One of my most favorite movies of all time is Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension followed by Big Trouble in Little China, Army of Darkness, They Live - yeah I rock…

Moonstone Books has sent Major Spoilers information about the Buckaroo Banzai Return of the Screw trade paperback coming in September. Thanks to Diamond putting all the minor publishers in the back of Previews, I wasn’t able to get every issue of the series when it first came out, but the trade will take care of that.

More info and the complete cover after the jump.

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Moonstone Books has announced its title shipping in July.

THE PHANTOM #18
JUL 07 • 32 pg • FC • Cover A $3.50/Cover B $4.50
Written by Mike Bullock
Pencils by Silvestre Szilagyi
Inks by Silvestre Szilagyi
Colors by Bob Pedroza
Cover A by Darryl Banks, Terry Austin and Bob Pedroza
Cover B by Joe Corroney

“Invisible Children Part 2 (of 3)”
Torn from today’s headlines, The Phantom continues his one-man war against the evil warlord known only as HIM. But, what terrible secret is the warlord hiding and what will he do to The Phantom when he discovers it?

Moonstone Books teams with YOU to make a difference in this tragic, continuing real world atrocity. In order to do this, Moonstone has enlisted legendary artists to create limited edition B covers for each issue of this story arc. For each limited edition issue of Phantoms 17-19, Moonstone Books will make a contribution to www.invisiblechildren.com in order to create safe havens with food, healthcare and educations for the children affected by this war.

Moonstone Books has sent us a quick look at their titles shipping in June. The list is small, but with a character like The Phantom that has been around for a long time, short is good. Plus with The Phantom #17, you can actually make a difference in the world simply by purchasing the issue.

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Moonstone Books has announced the Phantom will get 240 page book complete with illustrations. Included will be 17 new short stories of justice being served up by the Phantom.

The list of authors include Craig Shaw Gardner, Jim Alexander, David Bishop, Mike Bullock, Ron Fortier, Steven Grant, Clay and Susan Griffith, CJ Henderson, Nancy Kilpatrick, Len Kody, Howard Mackie, David Michelinie, Will Murray, Mike Oliveri, Martin Powell, Ed Rhoades, Trina Robins and Dan Wickline.

Quite an impressive list of authors!

The Phantom Chronicles will sell for $15.95.

Moonstone Books has announced it’s first novel, Kolchak the Night Stalker: A Black & Evil Truth.

Here is how Moonstone describes the novel

Carl Kolchak was just your average reporter until one day he put two and two together and came up with evil. A reluctant paranormal investigator, Kolchak couldn’t stop tripping over the unusual even if he wanted to. And for all of his efforts of seeking the truth…unemployment and ridicule have followed him like the plague.

Someone, or something, is tearing people up into little pieces in small town West Virginia. It’s up to Kolchak to wade through the bloody-science jigsaw puzzle, while watching his back against an unseen foe! It’s a cat and mouse game, as he battles a maelstrom of terror that everyone around him gets sucked into. No one is safe, not the police, the FBI, or that very attractive new woman in his life….

There is a dark and sinister truth that will be revealed to Kolchak as to why him –if he can only live long enough to put the last horrifying clues together!

This 192 page tome will sell for $14.95.

THE PHANTOM #16
APR 07 • 32 pg • FC • $3.50

Written by Mike Bullock
Art by Silvestre Szilagyi
Colors by Bob Pedroza
Cover by Bret Blevins and Terry Austin

“Forgotten”
What happens when a young woman decides to give back to the people’s of Africa who have given her family a fortune beyond imagining? Her drive to do what’s right propels her head first into an invisible war with the lives of the Africa’s children hanging in the balance. Will she be able to find the Phantom in time? Or will her good intentions bring disastrous results?

How cool is this? After investigating the paranormal for 30 years, Carl Kolchak, butts heads with the Cthulhu Mythos.

Moonstone Books has sent us the info and a sneak peek at the cover after the jump.

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Moonstone has sent us an advanced look at the new Buckaroo Banzai poster that will kick off the next mini-series.

Painter extraordinaire Dave Dorman lends his considerable talents to portray Dr. Banzai in this ORIGINAL specially commissioned piece, so now, the rest of the world can feel that inner calm and confidence that comes from hanging out with Buck!

Live it, breathe it, and…put it up on your wall!

Everything’s Zen…

Moonstone Books has sent us cover images and solicitation information for titles shipping February 2007.

KOLCHAK TALES: THE FRANKENSTEIN AGENDA #2 (OF 3)
Story: David Michelinie,
Art: Don Hudson,
Cover: Bob Layton
32 PAGES, $3.50, COLOR

This pulse-pounding three-issue monthly miniseries reunites the classic fan-favorite 1980’s Iron Man creative team, written by David Michelinie and covers illustrated by Bob Layton!

The military wants very much to contain… and eliminate… a situation up in the Oregon woods. And Carl Kolchak is right in the middle!

But when that “situation” is a creature genetically engineered for deep-space survival of their own creation, what other drastic measures…and creations… are they willing to unleash to silence everyone once and for all?

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Moonstone Books has sent us cover images and solicitations for titles shipping January 2007.  Check the Kolchak title after the jump, when the reporting slueth encounters Frankenstein…
THE PHANTOM #14
Written by Mike Bullock
Art by Carlos Magno
Colors by Nick Main
Cover by Joe Prado & Rod Reis
JAN 07 • 32 pg • FC • $3.50

“Walker’s Line” Part 1 of 2
A young Phantom is on the trail of his Father’s murderer, but when the trail goes cold, he finds himself near the small US town of Clarksville where he attended High School. However, when The Phantom drops by to visit his Aunt and Uncle, he soon discovers this quiet town now trembles in the grip of the Grinning Skulls street gang and The Phantom’s aunt was their latest victim!

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Monstone Books has sent Major Spoilers cover images and solicitation text for titles shipping in December.

THE SPIDER Chronicles
The MASTER OF MEN Returns!
304pgs, 6” x 9”, with illustrations

More just than the law, more dangerous than the Underworld…hated, feared, and wanted by both.
One cloaked, fanged, border-line crazy denizen of the dark force-feeding hard justice with a pair of 45’s!
Moonstone is proud to present 20 new short stories of SEARING WHITE HOT PROSE starring pulpdom’s most violent and ruthless crime fighter ever: THE SPIDER!

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