A sampling from the most recent Previews catalog of what looks like a winner in the month of December! All books are available for pre-order at your local shop (that’s us)!

B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs V.1 HC– 408 Pages for 35 dollars is a heckuva deal, especially with material as high quality as this.  It is the equivalent of the first three B.P.R.D. paperbacks and an attempt to make the library for the first round of stories (now named Plague of Frogs to the second rounds Hell on Earth title) smaller and more affordable.  Pg. 27

Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special #1– Good Christmas-y fun with the break out star of the different colored Corps.   Nothing wrong with Christmas-y fun. Pg. 82

Jonah Hex #62– Jonah Hex is ALWAYS good but Eduardo Risso of 100 Bullets is providing the art this month and his expressive, shadow-laden, minimalist work is always worth a gander. Pg. 93

Noche Roja HC– A dense, tasty crime story with a sweet coating of Jason Latour artwork.  Stands to be the breakout hit of the Vertigo Crime line. Pg. 118

John Byrne’s Next Men #1– I was listening to a podcast interview with John Byrne that was from 2006.  In it he said, and I’m paraphrasing, that he would bring Next Men back when the market was in good shape and could support it.  This is John Byrne saying everything is okay now. But seriously, Next Men was pretty darn good so give this a shot. Pg. 140

The Sixth Gun Vol. 1 TPB– You can really tell how much fun Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt have making this comic and man, that really shines through in the work.  The first six issues of their mythological western mash-up are in this volume and comics made with this much love should always be supported. Pg. 297

Thor–  Okay, so:

A)     Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus– All 48 issues worth, all 1,192 pages of Walter Simonson’s Thor run in a single book.  This has to be the biggest Omnibus to date. This thing is the definition of EPIC.  This is like The Lord of the Rings or the original Star Wars trilogy of Superhero Comics.  You can’t spend $125 better. Marvel Previews Pg. 91

B)      Thor, the Mighty Avenger Vol. 1 TPB– But if you only have $14.99 you can’t spend it better than this.  Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee’s all-ages Thor book is really, really, really charming. Like if Frank Capra did Thor. Marvel Previews Pg. 104