Late Comics Report 17th April
Tony Williams
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This is the Late Comics Report for the week of April 17, 1997.
If you would be interested in receiving this list by e-mail, please
send a message indicating such to 74663...@compuserve.com.
The three latest items on the list are enclosed in asterisks (*):
three for the latest, two for the runner-up, one for third place. Ties
apply the same rank to all tied items.
New additions to the list are enclosed in these: < >.
Many thanks to Big Brain Comics, 81 S. 10th St., Minneapolis, MN
55403, which provides invaluable information to the keeper of this
list and is simply one of the finest places in the country to buy new
comics. Please stop by and say hi to Michael if you're in the
area--and tell him I sent you.
See below for items that have been removed since last week's list,
other cancellations, and the top three late publishers.
-=These comics are LATE:
-666 Comics:
Axa - The Endtime Chronicles #1 (Feb)
Demon Baby: Hell on Heels (Feb)
Killjoy #1 (Mar
-Aardwolf:
Crib Death: Babysitter's Companion TPB (Mar)
-Aberration Press:
Tales from the Bog #5 (Mar)
-Abiogenesis Press:
Strangehaven #6 (Feb)
-Abiss Komix:
Curse of the Minotaur #1 (Mar)
-Acclaim Comics:
Classics Illustrated Study Guides:
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (Mar)
-AC Comics:
FemForce: The Yesterday Syndrome #1 (Mar)
Fighting Yank Retro Comics #1 (Mar)
-Ace Comics:
Love Sucks #3 (Mar)
-ACG:
Best of Dizzy Dames #1 (Feb)
John Force: Magic Agent #1 (Mar)
-Acropolis Arts, Inc.:
Utopia: Chronicles of the Red Planet #0 (Mar)
-Action Planet Comics:
Uncle Slam & Fire Dog #2 (Mar)
-A List Comics:
Jungle Comics #1 (Mar)
-All Points Press:
One Hit, The Fantastic Tales #3 (Mar)
-Amazing Aaron Productions:
Adventures of Aaron CD-ROM Comic Book (Mar)
-Anarchy Bridgeworks:
Called from Darkness #1 (Mar)
-Angel Entertainment:
Dream Angel: The Quantum Dreamer #1 (Mar)
The Soulless Warrior #0 (Mar)
Vampire Girls: New York 1979 #0 (Mar)
-Angus Publishing:
Mercedes Vol. 2 TPB (Mar)
-Animagic:
The High Flying Adventures of the Balloonatiks #1 (Feb)
The High Flying Adventures of the Balloonatiks #2 (Feb)
The High Flying Adventures of the Balloonatiks #3 (Feb)
-Antarctic Press:
Change Commander Goku II #3 (Jan)
Gold Digger #35 (Feb)
Hepcats #3 (Feb)
Hepcats #4 (Mar)
Luftwaffe 1946 #1 (Mar)
Magical Mates #7 (Jan)
Magical Mates #8 (Feb)
Ninja High School #56 (Mar)
Ninja High School Vol. 11 TPB (Jan)
Tigers of Terra #25 (Jan)
Warrior Nun Dei: Aftertime #2 (Mar)
Venus Comix:
Melty Feeling #3 (Jan)
Melty Feeling #4 (Feb)
-Ariel Press:
Sapphire #3 (Feb; printed; should ship soon)
-Atlantis Comics:
Crystal War #1 (Feb)
Haley: Stranger in a Strange Landing (Mar)
-Avatar Press:
Pandora #0 (Mar)
Twilight #2 (Mar)
Webwitch #0 (Mar)
Wrath of the Furies #1 (Mar)
-Black Eye Productions:
Hard Core Logo: Portrait of a Thousand Punks (Dec '96)
The Land of Nod #3 (Mar)
Paradise Sucks (Feb)
-Blackout Comics:
Hari Kari: Possessed by Evil #1 (Mar)
-Blue Comet Press:
Outlaw Overdrive #X (Mar)
-Bold Ink Graphics:
Red Raven: Lord of the Time Before #2 (Mar)
-Boneyard Press:
Gothic Red #3 (Mar)
-Brahless Comics:
Nyght Games #2 (Mar)
-Brainstorm Comics:
Bodacious Comix #1 (Mar)
Legends of Luxura TPB #1 (Mar)
Vamperotica #25 (Mar)
Vamperotica Lingerie Encore Edition (Mar)
Vampfire Pinup Special (Mar)
-Caliber Press:
Daemonstorm: Deadworld (Feb; at printer)
Daemonstorm: Oz (Mar)
The Lost #3 (Mar)
Nowheresville Special: The History of Cool (Mar; at printer)
Oz #20 (Mar)
Oz: Straw and Sorcery #1 (Mar)
The Searchers: Apostle of Mercy #2 (Mar)
Tapestry:
Boondoggle #2 (Mar)
-Cartoon Books:
Bone #28 (Mar)
-Castle Graphics:
Danger Girls #3 (Mar)
Realm of the Knight #2 (Mar)
-Cat-Head Comics:
Buzzard #17 (Dec '96)
-CFD Productions:
Meg-A-Rotica #1 (Mar)
-Claypool Comics:
Deadbeats #23 (Mar)
Soulsearchers #22 (Feb)
-Comico:
All-New Elementals Sex Special #1 (Mar)
Elementals: Babes #1: A Photo Multimedia Bikini Special #1
(Jan)
Elementals Hot Bikini Valentine Edition #1 (Feb)
Elementals: The Vampire's Revenge #3 (Feb)
ESC <Escape> #3 (Mar)
ESC: No Exit #1 (Jan)
ESC: No Exit #2 (Feb)
The Oblivion Collection TPB (Mar)
Rebels of Avalon #1 (Oct '96)
-Coppervale Press:
*Starchild: Metropolis Prologue (Jun '96)*
-CPM Comics:
*M.D. Geist: Data Album #1 (Jun '96)*
Bare Bear Press:
La Blue Girl #8 (Feb)
La Blue Girl #9 (Mar)
-Creation Studios:
Delusion #1 (Feb)
-Cryptic Entertainment:
Tomb Tales #1 (Feb)
-Curtiss Comics:
The Cypha #1 (Feb)
-Dancing Elephant Press:
Kane #15 (Feb)
Kane #16 (Mar)
-Dark Fantasy Productions:
Dark Fantasies #8 (Mar)
-Dark Horse Comics:
<Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller Illustrated Slipcase (Apr
16)>
Comic Book #3 (Mar 19)
Legend of Mother Sarah: City of the Angels #2 (Nov 6 '96)
Legend of Mother Sarah: City of the Angels #3 (Dec 4 '96)
Legend of Mother Sarah: City of the Angels #4 (Jan 2)
Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition #4 (Apr 2)
The Warrior of Waverly Street: Broodstorm (Mar 5)
Blanc Noir:
Brave #1 (Feb 26; rescheduled for Mar 26)
The Heretic #4 (Feb 26)
Legend:
Sin City: That Yellow Bastard HC (Nov 27 '96)
-David World Press:
The Demolitionist #2 (Feb)
Scream #1 (Mar)
-DC Comics:
<The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy TPB (Apr 16; rescheduled
for Apr
30)>
Mad Magazine #357 (Apr 9; rescheduled for Apr 23)
Mad Super Special #121 (Apr 9; rescheduled for Apr 16)
Superboy #40 (Apr 9; rescheduled for May 7)
Vertigo:
House of Secrets #9 (Apr 9; rescheduled for Apr 23)
-Dead Tree Products:
The Remnants #3 (Mar)
-Destiny Comics:
Bug World #2 (Mar)
The Flea #2 (Mar)
-Didactic Chocolate Press:
Anubis #6 (Mar)
-Drawn & Quarterly:
Nowhere #2 (Feb)
Optic Nerve #4 (Mar)
Palooka-Ville #10 (Mar)
Peepshow #10 (Jan)
-El Capitan:
Stray Bullets #13 (Mar)
-El Salto Comics:
Aztec of the City #3 (Feb)
-Emergency Stop Press:
Memory Man #6 (Mar)
-Entity Comics:
Nira X: Anime #1 (Feb)
The Skunk Collection #2 (Feb)
-Epitaph Studios:
Bloodfang #3 (Mar)
Heresy #3 (Mar)
-ESP Studios:
ESP Magazine #0: Earthshaker (Mar)
-Event Comics:
Ash/22 Brides #2 (Dec '96)
-Exhibit A Press:
Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre Greatest Writs #1
(Mar)
-Fantaco:
Amazon Woman Beach Party (Mar)
-Fantagraphics Books:
Carol Tyler's Greatest Zits (Feb)
The Comics Journal #195 (Mar)
The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 12 HC & TPB (Feb)
Doofus #2 (Dec '96)
Frank #2 (Feb)
Maggie & Hopey Color Special #1 (Jan; at printer)
New Love #4 (Mar)
Why Did Pete Duel Kill Himself? (Mar)
Eros Comix:
Bitch in Heat #1 (Mar)
Bondage Girls at War #6 (Feb)
Dandy Lion (Mar)
Karate Girl: Tengu Wars GN (Feb)
Shaundra: Slave to Pleasure #3 (Mar)
The Tijuana Bibles Vol. 1 TPB (Mar)
The Tijuana Bibles Vol. 2 TPB (Mar)
Vixxxen: The Adventures of Selene TPB (Mar)
-Fifth Panel Comics:
Gothic #1 (Mar)
Pieces #1 (Mar)
-Force Syndicate:
Myridia #1 (Mar)
Polyester Man #1 (Mar)
-Fygmok Studio:
Myth #3 (Feb)
-Gay Comics:
Gay Comics #25 (Mar)
-Ground Zero Comics:
Brandi Five-One: Freak Show #1 (Mar)
Daughter of Darkness II: Beast of Blood (Mar)
Fangs of the Widow #11 (Mar)
-Hall of Heroes:
Bog #4 (Mar)
Hall of Heroes Presents #0 (Mar)
Sinister: The Road to Thelema #1 (Feb)
-Heretic Press:
Six Degrees Vol. 2 #1 (Feb)
-Heritage Collection:
Antietam: The Fiery Trial (Mar)
-High Impact:
Bad Apples #2 (Mar)
Bad Girl: The Magazine (Feb)
Double Impact #2 (Mar)
Nikki Blade: Forever Nikki #0 (Feb)
Red Fury (Mar)
-Hubris Press:
Creatures of Grace #1 (Feb)
-Image Comics:
Cartoon Books:
Bone #27 (Nov '96)
Highbrow Entertainment:
A Distant Soil #19 (Mar)
Freak Force #1 (Mar)
Hellshock #3 (Mar)
Mars Attacks the Image Universe #4 (Mar)
The Savage Dragon #37 (Mar)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 (Mar)
Homage Comics:
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #7 (Feb)
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #8 (Mar)
Leave It to Chance #5 (Mar)
Strangers in Paradise Vol. 3 #5 (Mar)
I Before E:
Maxx #29 (Mar)
Todd McFarlane Productions:
DarkChylde #5 (Mar)
Spawn #60 (Mar)
WildStorm Studios:
Brass #3 (Oct 16 '96)
StormWatch #47 (Apr 9)
<WetWorks #28 (Apr 16)>
WildCATs/CyberForce: Killer Instinct TPB (Oct 23 '96)
-Inferno Studios:
Zomboy #4 (Mar)
-Jabberwocky Graphix:
Goodies #95 (Mar)
-Kevlar Studios:
Horseman #3 (Mar)
-King Hell Press:
Bratpack/Maximortal Super Special #2 (Mar)
-Kitchen Sink Press:
Blue Loco #1 (Feb)
The Crow: Waking Nightmares #2 (Feb)
The Crow: Waking Nightmares #3 (Mar)
Flock of Dreamers: An Anthology of Dream-Inspired Comics (Jan)
Melody #11 (Mar)
Zot! Vol. 1 HC (Jan)
Zot! Vol. 1 TPB (Nov '96)
-Knight Press:
Excruciator #1 (Feb)
Hellgirl: Purgatory #1 (Mar)
Knight's Round Table #4 (Feb)
Rite #2 (Mar)
Ronna #1 (Mar)
Spook City #1 (Feb)
The Super Service #1 (Mar)
-Kosmic Comic Productions:
The Ravager Ashcan #0 (Mar)
-La Comedie Illustre:
Vauxhall #2 (Mar)
-London Night Studios:
*Lethal Stryke TPB (Jun '96)*
Poizon: Cadillacs and Green Tomatoes #1 (Mar)
Sade #2 (Jul '96)
Sade #3 (Aug '96)
-Mad Monkey Press:
Dark Town #4 (Mar)
Magicians' Village: Key to the City GN (Mar)
Singapore Sam and the Hidden Kingdom GN (Mar)
-Mark Tompkins, Publisher:
The Last Days of Hollywood, USA #5 (Mar)
-Marvel Comics:
Beast #2 (Apr 9)
Casper and Friends Magazine (Apr 9)
Disney Comic Hits #17 (Dec 24 '96)
Ghost Rider #86 (Apr 9)
Gladiator/Supreme (Jan 22)
Harvey Presents: Casper #1 (Mar 12)
Harvey Two-Pack (Apr 2)
<Thunderbolts #3 (Apr 16)>
Uncanny Origins #10 (Apr 9)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #22 (Apr 9)
Wolverine Encyclopedia Vol. 3 (Feb 12)
Heroes Reborn:
<Iron Man #8 (Apr 16)>
Marvel Presents Paramount Comics:
A Clueless Valentine (Feb 5)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #7 (Mar 12)
<Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #8 (Apr 16)>
Star Trek Unlimited #4 (Mar 26)
Star Trek: Voyager #7 (Mar 5)
Star Trek: Voyager #8 (Apr 9)
-Maximum Comics Press:
***Avengelyne: Power TPB (Apr '96)***
**Battlestar Galactica: The Enemy Within TPB (May '96)**
Cyberpunx #1 (Mar)
Foot Soldiers Giant Sized #1 (Mar)
Glory/Angela TPB (Nov '96)
Grifter/Badrock TPB (Nov '96)
Power Rangers Zeo/Youngblood #1 (Feb)
Supreme Madness TPB (Mar)
-Metal Mammoth:
Margot in Badtown HC (Mar)
-Mikey-Sized Comics:
The Von Fange Brothers: The Solo Adventures #3 (Feb)
-Milestone Media:
Icon #43 (Jan 3)
Icon #44 (Feb 5)
Icon #45 (Apr 9)
Static #46 (Feb 12)
Static #47 (Mar 12)
-Millennium:
Armageddon Rising #1: Song of the Sirens, Cycle #2 (Feb)
-Mojo Press:
Billi 99 TPB (Feb)
-Mu Press:
Zu #14 (Mar)
-Mythic Comics:
Fangs of the Cobra #2 (Feb)
Leitmotiv #3 (Feb)
Stuff #2 (Feb)
-NBM:
Cathexis (Mar)
-No Mercy:
Sisters of Mercy: When Razors Cry Crimson Tears #1 (Sep '96)
-No Talent Comics:
Pagers Comics Anthology #4 (Mar)
-Northstar Press:
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Trap GN (Mar)
Slash: Attack! (Mar)
-Olyoptics:
Armature #2 (Dec '96)
Armature #3 (Jan)
-Omega 7 Comics:
Omega Man #1 (Mar)
Original Boy #1 (Mar)
-Planet Lucy Press:
Ragmop #10 (Mar)
-Powder Monkey Productions:
Europa and the Pirate Twins #3 (Feb)
-Prolix Press:
The Chosen #3 (Feb)
-Rage Comics:
Bloodtide #2 (Mar)
Of Mind and Soul #1 (Mar)
Of Mind and Soul: Soul'd Out (Mar)
-Real Deal Productions:
Real Deal #5 (Mar)
-SCC Entertainment:
Snap #2 (Mar)
-Shanamation Studios:
Pizza Man #3 (Mar)
-Sick Mind Press:
Sheba #4 (Mar)
-Silver Griffen:
Iron Tarantula #1 (Mar)
-Sirius Entertainment:
Akiko #13 (Mar)
Demongate #11 (Mar)
Poison Elves #22 (Mar)
Poison Elves Vol. 3 TPB (Mar)
Primal Rage #2 (Oct '96)
Primal Rage #3 (Dec '96)
Reality Check #7 (Mar)
Wandering Star #21 (Feb)
-Slave Labor Graphics:
abel #1 (Mar)
Dr. Radium 10th Anniversary Special (Dec '96)
Murder Can Be Fun #? (Feb)
Slacker Comics #13 (Mar)
-Solographics:
Evil Twins #1 (Mar)
-Starhead Comix:
Hidden World (Aug '96)
-Symptom Comics:
Modern Grimm #2 (Feb)
-Tipping Cows:
Wartblade #2 (Feb)
-Top Hat Comics:
The Terrific Trio #4 (Mar)
-Topps Comics:
Lady Rawhide #4 (Jan)
Lady Rawhide #5 (Mar)
Mars Attacks #8 (Nov '96)
Mars Attacks High School Special (Mar)
Mars Attacks: The Official Movie Adaptation #1 (Nov '96)
Mars Attacks: The Official Movie Adaptation #2 (Dec '96)
The X-Files #28 (Mar)
The X-Files: Afterflight GN (Feb)
-Utopia Studios:
Art & Soul #2 (Mar)
-Verotik:
Albino Spider of Dajette #2 (Mar)
Death Dealer #3 (Dec '96)
Jaguar God #6 (Oct '96)
Jaguar God #7 (Jan)
Satanika #7 (Feb)
Verotika #15 (Mar)
-Vision Entertainment:
Beatrix Farmer #2 (Mar)
Katmandu #10 (Mar)
Shanda the Panda #18 (Mar)
Sweet Treats: Dessert Recipes from the Kitchen of Marsha
Redfox (Mar)
-Void Comics:
Awakening #4 (Mar)
-Wellzee Comics:
Scooterman #2 (Feb)
-World Comics:
Hardware Wars #1 (Feb)
Coffee World:
Coffee World Comics #2 (Feb)
Girls' World:
California Girls Vol. 2 #1 (Feb)
Cowgirls #1 (Feb)
-Zoo Arsonist Press:
Clock! #1 (Mar)
-=REMOVED from the list since last week:
-3CG:
Ed #1 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Antarctic Press:
Furrlough #51 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
Robotech #1 (Mar; came out Apr 2)
Warrior Nun Areala: Scorpio Rose #4 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Caliber Press:
Negative Burn #45 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Chaos! Comics:
Chastity #2 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Comico:
Audition: The Serious Try-Out and Review System (Jan; came out
Apr 16)
-Crusade Comics:
Shi: Rekishi #2 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Dark Horse Comics:
Aliens: Pig (Mar 26; came out Apr 16)
-DC Comics:
Azrael/Ash (Mar 26; rescheduled for Apr 16; came out Apr 16)
-Double Diamond Press:
Zxenith: Lost and Found (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Entity Comics:
Apathy Kat Kollection #1 TPB (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Event Comics:
Painkiller Jane vs. the Darkness: Stripper #1 (Mar; came out
Apr 16)
-Fantagraphics Books:
The Comics Journal #194 (Feb; came out Apr 16)
Naughty Bits #22 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
Pogo Vol. 6 TPB (Feb; came out Apr 16)
-Fleetway UK:
2000 AD #1033 (Feb; came out Apr 16)
-Image Comics:
Labman #2 (Dec '96; cancelled)
Labman #3 (Jan; cancelled)
WildStorm Studios:
Wynonna Earp #5 (Apr 2; came out Apr 16)
-Jet-Black:
Amanda and Gunn #1 (Feb; resolicited and released through
Image)
-Marvel Comics:
Journey Into Mystery #510 (Apr 9; came out Apr 16)
Heroes Reborn:
Avengers #8 (Apr 9; came out Apr 16)
Fantastic Four #8 (Apr 9; came out Apr 16)
-Maximum Comics Press:
Newmen #23 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Milestone Media:
Hardware #50 (Feb 26; rescheduled for Apr 16; came out Apr 16)
-Mu Press:
Fangs of Kaath #2 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-NBM:
Drabble: Son of Drabble TPB (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-No Talent Comics:
Pagers Comics Anthology #3 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Pirate Press:
Joshua: Pure Evil (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Rae Comic Co.:
Noblesse Oblige Vol. 2 #1 (Feb; came out Apr 16)
-Re-Visionary Press:
Triple-X: A Cartoon History #1 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Revolution Comics:
Octobriana #4 (Mar; came out Apr 16)
-Viz Communications:
Adolf: 1945 and All That Remains TPB (Mar; came out)
-=TOP THREE late publishers, by number of late items:
1. Image Comics: 18 items (-2 since last week)
1. Marvel Comics: 18 items (no change)
2. Fantagraphics: 16 items (-3)
-=TOP THREE late studios/production companies, by number of late
items:
1. Marvel Comics: 17 items (+1 since last week)
2. Fantagraphics: 16 items (-3)
3. Antarctic Press: 13 items (-3)
-=PUBLISHERS covered at present:
Marvel Comics, plus all publishers listed in the Comics section of
Diamond Previews, excluding items that are not new comics or
collections or graphic novels or comics-related magazines.
-=DISCLAIMERS:
This is a list of comic books that have *not* arrived in stores as of
the date above. When they *will* come out is anyone's guess.
Only new comics, hardcover and softcover graphic novels, hardcover
reprint collections, and trade paperbacks are covered. Limited
editions and new printings of previously released items are not
included. I will include an additional list of newly cancelled or
resolicited items when possible.
If you have any information regarding any item on the list, or if you
think an item on the list has come out, please contact me.
Even with only one distributor left, distribution to all areas is not
entirely consistent. Actual on-sale dates may vary from region to
region, or even store to store.
cheers,
andrew
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