The kind folks at BOOM! Studios have supplied ComicList with their solicitations for comics and other products featured in the March 2016 Previews, scheduled to ship starting may 2016.
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: PINK #1
(W) Brenden Fletcher, Kelly Thompson
(A) Daniele Di Nicuolo (CA) Elsa Charretier
What’s to Love: We’re so thrilled by the response to our Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic series that we wanted to focus on some of the individual Rangers and let them shine in their own stories. first up is a series centered around Kimberly Hart, the Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger, and who better than Batgirl and Gotham Academy writer Brenden Fletcher and A-Force and Jem and the Holograms writer Kelly Thompson to bring it to us!
What It Is: Kimberly has retired from the Power Rangers to pursue life as a professional gymnast, but Zordon calls her back for one last mission to defend a mountainside where a long-resting, ancient, evil Zord lies dormant. To get back into the action—and, for the first time, lead her own team—Kimberly has to dust off the rust, plus create a practical, handmade outfit in the process!
32pgs, FC (1 of 6) $3.99
WEAVERS #1
(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Dylan Burnett (CA) Dylan Burnett
What’s to Love: From The Godfather to The Sopranos, organized crime stories have always fascinated us. Weavers is a macabre story with a twist on the familiar drama of dons, capos, and made men, mixing in supernatural elements that only writer Simon Spurrier (The Spire, Cry Havoc) can think up. It’s perfect for fans of Day men or Scalped!
What It Is: Sid, a young man with nothing going for himself, becomes an unlikely new addition to The Weavers, a brutal, east coast crime family whose members are bound to loyalty thanks to the supernatural spider inside each one of them, granting them powerful—and typically grotesque—abilities. once he realizes what he’s capable of, Sid sets out to pursue his own secret agenda, counter to the group’s objectives. but he doesn’t have much time—the longer the spider is inside him, the more loyal he becomes to The Weavers…
32pgs, FC (1 of 6) $3.99
THE BLACK DAHLIA HC
(W) James Ellroy, David Fincher, Matz (A/CA) Miles Hyman
ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2016
What’s to Love: This gripping graphic novel adaptation of the highly acclaimed book by James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia, delves deeply into one of the most haunting unsolved crimes in American history. Award-winning filmmaker David Fincher (Gone Girl, Zodiac) and acclaimed storyteller Matz (The Killer) worked at length to preserve much of Ellroy’s original dialogue while bringing the stark images of 1940s L.A. to full, living color with illustrator Miles Hyman.
What It Is: LAPD investigators Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard find themselves enthralled with the mysterious and brutal murder of a stunning young woman, Elizabeth Short. Their obsession takes a dark turn as they delve into the underbelly of Hollywood and the heart of the dead woman’s tortured and twisted past. It is a case that will test their mettle and their sanity.
HC, 7×10, 168pgs, FC $29.99
BIG trouble IN little CHINA ILLUSTRATED NOVEL: big trouble IN mother RUSSIA HC
(W) Matthew J. Elliott (A) Elena Casagrande (CA) Oliver Barrett
ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2016
What’s to Love: For our first prose novel spinning out of the big trouble in little China universe, we went to self-professed fan, movie expert, author, and RiffTrax writer/performer Matthew J. Elliot, and he wrote a pillars of heaven-shaking adventure set in cold war Russia that was simply perfect for Jack Burton and company. Taking place days after the film ends, (and if you’re following along in our comics, it’s set after Jack meets the monster on his truck but before he attends Wang’s wedding), you can relax: a new Jack Burton adventure is here with big trouble in mother Russia!
What It Is: Ol’ Jack Burton is back, and he brought some old friends, and a few old enemies along for a brand-new adventure in a brand-new setting. A lot of people want to get their hands on Jack, including the KGB, the Russian mob, and his old enemies from big trouble in little China, the Wing Kong. lost on the streets of Moscow, he can only rely on the trusty Wang Chi and the lovely Gracie law to help him unlock a centuries-old mystery that could tear apart the fabric of reality. Can he do it? like he told his ex-wife, it’s all in the reflexes… featuring spot illustrations by Elena Casagrande (Doctor Who).
HC, 6×8, 192pgs, B&W $19.99
MOUSE GUARD: THE ART OF BRICKS HC
(W) Alice Finch (PH) Alice Finch, ArchLUG (CA) photo by Alice Finch
ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2016
What’s to Love: This takes two things we absolutely love and mashes them together: David Petersen’s mouse Guard series and toy bricks! We can’t begin to fathom the imagination, time, and resources it must have taken to put together these toy brick re-creations but at 2015’s emerald City Comicon, the Seatnullnull