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Marvel Illustrated: Wonderful Wizard Oz HC

Posted by: pspteacher on: September 5, 2009

2ND SEPT so the release of this great hardcover of the Wonderful World of OZ. clipped from www.comixology.com COVER BY: SKOTTIE YOUNG WRITER: Eric Shanower PENCILS: SKOTTIE YOUNG The premiere American fantasy adventure gets the Merry Marvel treatment! Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze) teams up with fan-favorite artist Skottie Young (New X-Men) [...]

Marvel Illustrated on MySpace

Posted by: pspteacher on: September 1, 2009

Why not show your appreciation of the series by being its friend on the popular social networking site? There are links and basic information there for you to consume. I like to see the friends on this page to get a feel for the diverse range of people who enjoy this work and also the [...]

Download Teacher’s Guides for Marvel Illustrated Books

Posted by: pspteacher on: September 1, 2009

I enjoyed the Last of the Mohicans guide but I am a historian so I am unable to really use it. It is geared towards an American audience. clipped from marvel.com Download these teachers guides to use in your classrooms with the Marvel Illustrated line of titles. Man in the Iron Mask Last of the [...]

Pride HC to launch in Oct

Posted by: pspteacher on: July 23, 2009

This will make my girlfriend happy! clipped from www.newsarama.com PRIDE & PREJUDICE PREMIERE HC Written by NANCY BUTLER Penciled by HUGO PETRUS Cover by SONNY LIEW “This project has been like a dream come true for me as a writer and as a former graphic designer—not only am I adapting a book I love, I [...]

Free Preview: Wizard of Oz #8

Posted by: pspteacher on: July 17, 2009

The writer behind the Age of Bronze and the innovative Skottie Young continue their interpretation of the classic tale. Great series! clipped from www.comicbookresources.com The search for Glinda, Good Witch of the South, is full of danger—a giant spider-monster that eats whole animals like a spider does flies. It’s full of strangeness—a whole village of [...]

Wolerine’s Psych Report

Posted by: pspteacher on: April 8, 2009

What a great feature by Tim Stevens who delves into the background and history of the character to compile a report. What would your layman summation be?Wolverine has been written in so many different ways that he would have to suffer from multiple personality disorder, post traumatic stress disorder and obviously selective amnesia! clipped from [...]

Odysseus returns Home

Posted by: pspteacher on: March 7, 2009

#7 brings the story back to Ithaca where Roy Thomas continues his briliant adaption of Homer’s famous work. Click the link below for more preview pages of the issue that can be picked up at your local store this week. clipped from www.comicbookresources.com In this penultimate issue, Odysseus maintains his disguise as a beggar and [...]

Dorothy continues her Journey

Posted by: pspteacher on: March 7, 2009

#4 is out this week and you can check out the Preview by following the link below. clipped from www.comicbookresources.com So you want to see the Wizard? Be careful what you wish for–or you’ll find yourself blackmailed into murdering an old woman in order to get what you want. At least that’s Dorothy’s experience when [...]

Fantastic Four in Strange Family Tree

Posted by: pspteacher on: February 27, 2009

Marvel likes to “waste” a page in it’s issues with enlarged credits and a summary of previous issues. Here Marvel has taken the step of showing the characters, a typical conceit, but in a family tree fashion. A incorrect family tree However, as a relationship chart it is servicable…. just don’t try and learn family [...]

Free Preview: Marvel Illustraded: Kidnapped! #5

Posted by: pspteacher on: February 27, 2009

Follow the link below for a six page preview of this great Marvel Illustrated series. clipped from www.comicbookresources.com Having escaped from the ship he was kidnapped on, David Balfour reaches Scotland with the man he aided, Alan Breck Stewart. But their troubles are just beginning as the duo is pursued by a troop of English [...]


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