DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for December 18, 2019

DC COMICS

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Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for April 24, 2019

IMAGE COMICS

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Review: THE TERRIFICS #1

THE TERRIFICS No. 1
DC COMICS – @DCComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Jeff Lemire
PENCILS: Ivan Reis
INKS: Joe Prado
COLORS: Marcelo Maiolo
LETTERS: Tom Napolitano
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (April 2018)

Rated “T” for Teen

The Terrifics created by Ivan Reis and Jeff Lemire

“Meet The Terrifics”

DC Comics has launched a new superhero comics initiative, “The New Age of DC Heroes,” coming out of its Dark Nights: Metal event miniseries.  This line of comic books will consist of eight new comic book series:  The Curse of Brimstone, Damage, The Immortal Men, New Challengers, Sideways, The Silencer, The Unexpected, and the subject of this review, The Terrifics.

The Terrifics is written by co-creator Jeff Lemire; drawn by co-creator Ivan Reis (pencils) and Joe Prado (inks); colored by Marcelo Maiolo; and lettered by Tom Napolitano.  Mister Terrific, Phantom Girl, Metamorpho, and Plastic Man are The Terrifics, a team of superheroes exploring the stranger aspects of space-time in order to find a way home.

The Terrifics #1 opens with Mr. Terrific barging into the lab of wacky scientist Simon Stagg... where he finds Metamorpho in a state of stress.  Stagg has created such a crisis situation that Mr. Terrific summons Plastic Man.  When this conflagration sends Mr. Terrific, Metamorpho, and Plastic Man to the Dark Multiverse, they find more mystery and Phantom Girl.

Since it was announced, comic book readers have declared that The Terrifics is DC Comics' version of Marvel Comics' venerable (but currently canceled) comic book series, Fantastic Four (FF).  Even if that were true, there is nothing in The Terrifics #1 that matches the imagination and epic storytelling of any issue of Fantastic Four produced by the FF creators, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, nor any of the issues produced by beloved FF writer-artists, John Byrne or Walter Simonson.  Basically, if The Terrifics is DC's FF, then, DC Comics and its creators have decided to produce a tepid, dishwater version of the Fantastic Four.

That said, The Terrifics #1 has some potential to be a by-the-book superhero comic book that trades in inter-dimensional adventures and weird fiction.  I figure that it could run as long as Jeff Lemire's previous weirdo superhero comic book for DC, Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. (16 issues).

I do like the art team of Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, and I am intrigued by the surprise appearance of an Alan Moore-created character at the end of this first issue.  So I might return for some more.

5 out of 10

[This comic book contains a preview of The Curse of Brimstone #1 by Philip Tan, Justin Jordan, Rain Beredo, and Wes Abbott.]

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


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Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for January 16, 2019

DARK HORSE COMICS

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Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 31, 2018

IMAGE COMICS

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From BleedingCool:  Axel Alonzo is apparently died to ex-Marvel Comics publisher, Bill Jemas's new comic book company.

MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Truly a comic book legend, comics creator Marie Severin has died at the age of 89.  She was known for her association with Marvel Comics, especially its bullpen, but she also worked for legendary EC Comics.  Severin was the younger sister of the late comic book artist, John Severin.

From SmallPressExpo:  The 2018 SPX Ignatz Award nominations have been announced.

From BleedingCool:  See preview art from "Uncanny X-Men #1 and #2."

From TheVerge:  All your "DC Universe" streaming service updates.

From Kotaku: Momoko Sakura, One Of Japan's Most Famous Manga Creators, Has Died

From BleedingCool:  An article about a screenplay that was reverse-engineered into a comic book.

From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #175 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #175 in French.

From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics's CONAN THE BARBARIAN first creative team has been announced - writer Jason Aaron, artist Mahmud Asrar, and colorist Matthew Wilson.  Marvel's "Conan the Barbarian" will debut January 2019.

IN MEMORIAM - From Newsarama:  Beloved comic book artist, Russ Heath, died at the age of 91, Friday, August 24, 2018.  Heath worked for Marvel Comics and its predecessor, Timely Comics, where he got his first comics job in 1947.  Heath also drew for DC Comics and EC Comics.  He contributed to the "Playboy" strip, "Little Annie Fanny."  Legendary pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein, based two of his paintings on Heath's art.

From CBR:  Jeff Lemire and Bill Sienkiewicz lambast "Comicsgate" after some its followers attack Marsha Cooke, the widow of comics writer-artist, Darwyn Cooke, online.

From THR:  A comic book event, "The Best Defense," will reunite the original line-up of Marvel Comics' "The Defenders."

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics will publish a "prelude" comic book to next year's "Captain Marvel" movie, and the comic book will be canon to the Marvel Cinematic universe.

From BleedingCool:  Roy Thomas, who created the comic book Red Sonja, will tell her origin story in Dynamite Entertainment's miniseries, "Red Sonja: The Ballad of the Red Goddess."

From BleedingCool:  Marvel's website separating from Facebook and Google.

From BleedingCool:  Comic book writer and comic book historian, Gerard Jones, has been sentenced to six years in jail in California on child pornography charges.

From WeGotThisCovered:  Marvel Comics reveals X-Men superstar, Wolverine's new costume.

From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #174 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #174 in French.

From CNET:  HBO has order a TV series "based" on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' much-abused graphic novel, "Watchmen."

From BBCNews:  100 Women: The artist redrawing "sexist" comic book covers.

From Kotaku:  The "Gintama" manga is reportedly ending after the next five chapters.

From ANN:  There is a new North American manga publisher, "Denpa."

From ComicBook:  "The Ghost in the Shell" manga box set nears an all-time low price.

From BleedingCool:  Popular writer Warren Ellis is making one "convention" appearance this  year, and he won't sign any books while there.

From BleedingCool:  Marvel to kill of "Old Man Logan" in 12-issue series, "Dead Man Logan."

From BleedingCool:  According to Joss Whedon, 20th Century Fox is ending Dark Horse Comics' license to produce "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" comic books.

From IdahoStatesman:  An article about comic book stores staying "relevant" via diversification of the products they sell.

From Polygon:  Dreaming big: How Neil Gaiman and a team of fantasy writers are expanding The Sandman Universe

From BleedingCool:  A Wichita Falls, Texas man has confessed to stealing $100,000 in comic books.

From Deadline:  "Prodigy" is the title of the second comic book franchise to be launched by Mark Millar since he joined Netflix.

From BleedingCool:  Most DC Comics titles will include a preview of the three-issue Batman/Hellblazer comic, "Batman: Damned," which will appear under the "Black Label" imprint (in ships September 19, 2018).

From Tumblr:  How Stan Sakai of "Usagi Jojimbo" builds a cover, from preliminary to finished cover.

From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic JohnnyBullet episode #173 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New webcomic JohnnyBullet episode #173 in French.

From HarveyAwards:  The nominees for the "Harvey Awards 2018," honoring the best in comics published in America have been announced.

From ANN:  The "Harvey Awards" have announced a "Best Manga" category for the 2018 edition of its awards.

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From ANN:  Readers at the Anime News Network choose the best "boys' love" manga for beginners.

From Newsarama:  Joivan Wade ("The First Purge") will play Cyborg in DC Universe's "Doom Patrol" series.

From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse to adapt more Neil Gaiman short stories into comics form.

From CBR:  Stan Lee, 95-year-old, will reportedly no longer participate in public autograph signings.

From CBR:  Maybe a reboot for Marvel Comics recent title, "Marvel 2-in-One."

From ANN:  SuBLime Manga, the Boys' Love manga imprint of VIZ Media, announces two new titles for both print and digital release, "Love in Limbo" and "Candy Color Paradox."

From BleedingCool:  This month, a number of Marvel Comics titles will have a four-page tribute to the late Steve Ditko.  The recently deceased comic book writer-artist is largely responsible for introducing a number of characters and graphical elements to Marvel, including co-creating Spider-Man and Doctor Stange.

From ComicBookBin:  New webcomics Johnny Bullet episode #172 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New webcomics Johnny Bullet episode #172 in French.

From CBSNews:  July 31st, 2018 was the fiftieth anniversary of the July 31st, 1968 first appearance of Franklin, the first African-American/Black character to appear in Charles Schultz's "Peanuts" newspaper comics strip.

From Newsarama:  Here are the covers for the second month of Wal-Mart exclusive DC Comics titles (Superman, Batman, Justice League, and Teen Titans).

From Asahi:  In Japan, manga artist, Ken Akamatsu, and mid-sized publisher, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd., are initiating a project to make out-of-print and the hard-to-find books available so anyone can read them for free online.

From BostonGlobe:  Highlighting the unseen (African-American) artists behind comic books - Rob Stull.

From CBR:  Writer Scott Snyder has confirmed that he will work on the current "Justice League" comic book for at least 50 issues.

From BleedingCool:  In the upcoming "Absolute Authority Vol. 2," scenes and sequences that were edited in the original comic book releases will be restored - except for the President Bush stuff...

From Previews:  Netflix's adaptation of Archie Comics' "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" arrives on October 2018 - for the first of two 10-episode seaons.

From Star2:  Why isn’t Blade more popular, even after 45 years & a movie trilogy?

From AJC:  "The Atlanta Journal Constitution" offers a profile of comic book artist Afua Richardson, who recently won an Eisner Award.

From THR:  Marvel Comics announces new reprint collections of "Conan the Barbarian" comic books.  Marvel once again has the license to produce Conan comic books and will do so beginning in early 2019.

From ANN:  Akira Amano, creator of the "Reborn!" manga, is creating a one-shot hockey manga for the August 6th issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump."

From Asahi:  The small Japanese town of Hokuei enjoys being a tourist spot thanks to being the home town of manga creator, Gosho Aoyama, the creator of the "Detective Conan" manga, known in the U.S. as "Case Closed."

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics has announced that it will not publish the "Shazam Monster Society of Evil Deluxe Edition Hardcover," a reprint of a classic and significant run of Captain Marvel/Shazam comic books from the early 1940s.  There are apparently concerns over the racists depictions of Black and Asian people.

From THR: Writer Jeff Lemire on Moving From Image Comics' "Descender" to "Ascender."

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OCTOBER 2018 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  AfterShock Comics for October 2018
From BleedingCool:  Caliber Press for October 2018
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for October 2018
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for October 2018
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics Books for October 2018.
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for October 2018
From CBR:  Marvel Comics for October 2018.
From Newsarama:  Rebellion for October 2018
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for October 2018
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertaiment solicitations for October 2018.

NOVEMBER 2018 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for November 2018
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for November 2018
From BleedingCool:  Lion Forge solicitations for November 2018
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion 2000AD for November 2018
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DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 13, 2018

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Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for February 28, 2018

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Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for December 20, 2017

DARK HORSE COMICS

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I Reads You Juniors November 2017 - Update #59

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From BleedingCool:  DC Comics cancels its planned reprint of writer Rachel Pollack's run on "Doom Patrol."

From BleedingCool:  Mark Millar teases next Netflix project - a Chrononauts sequel, perhaps?

From BleedingCool:   Len Wein will posthumously receive an honor from the Writers Guild of America, with tributes from Hugh Jackman and Neil Gaiman.

From PacificStandard:  How Comic Books Can Get Even Better for Dyslexic Readers

From BleedingCool:  So why did IDW cancel "Scarlett's Strike Force?"

From ComicBook.com:  "Bleach" creator Tite Kubo also sharing a sketch.

From ComicBook.com:  "One Punch Man" creator Yusuke Murata shares a sketch.

From BleedingCool:  Kevin Grevioux will write the final two issues of DC Comics' current "Cyborg" series.

From BleedingCool:  Writer John Layman and artist Rob Guillory had a hit series at Image, CHEW, but they still can't get work at Marvel or DC Comics.

From BleedingCool:   Fantagraphics Books solicitations for February 2018.

From BleedingCool: When Alan Moore Talked About DC Comics And Watchmen Sequels…. Back In 2010

From BleedingCool:  The Morality Of Reading, Writing, And Publishing Doomsday Clock.

From BleedingCool:  Kevin Smith will write the second story arc of the ongoing "Hit Girl" comic book series.  Character co-creator Mark Millar will write the first arc.

From ComicBookBin:  New Johnny Bullet episode #144 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New Johnny Bullet episode #144 in French.

From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing Febuary 2018 solicitations.

From SoraNew24:  The Naruto manga will get a kabuki play in 2018.

From LaredoMorningTimes:  Yomiuri Shimbun Buronson, the writer of the "Fist of the North Star" manga, will open a free manga school to attract new manga creators.

From EW:  The site has a preview of Syfy's documentary about Image Comics, "So Much Damage."

From Gizmodo: The site has images from the cancelled promotional comic book that Marvel Comics was producing for war munitions corporation, Northrop Grumman.

From BleedingCool:  Brian Michael Bendis has chosen the writer who will follow him on "Jessica Jones."

From BleedingCool:  Rich Johnston is reporting that C.B. Cebulski is Marvel Comics' new Editor-in-Chief.

From SouthChinaMorningPost: "Tintin" creator, Herge, moved to tears by the global popularity of his creation, Tintin the boy detective/reporter and his dog, Snowy.

From BleedingCool:  Jeff Lemire says writing the X-Men ("Extraordinary X-Men") was kind of a nightmare.

From BleedingCool:  Liam Sharp's Batman/Wonder Woman project is a six-issue miniseries, "The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman," which Sharp will write and draw.

From ComicBookBin:  New Johnny Bullet episode #143 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New Johnny Bullet episode #143 in French.

From BleedingCool:  Hypertime is back.

From BleedingCool:  Nightcrawler and Gabby will be cast members of the upcoming comic book, "X-Men Red," starring a resurrected Jean Grey.

From EW:  DC Comics fires longtime editor, Eddie Berganza, in the wake of Buzzfeed's article about sexual harassment allegations against him.

From Newsarama:  According to October 2017 numbers, comic book sales still on course to finish ten percent below 2016.

From BleedingCool:  Namor and Gentle (a mutant from Black Panther's country of Wakanda) are revealed as the first two members to join "X-Men: Red" in addition to series headliner, a resurrected Jean Grey.

From BleedingCool:  Comics community reacts to editor Eddie Berganza's suspension at DC Comics.

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics suspended group editor Eddie Berganza on Sat. Nov. 11th as controversy roils around the editor and allegations of sexual misconduct on his part.

From BleedingCool:  Comics creators take to Twitter to respond to and comment on Buzzfeed's Eddie Berganza article.

From Buzzfeed:   The mainstream gets in on the story of DC Comics' super-editor Eddie Berganza's history of sexual harassment of female DC Comics' employees.

From GraphicPolicy:  Dark Horse Comics mainstay, Scott Allie, has been accused of inappropriate behavior against coworkers and other people, including biting people.

From ComicsBeat:  "How a toxic history of harassment has damaged the comics industry" by Heidi Macdonald.

From DoctorNerdLove:  "Nerds and Male Privilege: Tess Fowler and Comic Harassment"

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From CinemaBlend:  The movie-related reason Brian Michael Bendis left Marvel for DC Comics.

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics has made an offer to Jonathan Hickman.

From Quartz:  Netflix is going to test new ideas by publishing them as comic books, according to this article.

From Netflix:  Here is the press release about Mark Millar's first comic book for the "internet entertainment service."

From BleedingCool:  The resurrected Jean Grey will be the lead of a new X-Men comic book, "X-Men: Red" by Tom Taylor and Mahmud Asrar.

From BleedingCool:  The first graphic novel in the "DC Super Hero Gils" has apparently sold over 100,000 copies.

From AnimeNewNetwork:  Akira creator, Katsuhiro Otomo, reveals a painting of his that was inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

From TheKingdomInsider:  Would Disney stop publishing Marvel comic books.

From GWillowWilson:  Comic book writer, G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) has sold her second novel, "The Bird King."

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From BleedingCool:  Brian Michael Bendis, the longtime Marvel Comics writer, has signed a multi-year exclusive deal with DC Comics.

From BleedingCool:  According to the site, reasons Bendis left Marvel Comics for DC Comics.
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From Variety:  The first comic book that Mark Millar will write for Netflix (which bought Millarworld, reportedly for $30 million) will be "The Magic Order," a six-issue miniseries to be drawn by Olivier Coipel.

From SlashGear:  Make comics or manga right on your phone or tablet.

From BleedingCool:  Brian Michael Bendis all the characters he says can beat Batman.

From ComicBookBin:   New Johnny Bullet episode #142 in English.
From ComicBookBin:   New Johnny Bullet episode #142 in French.

From BleedingCool:  Monster Energy (an energy drink producer) does not want Marvel Comics to have a comic book entitled "Monsters Unleashed."

From Mashable:  Apparently, people are mostly ignoring Amazon's promotional sale prices on digital versions of three "Thor" graphic novels.

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From BleedingCool:  Mark Hamill will write a Millarworld comic book.

From BleedingCool:  Rian Hughes is planning on publishing a massive collection of his comic book logo design work.

From CBR:  Writer Joshua Williamson talks about the "Flash War" event that will appear in comic books in 2018.

From CBLDF:  The Library of Congress with throw the spotlight on women comics and comic book cartoonists, artists and illustrators in an exhibit that begins November 18, 2017 and will run through October 2018.

From Polygon:  Titan Comics to publish a comic book based on FromSoftware's "Bloodborne" video game.

From ComicBookBin:  New Johnny Bullet episode #141 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New Johnny Bullet episode #141 in French.

From BleedingCool:  Salt Lake Comic Con is considering using crowd-funding to finance their fight with San Diego Comic-Con International over the term "Comic Con."

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for November 8, 2017

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Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 18, 2017

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DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 6, 2017

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Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for March 1, 2017

IMAGE COMICS

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DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for November 23, 2016

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Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for November 16, 2016

DARK HORSE COMICS

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Review: EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #1

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN No. 1
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

WRITER: Jeff Lemire
PENCILS: Humberto Ramos
INKS: Victor Olazaba
COLORS: Edgar Delgado
LETTERS: VC's Joe Caramagna
COVER: Humberto Ramos with Edgard Delgado
VARIANT COVERS: J. Scott Campbell with Nei Ruffino; Pascal Campion; Todd Nauck with Andy Troy; Sanford Greene (Hip Hop Variant); Amanda Lynne Shafter photographed by Judy Stephens (cosplay variant)
36pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (January 2016)

Rated T+

X-Men created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Uncanny X-Men has been the flagship X-Men comic book for most of the past five decades, but it recently came to an end (for now?) with the publication of Uncanny X-Men #600.  The status changes as a result of the All-New, All-Different Marvel re-branding of Marvel Comics.  Now, the flagship X-Men title is Extraordinary X-Men.

This new series is written by Jeff Lemire; drawn by Humberto Ramos (pencils) and Victor Olazaba (inks); colored by Edgar Delgado; and lettered by Joe Caramagna.  The series finds the X-Men fighting to escape the threat of the Terrigen Mists which gives Inhumans their powers, but harms mutants.

Extraordinary X-Men #1 opens with Storm struggling with the weight of the task she finds before her.  She must fight to save mutantkind, which may be facing extinction because of the mass release of the Terrigen Mists.  Now, with her lieutenants, Iceman and Magik, at her side, Storm must gather a new team of X-Men to help the mutants now living in a place called “X-Haven.”  Not everyone, however, wants to join Storm's mission, even if they believe in it.

Upon first seeing a teaser about Extraordinary X-Men, I was dismissive of it.  Now, I cannot wait to read the second issue.  Marvel has found a way to make the X-Men interesting – by marking them destruction.  Their numbers are shrinking, and they may not be able to reproduce, which means extinction.  Having a streamlined X-team will give writer Jeff Lemire a chance to build the characters into this new paradigm of peril.  Lemire will also be able to tell fresh stories using classic or familiar personalities, but from a different point of setting or perspective.  Lemire's take on Storm reminds me of the boss-lady of Chris Claremont's run on Uncanny X-Men, and for me, that is a good thing.

In the meantime, Humberto Ramos' run as penciller on the 2014 relaunch of The Amazing Spider-Man reinvigorated my interest in Ramos (and Spider-Man, for that matter).  For a few years in the 1990s, Ramos was one of my favorite comic book artists.  Hey, in a way, these are the same old X-Men, but Ramos, both in terms of drawing style and graphical storytelling, makes everything seem fresh and new.  I think the possibilities are endless for Extraordinary X-Men, even if corporate demands mean the X-Men comic books won't stray too far from the familiar.

Still, I am excited, so I will recommend Extraordinary X-Men #1.

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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