Late Comics Report 23rd Jan.
Tony Williams
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Note the following Late Comics Report is not compiled by the poster of
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This is the Late Comics Report for the week of January 23, 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:
-Acclaim Comics:
Killer Instinct Special - Brothers (Aug '96)
-AC Comics:
FemForce #100 (Dec '96)
-Action Planet Comics:
Action Planet Comics #4 (Dec '96)
-Adhesive Comics:
Too Much Coffee Man's Guide for the Perplexed (Dec '96)
-Aeon:
Those Annoying Post Bros. #53 (Dec '96)
Twelve Twenty-Five: The 1996 Aeon Christmas Special (Dec '96)
-Alaffinity Publications:
Greymatter #12 (Nov '96)
Greymatter #13 (Dec '96)
-Angus Publishing:
Mercedes #13 (Dec '96)
-Antarctic Press:
Antarctic Press Jam! #1 (Dec '96)
Gold Digger #33 (Dec '96)
Hepcats #1 (Dec '96)
Perazim #2 (Nov '96)
Tigers of Terra Book Five (Dec '96)
-Black Eye Productions:
Berlin #3 (Oct '96)
Hard Core Logo: Portrait of a Thousand Punks (Dec '96)
Jar of Fools TPB (Nov '96)
Sands #3 (Dec '96)
-Caliber Press:
Jam #14 (Dec '96)
Kaos Moon #2 (Nov '96)
Kingdom of the Wicked #3 (Dec '96)
Mister X #4 (Dec '96)
Street Shadows GN (Dec '96)
Triggerman #1 (Dec '96)
Wretch #3 (Dec '96)
New Worlds:
Raven Chronicles GN (Dec '96)
Tapestry:
Explorers #2 (Dec '96)
-Cat-Head Comics:
Buzzard #17 (Dec '96)
-Claypool Comics:
Soulsearchers & Co. #21 (Dec '96)
-Comico:
Elementals: How the War Was One #3 (Jul '96)
Elementals: Sex Special #1 (Jul '96)
Elementals: The Vampire's Revenge #3 (Jul '96)
Elementals vs. The Charnel Priests Special #1 (Sep '96)
Elementals vs. The Charnel Priests #2 (Oct '96)
ESC #0: Origins (Dec '96)
Oblivion II: A Rumble in Heaven #1 (Aug '96)
Oblivion II: A Rumble in Heaven #2 (Sep '96)
Oblivion II: A Rumble in Heaven #3 (Oct '96)
Primer #2: Bathory (Aug '96)
Rebels of Avalon #1 (Oct '96)
Red Dragon #2 (Sep '96)
-Coppervale Press:
Starchild: Metropolis Prologue (Jun '96)
-CPM Comics:
Armored Trooper Votoms: Supreme Survivor (Dec '96)
M.D. Geist: Data Album #1 (Jun '96)
-Crusade Comics:
Demon Gun #3 (Oct '96)
Dogs O' War #3 (Aug '96)
Shi/Daredevil (Dec '96)
Thundergod #3 (Sep '96)
-Dark Horse Comics:
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 #1 (Jan 8)
<Star Wars: Droids - Rebellion TPB (Jan 22)>
Blanc Noir:
Heretic #2 (Dec 26 '96)
Legend:
<Art of The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot TPB (Jan 22)>
John Byrne's Next Men Book Six: Lies TPB (Dec 11 '96)
Sin City: That Yellow Bastard HC (Nov 27 '96)
-DC Comics:
Thrillkiller #3 (Jan 15; rescheduled for Feb 12)
Paradox Press:
Big Book of Losers (Jan 3; rescheduled for Jan 22)
Vertigo:
<Heartland (Jan 22; rescheduled for Jan 29)>
Mythos: The Final Tour #3 (Dec 26 '96; rescheduled for Feb 5)
-Drawn & Quarterly:
Lift Your Leg, My Fish Is Dead! TPB (Nov '96)
-El Capitan:
Stray Bullets #12 (Dec '96)
-Event Comics:
22 Brides: Married to the Mob #4 (Sep '96)
Ash/22 Brides #2 (Dec '96)
Ash: The Fire Within #2 (Aug '96)
Ash: The Fire Within #3 (Oct '96)
-Exhibit A Press:
Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre #14 (Dec '96; expected
to ship
from printer Jan 31)
-Fantagraphics Books:
Acme Novelty Library #8 (Oct '96)
Doofus #2 (Dec '96)
Love and Rockets Vol. 14 HC (Nov '96)
Real Girl #9 (Aug '96)
Villa of the Mysteries #2 (Dec '96)
-Good Comics:
Tribe #1 (Nov '96)
-Green Man Press:
Book of Ballads and Sagas #4 (Dec '96)
-Halloween Comics:
Chiller #1 (Dec '96)
-Horse Press:
Pulp Hope 96-7 Jewelbook #1 (Nov '96)
THB #6 (Sep '96)
THB #7 (Sep '96)
THB Special: The Wingtip Caper #1 (Dec '96)
THB: The Cutie-Pie Style #1 (Nov '96)
-Image Comics:
Labman #2 (Dec '96)
Cartoon Books:
Bone #27 (Nov '96)
Highbrow Entertainment:
Savage Dragon #34 (Dec '96)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6 (Dec '96)
Homage Comics:
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #5 (Dec '96)
Leave It to Chance #4 (Dec '96)
Strangers in Paradise Vol. 3 #3 (Nov '96)
Wizard's Tale TPB (Nov '96; rescheduled for Jan 15)
I Before E:
Friends of Maxx #3 (Dec '96)
Todd McFarlane Productions:
Spawn #57 (Dec '96)
Top Cow Productions:
<Elektra/Cyblade: "Devil's Reign" Part 7 of 8 (Jan 22)>
WildStorm Studios:
Brass #3 (Oct 16 '96)
Deathblow/Wolverine #2 (Oct 2 '96)
Gen13 #16 (Jan 2)
StormWatch #44 (Jan 15)
<WetWorks #25 (Jan 22)>
WildCATs #33 (Oct 23 '96)
WildCATs #34 (Jan 15)
WildCAts/CyberForce: Killer Instinct TPB (Oct 23 '96)
WildStorm Universe '97 #2 (Jan 2)
-Kevlar Studios:
Horseman #2 (Oct '96)
-Kiss & Tell:
Kiss & Tell #3 (Dec '96)
-Kitchen Sink Press:
Death Rattle #6 (Dec '96)
Lost Girls #3 (Dec '96)
Oink: Heaven's Butcher TPB (Nov '96)
Registry of Death (Nov '96)
Snarf #16 (Dec '96)
Steven #8 (Nov '96)
Zot! Vol. 1 TPB (Nov '96)
-Labor of Love Productions:
Glyph #2 (Nov '96)
-London Night Studios:
Embrace: Kill Me Softly NC-17 Edition (Dec '96)
Lethal Stryke TPB (Jun '96)
Razor/Morbid Angel: Soul Search #3 (Oct '96)
Razor Vol. 2 #3 (Dec '96)
Rose and Gunn #2 (Aug '96)
Sade #2 (Jul '96)
Sade #3 (Aug '96)
-Marvel Comics:
Adventures of Spider-Man #12 (Jan 15)
Code of Honor #2 (Jan 2)
Daredevil/Batman (Jan 15)
Disney Comic Hits #16 (Nov 6 '96)
Disney Comic Hits #17 (Dec 24 '96)
Doctor Who #248 (Jan 15)
Elektra/Witchblade (Jan 8)
<Gladiator/Supreme (Jan 22)>
Professor X & The X-Men #17 (Jan 8)
<Silver Surfer/Weapon Zero (Jan 22)>
Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives #3 (Jan 2)
Ultragirl #2 (Dec 4 '96)
Ultragirl #3 (Jan 2)
Wolverine Encyclopedia Vol. 2 (Dec 24 '96)
Xavier Institute Alumni Yearbook (Dec 24 '96)
X-Men Megazine (Sep 18 '96)
Heroes Reborn:
Captain America #5 (Jan 8; rescheduled for Jan 22)
Malibu:
Ultraverse: Future Shock #1 (Dec 24 '96)
Marvel Presents Paramount Comics:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #5 (Jan 8)
<Star Trek: Early Voyages #2 (Jan 22)>
Star Trek: Operation Assimilation (Dec 11 '96)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #4 (Jan 15)
<Star Trek Unlimited #3 (Jan 22)>
Star Trek: Voyager #5 (Jan 2)
-Maximum Comics Press:
Avengelyne Deluxe TPB (Jul '96)
**Avengelyne: Power TPB (Apr '96)**
*Battlestar Galactica: The Enemy Within TPB (May '96)*
Bionix #3 (Dec '96)
Blindside #3 (Dec '96)
Foot Soldiers #1 (Nov '96)
Foot Soldiers #2 (Dec '96)
Glory/Angela TPB (Nov '96)
Grifter/Badrock TPB (Nov '96)
NewMen #25 (Dec '96)
Prophet #10 (Nov '96)
Traveller #1 (Nov '96)
Traveller #2 (Dec '96)
Youngblood #15 (Dec '96)
Youngblood Classics #3 (Nov '96)
-Milestone Media:
Icon #42 (Dec 4 '96; rescheduled for Feb 5)
Icon #43 (Jan 3; rescheduled for Mar 5)
Static #45 (Jan 8; rescheduled for Feb 5)
-NBM:
Pinocchia (Nov '96)
-No Mercy:
Sisters of Mercy: When Razors Cry Crimson Tears #1 (Sep '96)
-Old Town Publishing:
Dr. Wonder #5 (Sep '96)
Dr. Wonder #6 (Nov '96)
-Olyoptics:
Armature #2 (Dec '96)
-Sirius Entertainment:
Akiko #10 (Dec '96)
Dawn #5 (Dec '96)
Demongate #8 (Dec '96)
Fang: Testament #3 (Nov '96)
Fang: Testament #4 (Dec '96)
Poison Elves #19 (Dec '96)
Primal Rage #2 (Oct)
Primal Rage #3 (Dec '96)
Reality Check #4 (Dec '96)
Safety Belt Man: All Hell #5 (Oct)
Safety Belt Man: All Hell #6 (Nov)
Wandering Star #19 (Dec '96)
-Slave Labor Graphics:
Dr. Radium 10th Anniversary Special (Dec '96)
Hero Sandwich: The Works TPB (Dec '96)
Amaze Ink:
Replacement God #7 (Dec '96)
-Spiderbaby Grafix:
***Stephen R. Bissette's Tyrant #5 (Mar '96)***
S.R. Bissette's Tyrant #6 (Dec '96)
-Starhead Comix:
Hidden World (Aug '96)
-Topps Comics:
Lady Rawhide #3 (Dec '96)
Mars Attacks #8 (Nov '96)
Mars Attacks: The Official Movie Adaptation #1 (Nov '96)
Mars Attacks: The Official Movie Adaptation #2 (Dec '96)
X-Files #25 (Dec '96)
X-Files: Season One #1 (Jul '96)
X-Files: Season One #2 (Aug 16 '96)
X-Files: Season One #3 (Sep '96)
X-Files: Season One #4 (Oct '96)
X-Files: Season One #5 (Nov '96)
X-Files: Season One #6 (Dec '96)
-Verotik:
Death Dealer #3 (Dec '96)
Jaguar God #6 (Oct '96)
Satanika #6 (Dec '96)
Sunglasses After Dark #6 (Nov '96)
-=REMOVED from the list since last week:
-Antarctic Press:
Ninja High School Swimsuit Special 1996 (Dec '96; came out Jan
22)
Warrior Nun Areala/Avengelyne #1 (Dec '96; came out Jan 22)
-Art & Soul Comics:
Tug & Buster #6 (Oct '96; cancelled)
-Beanworld Press, Inc:
Larry Marder's Beanworld: Book Two TPB (Sep '96; cancelled)
-Dark Horse Comics:
Tempus Fugitive TPB (Jan 15; came out Jan 22)
Blanc Noir:
Body Bags #4 (Dec 26 '96; rescheduled for Jan 22; came out Jan
22)
-DC Comics:
Challengers of the Unknown #2 (Jan 15; rescheduled for Jan 22;
came out Jan 22)
Mad Magazine #354 (Jan 8; came out Jan 22)
Mad Super Special #119 (Jan 8; came out Jan 22)
Starman #28 (Jan 3; rescheduled for Jan 22; came out Jan 22)
Superboy #37 (Jan 15; rescheduled for Jan 22; came out Jan 22)
Superman/Wonder Woman: Whom Gods Destroy #4 (Jan 8;
rescheduled for Jan 22; came out Jan 22)
-Image Comics:
Highbrow Entertainment:
Big Bang Comics #7 (Dec '96; came out Jan 22)
Vanguard: Strange Visitors #3 (Dec '96; came out Jan 22)
Homage Comics:
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #4 (Nov '96; rescheduled for
Jan 15; came out Jan 22)
WildStorm Studios:
Backlash #28 (Jan 8; came out Jan 22)
Gen13 Bootleg #3 (Jan 8; came out Jan 22)
WildCATs #32 (Aug 7 '96; rescheduled for Jan 15; came out Jan
22)
-Marvel Comics:
Adventures of the X-Men #12 (Jan 8; came out Jan 22)
Imperial Guard #2 (Dec 24 '96; came out Jan 22)
Incredible Hulk #451 (Jan 15; came out Jan 22)
Incredible Hulk/Pitt (Jan 2; came out Jan 22)
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #78 (Jan 15; came out Jan 22)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #19 (Jan 8; came out Jan 22)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man TPB (Jan 15; came out Jan 22)
What If? #95 (Jan 15; came out Jan 22)
Marvel Presents Paramount Comics:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #3 (Dec 18 '96; came out Jan 22)
Star Trek: Voyager #4 (Dec 4 '96; came out Jan 22)
-Verotik:
Venus Domina #2 (Nov '96; came out Jan 22)
-=RESOLICITED but never appeared on the list before:
-Black Eye Productions:
Berlin #4 (Jan; resolicited for Apr)
-Milestone Media:
Icon #45 (Mar; resolicited for Apr)
-=TOP THREE late publishers, by number of late items:
2. Marvel Comics: 24 items (-6 since last week)
1. Image Comics: 20 items (-4)
3. Maximum Comics Press: 15 items (no change)
-=TOP THREE late studios/production companies, by number of late
items:
1. Marvel Comics: 22 items (-6 since last week)
2. Extreme Studios: 16 items (no change)
2. WildStorm Studios: 13 items (-3)
-=PUBLISHERS covered at present:
Aardvark-Vanaheim, Aberration Press, Abiogenesis Press, Academy
Comics, Acclaim Comics, AC Comics, Action Planet Comics, Adhesive
Comics, Aeon, Alaffinity, Amazing Montage Press, Angus Publishing,
Animus, Antarctic Press, Archie Comics, Argo Press, Aria Press, Art &
Soul Comics, Astro Comics, Bardic Press, BIG Entertainment, Black Eye
Productions, Blue, Bob Burden Studios, Bongo Comics, Broadway Comics,
Byron Preiss' Virtual Comics, Caliber Press, Cartoon Books, Chaos!
Comics, Claypool Comics, Comico, Coppervale Press, CPM Comics, Crusade
Comics, Dancing Elephant Press, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Drawn &
Quarterly, Eddie Campbell Comics, El Capitan, Event Comics, Exhibit A
Press, Fantagraphics Books (not including Eros Comix), Fiasco Comics,
Fireman Press, Full Bleed Studios, Gay Comics, Gladstone/Disney, Good
Comics, Green Man Press, Halloween Comics, Hanthercraft, Harris
Publications, Heritage Press, Horse Press, I Box, Image Comics
(including Homage Comics and Top Cow Comics), Jake Comics, Kevlar
Studios, King Hell Press, King Ink, Kiss & Tell, Kitchen Sink Press,
Lohman Hills Press, London Night Studios, Mark's Giant Economy Size
Comics, Marlowe & Company, Marvel Comics, Maximum Comics Press, Meet
Danny Ocean, Milestone Media, NBM, New England Comics Press, No Mercy,
Old Town Publishing, Palliard Press, Patchwork Press, Penthouse Comix,
Planet Lucy Press, Retro Graphix, SCC Entertainment, Sirius
Entertainment, Slave Labor Graphics (including Amaze Ink),
Spiderbaby Grafix, Topps Comics, Verotik, Viz Communications, WaRP
Graphics, and Wells & Clark.
-=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 two distributors 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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Bob Heer
to...@groovyclam.demon.co.uk (Tony Williams) wrote
> -Beanworld Press, Inc:
> Larry Marder's Beanworld: Book Two TPB (Sep '96; cancelled)
Apparently this should be printed and available for immediate order
through Diamond's Star System in the next few weeks, and re-solicted for
regular order in the catalog for April.
Bob
bg...@torfree.net, occasional editor of Gunk'l'dunk,
a Beanworld newsletter. E-mail me for details
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