Late Comics Report 30th Jan
Tony Williams
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This is the Late Comics Report for the week of January 30, 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:
-Aberration Press:
<Tales from the Bog Year One TPB (Jan)>
-Acclaim Comics:
Killer Instinct Special - Brothers (Aug '96)
<Quantum Leap: Into the Void #1 (Jan)>
Classics Illustrated Study Guides:
<Crime & Punishment (Jan)>
<Hamlet (Jan)>
<Huckleberry Finn (Jan)>
<The Odyssey (Jan)>
Valiant Heroes:
<Man of the Atom (Jan; expected to arrive in stores Feb 5)>
-AC Comics:
FemForce #100 (Dec '96)
-Action Planet Comics:
Action Planet Comics #4 (Dec '96)
<Uncle Slam and Fire Dog #1 (Jan)>
-Adhesive Comics:
Too Much Coffee Man's Guide for the Perplexed (Dec '96)
-Aeon:
<Aeon Focus: Slip (Jan)>
Those Annoying Post Bros. #53 (Dec '96)
Twelve Twenty-Five: The 1996 Aeon Christmas Special (Dec '96)
-Angus Publishing:
Mercedes #13 (Dec '96)
<Mercedes #14 (Jan)>
-Antarctic Press:
<The Amazing Adventures of Professor Jones #3 (Jan)>
Antarctic Press Jam! #1 (Dec '96)
<Change Commander Goku II #3 (Jan)>
<Fantastic Panic Vol. 2 #9
Gold Digger #33 (Dec '96)
Hepcats #1 (Dec '96)
<Hepcats #2 (Jan)>
<Luftwaffe 1946 #4 (Jan)>
<Magical Mates #7 (Jan)>
<Ninja High School #51 (Jan)>
<Ninja High School Vol. 11 TPB (Jan)>
Perazim #2 (Nov '96)
<Perazim #3 (Jan)>
<Silbuster #19 (Jan)>
<Tigers of Terra #25 (Jan)>
Tigers of Terra Book Five (Dec '96)
<Warrior Nun Areala: Scorpio Rose #3 (Jan)>
Venus Comix:
<A-Bomb #16 (Jan)>
<Melty Feeling #3 (Jan)>
-Bardic Press:
<Mythography #2 (Jan)>
-Black Eye Productions:
Berlin #3 (Oct '96)
<Dear Julia Part Three (Jan)>
Hard Core Logo: Portrait of a Thousand Punks (Dec '96)
Jar of Fools TPB (Nov '96)
Sands #3 (Dec '96)
-Caliber Press:
<The Bandy Man #3 (Jan)>
<Boston Bombers Special #1 (Jan)>
<Construct #6 (Jan)>
<Daemonstorm #1 (Jan)>
<Inferno #5 (Jan)>
Jam #14 (Dec '96)
<Jinx #6 (Jan)>
<Kabuki: Masks of the Noh #4 (Jan)>
Kaos Moon #2 (Nov '96)
<LegendLore #8 (Jan)>
<LegendLore: Tainted Soul TPB (Jan)>
<The Marquis: Les Preludes (Jan)>
Mister X #4 (Dec '96)
<Moebius Comics #5 (Jan)>
<Negative Burn #43 (Jan)>
<Oz #19 (Jan)>
<Raven Chronicles #13 (Jan)>
<Ship of Fools #4 (Jan)>
Street Shadows GN (Dec '96)
<Tattoo #4 (Jan)>
Triggerman #1 (Dec '96)
Wretch #3 (Dec '96)
Tapestry:
<Boondoggle #1 (Jan)>
Explorers #2 (Dec '96)
<Shades of Gray #2 (Jan)>
<Tapestry Anthology #1 (Jan)>
-Cat-Head Comics:
Buzzard #17 (Dec '96)
-Chaos! Comics:
<Evil Ernie Vs. The Movie Monsters #1 (Jan)>
-Claypool Comics:
<Deadbeats #22 (Jan)>
<Elvira #45 (Jan; at printer; expected to arrive in stores Feb
5)>
Soulsearchers & Co. #21 (Dec '96)
-Comico:
<Audition: The Serious Try-Out and Review System (Jan)>
<Elementals: Babes #1: A Photo Multimedia Bikini Special #1
(Jan)>
ESC #0: Origins (Dec '96)
<ESC: No Exit #1 (Jan)>
Rebels of Avalon #1 (Oct '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)*
Bare Bear Press:
<La Blue Girl #6 (Jan)>
<La Blue Girl #7 (Jan)>
-Crusade Comics:
Dogs O' War #3 (Aug '96)
Shi/Daredevil (Dec '96)
-Dancing Elephant Press:
<Kane #14 (Jan)>
-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)
<Species: Human Race #3 (Jan 29)>
Blanc Noir:
<The Heretic #3 (Jan 29)>
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)
Vertigo:
Mythos: The Final Tour #3 (Dec 26 '96; rescheduled for Feb 5)
-Drawn & Quarterly:
<Peepshow #10 (Jan)>
-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)
-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)
<Coventry #2 (Jan)>
<Dirt: The Essence of Celebrity #1 (Jan)>
Doofus #2 (Dec '96)
<Hate #26 (Jan)>
<Maggie & Hopey Color Special #1 (Jan)>
<The Moon Looked Down and Laughed (Jan)>
<Rollercoaster #2 (Jan)>
Villa of the Mysteries #2 (Dec '96)
Comix Bitch:
Artistic Licentiousness #3 (Jan)
-Gladstone/Disney:
<Walt Disney's Comics #610 (Jan)>
-Good Comics:
Tribe #1 (Nov '96)
<Tribe #2 (Jan)>
-Hamilton Comics:
<The Unexpurgated Carl Barks (Jan)>
-Harris Publications:
<Vampirella Lives #2 (Jan)>
-Horse Press:
Pulp Hope 96-7 Jewelbook #1 (Nov '96)
THB #6 (Sep '96)
THB Special: The Wingtip Caper #1 (Dec '96)
THB: The Cutie-Pie Style #1 (Nov '96)
-Image Comics:
Labman #2 (Dec '96)
<Labman #3 (Jan)>
Cartoon Books:
Bone #27 (Nov '96)
Highbrow Entertainment:
<Big Bang Comics #8 (Jan)>
<A Distant Soil #17 (Jan)>
<Images of A Distant Soil (Jan)>
<Mars Attacks the Image Universe #2 (Jan)>
<The Savage Dragon #35 (Jan)>
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6 (Dec '96)
<Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7 (Jan)>
<Vanguard: Strange Visitors #4 (Jan)>
Homage Comics:
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #5 (Dec '96)
<Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #6 (Jan)>
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)
<The Maxx #28 (Jan)>
Todd McFarlane Productions:
Spawn #57 (Dec '96)
<Spawn #58 (Jan)>
WildStorm Studios:
Brass #3 (Oct 16 '96)
Deathblow/Wolverine #2 (Oct 2 '96)
<DV8 #4 (Jan 29)>
WetWorks #25 (Jan 22)
WildCATs #33 (Oct 23 '96)
WildCATs #34 (Jan 15)
WildCAts/CyberForce: Killer Instinct TPB (Oct 23 '96)
<WildStorm Universe '97 #3 (Jan 29)>
-Kevlar Studios:
Horseman #2 (Oct '96)
-Kiss & Tell:
Kiss & Tell #3 (Dec '96)
-Kitchen Sink Press:
<The Awakening #1 (Jan)>
<The Crow: Dead Time TPB (Jan)>
<The Crow: Waking Nightmares #1 (Jan)>
Death Rattle #6 (Dec '96)
<Flock of Dreamers: An Anthology of Dream-Inspired Comics
(Jan)>
<Go Power! The Complete Atomic City Tales Collection Vol. 1
(Jan)>
Lost Girls #3 (Dec '96)
Oink: Heaven's Butcher TPB (Nov '96)
Registry of Death (Nov '96)
Snarf #16 (Dec '96)
<Zot! Vol. 1 HC (Jan)>
Zot! Vol. 1 TPB (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)
<Tommi Gunn - Killer's Lust #1 (Jan)>
<Ultimate Strike! #2 (Jan)>
-Marvel Comics:
Adventures of Spider-Man #12 (Jan 15)
Disney Comic Hits #16 (Nov 6 '96)
Disney Comic Hits #17 (Dec 24 '96)
Doctor Who #248 (Jan 15)
Gladiator/Supreme (Jan 22)
<Imperial Guard #3 (Jan 29)>
Professor X & The X-Men #17 (Jan 8)
Silver Surfer/Weapon Zero (Jan 22)
Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives #3 (Jan 2)
<Spider-Man Team-Up #6 (Jan 29)>
Ultragirl #2 (Dec 4 '96)
Ultragirl #3 (Jan 2)
Wolverine Encyclopedia Vol. 2 (Dec 24 '96)
Malibu:
Ultraverse: Future Shock #1 (Dec 24 '96)
Marvel Presents Paramount Comics:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #5 (Jan 8)
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:
<Asylum #11 (Jan)>
***Avengelyne: Power TPB (Apr '96)***
**Battlestar Galactica: The Enemy Within TPB (May '96)**
<DarkChylde/Glory (Jan)>
Glory/Angela TPB (Nov '96)
Grifter/Badrock TPB (Nov '96)
<Passover #2 (Jan)>
Prophet #10 (Nov '96)
<Prophet/Cable #1 (Jan)>
Youngblood #15 (Dec '96)
<Youngblood Super Special #1 (Jan)>
-Milestone Media:
<Hardware #49 (Jan 29; rescheduled for Feb 5)>
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)
<Dr. Wonder #7 (Jan)>
-Olyoptics:
Armature #2 (Dec '96)
<Armature #3 (Jan)>
-Planet Lucy Press:
<Ragmop #9 (Jan)>
-Retrografix:
<Strange Attractors #15 (Jan)>
-Sirius Entertainment:
Akiko #10 (Dec '96)
<Akiko #11 (Jan)>
<Animal Mystic: Water Wars #3 (Jan)>
Dawn #5 (Dec '96)
Demongate #8 (Dec '96)
<Demongate #9 (Jan)>
Fang: Testament #3 (Nov '96)
Fang: Testament #4 (Dec '96)
Poison Elves #19 (Dec '96)
<Poison Elves #20 (Jan)>
Primal Rage #2 (Oct '96)
Primal Rage #3 (Dec '96)
Reality Check #4 (Dec '96)
<Reality Check #5 (Jan)>
Safety Belt Man: All Hell #5 (Oct '96)
Safety Belt Man: All Hell #6 (Nov '96)
Wandering Star #19 (Dec '96)
<Wandering Star #20 (Jan)>
-Slave Labor Graphics:
<Action Girl Comics #10 (Jan)>
<The Copybook Tales #3 (Jan)>
Dr. Radium 10th Anniversary Special (Dec '96)
Hero Sandwich: The Works TPB (Dec '96)
<Slacker Comics #12 (Jan)>
Amaze Ink:
Replacement God #7 (Dec '96)
-Spiderbaby Grafix:
<S.R. Bissette's SpiderBaby Comix #2 (Jan)>
S.R. Bissette's Tyrant #6 (Dec '96)
-Starhead Comix:
Hidden World (Aug '96)
-Topps Comics:
Lady Rawhide #3 (Dec '96)
<Lady Rawhide #4 (Jan)>
Mars Attacks #8 (Nov '96)
Mars Attacks: The Official Movie Adaptation #1 (Nov '96)
Mars Attacks: The Official Movie Adaptation #2 (Dec '96)
<Mars Attacks the Savage Dragon #2 (Jan)>
X-Files #25 (Dec '96)
<X-Files #26 (Jan)>
<X-Files TPB #2 (Jan)>
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)
<X-Files: Season One #7 (Jan)>
-Verotik:
Death Dealer #3 (Dec '96)
Jaguar God #6 (Oct '96)
<Jaguar God #7 (Jan)>
Satanika #6 (Dec '96)
Sunglasses After Dark #6 (Nov '96)
<Verotika #14 (Jan)>
<Verotika East #1 (Jan)>
-Viz Communications:
<Fist of the North Star Part Four #2 (Jan)>
<Return of Lum Part Three #9 (Jan)>
<Sanctuary Part Five #11 (Jan)>
-WaRP Graphics:
<Elflord #1 (Jan)>
<Wolfrider's Guide to the World of ElfQuest (Jan)>
-Wells & Clark:
<Arcana #10 (Jan)>
-=REMOVED from the list since last week:
-Alaffinity Publications:
Greymatter #12 (Nov '96; cancelled)
Greymatter #13 (Dec '96; cancelled; to be resolicited)
-Caliber Press:
Kingdom of the Wicked #3 (Dec '96; came out Jan 29)
New Worlds:
Raven Chronicles GN (Dec '96; resolicited for Apr)
-Comico:
Elementals: How the War Was One #3 (Jul '96; cancelled)
Elementals: Sex Special #1 (Jul '96; cancelled)
Elementals: The Vampire's Revenge #3 (Jul '96; cancelled)
Elementals vs. The Charnel Priests Special #1 (Sep '96;
cancelled)
Elementals vs. The Charnel Priests #2 (Oct '96; cancelled)
Oblivion II: A Rumble in Heaven #1 (Aug '96; cancelled)
Oblivion II: A Rumble in Heaven #2 (Sep '96; cancelled)
Oblivion II: A Rumble in Heaven #3 (Oct '96; cancelled)
Primer #2: Bathory (Aug '96; cancelled)
Red Dragon #2 (Sep '96; cancelled)
-Crusade Comics:
Demon Gun #3 (Oct '96; came out Jan 29)
Thundergod #3 (Sep '96; came out Jan 29)
-Dark Horse Comics:
Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition #1 (Jan 8; came
out Jan 29)
Star Wars: Droids - Rebellion TPB (Jan 22; came out Jan 29)
Blanc Noir:
Heretic #2 (Dec 26 '96; came out Jan 29)
-DC Comics:
Paradox Press:
Big Book of Losers (Jan 3; rescheduled for Jan 22; came out
Jan 29)
Vertigo:
Heartland (Jan 22; rescheduled for Jan 29; came out Jan 29)
-Drawn & Quarterly:
Lift Your Leg, My Fish Is Dead! TPB (Nov '96; cancelled)
-Event Comics:
Ash: The Fire Within #3 (Oct '96; came out Jan 29)
-Fantagraphics Books:
Love and Rockets Vol. 14 HC (Nov '96; came out Jan 22)
Real Girl #9 (Aug '96; cancelled)
-Green Man Press:
Book of Ballads and Sagas #4 (Dec '96; came out Jan 29)
-Halloween Comics:
Chiller #1 (Dec '96; cancelled)
-Horse Press:
THB #7 (Sep '96; cancelled)
-Image Comics:
Highbrow Entertainment:
Savage Dragon #34 (Dec '96; came out Jan 29)
Top Cow Productions:
Elektra/Cyblade: "Devil's Reign" Part 7 of 8 (Jan 22; came out
Jan 29)
WildStorm Studios:
Gen13 #16 (Jan 2; came out Jan 29)
StormWatch #44 (Jan 15; came out Jan 29)
WildStorm Universe '97 #2 (Jan 2; came out Jan 29)
-Kitchen Sink Press:
Steven #8 (Nov '96; came out Jan 29)
-Labor of Love Productions:
Glyph #2 (Nov '96; came out Jan 29)
-Marvel Comics:
Code of Honor #2 (Jan 2; came out Jan 29)
Daredevil/Batman (Jan 15; came out Jan 29)
Elektra/Witchblade (Jan 8; came out Jan 29)
Xavier Institute Alumni Yearbook (Dec 24 '96; came out Jan 29)
X-Men Megazine (Sep 18 '96; presumed cancelled)
Heroes Reborn:
Captain America #5 (Jan 8; rescheduled for Jan 22; came out
Jan 29)
Marvel Presents Paramount Comics:
Star Trek: Early Voyages #2 (Jan 22; came out Jan 29)
-Maximum Comics Press:
Avengelyne Deluxe TPB (Jul '96; cancelled)
Bionix #3 (Dec '96; cancelled)
Blindside #3 (Dec '96; cancelled)
Foot Soldiers #1 (Nov '96; cancelled)
Foot Soldiers #2 (Dec '96; cancelled)
NewMen #25 (Dec '96; cancelled)
Traveller #1 (Nov '96; cancelled)
Traveller #2 (Dec '96; cancelled)
Youngblood Classics #3 (Nov '96; cancelled)
-Spiderbaby Grafix & Publications:
Stephen R. Bissette's Tyrant #5 (Mar '96; cancelled)
-=CANCELLED but never appeared on the list before:
-Acclaim Comics:
PunX Special #1 (Jan)
-Alaffinity Publications:
Greymatter #14 (Feb; to be resolicited)
-Coppervale Press:
Starchild: Crossroads #4 (Jan)
-Crusade Comics:
Demon Gun TPB (Jan)
-Dark Horse Comics:
A Mask for All Seasons Portfolio (Feb 19)
-Event Comics:
Ash Vol. 2 TPB (Jan)
-Gladstone/Disney:
Penny Pincher #1 (Jan)
-Halloween Comics:
Chiller #2 (Jan)
Chiller #3 (Feb)
Chiller #4 (Mar)
-London Night Studios:
Poizon: Lost Child TPB (Jan)
Rose & Gunn: Reckoning #1 (Jan)
Sade: Testaments of Pain #1 (Jan)
-=TOP THREE late publishers, by number of late items:
1. Image Comics: 28 items (+8 since last week)
2. Caliber Press: 26 items (+17)
3. Marvel Comics: 19 items (-5)
3. Antarctic Press: 19 items (+14)
-=TOP THREE late studios/production companies, by number of late
items:
1. Caliber Press: 26 items (-17 since last week)
2. Antarctic Press: 19 items (+14)
2. Marvel Comics: 18 items (-1)
-=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, Bob Burden Studios, Bongo Comics, Byron Preiss' Virtual
Comics, Caliber Press, Cartoon Books, Cat-Head Comics, 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), Fireman Press,
Full Bleed Studios, Gladstone/Disney, Good Comics, Green Man Press,
Halloween Comics, Hanthercraft, Harris Publications, Heritage Press,
Horse Press, I Box, Image Comics, Kevlar Studios, King Hell Press,
King Ink, Kiss & Tell, Kitchen Sink Press, Labor of Love Productions,
Lohman Hills Press, London Night Studios, Marvel Comics, Maximum
Comics Press, Milestone Media, NBM, New England Comics Press, No
Mercy, Old Town Publishing, Penthouse Comix, Planet Lucy Press,
Retrografix, Sirius Entertainment, Slave Labor Graphics (including
Amaze Ink), Spiderbaby Grafix, Starhead Comix, 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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