Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 4 2013

MARVEL COMICS

JUN130675 AGE OF ULTRON HC $75.00
JUL130663 ALL NEW X-MEN #16 $3.99
JUL130606 AVENGERS AI #3 $2.99
JUL130642 DAREDEVIL DARK NIGHTS #4 $2.99
JUL130685 DEADPOOL KILLS DEADPOOL #3 $2.99
JUL130691 DEXTER #3 (RES) $3.99
JUL130654 EMERALD CITY OF OZ #3 $3.99
JUN130688 ENDERS GAME GRAPHIC NOVEL TP $24.99
JUL130565 INFINITY #2 $3.99
JUN130692 INFINITY GAUNTLET AFTERMATH TP $34.99
JUL130631 IRON MAN #15 $3.99
JUN130680 NOVA PREM HC ORIGIN NOW $24.99
MAY130728 ONCE UPON A TIME SHADOW OF THE QUEEN PREMIERE HC $19.99
JUL130616 SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN NOW #3 $2.99
JUL130618 SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #17 $3.99
SEP120676 TAKIO #4 $3.95
JUL130623 VENOM #40 $2.99
JUL130680 X-FACTOR #262 $2.99
JUL130658 X-MEN BATTLE OF ATOM #1 $3.99
JUL130689 X-MEN LEGACY #16 $2.99


IDW Publishing from Diamond Distributors for September 4 2013

Digital Comics: Digital new releases available from your local comic book shop are marked below. [DIG] = Digital version available. [DIG/P+] = Print-Plus digital/print combo pack available. For more information, go to www.digitalcomicsreader.com.

IDW PUBLISHING

JUL130322 DANGER GIRL THE CHASE #1 [DIG/P+] $3.99
JUL130374 GI JOE COBRA FILES #6 [DIG/P+] $3.99
JUL130376 GI JOE COBRA FILES TP VOL 01 $17.99
JUN130351 HAUNTED HORROR #6 [DIG/P+] $3.99
JUL130316 JUDGE DREDD (IDW) TP VOL 02 [DIG] $17.99
JAN130465 SKIPPY HC VOL 02 COMPLETE DAILIES 1928-1930 $49.99
JUN138089 X-FILES SEASON 10 #1 3RD PTG $3.99
JUN138090 X-FILES SEASON 10 #2 3RD PTG $3.99


Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 4 2013

DARK HORSE COMICS

MAY130069 ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN ARCHIVES HC VOL 03 $49.99
JUL130039 BALTIMORE INFERNAL TRAIN #1 $3.50
MAY130073 BLOOD BLOCKADE BATTLEFRONT TP VOL 04 $12.99
JUL130063 CATALYST COMIX #3 (MR) $2.99
DEC120103 GARY BASEMAN CYCLOPS CAT PIN $14.99
JAN130154 GARY BASEMAN EYE PIN $14.99
DEC120104 GARY BASEMAN SKULL & CROSSBONES PIN $14.99
FEB130073 GARY BASEMAN VERITAS HAND SIGN PIN $14.99
MAY130070 KORAK SON OF TARZAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 02 $49.99
JUL130066 MICHAEL AVON OEMINGS VICTORIES #5 TRANSHUMAN (MR) $3.99
MAY130071 NG EVANGELION SHINJI DETECTIVE DIARY TP VOL 01 $9.99
JUL130008 STAR WARS #1 LUCAS DRAFT $3.99


Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 4 2013

Digital Comics: Digital new releases available from your local comic book shop are marked below. [DIG] = Digital version available. [DIG/P+] = Print-Plus digital/print combo pack available. For more information, go to www.digitalcomicsreader.com.

IMAGE COMICS

MAY130550 A DISTANT SOIL #41 [DIG] $3.50
JUL130518 BLACKACRE #10 (MR) [DIG] $2.99
JUN130435 CHEW #36 (MR) [DIG] $2.99
JUL130526 HOAX HUNTERS #10 [DIG] $3.50
MAY130556 INVINCIBLE #105 [DIG] $2.99
JUL130527 INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE #6 [DIG] $2.99
JUN130485 LEGEND OF LUTHER STRODE TP VOL 02 (MR) [DIG] $17.99
JUL130432 LOVE STORIES TO DIE FOR #1 CVR A BONK [DIG] $4.99
JUL130433 LOVE STORIES TO DIE FOR #1 CVR B GIENI $4.99
JUN130486 MORNING GLORIES TP VOL 05 $12.99
JUL130410 REALITY CHECK #1 [DIG] $2.99
JUL130539 SATELLITE SAM #3 (MR) [DIG] $3.50
JUL130543 SHELTERED #3 [DIG] $2.99
JUL130544 SPAWN #235 [DIG] $2.99
JUL130491 WALKING DEAD HC VOL 09 (MR) $34.99
JUN130570 WITCHBLADE #169 CVR A CHRISTOPHER [DIG] $2.99
JUN130571 WITCHBLADE #169 CVR B BERNARD $2.99

IMAGE COMICS/MCFARLANE TOYS

JUN131925 TMP NHL SERIES 33 AF PI


Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for September 4 2013

Digital Comics: Digital new releases available from your local comic book shop are marked below. [DIG] = Digital version available. [DIG/P+] = Print-Plus digital/print combo pack available. For more information, go to www.digitalcomicsreader.com.

PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS
JUL130001 PREVIEWS #300 SEPTEMBER 2013 PI

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
MAY130918 12 REASONS TO DIE #3 $3.50
JUL130866 ABSOLUTION RUBICON #3 (MR) $3.99
JUL130868 ABSOLUTION RUBICON #3 FINAL JUSTICE CVR (MR) $3.99
JUL130869 ABSOLUTION RUBICON #3 HAPPY KITTY PREMIUM CVR (MR) $9.99
JUL130867 ABSOLUTION RUBICON #3 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
JUL131154 AMERICAN BORN CHINESE SC NEW PTG $18.99
JUN131213 ANNOYING ORANGE GN VOL 03 PULPED FICTION $7.99
JUN130755 ARCHIE #647 REG CVR [DIG/P+] $2.99
JUN131038 ARMY OF DARKNESS VS HACK SLASH #2 CASELLI CVR $3.99
JUN131041 ARMY OF DARKNESS VS HACK SLASH #2 EXC SUBSCRIPTION VA $3.99
JUN131039 ARMY OF DARKNESS VS HACK SLASH #2 SEELEY CVR $3.99
JUN131040 ARMY OF DARKNESS VS HACK SLASH #2 TEMPLESMITH CVR $3.99
JUL131180 ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 06 $10.99
JUN130765 BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #215 [DIG/P+] $3.99
JUN131051 BIONIC MAN TP VOL 02 BIGFOOT $19.99
JUL131029 BLACK BAT #5 EXC SUBSCRIPTION CVR $3.99
JUL131028 BLACK BAT #5 LEE CVR $3.99
JUN131359 BLEACH 3IN1 ED TP VOL 06 $14.99
JUL130834 CHARISMAGIC VOL 2 #5 DIRECT MARKET CVR A [DIG] $3.99
JUL130835 CHARISMAGIC VOL 2 #5 DIRECT MARKET CVR B $3.99
JUN131335 CHI SWEET HOME GN VOL 10 $13.95
JUN130743 CLASSIC SPACE 1999 SC EVERYTHING THAT WAS $24.95
JUL130985 CODENAME ACTION #1 $3.99
JUL131166 COLLECTION OF SHA TP (MR) $19.95
JUN131160 CONAN RED NAILS ORIGINAL ART ARCHIVES HC $150.00
MAY131255 CRIMSON EMPIRE CIRCUMSTANCES TO SERVE A NOBLE GN VOL 02 $13.99
MAY130912 CRITTER ANNUAL #1 $5.99
JUL130843 DAN THE UNHARMABLE TP VOL 02 (MR) $19.99
MAY131005 DANGER GIRL ARMY OF DARKNESS TP $19.99
JUN130897 DEATHMATCH #9 [DIG] $3.99
JUN131130 DELILAH DIRK & TURKISH LIEUTENANT GN $15.99
JUN131350 DEMON LOVE SPELL GN VOL 04 $9.99
JUN131086 DF GUARDIANS O/T GALAXY #5 EXC DEODATO CVR PI
JUN131379 DIM SUM WARRIORS GN VOL 01 $12.99
JUN131353 DRAGONBALL 3IN1 ED TP VOL 02 $14.99
JUL131191 ELSEWHERE CHRONICLES GN VOL 06 TOWER OF SHADOWS $6.95
JUN131185 FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 29 $10.99
JUL130952 GARFIELD #17 [DIG] $3.99
JUN131388 GFT HUNTERS SHADOWLANDS #4 A CVR ORTIZ $2.99
JUN131389 GFT HUNTERS SHADOWLANDS #4 B CVR KING $2.99
JUN131390 GFT HUNTERS SHADOWLANDS #4 C CVR CAFARO $2.99
JUN131409 GFT WONDERLAND DOWN RABBIT HOLE #4 A CVR CHEN $2.99
JUN131410 GFT WONDERLAND DOWN RABBIT HOLE #4 B CVR SALGADO $2.99
JUN131411 GFT WONDERLAND DOWN RABBIT HOLE #4 C CVR HORN $2.99
JUL130839 GOD IS DEAD #1 (MR) $3.99
JUL130840 GOD IS DEAD #1 END OF DAYS CVR (MR) $3.99
JUL130841 GOD IS DEAD #1 ICONIC CVR (MR) $4.99
JUL131165 HEAVY METALS DRACULA HC (MR) $14.95
JUL130912 HIT #1 [DIG] $3.99
MAY131244 JUDGE DREDD DAY OF CHAOS ENDGAME GN (MR) $27.99
JUL131178 KODT BUNDLE OF TROUBLE TP VOL 41 $14.99
JUN131274 LENORE PURPLE NURPLES HC COLOR ED $17.95
JUL131192 LITTLE PRINCE GN VOL 11 PLANET OF LIBRIS $7.95
JUL131193 LITTLE PRINCE GN VOL 12 PLANET OF LUDOKAA $7.95
MAR131101 LONE RANGER TP VOL 06 NATIVE GROUND $19.99
MAR131082 LORD OF THE JUNGLE TP VOL 02 (MR) $19.99
JUL130996 LORDS OF MARS #2 ROSS CVR (MR) $3.99
JUN131358 MAMESHIBA ENCHANTED GN $6.99
JUN131348 MAX STEEL GN VOL 01 $7.99
JAN131091 MERCILESS RISE OF MING TP $16.99
JUN131349 MIDNIGHT SECRETARY GN VOL 01 (MR) $9.99
JUL130993 MOCKING DEAD #1 $3.99
JUN131355 MONSUNO GN VOL 02 $7.99
MAY130802 MOUSE GUARD LEGENDS O/T GUARD VOL 2 #2 $3.50
JUN131352 NARUTO 3IN1 ED TP VOL 06 $14.99
JUN131351 ONE PIECE TP VOL 68 $9.99
JUN131363 OTOMEN GN VOL 16 $9.99
JUL131038 OWL #3 $3.99
JAN131054 PANTHA TP VOL 01 GODDESS & DANGEROUS GAME $19.99
JUL131084 PATHFINDER GOBLINS #2 $3.99
JUN130871 PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL JOAN OF ARC TP $17.99
JUN131354 POKEMON ADVENTURES TP VOL 18 $9.99
JUN131360 PSYREN GN VOL 12 $9.99
JUL131317 QUANTUM & WOODY #3 REG SOOK $3.99
JUN130942 RED TEN #4 (MR) $3.99
JAN131247 ROY THOMAS PRESENTS CAPTAIN VIDEO HC VOL 01 $47.99
DEC121212 ROY THOMAS PRESENTS PHANTOM LADY COLL WORKS HC VOL 02 $47.99
MAY131240 ROY THOMAS PRESENTS PHANTOM LADY SLIPCASE ED VOL 02 $69.99
JUN131187 SANKAREA GN VOL 02 UNDYING LOVE $10.99
JUL131420 SCREWED #4 A CVR KIRKHAM (MR) $2.99
JUL131421 SCREWED #4 B CVR MILLER (MR) $2.99
JUL131422 SCREWED #4 C CVR ORACLE (MR) $2.99
APR131017 SHADOW YEAR ONE #5 CVR A WAGNER $3.99
APR131018 SHADOW YEAR ONE #5 CVR B ROSS $3.99
APR131019 SHADOW YEAR ONE #5 CVR C SAMNEE $3.99
APR131020 SHADOW YEAR ONE #5 CVR D CHAYKIN $3.99
JUL131315 SHADOWMAN #10 ORDERALL DE LA TORRE $3.99
JUL131314 SHADOWMAN #10 REG PERGER $3.99
JUN130863 SHAHRAZAD PROLOGUE $1.99
MAY130926 SIMPSONS COMICS COLOSSAL COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 $16.99
MAY130827 SONIC SUPER SPECIAL MAGAZINE #8 STICKER SPECTACULAR [DIG] $9.99
JUN130773 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #252 REG CVR [P+] $2.99
JUN130772 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SELECT TP VOL 08 [DIG] $11.99
JUN131364 STROBE EDGE GN VOL 06 $9.99
JUL130928 SUICIDE RISK #5 [DIG] $3.99
JUL130847 UBER #5 (MR) $3.99
JUL130849 UBER #5 PROPAGANDA POSTER CVR (MR) $3.99
JUL130848 UBER #5 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
JUL131194 WALUK GN $7.95
MAY131062 WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #29 (MR) $3.99
JUN131357 WINX CLUB GN VOL 09 $6.99

MAGAZINES
APR131422 AMAZING FIGURE MODELER #55 $8.00
JUL131440 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1368 PI
APR131386 DC BATMAN AUTOMOBILIA FIG COLL MAG #13 DETECTIVE #601 $20.00
MAY131429 DC BATMAN AUTOMOBILIA FIG COLL MAG #15 BATMAN & ROBIN #1 BAT $20.00
JUN131440 DC BATMAN AUTOMOBILIA FIG COLL MAG #16 BATMAN & ROBIN MOVIE $20.00
JUN131439 DC BATMAN AUTOMOBILIA FIG COLL MAG SPECIAL DARK KNIGHT RISES $38.00
JUL130655 DISNEY JUNIOR MAGAZINE #16 $4.99
JUL131503 GEEK MAGAZINE #8 $6.99
JUL131510 STAR WARS INSIDER #144 NEWSSTAND ED $7.99
JUL131511 STAR WARS INSIDER #144 PX ED $7.99

BOOKS
MAY131426 COMICS & LANGUAGE REIMAGINING CRITICAL DISCOURSE ON FORM HC $55.00
JUN131493 GRIS GRIMLY FRANKENSTEIN HC $24.99
JUN131189 HI FRUCTOSE COLL ED HC VOL 03 NEW CONTEMPORARY ART $39.95
JUL131453 MARVEL CHRONICLE YEAR BY YEAR HC $50.00
JUN132395 OF DICE AND MEN HC $26.00
JUN131518 STAR WARS KENOBI HC $27.00


Monday, September 2, 2013

Review: MIDNIGHT SECRETARY Volume 1

MIDNIGHT SECRETARY, VOL. 1
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia

CARTOONIST: Tomu Ohmi
TRANSLATION/ENGLISH ADAPTATION: JN Productions
LETTERS: Joanna Estep
ISBN: 978-1-4215-5944-5; paperback (September 2013); Rated “M” for “Mature”
192pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £6.99 UK

Manga creator Tomu Ohmi made her debut with the romantic supernatural series, Kindan no Koi wo Shiyou (Let’s Make Forbidden Love), in the June 2000 issue of the popular Japanese shojo magazine, Petit Comic.  Her shojo manga, Midnight Secretary, was also featured in Petit Comic.

Midnight Secretary focuses on 22-year-old Kaya Satozuka.  She prides herself on being an excellent secretary and a consummate professional at Tohma Corp., a tableware manufacturer.  So, when she is reassigned to the office of the company’s difficult Managing Director, Kyohei Tohma, Kaya is unconcerned.  Then, Kaya discovers Kyohei’s secret.

As Midnight Secretary, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 5) begins, Kaya gets a new assignment at Tohma Corp.  She is Kyohei Tohma’s new executive secretary.  The young managing director is rumored to be prickly and quite attractive, both of which turn out to be true.  However, Kaya is unfazed… until she discovers that Kyohei is a shameless womanizer and a vampire.

Although I’ve only just read the first volume of the Midnight Secretary manga, I am a fan, and I can’t wait to read more.  It is more humorous than racy, but the “biting scenes” can come across as intensely passionate as a romance scene in a yaoi manga.  Midnight Secretary’s sex-by-vampiric-innuendo may be why it is rated for mature readers.

Visually and graphically, Midnight Secretary sometimes looks as if it comes from some pre-World War II era.  Much of that is due to Kaya’s conservative look – in terms of her clothing and hairstyle.  Creator Tomu Ohmi seems to want to make sure that Midnight Secretary does not look like just another vampire manga.  It isn’t.

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

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Sunday, September 1, 2013

Reading September 2013

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