Late Comics Report 9th Jan.
Tony Williams
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This is the Late Comics Report for the week of January 9, 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)
Classics Illustrated Study Guides:
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Dec '96)
-AC Comics:
FemForce #100 (Dec '96)
Original Avenger Ashcan #0 (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)
Change Commander Goku TPB Vol. 1 (Dec '96)
Code Name: Scorpio #2 (Dec '96)
Furrlough #48 (Dec '96)
Gold Digger #33 (Dec '96)
Hepcats #0 (Nov '96)
Hepcats #1 (Dec '96)
Luftwaffe 1946 #3 (Nov '96)
Magical Mates #5 (Oct '96)
Magical Mates #6 (Dec '96)
Masked Warrior X #5 (Dec '96)
Ninja High School Swimsuit Special 1996 (Dec '96)
Perazim #2 (Nov '96)
Taboux Book 3 (Oct '96)
Tigers of Terra Book Five (Dec '96)
Warrior Nun Areala/Avengelyne #1 (Dec '96)
-Art & Soul Comics:
Tug & Buster #6 (Oct '96)
-Beanworld Press, Inc:
Larry Marder's Beanworld: Book Two TPB (Sep '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:
Caliber One Shot: Tatters #1 (Dec '96)
Jam #14 (Dec '96)
Kaos Moon #2 (Nov '96)
Kingdom of the Wicked #3 (Dec '96)
Lost #2 (Dec '96)
Mister X #4 (Dec '96)
Negative Burn #42 (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:
Elvira #44 (Dec '96)
Soulsearchers & Co. #20 (Oct '96; rescheduled for Jan 8)
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)>
Blanc Noir:
Body Bags #4 (Dec 26 '96)
Heretic #2 (Dec 26 '96)
Legend:
John Byrne's Next Men Book Six: Lies TPB (Dec 11 '96)
Sin City: That Yellow Bastard HC (Nov 27 '96)
-DC Comics:
Catwoman/Vampirella: The Furies (Dec 18 '96; rescheduled for
Jan 15)
<Mad Magazine #354 (Jan 8)>
<Mad Super Special #119 (Jan 8)>
Pinky and the Brain #9 (Jan 3; rescheduled for Jan 15)
Starman #28 (Jan 3; rescheduled for Jan 22)
<Superman/Wonder Woman: Whom Gods Destroy #4 (Jan 8;
rescheduled for Jan
22)>
Helix:
<Black Lamb #5 (Jan 8; rescheduled for Jan 15)>
Paradox Press:
Big Book of Losers (Jan 3; rescheduled for Jan 22)
Vertigo:
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)
Big Mouth #6 (Nov '96)
Doofus #2 (Dec '96)
Love and Rockets Vol. 14 HC (Nov '96)
Love and Rockets Vol. 14 TPB (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)
Espers #5 (Dec '96)
-Harris Comics:
Vampirella: The Death & Destruction Saga TPB (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:
Big Bang Comics #7 (Dec '96)
Savage Dragon #34 (Dec '96)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6 (Dec '96)
Vanguard: Strange Visitors #3 (Dec '96)
Homage Comics:
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #4 (Nov '96; rescheduled for
Jan 15)
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 #56 (Nov '96)
Spawn #57 (Dec '96)
WildStorm Studios:
<Backlash #28 (Jan 8)>
Brass #3 (Oct 16 '96)
Deathblow/Wolverine #2 (Oct 2 '96)
Gen13 #16 (Jan 2)
<Gen13 Bootleg #3 (Jan 8)>
WetWorks #24 (Dec 26 '96)
WildCATs #32 (Aug 7 '96; rescheduled for Jan 15)
WildCATs #33 (Oct 23 '96)
WildCAts/CyberForce: Killer Instinct TPB (Oct 23 '96)
WildStorm Universe '97 #2 (Jan 2)
<Wynonna Earp #2 (Jan 8)>
-Kevlar Studios:
Horseman #2 (Oct '96)
-King Hell Press:
Maximortal Collected Edition #1 (Nov '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 the X-Men #12 (Jan 8)>
<Amazing Spider-Man #421 (Jan 8)>
Code of Honor #2 (Jan 2)
Disney Comic Hits #16 (Nov 6 '96)
Disney Comic Hits #17 (Dec 24 '96)
Doctor Who #247 (Dec 24 '96)
<Elektra/Witchblade (Jan 8)>
Imperial Guard #2 (Dec 24 '96)
Incredible Hulk/Pitt (Jan 2)
<Journey Into Mystery #507 (Jan 8)>
<Professor X & The X-Men #17 (Jan 8)>
Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives #3 (Jan 2)
Ultragirl #2 (Dec 4 '96)
Ultragirl #3 (Jan 2)
Uncanny Origins #7 (Jan 2)
<Untold Tales of Spider-Man #19 (Jan 8)>
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:
Prime #15 (Dec 4 '96)
Ultraverse: Future Shock #1 (Dec 24 '96)
Marvel Presents Paramount Comics:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #4 (Dec 11 '96)
<Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #5 (Jan 8)>
Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror (Dec 18 '96)
Star Trek: Operation Assimilation (Dec 11 '96)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #3 (Dec 18 '96)
Star Trek: Voyager #4 (Dec 4 '96)
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:
Hardware #48 (Dec 26 '96; rescheduled for Jan 15)
Icon #42 (Dec 4 '96; rescheduled for Jan 22)
Icon #43 (Jan 3; rescheduled for Feb 5)
<Static #45 (Jan 8; rescheduled for Jan 22)>
-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 #1 (Nov '96)
Armature #2 (Dec '96)
-Sirius Entertainment:
Akiko #10 (Dec '96)
Dawn #5 (Dec '96)
Demongate #8 (Dec '96)
<Fang: Testament #3 (Nov '96; mistakenly removed before)>
<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:
S.R. Bissette's Spiderbaby Comix #1 (Nov '96)
***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)
Venus Domina #2 (Nov '96)
Verotika TPB (Nov '96)
-=REMOVED from the list since last week:
-AC Comics:
FemForce #99 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
Golden Age Men of Mystery Vol. 3 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
-Angus Publishing:
Mercedes #12 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
-Antarctic Press:
Albedo #1 (Dec '96; came out Jan 8)
Fantastic Panic Vol. 2 #8 (Dec '96; came out Jan 8)
Lillith, Demon Princess #2 (Oct '96; came out Jan 8)
Ninja High School #54 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
Ninja High School Spotlight: Ted Nomura (Dec '96; came out Jan
8)
-Argo Press:
Star Blazers #9 (Dec '96; came out Jan 8)
-Byron Preiss' Virtual Comics:
The 6 #3 (Dec '96; came out Jan 8)
The Suit #3 (Dec '96; came out Jan 8)
They Call Me...The Skul #3 (Dec '96; came out Jan 8)
-Caliber Press:
Cavewoman #5 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
Moebius Comics #4 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
New Worlds:
Construct #5 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
LegendLore #7 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
Oz #18 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
-Chaos! Comics:
Evil Ernie's Baddest Battles (That Never Happened) #1 (Dec
'96; came out
Jan 8)
Rack & Pain: Killers #4 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
-Comico:
Elementals: Ghost of a Chance GN (Dec '96; mistaken listing;
item was a
relist)
-DC Comics:
Sovereign Seven Plus #1 (Dec 11 '96; rescheduled for Jan 8;
came out Jan
8)
Helix:
Cyberella #7 (Jan 3; rescheduled for Jan 8; came out Jan 8)
-GraphXPress:
Red Shetland #10 (Dec '96; came out on time)
-Horse Press:
THB-A TPB (Sep '96; cancelled)
-Image Comics:
Todd McFarlane Productions:
Spawn "The Impaler" #3 (Dec '96; came out Jan 8)
WildStorm Studios:
WildStorm Universe '97 (Nov 27 '96; came out Jan 8)
-Kitchen Sink Press:
Cherry #19 (Dec '96; came out on time)
-London Night Studios:
Morbid Angel: To Hell and Back #3 (Dec '96; came out Jan 8)
Razor Uncut #30 (Dec '96; came out on time)
-Marvel Comics:
Sabretooth & Mystique #4 (Jan 2; came out Jan 8)
Malibu:
UltraForce #15 (Dec 18 '96; came out Jan 8)
-Sirius Entertainment:
Demongate #7 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
-Slave Labor Graphics:
Money Talks #4 (Dec '96; came out Jan 8)
Slacker Comics #11 (Nov '96; came out Jan 8)
Slacker Comics TPB: Randy $ells Out (Nov '96; came out in Dec
'96)
-Viz Communications:
Game On! USA Vol. 1 #8 (Dec '96; cancelled)
Maison Ikkoku Part Six #5 (Dec '96; came out on time)
Manga Vizion Vol. 2 #12 (Dec '96; came out on time)
No Need for Tenchi Part Two #2 (Dec '96; came out on time)
Return of Lum Part Three #8 (Dec '96; came out on time)
-=TOP THREE late publishers, by number of late items:
2. Marvel Comics: 29 items (+6 since last week)
1. Image Comics: 25 items (+1)
3. Antarctic Press: 16 items (-5)
-=TOP FOUR late studios/production companies, by number of late items:
1. Marvel Comics: 26 items (+6 since last week)
2. Extreme Studios: 16 items (+1)
2. WildStorm Studios: 16 items (+2)
2. Antarctic Press: 16 items (-5)
-=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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