Showing posts with label Jack Kirby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack Kirby. Show all posts

Sunday, May 31, 2026

I Reads You Juniors: May 2026 - UPDATE #46

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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TREATS - From AnotherCookie:  There is a new online cookie retailer. It is called "AnotherCookie?" and the cookies are delicious.

NEWS:

MARVEL - From ComicsBeat:  Marvel Comics is heading towards huge changes.  "President of Marvel Comics & Franchise," Dan Buckley, has announced that he is stepping down.  The new leadership team will be Marvel Studios executive Brad Winderbaum who will be "Head of Marvel Television, Animation, Comics & Franchise."  Disney Publishing Exec, David Abdo, will become "General/Manager Comics & Franchise" and will report to Winderbaum. Buckley will remain at Marvel through mid-2027 to help with the transition.

IMAGE COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Writer-artist Rob Guillory, the co-creator of "Chew" (Image Comics), has teased some news about the Chew.  Blumhouse and Atomic Monster are developing it as a live-action television series.  Actor Randall Park (Ant-Man) may play the series lead, "Tony Chu."

DC STUDIOS - From IMDb:  Director Matt Reeves has confirmed that German actor, Sebastian Koch, has joined the cast of his 2027 film, "The Batman II."

DC COMICS - From DCBlog:  Writer Brandon T. Snider talks about his DC "Young Readers" graphic novel, "Supergirls Family Vacation."  Drawn by Sarah Leuver, "Supergirl's Family Vacation" is available now. 

MARVEL/MIDNIGHT - From BleedingCool:  Marvel announces solicitations information on its first three "Midnight" line titles "Midnight X-Men" (Aug. 2026), "Midnight Fantastic Four" (Sept. 2026), and "Midnight Spider-Man" (Oct. 2026).

AWARDS - From ECBACC:  ECBACC - the "East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention" has announced the winners for the "Glyph Comics Award 2026" in nine categories.  Gerald Vreden and Hakim Rafai's "Rise of the Mafu" wins four of the nine awards.

JACK KIRBY - From TheConversation:  Tomorrow (Mon., May 11, 2026), a street on Manhattan's Lower East Side will be named "Jack Kirby Way," in honor of the co-creator of the Marvel Comics Universe, the late, great Jack Kirby.

From BleedingCool:  "Bleeding Cool" has an article on the ceremony creating "Jack Kirby Way." It includes photographic images and some video.
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DC STUDIOS - From WorldofReel:  Greg Mottola is apparently in the lead to direct an untitled film from DC Studios that will star DC comics villains "Bane" and "Deathstroke."

MARVEL/MIDNIGHT - From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics apparently has a new imprint slash universe, entitled "Midnight." Bleeding Cool is describing it as "Absolute Horror" line, that will launch this fall with "radical" re-imaginings of Marvel Comics characters.  Writers Jonathan Hickman, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, and Benjamin Percy, who all recently signed exclusive deals with Marvel, are reportedly involved.  "Bleeding Cool" says that the imprint will focus on new versions of Blade, Ghost Rider, Darkhold, Dracula, Morbius, and Werewolf By Night.  Marvel is reportedly aiming for Halloween 2026 launch.

DC COMICS - From DCBlog:  Current "Batman" series writer, Matt Fraction, talks about the next big "Bat-Family" crossover event, "Bad Seeds."

MARVEL - From BleedingCool:  Kevin Smith ("Clerks," "Daredevil") and Andy McElfresh ("The Tonight Show") are cowriting the miniseries, "Spider-Man/Hulk: Fire & Brimstone" for Marvel Comics.  R.B. Silva will draw the series, which debuts August 19th, 2026.  The story finds Bruce Banner seeking an exorcism to finally cure the Hulk.

From ComicsBeat:  Marvel Comics has revealed they will mark "Disability Pride Month" in July with four back-up stories, all written by Marieke Nijkamp ("Hawkeye: Kate Bishop"), with art by Andrea Di Vito ("Emma Frost: The White Queen").  The stories will spotlight disabled superheroes like Daredevil, Misty Knight, Echo, Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Silhouette, and Finesse.  The stories will be serialized story in the July 2026 issues of "Amazing Spider-Man #32," "Uncanny X-Men #31," "Fantastic Four #14," and "Wolverine #24."  The heroes characters come together to save Misty’s partner, Colleen Wing.
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EN MEMORIAM - From Marvel:  Comic book writer and editor, Gerry Conway, has died at the age of 73.  Conway is best known for co-creating such Marvel Comics characters as "The Punisher," "Ben Reilly" (The Spider-Man clone), and the first "Ms. Marvel" (Carol Danvers).  For DC Comics, Conway created "Firestorm," "Jason Todd,/Robin," "Killer Croc," and Power Girl, to name just a few of the many DC characters he created.  Conway also wrote the first modern day intercompany crossover, "Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man" (March 1976). He also briefly served as Marvel's "Editor-in-Chief."  Conway was also a prolific television writer, and served as writer-producer on the NBC's "Law & Order" franchise from 1999 to 2006.

From BleedingCool:  Comic book writer and healthcare journalist and professional, Lew Strazewski, has died at the age of 71, Monday, April 27, 2026.  Stazewski is best known for his comic book writing for several publishers, most specifically DC Comics and Malibu.  He wrote The Flash, JSA, and Starman for DC Comics.  Strazewski was one of the architects of Malibu Comics' "Ultraverse," where he co-created "Prime" and "Prototype."
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AWARDS - From ECBACC:  ECBACC - the "East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention" has announced the nominations for the "Glyph Comics Award 2026" in nine categories. The winners will be announced Saturday, May 9, 2026, which is a week before ECBACC 2026 takes place Saturday, May 16, 2026.

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APRIL 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Superman" titles for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Drawn & Quarterly for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics Books for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  HarperCollins for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Heavy Metal for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Spider-Man" and "Venom" titles for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "X-Men" titles for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics' "Energon" titles for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Invader Comics for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Massive Publishing for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Prana for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Red 5 Comics for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for April 2026
From BleedingCool:  Warrant Publishing Company for April 2026

MAY 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Ignition Press for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Invader Comics for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Drawn & Quarterly for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion/2000 AD for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for May 2026
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for May 2026

JUNE 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Abrams for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Devil's Due Studios for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Drawn & Quarterly for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  HarperCollins for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Heavy Metal Magazines for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Hoffman International and Warrant Publishing for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Captain America" for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Massive Selects for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Midnight Factory for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion/2000 AD for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Red 5 Comics for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Source Point Press for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for June 2026
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for June 2026

JULY 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Abrams for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  American Mythology for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Comics! The Magazine for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute Batman #22" for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Superman" for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Drawn & Quarterly for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Heavy Metal Magazine for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics Todd McFarlane titles for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Iron Age Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Armageddon" for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Queen in Black" titles for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Midnight Factory for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion/2000 AD for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rekcah for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Red 5 Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rocketship for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Scholastic for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  SHP for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Warrant and Hoffman for July 2026

AUGUST 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Armageddon" titles for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "X-Men DNX" titles for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Queen in Black" titles for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "What If" titles for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for August 2026


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Monday, February 9, 2026

Comics, Magazines and Books from Lunar and Other Distributors for February 11, 2026

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS:

BOOM! STUDIOS
Books Of Slaughter Deluxe Edition HC, $29.99
Books Of Slaughter Deluxe Edition HC (Limited Edition Slipcased Edition), $49.99
Center Holds #1 (Cover A M.D. Bright), $5.99
Center Holds #1 (Cover B Khary Randolph), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Center Holds #1 (Cover C Khary Randolph Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Center Holds #1 (Cover D Chuck Patton Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Center Holds #1 (Cover E M.D. Bright Black & White Variant)(Larry Hama Signed Edition), AR (find on eBay)
Center Holds #1 (Cover F Jamal Igle Reveal Variant), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Center Holds #1 (Cover G M.D. Bright Full Art Variant), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Expanse A Little Death #4 (Cover A Christian Ward, $5.99
Expanse A Little Death #4 (Cover B Karl Kerschel, $5.99 (find on eBay)
Expanse A Little Death #4 (Cover C Christian Ward Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Expanse A Little Death #4 (Cover D JG Jones Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Expanse A Little Death #4 (Cover E Karl Kerschel Full Art Variant), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Hello Darkness Good Bones And Other Sordid Tales #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Rebeca Puebla), $5.99
Hello Darkness Good Bones And Other Sordid Tales #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Isaac Goodhart), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Hello Darkness Good Bones And Other Sordid Tales #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Liana Kangas Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Last Day Of H.P. Lovecraft #4 (Cover A Jakub Rebelka), $4.99
Last Day Of H.P. Lovecraft #4 (Cover B Francesco De Stena), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Last Day Of H.P. Lovecraft #4 (Cover C Francesco De Stena Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)

BOOM! STUDIOS - BOOM! BOX
Mary Sue #4 (Cover A Lisa Sterle), $4.99
Mary Sue #4 (Cover B Marcus To), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Mary Sue #4 (Cover C Marcus To Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)

CSN PRESS
Comic Shop News #2008, AR

DARK HORSE BOOKS
ElfQuest The Final Quest HC, $69.99
Marvel Comics Covers Of Jack Kirby Volume 2 1965-1968 HC, $54.99
Minor Threats Library Edition Volume 1 HC, $49.99
Nobody HC (New Edition), $29.99
Plants vs. Zombies Volume 25 It's A Dogz Life HC, $12.99

DARK HORSE COMICS
Crown A Tale Of Hell #1 (Of 2)(Cover A Warwick Johnson-Cadwell), $4.99
Crown A Tale Of Hell #1 (Of 2)(Cover B Mike Mignola), $4.99
Devil On My Shoulder #3 (Of 4)(Cover A Piotr Kowalski), $4.99
John le Carre's The Circus Losing Control #2 (Of 3)(Cover A Ibrahim Moustafa), $5.99

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
DIE!Namite Blood Red #5 (Cover A E.J. Su), $4.99 (find on eBay)
DIE!Namite Blood Red #5 (Cover B Alessio Fortunato), $4.99 (find on eBay)
DIE!Namite Blood Red #5 (Cover C Emanuele Ercolani), $4.99 (find on eBay)
DIE!Namite Blood Red #5 (Cover D Will Robson), $4.99 (find on eBay)
DIE!Namite Blood Red #5 (Cover E Will Robson Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
DIE!Namite Blood Red #5 (Cover F Emanuele Ercolani Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
DIE!Namite Blood Red #5 (Cover G Alessio Fortunato Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
DIE!Namite Blood Red #5 (Cover H E.J. Su Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Disney Hercules Volume 1 The Monster Hunter HC, $19.99
Disney Hercules Volume 1 The Monster Hunter TP, $14.99
DuckTales Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Nicoletta Baldari), $5.99 (find on eBay)
DuckTales Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Ciro Cangialosi), $5.99 (find on eBay)
DuckTales Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Stefano Porcu), $5.99 (find on eBay)
DuckTales Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Libero Ermetti), $5.99 (find on eBay)
DuckTales Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover E Libero Ermetti Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
DuckTales Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover F Stefano Porcu Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
DuckTales Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover G Ciro Cangialosi Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
DuckTales Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover H Nicoletta Baldari Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover A Tad Stones), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover B Ivan Bigarella), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover C Clayton Henry), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover D Ciro Cangialosi), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover E Ciro Cangialosi Line Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover F Clayton Henry Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover G Ciro Cangialosi Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover H Ivan Bigarella Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover I Ciro Cangialosi Line Art Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover J Tad Stones Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2 (Cover L Ivan Bigarella Sepia Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Queen Sonja Omnibus Volume 2 TP, $49.99
Space Ghost Volume 2 #8 (Cover A Francesco Mattina), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Space Ghost Volume 2 #8 (Cover B Jae Lee), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Space Ghost Volume 2 #8 (Cover C Michael Cho), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Space Ghost Volume 2 #8 (Cover D Bjorn Barends), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Space Ghost Volume 2 #8 (Cover F Bjorn Barends Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Space Ghost Volume 2 #8 (Cover G Michael Cho Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Space Ghost Volume 2 #8 (Cover H Jae Lee Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Space Ghost Volume 2 #8 (Cover I Francesco Mattina Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
ThunderCats Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Nicoletta Baldari), $5.99 (find on eBay)
ThunderCats Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Sebastian Piriz), $5.99 (find on eBay)
ThunderCats Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Zulema Scotto Lavina), $5.99 (find on eBay)
ThunderCats Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Animation Art Variant), $5.99 (find on eBay)
ThunderCats Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover E Blind Bag Variant), AR (find on eBay)
ThunderCats Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover F Nicoletta Baldari Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
ThunderCats Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover G Animation Art Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
ThunderCats Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover H Sebastian Piriz Line Art Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
ThunderCats Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover I Zulema Scotto Lavina Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
ThunderCats Valentine's Day Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover J Sebastian Piriz Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Vampirella Winter Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Mike Rooth), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Vampirella Winter Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Joseph Michael Linsner), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Vampirella Winter Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Celina), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Vampirella Winter Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Joanie Brosas Cosplay Variant), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Vampirella Winter Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover E Blind Bag Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Vampirella Winter Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover F Joanie Brosas Cosplay Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Vampirella Winter Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover G Celina Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Vampirella Winter Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover H Joseph Michael Linsner Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Vampirella Winter Special 2026 #1 (One Shot)(Cover I Mike Rooth Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Donad Duck Legacy #390 Master Of Disaster (Cover A Michel Nadorp), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Donad Duck Legacy #390 Master Of Disaster (Cover B Andres Freccero), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Donad Duck Legacy #390 Master Of Disaster (Cover C Carl Barks Daan/Jippes/Ulrich Schroeder), AR (find on eBay)

IDW PUBLISHING
Godzilla Escape The Deadzone #6 (Kai-Sei Era)(Cover A Pablo Tunica), $4.99
Godzilla Escape The Deadzone #6 (Kai-Sei Era)(Cover B James Bousema), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Godzilla Escape The Deadzone #6 (Kai-Sei Era)(Cover C James Bousema Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Sonic The Hedgehog On The Go Volume 2 TP, $13.99
Star Trek Lower Decks #16 (Cover A Vernon Smith), $4.99
Star Trek Lower Decks #16 (Cover B Chris Fenoglio Connecting Variant), $4.99
Star Trek Voyager Homecoming #5 (Cover A Angel Hernandez), $4.99
Star Trek Voyager Homecoming #5 (Cover B Rachel Perciphone), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Star Trek Voyager Homecoming #5 (Cover C Rachel Perciphone Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 (Cover A Freddie E. Williams II), $4.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 (Cover B Kevin Eastman & Ben Bishop), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 (Cover C Creees Lee), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 (Cover D Viktor Farro), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 (Cover E Kevin Eastman & Ben Bishop Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 (Cover F Emma Kubert), AR (find on eBay)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 (Cover G Bernard Chang), AR (find on eBay)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Journeys #6 (Cover A Michael Dooney & Jim Lawson), $4.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Journeys #6 (Cover B Dan Duncan), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Journeys #6 (Cover C Michael Dooney & Jim Lawson Foil Variant), AR (find on eBay)

IDW PUBLISHING - TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
Luna Express GN, $19.99

KODANSHA COMICS
Battle Angel Alita Mars Chronicle Volume 11 GN, $10.99
Bless Volume 7 GN, $13.99
How I Met My Soulmate Volume 6 GN, $12.99
Issak Omnibus 5 TP (Volumes 9-10), $22.99
Wistoria Wand And Sword Volume 11 GN, $12.99

ONI PRESS
Crownsville #4 (Of 5)(Cover A Jason Shawn Alexander), $4.99
Crownsville #4 (Of 5)(Cover B Elia Bonetti), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Crownsville #4 (Of 5)(Cover C Jason Shawn Alexander Full Art Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Epitaphs From The Abyss Volume 3 TP (EC Comics), $19.99
First Freedom The Story Of Opal Lee And Juneteenth HC, $29.99
First Freedom The Story Of Opal Lee And Juneteenth TP, $19.99
Free For All HC, $17.99
Ogrest Volume 4 GN (Magnetic Press), $19.99
Tortured Hearts #1 (EC Comics)(One Shot)(Cover A Dustin Weaver), $8.99
Tortured Hearts #1 (EC Comics)(One Shot)(Cover B Miguel Mercado), $8.99 (find on eBay)
Tortured Hearts #1 (EC Comics)(One Shot)(Cover C Tom Fowler), $8.99 (find on eBay)
Tortured Hearts #1 (EC Comics)(One Shot)(Cover D Shawn McManus EC Homage Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Tortured Hearts #1 (EC Comics)(One Shot)(Cover E Dustin Weaver Black & White Artist Edition Variant), AR (find on eBay)
Tortured Hearts #1 (EC Comics)(One Shot)(Cover F Patricia Martin Archive Edition Variant), AR (find on eBay)

TOKYOPOP
Far Cry Cull The Herd #4, $4.99 (find on eBay)

TOKYOPOP - LOVELOVE
First Love Reunion A Decade Later My High School Crush Is Determined To Make Me His Volume 1 GN, $14.99
Wandervogel Volume 1 GN, $14.99

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Monday, January 12, 2026

DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for January 14, 2026

DC COMICS:

Action Comics #1094 (Cover A Ryan Sook), $4.99
Action Comics #1094 (Cover B Chris Samnee Card Stock Variant), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Action Comics #1094 (Cover C Elizabeth Torque Card Stock Variant), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Action Comics #1094 (Cover D Annie Wu Punk Rock Card Stock Variant), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Aquaman #13 (Cover A John Timms), $3.99
Aquaman #13 (Cover B Nathan Szerdy Card Stock Variant), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Aquaman #13 (Cover C Kyuyong Eom Card Stock Variant), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Aquaman #13 (Cover D Saowee Card Stock Variant), $4.99 (find on eBay)
Batman And Robin #29 (Cover A Nimit Malavia), $4.99
Batman And Robin #29 (Cover B Guillem March Card Stock Variant), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Batman And Robin #29 (Cover C Martin Simmonds Card Stock Variant), $5.99 (find on eBay)
Batman R.I.P. TP (2026 Edition), $19.99
Batman The Brave And The Bold Myths And Mysteries TP, $17.99
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

#IReadsYou Movie Review: "THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS"

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

Running time:  115 minutes (1 hour, 55 minutes)
Rating:  MPA – PG-13 for action/violence and some language
DIRECTOR:  Matt Shakman
WRITERS:  Josh Friedman, Eric Person, and Jeff Kaplan & Ian Springer; from a story by Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan & Ian Springer, and Kat Wood (based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)
PRODUCER:  Kevin Feige
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Jess Hall (D.o.P.)
EDITORS:  Nona Khodai and Tim Roche
COMPOSER:  Michael Giacchino

SUPERHERO/SCI-FI/ACTION and FANTASY/DRAMA

Starring:  Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Sarah Niles, Mark Gatiss, and Matthew Wood (voice)

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a 2025 American superhero movie and science fiction film from director Matt Shakman and Marvel Studios.  The film is based on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, which was created by artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee and first appeared in the comic book, The Fantastic Four #1 (cover dated: November 1961).  It is also the 37th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the second reboot of the Fantastic Four film franchise.  In First Steps, the Fantastic Four is forced to balance their family life and their superhero life as never before when a god-like space being and his enigmatic herald arrive and mark Earth for destruction.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps opens on Earth-828  in the year 1960.  It introduces “The Fantastic Four,” a quartet of astronauts turned superheroes.  First is the highly intelligent scientist, Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), who as “Mr. Fantastic” can stretch any part of his body to great lengths.  Next is Reed's wife, Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), the founder of the “Future Foundation,” a global demilitarization and world peace organization.  As the “Invisible Woman” Sue can generate force fields and turn invisible.  Then, there is the brilliant pilot, former astronaut, and Reed's best friend, Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), a.k.a. “The Thing,” whose skin has been transformed into a layer of orange rock, which grants him super-human strength and durability.  Finally, there is Sue's younger brother, Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn), who as the “Human Torch,” can engulf his body in flames, control fire, and fly.

The world honors The Fantastic Four for what they have given humanity, so when Reed and Sue reveal that they are expecting a child, the world celebrates and prepares for the new arrival, while also wondering if the child will also have super-powers.  However, the celebrating is short-lived.  A metallic-skinned, seemingly-female alien arrives from space, riding a surfboard.  This “Silver Surfer” (Julia Garner) is the herald of Galactus (Ralph Ineson), a planet-devouring cosmic being, and he is coming to devour Earth.  Now, the members of The Fantastic Four face their toughest test ever, and the price they must pay to save the Earth may be too high for even them to pay.

I actually enjoyed Tim Story's two Fantastic Four films the aughts, Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).  Director Josh Trank's 2015 reboot of the franchise, Fantastic Four, had a lot of good ideas, but alleged studio interference turned the film into a wreck.  The Fantastic Four: First Steps is not at all a wreck.  Its intense action sequences had me gripping the armrests of my seat at the local movie theater.  The villains are great.  Galactus is awesome and even scarier than the gargantuan “Celestials” of Marvel Studios' 2021 epic, Eternals; he seemed unbeatable.  Julia Garner's Silver Surfer is 10 times the herald the one in Rise of the Silver Surfer is.  This Silver Surfer, whose original name was “Shalla Bal,” is like a velociraptor on a surfboard.  She chases our heroes with the unrelenting hellish fury of the “Headless Horseman” that chases Ichabod Crane in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” segment of Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949).

On the other hand, the heroes of The Fantastic Four: First Steps come across as too mild-mannered.  They are so accomplished that everything seems to come too easy for them.  Even when they are angry with one another, that anger lacks passion.  In fact, I'd call the cast and characters dispassionate.  It is as if the film's director, Matt Shakman, who does an excellent job overall, wants his leads to be inoffensive.  I like the casting of the leads, but they need to breath a little more fire.

In the end, I like that Disney and Marvel Studios finally take the opportunity to honor the late Jack Kirby (1917-1994), the comic book writer-artist who created the Fantastic Four with the late Stan Lee (1922-2018).  There are several nods to Kirby, and this is long overdue.  That makes me love First Steps even more.  It is almost a great film, and its special effects and inventive and imaginative retro-futuristic elements endlessly fascinate me.  The Fantastic Four: First Steps is hugely entertaining, and these are the right first steps to bring the Fantastic Four into the cinematic prominence they deserve.

A
★★★★ out of 4 stars

Wednesday, July 30, 2025


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Saturday, May 31, 2025

I Reads You Juniors: May 2025 - UPDATE #58

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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TREATS - From AnotherCookie:  There is a new online cookie retailer. It is called "AnotherCookie?" and the cookies are delicious.

NEWS:

MARVEL/DC - From EW:  Marvel and DC Comics have announced that "Deadpool" and "Batman" will crossover in two one-shot comic books.  First, writer Zeb Wells and artist Greg Capullo will produce "Deadpool/Batman," which is due from Marvel on September 17th, 2025.  Arriving on a later date from DC Comics is "Batman/Deadpool," from writer Grant Morrison and artist Dan Mora. 

COMICS - From THR:  Writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita, Jr. have announced a new three-issue miniseries, "Psychic Sam."  It will be funded via Kickstarter and development on a film adaptation has already begun.

From Kickstarter:  Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.'s new comics project, "Psychic Sam," includes a "Kickstarter" campaign.

From Vimeo:  There is a trailer for the new comic book project from the team of writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita, Jr. ("Kick-Ass").
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EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool:  American comic book writer, Peter David, has died at the age of 68, Saturday, May 24, 2025.  A prolific comic book writer, David may be best known for his 12-year run writing "The Incredible Hulk" for Marvel, which earned him an Eisner Award.  He co-created the character, "Spider-Man 2099" with artist Rick Leonardi.  He also had notable runs on "Aquaman" and "Young Juctice, among others, for DC Comics.  David also wrote "Star Trek" comic books and novels.  David wrote for animated and live-action television series, and he also wrote video games.

From BleedingCool:  Collaborators, peers, and colleagues celebrate, mourn, and remember the novelist and comic book writer, Peter David, who died Saturday, May 24th.
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DARK HORSE - From AIPTComics:  Dark Horse Comics will publish the 24-issue series, "Elfquest: The Final Quest" (2014-18), in a single, 624-page hardcover edition at the cover price of $69.99. It is due February 2026.

DIAMOND - From BleedingCool:  Our long national nightmare is over.  Universal Distributions and Ad Populum have official bought Diamond Comic Distributors out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

DC COMICS - From ComicsBulletin:  DC Comics has announced an upcoming "Superman" five-issue miniseries, "Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum." It will be produced by the creative team of the Image Comics series, "Ice Cream Man": W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, and Chris O'Halloran.

From DCBlog:  Writer-artist Sophie Campbell talks about her ongoing "Supergirl" series.

EISNER AWARDS - From BleedingCool:  The nominations for 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. The nominations are for works published between January 1st and December 31st, 2024.   This year’s nominees were chosen by a panel of five judges:  Robert V. Conte, Kacy Helwick, Meg Lemke, Eitan Manhoff, and Rocco Versaci.  The winners will be announced the evening of July 25, 2025 in a ceremony held during the 2025 San Diego Comic-Con International.

DC STUDIOS - For YouTube:  Of course, Warner Bros. Discovery/DC Studios drops the first official "Superman" trailer.  The film is due July 11, 2025.

AWARDS - From BleedingCool: The Glyph Comics Awards 2025 were presented this past weekend (5/9 to 5/11) at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, in Philadelphia.  The top winners were the horror comics anthology, "Shook! A Black Horror Anthology" and "Hammer."

MARVEL - From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics writer, Jonathan Hickman, says that Marvel will publish comic books based on Fox's former sci-fi drama, "The X-Files."  He also says that "The X-Files" comic books will crossover with other Marvel titles.

From Negromancer:  Leroy Douresseaux offers a review of the new "Star Wars #1" from Marvel Comics.

IDW - From BleedingCool:  Starting later this year, IDW Publishing with start publishing "Event Horizon: Dark Descent," a prequel comic book series to the 1997 science fiction-horror film, "Event Horizon."

COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Just in time for the 45th anniversary of the 1980 film, "The Blues Brothers," is a graphic novel, "The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake," which is due in October 2025 from Z2 Comics.

EN MEMORIAM - From CBR:  The longtime Marvel and DC Comics artist, Jackson "Butch" Guice, has died at the age of 63, Wednesday, May 1, 2025.  Guice may be best for his long career with Marvel where he drew every major character at one time or another.  His big break was drawing Marvel's "Micronauts" series and the four-issue limited series, "X-Men and the Micronauts." His work with DC Comics included a run on Action Comics from the early to mid 1990s and on the cult series, "Resurrection Man."

From BleedingCool:  The comic book industry remembers veteran comic book artist, Jackson " Butch" Guice, who died Thurs., May 1st, at the age of 63.
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JACK KIRBY - From Forward:  This article looks at how Jack Kirby's Jewish upbringing influenced his art and storytelling as the first career retrospective of the great artist, "Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity," debuts May 1, 2025 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

DIAMOND - From BleedingCool:  The bankruptcy saga of Diamond Comic Distributors may be winding down.  The Baltimore Bankruptcy Court has approved the sale of Diamond to Universal Distribution and Sparkle Pop (a holding company for Ad Populum).  Universal Distribution will pay $49,634,950, plus or minus a few other factors. Sparkle Pop will pay $7,459,050, though with certain provisos for payments owed to NECA and WizKids, brands owned by Ad Populum. That's a total of around $57 million. Alliance Entertainment, which offered more than 70 million at the bankruptcy auction, are currently suing and filing complaints.

DC COMICS - From GamesRadar:  There will be a new "Batman #1" from writer Matt Fraction and artist Jorge Jimenez.  Launching in September 2025, this new "Batman" series will offer a "revamped aesthetic," a "throwback" costume, and a new Batmobile.

MARVEL - From BleedingCool:  Who gets what creator credits in "Thunderbolts*" from Disney/Marvel Studios.

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APRIL 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Summer of Superman" titles for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  DSTLRY Media for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" titles for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate: titles for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Sumerian Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for April 2025

MAY 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for May 2025
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From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion Productions for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute DC" titles for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry Media for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" titles for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate Comics" titles for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Massive Publishing for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics "Conan" and "Solomon Kane" titles for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant-Alien Books for May 2025

JUNE 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze Comics for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dren Comics for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry Media for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainent for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon Universe" titles for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Spawn" titles for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keensport Entertainment for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" crossover titles for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate Universe" for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate Comics" with "Scarlet Witch" for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #1" for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for June 202
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Entertainment for June 2025
From BleedingCool:  Zenescope Entertainment for June 2025

JULY 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Abrams for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Afterlight Comics for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bliss on Tap for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM Studios for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion Productions for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Superman" titles for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Devil's Due Studios for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Heavy Metal Magazine for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics Skybound "Energon" titles for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Spawn" titles for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Bring on the Bad Guys" titles for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" tie-in titles for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Massive Publishing for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Midnight Factory for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for July
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Uncivilized Comics for July 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for July 2025

AUGUST 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Ideas for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion Productions for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute Comics" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Ghost Machine" for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Spawn" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Bring on the Bad Guys" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "One World Under Doom" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Panick Entertainment for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics "Conan" and "Solomon Kane" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for August 2025

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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

#IReadsYou Review: ORION #15


[This review of "Orion #15" is the first comic book review that I ever wrote for my “Negromancer” blog, the original version, way back in mid-Summer of 2001.  For a few years, I wrote my comic book reviews under the column title, "Why I Love Saturn," which I took from Kyle Baker's 1990 graphic novel, "Why I Hate Saturn."

Recently, I was able to recover my files from two early aughts hard drives.  Beginning with this review, I am going to go back and re-edit all my original “Negromancer” comic book reviews and post these updated versions to my “I Reads You” blog.  I hope you enjoy the trip back in time.]

ORION #15
DC COMICS

"Why I Love Saturn" Episode One

STORY: Walter Simonson
ART: Walter Simonson
COLORS: Tatjana Wood; Digital Chameleon (separations)
LETTERS: John Workman
EDITOR: Joey Cavalieri
COVER: Walter Simonson with Tatjana Wood
56pp, Color, $3.95 U.S., $6.50 CAN (August 2001)

Orion and The New Gods created by Jack Kirby

“At the Edge of the Abyss”

Orion is a DC Comics superhero character that first appeared in New Gods #1 (cover dated: February 1971) and was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby.  Orion is the son of the super-villain, “Darkseid” of “Apokolips,” who traded him to “Highfather” of “New Genesis” in a peace deal between the two planets.  Orion has powers similar to that of Superman, and he rids a device called an “Astro-Harness.”  In 2000, DC Comics began publishing Orion, a 25-issue series written and almost entirely drawn by Walter Simonson (best known for his run on Marvel Comics' Thor from 1983-87).

After a little over a year, the fifteenth issue brings to an end what could be considered the first major arc of Walter Simonson’s engrossing epic comic book series, Orion.  The story/epic begins in the first issue with Darkseid’s occupation of the town of Main Line, Nebraska in a bid to extract the “Anti-Life Equation” from the town’s inhabitants. Mentally exhausted and frustrated by his sire’s machinations, Orion meets Darkseid in combat and seemingly kills him in the fifth issue of the magazine. By the eleventh issue, Orion has mastered the Anti-Life Equation and begins to order Apokolips, New Genesis, and Earth in an attempt to end war, suffering and strife. 

Orion #15 offers Darkseid's returns.  But is Darkseid actually another opponent who seeks to engage Orion in battle?

THE LOWDOWN:  I must admit to being mostly disinterested in Jack Kirby’s New Gods and other “Fourth World” comic books that are not the work of Kirby (with the exception of an occasional mini-series or odd stand alone story here and there).  That was the case until John Byrne took over the mid-1990’s revival of the New Gods (Vol. 4, 1995-97) for the final four issues (#12 to #15) and  then, produced subsequent 20-issue series , Jack Kirby’s Fourth World (1997-98).

I was saddened to see Byrne extinguish the title, but I was curious after the announcement that Simonson would have a follow-up magazine that would focus on Orion.  It is in Issue #15 that we can see what Simonson does when he is really “on his game,” and as good as he has been, this issue is a career highlight precisely because he doesn’t rely on the fact that he can rest on his laurels because he is a mature and practiced veteran. His knowledge, ability and passage meet at a nexus that the best comic book creators rarely reach even in a career of standout work.

Orion is one of those rare “these days” books in which the title thrives not just on the popularity and strength of the characters, but primarily upon the skills of the artists involved.  Simonson’s tales are not only epic in scope, but are also melodramatic and operatic in execution. As in the best of serializations, Simonson weaves strong character development, directs engrossing plot lines, and executes the genre trappings with verve of an old hand who is an old master.

Orion is in fact a sad and pitied figure in the tradition of tragic royalty.  Blessed and cursed by birth and history and with power and a great warrior’s skill, he struggles to bring order to his universe precisely because he cannot find that same order anywhere.  His home of Apokolips is a nest of never ending intrigue, betrayal, and hypocrisy.  New Genesis, the enlightened opposite of Apokolips is more of the same except it has flowers, sunshine, and nice architecture.  Earth is the playground of misguided super powered beings that, in the long run, are actually largely ineffective.

It is in the world that the reader must see and engage the lead, which is not a slight of the other characters.  Even those that are not necessarily as developed as others, Simonson endows them with their own list of wants and needs and weaves them into the vast tapestry that is Kirby’s Fourth World. However, it is Orion that we must follow, because Simonson draws the reader to him; the reader sees the world only through Orion’s eyes. Yes, the others are interesting, but we view them always with the thought in mind of how he or she fits into Orion’s story.  Is he friend or enemy of Orion? What does she want of Orion? This is truly one of the standards by which other “solo” books should be measured.  Regardless of how “cool” or interesting a supporting player might be, that player is merely a piece on the lead’s board.  No supporting player should have a story or plot thread concerning him that does not directly affect the lead.

About Simonson art – what is there to say?  Like Byrne, he captures the sense of grandeur, scale, power, and dynamism that was in Kirby’s work, and executes it in their own inimitable style.  Rather than an homage or remake, Simonson continues the saga the way one storyteller would follow the others before him who were also painting, so to speak, on a larger shared canvas.  One can see Simonson’s considerable skill and talent in the vitality of the line work, the simultaneous grace and roughness of the inking, and the draftsmanship of a man who knows what he is doing.  The panel layouts and arrangement so much serve the story in plot and pacing that one knows that it could never be any other way – meaning he didn’t do it to make pretty original art for buyers who are easily wowed by the eye candy of a pinup.  Characters literally leap off the pages, and they pose with the grace and confidence of proven warriors and kings born.  There is pathos and drama that is better than some “movie” and is worthy of the theatrical stage. Every single panel matters, and Simonson wastes nothing.  There is no filler to snap the attention of those easily distracted.  This is quality work, good storytelling, and style over substance.

If you ignore so-called mainstream work, Orion can be your guilty pleasure that is not a guilty pleasure.  For the ones chasing alternate covers, “Ultimate” titles and revamps, there is good food at this table called Orion.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Walter Simonson and of Jack Kirby's “Fourth World” will want to find a trade collection of Orion (2000).

[This comic book also includes the back-up story, “Great Than / Less Than” from writer Kevin McCarthy, artist John Paul Leon, colorist Tatjana Wood, and letterer John Workman.]

A
★★★★ out of 4 stars

EDITED:  Sunday, April 13, 2025

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. “I Reads You”

In 2018, DC Comics began publishing trade collections of Walter Simonson's Orion, which you can find at Amazon.


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