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12th November, 2009. 8:18 am. The Weekly Haul - 11/11/09

Yet again I feel compelled to share the spoils of my visit to Austin Books yesterday.

Comics

- Amazing Spider-Man #611 (Marvel)
- Batgirl #4 (DC)
- Batman #693 (DC)
- Batman / Doc Savage #1 (DC)
- Batman & Robin #6 (DC)
- Cars: Radiator Springs #3 (BOOM Kids!)
- Dark X-Men #1 (Marvel)
- Doctor Who #5 (IDW)
- Incredibles #2 (BOOM Kids!)
- Muppet Show: The Treasure of Peg Leg Wilson #4 (BOOM Kids!)
- Red Robin #6 (DC)
- Strange #1 (Marvel)
- Sword #1 (Marvel)
- Wall*E #0 (BOOM Kids!)
- Witchblade #132 (Top Cow)

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11th November, 2009. 4:41 pm. Ares I-X: The Final Days

The perfect diversion for fellow space hardware junkies - a great 10 minute movie about NASA's recent test of the ARES 1-X rocket.

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6th November, 2009. 7:43 am. STAR TREK Comics Timeline Project - 2250

YEAR: 2250

Starfleet Academy
Stardate: not given
Comic: Star Trek Annual #2
Publisher: DC
Date: October 1991



Synopsis:

Writer: Peter David / Artists: James W. Fry, Curt Swan, & Arne Starr

The story of Jim Kirk’s arrival and early days at Starfleet Academy, where he first meets his roommate Gary Mitchell, the prankster and rival Finnegan, a young Uhura, and a young scientist by the name of Carol Marcus.

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NOTES:
(1) This timeline covers Star Trek comics published in the USA and UK between 1967 to 2007 (i.e. from Gold Key to TokyoPop) - it does not include any stories from current Star Trek comics publisher IDW.
(2) Click here for the
Time Line Introduction explaining the background, definitions and considerations for this Star Trek Comics Time Line project.
(3) For more information on the history of Star Trek in comics check out my book
STAR TREK: A Comics History. now available in stores.

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5th November, 2009. 6:59 am. The Weekly Haul - 11/4/09

Being the result of this week's excursion to Austin Books

Comics

- Amazing Spider-Man #610 (Marvel)
- Black Widow: Deadly Origin #1 (Marvel)
- Captain America Reborn #4 (Marvel)
- Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love #1 (DC/Vertigo)
- Deathlok The Demolisher #1 (Marvel)
- Donald Duck #347 (BOOM Kids!)
- Eternal Conflicts of the Cosmic Warrior #1 (Image)
- Finding Nemo #4 (BOOM Kids!)
- House of Mystery #19 (DC/Vertigo)
- Psylocke #1 (Marvel)
- Stumptown #1 (Oni)

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5th November, 2009. 6:38 am. James Bond comics covers from around the world - #74 - "Till Death Do Us Part"

Cover art for the James Bond comics story, Till Death Do Us Part, first published as newspaper strip in the Daily Express from 15th July 1975 to 14th October 1975

Newspaper Strip Title


Reprints:

Denmark


this story was also reprinted and published in Italy, Norway and Sweden.

Find out more on the history of James Bond in comics, check out JAMES BOND: A history of the illustrated 007, now on sale through a good bookstore near you!

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4th November, 2009. 9:17 am. Animated "Dalek Empire"

Of all the various Doctor Who related CD audio adventures from the awesome folks at Big Finish, the one that I have probably listened to the most often is the excellent "Dalek Empire" series.

Now animator "android65mar" has created an excellent adaptation of the opening six minutes.



This is very cool and I'd love to see a full length version of this excellent story adapted into this format.

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30th October, 2009. 4:44 pm. The Weekly Haul - 10/28/09

And what four color wonders did I pick up this week at that purveyor of sequential art goodness known as Austin Books? - Well wonder no more dear reader.

Comics
- Astro City: Astra #2 (Wildstorm)
- Batman #692 (DC)
- Batman: The Brave & The Bold #10 (DC Kids)
- Buck Rogers #5 (Dynamite)
- Detective Comics #858 (DC)
- Die Hard Year One #2 (BOOM!)
- Fantastic Four #572 (Marvel)
- Gotham City Sirens #5 (DC)
- Jack of Fables #39 (DC / Vertigo)
- Justice Society of America #32 (DC)
- Muppet Peter Pan #2 (BOOM Kids!)
- Northlanders #21 (DC/Vertigo)
- Superman: Secret Origin #2 (DC)
- World's Finest #1 (DC)

Manga
- Naoki Urasawa's "Monster" Vol. 11 (Viz)

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23rd October, 2009. 7:48 am. James Bond comics covers from around the world - #73 - "The Black Ruby Caper"

Cover art for the James Bond comics story, The Black Ruby Caper, first published as newspaper strip in the Daily Express from 19th February 1975 to 15th July 1975

Newspaper Strip Title


Reprints:

Denmark


Norway


Sweden


this story was also reprinted and published in Finland, and Italy.

Find out more on the history of James Bond in comics, check out JAMES BOND: A history of the illustrated 007, now on sale through a good bookstore near you!

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23rd October, 2009. 7:04 am. STAR TREK Comics Timeline Project - 2063

YEAR: 2063

First Contact
Stardate: not applicable
Comic: Star Trek: The Next Generation - First Contact - Movie Adaptation
Publisher: Marvel
Date: November 1996

Synopsis:

Writer: John Vornholt / Artists: Terry Pallot, Rod Whigham & Philip Moy

The Borg travel back in time in an attempt to assimilate Earth in a time before the Federation. The Enterprise follows them back and seemingly destroys the Borg sphere, but it isn’t long before they realize that the Borg are still active and are tying to stop the flight of Zefhram Cochran’s first warp ship, the Phoenix; a flight that results in the first meeting between Humans and Vulcans. While one part of the crew fight to stop the Borg taking over the Enterprise, the others work to ensure that the first contact happens.

Second Contact
Stardate: not applicable
Comic: Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men #1
Publisher: Marvel
Date: May 1998



Synopsis:

Writers: Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton / Artists: Cary Nord & Scott Koblish

While travelling back to their own time following the events of Star Trek: First Contact, the Enterprise-E is diverted into the 20th Century of a parallel universe due to the actions of a time traveler known as Kang the Conqueror. The crew of the Enterprise joins forces with the mutant heroes known as the X-Men to foil Kang’s plans, and to repair the temporal rift. (The story continues in Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Planet X, a Pocket Books novel by Michael Jan Friedman.)

Side Note: Whenever I mentioned I was working on a book about Star Trek comics, this was invariably the first comic that most people recalled. Interestingly there were two distinct and opposite reactions (1.) They hated the book with a passion, the idea of mixing the Trek and Marvel universes being a total anathema; or (2) they thought the idea of having Capt. Picard and Professor X meet was the coolest thing ever as both characters had been played on screen by Patrick Stewart.


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NOTES:
(1) This timeline covers Star Trek comics published in the USA and UK between 1967 to 2007 (i.e. from Gold Key to TokyoPop) - it does not include any stories from current Star Trek comics publisher IDW.
(2) Click here for the
Time Line Introduction explaining the background, definitions and considerations for this Star Trek Comics Time Line project.
(3) For more information on the history of Star Trek in comics check out my book
STAR TREK: A Comics History. now available in stores.

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23rd October, 2009. 6:50 am. The Weekly Haul - 10/22/09

Was a day later than normal at Austin Books, but still survived the trauma to pick up a somewhat smaller stack of books this week:

Comics

- Amazing Spider-Man #609 (Marvel)
- Azrael #1 (DC)
- Batman: Streets of Gotham #5 (DC)
- Brave & The Bold #28 (DC)
- Daredevil #500 (Marvel)
- Poe #4 (BOOM!)
- Star Trek Nero #3 (IDW)

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