Image Comics 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?

Image Comics Sneak Peek of the Week

By: Stephen Schleicher | April 17th, 2009

Image Comics has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Dynamo 5 #21, Frank Frazetta’s Neaderthal one-shot, Invincible #61, Savage Dragon #147, and Viking #1.

DYNAMO 5 #21
story JAY FAERBER, art MAHMUD A. ASRAR, YILDIRAY CINAR, & RON RILEY, cover MAHMUD A. ASRAR & RON RILEY

32 PAGES, FC, $3.50

Visionary’s going on his first date! And it’s with that cute Firebird, too. But you know what happens when two super-heroes try to take a night off, don’t you…? The answer may surprise you!

FRANK FRAZETTA’S NEANDERTHAL (ONE-SHOT)
story CHRIS RYALL, art TIM VIGIL & JAY FOTOS, covers FRANK FRAZETTA, JAY FOTOS & NAT JONES

32 PAGES, FC, $3.99

FRANK FRAZETTA’S NEANDERTHAL is the latest painting to be brought to vivid life in the true classic style of Frazetta Comics. CHRIS RYALL, TIM VIGIL and JAY FOTOS team up to present a tale of Paleolithic life fraught with danger at every turn. Beyond the usual threats from warring tribe and Sabertooth tigers, a tribe of Neanderthals runs up against a threat they couldn’t possibly imagine… and can’t possibly survive.

This issue features the original FRAZETTA painted cover A and JAY FOTOS cover B, variant 1/20 sketch cover from NAT JONES and the FRAZETTA SEAL EDITION cover A 1/30.

INVINCIBLE #61
story ROBERT KIRKMAN, art & cover RYAN OTTLEY & FCO PLASCENCIA

32 PAGES, FC, $2.99

INVINCIBLE WAR: AFTERMATH! The planet is in ruins. Everything has changed, the world’s superheroes are in the hospital or dead. Invincible is left to rebuild — but now he must face his most deadly and powerful adversary yet. Who… or what is CONQUEST?

SAVAGE DRAGON #147
story, art & cover by ERIK LARSEN

32 PAGES, FC, $3.50

The Dragon discovers that when you mess with the Vicious Circle –- you’re playing with fire. Nobody’s safe. Everybody he’s ever known –- everybody he’s ever loved –- every life he’s ever touched is in jeopardy.

VIKING #1
script IVAN BRANDON, art & cover NIC KLEIN

24 PAGES, FC, $2.99

THE MOST VIOLENT CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD IN HISTORY! Finn and Egil, brothers – one bad, one worse – are trying to stab and steal their way to a seat at the table. Two men at war with the world around them. But today’s the day the world fights back. From the writer of THE CROSS BRONX comes a crime book for the 9th Century.