(Alexander tipsar om vad som dyker upp på de amerikanska seriehyllorna i februari 2023.)
Då kommer mina katalogtips från december månads Previews för släpp i februari 2023 med omnejd och vi börjar med DC och Marvel och jag kan konstatera att december är lite av en mellanmånad från båda förlagen med ytterst få nya släpp.
SUPERMAN #1
Manus: Joshua Williamson
Illustration: Jamal Campbell
Förlag: DC Comics
IT’S THE DAWN OF DC!
Superman has returned to Metropolis and his greatest enemy Lex Luthor is finally behind bars. The future of the Superman family has never been brighter! As Clark Kent settles back into his life, iconic and new enemies erupt from the shadows to strike down the Man of Steel! But waiting in the wings to back up Big Blue is…Supercorp?! What secret project has Lex given to Superman?! ”A hero is only as good as their villains” will be put to the test in this brand-new oversize #1 featuring comics’ greatest superhero by DC Comics architect Joshua Williamson and award-winning superstar artist Jamal Campbell!
THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE: NIGHTMARE COUNTRY VOL. 1
Manus: James Tynion IV
Illustration: Lisandro Estherren
Förlag: DC Comics
Övrigt: 184 sidor/Hardcover och Softcover/släpps i april 2023
Acclaimed horror writer James Tynion IV (Something Is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake) has waited his whole career to pay tribute to the mythos of The Sandman, the work that made him the writer he is today—and now that time has come!
Art student Madison Flynn has been plagued all her life by visions of a terrifying man with mouths for eyes…but strangely, that vision is not a visit from the Corinthian, one of Dream’s most disturbing nightmare creations. When the Corinthian himself learns of this ”Smiling Man,” it will send him on a quest across the nightmare country that is the waking world, where he will grapple with vicious sadomasochists, deranged venture capitalists, and the embodied spirit of America itself!
With lush, gorgeous art from Redneck’s Lisandro Estherren and a who’s-who of superstar guest artists, Nightmare Country is designed to welcome new readers into one of the greatest worlds in DC’s library, The Sandman Universe. To make welcoming new readers easier, the collectible hardcover release (packaged with a mini-print of the iconic Death, by artist Jenny Frison) arrives in stores simultaneously with a direct-market exclusive softcover edition, priced as an easy jump-on point; both are available on the same day as the to-be-solicited April #1 issue of Nightmare Country’s spectacular follow-up miniseries!
Collects The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #1-6.
SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE COMPENDIUM ONE
Manus: Matt Wagner, Steven T. Seagle
Illustration: Guy Davis, John Watkiss, R.G. Taylor, m.fl.
Förlag: DC Comics
Övrigt: 984 sidor/Softcover/släpps i mars 2023
In this noir collection, millionaire Wesley Dodds becomes the Sandman to fight injustice in 1930s New York City, going after kidnappers, blackmailers, and predators who prey on rich socialites. Armed with a tranquilizing gas gun and driven by an unrelenting sense of justice, the Sandman moves through a decadent post-Depression landscape, stalking the predators who hide themselves beneath society’s callous indifference to the weak and vulnerable. This first of two compendiums collects Sandman Mystery Theatre #1-36 and Sandman Mystery Theatre Annual #1 and features an introduction from comedian Patton Oswalt, the voice of Matthew the Raven on Netflix’s The Sandman!
LEGENDS OF THE DC UNIVERSE: CARMINE INFANTINO
Manus: Gardner Fox, John Broome, Robert Kanigher, m.fl.
Illustration: Carmine Infantino
Förlag: DC Comics
Övrigt: 408 sidor/Hardcover/släpps i mars 2023
DC celebrates the work of artist and former DC publisher Carmine Infantino in this collection of stories pulled from his decades-spanning career. Features selections from All-Star Comics #40; Flash Comics #86 and #90; All-American Comics #95; Comic Cavalcade #28; Sensation Comics #87; Mystery in Space #3; Secret Hearts #8; The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #4; Showcase #4; Western Comics #73; The Flash #112 and #123; The Brave and the Bold #49; Detective Comics #327; Strange Adventures #205; The House of Mystery #296; DC Comics Presents #73; Secret Origins #17; and Danger Trail #1-4.
DCEASED: WAR OF THE UNDEAD GODS
Manus: Tom Taylor
Illustration: Trevor Hairsine, Neil Edwards, Andy Lanning
Förlag: DC Comics
Övrigt: 232 sidor/Hardcover/släpps i september 2023
What began as a battle for Earth has become a war for the galaxy as the epic final chapter in the massive DCeased
franchise is here!
The emergence of a reborn, undead Darkseid in DCeased: Dead Planet sets the stage for the most devastating conflict yet for Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman! As the Anti-Life Equation spreads into the cosmos, the survivors of Earth prepare for the coming apocalypse and realize their only hope could lie in the most powerful surviving hero from the first DCeased series…
Kommentar: Superman är tillbaka med en ny månadstidning i eget namn, sedan kommer Sandman: Nightmare Country med en första samling lagom till att vol. 2 sätter igång till våren. Missade man klassikern Sandman Mystery Theatre från Vertigo när det begav sig på det tidiga 90-talet så får man en ny chans nu med serien samlad i två massiva kompendium. Gillar man DC från en tidigare epok så blir Legends of the DC Universe: Carmine Infantino ett måste i HC. Och från det nutida DC så kommer sista delen av DCeased: War of the Undead Gods.
DEMON WARS: DOWN IN FLAMES #1
Manus/Illustration: Peach Momoko
Förlag: Marvel Comics
Övrigt: One-Shot
Things are heating up in Momoko’s Marvel Universe! The spirit world is divided. Its inhabitants, strange creatures called yokai, have chosen sides, and the two factions are on the brink of all-out war. A bird-like yokai who wields some serious firepower faces off against a club-wielding demon. Mariko Yashida finds herself right in the middle of it.No matter which side she chooses, there will be consequences not only for the spirit world, but for the human world too. Don’t miss the next installment of Peach Momoko’s epic DEMON WARS saga!
IMMORTAL HULK OMNIBUS
Manus: Al Ewing, Bill Mantlo, Peter David, Crystal Frasier, Alex Paknadel
Illustration: Joe Bennett, Lee Garbett, Kyle Hotz, Ryan Bodenheim, Germán García, Javier Rodríguez, Butch Guice, Mike Hawthorne, Simone Di Meo, Filipe Andrade, Mike Mignola, Adam Kubert, Jon Davis-Hunt, Aaron Kuder, Lan Medina, Juan Ferreyra, m.fl.
Förlag: Marvel Comics
Övrigt: 1592 sidor/Hardcover
Is he man or monster…or is he both? Find out as Al Ewing and Joe Bennett take Bruce Banner to hell and back in the complete, infernal saga of the Immortal Hulk! Every time Bruce dies, he rises again…as the Hulk! And he is being hunted: by the government, by Alpha Flight, by the mysterious Shadow Base, even by the Avengers! But Bruce has even bigger problems. Something terrible has infected him. Something with unspeakable plans for humanity. And the answers lie beyond…the Green Door! Featuring friends and foes both old and new as well as multiple Hulk personas, this horror reinvention of a Marvel icon is like no comic book you have ever read before! Collecting IMMORTAL HULK #1-50 and #0, IMMORTAL HULK: THE BEST DEFENSE, DEFENDERS: THE BEST DEFENSE, ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: IMMORTAL HULK, IMMORTAL SHE-HULK #1, KING IN BLACK: IMMORTAL HULK, GAMMA FLIGHT #1-5 and material from AVENGERS (2018) #684 and IMMORTAL HULK: TIME OF MONSTERS.
WOLVERINE: WEAPON X DELUXE EDITION
Manus: Barry Windsor-Smith, Chris Claremont, Frank Tieri
Illustration: Barry Windsor-Smith
Förlag: Marvel Comics
Övrigt: 200 sidor/TPB/Släpps i maj 2023
WOLVERINE: WEAPON X is the character-defining origin of the man known only as Logan. Written and illustrated by auteur creator and master storyteller Barry Windsor-Smith, it is undeniably one of the greatest Wolverine stories ever told. After being taken hostage by an experimental Canadian military-science outfit, Logan is transformed into Weapon X, an unstoppable killing machine with an indestructible adamantium skeleton and razor-sharp claws. But Weapon X cannot be contained by his captors — and trapped in their lab with the monster they have made, they will face his feral wrath! It’s a psychedelic horror story in the mold of Frankenstein, restored from original art and print sources for this stunning deluxe edition! Collecting material from MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #72-84, plus UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #205 and material from WOLVERINE (1988) #166.
DAREDEVIL EPIC COLLECTION: WATCH OUT FOR BULLSEYE
Manus: Steve Gerber, Tony Isabella, Marv Wolfman, Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway, Len Wein
Illustration: Bob Brown, Gene Colan, Don Heck, Sal Buscema
Förlag: Marvel Comics
Övrigt: 528 sidor/TPB/Släpps i maj 2023
Daredevil, the Black Widow and Shanna the She-Devil must join together to uncover the secret leaders of Black Spectre — an organization bent on bringing the United States to its knees! It’s a massive saga that will pull in heroes from across the Marvel Universe, culminating in a battle on the White House lawn! Plus: Classic villains like the Gladiator and the Owl make their returns, new enemies emerge when Death-Stalker hatches a plan that brings the Man-Thing into the fray, and Daredevil and S.H.I.E.L.D. team up to confront a renewed Hydra! And finally, the Man Without Fear’s life changes forever when Bullseye, the madman with perfect aim and no mercy, makes his deadly debut! Collecting DAREDEVIL (1964) #108-132 and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #3.
Kommentar: Från Marvel är det Peach Momokos senaste kapitel av Demon Wars som blir ett måste. På albumfronten har vi Al Ewings hela fantastiska Immortal Hulk i Omnibus för 150 dollar. Här passar det bra att flika in att jag personligen från denna katalog slutar att beställa album som har ett pris över 30 dollar från Diamond. Räntehöjningarna och den dåliga kronkursen gör att detta inte längre är okej. Så här dyrt har serier inte varit sedan slutet av 90-talet. Från och med nu får de dyraste albumen pressas ner i pris från billigare forum.
Har man inte Weapon X av Barry Windsor-Smith i samlingen så får man en ny chans nu och allra sist så fortsätter min barndoms favoriter med Daredevil från åren han befann sig i San Francisco med Epic Collection vol. 6.
THE LAST BARBARIANS #1
Manus/Illustration: Brian Haberlin
Förlag: Image Comics
You’d think in a fantastic world full of giants magic and flying fish it would be a world of possibility. But you’d be dead wrong here! Sylv is a jack of all trades; she can fight with the best of them pick most pockets and even cast a third-level spell or two. It’s too bad for her that if you aren’t a member of a guild you are persona non grata: completely outcast from adventuring. That might be fine except she has her disabled seven-foot-tall brother to take care of. If she can’t find a job to support them both they’ll be dead in a ditch in a matter of weeks. So now her only hope is a quest from a sketchy cleric who promises only a true hero can save the day. Sylv has a lot of skills…and she’ll need them all to survive this hero’s journey!
THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS: TEN THOUSAND BLACK FEATHERS
Manus: Jeff Lemire
Illustration: Andrea Sorrentino och Dave Stewart
Förlag: Image Comics
Övrigt: 160 sidor/Hardcover/Släpps i maj 2023
From the acclaimed creative team behind GIDEON FALLS, PRIMORDIAL, and THE PASSAGEWAY comes TEN THOUSAND BLACK FEATHERS, the newest entry into the ambitious shared horror universe of THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS by LEMIRE & SORRENTINO!
Trish and Jackie are best friends and avid gamers. But when the line between reality and their fantasy world is blurred by an evil darkness, can they be the heroes of their own story?
THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS is an ever-expanding universe that features self-contained graphic novels and limited series about the horrors waiting to be discovered within the Bone Orchard.
Collects THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS: TEN THOUSAND BLACK FEATHERS #1-5
DO A POWERBOMB!
Manus/Illustration: Daniel Warren Johnson
Förlag: Image Comics
Övrigt: 194 sidor/TP/Släpps i mars 2023
From the creator of MURDER FALCON and Wonder Woman: Dead Earth comes the wrestling adventure of the decade!
Lona Steelrose wants to be a pro-wrestler, but she’s living under the shadow of her mother, the best to ever do it. Everything changes when a wrestling obsessed necromancer asks her to join the grandest pro-wrestling tournament of all time, which is also the most dangerous! It’s THE WRESTLER meets DRAGONBALL Z, in a tale where the competitors get more than they ever bargained for!
Collects DO A POWERBOMB! #1-7
THE GOOD ASIAN: 1936 DELUXE EDITION
Manus: Pornsak Pichetshote
Illustration: Alexandre Tefenkgi
Förlag: Image Comics
Övrigt: 304 sidor/Hardcover/Släpps i maj 2023
Collects the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning hit in one complete volume for the first time, alongside special never-before-seen bonus content!
Follow Edison Hark, a haunted, self-loathing Chinese-American detective, as he pursues a brutal killer on the streets of 1936 San Francisco. THE GOOD ASIAN is a noir mystery exploring the first generation of Americans to come of age under an immigration ban—the Chinese—as they’re besieged by rampant murders, abusive police, and a world that seemingly never changes.
Collects THE GOOD ASIAN #1-10
ASTRO CITY METROBOOK VOL. 3
Manus: Kurt Busiek
Illustration: Brent Eric Anderson, Alex Sinclair
Förlag: 496 sidor/TP
The longest, most sweeping epic in Astro City’s history, in one volume for the first time. Across the 1970s and ’80s, Charles and Royal Williams deal with tragedy and obsession. One a cop, one a criminal, both have been shaped irrevocably by Astro City’s heroes, and as the city enters a time of darkness, it’ll take all they have to survive.
Also features the full story of the death-and life-of the Silver Agent.
Collects ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK ONE #1-4, ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK TWO #1-4, ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK THREE #1-4, ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK FOUR #1-4, ASTRO CITY: SILVER AGENT #1-2, and portions of ASTRO CITY/ARROWSMITH: THE FLIP BOOK
Kommentar: Från Image Comics blir det The Last Barbarians ett måste för mig. På albumfronten får vi Ten Thousand Black Feathers, Do a Powerbomb! och The Good asian i deluxe HC. Missade man Astro City första gången så är Image Comics nya utgåva framme vid vol. 3.
BLUE BOOK #1 (OF 5)
Manus: James Tynion IV
Illustration: Michael Avon Oeming, Klaus Janson
Förlag: Dark Horse Comics
From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning cocreators of Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake, The Department of Truth, and Powers comes this ambitious, nonfiction comic book experience depicting true stories of UFO abductions with an eye to capturing the strange essence of those encounters.
In this debut issue, Tynion presents what he calls his ”True Weird” stories. Tales of ordinary people encountering the strange and the impossible. Teaming with artist Michael Avon Oeming, they retell some of the most popular UFO and alien encounter accounts starting with the infamous Betty and Barney Hill abduction-the widely publicized and very first abduction that went on to shape and influence all future encounter stories.
Also includes the short ”True Weird: Coney Island” by James Tynion IV, Klaus Janson, and Aditya Bidikar!
MURKY WORLD
Manus/Illustration: Richard Corben
Förlag: Dark Horse Comics
Övrigt: 156 sidor, Hardcover
In Murky World, Tugat the warrior wakes from a strange dream only to find himself in a bizarre land populated by hungry deadlings, cruel necromancers, a buxom cyclops, evil cults, and more as he sets off on a dangerous journey with his beloved horse Frix.
This is the first in a series of deluxe graphic novels from renowned creator Richard Corben’s library to be published by Dark Horse Comics. This special edition collects the entire Murky World series in print for the first time, and also features never-before-seen sketch material, the Dark Horse Presents one-shot, and a foreword by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, all presented in a gorgeous hardcover with a dust jacket.
SHAOLIN COWBOY CRUEL TO BE KIN
Manus/Illustration: Geof Darrow
Förlag: Dark Horse Comics
Övrigt: 224 sidor/Hardcover/Släpps i april 2023
In order to keep a newborn Komodo dragon from joining the endangered species list, the Shaolin Cowboy must first make him an orphan and then adopt him into the ways of the ”Intercepting fist” to keep their road trip from turning into roadkill. When social distancing isn’t enough, the Cowboy has plenty of booster shots and jabs to keep a new army of foes, both new and old, from turning the situation from ugly, to bad, and no good.
MADMAN LIBRARY EDITION VOL. 4
Manus: Michael Allred, Jamie S. Rich
Illustration: Michael Allred, Mike Norton, Natalie Nourigat, Lawrence Marvit, J. Bone
Förlag: Image Comics
Övrigt: 512 sidor/Hardcover/Släpps i april 2023
Volume four collects Michael Allred’s hit comic series Madman Atomic Comics #1-#17, the interdimensional adventures of It Girl, and the super rare one-shots Spaceman and Mr. Gum. This essential omnibus is perfect for all Madman and Allred fans alike featuring superhero team antics, music pop culture, and just plain ol’ zany, sci fi fun!
This six-volume Madman universe omnibus library edition series collects all of Allred’s award-winning Madman universe (a.k.a. the ”Madmaniverse”) stories in selected reading order for the ultimate Madman fan!
CREEPY ARCHIVES VOL. 1
Manus: Archie Goodwin, Larry Ivie, Otto Binder
Illustration: Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Reed Crandall, Gray Morrow, Angeleo Torres, m.fl.
Förlag: Dark Horse Comics
Övrigt: 248 sidor, TP/Släpps i april 2023
Gather your wooden stakes and silver bullets and descend into horror history with Creepy Archives Volume 1. Reanimated in a value-priced paperback format, and in its original magazine size, this gruesome grimoire presents some of the finest work by comics legends Archie Goodwin, Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Reed Crandall, Alex Toth, Joe Orlando, and more. Collects Creepy magazine issues #1-#5 and includes original letters pages, text features, and ads.
Kommentar: Från Dark Horse Comics blir Blue Book en given prenumeration, likaså att Corben Library kommer igång med Murky World som första släpp, senaste Shaolin Cowboy samlas och även fjärde delen kring utgivningen av Madman. I övrigt är det en höjdpunkt för mig att Creepy Archives äntligen släpps i prisvärd TP.
FCBD 2023: CONAN THE BARBARIAN
Manus: Jim Zub
Illustration: Roberto De La Torre
Förlag: Titan Comics
Övrigt: Släpps 6 maj 2023
Created by team behind the new ongoing series – Jim Zub, Roberto De La Torre & Jose Villarrubia!
On the eve of his first major battle, young CONAN OF CIMMERIA pictures a life beyond the borders of his homeland and yearns for a life of adventure undreamt of in his small village. Visions of future allies and unspeakable evils he will eventually encounter throughout his fabled career fill his mind as he makes the choice to take his first fateful step into the HYBORIAN AGE!
BLACK PHOENIX GN VOL 1
Manus/Illustration: Rich Tommaso
Förlag: Floating World Comics
Övrigt: 136 sidor/Släpps i mars 2023
Black Phoenix is, at its core, a contemporary comics magazine featuring original characters and stories of various comics genres-all dreamed up by its sole author, Rich Tommaso. Don’t be fooled by the pseudonyms inside-he changes names as often as drawing styles. But, the magazine is also like a walk through comics history itself. Each volume of these golden age, pulp styled digest anthologies is headed up by a long-form comics adventure which is backed up by a bunch of short-form comicsin the same genre or flavor.
THE JODOROWSKY LIBRARY (BOOK 5)
Manus: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Illustration: George Bess
Förlag: Humanoids
Övrigt: 344 sidor/Hardcover
The fifth installation of The Jodorowsky Library, a collection of deluxe matching volumes showcasing the iconic works of the legendary Alejandro Jodorowsky.
Included in this volume are two of Jodorowsky’s collaborations with the esteemed and incomparable Georges Bess. First, we’re introduced to THE WHITE LAMA, the Tibetan-set mystical adventure of treachery, martial arts, and spiritual redemption. Next, THE MAGICAL TWINS tells of a young prince and princess’ epic quest to rescue their father and save the entire kingdom. This story also marks a curiosity in Jodorowsky’s career-a story for kids!
WILL EISNER’S THE BEST OF SPIRIT ARTISAN EDITION
Manus/Illustration: Will Eisner
Förlag: IDW Publishing
Övrigt: 144 sidor/TP/Släpps i april 2023
Will Eisner’s work on The Spirit was, in its way, as groundbreaking as Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. Both artistic achievements rewrote the book on sequential storytelling and had lasting impacts on all that followed them. Featured within these pages are 17 Spirit stories all from Eisner’s peak period, 1946-1950, generally regarded as his best work on The Spirit. An Artisan Edition collects stories, covers and pages that have been reproduced from the original art. While appearing to be in black and white, these images have been scanned in color, allowing the reader to view them as closely as possible to the original art. Ink gradients, blue pencil, corrections, and more are all clearly visible, all the wonderful subtle nuances that make original art so special and unique.
Kommentar: Från Titan Comics kan man beställa en special från Free Comic Book Day med Conan som släpps först i maj månad och som är prolog till den nya serien som startar i juli.
Från Floating World Comicsblir Rich Tommasos Black Phoenix vol. 1 ett måste, Humanoids fortsätter Jodorowsky Library Edition med en femte del om man inte redan har detta från tidigare utgåvor och slutligen så blir Spirit Artisan Edition från IDW given.
