THE STRAIN #3
DARK HORSE COMICS – @DarkHorseComics
STORY: Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
SCRIPT: David Lapham
ART: Mike Huddleston
COLORS: Dan Jackson
LETTERS: Clem Robins
COVER: Mike Huddleston
28pp, Color, $3.50 U.S. (February 2012)
Part 3: “First Night”
Dark Horse Comics made PDF copies of all 11 issues of its horror comic book series, The Strain, available in early 2013 to comic book reviewers on its e-mailing list. This PDF release was in anticipation of the follow-up series, The Strain: The Fall. I was able to review all 11 issues of The Strain for the ComicBookBin.
I have previously posted my reviews of The Strain #1-2 on this, the “I Reads You” blog. Over the course of the coming weeks, I will post the reviews of issues 3 to 11 on this blog in conjunction with the airing of “The Strain,” the television adaptation of the original novel. The first episode debuted on Sunday, July 13, 2014 on cable channel, FX.
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The 2009 vampire novel from filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and novelist Chuck Hogan, The Strain, became a comic book miniseries. Beginning in 2011, Dark Horse Comics began the 11-issue comic book adaptation, also entitled The Strain, with script adaptation by David Lapham and art by Mike Huddleston.
The Strain’s central character is Dr. Ephraim “Eph” Goodweather of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control). Eph heads the Canary Project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats. With his second-in-command, Nora Martinez, Eph may have found such a threat at J.F.K. International Airport in New York City, where a Boeing 777 went dead silent after landing.
As The Strain #3 opens, elderly Professor Abraham Setrakian noisily confronts Eph and Nora, warning of the coming abomination. Unlike the characters in so much of horror fiction and storytelling, Eph and Nora pay attention to the warnings… somewhat. They may be just a little late to stop the supernatural disaster. Two of the survivors of the Boeing 777 are exhibiting strange behavior.
Last issue, Ansel Barbour had a special meal with the family dogs. This issue, rock star, Bolivar, freaks out his threesome partners. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, someone goes streaking through Times Square, perhaps like no other streaker has before him. Also, eight-year-old Emma Gilbarton visits her grieving father. With all the strangeness happening, NYPD still has time to racially profile and stop-and-frisk a brown person.
If The Strain maintains the level of quality that permeates this third issue, I’ll run out of good things to say by the time I get to issue #11. The Strain #3 is f’ing awesome. The Strain is the great horror comic book that the original 30 Days of Night should have been.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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Sunday, July 20, 2014
Review: THE STRAIN #3
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Saturday, July 19, 2014
2014 Harvey Awards Nominations - Complete Nominees List
2014 Harvey Awards Nominees Announced
Visit www.harveyawards.org for Ballots & Submission Details
The 2014 Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot, presented by the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry's most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. They will be presented September 6, 2014 in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con.
Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by creators - those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit, or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field. They are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. Thank you to all that have already participated by submitting a nomination ballot.
Final ballots are due to the Harvey Awards by Monday, August 18, 2014. Full submission instructions can be found on the final ballot. Voting is open to anyone professionally involved in a creative capacity within the comics field. Final ballots are available at www.harveyawards.org. Those who prefer paper ballots may e-mail harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com.
This will be the ninth year for the Harvey Awards in Baltimore, MD. Look for more details soon as to how you can attend the Harvey Awards dinner.
This year's Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 5-7, 2014. The ceremony and banquet for the 2014 Harvey Awards will be held Saturday night, September 6th.
Without further delay, the 2014 Harvey Award Nominees:
BEST LETTERER
____ Deron Bennett, CYBORG 009, Archaia
____ Dave Lanphear, QUANTUM AND WOODY, Valiant Entertainment
____ Terry Moore, RACHEL RISING, Abstract Studio
____ Steve Wands, ADVENTURE TIME, kaBOOM!
____ Britt Wilson, ADVENTURE TIME WITH FIONNA AND CAKE, kaBOOM!
BEST COLORIST
____ Jordan Bellaire, PRETTY DEADLY, Image Comics
____ Marte Gracia, ALL NEW X-MEN, Marvel Comics
____ Matt Hollingsworth, HAWKEYE, Marvel Comics
____ Brian Reber, UNITY, Valiant Entertainment
____ Dave Stewart, HELLBOY: THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS, Dark Horse Comics
BEST SYNDICATED STRIP or PANEL
____ DICK TRACY, Joe Staton and Mike Curtis, Tribune Media Services
____ FOX TROT, Bill Amend, Universal Uclick
____ GET FUZZY, Darby Conley, Universal Uclick
____ MUTTS, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate
____ THE PHANTOM, Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan, King Features Syndicate
BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK
____ BATTLEPUG, Mike Norton, battlepug.com
____ THE DREAMER, Lora Innes, thedreamercomic.com
____ GUNNERKRIGG COURT, Tom Siddell, gunnerkrigg.com
____ JL8, Yale Stewart, jl8comic.tumblr.com
____ TABLE TITANS, Scott Kurtz, Steve Hamaker, and Brian Hurtt, tabletitans.com
BEST AMERICAN EDITION of FOREIGN MATERIAL
____ ATTACK ON TITAN, Kodansha
____ THE KILLER, VOLUME 4, BOOM! Studios/Archaia
____ SHOWA: A HISTORY OF JAPAN 1926-1939, Drawn and Quarterly
____ SUNNY, Viz Signature
____ TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, Fantagraphics
BEST INKER
____ Vanesa R. Del Rey, HIT, BOOM! Studios
____ Stefano Gaudiano, THE WALKING DEAD, Image Comics
____ Danny Miki, BATMAN, DC Comics
____ Brian Stelfreeze, DAY MEN, BOOM! Studios
____ Wade Von Grawbadger, ALL NEW X-MEN, Marvel Comics
BEST NEW SERIES
____ AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE, Archie Comics
____ QUANTUM AND WOODY, Valiant Entertainment
____ SEX CRIMINALS, Image
____ SIX GUN GORILLA, BOOM! Studios
____ SUICIDE RISK, BOOM! Studios
MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT
____ James Asmus, QUANTUM AND WOODY, Valiant Entertainment
____ Pere Perez, ARCHER AND ARMSTRONG, HARBINGER WARS, Valiant Entertainment
____ Victor Santos, POLAR: CAME FROM THE COLD, DARK HORSE PRESENTS, Dark Horse Comics
____ Jeff Stokely, SIX GUN GORILLA, BOOM! Studios
____ Chip Zdarsky, SEX CRIMINALS, Image Comics
SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS
____ James Asmus, QUANTUM AND WOODY, Valiant Entertainment
____ Ryan North, ADVENTURE TIME, KaBOOM!
____ Dan Parent, KEVIN KELLER, Archie Comics
____ Fred Van Lente, ARCHER AND ARMSTRONG, Valiant Entertainment
____ Jim Zub, SKULLKICKERS, Image Comics
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC PUBLICATION FOR YOUNGER READERS
____ ADVENTURE TIME, KaBOOM!
____ BATTLING BOY, First Second
____ G-MAN: COMING HOME, Image Comics
____ MONSTER ON THE HILL, Top Shelf Productions
____ ONLY LIVING BOY, Bottled Lightning
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED
____ HARBINGER VOLUME 1: OMEGA RISING, Valiant Entertainment
____ THE KILLER OMNIBUS VOLUME 1, Archaia
____ MOUSE GUARD VOL. 3: THE BLACK AXE, BOOM! Studios/Archaia
____ POLARITY, BOOM! Studios
____ RAINBOW IN THE DARK: THE COMPLETE SAGA, Comfort Love and Adam Withers
BEST ANTHOLOGY
____ DARK HORSE PRESENTS, Dark Horse Comics
____ MOUSE GUARD: LEGENDS OF THE GUARD VOLUME 2, BOOM! Studios/Archaia
____ OUTLAW TERRITORY 3, Image Comics
____ SPERA, VOLUME 3, BOOM! Studios/Archaia
____ THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR, BOOM! Studios/Archaia
BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT
____ BARNABY VOLUME 1, Fantagraphics
____ BEST OF COMIX BOOK: WHEN MARVEL COMICS WENT UNDERGROUND, Kitchen Sink Books/Dark Horse
____ FRAGGLE ROCK CLASSICS VOLUME 2, BOOM! Studios/Archaia
____ VALIANT MASTERS: NINJAK VOLUME 1 - BLACK WATER, Valiant Entertainment
____ VALIANT MASTERS: SHADOWMAN VOLUME 1 - SPIRITS WITHIN, Valiant Entertainment
BEST COVER ARTIST
____ Goni Montes, CLIVE BARKER'S NEXT TESTAMENT,
____ Andrew Robinson, QUANTUM AND WOODY, Valiant Entertainment
____ Chris Samnee, DAREDEVIL, Marvel Comics
____ Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics
____ Brian Stelfreeze, DAY MEN, BOOM! Studios
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, or JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION
____ AL CAPP: A LIFE TO THE CONTRARY, Denis Kitchen, Bloomsbury
____ AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES: THE 1950S, TwoMorrows Publishing
____ ART OF RUBE GOLDBERG, Jennifer George, Abrams ComicArts
____ CO-MIX: A RETROSPECTIVE OF COMICS, GRAPHICS, AND SCRAPS, Art Spiegelman, Drawn and Quarterly
____ THE FIFTH BEATLE: THE BRIAN EPSTEIN STORY, by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker,
Dark Horse
____ MARCH: BOOK ONE, John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell, Top Shelf Productions
SPECIAL AWARD for EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
____ BEST OF COMIX BOOK: WHEN MARVEL COMICS WENT UNDERGROUND, John Lind,
Kitchen Sink Books/Dark Horse Comics
____ CYBORG 009, Stephen Christy, Archaia
____ HARBINGER WARS, Josh Johns and Warren Simons, Valiant Entertainment
____ THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR, Joe LeFavi, BOOM! Studios/Archaia
____ UNITY, Alejandro Arbona, Josh Johns, and Warren Simons, Valiant Entertainment
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM ORIGINAL
____ BATTLING BOY, First Second
____ CYBORG 009, Archaia
____ THE FIFTH BEATLE: THE BRIAN EPSTEIN STORY, Dark Horse Comics
____ MARCH: BOOK ONE, Top Shelf Productions
____ THE REASON FOR DRAGONS, BOOM! Studios/Archaia
BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
____ ARCHER AND ARMSTRONG, Valiant Entertainment
____ DAREDEVIL, Marvel Comics
____ HAWKEYE, Marvel Comics
____ HIT, BOOM! Studios
____ MOUSE GUARD: LEGENDS OF THE GUARD VOL. 2, Archaia
____ SAGA, Image Comics
BEST WRITER
____ James Asmus, QUANTUM AND WOODY, Valiant Entertainment
____ Matt Fraction, HAWKEYE, Marvel Comics
____ Matt Kindt, MIND MGMT, Dark Horse Comics
____ Brian K. Vaughan, SAGA, Image Comics
____ Mark Waid, DAREDEVIL, Marvel Comics
BEST ARTIST
____ David Aja, HAWKEYE, Marvel Comics
____ Dan Parent, KEVIN KELLER, Archie Comics
____ Nate Powell, MARCH: BOOK ONE, Top Shelf Productions
____ Chris Samnee, DAREDEVIL, Marvel Comics
____ Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics
____ Jeff Stokely, SIX GUN GORILLA, BOOM! Studios
BEST CARTOONIST
____ Matt Kindt, MIND MGMT, Dark Horse Comics
____ Comfort Love and Adam Withers, RAINBOW IN THE DARK, uniquescomic.com
____ Terry Moore, RACHEL RISING, Abstract Studios
____ Dan Parent, KEVIN KELLER, Archie Comics
____ David Petersen, MOUSE GUARD: THE BLACK AXE, BOOM! Studios/Archaia
____ Paul Pope, BATTLING BOY, First Second
BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
____ ADVENTURE TIME ANNUAL #1, kaBOOM!
____ DEMETER, self-published, Becky Cloonan
____ "A Kiss ISN'T Just A Kiss!", KEVIN KELLER #10, Archie Comics
____ "Now and Then", DARK HORSE PRESENTS #30, Dark Horse Comics
____ "Pizza is My Business', HAWKEYE #11, Marvel Comics
____ SUICIDE RISK #5, BOOM! Studios
____ UNITY #1, Valiant Entertainment
Congratulations to all of the nominees! The Havey Committe ask that if you know a nominee, please pass on the good news using email, Facebook, and Twitter.
Please submit any corrections to harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com. The Harvey Committee tries its best to list nominees correctly, and want to know if there is an error.
The Harvey Committee and the Baltimore Comic-Con will make every effort to contact all nominees. If you are a nominee and you do not hear from them by July 25, please contact us at harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com. They would love to discuss your involvement in the ceremony and the Baltimore Comic-Con.
For additional information about Harvey Kurtzman and the Harvey Awards, visit www.harveyawards.org or http://www.facebook.com/theharveyawards.
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 15th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. With a guest list unequaled in the industry, the Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 5-7, 2014. For more information, please visit the website, Twitter, or Facebook pages.
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Friday, July 18, 2014
Review TERRA FORMARS Volume 1
TERRA FORMARS, VOL. 1
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia
STORY: Yu Sasuga
ARTIST: Ken-ichi Tachibana
TRANSLATION/ENGLISH ADAPTATION: John Werry
LETTERING: Annaliese Christman
ISBN: 978-1-4215-7154-6; paperback (July 2014); Rated “M” for “Mature”
216pp, B&W, $12.99 U.S., $14.99 CAN, £8.99 UK
Artist Ken-ichi Tachibana first collaborated with writer Yu Sasuga on Terra Formars, which was also Sasuga’s debut as a manga writer. Now, Terra Formars is the latest title from VIZ Media’s VIZ Signature imprint. Illustrated by Tachibana and written Sasuga, the manga concerns the terraforming of Mars and the horror that unleashes.
Terra Formars opens in the year 2599 AD. Overpopulation on Earth has reached the breaking point, and humanity must find new frontiers and a new home. For centuries, Earth has been terraforming Mars by introducing moss and cockroaches.
Terra Formars, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 6) opens after humanity’s first manned mission to the Red Planet, “Bugs 1,” was lost. Now, “Bugs 2,” the second expedition, arrives on Mars with a crew of 15 men and women. These explorers prepare to exterminate the cockroaches that were used to transform the Martian environment.
However, they discover that the insects have mutated or evolved into giant, aggressive humanoids creatures – a race of roach men. These creatures apparently have one overriding goal; that is to exterminate all humans. However, each member of the crew of “Bugs 2” has undergone the “Bugs Procedure.” This terrifying and dangerous experimental surgery is designed to make each human something more than human. But will that be enough for the Terra Formars?
In over a decade of reading and reviewing manga, I have come across some strange and even stranger manga. The Terra Formars manga is stranger, shocking, and bizarre. There are six chapters in Terra Formars Volume 1, and there are at least two or three shocking reveals in each one.
I don’t quite know how to describe it, but this first volume took me so many places in terms of plot that I want… no, I need to know what happens next. I think Terra Formars will hold readers’ attention at least for the first two or three volumes. It is definitely worth a look for fans of strange sci-fi manga.
B+
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
The text is copyright © 2014 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for syndication rights and fees.
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia
STORY: Yu Sasuga
ARTIST: Ken-ichi Tachibana
TRANSLATION/ENGLISH ADAPTATION: John Werry
LETTERING: Annaliese Christman
ISBN: 978-1-4215-7154-6; paperback (July 2014); Rated “M” for “Mature”
216pp, B&W, $12.99 U.S., $14.99 CAN, £8.99 UK
Artist Ken-ichi Tachibana first collaborated with writer Yu Sasuga on Terra Formars, which was also Sasuga’s debut as a manga writer. Now, Terra Formars is the latest title from VIZ Media’s VIZ Signature imprint. Illustrated by Tachibana and written Sasuga, the manga concerns the terraforming of Mars and the horror that unleashes.
Terra Formars opens in the year 2599 AD. Overpopulation on Earth has reached the breaking point, and humanity must find new frontiers and a new home. For centuries, Earth has been terraforming Mars by introducing moss and cockroaches.
Terra Formars, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 6) opens after humanity’s first manned mission to the Red Planet, “Bugs 1,” was lost. Now, “Bugs 2,” the second expedition, arrives on Mars with a crew of 15 men and women. These explorers prepare to exterminate the cockroaches that were used to transform the Martian environment.
However, they discover that the insects have mutated or evolved into giant, aggressive humanoids creatures – a race of roach men. These creatures apparently have one overriding goal; that is to exterminate all humans. However, each member of the crew of “Bugs 2” has undergone the “Bugs Procedure.” This terrifying and dangerous experimental surgery is designed to make each human something more than human. But will that be enough for the Terra Formars?
In over a decade of reading and reviewing manga, I have come across some strange and even stranger manga. The Terra Formars manga is stranger, shocking, and bizarre. There are six chapters in Terra Formars Volume 1, and there are at least two or three shocking reveals in each one.
I don’t quite know how to describe it, but this first volume took me so many places in terms of plot that I want… no, I need to know what happens next. I think Terra Formars will hold readers’ attention at least for the first two or three volumes. It is definitely worth a look for fans of strange sci-fi manga.
B+
www.VIZ.com
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
I Reads You Review: CYCLOPS #1
CYCLOPS (2014) #1
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
WRITER: Greg Rucka
ARTIST: Russell Dauterman
COLORS: Chris Sotomayor
LETTERS: VC’s Joe Caramagna
COVER: Alexander Lozano
VARIANT COVERS: Greg Land; Skottie Young
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (July 2014)
Rated T+
Marvel Comics’ “All-New Marvel Now!” initiative is offering a seemingly endless onslaught on new series. This includes the launch of some X-Men solo comic book series featuring some of the most popular and iconic X-Men. One of the X-Men getting his own comic book series is Cyclops, one of the original X-Men. In fact, the star of the new comic book is a 16-year-old Cyclops… Let me explain.
All-New X-Men, written by Brian Michael Bendis, was one of the titles that came out of the original Marvel NOW publishing initiative back in autumn of 2012. In this new X-Men comic book series, the modern, blue, furry Beast went back in time and met the original teen X-Men: Cyclops (Scott Summers), Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), the Beast (Hank McCoy), Angel (Warren Worthington III), and Iceman (Bobby Drake), at a time when they’d only been the X-Men for a short time. Grown-up Beast convinced teen Beast and his teammates to return with him to the present to see what had become of their dreams in a world that is our present and their future. It wasn’t pretty.
Springing out of “The Trial of Jean Grey” event, Cyclops #1 finds 16-year old Scott Summers/Cyclops in outer space. He is with the band of space pirates known as the “Starjammers.” They are led by Scott’s once thought-to-be-dead father, Christopher Summers, now known as Corsair. And the reunited father and son are about to embark on an epic father-son journey across the space ways.
The Starjammers were created by Dave Cockrum and first appeared in X-Men #107 (cover dated: October 1977). The Starjammers were straight out of that venerable science fiction subgenre, space opera. Comic books are no stranger to space opera, as many comic book companies in the 1940s and 50s used space flight to take human characters to strange worlds where they met even stranger beings. Two of the best examples of space opera in comics may be Planet Comics, a science fiction comic book series published by Fiction House from 1940 to 1953, and also Weird Fantasy, which was published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1953.
This new Cyclops comic book is not hokey like some old science fiction comic books, but it might owe something to Star Wars, a film that has space opera elements and is considered by some to be space opera. With that in mind, I think Cyclops could be a good thing.
What I am loving about Cyclops #1 right now is the art by Russell Dauterman (pencils and inks) and Chris Sotomayor (colors). It is perfect for this juvenile space opera, and it looks so unique and different, as if Cyclops #1 was a slice of a European comics graphic album. I want to see where writer Greg Rucka takes this, so I hope Cyclops runs for at least 12 issues.
A-
Reviwed by Leroy Douresseaux
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MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
WRITER: Greg Rucka
ARTIST: Russell Dauterman
COLORS: Chris Sotomayor
LETTERS: VC’s Joe Caramagna
COVER: Alexander Lozano
VARIANT COVERS: Greg Land; Skottie Young
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (July 2014)
Rated T+
Marvel Comics’ “All-New Marvel Now!” initiative is offering a seemingly endless onslaught on new series. This includes the launch of some X-Men solo comic book series featuring some of the most popular and iconic X-Men. One of the X-Men getting his own comic book series is Cyclops, one of the original X-Men. In fact, the star of the new comic book is a 16-year-old Cyclops… Let me explain.
All-New X-Men, written by Brian Michael Bendis, was one of the titles that came out of the original Marvel NOW publishing initiative back in autumn of 2012. In this new X-Men comic book series, the modern, blue, furry Beast went back in time and met the original teen X-Men: Cyclops (Scott Summers), Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), the Beast (Hank McCoy), Angel (Warren Worthington III), and Iceman (Bobby Drake), at a time when they’d only been the X-Men for a short time. Grown-up Beast convinced teen Beast and his teammates to return with him to the present to see what had become of their dreams in a world that is our present and their future. It wasn’t pretty.
Springing out of “The Trial of Jean Grey” event, Cyclops #1 finds 16-year old Scott Summers/Cyclops in outer space. He is with the band of space pirates known as the “Starjammers.” They are led by Scott’s once thought-to-be-dead father, Christopher Summers, now known as Corsair. And the reunited father and son are about to embark on an epic father-son journey across the space ways.
The Starjammers were created by Dave Cockrum and first appeared in X-Men #107 (cover dated: October 1977). The Starjammers were straight out of that venerable science fiction subgenre, space opera. Comic books are no stranger to space opera, as many comic book companies in the 1940s and 50s used space flight to take human characters to strange worlds where they met even stranger beings. Two of the best examples of space opera in comics may be Planet Comics, a science fiction comic book series published by Fiction House from 1940 to 1953, and also Weird Fantasy, which was published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1953.
This new Cyclops comic book is not hokey like some old science fiction comic books, but it might owe something to Star Wars, a film that has space opera elements and is considered by some to be space opera. With that in mind, I think Cyclops could be a good thing.
What I am loving about Cyclops #1 right now is the art by Russell Dauterman (pencils and inks) and Chris Sotomayor (colors). It is perfect for this juvenile space opera, and it looks so unique and different, as if Cyclops #1 was a slice of a European comics graphic album. I want to see where writer Greg Rucka takes this, so I hope Cyclops runs for at least 12 issues.
A-
Reviwed by Leroy Douresseaux
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for July 16, 2014
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APR140254 BATMAN A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS HC $39.99
MAY140227 BATMAN ETERNAL #15 $2.99
MAY140251 BATWOMAN #33 $2.99
APR140259 BIRDS OF PREY TP VOL 04 THE CRUELEST CUT (N52) $16.99
MAR140252 DAMIAN SON OF BATMAN DELUXE ED HC (N52) $24.99
APR140295 DJANGO UNCHAINED TP (MR) $16.99
MAY140401 FABLES #142 (MR) $2.99
MAY140263 GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #33 $2.99
MAY140248 HARLEY QUINN INVADES COMIC CON INTL SAN DIEGO #1 $4.99
MAY140350 INFINITE CRISIS FIGHT FOR THE MULTIVERSE #1 $3.99
APR140255 JOKER A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS HC $39.99
MAY140183 NEW 52 FUTURES END #11 (WEEKLY) $2.99
MAY140256 RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #33 $2.99
MAY140160 ROBIN RISES OMEGA #1 $4.99
MAY140359 SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED CRISIS OF IMAGINATION #7 $2.99
MAY140224 SUPERGIRL #33 $2.99
APR140273 SUPERGIRL TP VOL 04 OUT OF THE PAST (N52) $14.99
MAR140263 TALES OF THE BATMAN JH WILLIAMS III HC $49.99
MAY140164 TEEN TITANS #1 $2.99
APR140262 TEEN TITANS TP VOL 04 LIGHT AND DARK (N52) $14.99
DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES
JAN140403 DC COMICS SUPER VILLAINS ARMORED LEX LUTHOR DLX AF $49.95
DEC130369 SUPERMAN BLACK POOL CUE $199.95
DEC130370 SUPERMAN ICONIC POOL CUE $199.95
APR140254 BATMAN A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS HC $39.99
MAY140227 BATMAN ETERNAL #15 $2.99
MAY140251 BATWOMAN #33 $2.99
APR140259 BIRDS OF PREY TP VOL 04 THE CRUELEST CUT (N52) $16.99
MAR140252 DAMIAN SON OF BATMAN DELUXE ED HC (N52) $24.99
APR140295 DJANGO UNCHAINED TP (MR) $16.99
MAY140401 FABLES #142 (MR) $2.99
MAY140263 GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #33 $2.99
MAY140248 HARLEY QUINN INVADES COMIC CON INTL SAN DIEGO #1 $4.99
MAY140350 INFINITE CRISIS FIGHT FOR THE MULTIVERSE #1 $3.99
APR140255 JOKER A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS HC $39.99
MAY140183 NEW 52 FUTURES END #11 (WEEKLY) $2.99
MAY140256 RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #33 $2.99
MAY140160 ROBIN RISES OMEGA #1 $4.99
MAY140359 SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED CRISIS OF IMAGINATION #7 $2.99
MAY140224 SUPERGIRL #33 $2.99
APR140273 SUPERGIRL TP VOL 04 OUT OF THE PAST (N52) $14.99
MAR140263 TALES OF THE BATMAN JH WILLIAMS III HC $49.99
MAY140164 TEEN TITANS #1 $2.99
APR140262 TEEN TITANS TP VOL 04 LIGHT AND DARK (N52) $14.99
DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES
JAN140403 DC COMICS SUPER VILLAINS ARMORED LEX LUTHOR DLX AF $49.95
DEC130369 SUPERMAN BLACK POOL CUE $199.95
DEC130370 SUPERMAN ICONIC POOL CUE $199.95
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Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for July 16, 2014
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FEB140330 STERANKO NICK FURY AGENT OF SHIELD ARTIST ED HC PI
APR140441 TARZAN RUSS MANNING NEWSPAPER STRIPS HC VOL 03 1971-1974 $49.99
MAY140551 THE LAST FALL #1 $3.99
APR140370 TMNT ANIMATED TP VOL 04 MUTAGEN MAYHEM $7.99
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