Showing posts with label Vertigo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vertigo. Show all posts

Monday, March 2, 2020

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for March 4, 2020

DC COMICS

JAN200509    BATMAN #90    $3.99
JAN200510    BATMAN #90 CARD STOCK FRANCESCO MATTINA VAR ED    $4.99
AUG190702    BATMAN VS HARLEY QUINN BATTLE STATUE SECOND EDITION    $375.00
NOV190529    BATMAN WHITE KNIGHT DELUXE EDITION HC    $49.99
JAN200595    DAPHNE BYRNE #3 (OF 6) (MR)    $3.99
JAN200596    DAPHNE BYRNE #3 (OF 6) VAR ED (MR)    $3.99
JAN200619    DOLLAR COMICS JLA YEAR ONE #1    $1.00
JAN200624    DOLLAR COMICS SWAMP THING #57    $1.00
JAN200605    DREAMING #19 (MR)    $3.99
DEC190400    FLASH #750    $7.99
DEC190401    FLASH #750 1940S NICOLA SCOTT VAR ED    $7.99
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NOV190550    JACK OF FABLES THE DELUXE EDITION HC BOOK 03    $39.99
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JAN200563    LOIS LANE #9 (OF 12)    $3.99
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JAN200612    MYSTERY IN SPACE #75 FACSIMILE EDITION    $3.99
NOV190499    ORACLE CODE TP    $16.99
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JAN200506    STRANGE ADVENTURES #1 (OF 12)    $4.99
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JAN200507    STRANGE ADVENTURES #1 (OF 12) EVAN SHANER VAR ED    $4.99
JAN200615    SUPERMAN GIANT #2    $4.99
DEC190433    SUPERMAN VILLAINS #1    $5.99
OCT190695    WONDER WOMAN SPIRIT OF TRUTH HC (RES)    $17.99

Friday, November 15, 2019

Review: HOUSE OF WHISPERS #2

HOUSE OF WHISPERS No. 2
DC COMICS – @DCComics @vertigo_comics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Nalo Hopkinson
ART: Dominike “DOMO” Stanton
COLORS: John Rauch
LETTERS: Deron Bennett
EDITOR: Molly Mahan
CURATOR: Neil Gaiman
COVER: Sean Andrew Murray
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (December 2018)

“Suggested for Mature Readers”

The Sandman created by Neil Gaiman and Sam Kieth

“The Power Divided”

House of Whispers is a new comic book series that is part of The Sandman Universe, published under DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.  The Sandman Universe is a line of comic books inspired by the dark fantasy comic books that Neil Gaiman wrote for DC, in particular The Sandman (1989-1996) and The Books of Magic (1990-1991).

House of Whispers is written by Nalo Hopkinson; drawn by Dominike “DOMO” Stanton; colored by John Rauch; and lettered by Deron Bennett.  The series focuses on a tragic goddess of love (among other things) who grants the wishes and counsels the souls of those who visit her in their dreams.

House of Whispers #2 (“The Power Divided”) finds the House of Dahomey (a houseboat) trapped in The Dreaming.  Its owner, the goddess Erzulie Fréda, is in a state, as being in The Dreaming has cut her off from her worshipers and thus, her power.  Now, she is about to send her houseboat careening towards the rift or crack through which her house passed into this place she shouldn't be.  She will need the help of her rascally nephew, Shakpana, a troublemaker not sure what trouble he caused.  Meanwhile, LaToya awakens from her coma, and then, tries to convince her partner, Maggie, that despite her awakening, she is dead....

Writer Nalo Hopkinson continues the assault on our senses that she began in House of Whispers #1 with a dazzling array of colorful sequences, sparkling story elements, and fabulous characters.  Reading this comic book is still like experiencing an African or African-American folk music festival full of fierce beats and infectious rhythms.  This issue, however, Hopkinson keeps bumping the turntable with a series of adversarial events for her characters that also keeps the story from being predictable.

Artist Dominike “DOMO” Stanton explodes it all into life with imaginative page designs and kinetic graphics.  Often it is the way DOMO places his characters and elements that really conveys the characters' distress over the chaos of their environments.  It becomes a beautiful wall of graphics that are living out loud once John Rauch adds his pulsating colors to the art.

Letterer Deron Bennett does a Steph Curry-like shimmy as he place the word balloons in just the right places, accompanying his collaborators with his own special moves.  All of it is under another fine-ass Sean Andrew Murray cover.  House of Whispers #2 does not play it safe.  It pushes forward as Nalo Hopkinson captains her houseboat into uncharted comic book waters.

9 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Monday, October 28, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 30, 2019

DC COMICS

AUG190469    AQUAMAN GIANT #1    $4.99
AUG190432    BASKETFUL OF HEADS #1 (OF 6) (MR)    $3.99
AUG190433    BASKETFUL OF HEADS #1 (OF 6) CARD STOCK VAR ED (MR)    $4.99
AUG190489    BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS ANNUAL #1    $4.99
AUG190484    BATMAN ANNUAL #4    $4.99
APR190526    BATMAN BY SNYDER & CAPULLO OMNIBUS HC VOL 01    $125.00
MAR190623    DC ARTISTS ALLEY BATMAN BY GROMAN VINYL FIG    $65.00
MAR190625    DC ARTISTS ALLEY JOKER BY GROMAN VINYL FIG    $65.00
MAR190626    DC ARTISTS ALLEY KILLER CROC BY GROMAN VINYL FIG    $65.00
MAR190624    DC ARTISTS ALLEY TWO FACE BY GROMAN VINYL FIG    $65.00
AUG190470    DC GHOSTS GIANT #1    $4.99
SEP190003    DC PREVIEWS #19 NOVEMBER 2019 EXTRAS    $PI
AUG190505    DCEASED #6 (OF 6)    $4.99
AUG190507    DCEASED #6 (OF 6) CARD STOCK HORROR VAR ED    $5.99
AUG190506    DCEASED #6 (OF 6) CARD STOCK VAR ED    $5.99
AUG190586    DOLLAR COMICS SUPERMAN #75    $1.00
AUG190524    HARLEEN #2 (OF 3) (MR)    $7.99
AUG190525    HARLEEN #2 (OF 3) VAR ED (MR)    $7.99
AUG190446    JOKER KILLER SMILE #1 (OF 3) (MR)    $5.99
AUG190447    JOKER KILLER SMILE #1 (OF 3) VAR ED (MR)    $5.99
AUG190448    LAST GOD #1 (MR)    $4.99
AUG190449    LAST GOD #1 CARD STOCK VAR ED (MR)    $4.99
FEB190594    LUCIFER OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 (MR)    $125.00
AUG190548    NIGHTWING ANNUAL #2    $4.99
AUG190456    SANDMAN UNIVERSE SPECIAL HELLBLAZER #1 (MR)    $4.99
AUG190457    SANDMAN UNIVERSE SPECIAL HELLBLAZER #1 VAR ED (MR)    $4.99
AUG190462    TALES FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE DEATH OF SUPERMAN #1    $5.99
JUL190665    VAMPS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TP (MR)    $39.99
JUL190666    WILD STORM TP VOL 04 (RES)    $16.99
AUG190572    WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #3    $4.99

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Review: HEX WIVES #1

HEX WIVES No. 1
DC COMICS – @DCComics @vertigo_comics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Ben Blacker
ART: Mirka Andolfo
COLORS: Marissa Louise
LETTERS: Josh Reed
EDITOR: Molly Mahan
COVER: Joëlle Jones with Jordie Bellaire
VARIANT COVER: Jenny Frison
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (December 2018)

“Suggested for Mature Readers”

“Bewildered and Bothered”

Hex Wives is a new comic book series published by DC Comics' Vertigo Comics imprint.  It is written by Ben Blacker; drawn by Mirka Andolfo; colored by Marissa Louise; and lettered by Josh Reed.  Hex Wives focuses on a centuries-old conflict between a coven of witches and its antagonists – an all-male cabal of witch-haters.

Hex Wives #1 (“Bewildered and Bothered”) introduces Isadora Roma.  She is the leader of a coven of perpetually reincarnating witches and is the coven's fiercest fighter.  Isadora and her lover, Nadiya Momo, are the thorns in the side of “The Architects,” the all-male conspiracy that has been trying to kill Isadora's and her coven since at least the 17th century.  Now, Aaron Gabriel, the new leader of these bitter men, believes that he has found a way to defeat the enemy that his father, his father's father, and their forefathers could not.

This is going to be a short review.  Hex Wives has potential.  I have a feeling that this first issue could be the preview of an interesting and unique comic book or the beginning of a comic book that pretends to be clever, but is really nothing special.  Believe me, I think this is an odd feeling to have about a comic book after reading a first issue, but...

I also want to point out that I like how Marissa Louise colors this story to give it a surreal atmosphere that is also filled with menace.  Letterer Josh Reed deftly juggles the text and dialogue-heavy script and makes everything easy to read.  So let's see where and how Hex Wives goes forward.

7 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Monday, October 21, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 23, 2019

DC COMICS

AUG190474    ACTION COMICS #1016 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
AUG190473    ACTION COMICS #1016 YOTV    $3.99
JUL190626    AMERICAN CARNAGE TP (MR)    $19.99
AUG190477    AQUAMAN ANNUAL #2    $4.99
AUG190479    BATGIRL #40 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
AUG190478    BATGIRL #40 YOTV    $3.99
AUG190490    BATMAN BEYOND #37    $3.99
AUG190491    BATMAN BEYOND #37 VAR ED    $3.99
AUG190485    BATMAN CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #4 (OF 8)    $4.99
AUG190486    BATMAN CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #4 (OF 8) VAR ED    $4.99
AUG190493    BATMAN SUPERMAN #3    $3.99
AUG190494    BATMAN SUPERMAN #3 VAR ED    $3.99
AUG190441    BLACK ADAM YEAR OF THE VILLAIN #1    $4.99
JUN190463    BLACK CANARY IGNITE TP DC ZOOM    $9.99
AUG190573    BOOKS OF MAGIC #13 (MR)    $3.99
AUG190511    DETECTIVE COMICS #1014 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV    $4.99
AUG190510    DETECTIVE COMICS #1014 YOTV    $3.99
AUG190580    DIAL H #8 (OF 12)    $3.99
AUG190587    DOLLAR COMICS SWAMP THING #1    $1.00
AUG190516    FLASH #81 YOTV    $3.99
AUG190517    FLASH #81 YOTV VAR ED    $3.99
AUG190520    FREEDOM FIGHTERS #10 (OF 12)    $3.99
MAR190628    HARLEY QUINN RED WHITE & BLACK STATUE BY GREG HORN    $80.00
JUL190646    HEX WIVES TP (MR)    $16.99
AUG190539    JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #16 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
AUG190538    JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #16 YOTV    $3.99
AUG190544    MARTIAN MANHUNTER #9 (OF 12)    $3.99
AUG190545    MARTIAN MANHUNTER #9 (OF 12) VAR ED    $3.99
JUL190653    NAOMI SEASON ONE HC    $19.99
AUG190550    RED HOOD OUTLAW #39 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
AUG190549    RED HOOD OUTLAW #39 YOTV    $3.99
JUN190464    SUPER SONS BOOK 02 THE FOXGLOVE MISSION TP DC ZOOM    $9.99
AUG190468    SWAMP THING GIANT #1    $4.99
JUL190660    TEEN TITANS TP VOL 02 TURN IT UP    $16.99
AUG190565    TERRIFICS #21 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
AUG190564    TERRIFICS #21 YOTV    $3.99
AUG190571    WONDER WOMAN #81 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
AUG190570    WONDER WOMAN #81 YOTV    $3.99
JUL190667    WONDER WOMAN HC VOL 01 THE JUST WAR    $24.99
JAN190703    ZERO HOUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY OMNIBUS HC    $150.00

Friday, October 11, 2019

Review: HOUSE OF WHISPERS #1

HOUSE OF WHISPERS No. 1
DC COMICS – @DCComics @vertigo_comics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Nalo Hopkinson
ART: Dominike “Domo” Stanton
COLORS: John Rauch
LETTERS: Deron Bennett
EDITOR: Molly Mahan
CURATOR: Neil Gaiman
COVER: Sean Andrew Murray
VARIANT COVER: Bill Sienkiewicz
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (November 2018)

“Suggested for Mature Readers”

The Sandman created by Neil Gaiman and Sam Kieth

“Broken Telephone”

The Sandman Universe is a new line of comic books inspired by the dark fantasy comic books that Neil Gaiman wrote for DC Comics, in particular The Sandman (1989-1996) and The Books of Magic (1990-1991).  Neil Gaiman acts as a curator of the line, which currently includes four titles, The Dreaming, Books of Magic, Lucifer, and the subject of this review, House of Whispers.

House of Whispers is written by Nalo Hopkinson; drawn by Dominike “Domo” Stanton; colored by John Rauch; and lettered by Deron Bennett.  The series focuses on a tragic goddess who grants the wishes and counsels the souls of those who visit her in their dreams.

House of Whispers #1 (“Broken Telephone”) opens just outside a houseboat known as the House of DahomeyUncle Monday of the Brotherhood of Teeth has come to visit the owner the houseboat, the goddess Erzulie Fréda.  This is also where souls of Voodoo followers go when they sleep.  They travel to Erzulie's houseboat where they can beseech the flirtatious and tragic Erzulie to grant them their hearts’ desires or where they can ask her to counsel them on their futures and fortunes.

From her perch in the bayou, Erzulie sees four human girls open a mysterious and magical journal.  This little book is filled with whispers and rumors that, if they spread, could cause a pandemic unlike any the Earth has seen.  Erzulie must discover the whereabouts of and then stop the conniver behind this plot, Erzulie's nephew, Shakpana.

We have Neil Gaiman to thank for bringing writer Nalo Hopkinson into The Sandman Universe fold.  Left to its own devices, DC Comics would not have chosen Hopkinson.  In twenty-five years of publishing hundreds of comic books and graphic novels, only a handful have been written by African-Americans, black writers, or writers of African descent.

What Hopkinson offers in this first issue is a dazzling array of colorful sequences, sparkling story elements, and fabulous characters.  Reading this comic book is like experiencing an African or African-American folk music festival full of fierce beats and infectious rhythms.

Artist Dominike “Domo” Stanton offers imaginative compositions that yield a style of graphical storytelling that is bursting with magic.  My eyes greedily took in every corner of the Domo's panels and observed every line for secrets.  John Rauch's colors enrich Domo's illustrations and even accentuate the eccentric to make this comic book truly a unique visual treat.

Deron Bennett's clever lettering pretends to be a rhythm section, but when I pay attention, I see Bennett's fonts giving Hopkinson and Domo's story that extra whatever it needs or even taking the lead in conveying the story.  Also, Sean Andrew Murray's gorgeous cover art makes this comic book hard to ignore on a store shelf.

I won't lie and say House of Whispers #1 is perfect.  Sometimes, it is so busy being different that the story gets lost in its House of Dahomey house party shenanigans.  Still, this may be the best of The Sandman Universe's debut quartet.

8 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Review: THE DREAMING #1

THE DREAMING No. 1 (2018)
DC COMICS – @DCComics @vertigo_comics

[This review is posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Simon “Si” Spurrier
ART: Bilquis Evely
COLORS: Mat Lopes
LETTERS: Simon Bowland
EDITOR: Molly Mahan
CURATOR: Neil Gaiman
COVER: Jae Lee with June Chung
VARIANT COVER: Yanick Paquette with Nathan Fairbairn
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (November 2018)

“Suggested for Mature Readers”

The Sandman created by Neil Gaiman and Sam Kieth

“The Kingdom”

The Dreaming is a fictional place or realm appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.  It first appeared in The Sandman #1, (cover dated:  January 1989) and was created by Neil Gaiman and Sam Kieth.  The Dreaming is the domain or kingdom of Dream (Morpheus and later, Daniel) of the Endless.

The Dreaming was the setting for a monthly comic series, The Dreaming, that ran for 60 issues (cover dated:  June 1996 to May 2001), published under DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.  Vertigo is rebooting that comic book as part of a new line of comic books, The Sandman Universe, based on the work of writer, Neil Gaiman, who is also the curator of this line.  The Dreaming (2018) is written by Simon “Si” Spurrier; drawn by Bilquis Evely; colored by Mat Lopes; and lettered by Simon Bowland.  The series is set in a realm that must survive in the aftermath of the disappearance of its domain lord.

The Dreaming #1 (“The Kingdom”) finds Lucien the dream Librarian holding forth with his master, Dream's helm.  Where is Dream, he asks?  Dream has apparently abandoned his realm, and the result is that The Dreaming is a kingdom in chaos.  This place where stories are born now finds its walls slashed and bleeding.  Now, Lucien and the strange residents of The Dreaming must protect its broken borders alone.  The most worrying occurrences, however, are that Dora, a recent resident, is finding opportunity in this madness, stealing dreams for the highest bidder, and in Dream's gallery, something new has started growing...

I think the art for The Dreaming #1, illustrations by Bilquis Evely and colors by Mat Lopes, is gorgeous, especially story page #10.  Letterer Simon Bowland's cascade of delightful fonts are eye candy.  I have no use for Si Spurrier's story and script.  It is 22 pages of meanderings and repetition of story elements already established.

I have a standard I apply to the work and storytelling of comic book writers.  Would an editor accept this work from a unknown writer who was pitching a comic book to that editor?  Or in the case of an established property belonging to that editor's employer (the publisher), would this script for an established writer be considered acceptable work if it were from an unknown writer who was trying to land a gig?  In the case of The Dreaming #1, the veteran scribe, Si Spurrier, got a pass from his editor that an non-established writer would not get.

Well, although I have enjoyed other comic books written by Spurrier, I won't give a pass to The Dreaming #1, if it means paying $3.99 for the mediocrity of future issues.  I hope for better.

4 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Review: THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE #1

THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE No. 1
DC COMICS – @DCComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Neil Gaiman
WRITERS: Simon “Si” Spurrier, Kat Howard, Nalo Hopkinson, and Dan Watters
ART: Bilquis Evely, Tom Fowler, Dominike “Domo” Stanton, Max Fiumara and Sebastian Fiumara
COLORS: Mat Lopes
LETTERS: Simon Bowland
EDITOR: Molly Mahan
COVER: Jae Lee with June Chung
VARIANT COVERS: Dave McKean; Jill Thompson; Jim Lee with Alex Sinclair; Sam Keith; P. Craig Russell with Lovern Kindzierski; David Mack
48pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (October 2018)

“Suggested for Mature Readers”

The Sandman created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg

The Sandman is a DC Comics comic book series created by writer Neil Gaiman and artists Sam Keith and Mike Dringenberg.  Published by DC Comics from 1989 to 1996, The Sandman ran for 75 issues, and tells the story of “Dream” of “The Endless.”  Also named Morpheus (as well as other names), Dream rules over the world of dreams.

DC Comics announced earlier this year an expansion and quasi sequel to The Sandman, “The Sandman Universe.”  This will be a line of four comic books that will launch in September and October of 2018.  The release dates are timed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sandman #1, which was covered dated January 1989, but released to comic book stores in October 1988.  It will also commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Vertigo imprint.

The Sandman Universe titles are a mixture of new and revived titles.  The first is The Dreaming (Sept. 5th), written by Simon “Si” Spurrier and drawn by Bilquis Evely.  The second is House of Whispers (Sept. 12), written by Nalo Hopkinson and drawn by Dominike “Domo” Stanton.  The third is Lucifer (October 17), written by Dan Watters and drawn by Max Fiumara and Sebastian Fiumara.  The fourth is Books of Magic (Oct. 24), written by Kat Howard and drawn by Tom Fowler.

These four titles are previewed in the stand-alone anthology comic book, The Sandman Universe #1.  Neil Gaiman provides the story for this single-issue comic book.  Simon Spurrier, Kat Howard, Nalo Hopkinson, and Dan Watters write the scripts for previews of the respective titles they are writing.  Bilquis Evely, Tom Fowler, Dominike “Domo” Stanton, and Max Fiumara and Sebastian Fiumara draw the art for the previews of the respective series they are drawing.  The Sandman Universe #1 is colored by Mat Lopes and lettered by Simon Bowland.

In The Sandman Universe #1, the denizens of The Dreaming discover that their master, the Lord of Dreams, is missing.  Now, Matthew the raven must traverse the realms and dreams of four characters:  Dora, Timothy Hunter, Erzulie (a voodoo deity), and Lucifer Morningstar (trapped in the body of an old man) to find Dream.  But does he want to be found?  What if he quit being Dream?

I enjoyed The Sandman Universe #1, but I would not call it an exceptional comic book.  It is a particularly well-produced preview comic book.  The best art, by far, in The Sandman Universe #1 is the work of Bilquis Evely, who is drawing The Dreaming, so I am putting this title on my reading list.

I want to try House of Whispers because I try to support Black writers of speculative and fantasy fiction, and the Jamaican-born, Canadian Hopkinson is a writer of color.  The House of Whispers preview in The Sandman Universe #1 is interesting and is the only truly unique offering in this comic book.  However, I must say that it did not quite connect with me the way I thought it would because of its various elements and ideas.

The Books of Magic preview did pique my interest; for obvious reasons, this is the closest thing to a Harry Potter comic book we likely will ever have.  I found the Lucifer preview to be a chore to read, taxing my patience for most of its six pages.

The Dreaming is both The Sandman Universe #1's framing sequence and the subject of a preview, which is good.  As I just wrote, Bilquis Evely's art is beautiful, and Evely's talent really shows on the killer last page she produces for this story.  As a preview of a line of comic books, The Sandman Universe #1 is as effective as it can be, but most of the effort is really up to the creative teams of the individual titles in the line.  I recommend this to readers interested in “The Sandman Universe” titles, but I doubt longtime fans of The Sandman comic book series will get much out of it.

7.5 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You'


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Monday, October 7, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 9, 2019

DC COMICS

MAY190474    ALL STAR COMICS ONLY LEGENDS LIVE FOREVER HC    $49.99
AUG190488    BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #6 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
AUG190487    BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #6 YOTV    $3.99
AUG190465    BATMAN GIANT #1    $4.99
JUL199125    BATMAN LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH #1 (OF 3) 3RD PTG (MR)    $5.99
AUG190589    BATMAN UNIVERSE #4 (OF 6)    $4.99
JUL190549    BATMAN VS RAS AL GHUL #2 (OF 6)    $3.99
AUG190434    BATMANS GRAVE #1 (OF 12)    $3.99
AUG190436    BATMANS GRAVE #1 (OF 12) BLANK VAR ED    $3.99
AUG190435    BATMANS GRAVE #1 (OF 12) CARD STOCK VAR ED    $4.99
AUG190499    CATWOMAN #16 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
AUG190498    CATWOMAN #16 YOTV    $3.99
AUG190577    COLLAPSER #4 (OF 6) (MR)    $3.99
JUL190636    CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS COMPANION DLX HC VOL 03    $75.00
JUL190526    DC SUPER HERO GIRLS AT METROPOLIS HIGH TP    $9.99
AUG190466    DC VILLAINS GIANT #1    $4.99
AUG190508    DETECTIVE COMICS #1013    $3.99
AUG190509    DETECTIVE COMICS #1013 VAR ED    $3.99
AUG190588    DOLLAR COMICS WATCHMEN #1    $1.00
AUG190512    EVENT LEVIATHAN #5 (OF 6)    $3.99
AUG190513    EVENT LEVIATHAN #5 (OF 6) VAR ED    $3.99
AUG190514    FLASH #80    $3.99
AUG190515    FLASH #80 CARD STOCK VAR ED    $4.99
AUG190521    GOTHAM CITY MONSTERS #2 (OF 6)    $3.99
AUG190528    HARLEY QUINN & POISON IVY #2 (OF 6)    $3.99
AUG190529    HARLEY QUINN & POISON IVY #2 (OF 6) HARLEY CARD STOCK VAR ED    $4.99
AUG190530    HARLEY QUINN & POISON IVY #2 (OF 6) POISON IVY CARD STOCK VA    $4.99
JUL190643    HARLEY QUINN TP VOL 03 THE TRIALS OF HARLEY QUINN    $19.99
AUG190532    HAWKMAN #17 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
AUG190531    HAWKMAN #17 YOTV    $3.99
JUN190599    HEROES IN CRISIS THE PRICE AND OTHER STORIES HC    $29.99
AUG190575    HOUSE OF WHISPERS #14 (MR)    $3.99
AUG190443    JOKER HARLEY CRIMINAL SANITY #1 (OF 9)    $5.99
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JUL198624    JOKER YEAR OF THE VILLAIN #1 BLANK VAR ED    $4.99
AUG190541    JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY #14 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
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AUG190454    RWBY #1 (OF 7)    $3.99
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JUL190655    SANDMAN OVERTURE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION TP (MR)    $19.99
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AUG190554    SUPERGIRL #35 YOTV    $3.99
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AUG190581    WONDER TWINS #8 (OF 12)    $3.99
AUG190568    WONDER WOMAN #80    $3.99
AUG190569    WONDER WOMAN #80 VAR ED    $3.99

Monday, September 30, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 2, 2019

DC COMICS

DEC180616    ABSOLUTE BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM HC 30TH ANNIV ED    $75.00
AUG190442    BATMAN #251 FACSIMILE EDITION    $3.99
JUL199124    BATMAN #78 2ND PTG YOTV    $3.99
AUG190480    BATMAN #80    $3.99
AUG190481    BATMAN #80 CARD STOCK VAR ED    $4.99
JUL190632    BATMAN & THE JUSTICE LEAGUE MANGA TP VOL 03    $12.99
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AUG190495    BATMAN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES III #6 (OF 6)    $3.99
AUG190496    BATMAN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES III #6 (OF 6) VAR ED    $3.99
JUL190633    BATWOMAN HAUNTED TIDES TP    $24.99
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JUL190668    YOUNG JUSTICE THE ANIMATED SER TP BOOK 01 THE EARLY MISSIONS    $24.99

Monday, September 23, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 25, 2019

DC COMICS

JUL190532    ACTION COMICS #1015 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV    $4.99
JUL190531    ACTION COMICS #1015 YOTV    $3.99
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JUL190535    BATGIRL #39 YOTV    $3.99
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FEB190627    BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE BY MARC SILVESTRI STATUE    $80.00
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MAY190358    BATMAN NIGHTWALKER THE GRAPHIC NOVEL DC INK    $16.99
JUL190545    BATMAN SUPERMAN #2    $3.99
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JUL190550    BOOKS OF MAGIC #12 (MR)    $3.99
JUN190580    CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS 35TH ANNIV DLX ED HC    $49.99
FEB190626    DC BOMBSHELLS BATGIRL & SUPERGIRL CELEBRATION STATUE    $250.00
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JUN190583    DEATHSTROKE ARKHAM TP    $16.99
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JUL190615    WONDER WOMAN #79    $3.99
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Monday, September 16, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 18, 2019

DC COMICS

JUL190534    AQUAMAN #52 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV    $4.99
JUL190533    AQUAMAN #52 YOTV    $3.99
JUL190539    BATMAN #79    $3.99
JUL190540    BATMAN #79 CARD STOCK VAR ED    $4.99
JUN190563    BATMAN THE CAPED CRUSADER TP VOL 03    $29.99
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FEB190630    DKR CALL TO ARMS STATUE MINI BATTLE STATUE    $150.00
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JUL190580    JUSTICE LEAGUE #32    $3.99
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Monday, September 9, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 11, 2019

DC COMICS

JUL198303    BATMAN #76 YOTV DARK GIFTS 2ND PTG    $3.99
JUL198304    BATMAN #77 YOTV DARK GIFTS 2ND PTG    $3.99
JUL190538    BATMAN #78 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
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JUL190544    BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #5 VAR ED YOTV    $3.99
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JAN190658    BATMAN ETERNAL OMNIBUS HC    $125.00
JUN190569    BATMAN HUSH TP NEW ED    $29.99
JUN190574    BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE HC NEW ED    $17.99
JUN190562    BATMAN TP VOL 10 KNIGHTMARES    $17.99
JUL190617    BATMAN UNIVERSE #3 (OF 6)    $4.99
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FEB190631    DC ESSENTIALS RED HOOD ACTION FIGURE    $26.00
FEB190632    DC GALLERY DARK KNIGHT RETURNS COWL    $90.00
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Monday, September 2, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 4, 2019

DC COMICS

JUL190509    BATMAN #181 FACSIMILE EDITION    $3.99
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MAR190571    BATMAN DAMNED HC (MR)    $29.99
JUN190566    BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS HC VOL 01 MYTHOLOGY    $24.99
JUL190547    BATMAN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES III #5 (OF 6)    $3.99
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JUN190454    BATMAN VS RAS AL GHUL #1 (OF 6)    $3.99
JUN190455    BATMAN VS RAS AL GHUL #1 (OF 6) B&W VAR ED    $3.99
JUN190572    BATWOMAN ELEGY TP NEW ED    $19.99
JUN190578    CATWOMAN TP VOL 02 FAR FROM GOTHAM    $19.99
FEB190623    DARK KNIGHTS METAL BATMAN THE DEVASTATOR STATUE    $130.00
JUL190514    DCEASED A GOOD DAY TO DIE #1    $4.99
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MAR190507    DOOMSDAY CLOCK #11 (OF 12)    $4.99
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Monday, August 19, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for August 21, 2019

DC COMICS

JUN190472    AQUAMAN #51 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV DARK GIFTS    $4.99
JUN190471    AQUAMAN #51 YOTV DARK GIFTS    $3.99
JUN190456    BATMAN #232 FACSIMILE EDITION    $3.99
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MAR190622    BATMAN BLACK & WHITE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS 2ND ED STATUE    $80.00
MAY190478    BATMAN KINGS OF FEAR HC    $19.99
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MAY190482    CURSE OF BRIMSTONE TP VOL 02 ASHES    $16.99
JAN190712    DC DESIGNER SER NIGHTWING BY JIM LEE STATUE    $150.00
MAY190484    FLASH BY GEOFF JOHNS TP BOOK 06    $29.99
DEC180649    GRAYSON THE SUPERSPY OMNIBUS HC NEW ED    $99.99
JAN190713    HARLEY QUINN RED WHITE & BLACK STATUE BY JOHN TIMMS    $80.00
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Monday, August 12, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for August 14, 2019

DC COMICS
JUN198396    BATMAN #75 YOTV THE OFFER 2ND PTG    $4.99
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JUN190488    COLLAPSER #2 (OF 6) (MR)    $3.99
JAN190711    DARK KNIGHTS METAL BATMAN THE DROWNED STATUE    $85.00
JAN190710    DC COVER GIRLS BLACK CANARY BY JOELLE JONES STATUE    $125.00
JUN190496    DETECTIVE COMICS #1009 VAR ED YOTV DARK GIFTS    $3.99
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DEC180652    JOKER THE BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS HC    $99.99
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MAY190491    JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA LAST SURVIVORS OF EARTH TP    $39.99
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Monday, July 22, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for July 24, 2019

DC COMICS

MAY190374    ACTION COMICS #1013 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV THE OFFER    $4.99
MAY190373    ACTION COMICS #1013 YOTV THE OFFER    $3.99
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APR190527    BATMAN BEYOND TP VOL 05 THE FINAL JOKE    $16.99
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MAY190392    BOOKS OF MAGIC #10 (MR)    $3.99
DEC180680    DC DESIGNER SER WONDER WOMAN BY JENNY FRISON STATUE    $150.00
NOV180560    DC UNIVERSE BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS BY JACK KIRBY HC    $150.00
MAY190403    DETECTIVE COMICS #1008 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV THE OFFER    $4.99
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APR190547    HELLBLAZER TP VOL 21 THE LAUGHING MAGICIAN (MR)    $24.99
APR190546    HOUSE OF WHISPERS TP VOL 01 THE POWER DIVIDED (MR)    $16.99
MAY190430    JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #13 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV THE OFFER    $4.99
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MAY190432    LOONEY TUNES #250    $2.99
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MAY190455    TERRIFICS #18 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV THE OFFER    $4.99
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MAY190461    WONDER WOMAN #75 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV THE OFFER    $5.99
MAY190460    WONDER WOMAN #75 YOTV THE OFFER    $4.99

Monday, July 15, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for July 17, 2019

DC COMICS

MAY190378    AQUAMAN #50 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV THE OFFER    $5.99
MAY190377    AQUAMAN #50 YOTV THE OFFER    $4.99
APR198554    BATMAN #75 BLANK VAR ED YOTV THE OFFER    $4.99
MAY190386    BATMAN #75 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV THE OFFER    $5.99
MAY190385    BATMAN #75 YOTV THE OFFER    $4.99
MAY190365    COLLAPSER #1 (OF 6) (MR)    $3.99
MAY190366    COLLAPSER #1 (OF 6) VAR ED (MR)    $3.99
DEC180678    DC ARTISTS ALLEY BATGIRL B&W BY ZULLO PVC FIGURE    $60.00
DEC180677    DC ARTISTS ALLEY BATGIRL BY ZULLO VINYL FIG    $60.00
DEC180674    DC ARTISTS ALLEY HAWKGIRL B&W BY ZULLO PVC FIGURE    $60.00
DEC180673    DC ARTISTS ALLEY HAWKGIRL BY ZULLO VINYL FIG    $60.00
DEC180676    DC ARTISTS ALLEY SUPERGIRL B&W BY ZULLO PVC FIGURE    $60.00
DEC180675    DC ARTISTS ALLEY SUPERGIRL BY ZULLO PVC FIGURE    $60.00
DEC180672    DC ARTISTS ALLEY WONDER WOMAN B&W BY ZULLO PVC FIGURE    $60.00
DEC180671    DC ARTISTS ALLEY WONDER WOMAN BY ZULLO VINYL FIG    $60.00
APR190540    GREEN ARROW TP VOL 07 CITIZENS ARREST    $16.99
MAY190428    JUSTICE LEAGUE #28 VAR ED YOTV THE OFFER    $3.99
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APR190555    JUSTICE LEAGUE TP VOL 03 HAWKWORLD    $17.99
MAY190433    LUCIFER #10 (MR)    $3.99
MAY190438    NIGHTWING #62 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV THE OFFER    $4.99
MAY190437    NIGHTWING #62 YOTV THE OFFER    $3.99
MAY190439    PEARL #11 (MR)    $3.99
MAY190440    PEARL #11 VAR ED (MR)    $3.99
APR190564    SANDMAN TP VOL 10 THE WAKE 30TH ANNIV ED (MR)    $19.99
MAY190369    SUPERMANS PAL JIMMY OLSEN #1 (OF 12)    $3.99
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MAY190453    TEEN TITANS GO #35    $2.99
MAY190364    WONDER WOMAN COME BACK TO ME #1 (OF 6)    $4.99
APR190572    WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 09 THE ENEMY OF BOTH SIDES    $19.99

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Review: BOOKS OF MAGIC #1

BOOKS OF MAGIC No. 1 (2018)
DC COMICS – @DCComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Kat Howard
ART: Tom Fowler
COLORS: Jordan Boyd
LETTERS: Todd Klein
EDITOR: Molly Mahan
CURATOR: Neil Gaiman
COVER: Kai Carpenter
VARIANT COVERS: Josh Middleton
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (December 2018)

“Suggested for Mature Readers”

Timothy Hunter and The Books of Magic created by Neil Gaiman and John Bolton

“What's Past is Prologue”

The Books of Magic was a four-issue comic book miniseries written by Neil Gaiman and drawn by four artists, one for each issue, beginning with John Bolton.  This series was published by DC Comics from 1990 to 1991.  The Books of Magic told the story of a boy, Timothy Hunter, who had the potential to become the world's greatest magician.  DC Comics later published The Books of Magic as an ongoing series that ran for 75 issues from 1994 to 2000.

Books of Magic returns as an ongoing comic book series as part of “The Sandman Universe.”  This line of comic books is related to Neil Gamain's work for DC Comics, specifically The Books of Magic and the beloved series, The SandmanBooks of Magic 2018 is written by novelist Kat Howard (Roses and Rot); drawn by Tom Fowler; colored by Jordan Boyd; and lettered by Todd Klein.

Books of Magic #1 (“What's Past is Prologue”) finds Tim Hunter ready to embrace his destiny to become the world's greatest magician.  Thus far, however, he seems to be little more than an awkward teenage boy with the talent for being the world's best at embarrassing himself.

So it is fortunate for Tim that one of his high school teacher's knows of his destiny.  She informs Tim that he actually has to learn magic from books, but the first book she gives Tim has blank pages.  Now, he has to discover a way to read it, even if some books of magic should not be read...

Books of Magic #1 2018 is a good example of how the members of a creative team can come together as one to create high quality comic books.  Kat Howard writes a script that has the enchantment of making the readers keep turning pages.  Tom Fowler's illustrations deliver a graphical story with intriguing shifts in tone and also in environment, and every environment – from memory to magic and from real world to magical realms – seems equally tangible and real.

Jordan's Boyd's color completes Fowler's illustrations, making them evocative, suggesting atmosphere and especially emotion.  Boyd really captures the sense of both frustration and anger that hangs over much of this first issue.  And of course, there is letterer Todd Klein.  I don't know what I'm supposed to say.  Todd Klein is good?  His name is like magic to me.

Books of Magic #1 is quite intriguing.  I want more, and I actually scoffed at the idea of this book when I first heard about it.  Now, I am scoffing at the idea of waiting a month between issues.

8 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Monday, July 1, 2019

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for July 3, 2019

DC COMICS

MAY190375    ADVENTURES OF THE SUPER SONS #12 (OF 12)    $3.99
APR190442    BATGIRL #36    $3.99
APR190443    BATGIRL #36 VAR ED    $3.99
DEC180679    BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE BY KENNETH ROCAFORT    $80.00
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MAY190390    BATMAN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES III #3 (OF 6)    $3.99
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DEC180683    DC GALLERY ARKHAM ASYLUM BATMAN COWL (AUG188732)    $90.00
APR198793    DCEASED #1 (OF 6) 2ND PTG    $3.99
MAY190397    DCEASED #3 (OF 6)    $3.99
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MAY190396    DEATHSTROKE #45 CARD STOCK VAR ED YOTV THE OFFER    $4.99
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MAY190367    DOOM PATROL WEIGHT OF THE WORLDS #1 (MR)    $3.99
MAY190405    DREAMING #11 (MR)    $3.99
MAY190408    FEMALE FURIES #6 (OF 6)    $3.99
MAY190413    GREEN LANTERN #9    $3.99
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APR190556    JOKER TP BLACK LABEL    $14.99
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MAR190595    RED HOOD OUTLAW TP VOL 01 REQUIEM FOR AN ARCHER    $19.99
APR190566    SUICIDE SQUAD KATANA THE REVENGE OF COBRA TP    $16.99
MAY190363    SUPERMAN UP IN THE SKY #1 (OF 6)    $4.99
APR190511    WILD STORM #24    $3.99