IDW has announced it is reviving long out of print science fiction tales in its New Classics of the Fantastic line.  First up from the company will be the Hugo Award-winning Nightwings by Robert Silverberg.

Earth’s long descent into hopelessness and despair created a civilization divided into guilds. One such guild is the Watchers, charged with keeping vigilant watch over the heavens against the alien invasion prophecy has long expected. But in a moment of weakness one skeptical Watcher is distracted… and the attack begins!

Spared from destruction during the fateful invasion, the Watcher soon travels from the ancient city of “Roum” to find shelter in the other once-great cities of man. Along the way he uncovers the invader’s true intentions, how they are related to the downfall of mankind, and that release from these captors will come in the most unexpected form of all.

IDW series editor Clifford Meth says the New classics of the Fantastic line will continue to bring back more Hugo and Nebula Award winning books over the coming months.

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Dynamite Entertainment has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in November 2008.

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If you are sitting alone at home this holiday season, cheer yourself up with your friends from Riverdale.  In November, Archie Comics will release four titles with a holiday twist.

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Don’t you just hate it when you have all the qualifications for a job, yet it goes to someone else?  That’s what happens to Renee Tempete, who should be the new Galaxy Girl, but instead the role goes to a hottie with no powers at all.  This leads to the three issue mini-series from Image Comics Shadowline imprint by Kat Cahill and Seth Damoose.

Based on skill alone, Renee Tempete should be the new Galaxy Girl. Instead, a buxom blonde with no actual powers holds the title. As events unfold, Renee struggles not only against monsters, criminals and giant robots, but also a society that desperately wants to keep her in her place.

“While I HATE GALAXY GIRL was originally Kat Cahill’s runner-up for our ‘Who Wants To Create a Super Heroine Contest’, Shadowline Editor Kris Simon and I loved the concept so much we had to put it on the fast track to becoming its own series,” Shadowline Publisher Jim Valentino said. “When Kat saw Seth’s upcoming work on BRAT-HALLA, she knew he was the perfect artist to capture the mood she was going for. We really can’t help but agree!”

I Hate Galaxy Girl #1 arrives in November with a cover price of $3.50.

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Image Comics has provided Major Spoilers with the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in November 2008.

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Top Cow has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in November 2008.  While Witchblade and The Darkness are always high on the list, this month features Paul Dini’s Jingle Belle, which is the top pick for me.

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Marvel Comics has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles scheduled to arrive in November 2008.

ENDER’S GAME #2 (of 5)
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Pencils & Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
Variant Cover by JIMMY CHEUNG
Sketch Variant Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
Ender arrives at Battle School and finds it a very dangerous place.  It’s his first day there, he’s already a target.  And then there’s the game.  Can Ender survive the game and become humanity’s one hope of victory over the Formic aliens?  Don’t miss the second chapter of Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi masterpiece!
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory …$3.99
© 2008 Orson Scott Card. All rights reserved.

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Archie Comics has provided Major Spoilers with the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in November 2008.

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DC Comics has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in November 2008.  This month marks the end of the Batman R.I.P. storyline, more Trinity, and much more.

TRINITY #23-26
Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza
Art by Mark Bagley & Art Thibert, Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens, Tom Derenick & Wayne Faucher and Mike Norton & Jerry Ordway
Covers by Andy Kubert & Jesse Delperdang

The heroic Trinity is long gone and their legacy fades by the minute. But where exactly are Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman – and will they ever return? Don’t miss the halfway point in this action-fueled, weekly series exploring the three greatest heroes of all time!

Issue #23 on sale November 5; issue #24 on sale November 12;
issue #25 on sale November 19; issue #26 on sale November 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

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As we are about to release a slew of solicitations for November 2008, Moonstone steps up with cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in stores in December 2008.

Captain Action #3
Story: Fabian Nicieza, Marv Wolfman-Art: Mark Sparacio, John Lucas, Colors: James Brown
Covers: Marat Mychaels (modern)-Ed Hannigan (retro) (each cover is available separately)
32pgs, color, $3.99 (Ltd edition= $5.99)

How much would people hate you if you destroyed their heroes?
ALL OUT WAR, as the new Captain Action throws down with the Public Protectors! The “people’s heroes” aren’t what they claim to be, but no one knows that but Cap! And there isn’t much time, as his powers begin to fail him, and he has no one he can count on…or so he thinks!
Meanwhile, Crescent is about to eliminate someone from the past, but who can get the drop on the ultimate infiltrator?

Be here as time catches up with Captain Action! BONUS material: the first ever story of LADY ACTION!
***LTD (to 300 copies) Edition: Ed Hannigan TIE-DYE variant cover retail = $5.99

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Dark Horse Comics has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in November 2008.

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Shadowline, an imprint of Image Comics, has announced it will release 20 years of Ted McKeever’s work beginning this October with his first collection Transit.

“To think after 20 years that I would be returning to TRANSIT is almost abstractly absurd,” said McKeever in a prepared statement. “TRANSIT had become my personal holy grail, but now, with this collected hardcover edition, I can roam free of it’s gaping wailing and allow it to scab over while I move on to new roads.”

Following Transit, Shadowline will release Eddy Current and Metropol.

Each edition will feature the definitive versions of McKeever’s vision, including all the original covers, unused art and TRANSIT’s never-before-seen ending. These graphic novels consist of McKeever’s inter-connected magnum opus in his world of tomorrow - from industrial wastelands torn by war, cities on the verge of self-destruction and one of the most twisted takes on superheroics to ever grace the comics medium.

The hardcover edition will arrive on October 1, 2008 for $24.99.

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Radical Publishing has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in stores in October 2008.

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Top Cow has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in October 2008.

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Fans of Archie Comics have cast their vote to select Cheryl Blossom’s new boyfriend, and the results are in.  For the last three issues of Betty & Veronica Double Digest, Cheryl has gone on a date with one of the fellows who stepped up to the challenge.

With each new issue, Cheryl went on another date… and each date proved to have its own special challenge!  Cheryl nearly ran out of breath trying to keep up with Austin, the hunky fitness fanatic.  She did all she could to avoid pratfalls with Brandon, the klutzy computer genius.  She tried to avoid cooking up trouble with George, the master chef.

While Archie won’t let us in on who the winner is right now, the company says we can all find out in Betty and Vronica Double Digest #165, where the winner is revealed on October 22, 2008.

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