Previews Spotlight #099 (Jan->Mar) Deadline: Sat AM, Jan 9

Post by **JohnMayo** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 3:13 pm

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, December 23rd. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, January 9th. This is a week later than usual since I'm figuring we'll all be a bit busy over the holidays.

Please post which comics you will be sending in submissions for here on this thread with the full title, issue number and publisher. That way we can reduce the number of duplicate submissions and maximize the number of different items that are covered. If someone has already posted that they will be covering something you are passionate about discussing, we are okay with more than one submission for the item but want that to be the exceptional case.

Remember: Anyone can send in a short audio clip talking about any book in the upcoming Previews (or slated for release around that same time). This includes creators, publishers and other people directly involved in the project. This is your chance to promote items, including ones you have worked on.

The email address to send the clips to is TheGuys@ComicBookPage.com.

Please follow the naming convention of:
p###-[M###-]ItemName-YourName.mp3.

p###: the page number in Previews (ex: an item on page 80 would start with p080-)
Note that the "p" is lowercase. I use the name of the clip to sort the tracks in Audacity and it sorts all of lowercase letters before any of the uppercase letters. Obviously, I can fix this part of the filename if needed. If you don't know the page number, that is fine. Just use "p000-" instead and I'll look it up. Just use "p000-" for this part of the filename. If it is something not in Previews, use 888 for the page number and be sure to include a URL or whatever information might be needed to get the item for I can include that in the show notes if needed.
M###: If the item is in the Marvel Previews, use the first even page number in Previews for Marvel with the page number in the Marvel Previews. If the item is not in the Marvel Previews, skip the M###- part of the file naming convention.
ItemName: This is the name of the item. We need is enough to determine which item it is.The more complete this is, the better. Capitalize the first letter of each word and don't include spaces or punctuation. For example, "WolverineAndTheXMen1".
YourName: All we need here is enough to properly credit you in the show notes.

I've got some automation around the episode assembly process which uses the dashes to parse the filenames. Please do not include spaces in the filename. Not all of the tools I use to prepare the clips for the episode handle spaces or other odd things in filenames gracefully.

If you have a link you'd like me to include in the show notes, include both your name and the link it in the email to me and I'll add it to the system I use for doing the show notes.

The episode covers items in the order they are in Previews so listeners can follow along in Previews if they want to.

Useful Links
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Tips on how to record a clip can be found here.

Online solicitations can be found at Comic Book Resources for Dark Horse, DC, IDW, Image and Marvel. First Comics News is also a great source for the online solicitations.

Dark Horse: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170251
DC: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... 6-solicits
IDW: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... ivion-more
Image: http://www.newsarama.com/27189-image-co ... ations.htm
Marvel: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170260

451 Media Group: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170875
AC Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170591
Aftershock Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170827
Archie/Dark Circle: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170246
Avatar Comics: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/12/15/ ... citations/
Bongo Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170866
BOOM!/Archaia: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... march-2016
Boundless Comics: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/12/11/ ... boundless/
Broadsword Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170867
Chapterhouse Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170870
Dark Circle: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170254
Devil's Due/1First Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170872
Dynamite Entertainment: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/12/15/ ... citations/
Moonstone Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170383
Space Goat Publishing: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170881
Titan: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... march-2016
Valiant: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170764

(Bralinator, thank you for posting all of these links on the forum!)

If you see online solicitations for any of the publishers that aren't linked to here in the thread, please post the link.

drew · Post by **drew** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:58 am

Titan Solicitations for March:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... march-2016

MrAloha · Post by **MrAloha** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:46 pm

Dear gang,

Here are some of solicits for March 2016:

Archie: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170246
The Archie's link includes the Dark Circle comics (The Black Hood #10, The Hangman #4, and The Shield #4)

Dark Horse: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170251

DC Comics: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... 6-solicits

Marvel: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=170260

My picks:
Dark Horse: Leaving Megalopolis: Surviving Megalopolis #3 (of 6)
Gail Simone (W) and J. Calafiore (A/Cover)

Marvel: The Infinity Entity Mini Series (4 issues)
Jim Starlin (W) and Alan Davis (A/C)

Captain America 75th Anniversary Magazine
Written by John Rhett Thomas
Covers by John Byrne, Jack Kirby, & Alex Ross

IDW: Star Trek #55 -- Legacy of Spock, Part One (of 4)
Mike Johnson (W) • Tony Shasteen (A & C)

Shoutouts for the last episode: Previews Spotlight #098
Wade: Welcome to the podcast. Great shoutout for your comic shop.
Drew: Thank you for recommending King's Road. I'm picking up that mini series.

I'll be submitting a clip encouraging listeners to submit clips for the 100 Episode of the Previews Spotlight.

Aloha.

bralinator · Post by **bralinator** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 7:49 pm

Looking forward to Jason's solicits for the 4-issue mini from Starlin and Davis. I love Alan Davis' art style. Infinity Entity 1-4 ought to be very good, but I think I will be waiting on the trade for that one.

Here are my picks, subject to change when the Previews catalog is perused.

Marvel
Silver Surfer #3

Dark Horse
Aw Yeah Comics Action Cat! #1
Rebels Volume 1: A Well-Regulated Militia tpb

Dynamite
Lords of the Jungle #1

IDW
Back to the Future #6

American Gothic Press
Lost In Space #1

Valiant
Bloodshot Annual #1

Post by **JohnMayo** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:25 pm

MrAloha wrote:I'll be submitting a clip encouraging listeners to submit clips for the 100 Episode of the Previews Spotlight.

Very cool.

Just so nobody gets confused, this Previews Spotlight is #99. Next month will be Previews Spotlight #100.

drew · Post by **drew** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:00 am

JohnMayo wrote: Just so nobody gets confused, this Previews Spotlight is #99. Next month will be Previews Spotlight #100.

ooops - like i did

bralinator · Post by **bralinator** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:52 pm

MrAloha · Post by **MrAloha** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:40 am

drew102e wrote:
JohnMayo wrote: Just so nobody gets confused, this Previews Spotlight is #99. Next month will be Previews Spotlight #100.
ooops - like i did

Dear John,
Thank you for the clarification.

Dear Drew and other forum participants,
Sorry about the confusion.

Re: Previews Spotlight Episode #100 (Feb>April)
I'm planning to ask one of the Dragon's Lair (Hawaii) customers who is a listener of the podcast if he wants to submit a clip for Previews Spotlight #100 (Feb>April) and see if Lucas and Randee, owners of Dragon's Lair, if they want to submit clips as well.

Aloha!

Post by **JohnMayo** » Sat Dec 26, 2015 11:48 am

Here are the ComicBookPage picks of the month:

DC

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW #1
Cover by AARON LOPRESTI
On sale MARCH 9 • 80 pg, FC, $7.99 US • RATED T
It’s four powerhouse tales in one colossal comic, as some of comics’ most legendary talents launch new tales of Firestorm, Metamorpho, Metal Men and Sugar and Spike—that’s right, Sugar and Spike!
FIRESTORM
Written by GERRY CONWAY
Art by EDUARDO PANSICA and ROB HUNTER
Firestorm is back! To save Jason Rausch, Firestorm will need to retrieve Danton Black’s stolen research from Professor Stein’s lab. But if Jason can’t fuse with Ronnie by the Firestorm Protocol…who can?
METAL MEN
Written by LEN WEIN
Art by YILDIRAY CINAR and TREVOR SCOTT
Doctor Will Magnus’ Metal Men may be the next step in robotics technology, but when the mysterious cyber-terrorist known only as Nameless comes after them, they may have met their match!
METAMORPHO
Written by AARON LOPRESTI
Art by AARON LOPRESTI with MATT BANNING
Metamorpho—a prisoner of millionaire industrialist Simon Stagg! Now, the only person who can save him is Stagg’s beautiful daughter, Sapphire!? But can they defeat Stagg’s prehistoric bodyguard, Java?
SUGAR & SPIKE
Written by KEITH GIFFEN
Art by BILQUIS EVELY
The last time we saw Sugar and Spike, they were still in diapers! Now, they’re grown up, and they’ve become private investigators who specialize in cleaning up embarrassing problems for the DCU’s greatest heroes. Sugar & Spike’s first assignment: retrieve a cache of Batman’s retired costumes that have been stolen by Killer Moth!

IDW

BACK TO THE FUTURE #6: CONTINUUM CONUNDRUM PART 1
Bob Gale, John Barber (w) • Marcelo Ferreira (a & c)
An all-new, multi-issue, multi-continuum story starts here, courtesy of Bob Gale, John Barber, and Marceo Ferreira! We’d tell you more but in the words of Doctor Emmett L. Brown, “No one should know too much about the future."
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Expected in-store date: 3/23/16

STAR TREK #55—LEGACY OF SPOCK, PART ONE
Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a & c)
This all-new story set in the universe of the new STAR TREK films celebrates the life of the most iconic character of them all: Leonard Nimoy's SPOCK. In Part 1 of this 4-part epic, the elder Spock joins the last survivors of Vulcan to search the galaxy for a new homeworld! Don't miss this special series, part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the STAR TREK franchise!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Expected in-store date: 3/2/16

IMAGE

POWER LINES #1 (OF 6)
STORY / ART / COVER: JIMMIE ROBINSON
MARCH 9 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
“Street Hero”—A local street hood surviving in a crime-infested ghetto has his life turned around when an ancient magic grants him superhuman powers—except his ability only activates in an upscale white community that may not accept him. Gritty, racially charged street-wise drama!

MARVEL

HYPERION #1
Chuck Wendig (w) • Nik Virella (a)
Cover by Emanuela Lupacchino
Variant cover by Emanuela Lupacchino
hip-hop variant by shawna mills
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
BLACK PANTHER 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY KERON GRANT
HYPERION IS BACK!
Or is he? The high-powered hero is hiding in plain sight, driving a truck across the U.S. to learn about the country he has adopted. Along the way, he picks up a lone runaway named Doll, who has more baggage than he anticipated. Doll is in danger, chased by a pack of freaks and lunatics known as THE CARNIES. Will Hyperion reveal himself to save her? Maybe! Will he use a tractor trailer as a baseball bat? Probably!
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

BLACK WIDOW #1
Chris Samnee & Mark Waid (w) • CHRIS SAMNEE (a/C)
hip-hop variant COVER by Phil Noto
variant COVER by Tula Lotay
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
WOMEN OF POWER VARIANT COVER BY TBA
S.H.I.E.L.D.'S MOST WANTED!
The Eisner Award-winning team of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee are taking Black Widow on the lam! Natasha has spent years gathering secrets, and when some of the darkest ones begin mysteriously going public, no one is safe. With her betrayed former confederates at S.H.I.E.L.D. on her heels and a lifetime of training and ingenuity at her disposal, Natasha's out for answers in a knock-down-drag-out tale of action and espionage! Hidden enemies, old friends and unusual allies collide, and all eyes are on Black Widow. The chase is on!
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

MOCKINGBIRD #1
CHELSEA CAIN (w) • KATE NIEMCZYK (a)
Cover by JOELLE JONES
VARIANT COVER BY AFU CHAN
Women of Power Variant COVER BY TBA
hip-hop variant COVER by jeff dekal
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! Now in her own ongoing series!
Bobbi Morse is Mockingbird, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most versatile, most in-demand agent!
But a string of missions gone wrong indicate that something strange is lurking within S.H.I.E.L.D.'s own medical and recovery network. How far will Mockingbird have to go in order to solve this puzzle box and get to the truth? Bestselling author Chelsea Cain teams with newcomer Kate Niemczyk.
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

OTHER PUBLISHERS

BOOM! STUDIOS

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #1
(W) Kyle Higgins (A) Hendry Prasetya (CA) Jamal Campbell
What’s to Love: With over four million viewers per week watching episodes that air three times a day, seven days a week; an awareness of above 90% for men and women ages 7-54; and a new film coming in 2017, the Power Rangers are more popular than ever. Dive headfirst into our original, modern ongoing Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series that will appeal to both nostalgic fans and new readers who enjoy epic, action-adventure fantasy stories.
What It Is: Based on the long-running Power Rangers franchise, five teens from Angel Grove High are granted superpowers and giant robot dinosaur Zords to defend Earth against the alien villain Rita Repulsa. When Repulsa creates an evil Green Power Ranger by brainwashing recent transfer student Tommy, the team is able to free him from her grasp and get him on their side. But with remnants of Repulsa’s control still stirring in the back of Tommy’s mind, he must confront the fact he may be more of a danger to his new team than a help. This is “Green Ranger: Year One.”
32pgs, FC $3.99

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT

A&A #1
(W) Rafer Roberts (A) David Lafuente (CA) David Lafuente
GET SMASHED…OR BE SMASHED! Valiant’s (somewhat) dynamic duo are going “IN THE BAG” for AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES from rising star Rafer Roberts and comic book superstar David Lafuente!
Meet Armstrong: Since the ancient city of Ur, this immortal adventurer has spent the last 7,000 years drinking and carousing his way through history alongside some of the greatest merrymakers the world has ever known.
Meet Archer: A sheltered teenage martial arts master and expert marksman that was raised for a single purpose – to kill the devil incarnate. Little did he know that this undying evil was actually Armstrong (he’s actually a pretty good guy…once you get to know him) and, since hitting the road together, the two have become great friends and even better partners.
Now: Archer is about to set off on his most dangerous mission yet – a quest into the mystic reaches of Armstrong’s bottomless satchel to liberate his friend and comrade from the clutches of the mad god Bacchus! (Okay, so, Armstrong went into the satchel himself to get a bottle of whiskey that he kinda misplaced and got stuck. It’s like the Amazon warehouse of arcane treasures in there…and he doesn’t exactly have a maid service.)
Imprisoned in Armstrong’s satchel for centuries, Bacchus now commands a legion of monsters, goblins and golems bent on escaping back into the world of man and enacting revenge on their captor… Can Archer single-handedly combat the godly embodiment of intoxication himself – and rescue his best buddy – without becoming lost amongst Armstrong’s endless repository of bizarre artifacts and historical oddities in the process?
FC, 32pgs. SRP: $3.99

RowdyFromScrubs · Post by **RowdyFromScrubs** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 9:57 am

hmmm...don't see my The Paybacks on Dark Horses solicts. Hopefully they're just taking a break. **EDIT (1/5/16): The Paybacks #4 letter page said that #4 is the last one...they didn't even get to finish an arc, which is too bad**

I'll go with Dynamite's:
JAMES BOND #5
Cover A: Dom Reardon
Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Jason Masters

BOB’S BURGERS: WELL DONE Trade Paperback Vol #2
Cover: Jay Howell
Writer: Loren Bouchard, Ben Dickerson, Jeff Drake, Rachel Hastings, Mark Von der Heide
Art: Anthony Aguinaldo, Tom Connor, Krystal Fleming, Frank Forte, Alexandra Gallant, Maggie Harbaugh, Kat Kosmala, Jennyfer Maria, Hector Reynoso, Kimball Shirley

Joe3c · Post by **Joe3c** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:52 pm

My picks for the month:
Dark Horse:
Savage Sword of Conan Vol 22

American Gothic Press:
Lost in Space #1

Archie:
Team Betty vs Team Veronica TP

Dynamite:
Vampirella #1

Seven Seas:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz & The Marvelous Land of Oz (Manga Illustrated Classics)

SupermanFan · Post by **SupermanFan** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:23 pm

Dark Horse Comics
USAGI YOJIMBO #153

DC Comics
SUPERMAN #50
ACTION COMICS #50
SUPERMAN: THE COMING OF THE SUPERMEN #2
SUPERMAN: LOIS AND CLARK #6

Vertigo/DC
ASTRO CITY #33

IDW
WYNONNA EARP #2

Image Comics
ASTRONAUTS IN TROUBLE #10/11

MrAloha · Post by **MrAloha** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:08 pm

JohnMayo wrote:Here are the ComicBookPage picks of the month:

STAR TREK #55—LEGACY OF SPOCK, PART ONE
Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a & c)
This all-new story set in the universe of the new STAR TREK films celebrates the life of the most iconic character of them all: Leonard Nimoy's SPOCK. In Part 1 of this 4-part epic, the elder Spock joins the last survivors of Vulcan to search the galaxy for a new homeworld! Don't miss this special series, part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the STAR TREK franchise!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Expected in-store date: 3/2/16

Dear John,

I'm not going to submit a clip in for Star Trek #55 since you'll be doing that one. I have nothing else to add besides reading the solicit. I look forward to hearing your clip.

But Extraordinary X-Men #8 caught my eye in the Marvel Previews section and I'll submit a clip for that issue.

Here is my revised picks for Previews Episode #099.

My picks:
Dark Horse: Leaving Megalopolis: Surviving Megalopolis #3 (of 6)
Gail Simone (W) and J. Calafiore (A/Cover)

Marvel: The Infinity Entity Mini Series (4 issues)
Jim Starlin (W) and Alan Davis (A/C)

Captain America 75th Anniversary Magazine
Written by John Rhett Thomas
Covers by John Byrne, Jack Kirby, & Alex Ross

Extraordinary X-Men #8 "Apocalypse Wars"
Jeff Lemire (W) and Ken Lashley (A)

Shoutouts for the last episode: Previews Spotlight #098
Wade: Welcome to the podcast. Great shoutout for your comic shop.
Drew: Thank you for recommending King's Road. I'm picking up that mini series.

For this up coming Previews Spotlight #099, I'll be submitting a clip encouraging listeners to submit clips for the next Previews Spotlight Episode #100 coming out in February.

John,
As always, thank you for letting us participate in these episodes.

Aloha!

clobberin_time_bs · Post by **clobberin_time_bs** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:22 pm

My picks for the month are:

X-Men '92 #1 from Marvel
Four Eyes: Hearts of Fire #2 from Image

TJ602 · Post by **TJ602** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 5:22 pm

p068- The Massive Libray Edition Vol. 1 HC
p155- Absolute Preacher Vol. 1 HC
p204- TET tpb
p245- Black Magick Vol. 1 tpb
p308- Turncoat #1
p443- Goodnight Punpun Tpb

TJ

www.ComicBookPage.com

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