Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for October 7, 2015

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

AUG151331     ALIENS VAMPIRELLA #2 CVR A HARDMAN     $3.99
AUG151184     ANNE BONNIE #6     $3.99
AUG151537     BABY SITTERS CLUB COLOR ED GN VOL 03 MARY ANNE SAVES THE DAY     $10.99
JUL151198     BARRACUDA GN VOL 04 REVOLTS     $15.95
JUL150911     BEEF WITH TOMATO GN (MR)     $14.99
JUN151191     BEYOND QUEST FOR MEADAN TP     $7.95
AUG151767     BLOODSHOT REBORN #7 CVR A SUAYAN     $3.99
AUG151768     BLOODSHOT REBORN #7 CVR B FABRY     $3.99
AUG151769     BLOODSHOT REBORN #7 CVR C HAIRSINE     $3.99
AUG151333     BOBS BURGERS ONGOING #4 CVR A ASHWORTH     $3.99
AUG151334     BOBS BURGERS ONGOING #4 CVR B FORTE     $3.99
JUN151189     CAPTAIN CANUCK 2015 ONGOING #4     $3.99
AUG151556     CARPE NOCTEM #5 (MR)     $3.99
AUG151574     CEMETERY GIRL GN BOOK 02 INHERITANCE     $24.95
AUG151890     CHARMED SEASON 10 #12 VIRTUE A CVR SEIDMAN (MR)     $3.99
AUG151244     CLUSTER #8     $3.99
MAY151544     COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF CHOLLY & FLYTRAP HC     $29.99
JUL151580     DANCE IN VAMPIRE BUND PART 2 SCARLET ORDER GN VOL 03 (MR)     $12.99
AUG151296     DEEP SPACE TRAGEDY #1 REG WAGGANER     $3.99
AUG151297     DEEP SPACE TRAGEDY #1 SUBSCRIPTION WILDMAN     $4.99
MAY151351     DF FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 LAND CVR GOLD ELITE SGN     $89.99
MAY151350     DF FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 LAND CVR SGN     PI
MAY151324     DF SECRET WARS #1 DF EXC LAND CVR GOLD ELITE SGN     $89.99
MAY151323     DF SECRET WARS #1 DF EXC LAND CVR SGN     PI
JUL151610     DOCTOR WHO 11TH YEAR TWO #1 BLANK SKETCH CVR     $3.99
JUL151606     DOCTOR WHO 11TH YEAR TWO #1 REG RONALD     $3.99
JUL151607     DOCTOR WHO 11TH YEAR TWO #1 SUBSCRIPTION PHOTO     $3.99
MAY151541     DOCTOR WHO 12TH HC VOL 02     $19.99
AUG151177     DRAWN ONWARD (ONE SHOT) (MR)     $5.00
JUL151375     EC JACK KAMEN FORTY WHACKS & OTHER STORIES HC     $29.99
JUL151455     FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 50     $10.99
JUL150515     FROM HELL & FROM HELL GN SLIPCASE ED     $49.99
JUL151769     GFT CINDERELLA 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #5 A CVR REI (MR)     $5.99
JUL151770     GFT CINDERELLA 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #5 B CVR LAISO (MR)     $5.99
JUL151771     GFT CINDERELLA 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #5 C CVR GREEN (MR)     $5.99
JUL151772     GFT CINDERELLA 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #5 D CVR REYES (MR)     $5.99
JUN151709     GFT OZ REIGN OF WITCH QUEEN #5 A CVR ORTIZ (MR)     $3.99
JUN151710     GFT OZ REIGN OF WITCH QUEEN #5 B CVR TOLIBAO (MR)     $3.99
JUN151711     GFT OZ REIGN OF WITCH QUEEN #5 C CVR LUIS (MR)     $3.99
JUN151712     GFT OZ REIGN OF WITCH QUEEN #5 D CVR QUALANO (MR)     $3.99
AUG151529     GRANT MORRISONS 18 DAYS #4 CVR A ARJUNA HESITATES     $9.99
AUG151530     GRANT MORRISONS 18 DAYS #4 CVR B RED RAIN     $9.99
AUG151527     GRANT MORRISONS 18 DAYS #4 MAIN CVR     $2.99
AUG151312     GRUMPY CAT #1 CVR A UY     $3.99
AUG151313     GRUMPY CAT #1 CVR B HAESER     $3.99
AUG151314     GRUMPY CAT #1 CVR C MAIDEN     $3.99
AUG151315     GRUMPY CAT #1 CVR D GARBOWSKA     $3.99
AUG151316     GRUMPY CAT #1 CVR E UY ART & PHOTO     $3.99
AUG151317     GRUMPY CAT #1 CVR F CREATE YOUR OWN MEME ED     $10.00
AUG151318     GRUMPY CAT #1 CVR G BLANK AUTHENTIX     $10.00
JUL158739     HEROES: VENGEANCE #1 BLANK SKETCH CVR (MR)     $3.99
AUG151709     HEROES: VENGEANCE #1 REG POPE (MR)     $3.99
AUG151710     HEROES: VENGEANCE #1 SUBSCRIPTION PHOTO (MR)     $3.99
JUL151370     HIP HOP FAMILY TREE #2     $3.99
AUG151737     HOME #4     $3.99
AUG151494     HUMAN BODY THEATER GN     $14.99
AUG151495     HUMAN BODY THEATER HC GN     $19.99
AUG151776     IMPERIUM #9 CVR A KANO (NEW ARC)     $3.99
AUG151777     IMPERIUM #9 CVR B CAMUNCOLI (NEW ARC)     $3.99
JUL151086     JIM HENSONS DARK CRYSTAL HC VOL 03 CREATION MYTHS     $24.99
AUG151234     JOHN FLOOD #3     $3.99
JUN158298     JUGHEAD #1 BLANK SKETCH CVR     $3.99
JUL150968     JUGHEAD #1 REG CVR     $3.99
AUG151343     JUSTICE INC AVENGER #5 CVR A FRANCAVILLA     $3.99
AUG151571     KANE CHRONICLES GN BOOK 02 THRONE OF FIRE     $12.99
AUG151583     KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #224     $5.99
AUG151584     KODT BUNDLE OF TROUBLE TP VOL 51     $14.99
AUG151738     KUNG FU PANDA #1     $3.99
AUG151267     LADY DEATH APOCALYPSE #2 CENTURY HEAVENLY CVR (MR)     $39.99
AUG151496     LAST MAN GN VOL 03 CHASE     $9.99
AUG151104     LEGEND OF OZ WICKED WEST #1 DIRECT MARKET CVR A     $3.99
AUG151105     LEGEND OF OZ WICKED WEST #1 DIRECT MARKET CVR B     $3.99
MAR150945     LOLA XOXO WASTELAND MADAM #3 DIRECT MARKET CVR A     $3.99
MAR150946     LOLA XOXO WASTELAND MADAM #3 DIRECT MARKET CVR B     $3.99
AUG151294     LONG RED HAIR GN (MR)     $17.00
JUL151583     LOVE IN HELL COMP COLL TP (MR)     $20.99
AUG151216     LUMBERJANES TP VOL 02     $14.99
JUL151584     MAGICAL GIRL APOCALYPSE GN VOL 05 (MR)     $12.99
AUG151346     MASKS 2 #7 CVR A GUICE     $3.99
AUG151347     MASKS 2 #7 CVR B LEE     $3.99
AUG151348     MASKS 2 #7 CVR C EXC SUBSCRIPTION CVR     $3.99
JUL151586     MERMAN IN MY TUB GN VOL 01     $11.99
APR151727     MONO HC VOL 01     $24.99
AUG151824     MONSTER TP VOL 06 PERFECT ED URASAWA     $19.99
AUG150999     MUTTS WINTER DIARIES TP     $9.99
JUL151201     ORBITAL GN VOL 06 RESISTANCE     $13.95
MAY151476     OYSTER WAR HC     $29.99
AUG150990     PROJECT NEMESIS #1 REG CVR FRANK     $3.99
AUG151302     PUBLIC RELATIONS #2 (MR)     $3.99
JUL150860     RACHEL RISING TP VOL 06 SECRETS KEPT     $16.99
AUG151258     REGULAR SHOW #28     $3.99
AUG158143     RICK & MORTY #4 2ND PTG     $3.99
JUL151255     ROBOTECH VOLTRON TP     $17.99
JUN150850     ROCK & ROLL BIOGRAPHIES PRIMUS     $3.50
AUG151194     ROWANS RUIN #1 MAIN CVR     $3.99
JUL151576     RUINS GN     $29.95
JUL151364     SECRET CODERS GN HC     $17.99
AUG150987     SKY IN STEREO GN (MR)     $17.95
APR151161     SPACE RIDERS #4 (MR)     $3.99
JUL150519     STORY OF MY TITS GN     $29.99
JUL151626     SURFACE TENSION #5     $3.99
JUL151271     SWORDS OF SORROW SONJA JUNGLE #3 RARE ANACLETO VIRGIN     $50.00
AUG151311     TALES OF THE SS JUNKY STAR GN VOL 01     $6.99
NOV141262     THE DEVILERS #7     $2.99
AUG151249     TOIL & TROUBLE #2     $3.99
AUG151800     TOKYO ESP GN VOL 01     $15.95
AUG151319     TRAIN CALLED LOVE #1 CVR A BRAUN     $3.99
JUN158640     TRANSFERENCE #1 2ND PTG (MR)     $3.99
JUL151466     TRICK R TREAT DAYS OF DEAD GN     $16.99
AUG151120     UBER TP VOL 05 (MR)     $19.99
AUG150328     UPSIDE DOWN GN A HAT FULL OF SPELLS     $14.99
JUL151374     USAGI YOJIMBO SPECIAL EDITION SC BOX SET     $74.99
JUL151373     WALT DISNEY DONALD DUCK HC VOL 07 TRICK OR TREAT     $29.99
JUN151452     WASTELAND APOCALYPTIC ED HC VOL 05     $39.99
JUL151707     YO-KAI WATCH GN VOL 01     $9.99
JUL150907     ZOMBIE TRAMP ONGOING #15 MAIN CVR (MR)     $3.99
AUG151886     ZOMBIES VS CHEERLEADERS HALLOWEEN 2015 #1 A CVR BLOODWORTH     $3.99
AUG151887     ZOMBIES VS CHEERLEADERS HALLOWEEN 2015 #1 B CVR MAUS (MR)     $3.99
AUG151888     ZOMBIES VS CHEERLEADERS HALLOWEEN 2015 #1 C CVR TYNDALL (MR)     $3.99
AUG151889     ZOMBIES VS CHEERLEADERS HALLOWEEN 2015 #1 D CVR HEBB (MR)     $3.99

MAGAZINES
JUL151935     CINEFEX #143     $12.50
AUG152035     COMIC SHOP NEWS #1477     PI
JUN151764     DC BATMAN AUTO FIG MAG #68 LEGENDS DARK KNIGHT #204     $21.00
AUG152043     FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #282     $9.99
OCT141892     FANGORIA #344     $11.99
AUG152057     HEROES REBORN OFFICIAL MAGAZINE #1     $9.99
JUL151560     JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #364     $12.40
APR152046     RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE #160     $9.95
AUG152047     SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE #99     $9.95

BOOKS
AUG151978     1001 TV SHOWS YOU MUST WATCH BEFORE YOU DIE HC     $36.95
JUL151885     ASSASSINS CREED COMPLETE VISUAL HISTORY HC     $60.00
AUG151973     BOND BY DESIGN ART OF JAMES BOND FILMS HC     $50.00
AUG151918     DISNEY BOOK HC     $30.00
AUG151924     DOCTOR WHO CITY OF DEATH HC     $26.95
JUN158871     DOCTOR WHO COMP HIST HC VOL 01 10TH DOCTOR STORIES 181-184     $6.99
MAY151778     DOCTOR WHO HEROES AND MONSTERS COLLECTION SC     $9.99
AUG151932     GEORGE RR MARTIN KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS HC     $30.00
MAY151056     GLENN FABRY SKETCHBOOK SC VOL 03 B&W REMARKED ED     $75.00
JUL151867     GRAPHIC THRILLS XXX MOVIE POSTERS SC VOL 02 (MR)     $29.95
AUG151975     GREAT LEGO SETS VISUAL HISTORY HC     $40.00
AUG151933     HARRY POTTER & SORCERERS STONE ILLUSTRATED ED     $39.99
JUL158441     JAMES BOND 50 YEARS OF MOVIE POSTERS SC     $29.95
AUG151976     LEGO I LOVE THAT MINIFIGURE HC     $18.99
AUG151909     MARVELS THE AVENGERS ENCYCLOPEDIA HC     $40.00
AUG151992     SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 100 DEATH TRIANGLE & CRIMSON DEATH     $15.95
JUL151871     STAR TREK COSTUMES 5 DECADES OF FASHION HC     $60.00
AUG152002     STAR WARS REBELS EPIC BATTLE VISUAL GUIDE HC     $16.99
AUG152000     STAR WARS RISE OF THE EMPIRE SC     $15.00
AUG151095     SUITE FRANCAISE STORM IN JUNE GN     $21.95
AUG152011     THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT HC     $15.99
AUG152006     WALKING DEAD MMPB VOL 05 DESCENT     $7.99
AUG152899     WARHAMMER 40K OVERFIEND TP     $16.00
AUG151997     WARPED ENGAGING GUIDE TO NEVER AIRED 8TH SEASON SC     $16.00

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Review: DOOMED #1

DOOMED #1
DC COMICS – @DCComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

WRITER: Scott Lobdell
ART: Javier Fernandez
COLORS: Ulises Arreola
LETTERS: Corey Breen
COVER: Javier Fernandez with Kyle Ritter
VARIANT COVER: Ken Lashley with Hi-Fi
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (August 2015)

Rated “T” for “Teen”

“Doomed, I Say!”

Doomsday is a DC Comics character commonly associated with Superman.  A super-villain, Doomsday made his first full appearance in Superman: The Man of Steel #18 (December 1992), after making a cameo appearance in Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (November 1992).  Created by writer-artist Dan Jurgens, Doomsday was the character that infamously “killed” Superman back in 1992.

In “The New 52,” the revamp of the DC Universe, Doomsday is apparently also connected to a virus.  The “DCYou” publishing event launches a new comic book about a college student who catches that virus.  The series is entitled, Doomed, and is written by Scott Lobdell, drawn by Javier Fernandez, colored by Ulises Arreola, and lettered by Corey Breen.

Doomed #1 (“Doomed, I Say!”) introduces Reiser, an affable student at Metropolis University.  He gets an internship at S.T.A.R. Labs in Metropolis, which he sees as a life-changing event.  What changes in Reiser's life is gaining the power to transform into Superman's most heinous adversary, Doomsday.

Doomed must be one of those “DCYou” diversity books.  Diversity in the DCYou means characters of color, but writers of non-Negro.  That might explain Reiser's blandness.  Honestly, I don't know what to say beyond some sarcastic remarks.  I am curious to see what happens to Reiser, but not enough to make a financial effort to obtain this book.  It is not bad, but I can't honestly give it a letter-grade.  If I do end up reading another issue of Doomed, I'll write about it just for you, dear reader.

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

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Friday, October 2, 2015

Review: DOCTOR FATE #1

DOCTOR FATE #1 (2015)
DC COMICS – @DCComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

WRITER: Paul Levitz
ART: Sonny Liew
COLORS: Lee Loughridge
LETTERS: Nick J. Napolitano
COVER: Sonny Liew
VARIANT COVER: Ibrahim Moustafa
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (August 2015)

Rated “T” for “Teen”

“Blood of the Pharaohs”

Doctor Fate created by Gardner Fox and Hal Sherman

Doctor Fate is a DC Comics magical superhero character that has had several incarnations.  The original version of Doctor Fate was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, and first appeared in More Fun Comics #55 (cover dated:  May 1940).

The “DCYou” publishing initiative offers a new version of Fate and a new Doctor Fate series.  The new comic book is produced by writer Paul Levitz and artist Sonny LiewLee Loughridge is the colorist and Nick J. Napolitano is the letterer.

Doctor Fate #1 (“Blood of the Pharaohs”) opens on Shore Parkway, Brooklyn, where we meet Anubis, the Egyptian Lord of Dead in the form of a mangy-looking dog.  He has launched a plan to restore “the Maat” (“the order of things”), and that involves flooding the world to wash the civilization of mankind away.  And the rain/deluge has begun...

However, Bastet, an Anubis rival, has found the human who must wear the helmet of Fate and preserve the Maat before the flood takes it all.  He is an overwhelmed Brooklyn medical student named Khalid Nelson.  Is he ready to take on such responsibility without even an instruction manual to guide him?

I placed Doctor Fate at the end of my reading slush pile of “DCYou” launches.  I have read very few Doctor Fate comic books over the years, and I have generally found them not to my liking.  Plus, the cover for this new Doctor Fate #1 is unappealing to me to say the least.

Yes, yes:  I know.  Don't judge a book by its cover.  Doctor Fate #1 is quite intriguing.  I think it has potential, and I certainly enjoyed reading this first issue.  In fact, I think this is the most I have enjoyed anything written by Paul Levitz that he didn't write over 30 years ago.  The first issue is like one of the first chapters of a manga that gives the reader the basics about the hero, as well as a little about the opposition in about 20 pages.

The art and storytelling by artist Sonny Liew is just write for what seems like a quirky take on both Fate and also on magic and the supernatural in the DC Universe.  The storytelling is mostly clear and straightforward even when the art turns a bit eccentric.  I'm ready for a second issue of Doctor Fate.

B+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Thursday, October 1, 2015

Toriko: World's Greatest Gourmet Hunter!!

I read Toriko, Vol. 29: World's Greatest Gourmet Hunter

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