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 Marvel, Top Cow Prepare for December Crossover
r Hellfire and slugfests accompany the Yuletide do a whole bunch of other characters."
I spicit into December this year, as Marvel Although a product of both companies, the
Comics and the newly independent Top Cow eight issues will be drawn by Top Cow artists
luctions launch an as-yet-unnamed eight- including Marc Silvestri and Joe Benitez.
crossover series. Marvel's presence will be bolstered by writers
In the first of the books, Weapon such as Howard Mackie and editorial duties by
| Zero/Silver Surfer, Marvel's chief devil Bob Harras.
incarnate, Mephisto, spies another dimension Unlike many inter company projects, the
' seemingly ripe for conquest: the Top Cow crossover is expected to have major
e. Mephisto tricks the Surfer into ramincations on both Marvel and Tap Cow,
creating more permanent company ties than was
vo worlds and slips through. Once there, accomplished by the recent Marvel versus DC
L Mephisto creates an army of Top Cow crossover. To that end, there may be an
Mains, some heroes—and exchange of Marvel and Top Cow characters.
| turns them into his infernal lieutenants. "The portal isn't going to be permanently closed
"The head one is going to be a really big that next lead Ghost Rider into a meeting with at the end of the eight issues," Wohl said. "Some
I character in Tap Cow," teased David Wohl, Ballistic in Ghost Rider/Ballistic, and so forth. of our characters may end up in Marvel’s
' lor-in-chief of Top Cow. "It's a hero right Subsequent issues will be Ballistic/Elektra,
L now, and it's going to become a villain Elektra/Cyblade, Cyblade/Wolverine, The eight issues will be released weekly
■ permanently." Wolverine/Witchblade, and another through December and January, at $2.95
In subsequent issues, Marvel and Top Cow bookend Silver Surfer/Weapan Zero issue. per issue. The series will be commemorated
I characters will "run" from issue to issue, with one But Wohl stressed that other Marvel and Top by Top Cow's production of a trading card
■ encounter leading to another. Events play out in Cow players are involved in the series. set, currently under negotiation with Fleer.
I the second book, Witchblade/Ghost Rider, "Cyberforce as a whole plays a major part, as ■ Lars Pearson

! Gen13 Spinoff Title to BUZZ BOX

The inside s<oop on the
Debut in November <omi< industry
■ Get ready for a new Gen13 spinoff title. • Word has it that Alex Ross is pointing addi¬
WildStorm Productions plans to release a second ongoing monthly Gen13 title this tional pages for an upcoming Kingdom Come hard¬
cover collection. The additions are said ta expand
new series will feature a rotating creative team on each story arc with Alan Davis and parts of the story. It is unknown what scenes are
I Mark Farmer slated to do the first two issues. Terry Moore and Tom Koker will then take rumored to be added.
I the creative reigns from issues #3-#5. • It's official! Marvel has said that when Peter
Parker returns ns Spider-Mon in the fall, so too
"There have been a whole lot of people wanting to do Den13 stories, but at the same time,
will the classic Spidey costume. Still no word on the
I Brandon Choi and J. Scott Campbell have on extended tale they want to tell, and we don't fate of Ben Reilly.
I necessarily want people getting in the middle of it," said Jeff Mariotte, marketing director at • With Shaquille O'Neal signed on for the
IfildStorm. "Now, lots of top talent that wanted to get their hands on Gen'3 can." "Steel" flick, DC has put a new team on the Steel
Gen'3 Bootleg will contain miscellaneous collections of Gen13 stories that have theoretically comic with issue #34 in November: writer Christo¬
■ taken place within the last year. WildStorm states that the stories in Gen11 Bootleg will not conflict pher Priest, penciler Denys Cowan and inker
Lwith continuity, as they'll fit between the adventures told in the regular Gen13 series. Tom Polmer
Moore, a seif-ovowed Gen" fan, jumped at the opportunity to write the book. "I've been • Rumor has it that WildStorm, Top Cow
I reading Gen" all along, so I love the characters and feel like I know them pretty well. I had this and Crusade are collaborating on a top secret pro¬
on that it'd be cool if Fairchild fell in love," he said. "She meets a guy on an elevator in the ject which combines comic books and games. More
I library, rides up three floors and when she gets off, the guy disappears" and Fairchild has
r mysteriously lost 30 minutes of her life. "The story starts from there." • Early '97 sees a new two-issue Shi mini-series
set in 1941 Hawaii, right before the bombing of
The first story arc by Alan Davis, called 'The Lindquist Fault," has the team separated and
Pearl Harbor.
i lost in different realities. Mariotte said, "They think they're achieving their hearts desire, but
• Neil Gaiman back an Miratlemanl Maybe,
here's a darker purpose hanging over it all." Davis was unavailable for comment. as insiders say that Todd McFarlane will resurrect
According to Mariotte, Gen" Bootleg is adopting ‘the Sandman approach—different people the former Eclipse title in 1997 with hopes of hav¬
will have a shot at doing stories." ing it written by Gaiman or Alan Moore. Also rumored
"If that doesn't pique your interest," said Moore, "I don't know what will." ■ Matthew Senreich ore talks of a possible TV or movie deal.
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Watching the Watchmen

Here's o sampling of what other creators say about Watchmen 10 years later:
Neil Gaiman: "I was astonished by its sheer technical bravura as well as Alan Moore and Dave
Gibbons' willingness not to make a big deal out of how impressive it was. If Watchmen has a problem, it's
that they didn't realize how big it was going to be. Their rigid and brilliant structure didn't give them
enough room to change, and the story outgrew its structure. They started off telling the ultimate superhero
story, hut it got bigger than that. As a result, it's ultimately less satisfying than it could have been."
Alex Ross: 'It showed that something
really epic and pure could be created in a multi¬
character, multi-part storyline. But its
importance is not so much in its scale but in its
execution and the intelligence with how it was
created. It inspired a lot of my thinking today
on superheroes, in fact, I went to some
Halloween parties dressed as Rorschach."
Mark Waid: "Watchmen was a
masterpiece of plot structure. Everything meant
something, and everything advanced the story.
It's lean and cuts right to the bane, which should
be the ultimate goal of any story."
Kurt Busiek: "It raised the level of
discourse because it was so well-made. It was
thought through on a level that comics hadn't
reached before. And we can't hold Alan and
Dave responsible for their cheesy imitators.
They did something new, interesting and clever,
and writers who were inspired by that should
have done something else that was new,
interesting and clever."
Ron Marz: "Combined with Pack Knight, it reignited my interest in comics, because it showed
the possibilities inherent in the medium. There are a lot of children of Watchmen out there."
Chuck Dixon: "It was part of an era in which comics were raised to a new level of
maturity, and I don't mean just nudity and graphic violence. There was a lot of subtext and deft
characterization. We need another Watchmen, something to cut through the clutter." ■ CS
 BYTE THIS!
Legendary "Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill joins "Wizard World" for an all-
out chat event on Sept. 18 @ 9 p.m. (EST). Fans can interview Hamill (a
major comic collector) on his upcoming Dark Horse comic The Black Pearl, Batman & Robin Run for the Border
"Star Wars" or just about anything. Batman & Robin will make a run for the border next summer. Taco
Summer is the time for download mania on "Wizard World." Leading the with Warner Brothers to promote the fourth
downloads are perennial fan favorites Shi and Vampirella. Images come 7,000 Taco Bell restaurants across th
directly from Crusade and Harris.
Event Comics promises to pump up its presence online with a massive Marvel Studios Formed
comprehensive guide to Ash and the 22 Brides. Marvel Entertainment Group and Toy Biz have announced plans to for
ComiCon. It was the first face-to-face meeting for most, but everyone felt just like Marvel .Studios in order to help the production and financing of live-action ai
family. Some of our favorite photos from the meeting are posted in the Picture Gallery nming based on Marvel characters.
in the "Wizard Photo Files." Download them and see what everyone looks like.
Wizard has dug deep into the archives to get the online ar

A<tion Comics #1 Sells For $61,900

Steve Geppi, owner of Diamond Comics Distribution, outbid over 200 potential
buyers and purchased Action Comics #1 for $61,900 at the Sotheby's 6th annual
two-day comic book auction in New York that began June 28.
Action Comics#], published in June 1938, contains the very first appearance of
Superman. It is one of the most sought after comic books in the world with only about
50 believed to exist. Geppi's new addition to his collection is believed to be among the
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles top 10 in terms of condition.
Time: 7-8 p.m. (EST) September 9, 16,23,30 & October 7,14,21,28
• Manga/Anime painting entitled,P "Savage World" which sold for $74,000. Other notable sdes
Time: 8-9 p.m. (EST) September 9, 16,23,30 & October 7,14,21,28 included a Marvel Comics #1 ($21,850), Action Comics #2 ($16,100) and a
• WildStorm Robert Crumb Fritz the Cat which sold for $56,350, setting a new record for the
Time: 9-10 p.m. (EST) September 9,23 & October 7,21
Time^lTp.m. (EST) September 16,30 & October 14,28
TUESDAY Diamond Distributors Buys Capital City
• Wizard Unplugged with Wizard's Editors Diamond Comics Distributors acquired one of its largest remaining competitors,
Time: 6:30-7:30 pjn. (EST) September 3,10,17,24 & October 1,8,15,22,29 Capital City Distribution, effective July 26. The purchase surprised most industry
Featuring: Wizard Editors Online observers, even though it was rumored that Capital co-founders Milton Griepp and
John Davis had been seeking a buyer.
Time: 9-10 p.m. (EST) September 3,10,17,24 & October 1,8,15,22,29 The second-largest distributor—Heroes World—exclusively handles
Featuring: X-Pert Benny Powell
distribution for all Marvel products only.
> and smaller publishers expressed concern about the de
‘ tiond's largest supplier, DC
jnt, Executive Vice President
and Publisher Paul Levitz said DC expected the move "to allow Diamond to continue
to rebuild and grow the marketplace...." ■ Patrick Daniel O'Neill
ime: 9-10 p.m. (EST) September 4,11,18,25 & October 2,9,16,23,30
THURSDAY Buscema Brothers, Palmer Sever Exclusive
• InQuest Chat Ties With Marvel
Time: 7-8 p.m. (EST) September 5,12 Three veteran Marvel Comics artists—John and Sal Buscema and Tom Palmer
Featuring: InQuesI Freelancer: Rick Moscatello
• Breaking In John Buscema, who began his career in the late 1940s at Marvel's predecessor
Time: 8-9 p.m. (EST) September 12,26 & October 10,24 Timely Comics, has decided to retire. His work at Marvel includes long stints on
Featuring: David Campiti Avengers, Fantastic Four, Thor and Conan the Barbarian.

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• Mystery Guest
Time: 8-9 p.m. (EST) September 19 & October 17 His brother Sal has already completed two stories for DC Comics—a New Gods tale
Featuring: Ruth Morrison & Mystery Guest for a holiday special and a Batman
• Manga/Anime story scheduled for Batman Chronicles.
Time: 12-1 a.m. (EST) September 5,12,19,26 & October 3,10,17,24
FRIDAY
• LOOP (Legion of OverPower, Marvel CCG)
Time: 9-10 p.m. (EST) September 6,13,20,27 & October 4,11,18,25
SATURDAY
• Fantastic Four Club
Time: 8-9 p.m. (EST) September 7,14,21,28 & October 5,12,19,26
SUNDAY
original X-Men, has found work at DC,
Time: 8-10 p.m. (EST) September 1,8,15,22,29 & October 6,13,20,27 with a story penciled by Graham
Featuring: Don Lisk Nolan set to appear in Detective Comics
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FROM THE PERVERSE PREACHER TO
THE SUPERHEROIC WI1DC.A.T.S,
OFFBEAT WRITER GARTH EHNIS
COHTIHUES TO SHOCK READERS
In writer Garth Ennis’ monthly Vertigo comics mind- i than understandable. If, on the other
screw Preacher, protagonist Jesse Custer finds a guardian
I angel in, of all people, John Wayne. Possessed by a mys-
I terious entity that’s equal parts good and evil, Jesse
■ wends his way through a devilishly twisted world, look-

wasn’t for the fact

no less? Of course,
ver the top in its (man-) Where did you get your inspiration for Preacher as a whole?
idling of violence and sex, it makes the wild, wild The real inspiration just comes from me wanting to write
1 West look like a Girl Scouts jamboree by comparisoa a comic for me, one that deals with all the things I’m inter¬
Not that this is exactly news to longtime readers ested in. It’s not a superhero comic, so I don’t have to fil-
of DC’s Hellblazer, where Ennis, 26, first made his mark
ics with a 43“issue run that began in doesn’t pander to anyone’s preconceptions of what any par-
1991. Born in Belfast and raised in the nearby suburb
of Holywood—“with one T '-Ennis had been plying the
comics trade ever since he was 19, when he dropped
B out of a local university after just three months. Hell- if it was strictly up to my editor, he’d let me get away with
■ blazer, though, opened new doors: Within a couple of bloody murder. [Loughs]
■ years, DC also had him writing The Demon, and he soon What are some of the things that just won’t fly with DC?
| moved into the creator-owned arena when the com-
l's Vertigo imprint greenlighted Preacher. More found anything that they’ll draw back from. But when it
recently, Ennis launched the Demon-spawned super- comes to portraying sex, you have to be very careful. And
1 hero title Hitman, about a Gotham City assassin who actually, with Preacher and a lot of the Vertigo books, I
Bgained x-ray vision and telepathic powers when get the feeling that we’re probably getting away with stuff
■ attacked by alien parasites in The Demon Annual #2,
I part of 1993’s “Bloodlines' crossover. Why do you think it is that Preacher, more so than
B Wizardrecently zipped across the Atlantic (through Hellblazer, is the book that really put you, artist Steve
I the magic of long-distance fiber-optics, anyway) to peer Dillon and cover artist Glenn Fabry in the spotlight?
* inside Ennis’ head. Of course, with that great Irish brogue Preacher just seems to have caught people’s imagination and
of his, his voice has a tendency to rise when he wraps up
his sentences, almost as though he’s tacking on a ques-
Btion mark at the end. What you get, then, is a sense that
' her than explaining to you where all his fantastically two or three years. WithHei
ted ideas spring from, he’s asking you. Well, hell, another team on the book. Our work seems to have
we don’t know—you tell us. Here, he does. 2 over well with a lot of people, but there had been
people writing and drawing Constantine before, and there
ve, but we’ve got to know
B right up front: Where did the Preacher character How do you respond to readers who get on you
' me from? for all the violence in Preacher, or the way you deal
"H ENNIS: Ah, Arseface. I suppose he grev with reKgion in the book?
sncy that a lot of impressionable young ’

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 Your work on The Demon seemed to be more
“I’M A GREAT BEUEVER IN THE IDEA THAT ANY¬ humor-driven and slightly less Ennis-brand
violent Was that something very deliberate
ONE WHO GOES NOTS DOES SO BECAOSE OF
THEIR OWN UPBRINGING AND ENUIRONMENT,
NOT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THEY READ.”
Ennis, Anyone?
You've got to figure that if a comic book writer is knocking out stories about sexual hit-
"The Darkness is an ancient mystic power that has always been the antithesis and
enemy of the Witchblade. The guy who discovers it in our story, though, is the first to
try to use it to do good."
WildG.A.T.S Slated to inherit the title from Alan Moore sometime in early '97, Ennis I
has "a vague idea of what I want to do with the book, but until someone phones me i
and says, 'Right, go,' those ideas are just going to stay at the back of my head."
PreaCher Issue #19 kicks off the six-part "Crusaders" story arc, in which Cassidy is The Unknown Soldier This four-issue Vertigo mini-series with artist Kilion Plun- |
a prisoner of the Grail, and it's up to Jesse to pull his vampire fat out of the hellfire. "God kett (Star Wars: Droids) is a revamp of DCs popular war series which Ennis say
gets involved, we get a little background on the Genesis entity and we meet Frankie the be a much darker treatment of the character than before."
Eunuch. There's really a mix of all the usual violence and black humor and perverted Enemy Ace A two-part prestige story for DC, with artist Christian Alamy (Lobo's Back), I
sex that Preacher readers have come to know and love." Cassidy's origin tale will imme¬ that shifts German WWI fighter pilot Hans Von Hammer's flight path into World War II.
diately follow (see main story), with Tulip's planned for the third year of the book.
Pride and Joy A four-issue Vertigo drama with art by John Higgins, "about a fam¬
ily man whose criminal past is suddenly slammed in his face."
well, Ennis says. "I'i
probably see in the book sometime around the middle of next year. They're slightly BlOOdy Mary This four-issue mini-series for DCs new Helix imprint is set against the
backdrdp of World War III in Europe sometime in the next 20 years. "It's a story about
guest-star Green Lantern, and see a government agency try to, er, persuade Monaghan the last survivor of an assassination team hunting for the guy who sold out her entire
team and got them killed."
the-favor appearance as well. And finally, Ennis says, "Ther. Preacher: The Story Of You-Know-Who This October one shot slurs the I
is story. And a story called 'Zombie Night at the Gotham Aquarium'—but I'll let that Preacher teen affectionately known as Arsefate. "They wouldn't let us use 'Aisefce'
one speak for itself."
The Darkness Scheduled to debut in November from Top Cow, Ennis introduced
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 ^ove Sim and I have covered a lot of ground in Cerebus; from coves to courtyards, battlefields to bonks, cathedrals to slu .

f D! I * Jupiter and beyond. All of these are fun to draw. And while I can show you how I handle the monthly backgrounds for Cerebus, everyone's
style is a bit different. Hopefully I can steer you in the right direction and give you a good storting ground. But you should definitely take
advantage of your local library. Whenever I'm stuck for a period or style, whether it's castles, English taverns or whatever, I just look up what I
need and fomiliorire myself with the different architectural whatnots. The emphosis in Cerebus, however, is on the characters' interactions, and
people tend to stoy put while interacting. Lately, in the story arc "Guys,” the action takes place in o bar, for the most part. A bor where the alcohol
is free and there's no “lost call." Cerebus isn't going anywhere for a while.

Planning Ahead
For me, the keys to drawing one
location for an extended period ore
floor plans and keeping the layout
foirly simple. In "Joka's Story"
(Cerebus #114-#136), I had oil

! manners of plans for Joka's

apartment, Pud's tavern and Oscar's
house. I always draw floor plans for
places that we're going to be hanging
around for o while. For some rooms I
even draw up more detailed sketches
to add some texture and see how the

I rooms would look with real furniture in

it. Just remember: The important thing
is not to clutter things up.

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 Establishing the Story
Now, the way Dove and I work on the book is by no means standard in comics. When I get a poge,
Dave has already laid it out, and has penciled and inked all the characters, word balloons and sound
effects. My job then is to put these characters in context. Lighting plays a huge part in this. What
| direction has Dave used for a light source? How intense is that source? How will the light affect the
mood and intention of the panel? And haw long until lunchtime?
In every other issue or so, there is usually something of an establishing shot. Ibis gives a context
for the smaller panels and the therefore necessarily smaller amount of visual information expressed
in that panel. This establishing shot sets up the feel of when and where we are. The backgrounds in
the subsequent panels need only retain that feel, suggesting the same level of lighting and texture.

I Making a Point
This is a panel as Dave has left it. The jug of soda, rice cakes and edge
of the bar are in pencil. For me, the first thing is to determine where
the characters are and where the viewer is. So you need to find the van¬
ishing point—the point of convergence way dawn the line. (It helps to
think of it like looking down a set of railroad tracks. Where it looks like
they converge all the way off in the distance is the vanishing point.) To
position it, I need to know where "eye level," or the horizon line, is. In
this case, it's established by the edge of the bar and the relative sizes
of the characters. Since Cerebus is roughly three feet tall, his eye level
is usually pretty low. (Yeah, he tends to see under a lot of tables.) I fig¬
ure Martin, the hunchbacked fellow, is about the same height, sitting
there, as Cerebus is. I draw a line with a non-reproducible blue pencil
from the top of the hunchback extending past Cerebus' head, and
another along the existing edge of the bar. I find the lines converge near
enough to Cerebus' eye level. This places the vanishing point just above
his pitcher of soda (which appears in later versions of the panel). Now
I can figure out just where I am in relation to the characters.

I Say Cheese
On a floor plan, I've indicated that Cerebus is on the second-te-last
bor stool, facing the bor, and Martin is two stools over, sitting paral¬
lel to it. The panel borders can help determine how wide the view is,
and by using the vanishing point, you can figure out exactly where the
"camera" (or more specifically, you) is positioned and the field of
view plotted. You now know just where you're sitting in the room and
can determine what you'll see behind our two friends.

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 Pack to Pfack
At this stage I determine where to spot the blacks. Large areas ol
solid black play an important role in drawing Cerebus. They add
weight and emphasis to the page, as well as contrast. And contrast is
key. The idea is to accentuate the characters and word balloons,
while trying to add a richness of mood and setting. Cerebus will have
a 30-percent gray tone applied to him, so he needs either solid black
or solid white around him to contrast effectively. The hunchbacked
fellow is wearing black, so he needs something behind him to avoid
disappearing. I've placed the room divider screen in the
background—as indicated on the floor plan—so os to span the
width of Martin, allowing me to black in the back part of the room
behind Cerebus, with just the back of a chair visible to bring out his
black vest. I rough all of this in with a non-reproducible blue pencil. I
usually complete these steps for all of the panels on the page and
the facing page before proceeding with lunch.

Cleaning Op
I can now move on to tightening up the rough "blue squiggly line'
stage. I do the tighter rendering with a 3H graphite pencil, a metal
ruler (with a cork back for inking), sometimes an assortment of
circle and ellipse templates, sometimes (yeah, right) an eraser, and
always with previous issues at hand for reference. At this point, I
figure out incidental shadows and try to put in a few details without
cluttering things up. If it detracts from the main images, ditch it.
Occasionally I run into sound effects and have to decide (or consult
Dave on) whether to fade the backgrounds oround them, outline the
sound effects or have them reversed to white by the printer so that
they're not lost in a black background.

I Jam to Piack
I like to have the blacks filled in next. It gives substance to the
backgrounds, giving me a better feel for the compositions (which I
can still fix at this point if I'm unhappy with them), and helping me
determine how much or little cross-hatching or tone I'll need to
achieve the various shades I have in mind. This is usually the only
lime I use a technical pen, to outline the black areas. I then fill them
in with brushes, going for a good even coating of jet black ink. The
darker and more even the black, the less the person shooting the
negatives has to guess at an exposure.

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"BATMAN and ROBMF:
Chid Factor
“I t’s going to be a cold day in Hell for
DC Comics at the San Diego Comic Con
in July. The five-minute clip featured

impression the film will be on an even

bigger scale than its predecessors. powers. You kiss her and you die.” GETTING THE
“Batman and Robin,” the fourth film in Batgirl will not be Barbara Gordon, MOST WITH THE
but rather a ward of Alfred. Once again,
Alfred will be played by Michael Gough. CROW
George Clooney as Batman, Arnold /: City of Angels,” the
Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze, Chris between Batman and Catwoman—all
O’Donnell as Robin, Uma Thurman as black with large bat ears. on James O’Barr’s comic book, will
Said Schumacher of Silverstone: officially open in theaters on Aug. 30—
pushed back from the original premiere
look similar to the costume Val Kilmer date of Aug. 2.
wore at the end of “Batman Forever.”
Robin’s new costume design looks more As long rumored. Bane—the villain Edward Pressman, said “City of Angels” is
like Nightwing’s costume, but with a red- who broke Batman’s back in the expected to open in 2,500 theaters
comics—will be in the film, although nationally, the largest release in the
history of Miramax, the film’s distributor.
is superimposed over l
film’s logo. made in a laboratory,” Schumacher said.
There will also be a i “He’s Poison Ivy’s sidekick. She uses movies,” said Most, who also produced
him like a pit bull.” the first “Crow” film, of the delay. “Plus,
with the movie tied to the Day of the

With Mr. Freeze as a villain, expect o Sports Illustrated swimsuit

lots of devices relating to cold, ice and models. Elle Macpherson has signed on
snow. Schumacher promised a rooftop to play Bruce Wayne’s girlfriend, and
Vendela will play the wife of Mr. Fi

“Batman and Robin” is scheduled to

hit theaters next June.

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 Ironside as Darkseid, Shelley Fabares
and Mike Farrell and Ma and Pa Kent,
Man in the “Phantasm” movies, plays ana Lang, Charlie
Vampirella’s father. Schlatter as the Flash and Gilbert
science fiction, action/adventure and the Gottfried as Mr. Mxyzptlk.
Wynorski and produced by Angela supernatural. “It wouldn’t be fair to call Dini added there will be new episodes
Baynes. Forrest J. Ackerman, the this a horror movie,” he noted. of the “Batman” animated series made once
creator of Vampirella, is listed as an If successful, “Vampirella” could lead
associate producer.
writer of “Pumpkinhead’
known in the comics industry for his trading “Roger Corman Presents” s«
card work, was on the set for most of the which Joan Severance w
24 days of filming in Las Vegas last May.
“It seems to hold together,” Gerani

to Fox in September for a third season of

10 new episodes.
“I’ve pulled away a little bit from the
art side,” Edlund said. “We’ve got a lot of

on the story editing and writing.”

Among the silliness for the third
season will be The Tick growing a

Edlund laughed.
“The Tick” will also air Sunday
nights on Comedy Central starting in

talk of the series eventually airing

weeknights at midnight on Comedy

October 1996 a
Football League great Howie Long and would do well in home video, live-action film's Wanda Blake....“Mortal
will begin production next March— “[Lee] came across as gooi Kombat Annihilation” will be New Line
comic character a Cinema’s sequel to the 1995 “Mortal
Mulcahy (“Highlander”) has been possible,” Warner said,
approached to direct sequences, she v
“It’s a 21st Century Western,” said than most male stars I’ve seen.” cinematographer John R. Leonetti, who was
f “Black Cross,” which was the the director of photography on “Mortal
Kombat,” will make his directing debut on
Dark Horse’s first comic. Dark Horse “Annihilation.” There has been no casting
Presents #1, more than a decade ago. UPDATE
“Post-apocalyptic movies have been “Sliders” is sliding its production from Jam,” the live-action/animated movie
Vancouver to Los Angeles for its third featuring Warner Bros.’ Looney Tunes
as ‘Road Warrior,’ but [‘Black Cross’] has
got some of that. It’s more the flavor of a Jordan, will be in theaters on Nov.
Western, though. I find that Westerns are
almost the best vehicles for saying what’s O’Neal, was scheduled to be part of the
good and bad about America.” “Steel” movie production, which began in
Warner was delighted with the Los Angeles on Aug. 7. Judd Nelson (“The
Breakfast Club”) will co-star as a scheming
Raiders defensive lineman who is now a Weiss of the third season.
football analyst for Fox and recently “It’s going to have a lot of
appeared in the John Travolta movie everything,” added Tracy Torme, the

that will be darker. There will

. “He’s battled 300-pound offensive also be social commentary and social
allegory. We have a very unique shopped around....The Sci-Fi Channel has
opportunity with [the series] being set picked up “Mystery Science Theater
3000” from Comedy Central and has

Despite the lackluster performance

of “Barb Wire,” Warner said he was SHORTTAKES Verheiden has written an episode of HBO’s
Neal McDonough, who is doing the voice of new series, “Perversions of Science,”
which, like “Tales from the Crypt,” is based
on the old EC Comics. “The working title of
ADVENTURE AND SCI-FI SPARKS THE THIRD SEASON OF "SLIDERS" my episode is ‘Given the Heir,’ ” Verheiden
said. “It’s a very kinky time-travel story. It’s
First Contact,” which a real sick one.”...Jonathan Harris, who
played Dr. Smith on “Lost in Space,” is
November....This fall’s
special Star Trek 30th
Anniversary episode of “Freakazoid!”...Comics had a presence at
TV’s “Deep Space the Olympics this yean U.S. gymnast Blaine
Wilson had a Tick tattoo on his shin, U.S.

“Trials and Tribble-ations,” *e Superman shirts, and prime-time

bringing Sisko and crew tc anchor Bob Costas likened himself to
the classic “Star Trek” ’< Captain America and gymnastics
“Trouble with Tribbles”
tale....Sources told Wizard Superman....Kids’ WB will have eight new
at least some of the cast episodes of “Animaniacs” this
members from the season... .Dean Cain, star of “Lois & Clark;

weekly Barrymore in the feature film thriller

“Independence.” Cain’s “L&C” co-star, Teri
Hatcher, has joined the cast of Miramax’s
“Dogwater,” a new comedy directed by
of “Friends.” W

Look for Rob Allstetter’s rendition of Whaml’s

“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” on the
new “Crow” soundtrack.

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Video Girl Ai, Oh My Goddess! and

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Malcolm's mysterious new popular-

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GoShogun: The Time Etranger
(U.S. Manga Corps, subtitled, 90 mins, each, $29.95, now available)

tal first years of the OAV genre is "The

Time Etranger." Rather than re-making
the TV show "GoShogun" it was based
on (some readers may remember this as
one-half of the short-lived '80s Ameri¬ EmiS
can anime show "Macron One"), the
writers stripped everything down to the
interesting characters and flashed for¬
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teammate Remy Shimada, who is dying

of a degenerative nerve disorder. But
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here, but in a mysterious dream city
where she and her comrades find them¬
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THE BLACK LAMB #1

If you like The Black Lamb, Wizard recommends

you read...Mike Mignola's Hellboy: Wake the Devil
(on sale now from Dork Norse), which features a cool
vompire tole. Some other supercool Tim Trumon stuff
includes DC's Hawkworld mini-series (an owesome
Howkmon revomp) ond Eclipse's Seoul.

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3. Wolverine #105 (Marvel) 53. The Dreaming #4 (DC)
4. Spam #52 (Image) 54. Savage Dragon #30 (Image)
5. Kingdom Came *3 (DC) 55. Justice League: A Mids. Nightmare #1 (DC
6. Generation X #19 (Marvel) KfeUjerSpecial: Saint of Killers #2 (DC)
7. X-Mon#19 (Marvel) 57. Green Goblin #12 (Marvell
8. X-Force #58 (Marvel) 58. Green Lantern #78 (DC)
9. Coble #35 (Marvel) 59. WetWorks #19 (Image)
10. Uncanny X-Men '96 (Marvel) 60. Marvel Fanfare#! (Marvel)
11. X-Factor #126 (Marvel) 61. Cotwoman#37 (DC)
12. Gen13 #12 (Image) 62. Preacher #17 (DC)
13. X-Men Unlimited #12 (Marvel) 63. S. Wars: X Wing R. 5.-B.: Tat. #2 (D.H.) a Lady Death book, probably
14. Amazing Spider-Man #4)5 (Marvel) 64. The Flash #117 (DC)
15. Spider-Man #72 (Marvel) 65. Batman: L of the D. Knight Annual #6 (DC)
16. Excalibur #101 (Marvel) 66.2099: World of Tomorrow #1 (Marvel)
17. Incredible Hull #445 (Matvei) 67. Wonder Woman #113 (DC)
18. Spectacular Spider-Man #238 (Marvel) 68. Azrael #21 (DC)
19. X-Men vs. Brood: Days of Wrath #1 (Mar.) 69. Grifler #1 (Image) jump from July’s fair #48 showing.
2D.Backlash/Spider-Man#I (Image) 70. Spider-Man Team-Up #4 (Marvel)
21. Backlash/Spider-Man #2 (Image) 71. Venom: The Hunger #2 (Marvel) IN THE SECOND HALF:
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38. Uncanny Origins #1 (Marvel) 88. X-Men: Enrthfnll (Marvel)
39. Shi #11 (Crusade) 89. Artemis: Requiem #4 (DC)
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41. The X-Files #20 (Tapps) 91. Mankeyman 8 O'Brien #1 (D. Horse)
42. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #54 (DC) 92. Daredevil #356 (Marvel)
43. Adventures of Superman #538 (DC) 93. What If? #89 (Marvel)
44. Action Comics#725 (DC) 94. Silver Surfer #120 (Marvel)
45. S. Wars: I. of the J.-G. A.. ..Sith #0 (D.H.) 95. Captain America: The Legend (Marvel)
46. Superman: The Man of Steel #60 (DC) 96. Impulse #17 (DC)
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50. Balman/Crendel II: Devil's Dance#2 (D.H.) 100. StormWotch #38 (Image)

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PRICE GUIDE
Mint. And many things can factor into grading a comic's
value: its age, the supply and demand for the various
grades, retailer location, local availability of a title, its
current popularity, and most importantly, what specific
condition the comic is in. "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a
comic grader!" Hey, relax. We'll not only show you how to
use this price guide, but how to grade your comics too. Just
read along and before you know it, you'll be able to
dazzle your dates with all sorts of hip comic lingo.
It might help if you grade comics on a 10-point scale,
with 10 being perfect and 1 being lousy.
_ jlmost perfect 9.8 to 10 on a 10-
point scale! jUn libro muyguopo! To be Mint, a comic must
appear absolutely like the day it was printed, with no
nicks, dings or creases. It's gotta be clean as a whistle.
Comers are perfectly sharp without a tear or shred, the
colors are crystal clear, the cover gloss is still there and
even the friggin' staples are perfect. Many comics
produced today fall short of Mint standards. Remember, no
imperfections may be allowed in a Mint comic. Mint comics
usually sell for 125 to 150 percent of price guide listings.
Comics published after 1970 in Mint condition are closer to
the Near Mint price, since many exist in Mint condition.
NEAR MINT (NM): A 9 on a 10-point
scale. Just a notch or two below perfect. It might appear to
be Mint, but upon close inspection, tiny flaws can be
detected (see next page for a look at some flows). The
gloss and color are outstanding. Comics in this condition
should do any collection proud, unless you're some weird,
anal comic perfectionist. All prices in this guide are for
Near Mint copies, and are 100 percent of price guide

. i a scale of 10.
This is dean and sharp in every way and at first glance
may appear Near Mint. At closer range, however, you'll
notice minor signs of use (see next page). VF comics are
70 percent of guide listings.
FINE-VERY FINE (FVF): A 6 outta
10. Fine-Very Rne books are above-average, dean, bright
copies lacking the crispness associated with VF. Pages may
be slightly yellow, but not brown or brittle. Several tiny
stress lines along the spine or covers may be expected, and
several tiny color flakes are permitted. No subscription
creases or spine rolls are allowed in this grade. Corners
may be slightly rounded, but exceptional cover gloss
remains. Fine-Very Fine books go for 50 percent of price

FINE (FN): This rates a 5 out of 10. Rne books

are slightly better than average with obvious signs of wear
(check out the next page), but are still clean and bright
without major creasing. Fine books go for 40 percent of
price guide listings.
VERY GOOD (VGy. A whopping 3 out of
10. Average, at best. Very Good comics appear used, but
not abused. They have creases and minor tears. Very Good
books go for 15-25 percent of guide listings.
GOOD (G), FAIR (FR) and
POOR (P* All ore 1 or less out of 10. These
books...suck. They are considered below overage and
heavily worn. These are the comics that have been read
and re-read without regard to preservation. Good books
go for 10 percent of price guide listings. Fair books can
have loose pages or pieces missing from the aw and1 sell
for 3 percent of price guide listings. Poor books c
missing covers, pages, etc. These books are really sorry,
and they go for 1 percent of price guide listings.
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 by David Borak and the Wizard staff

DANGEROUS
CURVES
In celebration of 25 years of
that lusty vampire, Harris
Comics presents the Vam-
pirella 25th Anniversary statue.

ties that’ve never been exhibited sculpted by Sean Nagle, who’s

HOiy BAT- or photographed. Kidd has used
his own collection, as well DC Zen, Hellboy, Boba Fett and
MERCHANDISING more. You can gaze longingly
“Batman Collected," by Chip from the late Andy Warhol and at this fully painted cold-cast
Kidd with photographs by Geoff other notable fans, to bring you statue for only $ 189. Limited
Spear, provides a glimpse into the unusual and bizarre in Ba to only 5,000 copies, Vampi
some of the wackiest Bat-mem- lan collectibles. Containing 400 ships in October.

HOW MUCH FOR

YOUR DAD?
If you’ve enjoyed Sandman

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A COLD (CAST) DARK KNIGHT
DC Comics is all set to release the Batman: The Dark Knight Returns statue—arriving in stores in November to honor the
1 Oth anniversary celebration of Frank Miller's definitive
kick-ass Batman series. Ike statue features Miller's Bat¬
man on a round base, with a nifty Carrie Kelly Robin aim¬
ing her sling-shot. Based on a new design by Miller, the
cold-cast, fully painted porcelain statue is sculpted by
William Paguet (DC's Swamp Thing) and will be pro¬
duced to order at SI 95 each. - A
Also keep an eye out for the Dark Knight Return

BATMAN AND
signed and numbered slipcase edition (limited to 10,000
copies). With new cover art by Miller, this 224-page
hardcover features all sorts of special goodies bound f)\
SANDMAN
in for your reading pleasure—all for $100. Plus, there's
several Dark Knight Returns posters and an all-new
Dark Knight T-shirt featuring art from the hardcover. All
"fj
KEDUX! these had boys hit the shelves in October!

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bathroom plungers, Star Trek hair wax or Batman 10W40 pre-
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bullpen CROSSWORD POZZLE
ANSWERS
from page 189
Bad Idea
They’ll all be dead in three months.
Y’see, Wizardites Pat McCallum, Andrew Kardon, Brian
all of whom work together here at the sparsely furnished Wizard Pn
a house to call “home.” So...have any of them been found on the rront
bloated and impaled on lawn darts? Oddly enough, no. Even though they wc
~ ' asn’t stopped the rest of the Wizard staff from forming a pc
> and slaughter his cohabitants. Odds-on favorite is for E
summed it up best: “Definitely Brian. Mike’s so laid-back he’s practically in a coma,
Andrew would just retreat into EZ-Cheese and Pat would just take a meaty fist upside
their noggins and keep them in check. Brian’s the loose cannon. He’s the guy who’ll
come in to work one morning alone, covered in blood and giggling like a schoolgirl.”

We’re Thieves! Thieves!

CONTEST WINNERS
yet again. A Wizard Strike Team (Brian Cunningham, Scott Gramling, Andrew Kardon,
Scott Beatty, Buddy Scalera and Jim McLauchlin) was assembled and shipped as freight HIGHLAND MINT, ISSUE #56:
to sunny California to meet the fans, B.S. with other companies and see how much we Ed Gockman, Huntley, III.
could drink before being pronounced dead. Aside from the usual, blurrily remembered
chaos that normally occurs during these outings, the highlight of the trip was Scott Gram- MANGA, #56: Michelle Ballert,
ling’s odyssey that started with eating a two-day-old leftover cheese platter (from the Sonoma, Calif.
Chromium Graphics party), which led to sneaking into Jim Lee’s hotel suite (while Jim
WILDC.A.T.S, #56: Oscar Barajas,
ing Buddy in red bikini briefs and failing to score with a spokesmodel. The adventure Houston, Texas
wrapped up with Scott emptying a hotel mini-bar of beer and stealing Lee’s bathrobe. “My SPAWN HOMEMADE HERO, #57:
Jon Spry, Carterville, Mo.

IDEM. Top 10 ways “Star Wars” kicks ass over “Star Trek”
(a rebuttal to Wizard “60’s Top 10 ways “Star Trek” kicks
(Check out his Malebolgia creation below!)

ass over “Star Wars”)

looks cool and has neat all.. ..|

every planet looks like a blue-screened backlot 5. Han Solo n.__..,
and all the aliens are extras Gene Roddenberry shooting a baggy-suited reptilian alien with a
slept with. hollow fog and some charcoal.
9. No lame-ass "Prime Directive" stopping you 4. You con safely weor a red shirt in "Star Wars."
from whipping ass. 3. Luke Skywolker could kick Wesley Crusher's
8. When ships get hit in "Star Wars," everyone ass with one hand tied behind his bock. Hell,
rolls in the same direction. Luke's cut-off hand could kick Wesley's oss with
7. Stormtroopers may not he able to hit the itself tied behind its back.
broadside of a barn, but they're still a lot more ‘ I used the Force to "get some."
threatening than a spaceforing Abrnhom Lincoln. ad. Lucas=genius.

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THE TEN-EYED MAN

from page 188

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for his condition, Phil dul 3. D 8. B 13. D 18. B
; repeatedly to Batman ai 4. C 9. D 14. A 19. A
MORT-O-METER: ' " ' r ' Qf1 S.C 10. A 15. C 20. B

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