Episode 1521 Talkback - Previews
Adam_Murdough
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Once again it's Previews time! We go through the December catalog for items shipping starting in February. (1:36:28)
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Fun times! Thanks @Adam_Murdough @ShaneKelly @Pants and @wildpigcomics !
Also, what was the name of the book you guys talked about where all of these various aging analogs for Superman ended up in this alternate reality with each other? I thought you said it was "The Supremacy" or something-or-other? I'm coming up empty trying to google it.
There were a couple of books that you guys mentioned you were curious about. Let me just say that "Low" and "Deadly Class" are absolute strong "buys" while "Trees" is a weak "borrow" at best. Invested in the first 6 issues or so of "Trees" but I got bored waiting for a plot to develop and eventually dropped it.
Second, and most importantly—BLATANT OVERSIGHT ALERT!—you guys totally skipped over the release of Bandette vol. 2 from Dark Horse. @Adam_Murdough, I think you would absolutely love this series, and you too, @ShaneKelly.
Also, I'm excited to check out that new Black Hood book from Archie. I liked the one issue of New Crusaders I read and keep forgetting to get the TPB though I see it's reoffered so I'll probably jump on that. And the Fox mini-series by Dean Haspiel and Mark Waid, "Freak Magnet," was one of the best comics I read all year. That's being reoffered, too, so if you missed that give it a shot.
Tragedy hits the Locke family and they move "back home" from the west coast to the east, to Key House, where their father grew up, in the town of Lovecraft, Massachusetts. There they start to discover magical keys that have been secreted all around the house, while an evil spirit, or a demon, if you wish, plots its revenge against the Locke family. The various series follow this demon's plotting while the Locke children must learn what they can in order to fight this evil among them (an evil they aren't fully aware of, at first). In the end, more tragedy befalls the family, and the ultimate resolution isn't necessarily set in stone.
Joe Hill wrote this series of mini-series like a novel. Things that happen early on have consequences in later storylines. He manages to weave it all together in a really masterful way and ties it all up nicely, in the end. His characterizations are excellent for the main characters and he follows some pretty dark narrative threads that illuminate not just the main protagonists, but also thoughts and ideas about humanity (that sounds pretty damn pompous, but it's true, especially with regard to one character who becomes fearless due to an imaginative plot twist that I will not delve into here).
One thing this series benefits from immensely is the fact that it is self-contained and not beholden to any outside continuities. Hill, and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, can do whatever they want with these characters, and the imaginative and horrific twists and turns throughout the narrative are more chilling and more surprising because of this.
And the art by Gabriel Rodriguez is amazing. Originally an architect, this aspect of his art education shines through in the meticulous clarity of his linework. He manages to bring to life all the settings and characters and experiences that Hill throws his way, and does it with consummate skill. I really can't speak more highly about the man's art. It's great.
Seriously, read this book.
chris
I use to try and cut things out for carous reasons but then had way too many to go through and got rid of them.
I am so excited for all of these Star Wars titles coming from Marvel....the amount of variant covers is a bit much, but I can live with it.
I have the Locke and Key hardcovers, but only started reading the first one. I got them because I heard from so many people how great they are....when that happens, I usually skip the trades and go right for the hardcovers....has yet to let me down (did that with The Walking Dead, Invincible, and Fables).
As for the counter earth, in Hickman's Avengers Ex Nihilo twinned the Earth which is the new counter Earth I don't think the High Evolutionary counter Earth ever came back.
Trailer for the Locke and Key a TV that was never picked up
Darth Vader: The DCBS website says 1 and 2 of 6. I think that means limited/mini-series.
Thanks for mentioning Tuki, Valiant, and oh!: I see Love and Rockets New Stories Volume 7 has been re-solicited.
Thanks for getting this Previews out early.