IDW PUBLISHING
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Monday, July 9, 2018
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DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for May 2, 2018
DC COMICS
MAR180226 ACTION COMICS SPECIAL #1 $4.99
MAR180254 BATMAN #46 $2.99
MAR180255 BATMAN #46 VAR ED $2.99
OCT170396 BATMAN VS JOKER LAFF CO BATTLE STATUE $200.00
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MAR180240 CURSE OF BRIMSTONE #2 $2.99
MAR180264 CYBORG #22 $3.99
MAR180265 CYBORG #22 VAR ED $3.99
MAR180222 DC NATION #0 $0.25
MAR180271 DEATHSTROKE #31 $3.99
MAR180272 DEATHSTROKE #31 VAR ED $3.99
MAR180326 EXIT STAGE LEFT THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES #5 (OF 6) $3.99
MAR180327 EXIT STAGE LEFT THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES #5 (OF 6) VAR ED $3.99
FEB180297 FUTURE QUEST PRESENTS TP VOL 01 (RES) $16.99
MAR180286 GREEN ARROW #40 $3.99
MAR180287 GREEN ARROW #40 VAR ED $3.99
FEB180285 GREEN ARROW TP VOL 05 HARD TRAVELING HERO REBIRTH $16.99
FEB180302 GREEN LANTERN KYLE RAYNER TP VOL 02 $29.99
MAR180281 GREEN LANTERNS #46 $2.99
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MAR180235 HARLEY LOVES JOKER #1 (OF 2) $3.99
MAR180236 HARLEY LOVES JOKER #1 (OF 2) VAR ED $3.99
FEB180286 HARLEY QUINN TP VOL 05 VOTE HARLEY REBIRTH $16.99
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FEB180306 LOEG THE BLACK DOSSIER TP NEW ED $19.99
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FEB180317 ZERO HOUR CRISIS IN TIME HC $24.99
MAR180226 ACTION COMICS SPECIAL #1 $4.99
MAR180254 BATMAN #46 $2.99
MAR180255 BATMAN #46 VAR ED $2.99
OCT170396 BATMAN VS JOKER LAFF CO BATTLE STATUE $200.00
MAR180268 BOMBSHELLS UNITED #17 $2.99
MAR180240 CURSE OF BRIMSTONE #2 $2.99
MAR180264 CYBORG #22 $3.99
MAR180265 CYBORG #22 VAR ED $3.99
MAR180222 DC NATION #0 $0.25
MAR180271 DEATHSTROKE #31 $3.99
MAR180272 DEATHSTROKE #31 VAR ED $3.99
MAR180326 EXIT STAGE LEFT THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES #5 (OF 6) $3.99
MAR180327 EXIT STAGE LEFT THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES #5 (OF 6) VAR ED $3.99
FEB180297 FUTURE QUEST PRESENTS TP VOL 01 (RES) $16.99
MAR180286 GREEN ARROW #40 $3.99
MAR180287 GREEN ARROW #40 VAR ED $3.99
FEB180285 GREEN ARROW TP VOL 05 HARD TRAVELING HERO REBIRTH $16.99
FEB180302 GREEN LANTERN KYLE RAYNER TP VOL 02 $29.99
MAR180281 GREEN LANTERNS #46 $2.99
MAR180282 GREEN LANTERNS #46 VAR ED $2.99
MAR180235 HARLEY LOVES JOKER #1 (OF 2) $3.99
MAR180236 HARLEY LOVES JOKER #1 (OF 2) VAR ED $3.99
FEB180286 HARLEY QUINN TP VOL 05 VOTE HARLEY REBIRTH $16.99
MAR180297 INJUSTICE 2 #25 $2.99
FEB180306 LOEG THE BLACK DOSSIER TP NEW ED $19.99
MAR180301 NIGHTWING #44 $3.99
MAR180302 NIGHTWING #44 VAR ED $3.99
FEB180308 NIGHTWING THE NEW ORDER TP $16.99
MAR180323 SHADE THE CHANGING WOMAN #3 (OF 6) (MR) $3.99
FEB180288 SUICIDE SQUAD REBIRTH DLX COLL HC BOOK 02 $34.99
FEB180317 ZERO HOUR CRISIS IN TIME HC $24.99
Monday, July 31, 2017
I Reads You Juniors July 2017 - Update #50
Support Leroy on Patreon.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #128 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #128 in French.
From PreviewsWorld: Marvel announced its 53rd Marvel Legacy title, Captain America #695, from the creative team of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee.
From HowardCruse: Noted Underground Comix cartoonist Howard Cruse is writing about his experiences as a cartoonist for "Playboy" magazines.
From BleedingCool: Bryan Hitch teases something with Justice League and Justice Society of America.
From BleedingCool: Here is an 8-page preview of "X-Men: Grand Design" from Ed Piskor (Hip Hop Family Tree).
From ICv2: Marvel reveals 1,000,000 BC Avengers.
From BleedingCool: In October, Image Comics will publish 30 tribute covers for "The Walking Dead."
From BleedingCool: Mark Buckingham and Steve Rude will be the creative team of DC Comics' "Manhunter vs. Sandman," replacing the announced creative team.
From CBR: Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larocca, the creative team behind Marvel's excellent Darth Vader comic book that began in 2015, will become the new creative time of the main Star Wars comic book, beginning in the Fall.
From BleedingCool: Rich Johnston interviews recent Eisner Award winner, Sonny Liew.
From CBR: As part of Marvel Comics' "Legacy" the Inhumans in the comic book series, "Royals" will get a redesign by Javier Rodriguez.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet, Episode #127 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet, Episode #127 in French.
From MailChimp via The Comics Reporter: IDW and French graphic novel publisher, Glenat, have joined for a venture called "Original Graphic Novel," which will produce original comic books to be published both in the U.S. and France.
From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics Bullpen legend, Flo Steinberg, died Sunday, July 23, 2017.
From BleedingCool: David Avallone talks about bring pin-up/bondage goddess Bettie Page back to comics in Dynamite Entertainment's "Bettie Page."
From TheComicsReporter: Another newspaper editorial cartoonist, Nick Anderson, has been fired.
SDCC:
From BleedingCool: Veterans artists Keith Pollard and Ron Wilson win "Inkpot Awards."
From BleedingCool: Frank Miller will write and John Romita, Jr. will draw "Superman: Year One."
From BleedingCool: "Highlights" from Marvel boss, Joe Quesada's SDCC panel.
From BleedingCool: There will be a Justice League/Doom Patrol Young Animal crossover comic book event.
From CBR: The 2017 Eisner Award winners (for excellence in comics) have been announced. Image Comics' "Saga" led with four wins.
From CBR: Beloved Star Wars Expanded Universe character, Grand Admiral Thrawn, is getting a comic book series from Marvel Comics.
From CBR: IDW Publishing has announced the expansion of the "Black Crown" imprint, which is overseen by former Vertigo boss, Shelley Bond, including a book drawn by Love and Rockets' Gilbert Hernandez.
From Newarama: Grant Morrison is writing sequels to two of his biggest hits, "Batman: Arkham Asylum" and "Wonder Woman: Earth One."
From CBR: Ed Piskor, the creator of "Hip Hop Family Tree," is producing a six-issue history of the X-Men in the miniseries, "X-Men: Grand Design."
From TheComicsReporter: Jeff Smith ("Bone") is releasing his first picture book through Scholastic Books.
From BleedingCool: At the IDW/Top Shelf panel, a final "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" miniseries is announced.
-----------------------------------------------------
From CBR: Image Comics studio, Top Cow, is rebooting Cyber Force, which was one of the debut Image Comics titles in 1992.
From Vulture: A profile of Karen Berger's new line of comic books at Dark Horse, "Berger Books."
From BleedingCool: Award-winning cartoonist, Box Brown, will produce a new comic book based on Nickelodeon's "Rugrats" for BOOM! Studios "KaBoom!" imprint.
From BleedingCool: Steve Skroce, the comic book artist famous for storyboarding the film, "The Matrix," has a new comic book. He is writing and drawing "Maestros" from Image Comics.
From BleedingCool: Former editor of DC Comics' Vertigo line, Karen Berger, is now at Dark Horse. Her new line, Berger Books, announces its initial titles.
From BleedingCool: DC Super Hero Girls keeps getting bigger.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #126 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #127 in English.
From BleedingCool: Mike Ploog will make the miniseries, "Thicker Than Blood," his final work as he moves on to retirement.
From ComicsBeat: Jack Kirby and Stan Lee named "Disney Legends" at D23 Expo 2017.
--------------------------------
BLURB REVIEW:
Youngblood #2 (Image Comics – June 2017) by Chad Bowers and Jim Towe with Juan Manuel Rodriguez
I would like to be snarky and be cynical, but I have to admit that I am really liking this new Youngblood comic book. Writer Chad Bowers is keeping things relatively simple, introducing new characters and reviving “classic” Youngblood characters. I don't remember much about the original Youngblood series, but I like the way in which Bowers is bringing together the past while pushing forward with new blood. Artist Jim Towe and colorist Juan Manuel Rodriguez are quite good on covers and splash pages, and I can see Towe's storytelling steadily improving. Simply put, I like what Bowers and Towe are doing here and so far, I enjoy the read.
------------------------------
From BleedingCool: Scott Sndyer talks about his DC "Metal" comics.
From ComicBookBin: Deejay Dayton details the history of "Super-Chief" in his latest DC History column.
From RichardSala: Go and start reading "The Bloody Cardinal 2."
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #125 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #125 in French.
From BleedingCool: More details on Sean Murphy's "Batman: White Knight."
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Mobile - #88
From ComicBookBin: Deejay Dayton gives you a Silver Age history of DC Comics' "Cave Carson," who now stars in "Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye."
From ICv2: Marvel Comics' "Legacy #1" one-shot will lead into 53 new comic book titles.
From CBR: Stan Sakai talks about his one-shot comic book that reunited his samurai rabbit, Usagi Yojimbo, with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
From BleedingCool: Will DC Comics make a move to return to publishing creator-owned comic books?
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #124.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #124 in French
From ComicBookBin: Johnny Bullet Mobile #87.
---------------------------------
From BleedingCool: Howard Chaykin responds to cover controversy.
From BleedingCool: Image Comics and Howard Chaykin apologize and pull the planned cover art for "The Divided States of Hysteria #4."
From BleedingCool: A tale of two covers - Black #3 and The Divided States of Hysteria #4.
---------------------------------
From GoFundMe: Verteran comic book creator and World War II veteran Sam Glanzman is in hospice care and needs his readers' help.
From TCJ: Sloane Leong offers a tribute to the webcomic, "Octopus Pie" (which I once reviewed for the ComicBookBin).
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #128 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #128 in French.
From PreviewsWorld: Marvel announced its 53rd Marvel Legacy title, Captain America #695, from the creative team of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee.
From HowardCruse: Noted Underground Comix cartoonist Howard Cruse is writing about his experiences as a cartoonist for "Playboy" magazines.
From BleedingCool: Bryan Hitch teases something with Justice League and Justice Society of America.
From BleedingCool: Here is an 8-page preview of "X-Men: Grand Design" from Ed Piskor (Hip Hop Family Tree).
From ICv2: Marvel reveals 1,000,000 BC Avengers.
From BleedingCool: In October, Image Comics will publish 30 tribute covers for "The Walking Dead."
From BleedingCool: Mark Buckingham and Steve Rude will be the creative team of DC Comics' "Manhunter vs. Sandman," replacing the announced creative team.
From CBR: Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larocca, the creative team behind Marvel's excellent Darth Vader comic book that began in 2015, will become the new creative time of the main Star Wars comic book, beginning in the Fall.
From BleedingCool: Rich Johnston interviews recent Eisner Award winner, Sonny Liew.
From CBR: As part of Marvel Comics' "Legacy" the Inhumans in the comic book series, "Royals" will get a redesign by Javier Rodriguez.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet, Episode #127 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet, Episode #127 in French.
From MailChimp via The Comics Reporter: IDW and French graphic novel publisher, Glenat, have joined for a venture called "Original Graphic Novel," which will produce original comic books to be published both in the U.S. and France.
From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics Bullpen legend, Flo Steinberg, died Sunday, July 23, 2017.
From BleedingCool: David Avallone talks about bring pin-up/bondage goddess Bettie Page back to comics in Dynamite Entertainment's "Bettie Page."
From TheComicsReporter: Another newspaper editorial cartoonist, Nick Anderson, has been fired.
SDCC:
From BleedingCool: Veterans artists Keith Pollard and Ron Wilson win "Inkpot Awards."
From BleedingCool: Frank Miller will write and John Romita, Jr. will draw "Superman: Year One."
From BleedingCool: "Highlights" from Marvel boss, Joe Quesada's SDCC panel.
From BleedingCool: There will be a Justice League/Doom Patrol Young Animal crossover comic book event.
From CBR: The 2017 Eisner Award winners (for excellence in comics) have been announced. Image Comics' "Saga" led with four wins.
From CBR: Beloved Star Wars Expanded Universe character, Grand Admiral Thrawn, is getting a comic book series from Marvel Comics.
From CBR: IDW Publishing has announced the expansion of the "Black Crown" imprint, which is overseen by former Vertigo boss, Shelley Bond, including a book drawn by Love and Rockets' Gilbert Hernandez.
From Newarama: Grant Morrison is writing sequels to two of his biggest hits, "Batman: Arkham Asylum" and "Wonder Woman: Earth One."
From CBR: Ed Piskor, the creator of "Hip Hop Family Tree," is producing a six-issue history of the X-Men in the miniseries, "X-Men: Grand Design."
From TheComicsReporter: Jeff Smith ("Bone") is releasing his first picture book through Scholastic Books.
From BleedingCool: At the IDW/Top Shelf panel, a final "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" miniseries is announced.
-----------------------------------------------------
From CBR: Image Comics studio, Top Cow, is rebooting Cyber Force, which was one of the debut Image Comics titles in 1992.
From Vulture: A profile of Karen Berger's new line of comic books at Dark Horse, "Berger Books."
From BleedingCool: Award-winning cartoonist, Box Brown, will produce a new comic book based on Nickelodeon's "Rugrats" for BOOM! Studios "KaBoom!" imprint.
From BleedingCool: Steve Skroce, the comic book artist famous for storyboarding the film, "The Matrix," has a new comic book. He is writing and drawing "Maestros" from Image Comics.
From BleedingCool: Former editor of DC Comics' Vertigo line, Karen Berger, is now at Dark Horse. Her new line, Berger Books, announces its initial titles.
From BleedingCool: DC Super Hero Girls keeps getting bigger.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #126 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #127 in English.
From BleedingCool: Mike Ploog will make the miniseries, "Thicker Than Blood," his final work as he moves on to retirement.
From ComicsBeat: Jack Kirby and Stan Lee named "Disney Legends" at D23 Expo 2017.
--------------------------------
BLURB REVIEW:
Youngblood #2 (Image Comics – June 2017) by Chad Bowers and Jim Towe with Juan Manuel Rodriguez
I would like to be snarky and be cynical, but I have to admit that I am really liking this new Youngblood comic book. Writer Chad Bowers is keeping things relatively simple, introducing new characters and reviving “classic” Youngblood characters. I don't remember much about the original Youngblood series, but I like the way in which Bowers is bringing together the past while pushing forward with new blood. Artist Jim Towe and colorist Juan Manuel Rodriguez are quite good on covers and splash pages, and I can see Towe's storytelling steadily improving. Simply put, I like what Bowers and Towe are doing here and so far, I enjoy the read.
------------------------------
From BleedingCool: Scott Sndyer talks about his DC "Metal" comics.
From ComicBookBin: Deejay Dayton details the history of "Super-Chief" in his latest DC History column.
From RichardSala: Go and start reading "The Bloody Cardinal 2."
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #125 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #125 in French.
From BleedingCool: More details on Sean Murphy's "Batman: White Knight."
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Mobile - #88
From ComicBookBin: Deejay Dayton gives you a Silver Age history of DC Comics' "Cave Carson," who now stars in "Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye."
From ICv2: Marvel Comics' "Legacy #1" one-shot will lead into 53 new comic book titles.
From CBR: Stan Sakai talks about his one-shot comic book that reunited his samurai rabbit, Usagi Yojimbo, with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
From BleedingCool: Will DC Comics make a move to return to publishing creator-owned comic books?
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #124.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #124 in French
From ComicBookBin: Johnny Bullet Mobile #87.
---------------------------------
From BleedingCool: Howard Chaykin responds to cover controversy.
From BleedingCool: Image Comics and Howard Chaykin apologize and pull the planned cover art for "The Divided States of Hysteria #4."
From BleedingCool: A tale of two covers - Black #3 and The Divided States of Hysteria #4.
---------------------------------
From GoFundMe: Verteran comic book creator and World War II veteran Sam Glanzman is in hospice care and needs his readers' help.
From TCJ: Sloane Leong offers a tribute to the webcomic, "Octopus Pie" (which I once reviewed for the ComicBookBin).
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for January 27, 2016
DC COMICS
NOV150175 AQUAMAN #48 $3.99
NOV150297 ART OPS #4 (MR) $3.99
NOV150226 BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #17 $2.99
OCT150242 BATMAN BY ED BRUBAKER TP VOL 01 $19.99
OCT150250 BATMAN THE JIRO KUWATA BATMANGA TP VOL 03 $14.99
OCT150168 BLACK CANARY #7 $2.99
NOV150177 CYBORG #7 $2.99
NOV150154 DC COMICS ADULT COLORING BOOKS COLORED PENCIL SET PI
NOV150181 DEATHSTROKE #14 $2.99
NOV150234 GRAYSON #16 $3.99
NOV150257 HE MAN THE ETERNITY WAR #14 $2.99
NOV150306 JACKED #3 (MR) $3.99
NOV150189 JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 #8 $2.99
NOV150173 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #7 $3.99
NOV150305 LAST GANG IN TOWN #2 (MR) $3.99
AUG150281 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN GALLERY ED HC (MR) $125.00
NOV150193 OMEGA MEN #8 $2.99
NOV150258 SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #14 $2.99
NOV150168 SUICIDE SQUAD MOST WANTED DEADSHOT KATANA #1 $4.99
OCT150252 SUPERGIRL TP VOL 01 THE GIRL OF STEEL $16.99
NOV150215 SUPERMAN #48 $3.99
NOV150217 SUPERMAN LOIS AND CLARK #4 $3.99
SEP150308 SUPERMAN SECRET IDENTITY DLX ED HC $29.99
OCT150262 SWAMP THING TP VOL 07 SEASONS END $16.99
NOV150199 TEEN TITANS #16 $2.99
NOV150312 TWILIGHT CHILDREN #4 (MR) $4.99
NOV150314 VERTIGO QUARTERLY SFX #4 $7.99
DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES
AUG150317 BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT AZRAEL AF $25.00
AUG150319 BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT MAN BAT AF $25.00
AUG150318 BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT PROFESSOR PYG AF $25.00
NOV150175 AQUAMAN #48 $3.99
NOV150297 ART OPS #4 (MR) $3.99
NOV150226 BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #17 $2.99
OCT150242 BATMAN BY ED BRUBAKER TP VOL 01 $19.99
OCT150250 BATMAN THE JIRO KUWATA BATMANGA TP VOL 03 $14.99
OCT150168 BLACK CANARY #7 $2.99
NOV150177 CYBORG #7 $2.99
NOV150154 DC COMICS ADULT COLORING BOOKS COLORED PENCIL SET PI
NOV150181 DEATHSTROKE #14 $2.99
NOV150234 GRAYSON #16 $3.99
NOV150257 HE MAN THE ETERNITY WAR #14 $2.99
NOV150306 JACKED #3 (MR) $3.99
NOV150189 JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 #8 $2.99
NOV150173 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #7 $3.99
NOV150305 LAST GANG IN TOWN #2 (MR) $3.99
AUG150281 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN GALLERY ED HC (MR) $125.00
NOV150193 OMEGA MEN #8 $2.99
NOV150258 SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #14 $2.99
NOV150168 SUICIDE SQUAD MOST WANTED DEADSHOT KATANA #1 $4.99
OCT150252 SUPERGIRL TP VOL 01 THE GIRL OF STEEL $16.99
NOV150215 SUPERMAN #48 $3.99
NOV150217 SUPERMAN LOIS AND CLARK #4 $3.99
SEP150308 SUPERMAN SECRET IDENTITY DLX ED HC $29.99
OCT150262 SWAMP THING TP VOL 07 SEASONS END $16.99
NOV150199 TEEN TITANS #16 $2.99
NOV150312 TWILIGHT CHILDREN #4 (MR) $4.99
NOV150314 VERTIGO QUARTERLY SFX #4 $7.99
DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES
AUG150317 BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT AZRAEL AF $25.00
AUG150319 BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT MAN BAT AF $25.00
AUG150318 BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT PROFESSOR PYG AF $25.00
Sunday, April 19, 2015
I Reads You Review: DEATHSTROKE #1
DC COMICS – @DCComics
WRITER/PENCILS: Tony S. Daniel
INKS: Sandu Florea
COLORS: Tomeu Morey
LETTERS: Rob Leigh
COVER: Tony S. Daniel and Sandu Florea with Tomeu Morey
VARIANT COVERS: Andrea Sorrentino; Kevin O'Neill
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (December 2014)
Rated “T+” (Teen Plus)
Deathstroke created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez
Deathstroke is a DC Comics character that first appeared in New Teen Titans #2 (cover date December 1980). Created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, Deathstroke was originally introduced as a character named “The Terminator.” He was Slade Wilson, a mercenary who was completing the terms of a contract undertaken by his son, Ravager, to kill or capture the Teen Titans. The Terminator became Deathstroke the Terminator and eventually just Deathstroke, an assassin, mercenary, and anti-hero.
With the re-launch of DC Comics’ superhero line, known as “The New 52,” Deathstroke received his second ongoing series, which ran for 20 issues. In October of last year (December 2014 cover date), DC Comics debuted a new Deathstroke ongoing series. It is written and pencilled by Tony S. Daniel, inked by Sandu Florea, colored by Tomeu Morey, and lettered by Rob Leigh.
Deathstroke #1 (“Gods of War”) opens with Deathstroke heading to Russia to complete a contract kill. He meets his Russian contact, Angelica, for sex before going on a killing spree of associates of his target, a man called “Possum.” But it's all a set-up.
I thought that The Punisher by Garth Ennis was the comic book with the most extreme depictions of violence ever published by one of the big two comic book companies – that I read, at least. Deathstroke's pretty art, from pencils to compositions and from design to colors, is a flashy and explosive celebration of graphic violence in graphical storytelling. I am not offended; I want more.
I am glad that I found a second printing of Deathstroke #1. It seems like something I want to read, and my mind seems to love the eye-candy ferocity of the story.
[This comic book includes a preview of the Vertigo comic book series, Suiciders, from writer-artist, Lee Bermejo.]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
The text is copyright © 2015 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for syndication rights and fees.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
2013 Top Shelf Massive $3 Sale is On!
Once again, it is that time of year when we have football, a chance to buy great comic books and graphic novels at bargain basement prices, and an opportunity to keep one of the best publishers in America from going in the basement:
The 2013 Top Shelf Massive $3 Sale
Welcome to the 2013 Top Shelf Massive $3 Graphic Novel Sale, where you can pick up the year's greatest graphic novels at incredibly low prices by ordering direct from Top Shelf!
For the next two weeks — through Friday, September 27th — Top Shelf is having our annual $3 web sale. When you visit our site, you'll find 150+ critically acclaimed graphic novels and comics on sale — with over 100 titles marked down to just $3 & $1!
Each year Top Shelf uses this sale to help spread the word about our incredible new releases, and raise funds to “kick start” a full rollout for next year. With your help, we'll keep publishing some of the most beloved graphic novels on earth — from award-winning masters and exciting new talents (and yes, even Members of Congress!). Now's your chance to support a great independent publisher and expand your graphic novel collection at the same time.
To go directly to the list of items on sale at the Top Shelf website, just click here:
Buy here or http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
But here are a few examples to get you started:
Slashed prices on brand-new releases and beloved perennials!
-- Slashed Prices: March, A Matter of Life, Monster on the Hill, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: Nemo: Heart of Ice, God is Disappointed in You, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: Lost Girls, From Hell, League Century 1910/1969/2009, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: Blankets, The Underwater Welder, Any Empire, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: We Can Fix It, Blue, August Moon, Infinite Kung Fu, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: Unearthing (HC), Super Spy, Crater XV, Heck, and more!
Acclaimed graphic novels from world-class talents for $3!
-- $3 Titles: The From Hell Companion, Unearthing (SC), and more!
-- $3 Titles: The Lovely Horrible Stuff, Upside Down, The Ticking, and more!
-- $3 Titles: Ax, Voice of the Fire, The Homeland Directive, and more!
-- $3 Titles: Gingerbread Girl, Liar’s Kiss, Undeleted Scenes, and more!
-- $3 Titles: Incredible Change-Bots, Night Animals, Underwire, and more!
-- $3 Titles: Lucille, BB Wolf, Pirate Penguin, and more!
Discover a new favorite with these great $1 books!
-- $1 Titles: The Playwright,Tales of Woodsman Pete, Sulk (Vols 1/2/3), and more!
-- $1 Titles: Regards from Serbia, Lone Racer, Van Helsing's Night Off, and more!
-- $1 Titles: SuperF*ckers #1-#4, The Surrogates #1-#5, Beach Safari, and more!
-- $1 Titles: Hutch Owen, Hello Again, Okie Dokie Donuts, Yam, and more!
-- $1 Titles: The Octopi & the Ocean, Conversations #1 & #2, and more!
-- $1 Titles: Comic Diorama, The Man Who Loved Breasts, Hey Mister, and more!
Please note that Top Shelf accepts PayPal, as well as Visa, MasterCard, Amex, and Discover — all secure — and that this sale is good for retailers as well (and comic book shops will get their wholesale discount on top of these sale prices):
Buy here or http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
And please feel free to share & re-post this announcement, so your friends can find out about it as well!
Your friend thru comics,
Chris Staros
Top Shelf Productions
PO Box 1282
Marietta GA 30061-1282
USA
The 2013 Top Shelf Massive $3 Sale
Welcome to the 2013 Top Shelf Massive $3 Graphic Novel Sale, where you can pick up the year's greatest graphic novels at incredibly low prices by ordering direct from Top Shelf!
For the next two weeks — through Friday, September 27th — Top Shelf is having our annual $3 web sale. When you visit our site, you'll find 150+ critically acclaimed graphic novels and comics on sale — with over 100 titles marked down to just $3 & $1!
Each year Top Shelf uses this sale to help spread the word about our incredible new releases, and raise funds to “kick start” a full rollout for next year. With your help, we'll keep publishing some of the most beloved graphic novels on earth — from award-winning masters and exciting new talents (and yes, even Members of Congress!). Now's your chance to support a great independent publisher and expand your graphic novel collection at the same time.
To go directly to the list of items on sale at the Top Shelf website, just click here:
Buy here or http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
But here are a few examples to get you started:
Slashed prices on brand-new releases and beloved perennials!
-- Slashed Prices: March, A Matter of Life, Monster on the Hill, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: Nemo: Heart of Ice, God is Disappointed in You, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: Lost Girls, From Hell, League Century 1910/1969/2009, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: Blankets, The Underwater Welder, Any Empire, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: We Can Fix It, Blue, August Moon, Infinite Kung Fu, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: Unearthing (HC), Super Spy, Crater XV, Heck, and more!
Acclaimed graphic novels from world-class talents for $3!
-- $3 Titles: The From Hell Companion, Unearthing (SC), and more!
-- $3 Titles: The Lovely Horrible Stuff, Upside Down, The Ticking, and more!
-- $3 Titles: Ax, Voice of the Fire, The Homeland Directive, and more!
-- $3 Titles: Gingerbread Girl, Liar’s Kiss, Undeleted Scenes, and more!
-- $3 Titles: Incredible Change-Bots, Night Animals, Underwire, and more!
-- $3 Titles: Lucille, BB Wolf, Pirate Penguin, and more!
Discover a new favorite with these great $1 books!
-- $1 Titles: The Playwright,Tales of Woodsman Pete, Sulk (Vols 1/2/3), and more!
-- $1 Titles: Regards from Serbia, Lone Racer, Van Helsing's Night Off, and more!
-- $1 Titles: SuperF*ckers #1-#4, The Surrogates #1-#5, Beach Safari, and more!
-- $1 Titles: Hutch Owen, Hello Again, Okie Dokie Donuts, Yam, and more!
-- $1 Titles: The Octopi & the Ocean, Conversations #1 & #2, and more!
-- $1 Titles: Comic Diorama, The Man Who Loved Breasts, Hey Mister, and more!
Please note that Top Shelf accepts PayPal, as well as Visa, MasterCard, Amex, and Discover — all secure — and that this sale is good for retailers as well (and comic book shops will get their wholesale discount on top of these sale prices):
Buy here or http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
And please feel free to share & re-post this announcement, so your friends can find out about it as well!
Your friend thru comics,
Chris Staros
Top Shelf Productions
PO Box 1282
Marietta GA 30061-1282
USA
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Comics and Magazines from Diamond Distributors for June 27 2012
PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS
MAY120001 PREVIEWS #286 JULY 2012 PI
COMICS
MAY128105 HYPERNATURALS #1 MAIN CVRS $3.99
APR120987 ANNA AND FROGA WANT A GUMBALL HC $14.95
APR120801 ARCHIE #634 $2.99
APR120802 ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #17 $3.99
APR120803 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #230 $3.99
APR121207 ATOMIC ROBO FLYING SHE DEVILS O/T PACIFIC #1 (OF 5) $3.50
MAR121174 ATOMIC ROBO REAL SCIENCE ADV #3 $2.75
MAR121101 ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 01 $10.99
APR120807 B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #226 $3.99
APR121261 BAKUMAN TP VOL 11 $9.99
MAR120929 BARRY SONNENFELDS DINOSAURS VS ALIENS HC $19.99
APR120881 BART SIMPSON COMICS #72 $2.99
APR120805 BETTY & VERONICA #260 $2.99
APR120988 BIRDSEYE BRISTOE HC (MR) $19.95
APR121229 CLINT 2.0 #2 (MR) $6.99
APR121177 COURTNEY CRUMRIN ONGOING #3 $3.99
MAY120902 CROSSED BADLANDS #1 C2E2 CVR (MR) $5.99
MAY120903 CROSSED BADLANDS #5 AUXILIARY ED (MR) $3.99
MAY120904 CROSSED BADLANDS #6 AUXILIARY ED (MR) $3.99
MAY120824 DARK REVELATION #1 (OF 3) $3.99
APR121306 DROPS OF GOD GN VOL 04 $14.95
APR120981 EARTHLING SC $12.99
MAY120901 FERALS #4 AUXILIARY ED (MR) $3.99
MAY121177 FOUR HORSEMEN O/T APOCALYPSE SC VOL 01 (OF 3) (RES) (MR) $14.95
JAN121043 GAME OF THRONES GN VOL 01 (MR) $25.00
DEC111050 GLORIANA HC $19.95
APR120752 I FEEL SICK #1 (O/A) $3.95
APR120753 I FEEL SICK #2 (O/A) $3.95
MAR120890 ICE AGE WHERE THERES THUNDER ONE SHOT $3.99
APR120823 IDOLIZED #0 CVR A GUNNELL $2.50
APR120824 IDOLIZED #0 CVR B CLARK PHOTO $2.50
MAY121135 JASON HEY WAIT GN (NEW PTG) (MR) $12.95
DEC111124 JOURNALISM HC $29.00
APR120808 JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #182 $3.99
FEB120966 KIRBY GENESIS SILVER STAR #6 $3.99
MAY121000 LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #15 AUXILIARY CVR (MR) $3.99
MAY121001 LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #15 C2E2 CVR (MR) $9.99
MAY121002 LADY DEATH ORIGINS CURSED #1 (OF 3) TIMELESS BEAUTY (MR) $9.99
APR121232 LOEG III CENTURY #3 2009 (MR) $9.95
FEB120914 LORD OF THE JUNGLE #5 (MR) $3.99
MAR121193 LOVELY HORRIBLE STUFF HC $14.95
MAR121090 M3 #1 $5.00
MAR120734 MADAGASCAR 3 PREQUEL DIGEST GN LONG LIVE KING $6.99
APR121132 MARDOCK SCRAMBLE GN VOL 05 $10.99
FEB121041 MR TWEE DEEDLE RAGGEDY ANN COUSIN GRUELLE HC (RES) $75.00
APR121317 OLYMPOS GN VOL 01 $18.99
FEB121144 PHAZER #3 $3.99
MAR121162 RICHELLE MEAD VAMPIRE ACADEMY GN VOL 02 FROSTBITE $12.99
APR120884 SIMPSONS SUPER SPECTACULAR #15 $2.99
MAY121017 SONG OF ROLAND GN $20.00
APR120813 SONIC UNIVERSE #41 $2.99
APR120826 SOULFIRE HOPE #1 CVR A RYAN $3.99
APR120827 SOULFIRE HOPE #1 CVR B VARESE $3.99
MAR121189 SPANDEX HC (MR) $19.95
APR120974 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE TP VOL 10 (MR) $24.99
MAR121256 TENJO TENGE GN VOL 07 (MR) $17.99
MAR120973 VOLTRON #6 $3.99
MAR121302 WAKING DREAM END #2 A CVR GARZA (MR) $3.99
MAR121303 WAKING DREAM END #2 B CVR REYES (MR) $3.99
MAGAZINES
APR121374 ALTER EGO #110 $8.95
MAY121489 AVENGER DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 07 $14.95
APR121375 BACK ISSUE #57 $8.95
MAY121490 DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 50 JAMES BAMA VAR SPECIAL $14.95
FEB121287 HOBBY JAPAN MAY 2012 $16.60
APR121405 SCREEM #24 PX ED $7.95
MAY121492 SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 62 $14.95
APR120741 TERRY MOORE HOW TO DRAW #4 FUNNY $4.99
MAY120001 PREVIEWS #286 JULY 2012 PI
COMICS
MAY128105 HYPERNATURALS #1 MAIN CVRS $3.99
APR120987 ANNA AND FROGA WANT A GUMBALL HC $14.95
APR120801 ARCHIE #634 $2.99
APR120802 ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #17 $3.99
APR120803 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #230 $3.99
APR121207 ATOMIC ROBO FLYING SHE DEVILS O/T PACIFIC #1 (OF 5) $3.50
MAR121174 ATOMIC ROBO REAL SCIENCE ADV #3 $2.75
MAR121101 ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 01 $10.99
APR120807 B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #226 $3.99
APR121261 BAKUMAN TP VOL 11 $9.99
MAR120929 BARRY SONNENFELDS DINOSAURS VS ALIENS HC $19.99
APR120881 BART SIMPSON COMICS #72 $2.99
APR120805 BETTY & VERONICA #260 $2.99
APR120988 BIRDSEYE BRISTOE HC (MR) $19.95
APR121229 CLINT 2.0 #2 (MR) $6.99
APR121177 COURTNEY CRUMRIN ONGOING #3 $3.99
MAY120902 CROSSED BADLANDS #1 C2E2 CVR (MR) $5.99
MAY120903 CROSSED BADLANDS #5 AUXILIARY ED (MR) $3.99
MAY120904 CROSSED BADLANDS #6 AUXILIARY ED (MR) $3.99
MAY120824 DARK REVELATION #1 (OF 3) $3.99
APR121306 DROPS OF GOD GN VOL 04 $14.95
APR120981 EARTHLING SC $12.99
MAY120901 FERALS #4 AUXILIARY ED (MR) $3.99
MAY121177 FOUR HORSEMEN O/T APOCALYPSE SC VOL 01 (OF 3) (RES) (MR) $14.95
JAN121043 GAME OF THRONES GN VOL 01 (MR) $25.00
DEC111050 GLORIANA HC $19.95
APR120752 I FEEL SICK #1 (O/A) $3.95
APR120753 I FEEL SICK #2 (O/A) $3.95
MAR120890 ICE AGE WHERE THERES THUNDER ONE SHOT $3.99
APR120823 IDOLIZED #0 CVR A GUNNELL $2.50
APR120824 IDOLIZED #0 CVR B CLARK PHOTO $2.50
MAY121135 JASON HEY WAIT GN (NEW PTG) (MR) $12.95
DEC111124 JOURNALISM HC $29.00
APR120808 JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #182 $3.99
FEB120966 KIRBY GENESIS SILVER STAR #6 $3.99
MAY121000 LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #15 AUXILIARY CVR (MR) $3.99
MAY121001 LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #15 C2E2 CVR (MR) $9.99
MAY121002 LADY DEATH ORIGINS CURSED #1 (OF 3) TIMELESS BEAUTY (MR) $9.99
APR121232 LOEG III CENTURY #3 2009 (MR) $9.95
FEB120914 LORD OF THE JUNGLE #5 (MR) $3.99
MAR121193 LOVELY HORRIBLE STUFF HC $14.95
MAR121090 M3 #1 $5.00
MAR120734 MADAGASCAR 3 PREQUEL DIGEST GN LONG LIVE KING $6.99
APR121132 MARDOCK SCRAMBLE GN VOL 05 $10.99
FEB121041 MR TWEE DEEDLE RAGGEDY ANN COUSIN GRUELLE HC (RES) $75.00
APR121317 OLYMPOS GN VOL 01 $18.99
FEB121144 PHAZER #3 $3.99
MAR121162 RICHELLE MEAD VAMPIRE ACADEMY GN VOL 02 FROSTBITE $12.99
APR120884 SIMPSONS SUPER SPECTACULAR #15 $2.99
MAY121017 SONG OF ROLAND GN $20.00
APR120813 SONIC UNIVERSE #41 $2.99
APR120826 SOULFIRE HOPE #1 CVR A RYAN $3.99
APR120827 SOULFIRE HOPE #1 CVR B VARESE $3.99
MAR121189 SPANDEX HC (MR) $19.95
APR120974 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE TP VOL 10 (MR) $24.99
MAR121256 TENJO TENGE GN VOL 07 (MR) $17.99
MAR120973 VOLTRON #6 $3.99
MAR121302 WAKING DREAM END #2 A CVR GARZA (MR) $3.99
MAR121303 WAKING DREAM END #2 B CVR REYES (MR) $3.99
MAGAZINES
APR121374 ALTER EGO #110 $8.95
MAY121489 AVENGER DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 07 $14.95
APR121375 BACK ISSUE #57 $8.95
MAY121490 DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 50 JAMES BAMA VAR SPECIAL $14.95
FEB121287 HOBBY JAPAN MAY 2012 $16.60
APR121405 SCREEM #24 PX ED $7.95
MAY121492 SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 62 $14.95
APR120741 TERRY MOORE HOW TO DRAW #4 FUNNY $4.99
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Review: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: CENTURY #2
TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS/KNOCKABOUT COMICS
WRITER: Alan Moore
ARTIST: Kevin O’Neill
COLORIST: Ben Dimagmaliw
LETTERER: Todd Klein
ISBN: 978-1-86166-162-6; paperback
80pp, Color, $9.95 U.S., £7.99 GBP
Even in a counter-culture underground of mystical and medicated flower children, there is a sense of loneliness. It is as if expressions of personal freedom and use of drugs to gain a personal high are really about trying to connect with other individuals in a way that is simultaneously superficial and deeply intimate. Even Oliver Haddo’s body hopping is an attempt to stave off that ultimate solo journey – death. Anyway…
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century is the third series starring Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s Victorian superheroes, who are now a new team in a new century. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century #2 “1969” is the second graphic novel in the most recent story arc (which began with Century #1 “1910”). It finds the new League: Mina Murray, the reincarnated Allan Quatermain, and eternal warrior Orlando still trying to stop the creation of an antichrist called the Moonchild.
Chapter 2: Paint It Black takes place in 1969 (about 60 years after the League’s last adventure) and is set in the psychedelic daze of Swinging London during 1969, where Tadukic Acid Diethylamide 26 is the drug of choice. The counter-culture fun pauses for just a moment when rock musician, Basil Thomas, is murdered by men in black robes. Vince Dakin, a mob boss close to Thomas, hires contract killer, Jack Carter, to learn the identity of the person who ordered the murder and to in turn kill that individual.
Meanwhile, the Blazing World sends the League to investigate Thomas’ murder, especially as it may be related to the activities of the occultist, Oliver Haddo, who is trying to create the Moonchild. But isn’t Haddo supposed to be dead? Still adjusting to the 20th century and struggling with the accumulated weight of their endless lives, Mina, Allan, and Orlando navigate the perilous rapids of London's hippy and criminal subculture, while Haddo plots his next incarnation.
While I marvel at the brilliance of his darker works like Watchmen and V for Vendetta, I prefer Alan Moore’s more surreal and slyly humrous comics, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen being one of them. It is obvious that moving LoEG to Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics (in the U.K.) has liberated Moore. Century: 1969 is bawdy and vulgar without being obnoxious. It is madly inventive and highly imaginative without being inaccessible to readers who may not get all the cultural and pop culture references.
The move to a new publisher (from DC Comics, which was never the right publisher for this material) has also done wonders for artist Kevin O’Neill, who is every bit as important to the League as Moore is. O’Neill graphical storytelling and art are pictures as poetry. Dream sequences, flashbacks, alternate universes, swinging London, bizarre manifestations of human flesh, etc.: there isn’t anything O’Neill can’t draw. He visualizes Moore’s trippy story as both a trippy graphic novel and an enthralling, engaging story.
Century #2 is actually an improvement over Century #1, as the former is surreal rather than merely odd, as “1910” was with its bizarre musical sequences. I’m happy to say that Moore and O’Neill are still at the top of their LoEG game.
A
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Review: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: CENTURY #1
TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
WRITER: Alan Moore
ARTIST: Kevin O’Neill
COLORIST: Ben Dimagmaliw
LETTERER: Todd Klein
ISBN: 978-1-60309-000-1; paperback
80pp, Color, $7.95
Published in May 2009, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century #1 (“1910”) is the opening book in the latest story arc starring The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O’Neill, the League is composed of Victorian superheroes (who are also Victorian literary characters). Century places a new league in a new century, as it takes on an occult plot to create an antichrist. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen also has a new lease on life with new publishers, Top Shelf Productions in North America and Knockabout Comics in the United Kingdom.
Century finds what remains of the League in the brave new world of the 20th century. Chapter 1, “What Keeps Mankind Alive,” is set in 1910 London, twelve years after the failed Martian invasion (depicted in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2). The story opens in the bowels of the British Museum where the sleep of the ghost-finder Thomas Carnacki is troubled by dreams which reveal the conspiracy of a shadowy cult.
As Britain prepares for the coronation of King George V, the cult, apparently led by the supposedly dead Oliver Haddo, is attempting to create something called a “Moonchild.” Far away on his South Atlantic base, Captain Nemo is dying, but his daughter, Janni, has rejected her inheritance and heads for London. Meanwhile, London’s most notorious serial (MacHeath or Mack the Knife) has also returned to ply his grisly trade on the London dockside.
Working for Mycroft Holmes’ British Intelligence, Mina Murray leads a new League, which includes the rejuvenated Allan Quatermain (who pretends to be Allan Quatermain, Jr.), the reformed thief Anthony Raffles, the eternal warrior Orlando (who can be male or female and claims that the sword he carries is Excalibur), and Carnacki. As Murray and the League rush to discover if there is indeed a conspiracy, ominous signs thrive and brutal forces converge on the excited city. And characters break out in song!
It’s probably been about eight years since I’ve read the original League miniseries, and I didn’t read the second series. I can honestly say that I enjoyed reading the first book of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century as much if not more than I did the very first issue of the original series. What I enjoyed about Moore’s work here is how he treats each panel as an opportunity to create wonderful dialogue. More than just advancing the plot or establishing characters, the dialogue colors this peculiar series and gives it a wonderfully intoxicating flavor. I don’t know how else to say this: with every word balloon I read, I felt this story engaging my senses and coming alive in my mind. Hell, I even enjoyed the scenes in which the characters sang.
I’ve been a fan of Kevin O’Neill’s art since I first encountered him back in the mid-1980s, and I was crazy about Marshal Law. I liked his work in the original League series, but wasn’t crazy about it. I still love how O’Neill visualizes Moore’s eccentricities. Like Moore’s vivacious dialogue, O’Neill’s beautiful art doesn’t merely visualize a world; it brings that world to life. He captures the personalities of the characters by utilizing every bit of them – facial features and expressions, costumes, posture, physicality, etc.
Moore and O’Neill are a match made in comic book heaven.
A
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