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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 19 2013

MARVEL COMICS

APR130666 A PLUS X #9 NOW $3.99

APR130589 AGE OF ULTRON #10 $3.99

APR130598 AVENGERS #14 INF $3.99

MAR130734 AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS TP VOL 04 AVX $19.99

APR130651 CABLE AND X-FORCE #10 NOW $3.99

APR130682 CAPTAIN MARVEL #13 $2.99

APR130629 FANTASTIC FOUR #9 NOW $2.99

MAR130736 INCREDIBLE HULK BY JASON AARON TP VOL 02 $24.99

APR130664 INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #9 NOW $3.99

MAR130743 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN TP VOL 11 FUTURE $19.99

JAN130774 MMW AVENGERS HC VOL 13 $69.99

APR130656 MORBIUS LIVING VAMPIRE #6 NOW $2.99

APR130627 NEW AVENGERS #7 NOW $3.99

APR130604 SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #12 NOW $3.99

APR130635 THUNDERBOLTS #11 NOW $2.99

APR130675 ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #24 $3.99

APR130678 ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #26 $3.99

APR130596 UNCANNY AVENGERS #9 NOW $3.99

MAR130741 UNCANNY X-MEN COMPLETE COLL BY FRACTION TP VOL 03 $29.99

APR130703 WOLVERINE MAX #8 (MR) $3.99

APR130693 X-FACTOR #258 $2.99

APR130655 X-MEN LEGACY #12 NOW $2.99

IDW Publishing from Diamond Distributors for June 19 2013

Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 19 2013

DARK HORSE COMICS

FEB130023 ART OF THE LAST OF US HC $39.99

APR130041 BALTIMORE THE INQUISITOR ONE SHOT $3.50

FEB130033 BLOODHOUND TP $19.99

APR130042 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #108 WASTELAND #2 $3.50

APR130018 CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #0 $2.99

APR130063 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #17 $3.50

FEB130052 CONAN TP VOL 13 QUEEN O/T BLACK COAST $19.99

APR130017 DARK HORSE PRESENTS #25 (MR) $7.99

JAN130090 DOMOVI GN $19.99

APR130023 DREAM THIEF #2 $3.99

APR130049 EDGAR ALLAN POES FALL O/T HOUSE OF USHER #2 $3.99

APR130051 HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES #3 ALEXANDER CVR $3.99

FEB130043 STAR WARS CLONE WARS SMUGGLERS CODE TP $7.99

APR130060 STAR WARS DARTH VADER & NINTH ASSASSIN #3 $3.50

FEB130047 STAR WARS LOST TRIBE O/T SITH SPIRAL TP $18.99

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 19 2013

Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for June 19 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. Click here for a complete list of this week's Digital New Releases. For more information, go to www.digitalcomicsreader.com.

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

NOV121275 ACG COLL WORKS ADV INTO UNKNOWN HC VOL 04 $47.99

MAR131261 ACG COLL WORKS ADV INTO UNKNOWN SLIPCASE ED VOL 01 $119.99

APR130964 ADVENTURE TIME TP VOL 03 $14.99

APR130815 B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #234 [DIG/P+] $3.99

SEP121087 BARNABY HC VOL 01 $35.00

APR130987 BETELGEUSE TP VOL 03 OTHER $11.95

APR130812 BETTY & VERONICA #266 REG CVR [DIG/P+] $2.99

APR130988 BLAKE & MORTIMER GN VOL 13 CURSE OF 30 PIECES OF SILVER PT 1 $15.95

APR131277 BLOODSHOT (VU) #12 HARBINGER WARS REG ANDRASOFSZKY $3.99

APR131375 BOYS OF STEEL THE CREATORS OF SUPERMAN YR SC $7.99

APR131253 BURNING BUILDING COMIX HC $19.95

MAR131379 CHILDREN OF THE SEA TP VOL 05 $14.99

MAR131290 COMP FLASH GORDON LIBRARY HC VOL 03 FALL OF MING (RES) $39.95

FEB131140 CRATER XV HC $19.95

APR130757 CRYPT OF HORROR #18 $29.95

APR131047 DARK SHADOWS YEAR ONE #3 $3.99

APR131102 DF DEJAH THORIS & GREEN MEN #1 EMERALD CITY EXC $19.99

MAR131116 DF DEJAH THORIS & GREEN MEN #4 RISQUE CVR $18.99

MAR131127 DF REGULAR SHOW #1 EXC CVR $10.00

DEC121082 DF THOR GOD OF THUNDER #1 AARON SGN ED $29.99

APR131100 DF VAMPIRELLA STRIKES #1 COMICSPRO EXC $50.00

AUG121098 DF WARLORD OF MARS #25 RISQUE RED EXC (MR) $14.99

FEB131073 DOMINO LADY BLONDE BOMBSHELL TP $25.95

JAN131055 EVIL ERNIE #6 $3.99

JAN130878 EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS VOL 3 #4 CVR A LEI $3.99

JAN130879 EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS VOL 3 #4 CVR B PANTALENA $3.99

APR130935 EXTERMINATION TP VOL 02 $14.99

APR130867 EXTINCTION PARADE #1 (MR) $3.99

APR130869 EXTINCTION PARADE #1 END OF SPECIES CVR (MR) $3.99

APR130868 EXTINCTION PARADE #1 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99

DEC120776 FAILURE GN (MR) $21.95

APR130938 FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES #15 [DIG] $3.99

APR130859 FATHOM ELITE SAGA #1 CVR A MARION [DIG] $3.99

APR130860 FATHOM ELITE SAGA #1 CVR B CALDWELL $3.99

DEC121182 GABBA GABBA HEY RAMONES GRAPHIC GN $24.95

DEC121041 GAME OF THRONES #15 (MR) $3.99

APR130911 GAME OF THRONES HC GN VOL 02 (RES) (MR) $25.00

APR130783 GEARHEARTS STEAMPUNK GLAMOR REVUE #7 $3.99

APR131346 GFT MADNESS OF WONDERLAND TP $12.99

APR131338 GFT UNLEASHED VAMPIRES ETERNAL #3 A CVR MALSUNI (MR) $3.99

APR131339 GFT UNLEASHED VAMPIRES ETERNAL #3 B CVR QUALANO (MR) $3.99

MAR130781 GOLD DIGGER #201 [DIG] $3.99

APR131039 GREEN HORNET LEGACY #38 $3.99

MAR131275 HAGANAI I HAVE NO FRIENDS GN VOL 03 $12.99

APR131274 HARBINGER (VU) #13 HARBINGER WARS REG ZIRCHER $3.99

FEB131141 HECK HC $19.95

APR130942 HELLRAISER DARK WATCH #5 (MR) [DIG] $3.99

MAR131277 KISSES SIGHS & CHERRY BLOSSOMS PINK COMPLETE COLL TP (MR) $18.99

FEB131074 LAI WAN DREAMWALKER TP $9.99

JAN130821 LAST ZOMBIE #2 THE END [DIG] $3.99

MAR130903 LEGEND OF OZ WICKED WEST TP VOL 02 $17.99

APR130919 LIBERATOR #1 $3.50

APR130817 LIFE WITH ARCHIE #30 REG CVR [DIG/P+] $3.99

APR130989 LUCKY LUKE TP VOL 31 VS PINKERTONS $11.95

APR130990 LUCKY LUKE TP VOL 32 RAILS ON PRAIRIE $11.95

APR131174 NO 6 GN VOL 01 $10.99

APR130920 OCCUPY COMICS #2 $3.50

APR131147 PRIMATES FEARLESS SCIENCE OF GOODALL FOSSEY & GALDIKAS HC $19.99

JAN131086 ROBERT JORDAN WHEEL OF TIME EYE O/T WORLD #35 $3.99

MAR131266 ROY THOMAS PRESENTS PHANTOM LADY SLIPCASE ED VOL 01 $69.99

FEB138566 SAFE AREA GORAZDE HC SPECIAL ED (MR) (NOTE PRICE) $25.00

APR131175 SANKAREA GN VOL 01 UNDYING LOVE $10.99

APR130926 SERGIO ARAGONES FUNNIES #8 (RES) $3.50

APR130927 SIMPSONS COMICS #203 $2.99

APR131193 SIXTH GUN #32 $3.99

APR131194 SIXTH GUN SONS O/T GUN #4 $3.99

APR130828 SONIC SAGA TP VOL 03 EGGMAN EMPIRE [DIG] $11.99

APR130824 SONIC UNIVERSE #53 REG CVR [P+] $2.99

APR130930 SPONGEBOB COMICS ANNUAL GIANT SWIMTACULAR #1 $4.99

MAR138385 SUICIDE RISK #1 (2ND PTG) $3.99

APR130991 THORGAL GN VOL 08 WOLF CUB $11.95

APR131041 VAMPIRELLA STRIKES #6 CVR A JOHNNY D $3.99

APR131042 VAMPIRELLA STRIKES #6 CVR B NEVES $3.99

FEB130964 WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #26 (MR) $3.99

APR131057 WARLORD OF MARS TP VOL 03 (MR) $19.99

APR130819 WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #30 [DIG/P+] $5.99

APR130992 XIII CINEBOOK ED GN VOL 17 IRISH VERSION $11.95

APR130910 ZEBRAFISH SPF 40 HC $19.99

MAGAZINES
MAR131268 2000 AD PACK MAY 2013 $26.25

APR131771 COLOR INK DIY ART PERIODICAL VOL 17 $10.00

MAY131807 COLOR INK DIY ART PERIODICAL VOL 18 $10.00

APR131380 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1357 PI

APR131382 COMIC SHOP NEWS SUMMER 2013 PREVIEW PI

MAR131476 DIABOLIQUE #16 $9.98

FEB138547 DOCTOR WHO BOOKAZINE #1 THE DALEKS $19.99

FEB131290 HOBBY JAPAN MAY 2013 $16.60

JAN131431 MEGAMI APR 2013 $16.60

APR130699 MONSTERS UNIVERSTIY MOVIE SPECIAL $9.99

JAN131432 NEWTYPE APR 2013 $16.00

APR130697 PHINEAS AND FERB MAGAZINE #18 $4.99

BOOKS
MAR131309 DAN SPIEGLE LIFE IN COMIC ART SC $17.95

APR131327 DISSOCIATION OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA SC $8.99

MAR131455 DOCTOR WHO WHO OLOGY OFFICIAL MISCELLANY HC $19.99

APR131364 DONT PIGEONHOLE ME 2 DECADES MO WILLEMS SKETCHBOOK HC $40.00

FEB131289 GOTHIC & LOLITA BIBLE #46 $35.00

APR131415 MAD GOBLIN SECRETS OF NINE NOVEL $12.95

APR131396 ROGUE TOUCH SC $14.99

APR131397 SHE HULK DIARIES SC $14.99

MAR131495 WALKING DEAD POSTER COLLECTION $24.99

MAR132224 WARHAMMER 40K MACHARIAN CRUSADE ANGEL OF FIRE SC $14.00

MAR132226 WARHAMMER 40K THE SOUL DRINKERS FIRST OMNIBUS SC $17.50

MAR132228 WARHAMMER HEADTAKER SC $14.00

Monday, June 17, 2013

Loveless: Ritsuka or Seimei?

I read Loveless, Vol. 11

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

I Reads You Review: X-Men #1

X-MEN #1
MARVEL COMICS

WRITER: Brian Wood
PENCILS: Olivier Coipel
INKS: Olivier Coipel and Mark Morales
COLORS: Laura Martin
LETTERS: VC’s Joe Caramagna
COVER: Olivier Coipel with Laura Martin
28pp, Colors, $3.99 U.S. (July 2013)

Rated T+

Marvel Comics’ Marvel NOW initiative (which began in Fall 2012) is the major re-launch of the publisher’s comics line. Within that major re-launch have been several re-launches, and one of the big unveilings is a new comic book entitled, X-Men.

The new X-Men is written by Brian Wood and drawn by Olivier Coipel. That is a major creative team, but the really big news about this new X-Men title is that it features a female-only lineup. This new X-Men comic book stars Storm, Kitty Pryde, Psylocke, Rachel, Rogue, and Jubilee.

X-Men #1 (2013) begins with Jubilation Lee (Jubilee, of course) on the run, and in possession of an infant. Someone is following her, and she calls for the X-cavalry. Meanwhile, John Sublime shows up at The Jean Grey School for Higher Learning in Westchester, New York. He has a tale of impending doom to tell.

Writing the X-Men means recycling the ideas of other writers, ideas that were first published decades ago. What Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Len Wein, and Chris Claremont wrote can be and has been rehashed, re-imagined, remade, and re-jiggered into countless new comic book stories. This has gone on for decades and can go on for many, many more decades.

Along comes Brian Wood. He is one of those writers that can take someone else’s concept and write new stories that are as fresh and as innovative as the original idea. See him do it on Dark Horse’s new eponymous Star Wars comic book with artist Carlos D’Anda. Wood’s new X-Men is the freshest take on the franchise since Grant Morrison shocked us with New X-Men 13 years ago.

One of the elements that made Morrison’s New X-Men so bracing was the art by Frank Quitely. Wood has an artist collaborator who is still ascending. Olivier Coipel, the French comic book artist, has not yet reached his creative peak, but he is a good storyteller. His pretty, eye-candy style is made even prettier by Laura Martin’s dazzling colors.

Coipel is making X-Men a stimulating, refreshing read. Also, amazing is that he is the first “artist of color” (or how about “Black guy”) to be the series artist (and not a guest artist) on a main or “flagship” X-Men title in the 50-year history of the franchise. When you consider that people associated with Marvel have evoked Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X to describe the X-Men, it is ridiculous that it took this long.

By the way, no African-American or Black writer has been the series writer for Uncanny X-Men or X-Men. Is this an accident or is it because the powers-that-be over the years just wanted it that way? Well, I guess Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel are as bold as it’s ever going to get.

Any way, I like X-Men #1. This is just the first issue, but I already think that the 2013-launched X-Men is a fabulous comic book.

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux