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Monday, January 31, 2022
IDW Publishing from Diamond Distributors for February 2, 2022
Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for February 2, 2022
Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for February 2, 2022
Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for February 2, 2022
DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for February 1, 2022
Arkham City The Order Of The World #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Sam Wolfe Connelly), $3.99
Arkham City The Order Of The World #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman #120 (Cover A Jorge Molina), $4.99
Batman #120 (Cover B Francesco Mattina Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman #120 (Cover C Dan Hipp Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman #120 (Cover D Jock Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman White Knight Presents Harley Quinn TP, $17.99
Dark Knights Of Steel #4 (Of 12)(Cover A Yasmine Putri), $3.99
Dark Knights Of Steel #4 (Of 12)(Cover B Joshua Middleton Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Dark Knights Of Steel #4 (Of 12)(Cover C Bengal Character Sheet Card Stock Variant), AR
Dark Nights Death Metal #1 (Of 7)(Soundtrack Special Edition Rise Against With Flexi Single Broken Dreams Inc.)(2nd Printing), $24.99
Dark Nights Death Metal #2 (Of 7)(Soundtrack Special Edition Grey Daze With Flexi Single Featuring Anything Anything)(2nd Printing), $24.99
Dark Nights Death Metal #3 (Of 7)(Soundtrack Special Edition Denzel Curry With Flexi Single Featuring Bad Luck)(2nd Printing), $24.99
Detective Comics #1051 (Cover A Irvin Rodriguez), $4.99
Detective Comics #1051 (Cover B Lee Bermejo Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1051 (Cover C Jorge Fornes Card Stock Variant), AR
Joker Presents A Puzzlebox #7 (Of 7)(Cover A Chip Zdarsky), $4.99
Joker Presents A Puzzlebox #7 (Of 7)(Cover B Reilly Brown Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Justice League Incarnate #4 (Of 5)(Cover A Gary Frank), $4.99
Justice League Incarnate #4 (Of 5)(Cover B Jorge Fornes Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Justice League Incarnate #4 (Of 5)(Cover C Chris Burnham Card Stock Variant), AR
Milestone Compendium Volume 1 TP, $59.99
Monkey Prince #1 (Of 12)(Cover A Bernard Chang), $3.99
Monkey Prince #1 (Of 12)(Cover B Stanley Artgerm Lau Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Monkey Prince #1 (Of 12)(Cover C Team Zao Dao Card Stock Variant), AR
Monkey Prince #1 (Of 12)(Cover D Habchi Hicham Card Stock Variant), AR
Monkey Prince #1 (Of 12)(Cover E Dustin Nguyen Card Stock Variant), AR
One-Star Squadron #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Steve Lieber), $3.99
Represent HC, $24.99
Sandman The Deluxe Edition Volume 5 HC, $49.99
Suicide Squad #12 (Cover A Eduardo Pansica Julio Ferreira & Marcelo Maiolo), $3.99
Suicide Squad #12 (Cover B Jonboy Meyers Card Stock Variant), $4.99
World Of Krypton #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Mico Suayan), $3.99
World Of Krypton #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Dave Johnson Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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Friday, January 28, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: MAO: Volume 2
MAO, VOL. 2
VIZ MEDIA
MANGAKA: Rumiko Takahashi
TRANSLATION: Junko Goda
ENGLISH ADAPTATION: Shaenon Garrity
LETTERS: Susan Daigle-Leach
EDITOR: Annette Roman
ISBN: 978-1-9747-2058-3; paperback (November 2021); Rated “T+” for “Older Teen”
192pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £7.99 UK
Mao is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It has been serialized in the Japanese manga magazine, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, since May 2019. In September 2021, VIZ Media began publishing an English-language edition of Mao as a series of paperback graphic novels under its “Shonen Sunday” imprint.
Mao focuses on 15-year-old Nanoka Kiba. Eight years ago, she was in a mysterious car accident in which she and her parents died, but Nanoka continues to live on. One day, while visiting the shopping alley on Fifth Street, Nanoka inadvertently enters a portal that transports her back to Japan's Taisho era. There, Nanoka meets a young-looking exorcist named Mao and his helper, Otoya, a shikigami that resembles a small boy. As they try to discover what thread of fate connects them, they'll kick demon butt along the way.
As Mao, Vol. 2 (Chapters 1 to 10) opens, Nanoka, Mao, and Otoya investigate the strange cult of Priestess Shoko in hopes of bringing her to justice. However, diabolical forces surround her, and they will kill anyone who stand in their way. Meanwhile, Shoko reveals a shocking doomsday prophecy. Later, Nanoka and her friend, the boy who wants to date her, Shiraha, do some historical research and discover a cataclysmic event that is yet to occur in Mao's timeline.
THE LOWDOWN: The Mao manga is the latest multi-genre manga from Rumiko
Takahashi. As usual, this title pairs a young female touched by the supernatural with a youngish male whose trade is in the supernatural.
Mao Graphic Novel Volume 2 finds Nanoka hopping back and forth between timelines. She and Mao investigate all manner of demons. Meanwhile, a historical disaster connects the two different worlds in which they live, but history may not be entirely correct about the details of event. The Princess Shoko story arc reveals that while both their personalities and their methods sometimes clash, Nanoka and Mao are actually a rather nice match.
As she did in the first volume, Shaenon Garrity once again offers an English-language adaptation that is a delightful read, capturing the magic that infuses this volume and also the curious and inquisitive nature of Nanoka. I couldn't stop reading Mao Vol. 1, and by the time I finished Vol. 2, I really wanted to read more. I heartily recommend this series to any fans of supernatural fantasy comics and graphic novels even if they have never previously read Rumiko Takahashi.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Readers who love Rumiko Takahashi’s manga will want the Shonen Sunday title, Mao.
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: KAIJU No. 8: Volume 1
KAIJU NO. 8, VOL. 1
VIZ MEDIA
MANGAKA: Naoya Matsumoto
TRANSLATION: David Evelyn
LETTERS: Brandon Bovia
EDITOR: Karla Clark
ISBN: 978-1-9747-2598-4; paperback (December 2021); Rated “T” for “Teen”
212pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £7.99 U.K.
Kaiju No. 8 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto. It has been serialized for free on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ application and website since July 2020. VIZ Media began publishing an English-language edition of the manga as series of paperback graphic novels under its “Shonen Jump” imprint in December 2021
Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 7) opens up in a world where Japan is plagued by the giant monsters known as “kaiju.” Thirty-two-year-old Kafka Hibino is a kaiju corpse cleanup man. Kafka works for Monster Sweeper, Inc., a professional kaiju cleaning company, but he wishes that he was a member of the Japanese Defense Force, which is tasked with neutralizing kaiju.
Kafka and childhood friend, Mina Ashiro, both wanted to be members of the Defense Force. Mina is now captain of the JDF's “Third Division” and has neutralized hundreds of kaiju. Kafka is training a new part time worker, 18-year-old Reno Ichikawa, who is determined to take the JDF's exam to join the force as a kaiju fighter. That inspires Kafka to revive his dream to join Mina in the Defense Force, but there is one serious complication. Kafka has recently made the Defense Force's neutralization list as the kaiju code named Kaiju No. 8!
THE LOWDOWN: The Kaiju No. 8 manga made its North American debut this month (Dec. 2021). With its striking cover art, the first volume may tempt fans of kaiju comics to try it.
Kaiju No. 8 Graphic Novel Volume 1 offers a familiar scenario. A hero is forced into becoming the very kind of monster that he fights, or, in the case of Kafka Hibino, the very monsters which he cleans-up after. Rather than treating his lead character as tragic, creator Naoya Matsumoto creates a comedy in which the hero makes the best of the situation. That will probably lead to enough imaginative comic scenarios to keep Kaiju No. 8 running for several volumes, at least.
The translation by David Evelyn captures the moods, styles, and elements in which the manga plies its narrative trade. Right now, the story focuses on the nastiness of Kafka's job, his growing friendship with Reno, the rigors of training, and how he faces becoming a kaiju. So far, I like that Kafka is making the best of it. Maybe, this manga will ultimately be about a hero who overcomes obstacles.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of kaiju manga will want to read the Shonen Jump title, Kaiju No. 8.
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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