Issue #581 - 7/07/2006
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>FINAL ISSUE<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Recap of the publication run-over eleven years;
Interviews:Dawid, Ray Harryhausen, Robert
Taylor, Mark Zinngrabe, Tyler Chin-Tanner, Dr.
Naif Al-Mutawa, Melissa Gardner; USPS - DC
Super Heroes stamp dedication ceremony to be
at MoCCA; 24 Hour Comic site announces
participants; THE BEAT moves to Publisher's
Weekly website; Spike has hit with BLADE: The
Series; Reports from Heroes Con; SUPERMAN
RETURNS to #1 at the box office; Reviews:
SUPERMAN RETURNS, Armorquest: Genesis, Canon,
David's Mighty Men, Will Elder: The Mad
Playboy of Art, Runaways, Witch King:
Autobiography of a Dark Lord, UNCANNY X-MEN,
ASTONISHING X-MEN, X-FACTOR, X-MEN, WOLVERINE,
The Saga Of The Victims, Children Of The Grave,
Nightwolf, Wonder Woman, Cyberforce, Eternals,
Justice, Flash, Superman/Batman, Cryptozoo
Crew, Cyber Force, Villains, You'll Have That,
The Middle Man, Sinnamon, GRAPHIC CLASSICS:
EDGAR ALLAN POE, RUSHMORE
Issue #580 - 6/23/2006
CBEM to end publication run in July!!!!!!!!!1
Top 100 Comics in MAY, New series in July
Previews; Interviews: William Carlisle, Miriam
Engelberg; PLATINUM STUDIOS AND NBC LAUNCH
NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH; Zoom Suit Wins Best
Animation at Bare Bones Film Festival; Howard
Chaykin Announced as Blade Artist; WATCHMEN
FILM GETS A WRITER & DIRECTOR AS IRON MAN SETS
A RELEASE DATE; Original-Owner Collection
Found In Garage; Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty,
ULTIMATE X-MEN, WOLVERINE: ORIGINS, Valkyries,
Usher, Bedlam, Cancer Made me a Shallower
Person - A Memoir in Comics, Chasing the Wish
Spring 2006 Book One, Fan Fever Newsletter,
Supernatural Law #1 with a Silver Bullet, Doll
and Creature, SKATER SCHOOL, JALILA, ZEIN,
RAKAN, SPRING HEELED JACK, FLARE, TALES OF THE
CHAMPIONS, WITCHGIRLS INC.
Issue #579 - 6/16/2006
Interviews: Richard Starkings, J.S. Earls,
Jamie Carrillo, Elena Carillo; Lulu Awards
Nominees; Warren Ellis in AMC series deal;
TOKYOPOP recruiting website content writers!;
Spider-Man makes news around world; Tim
Hildebrandt passed away; Bob Schreck moves to
Vertigo; Boom Comic Gets Movie Deal;
Harlequin to Publish Its Own Manga; Reviews:
Graphic Classics: Rafael Sabatini, Superman
Family #173, X-MEN: THE END - MEN & X-MEN,
CABLE/DEADPOOL, CIVIL WAR, Zoom Suit, Lex And
Rex, The Blackbeard Legacy, Judo Girl, The
Tales of Bloody Mary, Children of the Grave,
Rising Stars - Untouchable, Amazing - Agent
Luna, Doctor Arcane with the Black
Enchantress, Flare - Max Attack!, Tales of
the Champions, NOT SO BAD, LET DAI, 0/6
ZERO/SIX, BOY PRINCESS
Issue #578 - 6/09/2006
Interviews: Sherwin Schwartzrock, Allan Goldman,
Jon Bosco, Brian John Mitchell, Eric Shanower;
Team Zoom Offers Free Download in Lieu of 2nd
Print; CBG & Last Kiss sponsor comic strip
writing contest; ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
CELEBRATES 65th ANNIVERSARY; Cartoonist Gahan
Wilson to receive MoCCA Award; MARVEL SIGNS ED
MCGUINNESS TO EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT; Marvel.com
Launches Blogs; NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR 2006
MANNING AWARD; BLACK WIDOW MOVIE STALLED;
WIZARD WORLD PHILADELPHIA reports; Smithsonian
Hosts Superhero Panel; The Art of John Romita,
ULTIMATE EXTINCTION, The Sorcerer's Children:
The Weary Curse, Black Harvest, Superman/Batman,
Pistolfist: Revolutionary War, Zoom Suit,
Helios - In with the New, Lost Kisses, XO,
DORK TOWER, PS238, NODWICK
Issue #577 - 6/02/2006
Interviews: Cesar Feliciano, Jim Tournas,
Shawn Lewis, Pietro, Buddy Scalera; SUPERMAN
RETURNS TRIVIA CONTEST announced; Alex Toth
dies; BATWOMEN gets worldwide publicity; CBLDF
Files Motions to Dismiss Gordon Lee Case;
HARVEY NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED!; Marvel: Ultimate
Alliance Voiceover Contest; No SPX anthology
this year; X-MEN 3 HAS $120 MILLION OPENING
WEEKEND; Superman Returns two days sooner;
Avi Arad resigns, sets up own company; Reviews:
The Portent, NEW EXCALIBUR, X-FACTOR, X-STATIX
PRESENTS: DEAD GIRL, The Humpty Dumpty
Chronicles, Koni Waves, Eleison, Shadowpact,
Marvel Adventures Avengers, Captain America -
Twenty-First Century Blitz, The Incredible Hulk,
Ultimate X-Men, Comic Buyer's Guide
Issue #576 - 5/26/2006
Interviews: Alison Williams, A. Jaye Williams,
Dash Martin, Orlando Baez; Top 100 comics for
April; Top Cow/Marvel Crossovers Scheduled;
SUPERMAN RETURNS avoids Cannes; Schwartz and
Kurtzman win the Bill Finger Award; New York
Comic-Con 2007 dates announced; DRAGONBALL Z
to end; DYNAMITE COLLECTS TIM TRUMAN'S SCOUT;
Reviews: Mouse Guard: Belly of the Beast,
X-MEN, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,
Astonishing X-Men, X-Factor, Fear Agent, Blade
of the Immortal, Bomb Queen, Conan, Fell, Jack
Staff
Issue #575 - 5/19/2006
Interviews: Joe Martino, Martheus Wade, Bob
Layton, Martheus Wade; New Series list for
June; 2006 EAGLE AWARDS WINNERS; THING and
MANHUNTER cancelled; Battlestar Galactica #0
in TV Guide!; AQUAMAN TV series axed; Reviews:
He Done Her Wrong, UNCANNY X-MEN, X-MEN:
DEADLY GENESIS, CABLE/DEADPOOL, NEW X-MEN,
Cyber Force, Twin Blades, The Adventures of
Astrodog, Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa, The
Middle Man - 2.2 - The Winnebago Interrogation,
Random Encounter
Issue #574 - 5/12/2006
Interview: Ed Griffiths; Shocker Toys offers
Independent Comic figure line; Marvel.com
adds video game section; Del Rey to publish
original Shannara GN; Xeric Foundation grants
awarded; Anthem, X-MEN: THE END - MEN & X-MEN,
EXILES, BPRD, Strange Girl, Godland Book Ten -
The March of Ides, Noble Causes, Shon C.
Bury's Nox, DOKEBI BRIDE, THE GREAT CATSBY,
BOY PRINCESS, CATCHING LUCIFER'S LUNCH, MIDARA
Issue #573 - 5/05/2006
Interviews: Kirk Kushin, Billy Tucci, James
S. Reed, Roy Thomas; New Series for May;
Industry prepares for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY;
EAGLE AWARD voting ends this weekend; Ed
Brubaker is exclusive to Marvel; The Gargoyles
Return; Favreau on IRON MAN; Joe Shuster Award
results; KIDS WB! adds Robin and LSH; All-Star
Superman, NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E.,
X-STATIX PRESENTS: DEAD GIRL, WOLVERINE:
ORIGINS, X-FACTOR, ASTONISHING X-MEN, How To
Self-Publish Comics...Not Just Create Them,
G.I.Joe: Special Missions, The Nightmarist,
ANT, Blue Beetle, Origins of the Cadre,
Astonishing X-Men, Friendly Neighborhood
Spider-Man, Savage Dragon, Hiroaki Samura
Blade of the Immortal, Shon C. Bury's Nox,
Soul to Seoul, Tenjho Tenge, REDCHAPEL,
FLARE, WITCHGIRLS INC.
Issue #572 - 4/21/2006
Interviews:Marlin Shoop, Pat Quinn, Craig
Boldman, Rex Lindsey, Rich Koslowski, Bobby
Nash, Stephen Antczak, Nick Defina, Jemir
Johnson; THE LONE AND LEVEL SANDS wins DAY
award; Bob Burden hospitalized; Stan LEE misses
HSN appearance; Comic Book Benefits Katrina
Victims; Reviews: POWERS, Queen & Country:
Declassified, SON OF M, NEW X-MEN, UNCANNY
X-MEN, Flare, Liberty Girl, Witchgirl Inc.
Psyche, Retribution
Issue #571 - 4/14/2006
Interviews: Steve Zinngrabe, Joe Casey; video
game based on ARCHIE in development; Big Bang
to self-publish; RIP John Blackburn; Suburban
LA County Pulls Manga Text from Libraries;
Peter Segal signed to direct SHAZAM!; Hank
Ketcham's Complete Dennis The Menace: 1951-1952,
MARVEL ZOMBIES, ULTIMATE X-MEN, X-MEN: THE END
- MEN & X-MEN, THE OMAC PROJECT INFINITE CRISIS
SPECIAL, G.I.Joe: Sigma, Lost Squad, G.I.Joe:
America's Elite!, Red Sonja/Claw, DragonLance:
Chronicles, Elsinore, G.I.Joe vs. The
Transformers: The Art of War, Killer7,
Hack/Slash: Trailers, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate
Spider-Man, Captain America, SINNAMON: GRRL vs
WORLD, 0/6, CAN'T LOSE YOU
Issue #570 - 4/07/2006
Interviews:Zeb Oswalt, Benny Fuentes, Joe
Bucco, Pat Lee, Christos Gage; MiniMates box
set to preview movie; Eisner Nominees announced;
Siegel heirs win summary judgement on SUPERBOY
infringement by SMALLVILLE; Chris Claremnot
recovering from exhaustion; Millar in Marvel
exclusive again; Peter David to script Steven
King comic; FF ANIMATED coming to Cartoon
Network; Reviews: Avatar: The Last Airbender,
NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E., Cyber Force,
Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes, New
Avengers, Annihilation: Prologue, Amazing
Spider-Man, Evil Ernie In Santa Fe, Purgatori,
Book of Shadows, Godland, Invincible, Tales of
the TMNT, The Walking Dead, Spawn
Issue #569 - 3/31/2006
Interviews:Becky Grutzik, A. David Lewis,
Marvin Perry Mann, Jennifer Rodgers, Kevin
McCarthy, Grupo EsComics, Robert Walker, Shon
C. Bury, Dan Schaffer; ARTESIA NOMINATED FOR
ORIGINS AWARD; Event Horizon wins award;
Marvel renews deal with Panini; Loeb & Liefeld
to do Onslaught Reborn; Reviews: The Surrogates,
Tales of the Terminal Diner, X-FACTOR, Jagger:
Jack Knifed!, The Embalmer, Black Harvest,
Hack/Slash: Land of Lost Toys, Forgotten Realms:
Exile, Snake Eyes: Declassified, G.I. Joe: Sigma,
Drangonlance: Chronicles, G.I. Joe: America's
Elite, The Tales of Bloody Mary, The Red Diaries,
Lo-Fi Comics and Entertainment Magazine, Beet -
The Vandel Buster, LET DAI, JEREMIAH HARM,
ZOMBIE TALES: THE DEAD
Issue #568 - 3/24/2006
Interviews: Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, Gary Reed,
Allen Berrebbi; Top 100 comics for February;
AGE OF BRONZE may move to web; Witchblade to
be animated for TV; Yanick Paquette, J. Scott
Campbell, Skottie Young, Tommy Lee Edwards &
Zeb Wells sign Marvel exclusives; New Jack
Kirby Series at Marvel; Reviews: Batman:
Night Cries, RUNAWAYS, ULTIMATE X-MEN, Mouse
Guard: Belly of The Beast, Robotika, ANT,
Batman: Secrets, Vampirella : Revelations,
Red Sonja, PvP Player vs. Player, Grounded,
Delete, The Luna Brothers' Girls, TMNT, The
Walking Dead, Conan, Doll & Creature,
Invincible, SPRING HEELED JACK, GRAPHIC
CLASSICS: RAFAEL SABATINI
Issue #567 - 3/17/2006
Interviews: Chris Bunting, Esdrascg, Chad
Rebmann, Ken Lillie-Paetz, Chris Cross,
Christopher Jones, Ray Anthony Heights, Shon
C. Bury; E-MAN returns to comics; ARCHIE COMICS
invading Middle East; CASTLE WAITING returns
to comics; FM International closes doors;
Reviews: Robotika, CABLE & DEADPOOL, NEW X-MEN,
SON OF M, Death's Whisper, New Avengers, Black
Panther, I (heart) Marvel: Marvel AI, Dead@17
Protectorate, The Middle Man, PLANETARY BRIGADE,
MUSICOMICS
Issue #566 - 3/10/2006
Interviews: Mark Chadbourn, Kim DeMulder,
Arvid Nelson, Avid Nelson, Mike Maydak, CJ
Henderson; Speakeasy Comics Shuts Down; LULU
Awards seek 2006 nominees; win lunch with Joe
Quesada; LSH animated series moving forward;
Reviews: Queen & Country: Declassified,
UNCANNY X-MEN, MARVEL ZOMBIES, The Gift,
Amazing Spider-Man, Batgirl, Batman Gotham
Knights, Justice, Supergirl, Green Lantern,
Brian Pulido's Lady Death: Abandon All Hope,
Red Sonja, Graphic Classics, Adventure
Classics, Comic Buyer's Guide, TMNT, Ant,
Dead Men Tell No Tales, Cosmic Wars, Forbidden,
A'PERTUA, MOM'S CANCER
Issue #565 - 3/03/2006
******TENTH ANNIVERSARY TRIVIA CONTEST******
Interviews: Chad Spilker, Angelo Furlan, Rick
Olney; Marvel and Top Cow in joint publishing
deal; NY ComicCon reports; CBG Fan Award
Nominees; Tamora Pierce signs with Marvel;
Jonathan Ames to do OGN with Vertigo; 2-hour
TEEN TITAN cartoon coming; Reviews: Lost in
Space: Voyage to the Bottom of the Soul,
ASTONISHING X-MEN, ULTIMATE AVENGERS DVD,
Young Avengers, Captain America Comics, WAR
OF THE WORLDS, HATTER M: THE LOOKING GLASS
WARS
Issue #564 - 2/24/2006
******ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION******
Interviews:Jason Burns, Bryan Baugh, Adam
Cogan, Ryan Cody, Timothy Erickson, T. Casey
Brennan, Tom Pomplun, B Clay Moore and Jeremy
Haun; Top 100 Comics for January; New contest
coming - tie-in with V for VENDETTA; Industry
preps for NYCC; TOP COW gets new EIC; CATFISH
releases new SINNAMON series; appeal to help
AGE OF BRONZE continue publishing; SHUSTER
AWARD Nominees announced; TV Aquaman recast;
Batman & Superman movie Sequels in the Works;
Reviews: Gunpowder Girl and The Outlaw Squaw,
GENERATION M, X-MEN: DEADLY GENESIS, Doris
Danger Seeks...Where Giant Monsters Creep and
Stomp, Super Teen Topia, Batman: Legends Of
The Dark Knight, 100 Girls, Jack The Lantern:
1942, Ghost Rider, Purgatori, the Necromancer,
Supergirl, Green Lantern, Legion of Super-
Heroes, Caped Crusaders 101 - Composition
through Comic Books, Conan, The Goon, The
Luna Brothers Girls, Revolution of the Planet
of the Apes, Strange Girl, The Phantom,
WALKING MAN COMICS PRESENTS SPECIAL, THUNDER
MONKEY, PLANETARY BRIGADE, ZOMBIE TALES:
DEATH VALLEY
Issue #563 - 2/17/2006
Interviews: Andy Brase, Brian Bastian, Clem
Robins, Ernst Dabel; Preview of PREVIEWS - New
series in March issue; Peter David goes to
Marvel exclusive contract; Grant Morrison to
write BATMAN; Wonder-Con reports; THE RED STAR
to be developed by Universal Studios; Frank
Miller doing BATMAN OGN; DC adds second Free
Comic Book Day comic; SIN CITY II set for '07;
Reviews: The Little Endless Storybook, Comics
Buyer's Guide, MARVEL ZOMBIES, SON OF M, X-MEN:
THE 198, Black Panther, New Avengers, Amazing
Spider-Man, Red Sonja, Red Sonja vs Thulsa
Doom, Red Sonja: Sonja Goes East, Gorgeous
Carat, Kamikaze Girls, Blood - The Last Vampire
- Night of the Beast, Helios - In With the New,
Comic Effect, JEREMIAH HARM
Issue #562 - 2/10/2006
Interviews: Mark Poulton, Stephen Sistilli,
Dexter, Tyler Mane, Debbie Bishop, Darren G.
Davis, Chris Marshall, Ian M. Feller; Paul
Levitz featured in New York Times; SIN CITY
screening for CBLDF; DEADWORLD coming to CD-ROM;
Greg Thompson Named CBLDF Deputy Director;
JUST A PILGRIM set for movie; James Cromwell
in SPIDER-MAN 3; Time Warner Book Group Sold;
REVIEWS: All Star Batman and Robin, UNCANNY
X-MEN, X-MEN: THE END - MEN & X-MEN, NEW
EXCALIBUR, ULTIMATE X-MEN, Lost Squad,
DragonLance: Chronicles, Snake Eyes:
Declassified, G.I.Joe: America's Elite!, Zoom
Suit, Green Lantern Corps: Recharge, Legion of
Super-Heroes, Batgirl, Mister Miracle, Green
Lantern, Chris Wisnia's Doris Danger Seeks
Where Giant Monsters Creep and Stomp, Scar
Comics Presents Dead Dawn Quarterly, Mayhem
and Chocolate, Horror Stories from the Swamp,
Hellboy, Cadre, Roy Thomas' Anthem, Flare,
PINE KISS
Issue #561 - 2/03/2006
Interviews: Payton Gauldin, Stan Yan; McFarlane
showcased at MoCCA; Brian Augustyn joins Narwain;
BLADE TV show okayed for 11 episodes; Spidey
gets new costume; Seth Fisher dies; THE FIRST
KINGDOM returns; Slave Labor doing TRON; Dynamite
Entertainment to do Classic Battlestar Galactica
comic; WIZARD CANCELS WIZARDWORLD BOSTON;
Reviews: Guardians, WOLVERINE, NEXTWAVE, X-FACTOR,
The Wang - Who's Your Daddy?, Savage Dragon,
B.P.R.D., Rocket Science - Multi Limbed Anthology,
Sketch, Graphic Novel Scene, LAND OF SILVER RAIN,
MADTOWN HOSPITAL
Issue #560 - 1/27/2006
Interviews: Alex Horley, Arvid Nelson; Top 100
Comics of 2005; History Channel to promote the
Comic Shop Locator; RUNAWAYS wins top library
award; Englehart & Rogers on Marvel projects;
New XENA comic in '06; Weekly '52' from DC price
set; Steve Rude reveals self-publishing plans;
Neil Googe Signs DC Exclusive; REVIEWS: Great
American Comic Books, UNCANNY X-MEN, X-STATIX
PRESENTS: DEAD GIRL, GENERATION M, X-MEN: DEADLY
GENESIS, X-MEN, Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk,
Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual, Purgatori, Ghost
Rider, Infinite Crisis Special Day Of Vengeance,
JLA, Vampirella: Revelations, Comic Effect,
Beauty is the Beast, Earthian, Alichino
Issue #559 - 1/20/2006
Interviews:Derek Ruiz, ROVE, Scott Christian,
Sava, Thoughts From the Land of Frost, Marc
Hansen, Rick Veitch, Joshua Hale Fialkov; TOP
100 comics for DEC; New Series in FEB PREVIEWS;
"Atlas: ABC's for Superheroes" named Book of
the Year; Free Comic Book Day titles announced;
Harvey Award ballots available; Comics Jam War
unleashed!; FAMILY GUY coming from DEVIL'S DUE;
SPIDER-GIRL to end at 100; Movie Gwen Stacy is
cast; Dan Jurgens exclusive to DC; STRANGERS IN
PARADISE to end with #90; Reviews: Graphic
Classics: Arthur Conan Doyle, ULTIMATE X-MEN,
CABLE & DEADPOOL, X-MEN: THE 198, Jack London's
The Call of the Wild - The Graphic Novel, Ghost
Hunt, Full Metal Panic!, Jiffy Lube Man, TRICKED
Issue #558 - 1/13/2006
Interviews: Jason Berek-Lewis, Michael Angelos,
Chris Giarrusso; Marvel fires Toy Biz - hires
Hasbro; New BLADE movie coming to SPIKE TV;
Marvel Studios announces promotions; WB picks
Toale for TV Aquaman; Nominations open for
Shuster Awards; Greenberger let go by DC;
Jamal Igle exclusive to DC; Reviews: X-MEN:
COLOSSUS - BLOODLINE, SENTINEL, X-MEN: THE 198,
MYTHOS: X-MEN, ASTONISHING X-MEN SAGA, X-MEN:
THE END - MEN & X-MEN, NEW EXCALIBUR, The Tales
Of Bloody Mary, Green Lantern, Green Lantern
Corps: Recharge, Batgirl, Conan, Marvel Knights
Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Woman
Origin, Wolverine, Captain America, New
Avengers, Black Panther, The Tarot Cafe,
Legendz, Deathnote, Mike Grell's Jon Sable
Freelance, Kelley Jone's The 13th Son, Runes of
Ragnan, Godland Book Six, Write Now!, Jack
Kirby Collector, Back Issue, GRAPHIC CLASSICS:
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, PS238, WALKING MAN COMICS
PRESENTS SPECIAL, NORTHANGLE NOCTURNE, THE
SURROGATES, OWLY: FLYING LESSONS,
WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME IF I WET THE BED?,
CONVERSATION, SUPER F*CKERS
Issue #557 - 1/06/2006
Interviews:Vincente Cifuentes Martinez, Bob
McLeod, JM DeMatteis, Stephen R. Bissette,
Jordan Raskin, Steve Niles, Joshua Hale
Fialkov, Nick Stakal, Christopher Long and
Chee; Marvel to launch another WOLVERINE
series; CBG Fan Awards open for nominations;
Ken Penders leaves SONIC; Airline mogul enters
comics publishing; R. Crumb sues Amazon.com;
Sam Kieth exclusive to DC; Reviews: X-FACTOR,
WOLVERINE, X-MEN, Dragonlance: Chronicles,
Snake Eyes: Declassified, Forgotten Realms:
Exile, Black Harvest, Superman/Batman, Brian
Pulido's Lady Death: 2005 Bikini Special,
Flare, Tales of the Champions - Tigress, BPRD,
Revelations, Revolution on the Planet of the
Apes, THE DARKNESS, WITCHBLADE, ZOMBIE TALES:
DEATH VALLEY, 10, BLUE EYES