DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for January 24, 2023

DC COMICS:

Action Comics #1051 (Cover A Dan Mora, $4.99

Action Comics #1051 (Cover B Steve Beach Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Action Comics #1051 (Cover C Jorge Fornes Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Action Comics #1051 (Cover D Sergio Davila Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Action Comics #1051 (Cover E Rafa Sandoval Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Action Comics #1051 (Cover F David Nakayama Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Action Comics #1051 (Cover G Lee Weeks Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Action Comics #1051 (Cover H Steve Beach Embossed Variant), $7.99

Action Comics #1051 (Cover I Jack Herbert Card Stock Variant), AR

Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Greg Capullo), $4.99

Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Keyla Valerio Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #4 (Of 6)(Cover C Video Game Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Batman One Bad Day Catwoman #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Jamie McKelvie, $7.99

Batman One Bad Day Catwoman #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Jim Lee Scott/Williams/Alex Sinclair), $7.99

Batman One Bad Day Catwoman #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Jessica Fong), AR

Batman One Bad Day Catwoman #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Serg Acuna), AR

Batman One Bad Day Catwoman #1 (One Shot)(Cover E Brian Bolland), AR

Batman One Bad Day Catwoman #1 (One Shot)(Cover F Giuseppe Camuncoli & Arif Prianto Premium Variant), AR

Black Adam The Justice Society Case Files TP, $19.99

Blue Beetle Graduation Day #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Adrian Gutierrez), $3.99

Blue Beetle Graduation Day #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Joe Quinones Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Blue Beetle Graduation Day #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Chokoo Card Stock Variant), AR

Blue Beetle Graduation Day #3 (Of 6)(Cover D Spanish Language Version), AR

Catwoman #51 (Cover A David Nakayama), $3.99

Catwoman #51 (Cover B Joshua Sway Swaby Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Catwoman #51 (Cover C Sweeney Boo Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Catwoman #51 (Cover D Nico Leon Card Stock Variant), AR

Dark Nights Metal Omnibus HC (Book Market Edition), $125.00

Dark Nights Metal Omnibus HC (Direct Market Edition), $125.00

DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army Of The Dead #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Gary Frank), $3.99

DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army Of The Dead #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Francesco Francavilla Card Stock Variant), $4.99

DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army Of The Dead #5 (Of 6)(Cover C Ben Templesmith Card Stock Variant), AR

Detective Comics #1068 (Cover A Evan Cagle), $4.99

Detective Comics #1068 (Cover B InHyuk Lee Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Detective Comics #1068 (Cover C Ivan Reis Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Detective Comics #1068 (Cover D Colleen Doran Card Stock Variant), AR

Detective Comics #1068 (Cover E InHyuk Lee Foil Variant), AR

Earth-Prime TP, $19.99

Harley Quinn #26 (Cover A Jonboy Meyers), $3.99

Harley Quinn #26 (Cover B Alex Garner Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Harley Quinn #26 (Cover C Jenny Frison Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Harley Quinn #26 (Cover D Taurin Clarke Card Stock Variant), AR

Harley Quinn #26 (Cover E Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), AR

Human Target #11 (Of 12)(Cover A Greg Smallwood), $4.99

Human Target #11 (Of 12)(Cover B Mikel Janin), $4.99

Human Target #11 (Of 12)(Cover C Carmine Di Giandomenico), AR

Justice Society Of America #2 (Cover A Mikel Janin), $3.99

Justice Society Of America #2 (Cover B Yanick Paquette Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Justice Society Of America #2 (Cover C Tom Raney Card Stock Variant), AR

Justice Society Of America #2 (Cover D Mikel Janin Foil Card Stock Variant), AR

Lazarus Planet We Once Were Gods #1 (One Shot)(Cover A David Marquez & Alejandro Sanchez), $4.99

Lazarus Planet We Once Were Gods #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Dave Johnson Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Lazarus Planet We Once Were Gods #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Francesco Mattina Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Lazarus Planet We Once Were Gods #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Rafael Sarmento Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Lazarus Planet We Once Were Gods #1 (One Shot)(Cover E Yanick Paquette Card Stock Variant), AR

Lazarus Planet We Once Were Gods #1 (One Shot)(Cover F David Marquez & Alejandro Sanchez Foil Variant), AR

Punchline The Gotham Game #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Vasco Georgiev), $3.99

Punchline The Gotham Game #4 (Of 6)(Cover B David Marquez Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Punchline The Gotham Game #4 (Of 6)(Cover C Warren Louw Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Punchline The Gotham Game #4 (Of 6)(Cover D Sweeney Boo Card Stock Variant), AR

Punchline The Gotham Game #4 (Of 6)(Cover E Claire Roe Foil Variant), AR

Sandman Universe Dead Boy Detectives #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Nimit Malavia), $3.99

Sandman Universe Dead Boy Detectives #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Alex Eckman-Lawn Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Sandman Universe Dead Boy Detectives #2 (Of 6)(Cover C Dave Johnson Card Stock Variant), AR

Tim Drake Robin #5 (Cover A Ricardo Lopez Ortiz), $3.99

Tim Drake Robin #5 (Cover B Nick Robles Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Tim Drake Robin #5 (Cover C Juni Ba Card Stock Variant), AR

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#IReadsYou Review: SCOOBY-DOO, Where Are You? #118

SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (2010) #118

DC COMICS

STORY: Ivan Cohen; Sholly Fisch

PENCILS: Walter Corzan; Scott Neely

INKS: Horacio Ottolini; Scott Neely

COLORS: Silvana Brys; Jason Lewis

LETTERS: Saida Temofonte

EDITORS: Courtney Jordan; Alex Antone (reprint)

COVER: Walter Corzan and Silvana Brys

32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (December 2022)

Ages 8+

“And the Winner Isn't...”

Welcome, dear readers, to my continuing journey through the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? comic book series, which began publication in 2010.  I continue to renew my subscription so that I can continue to review this series for you, dear readers.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #118 opens with “And the Winner Isn't...,” which is written by Ivan Cohen and drawn by Walter Carzon and Horacio Ottolini.  The story finds Mystery Inc.:  Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma … making a silent film?!  Actually, the gang is helping film a promotional short for the upcoming “Movie Awards.”  However, a ghost, calling itself the “Silent Phantom” is determined to ruin the show.

The second story, “Dial 'E' for Eeeeeeeeek!” is, as usual, a reprint story and is written by Sholly Fisch and drawn by Scott Neely.  [This story was originally published in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #32 (cover date: June 2013).]  The story finds Mystery Inc. invited to the studios of notorious film director, Alfred Hatchplot.

He is known for his scary movies that make audience jumpy, but now, he claims that something is making him jumpy.  It seems that Hatchplot is being haunted by the menaces from his filmograpy, including the dark birds from his film, “The Annoying Birds.”  Can Scooby and the gang solve this case before these menaces start targeting them?

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #118 is a nice movie-themed issue.  The opening story “And the Winner Isn't...” is produced by one of my favorite Scooby-Doo comic book creative teams, but it is actually not a winner.  However, it does have an unusual ending regarding the villain, one that I don't recall ever seeing in a Scooby-Doo comic book, TV series, or film.

“Dial 'E' for Eeeeeeeeek!” is a nice spoof of Alfred Hitchcock and his films.  Alfred Hatchplot is a rather tame take on Hitchcock, who supposedly could be quiet a tyrant on his film sets.  The shower scene in Psycho, which is arguably Hitchcock's most famous film, gets a nice send-up as a movie entitled “Whacko.”  Shaggy and Scooby even take a spin around Psycho's infamous shower scene with a bathtub scene of their own.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #118 is an improvement over issue #117, which would have been a disaster if the reprint story had not saved the new story.  So grab your popcorn and “Scooby Snacks” and read issue #118 or maybe watch a Scooby-Doo movie.  And until next time, Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

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[This comic book includes a seven-page preview of the DC Comics original graphic novel, “Green Lantern: Alliance” by Minh Lê and Andie Tong.]

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

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#IReadsYou Review: VAMPIVERSE #2

VAMPIVERSE VOLUME 1 #2
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Thomas Sniegoski and Jeannine Acheson
ART: Daniel Maine
COLORS: Francesca Cittarelli
LETTERS: Taylor Esposito
EDITOR: Matt Idelson
COVER: Madibek Musabekov
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Stephen Segovia; Meghan Hetrick; Maria Sanapo; Daniel Maine; Roberto Castro; Madibek Musabekov; Rachel Hollon (cosplay)
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (October 2021)

Rated Teen+

“The Red Mass” Book 2: “Even More Yous”

Vampirella is a vampire and female superhero created by the late author and science fiction and horror expert, Forrest J Ackerman, and designed by comic book artist, Trina Robbins.  Vampirella first appeared in Vampirella #1 (Sept. 1969), the debut issue of a black and white horror comics magazine from Warren Publishing.  Writer-editor Archie Goodwin changed the character from a hostess of horror comics to a leading character in her own stories.

Vampirella publications were published by Warren into 1983, and after Warren's bankruptcy, Harris Publications obtained the character and published new and reprint Vampirella comic books into the mid-1990s.  In 2010, Dynamite Entertainment obtained the character and has been publishing new Vampirella material since then.

Dynamite's latest Vampirella comic book series is Vampiverse.  The series is written by Thomas Sniegoski and Jeannine Acheson; drawn by Daniel Maine; colored by Francesca Cittarelli; and lettered by Taylor Esposito.  In this new series, a Vampirella from one universe must travel the “Threads of the Fabric” and gather Vampirellas from other universes.  Their goal will be to stop a mysterious force from destroying them and the Creator of all things.

Vampiverse Volume 1 #2 (“Even More Yous”) opens on a world in which its Vampirella was forced to marry Dracula in order to save humanity.  Things only got worse, and this Vampirella became the killer, “Bloodwing.”  After destroying her own world, Bloodwing travels the “Threads of the Fabric” (also known as the “Weave”) seeking the “Book of Prophecy,” personified as an elementary school-age boy called “Book.”

Now, our heroic Vampirella and Book arrive on a world ravaged by the “Chaos Plague.”  There, they meet this world's Vampirella and her sidekick, Prague, both of whom are ready for action.  However, Bloodwing is also coming to this world, and she has a taste for a book.

THE LOWDOWN:  Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department recently began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  One of them is Vampiverse Volume 1 #2, one of a growing number of Vampirella comic books that I have recently read.

As I've been reading Dynamite Entertainment's comic books over the past few months, I have noticed that some first issues introduce the main series, but are more prologue than story.  With these series, it is in the second issue that the story really kicks off.  I find that to be the case with Vampiverse #2.  Writers Thomas Sniegoski and Jeannine Acheson start this issue by quickly defining Bloodwing and then, they move on to an action-packed story.  I find the characters likable, and I am intrigued by this book chase and Vampirella kill-fest.

Vampiverse's writers have certainly given me a reason to return for more, especially if they can offer a line-up of interesting Vampirellas the way Sonjaversal offers a universe of intriguing alternate Red Sonjas.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Vampirella comics will want to read Vampiverse Volume 1.

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


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BOOM! Studios from Diamond Distributors for January 18, 2023

BOOM! STUDIOS

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Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for January 18, 2023

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IDW Publishing from Diamond Distributors for January 18, 2023

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Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for January 18, 2023

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