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COVER ART: The latest project from DC Comics and Image Comics! Includes: Interview with Gail Simone on women in comics; 3-page preview of Sparta: USA #1 by David Lapham & Johnny Timmons; 3-page preview of The Executor HC by Jon Evans & Andrea Mutti; 4-page preview of Fade to Black #1 by Jeff Mariotte & Daniele Serra; 4-page preview of Shuddertown #1 by Nick Spencer & Adam Geen. Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This issue features items scheduled to ship from March 2010 through May 2010. Cover price $4.50.

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COVER ART: The latest project from DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics! Includes: SNEAK PEEKS of DC Comics/Vertigo's Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story graphic novel by Mat Johnson and Simon Gane, Image Comics' The Bulletproof Coffin #1 by David Hine and Shaky Kane, Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father #1 by Jay Faerber and Julio Brilha, Dust Wars #1 by Christopher 'Mink' Morrison, Davide Fabbri and Paolo Parente, and Meta 4 #1 by Ted McKeever. Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This April issue features items scheduled to ship from June 2010 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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Includes: Interview with Jim Lee on his creative process, ICONS: THE DC AND WILDSTORM ART OF JIM LEE, his work on the DC UNIVERSE ONLINE video game and more; sneak peeks of Image Comics' FRACTURED FABLES GN (12 pages), LADY ROBOTIKA #1 by Jane Wiedlin and Bill Morrison, SWEETS #1 by Kody Chamberlain, OFFICER DOWNE by Joe Casey and Chris Burnham, and DAWN: NOT TO TOUCH THE EARTH by Joseph Michael Linsner and Eva Hopkins, plus DC/Vertigo's CUBA: MY REVOLUTION GN by Inverna Lockpez and Dean Haspiel. Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This May issue features items scheduled to ship from July 2010 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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Includes: Interviews with some of the most talented creators behind beloved kid-friendly titles, including Image Comics Editor Jim Valentino, Amulet's Kazu Kibuishi, Smile's Raina Telgemeier, The Unsinkable Walker Bean's Aaron Renier & Three Thieves' Scott Chantler; Art Baltazar on what's in his comic reading list; SNEAK PEEKS of Dark Horse's Mighty Samson #1 by Jim Shooter & Patrick Olliffe, DC/Vertigo's Noche Roja hardcover by Simon Oliver & Jason Latour, and Image Comics' Firebreather #1 by Phil Hester & Andy Kuhn and Marineman #1 by Ian Churchill. COVER ART: The latest projects from Dark Horse Comics and DC. Comics! Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This October issue features items scheduled to ship from December 2010 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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COVER ART: The latest projects from Marvel Comics and DC Comics! Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This February issue features items scheduled to ship in April 2011 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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COVER ART: The latest projects from DC Comics and Image Comics! Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This March issue features items scheduled to ship in May 2011 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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COVER ART: The latest projects from DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics! Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This April issue features items scheduled to ship in June 2011 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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COVER ART: The latest projects from DC Comics and Image Comics! Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This September issue features items scheduled to ship in November 2011 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This November issue features items scheduled to ship in January 2012 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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ON OUR FRONT COVER: Spotlighting Dark Horse Comics' THE MASSIVE #1, an original ongoing series from writer/illustrator Brian Wood and artist Kristian Donaldson. The story follows a group of environmentalists who must put their survival instincts to the test as their world is drastically altered by disaster, and they must search this dying world for their sister vessel, The Massive. ON OUR FLIPSIDE COVER: DC Comics features a single word, a sound really, that Watchmen fans know all too well as the guttural exclamation of the mysterious Rorschach. This "hurm" announces the coming of DC Comics' BEFORE WATCHMEN, the series of prequel tales to one of the bestselling graphic novels of all time. They're all here: the Minuteman, Silk Spectre, The Comedian and Nite Owl, featuring the work of Darwyn Cooke, Len Wein, Amanda Conner, Brian Azzarello, J.G. Jones, John Higgins, Andy and Joe Kubert, and J. Michael Straczynski. Monthly SCI-FI Theme: The April edition of PREVIEWS has a super fun, Sci-Fi theme, highlighting the newest sci-fi themed comics and graphic novels, as well as a host of backlist titles to take you to the very edges of your imagination! Our Sci-Fi theme also coincides with the 50th Anniversary of MARS ATTACKS, which is getting a massive push from its originator, Topps, as well as new products and tie-ins from IDW Publishing (comics), Funko (Toys), Mezco (Toys) and T-Shirts in the PREVIEWS Apparel section. Plus, look for an exclusive interview with Len Brown, co-creator of Topps' MARS ATTACKS cards. Indie Edge: This month's Indie Edge section puts the focus on creator Doug Paszkiewicz. Paszkiewicz is a comic book writer/illustrator known for his 18-issue independent publication, Arsenic Lullaby. Paszkiewicz has also worked with Mad Magazine, Image Comics, Too Much Coffee Man Magazine, and various national publications. PREVIEWS Exclusive Apparel: April's line-up of PREVIEWS Exclusive apparel - available only in comic book specialty shops - features a variety of comic- and movie-based T-shirt designs, including Adventure Time: "Jake Face," Hercules: "Step Aside," Mars Attacks: "Ray Gun" and V for Vendetta: "Accountable." You won't find these unique Tees anywhere else other than a comic book specialty shop in your area. This April issue features items scheduled to ship in June 2012 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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ON OUR FRONT COVER: Spotlighting DC Comics' BEFORE WATCHMEN: OZYMANDIAS, a six-issue series from writer Len Wein and artist Jae Lee, revealing the early years of the mastermind who would go on to orchestrate the greatest single ruse ever pulled on the human race, all in the name of peace. Wein and artist John Higgins also continue the exploits of the Crimson Corsair in the back-up story. ON OUR FLIPSIDE COVER: Features Image Comics' THE WALKING DEAD #100, the series that spawned the hit AMC television series! With 8 different variant covers to collect, this landmark issue of the series that has never shied away from "cleaning house" when the overall story called for it, will be hotter than ever! But just who walks away from issue #100 unscathed will be one the fans will be talking about for months to come...Monthly Movie Theme: The May edition of PREVIEWS is a LIGHTS! COMICS! MOVIE MONTH! With summer movies like The Avengers, Prometheus, Men in Black III, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, G.I. Joe 2, and more on the horizon, its obvious comic book and sci-fi movies are more popular then ever. Over the past decade comics fans and the uninitiated alike have been enjoying a new popularity and respect for comics as a means to tell interesting and entertaining stories, and to serve as source material for some of Hollywood's biggest movie blockbusters. This month, PREVIEWS celebrates the comics-to-movies books back at the comics that have seen their adaptation on the large (and small) screen, but we also offer up a variety of new titles that are coming to a theater near you this summer and beyond. Just Look for the Movie Month Icon! Indie Edge: This month's Indie Edge section puts creator screenwriter Zak Penn in the spotlight. Penn has made contributions to various films which include X-Men, X-Men 2, The Incredible Hulk and his most recent project, The Avengers. Recently, Penn has begun working on his own comic book series with Avatar Press. He is also writing the screenplay for Karate Kid 2 and a new sci-fi film. PREVIEWS Exclusive Apparel: May's line-up of PREVIEWS Exclusive apparel - available only in comic book specialty shops - features a variety of comic- and movie-based T-shirt designs, including Adventure Time, Army of Darkness, Avengers "Spot Drip" and Power Man & Iron Fist Kelly Heather. You won't find these unique Tees anywhere else other than a comic book specialty shop in your area. Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This May issue features items scheduled to ship in July 2012 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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ON OUR FRONT COVER: Spotlighting Dark Horse Comics' BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SPIKE #1, the first issue of a five-issue series from writer Victor Gischler (X-Men) and artist Paul Lee that focuses on the bad-boy vampire from Joss Whedon's fan-favorite series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and takes the newly-souled vampire on an impossible adventure of steampunk spaceships, sentient cockroaches, and the dark side of the moon! ON OUR FLIPSIDE COVER: Features DC Comics' BEFORE WATCHMEN: RORSCHACH #1, the first chapter in a four-issue mini-series from writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo that explores the forces that created one of the most enigmatic and most popular characters of Watchmen. Monthly Theme: The June edition of PREVIEWS shines the light on Kids Comics! Whether you're young or old, regardless of your tastes and interests, there's no denying the appeal of a well-written, well-drawn comic book or graphic novel. Our Kids Comics theme points out plenty of great titles available for readers of any age! Just look for the Kids Comics/Kid Friendly icon throughout the catalog! Indie Edge: Just in time for the release of the final volume of his popular Amelia Rules! series, acclaimed creator Jimmy Gownley talks with PREVIEWS about the comics he's reading right now. Exclusive Interview: This month's Indie Edge section puts Jeff Lemire, a fan-favorite creator as known for his superhero work on Superboy and Animal Man as for his creator-owned and personal projects like Sweet Tooth and Essex County. This summer, his new graphic novel The Underwater Welder arrives from Top Shelf Productions, and PREVIEWS sits down with the creator for an exclusive interview! PREVIEWS Exclusive Apparel: Exclusive apparel available only in comic book specialty shops, June's PREVIEWS features a variety of comic and movie-based T-shirt designs, including an official Inspector Spacetime T-Shirt, based on NBC's popular comedy Community, an Outer Limits t-shirt featuring the U.N.C.L.E. Alien, and many others! You won't find these unique tees anywhere else other than the comic book specialty shop in your area! This June issue features items scheduled to ship in August 2012 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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ON OUR FRONT COVER: Spotlighting Image Comics/Top Cow Production's Cyber Force #1. One of the first titles from Image Comics, Marc Silvestri's Cyber Force combined high-tech and super-heroes. Now for its 20th-anniversary the series returns - for Free! - in a new series from Silvestri, writer Matt Hawkins, and artist Khoi Pham. ON OUR FLIPSIDE COVER: Features Dark Horse Comics' Ghost #1 (with cover art by Alex Ross). The supernatural superheroine of Comics' Greatest World returns in a new miniseries from Captain Marvel's Kelly Sue DeConnick and artist Phil Noto that reintroduces this classic character to a new generation of readers! Monthly Theme: Author, Author! - PREVIEWS shines a light on comics and graphic novels written by authors from outside of comics including Anne Rice, Cassandra Clare, James Patterson, Joe Hill, Stephen King, and many others. Some publishers have new projects by these and other writers, while other publishers offer backlist titles in the August catalog. Then on the Flip Side, we take a look at the writers and books that should be in comics. See what books the staff of PREVIEWS thinks would make for great four-color fiction, and which authors they would like to see work in the medium! Indie Edge: Gilbert Hernandez, the acclaimed writer and artist of Love and Rockets (along with his brothers Jaime and Mario), talks with PREVIEWS about the books he's reading and the work that inspires him. Plus, check out his new graphic novel, Julio's World, from Fantagraphics Books in this month's catalog! Halloween ComicFest: The inaugural Halloween comics celebration is spotlighted in the August PREVIEWS with a selection of comics-themed party supplies, along with the announcement of DC Comics' Halloween ComicFest offering: the Batman/Scooby Doo Halloween Fest Special! PREVIEWS Exclusive Apparel: August's PREVIEWS offers five exclusive t-shirt styles and one exclusive hoodie! In time for the release of Halo 4, the Halo 4: "Large Eagle" Hoodie fills a sartorial need for gamers, and there are new shirts based on Star Wars, a zombiefied Adventure Time, Thor, Fin Fang Foom, and Godzilla. You won't find these unique tees anywhere else other than the comic book specialty shop in your area! This August issue features items scheduled to ship in October 2012 and beyond."" Cover price $4.50.

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ON OUR FRONT COVER: Spotlighting DC Comics' "Rotworld" crossover, an epic storyline spanning Swamp Thing, Animal Man, and Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. in November. ON OUR FLIPSIDE COVER: Marvel Comics' Iron Man #1 from Kieron Gillen (Journey into Mystery) and Greg Land (Uncanny X-Men), one of the lynchpin titles in the publisher's Marvel NOW! relaunch. Monthly Theme: How To Draw - PREVIEWS offers aspiring comic book creators a helping hand in September with the annual "How to Draw" month. Books that will help creators draw, write, and publish their comics work and achieve their creative dreams are spotlighted throughout September's catalog. Then, on the Flip Side, PREVIEWS, we sit down for an interview with Terry Moore, the acclaimed creator behind such comics as Strangers in Paradise and Echo, and Moore offers advice for getting started in creative endeavors and talks about his new series, Rachel Rising! Indie Edge: Jessica Abel and Matt Madden, both acclaimed indie comics creators, team up each year to produce the Best American Comics anthologies, and they talk with PREVIEWS this month about the books they're reading as the inspirations they find. Splash: PREVIEWS shines a special spotlight at some of the blockbuster books and products coming this November, including All New X-Men #1 from Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen, Dynamite Entertainment's Masks from Chris Roberson and Alex Ross (who are also interviewed this issue), David Schulner and Juan Jose Ryp's Clone from Image Comics, WizKids/NECA's DC HeroClix: Batman: Streets of Gotham game, and many more products! PREVIEWS Exclusive Apparel: This month PREVIEWS offers four t-shirts, a polo shirt, and a hoodie that are exclusively available through your local comic shop. Fans of The Walking Dead will want the "Survive" hoodie, featuring a silhouette of the series' characters on the back and writing on the sleeves, while office workers can dress like they're part of Nick Fury's team with the "Classic S.H.I.E.L.D. Logo" polo shirt. Plus, there are Star Wars, Marvel Comics, and Adventure Time t-shirts that won't be found anywhere else other than the comic book specialty shop in your area! This September issue features items scheduled to ship in November 2012 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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ON OUR FRONT COVER: From the pages of Batman's "Night of the Owls" crossover event, Talon flies solo in New York City in the new series from Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and Guillem March. ON OUR FLIPSIDE COVER: The World's Greatest Paranormal Detective, Hellboy, has an out-of-the-world adventure in the afterlife in Mike Mignola's long-awaited Hellboy in Hell from Dark Horse Comics. Monthly Theme: Dark & Supernatural Fantasy - PREVIEWS shines a light on comic books and graphic novels that feature the fantastical. Books like Dark Horse's Hellboy, BOOM! Studios' Valen the Outcast, Aspen's Soulfire, and many others will take readers into worlds that will fire the imagination. Then, on the Flip Side, PREVIEWS highlights some of the classic horror anthologies including books from IDW Publishing, Marvel Comics, EC Comics, and Fantagraphics Books. Plus, Dark Horse Comics President Mike Richardson talks with PREVIEWS for an exclusive interview about the fantasy projects he has been involved with over the years. Indie Edge: Billy Tucci, the acclaimed creator of Shi and Sgt. Rock: The Lost Batallion, has a new hardcover edition of A Child is Born, his award-winning graphic novella of the Nativity story, in the October PREVIEWS, and he talks with PREVIEWS this month about the books he's reading. Splash: PREVIEWS shines a special spotlight at some of the blockbuster books and products coming this December, including Marvel Comics' Avengers #1 from Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opeña; Alan Moore's Unearthing, a unique book that is both a biography of Steve Moore and a history of south London; USAopoly's Doctor Who Yahtzee, and many more products! PREVIEWS Exclusive Apparel: This month PREVIEWS offers seven t-shirts and a hoodie that are exclusively available through your local comic shop. Fans of The Walking Dead will want the "Michonne" hoodie, featuring a silhouette of the series' characters on the back. The four heroes of Pendleton Ward's Bravest Warriors form an "Attack Formation" on a black t-shirt, Spider-Man is pulled down into the sewers on the "Manhole" t-shirt, Optimus Prime is on the attack on a new Transformers: Fall of Cybertron t-shirt, and four more shirts that can only be found in PREVIEWS. This October issue features items scheduled to ship in December 2012 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

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ON OUR FRONT COVER: The struggle between Aquaman and the Ocean Master for Atlantis threatens to engulf both the Justice League and the world in the "Throne of Atlantis" storyline that spans January's issues of Aquaman and Justice League from writer Geoff Johns and artists Paul Pelletier and Ivan Reis. ON OUR FLIPSIDE COVER: Return to the classic era of Star Wars - the brash and heady days of the upstart Rebel Alliance as it challenged Darth Vader and the Empire in the wake of the destruction of the Death Star - in Brian Wood and Carlos d'Anda's Star Wars #1 from Dark Horse Comics, featuring a cover from the legendary Alex Ross! Monthly Theme: Classic Comic Strip Reprints - Graphic storytelling has been part of our culture since The Yellow Kid made its debut in New York World in 1895 and spawned an entire new artform. This month PREVIEWS spotlights the many collections of classic comic strips available today, from classic Little Nemo adventures to modern fare like Calvin & Hobbes and Funky Weatherbean! On The Flip Side - On November 6th, Americans go to the polls to select the next President of the United States, and PREVIEWS sends a "Hail to the Chief" as we spotlight the many appearances of the President, past, present, and future on the covers of the comic books! Indie Edge: Chris Duffy, the editor of SpongeBob Comics and Nursery Rhyme Comics, talks with PREVIEWS this month about the books he's reading. Splash: PREVIEWS shines a special spotlight at some of the blockbuster books and products coming this December, including Marvel Comics' New Avengers #1 from Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting; Archie Comics' "Archie meets Glee" crossover in Archie #641; the PREVIEWS-exclusive POP! The Walking Dead: Bicycle Girl Zombie Vinyl Figure from Funko; and many more products! PREVIEWS Exclusive Apparel: This month PREVIEWS offers more exclusive apparel that can be found only at your comic shop than ever before! Marvel Comics fans can keep warm this winter with the new thermal shirts, the Marvel NOW! T-Shirt features comics' greatest heroes, and Spider-Man fans have two new shirts. Science-fiction fans aren't left out with new Doctor Who, Star Wars, and Transformers t-shirts, and there are new Adventure Time and Bravest Warriors shirts as well! These shirts can only be found in PREVIEWS, so be sure to order them from your local comic book shop and refresh your wardrobe! This November issue features items scheduled to ship in January 2013 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.