Boom! Studios 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.

Boom! Studios Sneak Peek of the Week

By: Stephen Schleicher | May 8th, 2009

Boom! Studios has three titles arriving next week; Unknown #1, Unthinkable #1, and the Mark Waid penned Potter’s Field Hardcover.

Take the jump for a sneak peek.

UNKNOWN #1 (CVR A)
UNKNOWN #1 (CVR B)
Written by Mark Waid
Drawn by Minck Oosterveer
SC, 24 pgs, FC, SRP: $3.99
Diamond Code: MAR094125

She has solved every mystery known to man. But there is one mystery that remains… UNKNOWN! Revered as the smartest person alive, Catherine Allingham is the world’s most famous private investigator. Follow her adventures as she sets out to solve the one mystery she’s never been able to crack! A new original mini-series from Mark (KINGDOM COME) Waid in the vein of RUSE with international superstar Minck Oosterveer.

UNTHINKABLE #1 (CVR A)
UNTHINKABLE #1 (CVR B)
Written by Mark Sable
Drawn by Julian Totino Tedesco
SC, 24 pgs, FC, SRP: $3.99
Diamond Code: MAR094127

They’ve been hired to think the UNTHINKABLE. But what happens when the unthinkable actually happens? After 9-11, best-selling author Alan Ripley joins a government think tank consisting of the most imaginative minds in diverse fields. Their job? Think of nightmare scenarios and crippling terrorist attacks so the government can safeguard against them. But what happens when the think tank folds, and the attacks start to happen? Find out in this new mini-series from hot writer Mark (TWO-FACE YEAR ONE, CYBORG) Sable and rising talent Julian Totino Tedesco.

POTTER’S FIELD HC
Written by Mark Waid
Drawn by Paul Azaceta
HC, 128 pgs, FC, SRP: $24.99
ISBN: 1-934506-60-5
ISBN13: 978-1-934506-60-8
Diamond Code: FEB094155

Now in a deluxe hardcover edition for the first time, writer Mark Waid and artist Paul Azaceta’s acclaimed POTTER’S FIELD collects the hard-to-find first three issue mini-series and the POTTER’S FIELD: STONE COLD one shot. This edition also includes a new introduction by Greg Rucka and a never-before-seen “lost” POTTER’S FIELD story by Mark Waid and Steve Yeowell.