answers…and redemption! It’s a gruesome, grisly MAX take on one of Marvel’s horror legends, by Duane Swierczynski (IMMORTAL IRON FIST) and Mico Suayan (MOON KNIGHT)!
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
-------------
Hellcat (or at least Patsy Walker) is in:
MODELS, INC. # 1
The Story: Fashion Week is always a hectic time for models, and this year is no exception. Between escaped wolves, robbery attempts, and overly friendly police officers, Mary Jane Watson, Patsy Walker, Jill Jerold, Chili Storm and Millicent (Millie the Model)
Collins are testing the limits of their endurance. But when a brilliant young set designer is found murdered with three bullet holes in his back, and Millie proves to be the prime suspect, the models are forced to play detective in order to save one of their own!
Rated A …$3.99
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
-------------
I usually pick these up (oddly enough, Doc - or one of the "6-dimensions", at least, usually has some sort of cameo in these):
YOUNG GUNS SKETCHBOOK # 1
The Story: A new group of artists are on the rise ready to shake up Marvel, just as their Young Gun predecessors have. But who makes up this next dynamic group of Young Guns? This free sketchbook is your first look at the artists on the cusp of superstardom and the MAJOR projects they are working on in 2009. Don't miss out!
Rated T+…FREE!
*see upcoming Marvel Mailers for ordering information
--------------
------------- Trades & collections -------------
Scarlet Witch begins her descent into craziness in:
AVENGERS: KNIGHTS OF WUNDAGORE
The Story: In 1958, the High Evolutionary's evolved and armored animal elite forced the Elder God Chthon back to his prison within Mount Wundagore! More than forty years later, Captain America, Iron Man, Ms. Marvel and their teammates face the same challenge, only for Chthon to find his greatest power in the Avengers' own ranks! It's demonic, it's devastating, it's a daunting dilemma only Earth's Mightiest Heroes can handle! Plus: the Absorbing Man in action, the origin of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, and cameos from the history of the dreaded document dubbed the Darkhold! Collecting AVENGERS #181-187.
136 PGS./Rated A …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3721-4
In Stores: Feb 4, 2009
-------------
Black Knight and a "Doctor Strange Skrull" in:
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 VOL. 1: SECRET INVASION
The Story: The Skrull Invasion isn’t restricted to the US. When the Skrull Invasion hits England, only Captain Britain and MI13 stand in their way. Can they find out what the Skrulls are after before it’s too late? Collecting CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 #1-4.
Rated T+ …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3344-5
In Stores: Feb 18, 2009
-------------
So, that's it for this time, my friends.
I'll see you... in the future...
I'll see you... in the future...
* I don't list ALL the new solicits, just the stuff that's in the ballpark of my interests and this blog. The whole list can be found in any number of places online. marvel.com for one.
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