DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for April 4, 2023

DC COMICS:

Adventures Of Superman Jon Kent #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Clayton Henry), $3.99

Adventures Of Superman Jon Kent #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Zu Orzu Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Adventures Of Superman Jon Kent #2 (Of 6)(Cover C Tiago Da Silva Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Adventures Of Superman Jon Kent #2 (Of 6)(Cover D John Timms Superman Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Adventures Of Superman Jon Kent #2 (Of 6)(Cover E Mike Perkins Card Stock Variant), AR

Adventures Of Superman Jon Kent #2 (Of 6)(Cover F Clayton Henry Foil Variant), AR

Batman #134 (Cover A Jorge Jimenez), $4.99

Batman #134 (Cover B Joe Quesada Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Batman #134 (Cover C Stanley Artgerm Lau Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Batman #134 (Cover D Frank Cho Card Stock Variant), AR

Batman #134 (Cover E Stanley Artgerm Lau Foil Variant), AR

Batman #134 (Cover F Tom King April Fools Card Stock Variant), AR

Batman And The Joker The Deadly Duo #6 (Of 7)(Cover A Marc Silvestri), $4.99

Batman And The Joker The Deadly Duo #6 (Of 7)(Cover B Bill Sienkiewicz Batman Variant), $4.99

Batman And The Joker The Deadly Duo #6 (Of 7)(Cover C Bill Sienkiewicz Joker Variant), $4.99

Batman And The Joker The Deadly Duo #6 (Of 7)(Cover D Guillem March Variant), AR

Batman And The Joker The Deadly Duo #6 (Of 7)(Cover E Marc Silvestri Variant), AR

Batman And The Joker The Deadly Duo #6 (Of 7)(Cover F John McCrea Variant), AR

Batman Spawn The Deluxe Edition HC, $29.99

Batman The Doom That Came To Gotham TP (New Edition), $16.99

Batman Vengeance Of Bane #1 (One Shot) Facsimile Edition (Cover A Glenn Fabry), $6.99

Batman Vengeance Of Bane #1 (One Shot) Facsimile Edition (Cover B Glenn Fabry Foil Variant), $7.99

Batman Volume 1 Failsafe HC (2022), $24.99

DC Vs. Vampires Volume 2 HC, $24.99

Fables #158 (Of 162)(Cover A Qistina Khalidah), $3.99

Fables #158 (Of 162)(Cover B Mark Buckingham Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Flash #796 (Cover A Taurin Clarke)(One-Minute War), $3.99

Flash #796 (Cover B Daniele Di Nicuolo Card Stock Variant)(One-Minute War), $4.99

Flash #796 (Cover C Yasmin Flores Montanez Card Stock Variant)(One-Minute War), $4.99

Flash #796 (Cover D Lee Garbett Card Stock Variant)(One-Minute War), AR

Flash #796 (Cover E Taurin Clarke Foil Variant)(One-Minute War), AR

Icon Vs. Hardware #2 (Of 5)(Cover A Rahzzah), $4.99

Icon Vs. Hardware #2 (Of 5)(Cover B Doug Braithwaite), $4.99

Icon Vs. Hardware #2 (Of 5)(Cover C Jamal Igle), AR

Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7 (Cover A Carmine Di Giandomenico), $5.99

Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7 (Cover B Lee Bermejo), $5.99

Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7 (Cover C Francesco Mattina), $5.99

Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7 (Cover D Christian Ward), AR

Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7 (Cover E Tom King April Fools Variant), AR

Poison Ivy #11 (Cover A Jessica Fong), $3.99

Poison Ivy #11 (Cover B Seb Mckinnon Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Poison Ivy #11 (Cover C Amy Reeder Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Poison Ivy #11 (Cover D David Nakayama Card Stock Variant), AR

Poison Ivy #11 (Cover E Seb Mckinnon Foil Variant), AR

Sandman Universe Nightmare Country Volume 1 HC, $29.99

Sandman Universe Nightmare Country Volume 1 TP (Direct Market Exclusive Variant), $19.99

Scooby-Doo Where Are You #121 (Cover A Walter Carzon & Horacio Ottolini), $2.99

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I Reads You Juniors: March 2023 - Update #48

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

You can support Leroy via Paypal or on Patreon.

NEWS:

AWARDS - From RondoAward:  The 2023 / 21st Ronda Hatton Classic Horror Awards are currently in the midst of voting and will close April 23rd.  The awards, which honor the "best in classic horror research, creativity and film preservation," are named for the late American journalist, actor, cult film icon, and World War I veteran, Rondo Hatton (1894-1946).

MARVEL - From BleedingCool:  Ike Perlmutter has been fired as chairman of Marvel Entertainment. Also, Marvel will be folded into larger Disney business units.  This "Bleeding Cool" article goes into great detail about Perlmutter and his history with Marvel.

From BleedingCool:  According to information the site has gained, things will remain the same for Marvel Comics in the wake of the dissolution of Marvel Entertainment and the firing of its chairman, Ike Perlmutter.

MILLARWORLD - From THR:  "The Ambassadors," the long-awaited comic book from Netflix executive and acclaimed comic book writer, Mark Millar, debuts this coming week.  "The Hollywood Reporter" offers a profile of the series.

DC STUDIOS - From Deadline:  While filming a scene in downtown Manhattan, Lady Gaga gives the public the first good look at her as "Harley Quinn" in "Joker: Folie Deux."

EN MEMORIAM - From CBR:   American comic book artist, Joe Giella, has died at the age of 94, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.  He was one of the last "Silver Age" of comic books artists and was best known for inking the pencil art of such DC Comics artists as Carmine Infantino and Gil Kane.  His work including the Silver Age reboot comic books, "Flash" and "Green Lantern," as well as "Batman." He was also a newspaper comic strip artists, working on such strips as "The Phantom" and "Mary Worth."

MARVEL - From BleedingCool:  The Marvel Ultimate Universe is returning with "Ultimate Invasion" by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Bryan Hitch.

DC STUDIOS - From THR:  Among the many topics actor, director, and Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer, Ben Affleck, talks about in a cover feature for "The Hollywood Reporter" is DC Studios.  And he says that he will not direct for the James Gunn DC Studios.

From Deadline:  In the wake of the reception of "Shazam: Fury of the Gods," the film's director, David F. Sandberg, says that he is done with superheroes, for now.

From THR:  Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav apparently gave Tom Cruise a private screening of Warner's upcoming film, "The Flash," and Cruise apparently really like it.

FANTAGRAPHICS - From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics Books has announced that the next original graphic novel by Daniel Clowes ("Ghost Worlds"), entitled "Monica," is due October 2023.

DC STUDIOS - From Deadline:  James Gunn is not only writing the next Superman film, "Superman: Legacy."  He will also direct the film, which is scheduled for release July 11, 2025.

MANGA/COMICS - From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media will publish "Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology Hardcover," featuring work from U.S. and Japanese creators.  Horror manga icon Junji Ito will provide the book's forward and cover. It is due in the U.S. in November 2023.

EN MEMORIAM - From ComicsBeat:  The Norwegian artist, cartoonist, and comics creator, Dina Norlund, has died at the age of 27, Wednesday, February 22, 2023, of cancer.  Her graphic novel, "The Snowcat Prince," was recently published by Oni Press.

DC STUDIOS - From Variety:  Actor Michael Shannon was confused when he was asked to play "General Zod," again (for the upcoming film, "The Flash"), a character who died in the 2013 film, "Man of Steel."

ZOMBIE LOVE - From DroptheSpotlight:  Zombie Love Studios has announced that its first publication of 2023, the original graphic novel, "Blacula: Return of the King," written by Rodney Barnes and drawn by Jason Shawn Alexander, has sold out at the distributor.

IMAGE COMICS - From ComicBook:  Sometime comic book artist Joe Madureira has announced the impending release of "Battle Chasers #10."  "Battle Chasers #9" was published in late 2001, and #10 is scheduled for June 2023.  Issue #10 has been drawn by Ludo Lullabi.

COMICS TO ANIMATION - From Deadline:  The upcoming computer-animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem" will feature an all-star voice cast, including Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, and Paul Rudd.

DC STUDIOS - From Deadline:  Writer Marc Guggenheim, who was a key contributor to The CW's DC Comics-related TV series and a co-creator of the "Arrowverse," says that he is disappointed that DC Studios' bosses, James Gunn and Peter Safran, never called him to contribute to the new DC Universe.

MARVEL - From THR:   When Marvel Comics launches its new "Planet of the Apes" comic book series, it will be the first title published under a new imprint, "20th Century Studios." The imprint will be dedicated to the movie properties of a studios once known as "20th Century Fox."  Future "Alien" and "Predator" comic books will be published under this imprint.

DARK HORSE TO SCREEN - From Deadline:  Millennium is going to reboot the "Hellboy" property against with the upcoming film, "Hellboy: The Crooked Man."  Actor Jack Kesy, who played "Black Tom" in "Deadpool 2" will play Hellboy. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is writing the screenplay with Chris Golden.

SONY MARVEL U - From CBR:  "Euphoria" actress, Sydney Sweeney, will reportedly play a second incarnation of "Spider-Woman" in Sony Pictures' "Madame Web."  The film is due Feb. 16th, 2024.

DC TV - From GamesRadar:  Warner Bros has reportedly sold the rights to develop a TV series based on "Dead Boys Detectives" to Netflix.  The Dead Boy Detectives are comic book characters created by Neil Gaiman that first appeared in "The Sandman #15."

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FEBRUARY 2023 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:

From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  AfterShock Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  AWA for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Kodansha Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Spider-Man" and "Dark Web" for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Opus Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Rebellion Developments Ltd for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Red 5 Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Scout Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Seven Seas Entertainment for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Silver Sprocket Press for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Storm King Productions, Inc. for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Sumerian Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Whatnot Publishing for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Yen Press for February 2023

From BleedingCool:  Zenescope Entertainment for February 2023

MARCH 2023 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:

From BleedingCool:  AfterShock Comics for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Asylum Press for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Band of Bards for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Blood Moon Comics LLC for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  BOOM Studios for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  CEX Publishing for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Frank Miller Presents LLC for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Opus Comics for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Scout Comics for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Source Point Press for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Sumerian Comics for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Udon Entertainment for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for March 2023

From BleedingCool:  Whatnot Publishing for March 2023

APRIL 2023 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:

From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  AfterShock Comics for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Frank Miller Presents for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Marvel's "Captain America: Cold War event solicitations for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Marvel's "Sins of Sinister" solicitations and checklist for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Opus Comics for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Rebellion Publishing for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Scout Comics for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Source Point Press for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  TOKYOPOP for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Udon Entertainment LLC for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Whatnot Publishing for April 2023

From BleedingCool:  Yen Press for April 2023

MAY 2023 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:

From BleedingCool:  Ablaze Publishing for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Aardvark-Vanaheim for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  CEX Publishing for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Dead Good Comics for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Fairsquare Comics for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics Books for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Frank Miller Presents for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  IDW for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Opus Comics for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  TOKYOPOP for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Rebellion/2000 AD for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Scout Comics for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Sumerian Comics for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Udon Entertainment Inc. for May 2023

From BleedingCool:  Valiant Entertainment for May 2023

JUNE 2023 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for June 2023

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Captain America" for June 2023

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Star Wars" for June 2023

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#IReadsYou Review: BLACULA: Return of the King

BLACULA: RETURN OF THE KING

ZOMBIE LOVE STUDIOS

STORY: Rodney Barnes

ART: Jason Shawn Alexander with Scott Hampton

COLORS: Jason Shawn Alexander

LETTERS: Marshall Dillon

EDITOR: Greg Tumbarello

COVER: Jason Shawn Alexander

ISBN: 978-1-958509-00-5; paperback (January 31, 2023)

128pp, Colors, 19.99 U.S., $26.50 CAN

Rated “T+ / Teen Plus” or “16 years and up”

Blacula: Return of the King is a full-color, original graphic novel (comic book) that is based on Blacula, a 1972 vampire horror and Black exploitation film.  Published by Zombie Love Studios, Blacula: Return of the King is written by Rodney Barnes; drawn and colored by Jason Shawn Alexander (with some contributions from artist Scott Hampton); and lettered by Marshall Dillon.  Barnes and Alexander are the creators of the dark fantasy and vampire horror comic book, Killadelphia (Image Comics).

Blacula the film starred renowned African-American actor, William Marshall.  He played the film's title role, an 18th-century African prince named Mamuwalde.  In the year 1780, after a dispute, Count Dracula punishes Mamuwalde by turning him into a vampire and cursing him with the name “Blacula.”  Dracula seals Mamuwalde in a coffin that he hides deep in a crypt in his castle in Transylvania.  Blacula reemerges in the United States in 1972 where he pursues a human woman in what turns out to be a doomed romance.

Blacula: Return of the King opens in modern Los Angeles.  Tina Thomas, a young African-American reporter, writes for “Dark Knights,” a blog that “chronicles all things unnatural, uneasy, and undead in the greater Los Angeles area.”  For the past six months, people have been disappearing, and the word on the street and rumors from the shadows insist that the legendary vampire that haunted Los Angeles in the early 1970s has returned to kill.  That's right; Blacula's back.

During her reporting, Tina meets Kross, a young Black man whose family has been plagued by the curse of Blacula since his first appearance.  Kross leads a group of children, a band of “Lost Boys,” if you will, and all have also been hurt by the plague of undead that follows Blacula's blood lust.  Kross and his boys are determined to hunt and to kill Blacula, and before long, Tina finds herself joining them.

Blacula is also on a mission – his own kind of hunt.  He is searching for the one who forever changed his life centuries ago and cursed him with the mocking name, “Blacula.”  His enemy's name is Count Dracula, and that's right.  Dracula's back, too.

THE LOWDOWN:  I want and need to convince you, dear readers, to read Blacula: Return of the King.  It may be the most inventive and artistically ambitious graphic novel about a vampire since Jon J. Muth's Dracula: A Symphony in Moonlight and Nightmares, which was originally published by Marvel Comics in 1986.

The art and coloring by Jason Shawn Alexander is at times regal and elegant, as if hinting at what Prince Mamuwalde once was.  At other times, it is a blustery and frantic, desperate and stormy, and impressionistic and insane.  It is in these moments that the storytelling reminds reader of the backdrop to the horrific melodrama.  The victims of both Blacula and Dracula, as well as their undead acolytes, are the lower classes, the poor, and those living on the edge of an already frayed society.

That is why what writer Rodney Barnes offers is a true sequel to the 1972 film.  Blacula the movie was a very “Black” film, and Blacula: Return of the King is a very Black comic book.  Blacula, Tina Thomas, and Kross and his lost boys are all living the legacy of slavery and bondage, which is suffering and degradation.  In a way, the characters are living the best that they can, but they are cursed by history, both national and personal.  Blacula may be a monster, but he kills for food, a fate forced on him.  It is like fate of the young African-Americans characters here, who live in a gloomy world of abandoned and ignored neighborhoods.

Barnes and Alexander have made in Blacula: Return of the King a vampire story that is an amazing layered work – literal, metaphorical, and allegorical horror.  It is a sequel that honors the original and advances the story forward in way that is faithful in spirit and in potential.  And as a horror comic book, it is a damn fun read.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Blacula, of Dracula, and of great vampire fiction will want to read Blacula: Return of the King.

[This issue contains an introduction, “Blacula and Me” by Rodney Barnes.  It also includes “Prince Mamuwalde Lives!: Resurrecting Blacula,” written by Stephen R. Bissette and edited by John Jennings.]

A+

10 out of 10

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

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"Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham" Animated Movie Has Arrived on Blu-ray

"Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham" Coming March 28

(Burbank, CA) – Batman’s rational mind and unparalleled fighting skills are put to the ultimate test when an ancient force threatens his world and everyone he holds dear in Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham, available to purchase Digitally and on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Blu-ray on March 28, 2023 from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. The all-new, feature-length DC Animated Movie puts Batman up against Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham as he’s aided and confronted along the way by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and more. 

David Giuntoli (Grimm, A Million Little Things) reprises his Batman: Soul of the Dragon role as the voice of the Dark Knight in this all-new 1920s-based DC Elseworlds tale. Tati Gabrielle (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Uncharted) makes her DC animated debut as Kai Li Cain, Batman’s closest ally.

Elevating the action and drama are DC animation veterans Christopher Gorham (The Lincoln Lawyer, Insatiable) as Oliver Queen, Patrick Fabian (Better Call Saul) as Harvey Dent, John DiMaggio (Futurama, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire) as James Gordon, and David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad, Ant-Man) as Grendon.

Rounding out the cast is Gideon Adlon (Legion of Super-Heroes) as Oracle, Karan Brar (Jessie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise) as Sanjay “Jay” Tawde, Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator, The Frighteners) as Kirk Langstrom, Darin De Paul (Mortal Kombat Legends & Overwatch franchises) as Thomas Wayne, Brian George (Seinfeld) as Alfred, Jason Marsden (Young Justice, A Goofy Movie) as Dick Grayson & Young Bruce Wayne, Navid Negahban (Homeland, The Cleaning Lady) as Ra’s al Ghul, Emily O’Brien (Days of Our Lives) as Talia al Ghul & Martha Wayne, Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager) as Lucius Fox, William Salyers (The Regular Show) as Cobbelpot & Professor Manfurd, and Matthew Waterson (The Croods: Family Tree) as Jason Blood/Etrigan.

Sam Liu (The Death and Return of Superman) fills the dual role of producer and co-director of Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham, working closely with co-director Christopher Berkeley (Young Justice) to bring to animated life the script from screenwriter Jase Ricci (Teen Titans Go! and DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse). Producers are Jim Krieg (Batman: Gotham by Gaslight) and Kimberly S. Moreau (Legion of Super-Heroes). Executive Producer is Michael Uslan. Sam Register is Executive Producer.

Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham will be available on March 28 to purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more. 4K Ultra HD and Blu-Ray Discs will be available to purchase online and in-store at major retailers. Pre-order your copy now.

SYNOPSIS:

Inspired by the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace, and Troy Nixey, Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham is a 1920s-based tale that finds explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashing an ancient evil, expediting his return to Gotham City after a two-decade hiatus. The logic/science-driven Batman must battle Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham, along the way being aided and confronted by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and Bruce’s beloved wards. Prepare for a mystical, often terrifying Batman adventure unlike any other.

SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:

Batman: Shadows of Gotham (New Featurette) – An examination of themes of existential dread in a world drenched in gothic overtones that combine to create one of Batman’s most unique adventures. 

Audio Commentary – Filmmakers and storytellers, including producer/co-director Sam Liu and screenwriter Jase Ricci, take in all the gothic horror and intrigue of Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham.

Pricing and film information:

PRODUCT SRP (Standard Retail Price)

Digital purchase - $19.99

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack + Digital Version* - $39.99 USA

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack - $44.98 Canada

Blu-ray + Digital Version* - $29.98 USA    

Blu-ray - $39.99 Canada

4K/Blu-ray Languages: English, Spanish, French

Blu-ray Subtitles: English, Spanish, French

Running Time: 90 minutes

Rated PG-13 for some strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief partial nudity

*Digital version not available in Canada

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#IReadsYou Review: SCOOBY-DOO, Where Are You? #119

SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (2010) #119

DC COMICS

STORY: Derek Fridolfs; Sholly Fisch

ART: Randy Elliot; Dave Alvarez

COLORS: Silvana Brys; Candace Schinzler-Bell

LETTERS: Saida Temofonte

EDITORS: Courtney Jordan; Aniz Ansari & Jessica Chen (reprint)

COVER: Derek Fridolfs and Silvana Brys

32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (February 2023)

Ages 8+

“Centaur Attention”

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? #119 opens with “Centaur Attention,” which is written by Derek Fridolfs and drawn by Randy Elliot.  The story finds Mystery Inc.:  Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma arriving at the “Coolsville Equestrian Center.”  There, Daphne and her horse, Daisy, are participants in the “Coolsville Equestrian Meet.”  However, a monstrous centaur is determined to ruin the event.  Can the gang stop the creature in time to save the event?

The second story, “Knight Mare” is, as usual, a reprint story and is written by Sholly Fisch and drawn by Dave Alvarez.  [This story was originally published in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #52 (cover date: February 2015).]  The story finds Mystery Inc. attending the “Renaissance Faire.”  Everyone is having fun until a ghost, “The Scarlet Knight,” arrives to ruin the event.  What's the story behind this ghostly knight, and will Shaggy and Scooby once again be coerced into being the bait for a trap to catch the the Scarlet Knight?

If Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #119 has a theme, it involves riding horses and ghostly villains that want to stop fun events from occurring.  Both stories, the new and the reprint, feature Scooby-Doo comics creators that are among my favorites.  That said, this is an average issue in the series, especially considering that there have been several above average issues published in the last year.  The villains are not that interesting, but both artists turn in some nicely drawn pages featuring excellent graphic design within the individual panels and overall pages.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #119 is a slight downgrade from issue #118.  Still, it is a Scooby-Doo comic book, Scooby-Doo fans.  So grab your “Scooby Snacks” and read issue #119 and maybe watch a Scooby-Doo movie, later.  And until next time, Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

B-

★★½ out of 4 stars

[This comic book includes a seven-page preview of the DC Comics original graphic novel, “My Buddy, Killer Croc” by Sara Farizan and Nicoletta Baldar.]

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