December 2006 Previews catalog highlights

Here's a list of some of the many cool things that caught my eye in the DECEMBER issue of Diamond Previews (Orders due back in the stores SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17th!):
BATMAN: YEAR 100 (4 issues, $5.99) - Paul Pope writes and illustrates this tale of Batman in the year 2039...
INFINITE CRISIS #5 ($3.95) - Superman vs. Superman?
DC NEW FRONTIER ACTION FIGURES ($15.95) - Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Arrow and Blackhawk ($18.95 chase figure) action figures in the style of artist Darwyn Cooke!
WARLORD #1 (ongoing, $2.99) - Mike Grell's seminal character gets a new series.
ROCKETO Trade Paperback ($24.99) - Collects #0 through #6 of this incredible series...
ELVIS Jailhouse Rock action figure - The King in one of his best roles.
FURY: PEACEMAKER (six issues, $3.50) - Nick Fury by Garth Ennis!
MARVEL LEGACY 1960s HANDBOOK (64 pages, $4.99) - A compendium of classic Marvel!
NICK FURY STATUE ($175.00) - After a cover by Jim Steranko!
SPIDER-MAN vs. SANDMAN vs. VENOM BOOKENDS ($199.00) - To keep all your Spidey books in order.
DOC OCK BUST ($60.00) - MMmmmmmm... now I'm hungry for calimari...
MARVEL SELECT SPIDER WOMAN ACTION FIGURE ($18.95(?))...as she faces down the minions of HYDRA!
SECRET WAR HARDCOVER BOOK ($25.99) - All in one place in a gorgeous package!
SGT. FURY MASTERWORKS VOL. 1 ($49.95) - Bringing Fury into the Masterworks library featuring issues 1-13.
CRISIS SERIES 2 ACTION FIGURES ($15.95) - Anti-Monitor, Barry Allen Flash, Earth 2 Superman, Robot Brainiac and Battle-Armor Lex Luthor ($18.95 chase figure) all get the DC Direct treatment.
OVERSTREET PRICE GUIDE VOLUME 36 - Updated "bible" of comics ships in March 2006!
WACKY PACKAGES SERIES 3 - Stick 'em on your skateboard!
LIBERTY MEADOWS STUFFED ANIMALS ($19.99) - Oscar the Weiner Dog and Truman the Duck are too too cute.
THE CLASH ACTION FIGURES ($61.00(?))- 6 1/2" plastic renditions of Punk legends Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonen and Topper Headon to put beside your record player. Don't ask me what a record player is... Holy Mackeral, I'm old.
SIN CITY GIRLS ACTION FIGURE 5-PACK ($49.95) - Sin City... where the women are all gorgeous, take-no-crap types and where all the men can take a ferocious amount of beating... (contains Nancy, Gail, Miho, Shellie and Goldie)
TRANSFORMERS: OPTIMOUS PRIME HEAD REPLICA ($299.00) - Actual size! Now if they'd just make the Matrix of Leadership...
BUFFY VAMPYR BOOK REPLICA ($129.00) - Based on the actual prop! A great place to hide a spare back-up stake...
HOMER SIMPSON DOOR POSTER ($9.99) - "You'll have to speak up - I'm wearing a towel."
DC HEROCLIX: COLLATERAL DAMAGE ($7.99/booster pack) - More great figures with mayhem-produced rubble!
PIRATES OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS ($3.99/pack) - Great expansion to this cool game... anyone out there want to run this game in the stores?
*phew*
This is just a VERY SMALL sampling of the literally THOUSANDS of items in PREVIEWS every month... I didn't even scratch the surface of what's available comic-wise... There sure is a lot of neat stuff in the Previews... stop in today and ask to see a copy!
6 Comments:
I used to love the Warlord, even after Grell left and Cary Burchett (sp?) took over the book. It always had interesting stories and great art. I wonder if this new book will hold up to the old stuff...
I'm sorry, you'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel.
I USED TO LOVE THE WARLORD, EVEN AFTER GRELL LEFT AND CARY BURCHETT (SP?) TOOK OVER THE BOOK. IT ALWAYS HAD INTERESTING STORIES AND GREAT ART. I WONDER IF THIS NEW BOOK WILL HOLD UP TO THE OLD STUFF...
HA! Now my eyes hurt.
i gotta see a picture of the "New Frontiers" action figures! Please please please please tell me you have one, BILL!
stymieresh - Check your mailbox... I emailed you the pics. I will probably post them on the site soon... they are extremely cool.
And for everyone else, too:
Here you go!
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