Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for March 23, 2022

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Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for March 23, 2022

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DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for March 22, 2022

DC COMICS:

Action Comics #1041 (Cover A Daniel Sampere & Alejandro Sanchez), $4.99
Action Comics #1041 (Cover B Julian Totino Tedesco Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Aquaman Green Arrow Deep Target #6 (Of 7)(Cover A Marco Santucci), $3.99
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Batman Box Set, $63.00
Batman The Long Halloween Catwoman When In Rome The Deluxe Edition HC, $49.99
Dark Knights Of Steel #4 (Of 12)(2nd Printing Cover A Joshua Middleton), $3.99
Deathstroke Inc. #7 (Cover A Howard Porter), $3.99
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Wonder Woman Agent Of Peace Volume 2 TP, $19.99

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#IReadsYou Review: NOCTERRA #4

NOCTERRA #4
IMAGE COMICS/Best Jacket Press

STORY: Scott Snyder
ART: Tony S. Daniel
COLORS: Tomeu Morey
LETTERS: Andworld Design
EDITOR: Will Dennis
COVER: Tony S. Daniel with Tomeu Morey
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jenny Frison; Tony S. Daniel with Tomeu Morey
28pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (June 2021)

Rated “M/ Mature”

“Full Throttle Dark” Part Four

Nocterra is a horror and science fiction comic book series from writer Scott Snyder and artist Tony S. Daniel.  Published by Image Comics, Nocterra is set on an Earth that has been experiencing an everlasting night, the “Big PM,” since the sky went dark and the world was plunged into an everlasting night over a decade ago.  Colorist Tomeu Morey and letterer Andworld Design complete the series' creative team.

In Nocterra, any living organisms left unlit in the dark for more than 10 hours start undergoing a biological transformation.  Soon, the living turn into monstrous versions of themselves, becoming something called a “Shade.”

Valentina “Val” Riggs – call sign “Sundog,” – was in the fifth grade the day the “Big PM” occurred.  Thirteen years later (“13 PM”), Val drives a big rig hauler, a heavily-illuminated 18-wheeler known as the “Sundog Convoy.”  A skilled “ferryman” Val transports people and goods along deadly unlit roads between the few remaining human outposts, and now she has her most dangerous haul – a girl with a dangerous secret and her brother, Emory “Em” Riggs, who is becoming a Shade.

Nocterra #4 opens in Val's memories of “Day Three” of the Big PM.  She and Em are trapped in the basement, as their parents are transforming into Shades.  They are knocking at the door of the basement, determined to enter and kill their children.  Val and Em have each come up with a plan, but they always follow Val's plans.  Em wants that to change.  So what now?

Back in the present, exposed to the dark for so long, Em is changing.  Val need a “solar lamp” to slow down the change, and she knows where one is located.  It's in the outpost town of Tipton; make that “brought down” outpost town.  Even if Val gets lucky, there still is the problem of getting Bailey to Sanctuary, which might not be there.

THE LOWDOWN:  As I have written in some of my earlier reviews of Nocterra, I enjoy writer Scott Snyder's creator-owned series.  I have also told you, dear readers, that I am usually happy to read a comic book drawn by Tony S. Daniel, going back to his early days writing and drawing creator-owned titles at Image, such as The Tenth.

Well, I am having a blast reading Nocterra, which reads like an old-fashioned pulp serial with its haunting settings, crazy monsters, bad-ass villains, questionable supporting characters, and one against-all-odds female hero.  Nocterra #4 even has a theme: what to do when there only two choices, and both of them are risky, but one means destruction.

Snyder and Daniel are delivering in Nocterra the kind of work that has made them superstar comic book creators.  If you are fans of either, there is no reason that you should not be reading Nocterra.

If you are a fan of colorist Tomeu Morey, then, you want to see how beautifully he colors the dark world of Nocterra.  And I always enjoy reading the lettering of Andworld Design.  Thus, it is easy for me to give this series the highest recommendation, especially when Nocterra #4 delivers a powerful chapter that is built on a riveting backstory in order to deliver a heart-stopping last act.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel will want to sample Nocterra.

A

9 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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#IReadsYou: Review: THE SILVER COIN #4

THE SILVER COIN #4 (OF 5)
IMAGE COMICS

STORY: Jeff Lemire
ART: Michael Walsh
COLORS: Michael Walsh and Toni Marie Griffin
LETTERS: Michael Walsh
EDITOR: Chris Hampton
COVER: Michael Walsh
VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Christian Ward
28pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (July 2021)

Rated “M/ Mature”

The Silver Coin is created by Michael Walsh, Ed Brisson, Jeff Lemire, Kelly Thompson, and Chip Zdarsky

“2467”

The Silver Coin is a horror comic book anthology and miniseries published by Image Comics.  It is the creation of artist Michael Walsh and writers Ed Brisson, Jeff Lemire, Kelly Thompson, and Chip Zdarsky.  Each issue of this five-issue miniseries tells a tale of terror that is set in a supernatural world in which the mysterious “Silver Coin” changes the lives of those who take possession of it.  The fourth issue is written by Jeff Lemire; drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh; and colored by Walsh and Toni Marie Griffin.

The Silver Coin #4 (entitled “2467”) opens in the year 2467.  The new metropolis of this new world has buried the old world beneath its junk and refuse.  A trio of scavengers are on the run from Officer Colten Dudley and his remote controlled drone (called a “bird”).  But one of these scavengers is going to discover an ancient treasure.  The price it carries is unimaginable, and everyone may end up paying that price.

THE LOWDOWN:  As I wrote in my reviews of the first three issues of The Silver Coin, I am a big fan of horror comic book anthologies.  That includes everything from the classic EC Comics titles to later titles like DC Comics' Ghosts and House of Mystery, Kitchen Sink Press's Death Rattle, and Approbation Comics' Amour, to name a few.

“2467,” the offering in The Silver Coin #4, surpasses the stories offered in issues #2 and #3.  Jeff Lemire, who has written some outstanding science fiction comics, including Sweet Tooth, offers a tale that shows that the past isn't always history – a thing long gone – even if we have forgotten that past.

Once again, Michael Walsh's art and graphical storytelling are what really delivers the unsettling moments in this tale.  The “worms” which the citizens of this world use to connect to each other as if each person were a device, are both nasty and chilling.  I think the world of “2467” is worth some expansion.  Dear readers, let's come back for the finale and see what's in store.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of classic horror comic book anthologies will want to spend The Silver Coin.

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7.5 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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#IReadsYou Revew: THE DEATH OF DOCTOR STRANGE: Blade #1

DEATH OF DOCTOR STRANGE: BLADE #1
MARVEL COMICS

STORY: Danny Lore
ART: Dylan Burnett
COLORS: Mike Spicer
LETTERS: VC's Travis Lanham
EDITOR: Darren Shan
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Akira Yoshida a.k.a. C.B. Cebulski
COVER: Boss Logic
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: David Baldeon with Israel Sukva
36pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (February 2022)

Rated “Teen+”

Blade created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan

Blade is a Marvel Comics character created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan.  He first appeared in the comic book, The Tomb of Dracula #10 (cover dated:  July 1973), as a supporting character.  Blade is Eric Brooks, who was born a half-vampire and half-human, after a vampire attacked and killed his mother.  Possessing a vampire's speed, strength, and healing, Eric became Blade the vampire hunter and killer.

“The Death of Doctor Strange” is a 12-issue comic book event published by Marvel Comics from September 2021 to January 2022.  I don't give a crap about it, but I do give a crap about Blade.  One of the twelves titles is Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1.

Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1 is written by Danny Lore; drawn by Dylan Burnett; colored by Mike Spicer; and lettered by Travis Lanham.  This one-shot finds Blade, the Sheriff of the Vampire Nation, dealing with invaders from another dimension

Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1 opens in the Vampire Nation.  Once upon a time, Doctor Strange destroyed every vampire in the world with one spell, the “Montesi Formula” (as seen in Doctor Strange  #59-62; cover-dated June to December 1983).  Strange also preserved a magical barrier around the Earth to ward off attacks from other dimensions.

Now, Doctor Strange is dead, as seen in Death of Doctor Strange #1(cover date: November 2021).  And the Vampire Nation celebrates.  That does not sit too well with Strange's old friend, Blade the Vampire Hunter, who is the new Vampire Nation sheriff … at the behest of his old adversary, Count Dracula, the Lord of the Vampire Nation.

What happens, however, when interlopers from another dimension invade vampire territory and put all the bloodsuckers' lives at risk?  Will Blade do his duty to protect them?  Or will he let the vampires get wiped out again?  Can he truly be a partner with Dracula, someone he neither likes nor trusts? And what exactly are these creatures from another dimension.

THE LOWDOWN:  My summary of Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1 does not do it justice.  There is a subplot involving a group within the Vampire Nation that is spoiling for a fight with Blade.  The other-dimensional invaders are not what they seem, and Blade is not sure the invaders are all invaders, which he may or may not be wrong about.

My summary is inadequate because writer Danny Lore makes use of every page of this one-shot.  Lore offers multiple points of view, red herrings, conflicting subplots, and more.  In addition, Lore presents a Blade tale that captures the off-beat nature of the 1970s Blade stories written by Marv Wolfman and Chris Claremont for the old black and white comics magazines, Vampire Tales and Marvel Preview.  They were some of the best Blade comics ever.  I often thought of them while reading what Lore weaves in this comic book.

Dylan Burnett is the perfect artist for Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1.  His art has an animation quality and, in some ways, resembles the work of Bruce Timm.  From a graphic and visual perspective, Burnett's work here recalls the visual style of the the 1998 Blade film, the first in a trilogy starring actor Wesley Snipes as Blade.  Burnett also captures the shifting and shifty nature of Lore's tale.

Mike Spicer's colors are perfectly garish, hinting at a neon, nightmare world of vampires.  The always reliable Travis Lanham letters this story in a way that reflects the multiple layers of the plot and its subplots.  I would love to see this creative team on another Blade comic book.  I don't know if the current Direct Market can support an ongoing Blade comic book, but certainly it could support another one-shot, if not a miniseries like this.  This is a good beginning.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Blade and readers of the “Death of Doctor Strange” event will want to read Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1.

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7.5 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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