Comics and Magazines from Diamond Distributors for April 21 2010

COMICS

FEB100677 ARCHIE #608 (NOTE PRICE) $2.99

JAN100956 BASIL WOLVERTONS CULTURE CORNER HC $22.99

FEB100683 BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #180 $3.99

FEB100883 DF GREEN HORNET YEAR ONE #1 WAGNER COOL GREEN EX CVR $3.99

MAR100931 DF NEMESIS #1 EX CVR $10.00

FEB100700 DO ANYTHING VOL 01 $5.99

FEB100769 DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #353 $2.99

JAN101145 DRAGONBALL Z VIZBIG ED GN VOL 07 $17.99

FEB100751 FARSCAPE ONGOING #6 $3.99

JAN100748 FEARLESS DAWN #3 (OF 4) $2.95

SEP090676 FRANK BELLAMY STORY WORLD WAR I LTD SC $43.00

JAN101154 GESTALT GN VOL 06 $9.99

NOV090587 HAIRY THINGS #3 (OF 3) $3.95

DEC090832 HAPPY BOYS GN VOL 02 $12.95

SEP090956 HOTWIRE TP VOL 01 REQUIEM FOR THE DEAD $14.95

FEB100684 JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #37 $2.69

MAR100853 KATO ORIGINS WAY O/T NINJA #1 $3.99

MAR101117 KENK A GRAPHIC PORTRAIT GN $25.95

JAN101133 KINGYO USED BOOKS TP VOL 01 $12.99

DEC098036 LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME #1 (OF 3) 2ND PTG (PP #903) $4.99

DEC091076 MERC #2 $2.99

FEB100923 MOME GN VOL 18 $14.99

DEC090831 OTODAMA VOICE FROM THE DEAD GN VOL 01 (OF 2) $12.95

DEC090950 PHANTOM DOUBLE SHOT #3 (OF 6) KGB NOIR $2.99

JAN101060 PHANTOM GHOST WHO WALKS #9 $3.99

JAN100716 PRODIGAL EGG OF FIRST LIGHT #2 (OF 2) $4.95

JAN100881 QUEEN SONJA #6 $2.99

FEB100787 RASL TP VOL 02 FIRE OF ST GEORGE $15.00

JAN101166 REAL GN VOL 08 $12.99

FEB101048 RESURRECTION VOL 2 #10 $3.99

JAN101187 SALEMS DAUGHTER #4 (RES) $2.99

FEB100929 SHEBUCANEER ORIGINS #1 (OF 3) $3.99

FEB100738 SIMPSONS COMICS #165 $2.99

NOV090622 SOULFIRE VOLUME TWO #4 $2.99

FEB101049 SPELL CHECKERS GN VOL 01 $11.99

FEB101101 STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS IBUKI #2 (OF 4) A CVR DOGAN $3.95

FEB101102 STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS IBUKI #2 (OF 4) B CVR JONG $3.95

FEB101024 TALES OF TMNT #69 $3.25

FEB100646 TERRY MOORES ECHO TP VOL 04 COLLIDER $15.95

JAN101071 TICK NEW SERIES #3 $4.95

FEB100780 WALL-E #5 $2.99

FEB101074 WWE HEROES #2 $3.99

MAGAZINES
FEB101181 BACK ISSUE #40 (NOTE PRICE) $7.95
DEC091100 CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG SPECIAL FIN FANG FOOM $38.00
FEB101184 COMIC HEROES MAGAZINE #1 $19.99
DEC091104 DC SUPERHERO FIGURINE COLL MAG #50 HUNTRESS $14.00
FEB101206 FANGORIA #293 MAY 2010 $8.99
FEB101236 GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES THE SPIDER VOL 15 $14.95
JAN101194 LEES TOY REVIEW #209 APR 2010 $5.95
FEB101233 LOCUS #591 $6.95
NOV091074 STAR WARS VEHICLES COLL MAG #13 TIE BOMBER $18.00
NOV091075 STAR WARS VEHICLES COLL MAG #14 B WING $18.00
NOV091076 STAR WARS VEHICLES COLL MAG #39 STARFREIGHTER $18.00
NOV091077 STAR WARS VEHICLES COLL MAG #40 AT ST $18.00
JAN101175 YEN PLUS MAGAZINE VOL 3 #5 MAY 2010 $8.99

Moonstone to Publish "Captain Action, Season 2" in July

MOONSTONE July ’10 Release


CAPTAIN ACTION, Season 2 #1
Story: Steven Grant, Rafael Nieves
Art: Manuel Martin, Steve Scott
Colors: James Brown
Covers: Mark Texiera, Mike Allred
32pgs, color, $3.99

Back in Action! The”original action figure” is back for more thrills, more intrigue, more heroes and even more villains, as award-winning writer Steven Grant hits the ground running in this new ongoing series. Picking up right after the first mini, the reluctant, new Captain Action finds himself fighting a war that the world doesn’t realize already has already been lost!

Each issue showcases a full-length Captain Action adventure and one back-up tale featuring characters such as Lady Action and Dr. Eville! First-up: a glimpse into the early days of Action Boy. (Each cover available separately)

**RETAILER INCENTIVE#1: for every 5 copies ordered, get one FREE!

**RETAILER INCENTIVE #2: for every 5 copies ordered, you can order one Texiera variant cover version: $3.99 retail.

VIZ Media to Publish "Flower in a Storm" in May

FLOWER IN A STORM BRINGS ON A FRENZIED ROMANTIC CHASE IN FUN NEW SHOJO SERIES FROM VIZ MEDIA

When A Boy Just Won’t Take No For An Answer Sometimes All A Girl Has Left Are Her Superpowers

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, offers FLOWER IN A STORM, an imaginative romantic comedy from a fresh new talent of the shojo manga world, Shigeyoshi Takagi. Set to be published under the Shojo Beat imprint and released on May 4th, FLOWER IN A STORM is rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens and will carry an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN.

Riko Kunimi is trying to lead a normal high school life when Ran Tachibana bursts into her classroom carrying a gun and tells her that her life is now his. Ran, who is the richest and most powerful 17-year-old in Japan, wants her as his wife, and he’s not taking no for an answer!

If Ran can’t capture her by five o’clock the next day, he’ll give up, but he has all that money can buy at his disposal. However, Riko has one trick up her sleeve—she has superpowers!

“FLOWER IN A STORM is a zany, sweet, over-the-top story of a girl with superhuman abilities who just wants to lead a normal life and a boy who leads anything but a normal life but just wants to make her his,” says Leyla Aker, Editorial Manager, VIZ Media. “We hope shojo readers will enjoy this fresh, funny debut series from a young creator.”

FLOWER IN A STORM is a two-volume series that was originally featured in Lala and Lala DX magazines (also the original home of VAMPIRE KNIGHT). This is the first graphic novel from Shigeyoshi Takagi.

For more information on this title, or other shojo titles from VIZ Media, please visit www.shojobeat.com.

Comic Book Bin Announces Intuitive iPhone App

Comic Book Bin Launches New, Intuitive iPhone™ App for Comic Book Hobbyists

ComicBookBin iPhone app adapts to lifestyle of comic book hobbyists

CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The popular and unique comic book Website The Comic Book Bin has launched a new iPhone app, with the most comprehensive list of comic book conventions, a global comic book store search and a directory of more than 10,000 articles.

The intuitive second-generation Comic Book Bin app adapts to the lifestyle of the comic book reader, unlike first-generation apps that force users to learn new interfaces.

"Other comic book apps force readers to read complex contents on tiny screens and to change the way they interact with a comic book," said Comic Book Bin Founder and Publisher Hervé St-Louis.

St-Louis, a reputable and well-known industry expert, said that the Website needed to reflect the future of communications with this mobile app.

"The iPhone, no matter how much other smart phones have advanced since the launch of the original version from Apple, is a symbol for the new way people consume information on mobile devices," he said. "It’s the most mature mobile environment."

Features of the new app include:
Powerful search engine that can find articles published since 2002. Users who prefer to browse and search articles can either use a gallery view with image thumbnails images when in landscape mode, or a simple news-reader type of listing.

A continually updated comic book convention listing that is one of the most comprehensive comic book convention schedules available anywhere.

A multi-lingual, global comic book store locator that locates comic book stores in the user's area without forcing the user to do any work such as entering zip codes or personal addresses. It also lists comic book stores freely, unlike other apps.

For more information, visit www.comicbookbin.com/iphone.html. To download this app from the iTunes store, visit http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/comicbookbin/id360213878?mt=8

The full media kit is available at: http://www.comicbookbin.com/presskit/


About The Comic Book Bin
The Comic Book Bin is an independent site founded in 2002 where respectful and well-researched discourse on comic books is promoted. Founder Hervé St-Louis is a graduate student at the Center for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary. The Comic Book Bin, a Coolstreak Cartoons property, is based in Calgary, Canada.

The Plaid Avenger in "Battle for Burma"

The Plaid Avenger is back, and I reviewed the second issue over at the Comic Book Bin (which now has an iPhone app).

This time around, this charming masked man heads to Burma to rescue a real world hero, Aung San Suu Kyi, from the clutches of real world villain, Senior General Than Shwe.

New Reliable Press Announces New Crime Anthology

NEW RELIABLE PRESS READY TO TAKE ON THE BIG BOYS OF CRIME COMICS

Acts of Violence explores mob loyalty, vigilante justice, drug addiction and dirty cops

New Reliable Press, one of Canada’s most versatile comics publishers, has just released Acts of Violence: A Crime Comics Anthology, a collection of sequential crime fiction told in the pulp tradition.

“Crime comics are in the midst of a revival,” says Ed Brisson, founder of New Reliable Press and co-creator of Acts of Violence, citing examples like DC’s Vertigo Crime line, Ed Brubaker’s Criminal, Marvel Noir, and Dark Horse’s recently released crime comics anthology.

And true to the nature of characters in crime fiction, the small, scrappy upstart is ready to go toe-to-toe with the big boys.

“Our promotional campaign is as well planned as a bank heist,” says Brisson. “Postcards have been sent to more than 500 comic shops in North America, and the creators are working the phones and social networking to connect with retailers and comic fans.”

Over the month of April, Acts of Violence creators have called more than 350 comic shops in North America, with more calls to be made before the end of the month. The creators feel this grassroots promotion is what is ultimately going to drive interest in the anthology.

“We’re not going to bust any kneecaps, but we will bust our asses to get the word out about our book,” says Brisson.

Featuring the talents of Toren Atkinson, Ed Brisson, Chad Boudreau, Dino Caruso, Damian Couceiro, Todd Ireland, Kevin Leeson, Manoel Magalhaes, and Marvin Mann and cover art by Fiona Staples, Acts of Violence unveils a roster of new voices in hard-boiled crime comics.

In “The Three Princes”, a trio of young friends is schooled on the alcohol and blood soaked streets of Prohibition era America. A rookie lawman must protect a killer from the desperate and despairing parents of a murdered girl in “Six O’Clock Noose”. A drug addled ten-time loser seeks to break the chains of misery that bind him in “Reggie-Town”. And in “The Orchard”, two cops take a late night drive into broken morals and violence.

Novelist and comics writer Mike Carey called Acts of Violence “a dark, rich anthology… [with] strong creative voices, using the comics medium to do ambitious things.”

A 20-page preview of Acts of Violence can be found at http://www.actsofviolencecomic.com/.

The anthology is being distributed by Diamond Comics, and has been solicited in the April edition of Previews. A PDF that you can print and bring to your local comic shop to let them know you’d like to order the book can be obtained at http://newreliable.com/AoV_PDF.pdf. The PDF contains all the info your retailer will need for Acts Of Violence.

Contact edb@newreliable.com for interview requests or general inquiries. Visit http://www.actsofviolencecomic.com/ for more information about Acts of Violence.

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Gestalt the Return of Ouri

I read Gestalt, Vol. 6

I posted a reveiw at the Comic Book Bin (which now has an iPhone app).