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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for February 19 2014

MARVEL COMICS

DEC130722 A PLUS X #17 [DIG] $3.99
DEC138035 ALL NEW MARVEL NOW POINT ONE #1 2ND PTG LARROCA VAR $5.99
DEC138036 ALL NEW X-FACTOR #1 2ND PTG ANKA VAR ANMN $3.99
DEC130745 AMAZING X-MEN #4 [DIG] $3.99
DEC138037 AVENGERS WORLD #1 2ND PTG CASSADAY VAR ANMN $3.99
DEC130688 AVENGERS WORLD #3 ANMN [DIG] $3.99
DEC138038 BLACK WIDOW #1 2ND PTG NOTO VAR ANMN $3.99
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NOV130729 CAPTAIN AMERICA EPIC COLLECTION TP DAWNS EARLY LIGHT TP [DIG] $34.99
DEC130738 DAREDEVIL #36 [DIG] $2.99
DEC130710 DEXTER DOWN UNDER #1 [DIG] $3.99
DEC130703 DISNEY KINGDOMS SEEKERS OF WEIRD #2 [DIG] $3.99
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SEP130781 GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA OMNI HC VOL 01 WEEKS CVR [DIG] $125.00
DEC130739 IRON MAN ANNUAL #1 [DIG] $4.99
NOV130730 JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY BY GILLEN TP VOL 01 COMPLETE COLL [DIG] $34.99
DEC130731 MARVEL KNIGHTS HULK #3 [DIG] $3.99
DEC130655 NEW WARRIORS #1 ANMN [DIG] $3.99
DEC130750 NIGHT OF LIVING DEADPOOL #3 [DIG] $3.99
DEC130660 NOVA #13.NOW ANMN [DIG] $3.99
NOV130723 NOVA TP VOL 01 ORIGIN NOW [DIG] $19.99
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NOV130724 ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN BY BRIAN WOOD TP VOL 03 [DIG] $17.99
DEC130747 UNCANNY X-MEN #17 [DIG] $3.99
DEC130674 X-MEN #11 ANMN [DIG] $3.99

IDW Publishing from Diamond Distributors for February 19 2014

Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for February 19 2014

DARK HORSE COMICS

OCT130079 BLOOD BLOCKADE BATTLEFRONT TP VOL 05 $12.99
OCT130080 BLOOD C GN VOL 03 $12.99
DEC130113 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #116 [DIG] $3.50
JUL130103 CLASSIC MARVEL CHARACTERS X-MEN #5 ICEMAN $49.95
DEC130126 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #25 [DIG] $3.50
DEC130103 DARK HORSE PRESENTS #33 (MR) [DIG] $7.99
DEC130092 SKYMAN #2 [DIG] $2.99
DEC130074 STAR WARS DARTH VADER & CRY OF SHADOWS #3 $3.50
DEC130075 STAR WARS DAWN O/T JEDI FORCE WAR #4 $3.50
DEC130120 STRAIN THE FALL #8 [DIG] $3.99
DEC130064 TERMINATOR ENEMY OF MY ENEMY #1 [DIG] $3.99
DEC130110 WHITE SUITS #1 [DIG] $3.99

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for February 19 2014

Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for February 19 2014

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
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DEC131357 BTOOOM GN VOL 05 (MR) $11.99
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DEC131377 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #94 A CVR REI (AOFD) [DIG] $2.99
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DEC131384 GFT WONDERLAND ASYLUM #2 A CVR CALDWELL (MR) [DIG] $3.99
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DEC131401 GFT WONDERLAND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS TP [DIG] $15.99
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DEC130900 GOD IS DEAD #7 CARNAGE WRAP CVR (MR) [DIG] $3.99
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DEC131323 UNITY #4 REG CRAIN [DIG] $3.99
DEC131095 VAMPIRELLA THE ESSENTIAL WARREN YEARS TP (MR) $24.99
OCT130821 VICTORIAN SECRET WINTER WONDER CATALOG ONE SHOT [DIG/P+] $3.99
DEC131115 WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #36 (MR) [DIG] $3.99
NOV131231 WORLD WAR BLUE GN VOL 04 $12.99

MAGAZINES
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SEP131551 AMAZING FIGURE MODELER #56 $8.00
DEC131457 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1392 [DIG] PI
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NOV131452 SCREAM MAGAZINE #22 (MR) $8.99
OCT131509 STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG COLL MAG SPECIAL #1 DS9 SPACE STATIO [DIG] $38.00

BOOKS
NOV131140 HONEY WEST & T.H.E. CAT SIGNED HC NOVEL A GIRL AND HER CAT [DIG] $26.95
NOV131363 JUXTAPOZ PSYCHEDELIC HC $29.95
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NOV132508 WARHAMMER 40K HORUS RISING TP $16.00
NOV132511 WARHAMMER 40K UNREMEMBERED EMPIRE TP $16.00

Monday, February 17, 2014

I Reads You Review: Marvel's MIRACLEMAN #1

MIRACLEMAN #1
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel

STORY: The Original Writer (Alan Moore)
ART: Garry Leach
COLOR: Steve Oliff
LETTERS: Chris Eliopoulos
COVER: Joe Quesada with Richard Isanove
64pp, Color, $5.99 U.S. (March 2014)

Miracleman Book One: A Dream of Flying

Prologue by Mick Anglo (plot) and Don Lawrence (art)

Essay “Kimota! The Secret Origin of Mick Anglo’s Marvelman” by Mike Conroy

Marvelman is a British superhero character created in 1954 by writer-artist Mick Anglo for British publisher, L. Miller & Son. The character was originally created as a substitute for the American character, Captain Marvel (Fawcett Comics), in the U.K. Marvelman comic books were published until 1963, but the character was revived in 1982 by writer Alan Moore, who offered a darker, post-modern take on the character. Author Neil Gaiman (The Sandman) wrote the series after Moore.

In March 1982, Warrior, a British monthly, black-and-white anthology comics magazine, was launched by editor and publisher Dez Skinn, who decided to revive Marvelman. Warrior published the new and darker version of Marvelman, written by Alan Moore and initially illustrated by Garry Leach and later by Alan Davis. In August 1985, Eclipse Comics began reprinting the Marvelman stories from Warrior (in color) in a comic book entitled, “Miracleman” (to avoid legal problems with Marvel Comics).

Miracleman issues #1-6 reprinted all the Warrior content, and then, Eclipse began publishing new Miracleman stories written by Alan Moore and drawn initially by artist Chuck Beckum and later by Rick Veitch and then John Totleben. Moore wrote the series until issue #16; Neil Gaiman took over with issue #17. Gaiman continued to write the series, but Miracleman ceased publication with issue #24 when Eclipse closed due to financial difficulties.

Now, Marvel Comics is bringing Eclipse Comics’ Miracleman series back into print, but in a special edition with extras. This reprint also means that Neil Gaiman will get to finally finish his Miracleman story arc, more than two decades after it began.

Miracleman #1 begins with a reprint of an old Mick Anglo story, entitled for this story as “Prologue: 1956 – The Invaders from the Future.” The main body of the story, “…A Dream of Flying.” opens in Great Britain in 1982. It introduces Michael Moran, a 41-year-old freelance journalist, who has been having a bad time lately. The strange dreams that have plagued him for years are worse, and he suffers from migraine headaches. If only he could remember “the damn word” that is at the edge of his dreams/nightmares.

Moran travels to Larksmere for the opening of a nuclear power plant, and that’s where it all changes. Later, Mike Moran will have a great story to tell his wife of 16 years, Liz Sullivan, but will she believe it? Can Mike believe it?

It has been so many years (so so so many) since I first read the Miracleman #1 published by Eclipse Comics that I don’t remember exactly what I thought about it. I know that I really liked it, but my memory is telling me (or lying to me) that I liked this series even more as it progressed. Reading this #1 issue again, now, I enjoyed it, but I’m not overly impressed with Alan Moore’s story, although I do like it. I get the feeling that once upon a time, I was more in awe of Miracleman #1. After all, it was like nothing I had read up to that point. Like I said, I think I liked Miracleman more in the later issues.

What impresses me now is the fantastic art by Garry Leach. A delicate line is meshed into intricate line work. Supple forms and advanced draftsmanship yield impressive compositions. Did Leach know that he was just drawing a comic book? I gotta find more Garry Leach.

Extras in this new Miracleman include an essay and an interview. Mike Conroy’s two-page essay, “Kimota! The Secret Origin of Mick Anglo’s Marvelman,” is a quickie piece on Marvelman’s origins. “Mick on Mick,” Joe Quesada’s interview of Marvelman creator, Mick Anglo, is short, but gives a nice look at Anglo as a bit of a rascal.

There are also reprints of three black and white stories taken from Marvelman #25 (February 3, 1954) and #32 (March 24, 1954). The best of the extras is a six-page section that offers examples of Garry Leach’s original art, sketches, and developmental art for Marvelman, including his logo for Miracleman. Once again, Leach makes Miracleman #1 worth having.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

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Sunday, February 16, 2014

A Devil and Her Love Song: Closing Numbers

I read Devil and Her Love Song, Vol. 13 (A Devil and Her Love Song)

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