Dynamite Sneak Peek of the Week

Review: Dr. Horrible

From the moment Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog hit the intardwebz, fans of musical comedies, with a superhero hook have been in seventh heaven. While there have been a couple of attempts to tell a Dr. Horrible origin story, the official take on the villain’s past can only be found in the pages of Dr. Horrible #1 from Dark Horse Comics.

Review: Nola #1

Scorned and left for dead by the man she thought she loved, Nola Thomas returns to the flooded city of New Orleans a different woman than she was prior to the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina. What sequence of events could change a beautiful woman looking for love to a scarred woman looking for revenge?

Dynamite Sneak Peek of the Week

By: Stephen Schleicher | February 24th, 2009

Dynamite Entertainment has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of issues arriving in stores this week. Take the jump for a look at Terminator: Revolution #3, the Dan Dare Volume One Omnibus, Garth Ennis’ Battlefields: Dear Billy #2. You can also read the Major Spoilers Advanced review of Dear Billy #2, if you are sitting on the fence about buying this issue.

GARTH ENNIS’ BATTLEFIELDS: DEAR BILLY #2
Writer: Garth Ennis
Penciller/Inker: Peter Snejbjerg
Covers: John Cassaday
Colorist: Rob Steen
Genre: HISTORICAL, WAR, ADVENTURE
Rating: MATURE
UPC: 725130113009
MARKETING DESCRIPTION: More incredible stories from Garth Ennis as his “BATTLEFIELDS” series continues exclusively from DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT! For this second mini-series – DEAR BILLY – Garth is joined by artist Peter Snejbjerg and cover artist John Cassaday for a haunting tale of wartime in 1942…

As the fortunes of war turn in the Allies’ favour, Carrie begins a tentative love affair with Billy Wedgewood- whose fighter-bomber squadron is in the thick of the action against the Japanese. But Carrie’s own war has taken a strange and terrible turn, and the secrets that she keeps will set her on a path that can only have one end…

TERMINATOR: REVOLUTION #3 (OF 5)
Writer: Simon Furman
Penciller: Lui Antonio
Covers: Richard Isanove (75%) and Nigel Raynor (25%)
Colorist: Adriano Lucas
Genre: SUPERHERO, SCIENCE FICTION
Rating: TEEN+
UPC: 725130113092
The sequel to last year’s smash “Infinity” series continues from writer Simon Furman and artist Lui Antonio! Featuring two amazing covers, one by Nigel Raynor and the other by painter Richard Isanove!

DAN DARE VOL. 1 OMNIBUS HARDCOVER
Writer: Garth Ennis
Penciller/Inker: Gary Erskine
Covers: Dave Gibbons
Colorist: Parasurman A.
Genre: SUPERHERO, SCIENCE FICTION
Rating: TEEN+
His country has forgotten him. The world he loved is gone forever. Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, has retired.

His beloved Space Fleet long-disbanded and his friends scattered to the winds, Dare lives far from home in self-imposed exile. But in the black depths of space, something ancient and terrible is stirring. A long-forgotten enemy is coming back, with an army of demonic beasts and a secret weapon that threatens
reality itself.

The Mekon of Mekonta has returned.

And if the beleaguered citizens of Earth are to survive… they’re going to need a hero.

Garth Ennis (The Boys) and Gary Erskine (Hypersonic) revisit the classic British comic character in an epic tale of courage and sacrifice, as old adversaries clash head-on and a battle is fought in the stars to decide the fate of billions.