PREVIEWS #264
SEPTEMBER 2010
COVER ART: The latest projects from DC Comics and Image Comics!
Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop… revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This September issue features items scheduled to ship from November 2010 and beyond.
Catalog, 8x11, 400+pg, PC $4.50
PREVIEWS #264 CUSTOMER ORDER FORM — SEPTEMBER 2010
PREVIEWS makes it easy for you to order every item in the catalog with this separate order form booklet! This September order form features items scheduled to ship in November 2010 and beyond.
Comic-sized, 62pg, PC PI
MARVEL PREVIEWS #85
Your Marvel companion piece to the regular issue of PREVIEWS!
Each issue of Marvel Previews is a comic book-sized, 120-page, full-color guide and preview to all of Marvel’s upcoming releases — it’s your #1 source for advanced information on Marvel Comics! This September issue features items scheduled to ship in November 2010 and beyond.
FREE w/Purchase of PREVIEWS
FC, 120pg $1.25
DIAMOND PUBLICATIONS
HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMICS
This year, PREVIEWS once again offers folks the opportunity to offer an alternative to sugary sweets this Halloween season with a new batch of kid-friendly mini-comics! Sold in bundles of 20 copies, each colorful 6” x 9” mini-comic is filled with all-ages adventures and laughs that will last a lot longer than any chocolate bar or candy confection at the bottom of their goodie bags!
ARCHIE COMICS
ARCHIE & FRIENDS ALL-STARS PRESENTS—ARCHIE 1: THE DAWN OF TIME HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
(A) Doug Crane, Harry Lucey
In Archie 1: The Dawn of Time, Archie and his friends face off with giant dinosaurs and wild cave-people! Betty & Veronica are in for the surprise of a lifetime when they cross paths with Zantar, King of the Jungle, in "The King of Swing"; and Archie and Reggie find out that just because you can speak, doesn't mean you know what you're talking about, in "Language Barrier"! It's perfect for Halloween Trick or Treat bags! Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
BOOM! STUDIOS
TOY STORY: THE RETURN OF BUZZ LIGHTYEAR HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
(W) Jesse Blaze Snider (A) Nathan Watson
When Andy is given a surprise gift by his grandmother, no one is more surprised than the toys in his room… it’s a second Buzz Lightyear! The stage is set for a Star Command showdown as only one Buzz can stay… but when the wrong Buzz is returned to the store, Woody and the other toys must mount a rescue mission! A special Halloween treat, showcasing the first half of Toy Story #1 the ongoing series! Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
CARTOON BOOKS
BONE HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
(W/A) Jeff Smith
A spooky excerpt from the climactic final chapter of the Bone series, just in time for Halloween! Fone Bone follows after Thorn as he makes his way through the dangerous dragon burial ground that leads to the Crown of Horns, and elsewhere, Gran'ma Ben and Phoney Bone are trapped by The Hooded One and her army of rat creatures! Each must overcome their most feared enemies to stop the Lord of the Locust's return! Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
DARK HORSE COMICS
HOT STUFF HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
Look out, it's Hot Stuff, the irascible Little Devil with a heart of gold! Join Hot Stuff as he accidentally becomes a "mother" to a newly hatched baby bird in "Getting the Bird." And venture to a strange and alien world as Hot Stuff encounters the choice between Princess Beema — or life in prison — in "A Strange Dream!" Don't miss out on a smokin' Halloween this year with Hot Stuff!
Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MELVIN MONSTER & NANCY HALLLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
(W/A) John Stanley
The John Stanley Library series collects comics from the 1950s and 1960s scripted by John Stanley, considered by many comics historians to be one of the most consistently funny writers to ever work in comics. In two short stories, Melvin Monster (a Stanley creation) maligns the upside-down values of Monsterville, which become a source of comfort when he encounters a terrifying "human bean." Also, Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy is tricked into attending a party at creepy Oona Goosepimple's house and finds herself caught in a trap set by the Yoyos, the green pygmy people that live in the surreal purgatory beyond Oona's fireplace! Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
TOYS IN THE BASEMENT/THE LITTLEST PIRATE KING HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
(W/A) Stephane Blanquet, Mac Orlan
Two kid-friendly tales spooky enough for Halloween smiles from Fantagraphics Books! Stephane Blanquet's Toys in the Basement follows a hero in an embarrassing pink bunny costume as he escapes a boring Halloween party and stumbles across a secret society of toys! The Littlest Pirate King by David B. and Pierre Mac Olran, chronicles an unusual family: a crew of undead ghost pirates and the little boy they've adopted and raised as their king! Sold in bundles of 20 copies.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00
NBM PUBLISHING
THE SMURFS HALLOWEEN 2010 MINI-COMIC
NBM's Papercutz imprint brings you Peyo's original Smurfs to celebrate Halloween as only they can! Included are two very Smurfy stories in one very smurfy mini-comic treat! First, the Smurflings carve Jack-O-Lanterns and play some Halloween Tricks on a very frightened — and then very angry — witch! Thank goodness the real "Jack-O-Lantern" shows up to save day! Then Brainy, Hefty, and Puppy have a run-in with the tiniest ghost of all. Who's scaring who?! Sold in bundles of 20.
16pgs, FC—Bundle of 20 SRP: $3.00