Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for November 19, 2014

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

JUL141448     13 COINS #2 (MR)     $3.99
SEP141607     AAMA GN VOL 02 INVISIBLE THRONG (MR)     $19.95
JUL141376     ACG CLASSICS COLL PACK OUT OF THE NIGHT SLIPCASE ED     $129.99
AUG148386     AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE MAGAZINE #2     $4.99
SEP141782     ANI IMO GN VOL 01 (MR)     $13.00
SEP141783     ANNE RICE WOLF GIFT GN     $20.00
SEP141489     ANNIHILATOR #3     $3.99
JUN140805     ARCHIE THE MARRIED LIFE TP VOL 06     $19.99
AUG141333     ARMY OF DARKNESS HITCHED #4 MAIN LEE     $3.99
SEP141628     ASSASSINS CREED GN VOL 05 EL CAKR     $9.99
OCT141530     ATTACK ON TITAN BEGINNING BOX SET     PI
OCT141531     ATTACK ON TITAN SPINOFF COLLECTION BOX SET     PI
SEP140986     BILLY TUCCI A CHILD IS BORN ONE SHOT     $5.99
SEP141310     BOBS BURGERS #4     $3.99
SEP141190     BRAVEST WARRIORS PARALYZED HORSE GIANT #1     $4.99
SEP141781     BTOOOM GN VOL 08 (MR)     $14.00
SEP141073     CROSSED BADLANDS #66 (MR)     $3.99
SEP141076     CROSSED BADLANDS #66 FATAL FANTASY CVR (MR)     $3.99
SEP141075     CROSSED BADLANDS #66 TORTURE CVR (MR)     $3.99
SEP141074     CROSSED BADLANDS #66 WRAP CVR (MR)     $3.99
JUN141374     DANCE CLASS HC BOX SET VOL 1-4     $43.99
AUG141326     DAWN VAMPIRELLA #2     $3.99
AUG141649     DEVILS & REALIST GN VOL 03     $12.99
OCT141441     DF HAWKEYE VS DEADPOOL #1 DF EXC MAYHEW CVR     PI
JUL141208     DF LIFE WITH ARCHIE #37 ROSS CVR SGN     PI
SEP141078     DICKS END OF TIME #6 (MR)     $3.99
SEP141079     DICKS END OF TIME #6 OFFENSIVE CVR (MR)     $3.99
SEP148240     DISNEY FROZEN CINESTORY     $14.99
OCT141526     DISNEY FROZEN CINESTORY VOL 01     $14.99
AUG141668     DOCTOR WHO 12TH #2 REG COAL HILL SCHOOL     $3.99
AUG141669     DOCTOR WHO 12TH #2 SUBSCRIPTION PHOTO     $3.99
AUG141650     DRAGONAR ACADEMY GN VOL 04 (MR)     $12.99
SEP141784     DURARARA YELLOW SCARVES GN VOL 02     $13.00
SEP141432     EC GEORGE EVANS ACES HIGH HC     $29.99
SEP141490     EPOCHALYPSE #1     $3.99
SEP141289     EVIL ERNIE #2 CVR A SEELEY MAIN     $3.99
AUG141672     FIRST KINGDOM HC VOL 06 (MR)     $19.99
SEP141110     FUTURAMA COMICS #73     $2.99
SEP141774     GANGSTA GN VOL 04 (MR)     $12.99
SEP141050     GEORGE RR MARTIN IN THE HOUSE O/T WORM #4 (MR)     $3.99
SEP141052     GEORGE RR MARTIN IN THE HOUSE O/T WORM #4 PAINTED CVR (MR)     $3.99
SEP141051     GEORGE RR MARTIN IN THE HOUSE O/T WORM #4 WRAP CVR (MR)     $3.99
SEP141811     GFT 2014 HOLIDAY SPECIAL A CVR RICH (MR)     $5.99
SEP141812     GFT 2014 HOLIDAY SPECIAL B CVR SPAY (MR)     $5.99
SEP141813     GFT 2014 HOLIDAY SPECIAL C CVR CUCCA (MR)     $5.99
SEP141825     GFT DARK SHAMAN #2 A CVR TOLIBAO (MR)     $3.99
SEP141826     GFT DARK SHAMAN #2 B CVR MYCHAELS (MR)     $3.99
SEP141827     GFT DARK SHAMAN #2 C CVR LUIS (MR)     $3.99
SEP141801     GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #104 A CVR NUNES (AOFD) (MR)     $3.99
SEP141802     GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #104 B CVR SCHAFFER (AOFD) (MR)     $3.99
SEP141803     GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #104 C CVR DAXIONG (AOFD) (MR)     $3.99
SEP141063     GOD IS DEAD #24 (MR)     $3.99
SEP141064     GOD IS DEAD #24 CARNAGE WRAP CVR (MR)     $3.99
SEP141065     GOD IS DEAD #24 END OF DAYS CVR (MR)     $3.99
SEP141066     GOD IS DEAD #24 ICONIC CVR (MR)     $3.99
JUL140934     GODKILLER WALK AMONG US #2 (MR)     $3.99
AUG141625     HARVEY HORRORS COLL PACK BLACK CAT MYSTERY SOFTIE SLIPCASE     $109.99
JUL141377     HARVEY HORRORS COLL PACK TOMB OF TERROR SOFTIE SLIPCASE ED     $69.99
SEP141139     HELLRAISER BESTIARY #4 (MR)     $3.99
SEP141786     HIGH SCHOOL DXD GN VOL 03 (MR)     $13.00
SEP141787     HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY GN VOL 26 DICE KILLING ARC     $13.00
SEP141223     IZNOGOUD GN VOL 11 IZNOGOUD & JIGSAW TURK     $11.95
SEP141788     JACK FROST TP VOL 11     $13.00
SEP141629     JAMES BOND OMNIBUS TP VOL 06     $19.95
SEP141154     JIM HENSONS STORYTELLER WITCHES #3     $3.99
SEP141366     JOHN CARTER WARLORD #1 CAMPBELL MARTIAN GREEN ED     $300.00
SEP141365     JOHN CARTER WARLORD #1 RARE CAMPBELL MARS RED ED     $300.00
SEP141367     JOHN CARTER WARLORD #1 RARE CASTRO WRAPAROUND     PI
AUG141651     KOKORO CONNECT GN VOL 02 (MR)     $12.99
AUG141130     LAST BORN #3 (MR)     $3.99
SEP141156     LAST BROADCAST #7 (MR)     $4.99
SEP141224     LUCKY LUKE TP VOL 48 DICK DIGGERS GOLD MINE     $11.95
SEP141160     LUMBERJANES #8     $3.99
AUG141313     MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #8     $3.99
SEP141332     MARK WAID GREEN HORNET TP VOL 02     $24.99
SEP141013     MEGA MAN #43 REG CVR     $3.99
SEP141789     MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA GN VOL 20     $13.00
AUG141653     MONSTER MUSUME GN VOL 05 (MR)     $12.99
SEP141483     MY LITTLE MONSTER GN VOL 05     $10.99
AUG141638     NIKOLAI DANTE LOVE & WAR GN     $29.99
JUL140795     NINJA HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOK TP VOL 01 CLASS REUNION ED     $49.99
SEP141484     NORAGAMI STRAY GOD GN VOL 02     $10.99
SEP141775     OOKU INNER CHAMBERS GN VOL 10     $12.99
SEP141791     PANDORA HEARTS GN VOL 22     $13.00
AUG141370     PATHFINDER GOBLINS HC     $29.99
SEP141197     PEANUTS VOL 2 #23     $3.99
SEP141620     PETER PAN REGIS LOISEL HC OMNIBUS ED (MR)     $49.99
SEP141517     PRINCESS UGG #5     $3.99
JUL141336     PRINCESS UGG TP VOL 01     $15.99
SEP141720     PROPHECY GN VOL 01     $12.95
SEP141135     PROTOCOL ORPHANS TP     $14.99
SEP141703     PUNK MAMBO #0 CVR A DAUTERMAN     $3.99
SEP141704     PUNK MAMBO #0 CVR B HUGHES     $3.99
SEP141374     PURGATORI #2 RARE CHIN VIRGIN ART ED     $50.00
SEP141776     REAL GN VOL 13     $12.99
SEP141173     REGULAR SHOW #17     $3.99
SEP141769     RESIDENT EVIL MARHAWA DESIRE GN VOL 01 (MR)     $12.99
JUN141017     ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW TP REVISED ED     $17.99
JUN141391     ROY THOMAS PRESENTS SHEENA QUEEN JUNGLE BOOKSHOP ED VOL 02     $47.99
AUG141680     ROYAL BLOOD HC     $16.99
SEP141112     SIMPSONS WINTER WINGDING #9     $4.99
SEP141129     SLEEPY HOLLOW #2     $3.99
AUG141318     SOLAR MAN OF ATOM #7     $3.99
SEP141019     SONIC UNIVERSE #70 REG CVR     $3.99
SEP141147     SONS OF ANARCHY #15 (MR)     $3.99
AUG141178     SPERA ASCENSION OF THE STARLESS HC VOL 01     $24.99
SEP141301     TERMINAL HERO #4 (MR)     $2.99
SEP141777     TERRA FORMARS GN VOL 03 (MR)     $12.99
SEP141355     VAMPIRELLA FEARY TALES #2 CVR A ANACLETO MAIN     $3.99
FEB140902     VICTORIAN SECRET STEAM QUEENS #1     $3.99
SEP141225     WISHER GN VOL 01 NIGEL     $11.95
SEP141011     WORLD OF ARCHIE COMICS DIGEST #45     $4.99
SEP141226     XIII MYSTERY GN VOL 01 MONGOOSE     $15.95
SEP141684     X-O MANOWAR #30 CVR A HENRY     $3.99
SEP141685     X-O MANOWAR #30 CVR B HENRY     $3.99
OCT141742     YU YU HAKUSHO GN VOL 05     $7.95
AUG140955     ZOMBIE TRAMP ONGOING #4 MAIN CVR (MR)     $3.99
AUG140956     ZOMBIE TRAMP ONGOING #4 RISQUE CVR (MR)     $4.99

MAGAZINES
JUL141719     ALTER EGO #129     $8.95
SEP141937     COMIC SHOP NEWS #1431     PI
JUL141736     HOBBY JAPAN OCT 2014     PI
AUG141632     JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #353     PI
SEP141932     JUXTAPOZ #167 DEC 2014     $6.99
AUG141965     LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #33     $9.95

BOOKS
AUG141138     ART OF MODESTY BLAISE SC     $39.99
SEP141778     ASURA GIRL SC NOVEL     $14.99
SEP141850     DAN BRERETON NOCTURNALS LEGEND HC     $39.99
MAY141815     DOCTOR WHO OFFICIAL ANNUAL 2015     $12.99
SEP141866     GOLDEN ONES ART BOOK HC (MR)     $29.99
SEP141785     GOU DERE SORA NAGIHARA GN VOL 01 (MR)     $15.00
AUG141875     INSIDE HBOS GAME OF THRONES HC VOL 01 SEASON 3 & 4     $40.00
SEP141854     JUXTAPOZ HYPERREAL HC     $29.95
SEP141385     SYLLABUS NOTES FROM ACCIDENTAL PROFESSOR SC     $19.95
AUG142792     WARHAMMER 40K DAMNATION OF PYTHOS TP     $16.00

I Reads You Review: DEATHLOK #1

DEATHLOK (2014) #1
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel

WRITER: Nathan Edmondson
ART: Mike Perkins
COLORS: Andy Troy
LETTERS: VC's Joe Sabino
COVER: Mike Perkins with Andy Troy
VARIANT COVERS: Clayton Crain: Skottie Young
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (December 2014)

Rated “T+”

“The Enemy of My Enemy”

Deathlok is a Marvel Comics cyborg character that first appeared in Astonishing Tales #25 (cover date: August 1974).  Also known as “Deathlok the Demolisher,” he was created by artist Rich Buckler and writer Doug Moench.  There have been several different versions of the character, but the recurring theme for all these characters was that a dead human was reanimated with cybernetic technology and became Deathlok.

Now, there is a new Deathlok, and he appeared in the eight-issue event miniseries, Original Sin.  This Deathlok is Henry Hayes (an African-American), who works for Medics Without Borders, a job that cost him a leg.  Hayes received a composite fibers prosthesis from a company called Biotek, but the company also placed him under mind-control.  Apparently, Hayes is now an operative who works as an assassin, killer, and soldier.  Henry Hayes is the star of a new Deathlok comic book series from writer Nathan Edmondson, artist Mike Perkins, colorist Andy Troy, and letterer Joe Sabino.

Deathlok #1 (“The Enemy of My Enemy”) finds Henry getting some fine-tuning on his Biotek prosthesis.  A week later, he is on a mission in Ludzern, Switzerland.  Back home, Henry's teenaged daughter, Aria, is mostly ignoring him.  S.H.I.E.L.D isn't ignoring him, however, as Director Maria Hill has assigned Agent Hope, a researcher, to investigate Deathlok.

I really like Mike Perkins' art in this first issue.  It seems like a blend of Bryan Hitch and styles not seen since the 1970s and 80s, especially in the depiction of human anatomy and of the domestic scenes.  Nathan Edmondson, who can write intriguing stories, does just that here.  Deathlok #1 is a well-put together first issue.  I am curious enough to read more issues, but I don't see myself paying $3.99 per issue for the pleasure of reading this new Deathlok past the first story arc.  That might change if I hear things about the second arc that really intrigues me.

PREACHING TIME: By the way, I have nothing against Nathan Edmondson.  I always enjoy his writing.  However, I have to admire the contortions through which Marvel Comics will go in order to avoid hiring Black writers, even on books starring African-American characters.

I had to laugh at Marvel Studios' announcement of a Black Panther movie, when I know that no Black man will play a major part in this movie beyond Chadwick Boseman as the film's star.  I don't see a Black woman doing much in the film other than playing a small supporting role, either.  Will a Black man or woman ever write, direct, or produce a Marvel feature film?  I certainly don't see that happening during this round of films that Marvel has mapped out to the year 2028 (or 2029). PREACHING TIME OVER

Oh, yeah.  Once again, Deathlok #1 is good and has potential.

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Oresama Teacher: The Secret Mission of Shinobu Yui

I read Oresama Teacher , Vol. 17

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I Reads You Review: AVENGERS & X-MEN: Axis #1

AVENGERS & X-MEN: AXIS #1
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel

WRITER: Rick Remender
ART: Adam Kubert
COLORS: Laura Martin and Matt Milla
LETTERS: Chris Eliopoulos
COVER: Jim Cheung with Justin Ponsor
VARIANT COVERS:  Gabriele Dell'otto; Adam Kubert with Edgar Delgado; Mike Mayhew; Mico Suayan; Skottie Young; Chip Zdarsky; and The Young Guns with Mike Deodato with Frank Martin
44pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (December 2014)

Rated “T+”

The Red Supremacy: Chapter 1

About three years ago, I read the first two issues of Avengers vs. X-Men (#0 and #1), and I didn't find anything that made me want to keep reading the much-anticipated and much-talked about event “maxi-series.”  So I don't know why I'm reading the new Avengers/X-Men crossover event miniseries, Avengers & X-Men: Axis.  Maybe, I'm curious?

Avengers & X-Men: Axis #1 (The Red Supremacy: Chapter 1) opens with a brief recap/overview of what has happened since the shocking end of Avengers vs. X-Men, in which the X-Man, Cyclops, killed his mentor and founder of the X-Men, Professor Charles Xavier.  The result was the branding of Cyclops as a criminal and also the founding of the Uncanny Avengers, a unity squad of Avengers and X-Men.  Of course, a new team wouldn't make them better for long.

Fast forward:  Magneto kills Captain America's arch-nemesis, the Red Skull, which leads to his resurrection as “The Red Onslaught.”  Now, there is a wave of psychic energy and hate, initiated by Red Onslaught, because he possesses Prof. X's brain and psychic powers.  This psychic wave, or onslaught, if you will, has the world in turmoil, so the Avengers and X-Men have to come together to stop Red Onslaught.

Wow.  It has been an unknown number of years (but it is many) since I have read an issue of a comic book event series in which superheroes and super-villains engage in a slug fest.  Part of me enjoys seeing so many of the superheroes that I've known most of my life together, even the new versions.  I enjoyed the Scarlet Witch angle of this story, as well as the Scarlet Witch-Rogue subplot.  I think this Red Onslaught character is ridiculous, however.  I did not plan on reading any more of this, even while wondering why I was reading Avengers & X-Men: Axis #1 to begin with.

Then, I saw Sentinels at the end of the first issue, and then, I decided to read more.  I think that is how these superhero crossover events work.  The writers, artists, and editors throw so much into the event (something we can compare to a pot full of ingredients), and the readers are bound to find something to appeal to them.  So there you have it.  I thought I was out, but they dragged me back in.

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

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Manga Review: ALL YOU NEED IS KILL

ALL YOU NEED IS KILL 2-in-1 Edition (MANGA)
VIZ MEDIA/Haikasoru – @VIZMedia

STORY: Hiroshi Sakurazaka
STORYBOARD: Ryosuke Takeuchi
ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS: yoshitoshi ABe
ART: Takeshi Obata
TRANSLATION: Tetsuichiro Miyaki
LETTERS: Evan Waldinger
ISBN: 978-1-4215-7601-5; paperback, (November 2014); Rated “T+” for “Older Teen”
430pp, B&W, $14.99 U.S., $16.99 CAN, £9.99 UK

All You Need is Kill is a Japanese science fiction novel written by author Hiroshi Sakurazaka, and first published in 2004.  Bestselling author John Scalzi (Old Man’s War), called All You Need is Kill “science fiction for the adrenaline junkie.”  The novel is also the source material for the 2014 film, Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.

Back in July 2009, All You Need is Kill was first published in English by Haikasoru, the science fiction imprint of VIZ Media, the largest distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America.  VIZ Media also produced an original comic book adaptation of Sakurazaka's novel, All You Need is Kill: Official Graphic Novel Adaptation, created by Nick Mamatas (script adaptation of the novel), Lee Ferguson (artist), Fajar Buana (colors), and Zack Turner (letters).

There is a manga adaptation of All You Need is Kill, produced by artist Takeshi Obata with writer Ryosuke Takeuchi (storyboards) and yoshitoshi Abe (original illustrations).  VIZ Media originally premiered the manga in its Weekly Shonen Jump digital manga anthology.  Under its “Shonen Jump Advanced” imprint, VIZ recently published an omnibus print edition (5.5” x 8.25”and 430 pages) of All You Need is Kill the manga, which is black and white with several color pages.

All You Need is Kill opens sometime after Earth has been invaded by the alien Mimics.  In Japan, the United Defense Force (UDF) was created to fight the Mimics, which are difficult to defeat.  In the 17th Company of the UDF, Keiji Kiriya is a “Jacket soldier,” named because of the armor he and other soldier wear, called a “Jacket.”  One morning, Keiji awakens after a strange dream in which he died in battle.  He spends the rest of the day with a sense of deja vu.

Then, the U.S. Special Forces, which is basically the only military that is successful against the Mimics, arrives.  Keiji sees Rita Vrataski, the leader of the U.S. Special Forces, known as “the Valkyrie,” and also as the “Full Metal Bitch.”  Keiji knows that he has seen her... on the battlefield... before he died.  Keiji has been dying in battle, only to be reborn the next morning, to fight and die again and again.  Is the Full Metal Bitch the key to Keiji escaping the cycle or the catalyst to meeting his final death?

Takeshi Obata is one of my favorite manga creators, so I was excited when VIZ Media gave me a copy of the All You Need is Kill manga for review.  It truly deserves to be called a “graphic novel,” not only because of its length of 430 pages, but also because of the epic scope of its narrative.

All You Need is Kill is rousing military science fiction, and it offers the thrill of a frenetic action movie.  It is also the manga adaptation of a light novel reborn as a genuine shonen battle manga, because this feels less like an transfer of mediums and more like something first born as a manga.

Ultimately, what makes the manga All You Need is Kill successful is the attention to character drama and personal details.  Readers will buy the idea that Keiji and Rita are imperiled because the creators of this manga go to the emotional center and into internal conflicts of the characters.  The world seems at risk because the readers see it through characters in which they can believe, so the risk feels real.

Takeshi Obata deserves to be called “great” because his storytelling is always potent, regardless of genre, and he gives texture and life to drawings on paper.  All you need is talented manga creators who can deliver and you get high-quality science fiction manga like All You Need is Kill.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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I Reads You Review: CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA #1

CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA #1
ARCHIE COMICS

STORY: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
ART: Robert Hack
LETTERS: Jack Morelli
COVER/VARIANT COVER: Robert Hack
40pp, Color, $3.99 U.S.

“The Crucible” Chapter One: “Something Wicked”

Rated Teen + (Violence and mature content)

I first became a fan of Archie Comics character, Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch, when I was a small child and saw the old Filmation animated series starring Sabrina, which aired under different titles.  I think Sabrina was the first fictional white woman with whom I fell in love, and probably started me on the road to loving fictional white chicks, especially, for a long time, blondes.  For a few years, I was a regular viewer of the ABC (and later, The WB) live-action series, “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” (1996-2003), which starred Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina.

It was some years after first discovering Sabrina that I learned that she was an actual comic book character, although I have rarely ever read a Sabrina comic book.  Now, there is a new Sabrina comic book series, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, drawn by Robert Hack, and lettered by Jack Morelli.  It is also a genuine horror comic book.  Say what!

Late in 2013, Archie Comics began publishing a sort of alternate version of its world of Archie Andrews, his friends, and the bucolic town of Riverdale.  Afterlife with Archie found Riverdale and the surrounding area caught in a zombie apocalypse, with many beloved Archie characters transformed into flesh-eating ghouls or becoming the victims of those flesh-eating ghouls.  Created by Aguirre-Sacasa and drawn by Francesco Francavilla, Afterlife with Archie was a hit.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is not about zombies.  It is a re-imagination of Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch, not as a cartoonish witch like the kind found in the old television series, “Bewitched.”  Sabrina is a witch with an occult, even satanic, origin.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1 (“The Crucible” Chapter One: “Something Wicked”) opens in Westbridge, Massachusetts on October 31, 1951.   It is a year after the birth of Sabrina Spellman, a child born of a “mortal woman” (Diana) and a “diabolical father” (Edward Theodore Spellman).  Diana and Edward's union is a crime against “witch law,” but the marriage yields young Sabrina, a beautiful child with much potential.  The occasion of her first birthday, however, is a time of change and tragedy.

Nearly 13 years later, in September of 1964, Sabrina is a new high school student, living with her spinster aunts, Hilda and Zelda, in the town of Greendale.  Her only friends are her familiar, the talking cat Salem, and her cousin, the boy-warlock, Ambrose.  Sabrina is ready to be a normal high school girl, although she does not realize that even in “normal” Greendale, there is darkness.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina recalls the kind of hoary and gruesome horror and weird fiction that the late publisher, Warren, did so well in horror comics magazines like Eerie and Creepy.  This comic book has similarities to or at least a creepy vibe reminiscent of 1970s occult films like Carrie, The Omen, Race the Devil, and Rosemary's Baby, among others.  This comic book even reminds me of Rob Zombie's recent half-ridiculous/half-brilliant, Satanic art movie, The Lords of Salem.  I also keep waiting for Hammer Films-era Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee to show up in this new Sabrina.

I like Chilling Adventures of Sabrina because I'm impressed that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has the gall to do this to Sabrina the Teenaged Witch and that Archie Comics has the balls to publish it.  However, it is taking me a while to warm to Robert Hack's drawing style, although his storytelling is good.  I am ready for more of this.

[This comic book reprints “Presenting Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch,” which was first published in Archie's Madhouse #22 (October 1962).  The story is written by George Gladir, pencilled by Dan DeCarlo, inked by Rudy Lapick, and lettered by Vincent DeCarlo.]

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1 reprints the story in which Sabrina first appeared.  The best part of this story is the art by Sabrina's co-creator, cartoonist Dan DeCarlo, a consummate stylist and one of the best graphic designers ever to work in American comics.  His impeccable compositions, especially in his work of the 1950s and 60s, reflect the skills of a talented draftsman.

One thing that did surprise me was that this debut-version of Sabrina is impish and a bit salacious, not at all as I remember her in the cartoon TV series.  That original Sabrina could still be a comic book star today.

ArchieHorror.com

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for November 12, 2014

DC COMICS

SEP140294     ARROW SEASON 2.5 #2     $2.99
SEP148023     BATGIRL #35 2ND PTG     $2.99
SEP140253     BATGIRL #36     $2.99
SEP140247     BATMAN #36     $3.99
SEP140250     BATMAN #36 COMBO PACK     $4.99
AUG140337     BATMAN ADVENTURES TP VOL 01     $19.99
SEP140286     BATMAN COMPLETE TV SERIES DVD SET     PI
SEP140284     BATMAN COMPLETE TV SERIES EXC LIM ED BLU-RAY & BOOK SET     $284.99
SEP140285     BATMAN COMPLETE TV SERIES LIM ED BLU-RAY     PI
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