Comic Book Checklist For 2/12/14

DARK HORSE COMICS

• Abe Sapien 10
• Alabaster:TPB: Pale Horse
• Clown Fatale 4
• Creepy Comics 15
• Lobster Johnson:TPB: 3-Satan Smells A Rat
• Star Wars 14
• X 10

DC COMICS

Under The Skin Trailer and Poster

A new Sci-Fi movie directed by Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast) based on the book Under the Skin by Michel Faber looks very interesting.  The movie stars Scarlett Johnasson as an alien sent to Earth for a purpose.

Doctor Who - Who's Changing - An Adventure In Time With Fans Review

Who's Changing :

An Adventure In Time With Fans

I don’t usually watch documentaries.  The ones I usually enjoy watching are the ones about my favorite Boston sports teams winning yet again another championship and the trials and tribulations it took to win that championship.  Right now I’m watching the ones about the 2013 Boston Red Sox winning the World Series which for me was a delight and surprise as they were not predicted to even be a contender but back on topic with documentaries.  I generally do not watch them that much and when a new Doctor Who DVD comes out I generally watch the episode and do not watch the extras or VAM as you call them in the UK.  So when I saw the trailer for Who’s Changing and posted it on the site I was a bit curious.  A documentary about Doctor Who fans that is funded by Doctor Who fans through an internet fundraising site and most importantly it was made by fans. I was pretty intrigued that I had to have this DVD and watch it.

Doctor Who - White Ghosts Synopsis

The second story in the third series of Tom Baker 4th Doctor adventures continues with White Ghosts.  The Doctor and Leela have to do battle against ghosts and are joined by a guest star from Farscape Virginia Hey.  You can order this adventure which stars Tom Baker and Louise Jameson from the Big Finish website.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/white-ghosts-799

A close encounter with a stray missile leads the Doctor to materialise his TARDIS on a planet that hangs in the dark at the edge of the known universe. A planet so dark that it exists in near-permanent night. A planet that enjoys just a single day’s light once every thousand years…

Exactly what happens on the planet in its rare daylight hours – that’s what a geographical survey headed by Senior Tutor Bengel is stationed here to establish. They, the Doctor and Leela are about to discover that when daylight comes, the White Ghosts rise…

So don’t be afraid of the dark. The cover of night is a mercy.

Written By: Alan Barnes
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs 

Cast
Tom Baker (The Doctor), Louise Jameson (Leela), Virginia Hey (Bengel), Bethan Walker (Aranda), Gbemisola Ikumelo (Morandi), James Joyce (Candelli/Harvester)

MADAME FRANKENSTEIN IS ALIVE… WITH HORROR AND DRAMA

MADAME FRANKENSTEIN IS ALIVE…

WITH HORROR AND DRAMA

Vincent Krall sets out to create the perfect dame,

and gets a monster instead

Sure to send a shiver down any reader’s spine, Image Comics’ new series MADAME FRANKENSTEIN is an all-new vintage-style horror drama series from Jamie S. Rich (You Have Killed Me) and newcomer Megan Levens. In 1932, Vincent Krall sets out to create his perfect woman by reanimating the corpse of his recently deceased lover. But he soon begins to realize that perhaps man was not meant to peer beyond the veil between life and death. 

“I have always been fascinated by the Frankenstein legend and the deeper mythological meanings in Shelley's original novel, so when Megan came to me with her concept for a My Fair Lady-style appropriation of the concept, it took me all of two seconds to say yes,” said Rich. “There seemed to be so much potential there, both in terms of exploring the thematic depths of the story and playing around with the look and feel of classic horror. The downfall of Victor Frankenstein was that he played God and tried to build his own version of man. His hubris was in thinking too highly of his own capacity for creation. Our mad doctor's bigger mistake is underestimating the power of women.”

JOIN THE FIRST EVER SUPERHERO LABOR UNION IN C.O.W.L.

JOIN THE FIRST EVER

SUPERHERO LABOR UNION IN C.O.W.L.

In 1960s Chicago superheroes must fight to regain the public’s confidence

 

What happens when superheroes are no longer the beacon of hope they once were in the eyes of the public? Join Kyle Higgins (Batman, Nightwing), Alec Siegel (Captain America, Avengers), and Rod Reis (Justice League) in their all-new ongoing Image Comics series C.O.W.L. Set in 1960s Chicago, a labor union of superheroes must work together to regain the confidence of the public and ferret out threats inside and outside their offices.

Christopher Barry - Doctor Who Director Has Passed Away

Christopher Barry was involved with Doctor Who throughout the 60's and 70's and directed some of the classic stories including "The Daleks", " The Rescue", "The Romans", "The Savages", "The Power of the Daleks", "The Daemons", "The Mutants", "Robot", "The Brain of Morbius" and "The Creature From the Pit." This resume saw him work on two Doctor debuts as well as the first Dalek story. He also directed the Doctor Who spin-off production - "Downtime."  He was the longest serving director for Doctor Who.

He also worked on Z-Cars, The Tripods, Out of the Unknown, Moonbase 3 and All Creatures Great and Small.

He was 88.

http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a550086/doctor-who-director-christopher-barry-dies-aged-88.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Barry

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Christopher_Barry

Beavers + Zombies = "Zombeavers"

This is one of those cases where the title pretty much says it all.

"Zombeavers."

Yes, zombies and beavers.

And of course they terrorize a group of young (hot) college students. The official synopsis:

Zombeavers is an action-packed horror/comedy in which a group of college kids staying at a riverside cabin are menaced by a swarm of deadly zombie beavers. A weekend of sex and debauchery soon turns gruesome as the beavers close in on the kids. Riding the line between scary, sexy and funny, the kids are soon fighting for their lives in a desperate attempt to fend off the hoard of beavers that attack them in and around their cabin.

In case you don't believe us, here's the trailer:

Doctor Who - The Sleeping City Synopsis

The Companion Chronicles continues this month with a 1st Doctor Adventure from the Ian, Barbara and Vicki era.  The story is performed by William Russel who played Ian during the Hartnell era.  You can order this adventure from the Big Finish website.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-sleeping-city-759

After travelling with the Doctor through time and space, Ian Chesterton is back in his own time. But the mystery of how he and Barbara Wright disappeared in the year 1963 has alerted the authorities – and both are suspected of being enemy agents in the Cold War.

Ian protests his innocence. He has a story to tell about travelling through time and space.
And one adventure in particular – a visit to the city of Hisk…

Written By: Ian Potter
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman 

Cast
William Russell (Ian Chesterton), John Banks (Gerrard)

MISSION IMPROBABLE Sends BLOODSHOT into ARCHER & ARMSTRONG

Valiant is proud to present  Archer & Armstrong #18 – the FIRST ISSUE of MISSION: IMPROBABLE, a four-part smash-up colliding Valiant's conspiracy-smashing thrill-seekers against the twin threats of Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps! From New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (Marvel Zombies) and red-hot artist Pere Perez (Harbinger Wars), start reading here on March 5th when two teams of daredevil powerhouses begin an improbable mission with impossible odds!

Archer & Armstrong have been targeted for elimination by Project Rising Spirit’s most elite kill crew. (G-G-GULP!) Their mission? Assassinate the the newly appointed leader of a homegrown fundamentalist terror sect named…Obadiah Archer?! And if they could take out his mentally ill, alcoholic bodyguard who just happens to think he’s a 10,000-year-old immortal, that’d be swell too! Hot on the heels of today's Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0, the showdown of the year begins right here on March 5th!

Doctor Who - Charlotte Pollard Series One Box Set Synopsis

The popular 8th Doctor companion Charlotte Pollard or Charley as The Doctor calls her will be getting her own spinoff series from Big Finish.  The first season box set will be out in May and it follows the exploits of the former companion from the time that she stopped traveling with The Doctor.  You can pre- order it from the Big Finish website.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/charlotte-pollard---series-one-box-set-1020

Charlotte Pollard’s adventures are over. She escaped death aboard the R101 and travelled in the TARDIS - but now in the service of the monolithic, unknowable Viyrans, their unending mission is stifling her. An encounter with would-be adventurer Robert Buchan, near the mysterious Ever-and-Ever-Prolixity, provides the opportunity Charley needs for escape…

So, the adventuress is abroad once more: meeting a lost expedition in uncharted forests, solving enigmas, and hoping beyond hope to see the people she misses most: her family. But Charley cannot run forever. The Viyrans know the power of the ‘Lamentation Cipher’ and they have a solution… for everything.

Written By: Jonathan Barnes and Matt Fitton   

Directed By: Nicholas Briggs 

Cast
India Fisher (Charlotte Pollard), Michael Maloney (Viyrans), James Joyce (Robert Buchan), Nicholas Briggs (Bert Buchan/The Slaverings), Jacqueline King (Mrs Turnerman), Abigail McKern (Susan Broadstairs), Nicola Weeks (Charity Savage), Lucy May Barker (Emmeline Leigh), Charlie Norfolk (Violet Warren), David Dobson (Michael Dee), Louise Brealey (Millicent Belanger III), Nadia Kamil (Miss Griffin)

CBLDF PRESENTS: LIBERTY COMICS’ GREATEST CREATORS UNITE TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM TO READ!

 

CBLDF PRESENTS: LIBERTY

COMICS’ GREATEST CREATORS UNITE TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM TO READ!

All proceeds from this collection benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

 

Celebrate creative freedom with the comic book industry’s top talents in LIBERTY, an anthology benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! This deluxe hardcover edition published by Image Comics collects LIBERTY ANNUAL 2008-2012, additional material not seen anywhere else, and a stunning new cover by Paul Pope. The Liberty Annuals have never before been collected together in one volume, making LIBERTY a must-have for fans and collectors alike.   LIBERTY is 216 pages total and includes several rare works, such as a The Walking Dead tale by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, 100 Words by Neil Gaiman and Jim Lee, Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, plus stories from Geoff Johns, Mark Millar, J.H. Williams III, Terry Moore, Howard Chaykin, Jason Aaron, Brian Wood, Stuart Immonen, Kathryn Immonen, Mike Allred, Darwyn Cooke, Paul Pope, and dozens more! LIBERTY also includes incredible illustrations from Frank Miller, Jeff Smith, Tim Sale, John Romita Jr., Mike Mignola, and many more! All proceeds from this collection benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s work protecting the freedom to read!

A DAME TO DIE FOR IN FATALE: DELUXE EDITION

 

A DAME TO DIE FOR IN

FATALE: DELUXE EDITION

Hardcover edition of the Eisner-nominated series out in March from Image Comics

 

 

Josephine is everything a femme fatale should be—beautiful, alluring, dangerous. And she’s also cursed. The heroine of the Image Comics series FATALE by Ed Brubaker (VELVET, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Sean Phillips (Criminal) is irresistible to men, who will do anything to be with her once they’ve fallen under her spell, inevitably leading to their ruin and unimagined horrors. Immortal, Josephine must bear witness to their suffering again and again as she struggles to unravel the mystery of her own existence. A lush combination of crime noir and Lovecraftian horror, FATALE was nominated for five Eisner Awards in 2013 (Best Continuing Series, Best New Series, Best Writer, Best Penciller/Inker, Best Cover Artist). And now Image Comics is proud to announce a special hardcover edition that collects the first ten issues of the critically acclaimed series. In this first volume, Josephine’s quest will lead her into the depths of an ancient evil, a path that takes her from 1950s San Francisco, where crooked cops hide deeper evils, to mid-'70s L.A., where burnt-out actors and ex-cult groupies are caught in a web around a Satanic snuff film.

FOLLOW THE EGOs #0 STORY @EGOsComicZero

 

FOLLOW THE EGOs #0 STORY @EGOsComicZero

EGOs writer Stuart Moore takes to Twitter to tell a special prequel story

 

For fans who enjoyed Stuart Moore and Gus Storms’ futuristic hero saga EGOs #1, and for those still interested in jumping on with the new series, Moore has a special Twitter-only prequel that is sure to excite followers and prepare readers for EGOs #2.   Make sure to follow @EGOsComicZero in order to read EGOs #0, which will be released in a series of tweets that will go live from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. EST on 2/11. This Twitter-only prose story will be told in approximately two hundred 140-character installments, accompanied by new artwork.

MONSTERS & TITANS: BATTLING BOY ON TOUR

MONSTERS & TITANS: BATTLING BOY ON TOUR

A trade paperback collection for fans of

the #1 New York Times bestselling BATTLING BOY 

 

 

Paul Pope’s new graphic novel BATTLING BOY debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestselling list, and the original art is now the focus of a series of traveling art exhibits in the United States and Europe. Now Paul Pope enthusiasts can enjoy MONSTERS & TITANS: BATTLING BOY ON TOUR, a trade paperback that fans and collectors alike will want to own.

 

Praise for BATTLING BOY: