www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVII #12 December 2007  

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WIZARD: THE GUIDE TO COMICS, ENTERTAINMENT AND POP CULTURE #197
‘FINAL CRISIS’ COUNTDOWN
Superstars Grant Morrison (All Star Superman) and J.G. Jones (52 covers) team up for the highly anticipated blockbuster event, Final Crisis! Get your crisis counseling here to find out what’s in store for the DC Universe.
‘SECRET INVASION’: SKRULL WATCH!
The New Avengers team of Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Yu architect an alien invasion of the
Marvel Universe by the shape-shifting Skrulls. We continue to peel back the layers of secrecy to uncover what these two superstars have planned with this mega miniseries event.
ALEX ROSS’ ‘AVENGERS/INVADERS’
The superstar painter turns über-fanboy with this time-travel event series, as the World War II heroes—led by Captain America—come to the present and meet up with the post-Civil War Avengers! What will happen when these two titanic teams collide? We’ve got the 4-1-1!
EXPLORING ‘DARK SECTOR’
The latest video game craze arrives, and we uncover the secrets of D3’s latest hit. Go behind the scenes as secret agent Hayden Tenno battles a Cold War bio-weapon that grants him superhuman powers!
RED HULK!
Get the full poop on what’s going on with Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness’s Hulk, why he’s turned red, what he wants, and who this mysterious crimson goliath really is.
Magazine: (Cover: Final Crisis by J.G. Jones) $5.99
Magazine: (Cover: TBD) $5.99
Magazine: (Cover: Dark Sector) $5.99

TOYFARE: THE TOY MAGAZINE #128
TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED BEHIND-THE-SCENES
To paraphrase Doug E. Fresh, the Transformers are back and they’re all brand-new! We interview Hasbro and Cartoon Network about bringing these totally redesigned Transformers to television and what challenges they faced in creating toys that captured the stylized look of the show while still transforming into trucks. The new Optimus Prime will appear on the cover of this issue.
WOMEN OF ACTION!
We run down our 50 favorite females in fiction, including the characters who have action figures, the ones who look like action figures, and the ones who need action figures! From She-Ra to Ripley to Wonder Woman, it’s an estrovaganza!
RETRO: M.U.S.C.L.E.
Remember those little pink guys that came in garbage cans? They were intergalactic wrestlers, and they were awesome. We look at their sordid history, their failed comeback bid and the awesome toys we never got in America!
A DECADE OF DC DIRECT
The comic toy makers turn 10, and we’re celebrating along with them! We’ll talk to them about their 10 years in toys, and we run down our 10 favorite DC Direct toys from the last 10 years!
TWISTED TOYFARE THEATRE!
Each month is an insane trip inside our toy library, as classic toy lines of yesterday and today come to life…and have to deal with all of the same junk we do. What crazy adventure will the toys of “TTT” go on next?
Magazine (Cover: Transformers Animated by Hasbro) $4.99

ANIME INSIDER ISSUE #54
EVIL EXPOSED!
The surprise villain of Bleach is unveiled as the Soul Society arc comes to a dramatic close
ADDICTED TO…
The long-awaited xxxHOLiC arrives and casts a very witchy spell
THE FIRST TIME CLUB
We track down the first appearances of anime’s most beloved clichés, from transforming robots to magical girl transformation scenes
Magazine (Cover: Bleach) $4.99

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