The (Ongoing) Previews Thread - What Are You Getting?
LibraryBoy
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Instead of a new thread every single month, let's start one giant catch-all clearinghouse thread to talk about what we're getting that's listed in Previews (whether you buy your books online, at an LCS, or whatever).
Here's what my DCBS order is looking like (above and beyond my usual LCS Pull List purchases) for the February Previews catalog, featuring items mostly shipping in April:
Bloodshot Reborn #1
Not a big fan of the concept, but it's Jeff Lemire and the few Valiant books I've read thus far have been great, so that earns this a look.
Captain Midnight TP Vol 01 On The Run
Finally got around to reading the "1 for $1" first issue reprint and really liked it, so I'm willing to give the full first arc a shot.
Convergence Batgirl #1
Convergence Blue Beetle #1
Convergence Booster Gold #1
Convergence Plastic Man Freedom Fighters #1
Convergence Shazam #1
Convergence Superboy & The Legion #1
I may get more of the Convergence tie-ins, but these are the only ones I'm buying sight-unseen. Particularly the Shazam one... Jeff Parker and Even "Doc" Shaner were an awesome team on Flash Gordon, and Shaner's Captain Marvel fan art is always beautiful, so that one's a no-brainer.
Fox (Dark Circle) #2 Dark Circle Movie Throwback Var Cvr
Shield (Dark Circle) #1 Andrew Robinson Var Cvr
Loved the Fox mini from, IIRC, last year, and this take on the Shield looks interesting.
Scarlett Couture #1 (of 4)
I love Des Taylor's artwork, and he seems like a natural for a sexy spy book. Worth a look.
Secret Wars #1
I mean, come on. Not made of stone over here.
Uncle Scrooge #1
New Uncle Scrooge comics? Yup... need to check this out.
Quantum & Woody #1 Reg Sook *Clearance*
Unity #1 DCBS Exclusive Evans Cvr *Clearance*
From the DCBS clearance bins... worth a shot, because see above what I said about Valiant.
Here's what my DCBS order is looking like (above and beyond my usual LCS Pull List purchases) for the February Previews catalog, featuring items mostly shipping in April:
Bloodshot Reborn #1
Not a big fan of the concept, but it's Jeff Lemire and the few Valiant books I've read thus far have been great, so that earns this a look.
Captain Midnight TP Vol 01 On The Run
Finally got around to reading the "1 for $1" first issue reprint and really liked it, so I'm willing to give the full first arc a shot.
Convergence Batgirl #1
Convergence Blue Beetle #1
Convergence Booster Gold #1
Convergence Plastic Man Freedom Fighters #1
Convergence Shazam #1
Convergence Superboy & The Legion #1
I may get more of the Convergence tie-ins, but these are the only ones I'm buying sight-unseen. Particularly the Shazam one... Jeff Parker and Even "Doc" Shaner were an awesome team on Flash Gordon, and Shaner's Captain Marvel fan art is always beautiful, so that one's a no-brainer.
Fox (Dark Circle) #2 Dark Circle Movie Throwback Var Cvr
Shield (Dark Circle) #1 Andrew Robinson Var Cvr
Loved the Fox mini from, IIRC, last year, and this take on the Shield looks interesting.
Scarlett Couture #1 (of 4)
I love Des Taylor's artwork, and he seems like a natural for a sexy spy book. Worth a look.
Secret Wars #1
I mean, come on. Not made of stone over here.
Uncle Scrooge #1
New Uncle Scrooge comics? Yup... need to check this out.
Quantum & Woody #1 Reg Sook *Clearance*
Unity #1 DCBS Exclusive Evans Cvr *Clearance*
From the DCBS clearance bins... worth a shot, because see above what I said about Valiant.
Comments
Random Stuff
Sunstone Ogn Vol 02 (MR) - not for the kiddies but damn this is one great book! Imagine Strangers in Paradise but with a decidedly more "adult" theme to it.
Scarlett Couture #1 (of 4) - because Des Taylor rocks!
Revival TP Vol 05 Gathering of Waters - and so does Mike Norton
Ember #0 Art Nouveau Cvr (MR) - This book had a kickstarter campaign where essentially you could get this issue for $15. OR you could just buy it here for $3. This is a growing and disturbing trend I'm noticing with kickstarter, so I've tried to become much more selective with my backings.
The Convergence Issues I'm Getting - All Chip Kidd variants
Superboy & the Legion
Shazam
New Teen Titans
Matrix Supergirl
Infinity Inc.
Batman & The Outsiders
Batgirl
Adventures of Superman
Also from DC
Wonder Woman 77 Special #1 - How can I not pick this one up?
Manga Madness
Black Lagoon GN Vol 10 (MR) - Woohoo! We're finally getting a new volume!
Ancient Magus Bride GN Vol 01 (MR) - The only potential dump candidate, as I'm always open to try new manga but I don't know much about this one. Looks cool, though.
Akame Ga Kill GN Vol 02 - Volume one of this surprised me and I'm interested to see if it can keep that surprise going.
My Neighbor Seki GN Vol 02
Maria The Virgin Witch GN Vol 02 - Curious about this one, as I love witch-based stories and the artist has a definite Toriyama style about him
Dorohedoro GN Vol 15 (MR) - Still the best book nobody's reading. Well, someone must be because they're up to Volume 15.
Adventures of Aero Girl #1 (of 4)
Girl hero, sidekick to her dad and trying to come out from under his shadow, jetpacks... yeah, I'm in.
Convergence Blue Beetle #2
Convergence Booster Gold #2
Convergence Shazam #2
Had to cut out a few of the others I ordered the first issues of, but these 3 I'm definitely making sure to pre-order. The rest we'll wait and see.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency #1 (of 5)
I didn't care for the H2G2 comics adaptations from the early 90s, but I'm less attached to the Dirk Gently books than I am to those, and there were also only ever the two books, so there's more room to make this its own thing, so I'll give it a shot.
Donald Duck #1 Subscription Var
Uncle Scrooge #2
I tend to prefer my Duck comics from the pen of either Barks or Rosa, but I'm happy to give these a shot.
Fox (Dark Circle) #3 Chris Samnee Prowling Var Cvr
Shield (Dark Circle) #2 Evan Shaner Var Cvr
The previous Fox mini was awesome, and this version of the Shield sounds interesting, so I'm in for a little while at least. And I'm always happy to support Samnee and Shaner work.
Ivar Timewalker TP Vol 01 Making History
The Valiant TP
With the DCBS discount, these are $4.99 apiece. Worth getting, even if it means I'm double dipping (it helps that both of these are great.
Valiant Universe Handbook 2015 Ed #1
I'm new to Valiant, so this will help catch me up.
Mythic #1 Cvr A Mccrea
Science meets magic, yeah that's worth a look.