Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 27 2012

DARK HORSE COMICS

APR120021 ANGEL & FAITH #11 REBEKAH ISAACS VAR CVR $2.99
APR120020 ANGEL & FAITH #11 STEVE MORRIS CVR $2.99
APR120024 BPRD HELL ON EARTH EXORCISM #1 (OF 2) $3.50
MAR120035 CHRONICLES OF CONAN TP VOL 22 REAVERS BORDERLAND $18.99
FEB120024 CONAN TP VOL 11 ROAD OF KINGS $19.99
APR120010 FATIMA THE BLOOD SPINNERS #1 (OF 4) HERNANDEZ CVR $3.99
FEB120041 GOON TP VOL 11 DEFORMED BODY & DEVIOUS MIND $16.99
MAR120025 GUILD TP VOL 02 $14.99
MAR120051 HOUSE OF NIGHT HC $14.99
APR120046 RESET #3 (OF 4) $3.50
APR120044 RESIDENT ALIEN #2 $3.50
APR120035 STAR WARS BLOOD TIES BOBA FETT IS DEAD #3 (OF 4) $3.50
FEB120047 TALES O/T BEANWORLD HC VOL 03.5 $14.99
MAR120029 USAGI YOJIMBO LTD HC VOL 26 TRAITORS O/T EARTH $59.99
MAR120028 USAGI YOJIMBO TP VOL 26 TRAITORS O/T EARTH $16.99

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 27 2012

IMAGE COMICS

APR128259 AMERICAS GOT POWERS #2 (OF 6) 2ND PTG $2.99
APR120536 FATALE #6 (MR) $3.50
APR120439 FATALE TP VOL 01 DEATH CHASES ME (MR) $14.99
APR128252 GRIM LEAPER #1 (OF 4) 2ND PTG (MR) $3.50
APR120542 HELL YEAH #4 $2.99
JAN120520 MAGDALENA TP VOL 02 $19.99
APR120545 MANHATTAN PROJECTS #4 $3.50
APR120451 MORNING GLORIES TP VOL 03 P.E. $14.99
APR120553 PROPHET #26 $2.99
JAN120603 SAVAGE DRAGON #180 $3.50
APR120559 SUPREME #65 CVR A LARSEN $2.99
APR120560 SUPREME #65 CVR B HAMSCHER $2.99
MAR120524 WHISPERS #3 (MR) $2.99
MAR120525 WITCHBLADE #157 CVR A CHRISTOPER $2.99
MAR120526 WITCHBLADE #157 CVR B BERNARD & BENES $2.99

Comics and Magazines from Diamond Distributors for June 27 2012

PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS
MAY120001 PREVIEWS #286 JULY 2012 PI

COMICS
MAY128105 HYPERNATURALS #1 MAIN CVRS $3.99

APR120987 ANNA AND FROGA WANT A GUMBALL HC $14.95

APR120801 ARCHIE #634 $2.99

APR120802 ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #17 $3.99

APR120803 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #230 $3.99

APR121207 ATOMIC ROBO FLYING SHE DEVILS O/T PACIFIC #1 (OF 5) $3.50

MAR121174 ATOMIC ROBO REAL SCIENCE ADV #3 $2.75

MAR121101 ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 01 $10.99

APR120807 B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #226 $3.99

APR121261 BAKUMAN TP VOL 11 $9.99

MAR120929 BARRY SONNENFELDS DINOSAURS VS ALIENS HC $19.99

APR120881 BART SIMPSON COMICS #72 $2.99

APR120805 BETTY & VERONICA #260 $2.99

APR120988 BIRDSEYE BRISTOE HC (MR) $19.95

APR121229 CLINT 2.0 #2 (MR) $6.99

APR121177 COURTNEY CRUMRIN ONGOING #3 $3.99

MAY120902 CROSSED BADLANDS #1 C2E2 CVR (MR) $5.99

MAY120903 CROSSED BADLANDS #5 AUXILIARY ED (MR) $3.99

MAY120904 CROSSED BADLANDS #6 AUXILIARY ED (MR) $3.99

MAY120824 DARK REVELATION #1 (OF 3) $3.99

APR121306 DROPS OF GOD GN VOL 04 $14.95

APR120981 EARTHLING SC $12.99

MAY120901 FERALS #4 AUXILIARY ED (MR) $3.99

MAY121177 FOUR HORSEMEN O/T APOCALYPSE SC VOL 01 (OF 3) (RES) (MR) $14.95

JAN121043 GAME OF THRONES GN VOL 01 (MR) $25.00

DEC111050 GLORIANA HC $19.95

APR120752 I FEEL SICK #1 (O/A) $3.95

APR120753 I FEEL SICK #2 (O/A) $3.95

MAR120890 ICE AGE WHERE THERES THUNDER ONE SHOT $3.99

APR120823 IDOLIZED #0 CVR A GUNNELL $2.50

APR120824 IDOLIZED #0 CVR B CLARK PHOTO $2.50

MAY121135 JASON HEY WAIT GN (NEW PTG) (MR) $12.95

DEC111124 JOURNALISM HC $29.00

APR120808 JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #182 $3.99

FEB120966 KIRBY GENESIS SILVER STAR #6 $3.99

MAY121000 LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #15 AUXILIARY CVR (MR) $3.99

MAY121001 LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #15 C2E2 CVR (MR) $9.99

MAY121002 LADY DEATH ORIGINS CURSED #1 (OF 3) TIMELESS BEAUTY (MR) $9.99

APR121232 LOEG III CENTURY #3 2009 (MR) $9.95

FEB120914 LORD OF THE JUNGLE #5 (MR) $3.99

MAR121193 LOVELY HORRIBLE STUFF HC $14.95

MAR121090 M3 #1 $5.00

MAR120734 MADAGASCAR 3 PREQUEL DIGEST GN LONG LIVE KING $6.99

APR121132 MARDOCK SCRAMBLE GN VOL 05 $10.99

FEB121041 MR TWEE DEEDLE RAGGEDY ANN COUSIN GRUELLE HC (RES) $75.00

APR121317 OLYMPOS GN VOL 01 $18.99

FEB121144 PHAZER #3 $3.99

MAR121162 RICHELLE MEAD VAMPIRE ACADEMY GN VOL 02 FROSTBITE $12.99

APR120884 SIMPSONS SUPER SPECTACULAR #15 $2.99

MAY121017 SONG OF ROLAND GN $20.00

APR120813 SONIC UNIVERSE #41 $2.99

APR120826 SOULFIRE HOPE #1 CVR A RYAN $3.99

APR120827 SOULFIRE HOPE #1 CVR B VARESE $3.99

MAR121189 SPANDEX HC (MR) $19.95

APR120974 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE TP VOL 10 (MR) $24.99

MAR121256 TENJO TENGE GN VOL 07 (MR) $17.99

MAR120973 VOLTRON #6 $3.99

MAR121302 WAKING DREAM END #2 A CVR GARZA (MR) $3.99

MAR121303 WAKING DREAM END #2 B CVR REYES (MR) $3.99

MAGAZINES
APR121374 ALTER EGO #110 $8.95
MAY121489 AVENGER DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 07 $14.95
APR121375 BACK ISSUE #57 $8.95
MAY121490 DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 50 JAMES BAMA VAR SPECIAL $14.95
FEB121287 HOBBY JAPAN MAY 2012 $16.60
APR121405 SCREEM #24 PX ED $7.95
MAY121492 SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 62 $14.95
APR120741 TERRY MOORE HOW TO DRAW #4 FUNNY $4.99

Kekkaishi: Tokimori Hazama and Son

I read Kekkaishi, Vol. 32

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin (which has free smart phone apps and comics).

I Reads You Review: SUMMER OF SPIDER-MAN SAMPLER #1

SUMMER OF SPIDER-MAN SAMPLER #1
MARVEL COMICS

WRITERS: Dan Slott, Brian Michael Bendis, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Jeph Loeb
ART: Giuseppe Camuncoli, Sara Pichelli, Terry Dodson, Simone Bianchi
ADDITIONAL ART: Rachel Dodson, Simone Peruzzi
28pp, Color, Free

Of course you know that Sony Pictures/Columbia Pictures is just a little more than a week away (as of this writing) from releasing their latest Spider-Man movie, The Amazing Spider-Man, in movie theatres across the globe. As it did around the release of the earlier Spider-Man movies, Marvel Comics is also releasing multiple Spider-Man comic books and book collections.

Enter the Summer of Spider-Man Sampler #1. This is a free comic book that is available at comic book shops. It offers 5-page samples from upcoming Spider-Man comic books. We get five pages of The Amazing Spider-Man #688 (by Dan Slott and Giuseppe Camuncoli), in which Spider-Man takes on The Lizard (also the villain in the upcoming movie).

There are five pages from Spider-Men #1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli. This is the five-issue miniseries that unites Peter Parker-Spider-Man with Ultimate Spider-Man-Miles Morales. The sample ends before Miles’ appearance in the story, but the first issue is already available at comic book shops.

Marvel’s recently launched Spider-Man team-up book makes an appearance with pages from Avenging Spider-Man #9 (by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Terry Dodson). Captain Marvel makes her debut in her new costume, which is a redesign of the one worn by Marvelman, the British comic book superhero whose rights Marvel acquired recently.

Summer of Spider-Man Sampler #1 is also a flip book. Turn to the back cover and flip this comic book, and you have a five-page preview of Wolverine #310 from writer Jeph Loeb and artist Simone Bianchi. This is the beginning of a new story arc that sees the return of Sabertooth, although the stars of the sample are Wolverine and Cloak (of Cloak and Dagger). I am not a fan of Loeb’s, but I have to admit that this is my favorite sample.

If the point of Summer of Spider-Man Sampler #1 is to whet comic book reading appetites, then, it is successful. I am hankering to purchase Wolverine #310 and Spider-Men #1. The Summer of Spider-Man Sampler #1 free. If you can still find it, get it if you don’t already have it.

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Jormungand: Wiley - The Portrait of a Young Bomb Maker as a Young Bomb Maker

I read Jormungand, Vol. 9

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin (which has free comics).

Valiant Comics Offers Four Titles for September 2012

VALIANT Solicitations For SEPTEMBER 2012

X-O MANOWAR #5
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by LEE GARBETT
Cover by MICO SUAYAN
Pullbox Exclusive Variant by PHILIP TAN
Interlocking Variants by PATRICK ZIRCHER

All new arc! X-O Manowar vs. Ninjak!

Jump on board the smash hit series of the summer as two legends of the Valiant Universe collide for the first time! The X-O Manowar armor has fallen to Earth... and now the world's most lethal intelligence agent has a new target. But who is the operative known only as Ninjak? And who – or what – has marked Aric of Dacia for death by his blade? Find out as the all-new Ninjak makes his shocking first appearance – and cuts his way to the forefront of the Valiant Universe.

$3.99/ T +/32 pgs.
ON SALE SEPTEMBER 12th!
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HARBINGER #4
Written by JOSHUA DYSART
Art by KHARI EVANS & LEWIS LAROSA
Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Variant Cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE

School is out. Of control.

Inside the Harbinger Foundation, Peter Stanchek thought he would finally find freedom. Instead, he found a prison of his own design. As Peter begins to yearn for the comforts of his old life, he’s about to discover that leaving Harada’s program isn’t easy – it’s impossible. As rebellion brews among his pupils, Harada must ask himself: has he been building an ally in Peter all this time – or the perfect enemy?

$3.99/ T+/32 pgs.
ON SALE SEPTEMBER 12th!
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ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #2
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Art by CLAYTON HENRY
Cover by ARTURO LOZZI
Variant Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER

In the Valiant Universe, even secrets have secrets. Have you heard the one about The Michelangelo Code?

Inside a Masonic crypt beneath Wall Street, The 1% engineer a financial apocalypse that will save the dollar, but could destroy the world. Within the secret archives of the Vatican, The Spirituali shelter a secret that could crack history in half. And – in a bar somewhere – Archer & Armstrong are all that stands between the ancient conspiracy that binds these two group together. But can Archer survive a terrible betrayal from his own family – and the shocking revelation of Armstrong's closest ally? Get ready for a spreadsheet-shattering, kung-fu gripping action epic that will set the Valiant Universe aflame!

$3.99/ T +/32 pgs.
ON SALE SEPTEMBER 5th!
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BLOODSHOT #3
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Art by MANUEL GARCIA & ARTURO LOZZI
Cover by ESAD RIBIC
Variant Cover by ARTURO LOZZI

Heroes aren’t born. They’re built.

You have no name, just a project designation. They call you Bloodshot, but the voices inside your head call you “daddy, “sir,” “commander,” “comrade” – whatever it takes to motivate you to get the job done. But after so many missions and so many lives, you’re finally ready to confront your handlers at Project Rising Spirit and find out who you really are. You’d better move quickly though, because your former masters don’t like it when a billion-dollar weapons project decides to go rogue. Can you discover the truth before their next deadly mind wipe takes you off the board for good? Let’s hope so…because everyone inside you is counting on it.

$3.99/ T+/32 pgs.
ON SALE SEPTEMBER 5th!