IDW Publishing from Diamond Distributors for October 16 2013

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IDW PUBLISHING

AUG130457 100 PENNY PRESS THUNDER AGENTS CLASSIC $1.00
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AUG130425 STAR TREK KHAN #1 $3.99
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JUL138415 WILD BLUE YONDER #1 3RD PTG $3.99
JUL138416 WILD BLUE YONDER #2 3RD PTG $3.99
JUL130331 X-FILES CLASSICS HC VOL 02 $29.99
AUG130395 X-FILES SEASON 10 #5 [DIG/P+] $3.99

Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 16 2013

DARK HORSE COMICS

AUG130093 BALTIMORE INFERNAL TRAIN #2 $3.50
APR130019 BLACK BEETLE NO WAY OUT HC VOL 01 $19.99
AUG130054 BLOODHOUND CROWBAR MEDICINE #1 $3.99
AUG130089 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #112 $3.50
AUG130062 BRAIN BOY #2 $2.99
AUG130061 BUZZKILL #2 $3.99
AUG130072 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #21 $3.50
AUG130080 SHOOT FIRST #1 $3.99
AUG130100 STRAIN THE FALL #4 $3.99

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 16 2013

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IMAGE COMICS

AUG130602 68 TP VOL 03 JUNGLE JIM (MR) [DIG] $19.99
AUG130532 ART OF CHARLIE ADLARD HC (MR) $39.99
AUG130579 BUSHIDO #3 [DIG] $2.99
AUG138198 GHOSTED #3 2ND PTG (MR) $2.99
JUN130545 INVINCIBLE #106 [DIG] $2.99
AUG130625 MIND THE GAP TP VOL 03 OUT OF BODIES (MR) [DIG] $14.99
AUG130703 MORNING GLORIES #33 (MR) [DIG] $3.50
MAR130585 NOWHERE MEN #6 [DIG] $2.99
AUG130715 SHELTERED #4 [DIG] $2.99
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JUL130550 WHISPERS #6 (MR) [DIG] $2.99
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IMAGE COMICS/MCFARLANE TOYS

JUL130558 HALO 4 SERIES 2 AF (RES) PI
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JUL130557 WALKING DEAD TV MERLE & DARYL DIXON AF 2-PK PI
JUL130551 WALKING DEAD TV SERIES 4 AF PI
JUL130553 WALKING DEAD TV SERIES 4 ANDREA AF PI
JUL130552 WALKING DEAD TV SERIES 4 CARL GRIMES AF PI
JUL130556 WALKING DEAD TV SERIES 4 GAS MASK ZOMBIE AF PI
JUL130554 WALKING DEAD TV SERIES 4 GOVERNOR AF PI
JUL130555 WALKING DEAD TV SERIES 4 RIOT GEAR ZOMBIE AF PI

Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for October 16 2013

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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
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MAGAZINES
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BOOKS
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Tiger and Bunny: Fire Is a Good Servant but a Bad Master

I read Tiger & Bunny, Vol. 3

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin (which has free smart phone apps and comics - which you can buy).

I Reads You Review: BATMAN #21

BATMAN #21
DC COMICS – @DCComics

WRITER: Scott Snyder
PENCILS: Greg Capullo
INKS: Danny Miki
COLORS: FCO Plascenia
LETTERS: Nick Napolitano
COVER: Greg Capullo with FCO Plascenia
VARIANT COVER: Jock
40pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (August 2013)

Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger

Zero Year – Secret City: Part One

The latest Batman event story is “Zero Year.”  Written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Greg Capullo, the 10-issue story is currently running through the ongoing Batman title.

Batman #21 (Zero Year – Secret City: Part One) opens six years ago, which I’m assuming is a time period occurring before The New 52.  Batman looks cool on a motorcycle.  Then, the story moves to a period five months earlier than that.  Then, there are flashbacks to Bruce Wayne’s youth.  “Secret City,” which seems unhinged in time, features the Red Hood, Alfred Pennyworth, Dr. Thomas Wayne, Philip Kane (Bruce’s maternal uncle, whom obviously irritates Alfred), and a surprise appearance from a classic member of Batman’s rogues gallery.  See ya’ next issue.

Wow!  I’m ready to read more.  Snyder borrows elements (as far as I can tell) from Batman stories written by Frank Miller, Grant Morrison, and novelist Tracy Hickman.  He turns that into an intriguing tale of Batman’s early campaign against crime in Gotham City.  I think Uncle Philip is in this story to add a tragic twist, and for that Snyder has made him well suited for betrayal and blood.  One of my favorite things about this story is how Snyder portrays young Bruce Wayne as an explorer of Gotham.  It’s too cute, and it tugs at the heart.

Another favorite thing about Batman #21 is Greg Capullo’s quirky pencils, which under Danny Miki’s inks, creates a Batman milieu that is timeless.  The art seems inspired by the entire graphical landscape of Batman, from the 1960s to the early 21st century.  FCO Plascenia’s coloring captures lovely autumnal colors in a way that one would think not possible for a comic book (and certainly not a superhero comic book), and the coloring gives Gotham City character and personality.  I’m ready for more.

A-

Back-up story:  Bruce Wayne: Where the Hell Did he Learn to Drive?!

WRITERS:  Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV
ART: Rafael Albuquerque
COLORS: Dave McCaig
LETTERS: Taylor Esposito

“Bruce Wayne: Where the Hell Did he Learn to Drive?!” is a back-up short comic that presents a vignette of the life of 19-year-old Bruce Wayne.  I guess that you can’t tell a tale of early Batman, if you don’t also show how Bruce got to Batman.  I will assume that Bruce is in Rio do Janeiro (the story’s setting) to train for his future efforts in Gotham.  This is a clever story that hints at the future “Dark Knight,” especially Frank Miller’s Clint Eastwood-esque take on the character.  Rafael Albuquerque’s art is nice.

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

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Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan - Kirisaki Toryanse, The Ripper

I read Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Vol. 17

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin.