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Showing posts with label Roy Thomas. Show all posts

Monday, September 17, 2018

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 19, 2018

MARVEL COMICS

JUL188346    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4 2ND PTG OTTLEY VAR    $3.99
JUL181035    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1    $4.99
JUL181036    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1 DELLOTTO VAR    $4.99
JUN180961    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HC RED GOBLIN    $34.99
JUL181043    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #23    $3.99
JUL181011    AVENGERS #8    $3.99
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JUL188347    BLACK PANTHER #3 2ND PTG ACUNA VAR    $3.99
JUN180986    CABLE TP VOL 03 PAST FEARS    $15.99
JUL181017    CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL #1    $4.99
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JUN180989    CLANDESTINE TP FAMILY TIES    $29.99
JUL181076    DOCTOR STRANGE #5    $3.99
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JUL180987    EDGE OF SPIDER-GEDDON #3 (OF 4)    $3.99
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Friday, August 31, 2018

I Reads You Juniors August 2018 - Update #67

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From BleedingCool:  Axel Alonzo is apparently died to ex-Marvel Comics publisher, Bill Jemas's new comic book company.

MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Truly a comic book legend, comics creator Marie Severin has died at the age of 89.  She was known for her association with Marvel Comics, especially its bullpen, but she also worked for legendary EC Comics.  Severin was the younger sister of the late comic book artist, John Severin.

From SmallPressExpo:  The 2018 SPX Ignatz Award nominations have been announced.

From BleedingCool:  See preview art from "Uncanny X-Men #1 and #2."

From TheVerge:  All your "DC Universe" streaming service updates.

From Kotaku: Momoko Sakura, One Of Japan's Most Famous Manga Creators, Has Died

From BleedingCool:  An article about a screenplay that was reverse-engineered into a comic book.

From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #175 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #175 in French.

From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics's CONAN THE BARBARIAN first creative team has been announced - writer Jason Aaron, artist Mahmud Asrar, and colorist Matthew Wilson.  Marvel's "Conan the Barbarian" will debut January 2019.

IN MEMORIAM - From Newsarama:  Beloved comic book artist, Russ Heath, died at the age of 91, Friday, August 24, 2018.  Heath worked for Marvel Comics and its predecessor, Timely Comics, where he got his first comics job in 1947.  Heath also drew for DC Comics and EC Comics.  He contributed to the "Playboy" strip, "Little Annie Fanny."  Legendary pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein, based two of his paintings on Heath's art.

From CBR:  Jeff Lemire and Bill Sienkiewicz lambast "Comicsgate" after some its followers attack Marsha Cooke, the widow of comics writer-artist, Darwyn Cooke, online.

From THR:  A comic book event, "The Best Defense," will reunite the original line-up of Marvel Comics' "The Defenders."

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics will publish a "prelude" comic book to next year's "Captain Marvel" movie, and the comic book will be canon to the Marvel Cinematic universe.

From BleedingCool:  Roy Thomas, who created the comic book Red Sonja, will tell her origin story in Dynamite Entertainment's miniseries, "Red Sonja: The Ballad of the Red Goddess."

From BleedingCool:  Marvel's website separating from Facebook and Google.

From BleedingCool:  Comic book writer and comic book historian, Gerard Jones, has been sentenced to six years in jail in California on child pornography charges.

From WeGotThisCovered:  Marvel Comics reveals X-Men superstar, Wolverine's new costume.

From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #174 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #174 in French.

From CNET:  HBO has order a TV series "based" on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' much-abused graphic novel, "Watchmen."

From BBCNews:  100 Women: The artist redrawing "sexist" comic book covers.

From Kotaku:  The "Gintama" manga is reportedly ending after the next five chapters.

From ANN:  There is a new North American manga publisher, "Denpa."

From ComicBook:  "The Ghost in the Shell" manga box set nears an all-time low price.

From BleedingCool:  Popular writer Warren Ellis is making one "convention" appearance this  year, and he won't sign any books while there.

From BleedingCool:  Marvel to kill of "Old Man Logan" in 12-issue series, "Dead Man Logan."

From BleedingCool:  According to Joss Whedon, 20th Century Fox is ending Dark Horse Comics' license to produce "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" comic books.

From IdahoStatesman:  An article about comic book stores staying "relevant" via diversification of the products they sell.

From Polygon:  Dreaming big: How Neil Gaiman and a team of fantasy writers are expanding The Sandman Universe

From BleedingCool:  A Wichita Falls, Texas man has confessed to stealing $100,000 in comic books.

From Deadline:  "Prodigy" is the title of the second comic book franchise to be launched by Mark Millar since he joined Netflix.

From BleedingCool:  Most DC Comics titles will include a preview of the three-issue Batman/Hellblazer comic, "Batman: Damned," which will appear under the "Black Label" imprint (in ships September 19, 2018).

From Tumblr:  How Stan Sakai of "Usagi Jojimbo" builds a cover, from preliminary to finished cover.

From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic JohnnyBullet episode #173 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic JohnnyBullet episode #173 in French.

From HarveyAwards:  The nominees for the "Harvey Awards 2018," honoring the best in comics published in America have been announced.

From ANN:  The "Harvey Awards" have announced a "Best Manga" category for the 2018 edition of its awards.

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From ANN:  Readers at the Anime News Network choose the best "boys' love" manga for beginners.

From Newsarama:  Joivan Wade ("The First Purge") will play Cyborg in DC Universe's "Doom Patrol" series.

From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse to adapt more Neil Gaiman short stories into comics form.

From CBR:  Stan Lee, 95-year-old, will reportedly no longer participate in public autograph signings.

From CBR:  Maybe a reboot for Marvel Comics recent title, "Marvel 2-in-One."

From ANN:  SuBLime Manga, the Boys' Love manga imprint of VIZ Media, announces two new titles for both print and digital release, "Love in Limbo" and "Candy Color Paradox."

From BleedingCool:  This month, a number of Marvel Comics titles will have a four-page tribute to the late Steve Ditko.  The recently deceased comic book writer-artist is largely responsible for introducing a number of characters and graphical elements to Marvel, including co-creating Spider-Man and Doctor Stange.

From ComicBookBin:  New webcomics Johnny Bullet episode #172 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New webcomics Johnny Bullet episode #172 in French.

From CBSNews:  July 31st, 2018 was the fiftieth anniversary of the July 31st, 1968 first appearance of Franklin, the first African-American/Black character to appear in Charles Schultz's "Peanuts" newspaper comics strip.

From Newsarama:  Here are the covers for the second month of Wal-Mart exclusive DC Comics titles (Superman, Batman, Justice League, and Teen Titans).

From Asahi:  In Japan, manga artist, Ken Akamatsu, and mid-sized publisher, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd., are initiating a project to make out-of-print and the hard-to-find books available so anyone can read them for free online.

From BostonGlobe:  Highlighting the unseen (African-American) artists behind comic books - Rob Stull.

From CBR:  Writer Scott Snyder has confirmed that he will work on the current "Justice League" comic book for at least 50 issues.

From BleedingCool:  In the upcoming "Absolute Authority Vol. 2," scenes and sequences that were edited in the original comic book releases will be restored - except for the President Bush stuff...

From Previews:  Netflix's adaptation of Archie Comics' "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" arrives on October 2018 - for the first of two 10-episode seaons.

From Star2:  Why isn’t Blade more popular, even after 45 years & a movie trilogy?

From AJC:  "The Atlanta Journal Constitution" offers a profile of comic book artist Afua Richardson, who recently won an Eisner Award.

From THR:  Marvel Comics announces new reprint collections of "Conan the Barbarian" comic books.  Marvel once again has the license to produce Conan comic books and will do so beginning in early 2019.

From ANN:  Akira Amano, creator of the "Reborn!" manga, is creating a one-shot hockey manga for the August 6th issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump."

From Asahi:  The small Japanese town of Hokuei enjoys being a tourist spot thanks to being the home town of manga creator, Gosho Aoyama, the creator of the "Detective Conan" manga, known in the U.S. as "Case Closed."

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics has announced that it will not publish the "Shazam Monster Society of Evil Deluxe Edition Hardcover," a reprint of a classic and significant run of Captain Marvel/Shazam comic books from the early 1940s.  There are apparently concerns over the racists depictions of Black and Asian people.

From THR: Writer Jeff Lemire on Moving From Image Comics' "Descender" to "Ascender."

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OCTOBER 2018 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  AfterShock Comics for October 2018
From BleedingCool:  Caliber Press for October 2018
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for October 2018
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for October 2018
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics Books for October 2018.
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for October 2018
From CBR:  Marvel Comics for October 2018.
From Newsarama:  Rebellion for October 2018
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for October 2018
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertaiment solicitations for October 2018.

NOVEMBER 2018 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for November 2018
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for November 2018
From BleedingCool:  Lion Forge solicitations for November 2018
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion 2000AD for November 2018
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for November 2018


Monday, December 4, 2017

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for December 6, 2017

DC COMICS

OCT170222    BANE CONQUEST #8 (OF 12)    $3.99
SEP170401    BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY TP VOL 02 SOURCE CODE (REBIRTH    $16.99
OCT170225    BATMAN #36    $2.99
OCT170226    BATMAN #36 VAR ED    $2.99
SEP170409    BATMAN AND ROBIN ADVENTURES TP VOL 02    $19.99
JUN170397    BATMAN NOIR THE COURT OF OWLS HC    $34.99
OCT170211    BATMAN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II #1 (OF 6)    $3.99
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OCT170241    BOMBSHELLS UNITED #7    $2.99
OCT170243    CYBORG #19    $3.99
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OCT170247    DEADMAN #2 (OF 6)    $3.99
OCT170245    DEATHSTROKE #26    $3.99
OCT170246    DEATHSTROKE #26 VAR ED    $3.99
OCT170259    GREEN ARROW #35    $3.99
OCT170260    GREEN ARROW #35 VAR ED    $3.99
SEP170403    GREEN ARROW TP VOL 04 THE RISE OF STAR CITY (REBIRTH) (RES)    $19.99
OCT170261    GREEN LANTERNS #36    $2.99
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OCT170273    HARLEY & IVY MEET BETTY & VERONICA #3 (OF 6)    $3.99
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JUN170377    JACK KIRBYS FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS HC    $150.00
OCT170337    JETSONS #2    $3.99
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OCT170279    JUSTICE LEAGUE #34    $2.99
OCT170280    JUSTICE LEAGUE #34 VAR ED    $2.99
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SEP170418    JUSTICE LEAGUE POWER RANGERS HC    $24.99
OCT170294    NIGHTWING #34    $2.99
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SEP170425    SHAZAM A NEW BEGINNING 30TH ANNIV DLX ED HC    $34.99
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OCT170310    SUPERMAN #36    $2.99
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SEP170430    TEEN TITANS GO TP VOL 04 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT    $12.99
APR170439    WATCHMEN THE ANNOTATED EDITION HC    $49.99

Sunday, May 31, 2015

I Reads You Review: America vs. the JUSTICE SOCIETY #1

AMERICA VS. THE JUSTICE SOCIETY #1
DC COMICS – @DCComics

WRITER/EDITOR: Roy Thomas
PENCILS: Rafael Kayanan with Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway
INKERS: Alfredo Alcala and Bill Collins with Jerry Ordway
COLORS: Adrienne Roy
LETTERS: Cody
COVER: Jerry Ordway
48pp, Color, $1.50 U.S., $2.00 CAN (January 1985)

Chapter One: “I Accuse!”

America vs. The Justice Society was a four-issue comic book miniseries starring the Justice Society of America (JSA).  The series was written and edited by Roy Thomas and penciled by Rafael Kayanan, Mike Hernandez, and Howard Bender and primarily inked by Alfredo Alcala.  Other artists featured in the series included Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway.

America vs. The Justice Society was originally published by DC Comics between January and April 1985.  The series was set in DC Comics' “Earth-Two” (or Earth-2”) universe and involves an accusation that members of the JSA committed treason during World War II and then, conspired to keep their treasonous actions secret in the years following the war.

Earth-Two was a parallel universe to the mainstream DC Comics continuity.  DC established Earth-Two during the 1960s, as a way to explain how DC characters who had adventures in the 1940s could still be in their 30s in contemporary comics, with contemporary then being the 1960s.  Why was Batman still a young man in the 1960s when he had adventures in the 1940s?  Well, the Batman of the 1940s lived on Earth-Two.  The Batman of the 1960s lived on Earth-One, the modern or regular or mainstream DC Universe.  You can see how that created problems later on when Batman of Earth-One was still young in the 1980s.

In 1981, DC revived the Justice Society of America, the 1940s precursor of the Justice League of America, in the comic book All-Star Squadron.  Roy Thomas was this comic book's writer and he used the series to retell JSA stories that were published in the 1940s.  Of course, All-Star Squadron was now set on Earth-Two, which is where the JSA existed.  Confused yet?  Well, America vs. The Justice Society is a re-telling slash re-imagining of the events around the disbanding of the JSA in the 1950s.

[While visiting the DC Entertainment website, I discovered that America vs. The Justice Society was being reprinted in a trade paperback.  I decided that I wanted to read the series and found a reasonably priced set of all four issues on eBay.]

America vs. The Justice Society #1 (“I Accuse!”) opens on Earth-Two in late 1984.  The splash page features the front page of the Tuesday, November 26, 1984 edition of the “Daily Star” newspaper.  The newspaper's headline declares that the members of the Justice Society are traitors... at least according to the “Batman Dairy.”  Clark Kent, the editor of the “Daily Star,” received this alleged diary of the late Dark Knight (who apparently died in 1979) from Dr. Nichols (or Prof. Nichols).  According to Nichols, Batman gave him the diary a few months before his death.

The “Batman Diary,” recounts the origins of the Justice Society and also how the members allowed Adolf Hitler to convince them to join forces with him during World War II.  The diary also recounts how the Justice Society hid their crimes during and after war.  Although Kent tries to delay the release of the diary's contents, they are made public before Kent can verify if the diary is really authentic, beyond the fact that the handwriting in the diary does seem to be Bruce Wayne's.

Superman, Wonder Woman, Starman, Hawkman, Green Lantern, Robin, Wildcat, Atom, Doctor Fate, Johnny Thunder, Hourman, Dr. Mid-Nite, and The Flash – the members of the Justice Society gather in the team's old headquarters in Civic City.  There, these superheroes try to find a way to clear their names, while outside forces plot their downfall.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen, and The Sandman are the three most influential and famous comic books that DC Comics published in the 1980s.  In the last few years, DC has announced and published sequels and prequels to these seminal, event comic books (although the first sequel to The Dark Night Returns was published back in 2001 and 2002).  Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and Crisis On Infinite Earths are probably the other big event publications from DC that fall behind the above “holy trinity.”  America vs. The Justice Society would certainly make my “Top 10” list of DC Comics' best of the 1980s.

Publishing in late 1984 and early 1985, the events depicted in America vs. The Justice Society were swept away by Crisis on Infinite Earths, which began publication not long after the final issue of America vs. The Justice Society was published, making the latter no longer relevant in terms of DC Universe continuity.

That's a shame.  America vs. The Justice Society is an exceptionally well-written comic book.  It is kind of like the Watchmen of Earth-Two, but as an old-fashioned mystery thriller.  Roy Thomas takes characters that he obviously loves puts them in a position in which they hugely vulnerable.  The members of the JSA may choose to cooperate with law enforcement, but that only makes their position more precarious.  Regardless of what good they have done, they seem confronted with the immediate now:  they stand accused of being traitors which puts everything they have ever done in question.

Thomas adds more tension by making their accuser a former teammate.  Thomas offers the notion that some JSAers may not stand for being prosecuted and persecuted for long (like Wonder Woman).  Also, a number of grudges held against the JSA by non-powered politicians, former allies, and mystery figures means that they will face more allegations and charges.  In America vs. The Justice Society, Roy Thomas adds mystery and suspense into the superhero genre, turning fantasy adventure into muckraking political theater.

I like the art presented in the first issue by Rafael Kayanan, Rich Buckler, Jerry Ordway, Alfredo Alcala, Bill Collins, and Adrienne Roy (and in later issues by artists Mike Hernandez, Howard Bender, and Carl Gafford).  It was old-timey and old-fashioned even for its time (1984).  The art takes a story set in 1984 and gives the graphical storytelling the atmosphere and vibe of the 1940s, which was the Golden Age of comics and of the JSA.  It is a pity that the printing process used for this comic book was crappy and made for an attractive comic book.  Hopefully, the 2015 trade paperback will offer better printing quality and this comic will look as pretty as it should.

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for May 6, 2015

MARVEL COMICS
MAR150725     ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA SPECIAL #1     $4.99
FEB150864     ALL NEW X-MEN TP VOL 05 ONE DOWN     $19.99
MAR150700     AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18     $3.99
MAR150719     ANT-MAN #5     $3.99
MAR150690     AVENGERS VS #1     $5.99
DEC140966     CAPTAIN AMERICA RETURN OF WINTER SOLDIER OMNIBUS HC     $99.99
FEB158441     DARTH VADER #1 GRANOV 3RD PTG VAR     $4.99
FEB158445     DARTH VADER #2 GRANOV 3RD PTG VAR     $3.99
FEB150843     FIGMENT HC     $24.99
MAR150711     GEORGE ROMEROS EMPIRE OF DEAD ACT THREE #2     $3.99
DEC140958     GUARDIANS OF GALAXY HC VOL 01 MOVIE CVR     $34.99
MAR150744     GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #5     $3.99
MAR150755     HULK #16     $4.99
MAR150680     INHUMAN ANNUAL #1     $4.99
FEB158468     KANAN LAST PADAWAN #1 BROOKS 2ND PTG VAR     $3.99
MAR150685     KANAN LAST PADAWAN #2     $3.99
APR140753     MMW DOCTOR STRANGE HC VOL 01 NEW PTG     $49.99
APR140754     MMW X-MEN HC VOL 01 NEW PTG     $49.99
MAR150738     OPERATION SIN #5     $3.99
FEB158442     PRINCESS LEIA #2 DODSON 2ND PTG VAR     $3.99
MAR150732     PUNISHER #18     $3.99
MAR150773     RETURN OF LIVING DEADPOOL #4     $3.99
FEB150844     ROAD TO MARVELS AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON ART SLIPCASE HC     $49.99
MAR150747     ROCKET RACCOON #11     $3.99
FEB150650     SECRET WARS #1     $4.99
FEB150858     SECRET WARS PRELUDE TP     $34.99
MAR150705     SPIDER-GWEN #4     $3.99
MAR150707     SPIDER-WOMAN #7     $3.99
FEB158443     STAR WARS #1 CASSADAY 5TH PTG VAR     $4.99
FEB158444     STAR WARS #3 CASSADAY 2ND PTG VAR     $3.99
JAN150883     STAR WARS OGN HC EPISODE IV NEW HOPE     $24.99
MAR150721     UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #5     $3.99
MAR150774     WOLVERINES #17     $3.99


Friday, May 23, 2014

I Reads You Review: X-MEN CLASSICS #1

X-MEN CLASSICS #1
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel

WRITER: Roy Thomas
PENCILS: Neal Adams
INKS: Tom Palmer
LETTERS: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek
NEW MATERIAL: Mike Zeck and Tom Palmer
COLORS: Daina Graziunas
EDITORS: Stan Lee (original), Carl Potts and Ann Nocenti (reprint)
EiC: Jim Shooter
COVER:  Mike Zeck and Tom Palmer
48pp, Colors, $2.00 U.S., $2.25 CAN (December 1983)

One of my favorite comic book miniseries is actually a reprint series.  Originally published in late 1983 (with 1983 and 1984 cover dates), X-Men Classics reprinted writer Roy Thomas and artist Neal Adams’ celebrated run on The X-Men comic book series circa 1969-70.  Adams drew The X-Men #56-63 and #65, while Don Heck was the fill-in artist for #64.  X-Men Classics reprints The X-Men #56-63.

Already a freelancer for DC Comics, in 1969, Adams also began freelancing for Marvel Comics, where he penciled several issues of The X-Men.  In 1969, The X-Men comic book was on the verge of cancellation.  Adams joined Roy Thomas and inker Tom Palmer to produce acclaimed, award-winning work (the Alley Awards).

Adams not only penciled The X-Men, but he also colored and plotted the stories with Thomas.  Apparently, some comic book historians consider the Thomas-Adams-Palmer X-Men a highlight of that era (late 1960s to early 1970s) for Marvel Comics.  Adams’ work was popular, but it was too late to save The X-Men from cancellation with issue #66 (March 1970), and the title ended its initial run.

X-Men Classics #1 reprints The X-Men #56-58, in whole or in part.  It also features some new material, including a new splash page drawn by Mike Zeck and Tom Palmer, which summarizes the story leading up to the reprinted material.  Legendary X-Men artist, John Byrne, also provides an introductory piece for this series.

The X-Men, at the time of these stories, were Scott Summers/Cyclops, Jean Grey/Marvel Girl, Warren Worthington III/The Angel, Hank McCoy/The Beast, and Bobby Drake/IcemanX-Men Classics #1 opens with a summary of the connection between The Living Pharaoh/The Living Monolith and Alex Summers, Scott’s younger brother.  Beyond that melodrama, the story’s primary focus is the return of the mutant-hunting robots, the SentinelsLarry Trask is the son of Boliver Trask, the creator of the Sentinels.  Seeking revenge for his father’s death, which he blames on the X-Men, Larry restarts the Sentinels program.  One by one, the Sentinels kidnap the X-Men and other mutants with whom the X-Men had interacted (which at the time of this story arc’s original publication was a small number).

I have read the Roy Thomas-Neal Adams-Tom Palmer X-Men several times, mostly in reprint form, but I have read a few of the original issues.  I have never been disappointed.  Reading the series again for the first time in ages, I wondered if I would realize that my love of these classic X-Men comics was really about nostalgia.  That is not the case.  They were great superhero comics, and they remain so.

I think what Thomas and Adams created was their take on the soap opera theatrics of Stan Lee and the dynamism of Jack Kirby.  It as if the grand epic that was the Lee-Kirby Fantastic Four became a smaller epic, something like an intimately staged opera, in the pages of the X-Men.

Thomas has the characters scream dialogue, taking the saying, “wears his heart on his sleeve” as if it were some kind of comic book proverb.  Larry Trask practically vomits rage and the spirit of vengeance is in every one of his word balloons.  The X-Men yell at each other; to hell with discussion.  They command, demand, order, and bicker.  They are selfish and concerned about their own needs and interests.  At the same time, they are a family, constantly fighting to save one another from a world that wants to destroy them.

Neal Adams’ page design early in his career (and even later) was like a mosaic of broken, jagged, and angled panels united into a single page of narrative.  More diagonal and vertical than horizontal, the panels could be confusing.

There is another way of looking at Adams’ stylish and chaotic graphic design and graphical storytelling.  He was creating the illusion of life and movement in static images.  His art suggested 3D in what was clearly 2D.  That 3D, sense of movement makes Roy Thomas’ loud exposition even louder and makes the melodrama seem imperative and immediate, and maybe even genuine.  Pages 2 and 3 of The X-Men #57 form a splash page, in which Iceman seems to be flying off the page.

That splash page epitomizes the graphic and visual power of superhero comics.  It is not fantasy grounded in realism.  That power is a comic book in which the characters really seem to be exploding off the page.  And X-Men Classics is a great way to experience the master of explosive comic book art, Neal Adams.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Sunday, January 26, 2014

I Reads You Review: THE INCREDIBLE HULK AND WOLVERINE #1

THE INCREDIBLE HULK AND WOLVERINE #1
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel

WRITERS: Len Wein, Mary Jo Duffy
PENCILS: Herb Trimpe, Ken Landgraf
INKS: Jack Abel, George Perez
COLORS: Christie Scheele
LETTERS: Artie Simek, Michael Higgins
EDITOR: Roy Thomas, Jim Shooter
EIC: Jim Shooter
COVER: John Byrne and Jack Abel with George Roussos
48pp, Color, $2.00 (October 1986)

In the summer of 1986, Marvel Comics published The Incredible Hulk and Wolverine #1.  This was a one-shot, single-issue comic book that reprinted The Incredible Hulk #180 and #181 (cover-dated November 1974).  Issue #180 (cover-dated October 1974) contained the first appearance of Wolverine, as a cameo in the final panel of the last page.  Issue #181 features the first full appearance of Wolverine.  Of course, Wolverine is a member of the X-Men and one of Marvel Comics’ most popular characters.

The Incredible Hulk and Wolverine #1 also includes the short story, “Wolverine and Hercules,” which originally appeared in Marvel Treasury Edition #26 (1980).  “Wolverine: The Evolution of a Character” is an essay at the back of this comic book.  It is written by former Marvel writer and editor, Peter Sanderson, and details the creation of Wolverine and also provides a fictional biography of the character.  This text piece includes spot illustrations and other art drawn by John Romita, Paul Smith and Joe Rubinstein; John Byrne and Terry Austin; John Romita, Jr. and Dan Green; and Frank Miller and Joe Rubinstein.

The Incredible Hulk #180 finds the Hulk returning to Canada.  There, deep in the Canadian woods, the emerald behemoth finds himself caught in a conspiracy involving Marie Cartier and Georges Baptiste.  Marie’s brother, Paul Cartier, bears the curse that transforms him into “the hideous cannibal beast,” known as the Wendigo.

Marie has devised a plan to transfer the Wendigo’s form to the Hulk.  Events don’t follow her planning once Hulk and Wendigo engage in an epic battle.  Meanwhile, at a top secret Royal Canadian Air Force Tracking Installation, military authorities are not about to allow the Hulk to rampage through Canada again.  They’re sending something called “Weapon X” to take care of the green giant.

The Incredible Hulk #181 begins with Wolverine revealing himself to the Hulk and the Wendigo and launching himself into their battle.  This three-way fight devolves into a death match between the Hulk and the Wolverine.  Meanwhile, Georges Baptiste makes a fateful decision about him and Marie Cartier’s plan to save her brother from the curse of the Wendigo.

When The Incredible Hulk and Wolverine #1 arrived on newsstands and in comic book shops, it gave me a chance to read the story in which Wolverine made his first appearance, and I was ecstatic about that opportunity.  I would read the story again in a single-issue facsimile reprint of The Incredible Hulk #181.

I long ago lost or sold my original copy of The Incredible Hulk and Wolverine #1, but a recent at sale at super comics retailer Mile High Comics’ website allowed me to get another copy.  I had forgotten that even with a $2.00 cover price, The Incredible Hulk and Wolverine #1 was just a cheapie reprint.  At a time when comic book publishers, large and small, were moving to heavier and whiter paper stocks, Marvel Comics printed The Incredible Hulk and Wolverine #1 on newsprint.  The print quality ranges from mediocre to tolerable, and the colors don’t “pop” off the page the way they do today.  With newsprint, things like details, borders, and lettering can fade or even not fully print.

I think that at the time this was originally published Marvel Comics was printing anything that would help with their market share and that could make a lot of money with little investment.  The Hulk stories here were bought and paid for over a decade earlier, and who knows if the creators got any royalty payments from this reprinting.  Like I said, high return on low investment.

That aside, I like these old Hulk comics.  Writer Len Wein’s ability to create a compelling story out of monster comics and supernatural melodrama is a sign of the skill that made him a standout comic book creator and editor in the 1970s and 1980s.  Penciller Herb Trimpe, one of my favorites, mixes the dynamism and fury of Jack Kirby (who was obviously an influence on Trimpe) with the cartoon mysticism of Steve Ditko.  This is classic comic book art and graphical storytelling – monster comics and mystic mumbo-jumbo.

It is also fun to look at this early Wolverine-in-the-raw, which is practically nothing like what the character would become in the decades that followed his first appearance.  So I grade this comic book not on the cheap newsprint reproduction, but on the fun old comics.

B+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for November 27 2013

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for October 23 2013

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JUL131490 STEAMPUNK MODELLER VOL 03 $28.95
AUG131726 WALKING DEAD MAGAZINE #6 NEWSSTAND ED (MR) $9.99
AUG131727 WALKING DEAD MAGAZINE #6 PX ED (MR) $9.99

BOOKS
AUG131603 ALL THE WRONG QUESTIONS HC VOL 02 WHEN DID YOU SEE HER LAST $16.00
AUG131666 CAPCOM 30TH ANNIV CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA HC $16.99
JUN138115 DOCTOR WHO SUMMER FALLS & OTHER STORIES SC $12.99
AUG131593 FROZEN ESSENTIAL GUIDE HC $12.99
AUG131611 MASTERING MANGA W/ MARK CRILLEY SC VOL 02 $24.99
AUG131601 RAGS & BONES NEW TWISTS ON TIMELESS TALES HC $18.00
JUL131432 SKETCHBOOK DEAN YEAGLE VOL 02 (MR) $30.00
AUG131663 STAR WARS ART CONCEPT LTD ED HC $400.00
AUG131584 TOY TIME LOOK BACK AT MOST BELOVED TOYS PAST DECADE SC $15.99
JUN131479 WIPED DOCTOR WHO MISSING EPISODES UPDATED 2ND ED $29.99


Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Comics, Magazine and Books from Diamond Distributors for September 18 2013

Digital Comics: Digital new releases available from your local comic book shop are marked below. [DIG] = Digital version available. [DIG/P+] = Print-Plus digital/print combo pack available. For more information, go to www.digitalcomicsreader.com.

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
JUL130898 ACCELERATORS #3 $3.99
JUL130958 ADVENTURE TIME #20 MAIN CVRS $3.99
JUL130820 ALL NEW EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS #1 ASPEN RESERVED CVR $1.00
JUL130819 ALL NEW EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS #1 DIRECT MARKET CVR [DIG] $1.00
JUN131214 ANNOYING ORANGE HC VOL 03 PULPED FICTION $11.99
JUN130757 ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #31 [DIG/P+] $3.99
JUN130759 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #243 [DIG/P+] $3.99
JUL131179 ARISA GN VOL 11 $10.99
APR131231 BETTIE PAGE IN DANGER #9 (MR) $9.95
JUL131288 BIG WET BALLOON HC $12.95
JUL131310 BLOODSHOT & HARD CORPS #14 REG JONES $3.99
JUL130947 BRAVEST WARRIORS #12 MAIN CVRS [DIG] $3.99
JUN130794 BUBBLEGUN #3 ASPEN RESERVED CVR $3.99
JUN130793 BUBBLEGUN #3 DIRECT MARKET CVR [DIG] $3.99
MAY130773 CAVEWOMAN MANY FACES OF MERIEM COOPER ROOT SP ED (MR) PI
JUL131092 COMIX RETROSPECTIVE SPIEGELMAN HC (MR) $39.95
JUL130853 CROSSED SPECIAL 2013 (MR) $5.99
JUL130855 CROSSED SPECIAL 2013 TORTURE CVR (MR) $5.99
JUL130854 CROSSED SPECIAL 2013 WRAP CVR (MR) $5.99
JUL131089 DAMSELS MERMAIDS #5 $3.99
JUN131024 DARK SHADOWS #20 $3.99
JUN131083 DF X-MEN #1 EXC BROOKS CVR $12.99
JUL131236 DNA FAILURE GN (MR) $14.00
APR131129 EVERYBODY IS STUPID EXCEPT FOR ME HC EXPANDED ED $24.99
MAY130778 EVIL DIVA GN VOL 02 $12.99
JUL131434 FASTNER & LARSON BEAUTIES & BEASTS $19.95
JUL130756 GEARHEARTS STEAMPUNK GLAMOR REVUE #8 $3.99
MAY130779 GOLD DIGGER #203 $3.99
JUL131319 HARBINGER #16 REG KITSON $3.99
JUL131325 HARBINGER WARS TP $14.99
JUL130918 HELLRAISER DARK WATCH #8 (MR) [DIG] $3.99
MAY131192 HONEY WEST TP GIRL FOR HIRE $22.95
JUN130715 HOODLUM GN VOL 01 UNDER THE THUMB $9.99
JUL131370 INFERNAL DEVICES GN VOL 02 CLOCKWORK PRINCE $13.00
JUL131065 JENNIFER BLOOD #31 (MR) $3.99
JUN130766 JUGHEADS DOUBLE DOUBLE DIGEST #196 (NOTE PRICE) [DIG/P+] $5.99
JUL131174 MADWOMAN O/T SACRED HEART HC (MR) $29.95
JUN130717 MAGIC WHISTLE #13 (MR) $3.99
JUN130769 MEGA MAN #29 REG CVR [DIG/P+] $2.99
MAY131275 NUMBERCRUNCHER #3 $3.99
JUL131228 PAPERCUTZ SLICES GN VOL 05 FARTING DEAD $7.99
JUL131238 POMPEII GN (MR) $19.95
JUN130718 RED EYE BLACK EYE GN (MR) $19.95
JUL131095 REGGIE 12 HC $21.95
JUL130956 REGULAR SHOW #1 CALGARY EXCLUSIVE $9.99
JUL130967 ROMEO AND JULIET CANDLEWICK HC ED $21.99
JUL130966 ROMEO AND JULIET CANDLEWICK SC ED $12.99
JUN131247 ROY THOMAS PRESENTS THE HEAP SLIPCASE ED VOL 03 $119.99
JUL131184 SAILOR MOON SHORT STORIES VOL 01 $10.99
JUL131239 SCHOOL SPIRITS HC (MR) $19.95
JUL131027 SHADOW ANNUAL 2013 $4.99
JUL131430 SHOW ME A STORY WHY PICTURE BOOKS MATTER SC $15.99
JUL130939 SIX GUN GORILLA #4 [DIG] $3.99
JUL131215 SIXTH GUN #34 $3.99
MAY131217 SIXTH GUN TP VOL 05 (MR) $19.99
JUL130968 SMASH GN VOL 01 TRIAL BY FIRE $18.99
JUL130815 SONIC UNIVERSE #56 REG CVR [P+] $2.99
APR131239 STUFF OF LEGEND TP VOL 04 TOY COLLECTOR $16.95
MAY131214 STUMPTOWN HC VOL 02 (MR) $29.99
JUL130945 SUPURBIA ONGOING #11 [DIG] $3.99
MAY130777 SWIPE GN (MR) $12.99
JUN131177 TECHNOPRIESTS SUPREME COLLECTION HC (MR) $49.95
APR131077 THE LONE RANGER #18 $3.99
JUL131047 VAMPIRELLA #34 NEVES CVR $3.99
JUL131048 VAMPIRELLA #34 PARRILLO CVR $3.99
JUL130808 WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #32 [DIG/P+] $3.99
JUL131321 X-O MANOWAR #17 REG CONRAD $3.99

MAGAZINES
JUN131432 BACK ISSUE #68 $8.95
JUL131442 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1370 PI
JUL131444 COMIC SHOP NEWS FALL 2013 PREVIEW PI
JUL130657 DISNEY PRINCESS MAGAZINE #16 $4.99
MAY131452 FANGORIA #327 $11.00
JUL131485 HORRORHOUND #43 $6.99
JUL131429 JUXTAPOZ #153 OCT 2013 $5.99
JUL131435 NON SPORT UPDATE VOL 24 #5 $5.99
MAY131457 RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE #137 $9.95

BOOKS
JUL131477 100 GHOSTS GALLERY OF HARMLESS HAUNTS HC $9.95
JUL131138 BARRACUDA IN THE ATTIC HC NOVEL $26.99
JUL131498 CRAB MONSTERS ROGER CORMAN KING OF B MOVIE HC $35.00
JUL131428 GLAMOURAMA PIN UP ART CARLOS VALENZUELA SC (MR) $14.95
MAR131166 HIGH FIDELITY ART OF JIM FLORA SC $34.99
JUL131502 NEIL GAIMAN FORTUNATELY THE MILK HC $14.99
JUL131167 SCHOOL BOOK OF SORCERERS APPRENTICE HC (MR) $24.95
JUN131448 TRIPWIRE 21ST ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL $24.99
JUN131496 VAULT OF SIMPSONOLOGY HC VOL 01 HOMER LITTLE BOOK LAZINESS $24.99
JUN132369 WARHAMMER 40K SPACE MARINES OMNIBUS SC $17.50
AUG131605 WITCHES WICKED WILD & WONDERFUL SC $15.95