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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for November 20 2013

Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for November 20 2013

Digital Comics: Digital new releases available from your local comic book shop are marked below. [DIG] = Digital version available. [DIG/P+] = Print-Plus digital/print combo pack available. For more information, go to www.digitalcomicsreader.com.

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
MAY131271 A1 ANNUAL GN VOL 01 REG ED $22.99
SEP130981 ACCELERATORS #4 $3.99
SEP131143 ACME NOVELTY DATEBOOK HC VOL 01 10TH ANNIV PTG (MR) $44.95
SEP131006 ADVENTURE TIME #22 MAIN CVRS $3.99
AUG130985 AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #2 REG FRANCAVILLA CVR [DIG/P+] $2.99
AUG131436 ALICE I/T COUNTRY CLOVER CHESHIRE CAT WALTZ GN VOL 07 (MR) $13.99
AUG130989 ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DOUBLE DIGEST #33 (NOTE PRICE) [DIG/P+] $5.99
SEP131316 ASSASSINS CREED HAWK GN VOL 01 $9.99
AUG131404 ASTERIX OMNIBUS HC VOL 08 $27.95
JUN131258 ATOMIC ROBO REAL SCIENCE ADV #12 $2.75
JUL131263 ATOMIC ROBO SAVAGE SWORD OF DR DINOSAUR #3 $3.50
SEP131065 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA STARBUCK #1 $3.99
SEP130871 BILLY TUCCI A CHILD IS BORN ONE SHOT $5.99
SEP131367 BLOODSHOT & HARD CORPS #16 REG ZIRCHER $3.99
SEP131021 BRAVEST WARRIORS #14 MAIN CVRS [DIG] $3.99
AUG131369 BRIONY HATCH GN $19.95
SEP131225 CAGE OF EDEN GN VOL 12 $10.99
SEP131208 CITY OF LIGHT CITY OF DARK GN $10.99
SEP131209 CITY OF LIGHT CITY OF DARK HC GN $19.99
JUL130885 CRITTER (ONGOING) #16 $3.50
JUL130886 CRITTER TP VOL 03 $14.99
SEP131198 CUTE GIRL NETWORK GN $17.99
SEP138036 DEATH SENTENCE #1 2ND PTG $3.99
JUL131067 DEJAH THORIS & GREEN MEN OF MARS #8 (MR) $3.99
SEP131394 DOGS TP VOL 08 (MR) $12.99
SEP131365 ETERNAL WARRIOR #3 REG JG JONES $3.99
AUG131352 FIFTH ESSENCE HC PT 01 DREAMING GALAXY (MR) $79.95
AUG130972 FRAGGLE ROCK CLASSICS TP VOL 02 $9.95
SEP131406 FROM THE NEW WORLD GN VOL 01 $10.95
SEP131450 GFT WONDERLAND #17 A CVR ORTIZ $2.99
SEP131451 GFT WONDERLAND #17 B CVR QUALANO $2.99
SEP131452 GFT WONDERLAND #17 C CVR RUFFINO $2.99
SEP131103 GRIMM #7 $3.99
SEP130996 HELLRAISER DARK WATCH #10 (MR) [DIG] $3.99
AUG130970 HOPELESS MAINE HC VOL 02 INHERITANCE $19.95
SEP138034 IMAGINE AGENTS #1 (2ND PTG) $3.99
SEP130987 IMAGINE AGENTS #2 [DIG] $3.99
SEP131122 JENNIFER BLOOD #33 (MR) $3.99
OCT131064 JIM BUTCHER DRESDEN FILES GHOUL GOBLIN HC $24.99
AUG131427 JUDGE DREDD COMPLETE CASE FILES TP VOL 21 (MR) $31.99
AUG130997 JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #197 [DIG/P+] $3.99
AUG131355 KODT BUNDLE OF TROUBLE TP VOL 42 $14.99
AUG131093 LEGEND OF OZ THE WICKED WEST ONGOING #13 $3.50
AUG131094 LEGEND OF OZ WICKED WEST TP VOL 03 $17.99
JUL131283 MARADA SHE WOLF HC (MR) $24.99
SEP131318 MAX PAYNE 3 COLLECTED ED HC $9.99
AUG130999 MEGA MAN #31 REG CVR [DIG/P+] $2.99
SEP131252 MYSTERIOUS STRANGERS #6 $3.99
SEP131276 MYSTERIOUS UNDERGROUND MEN HC $24.95
SEP130963 NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD AFTERMATH #12 (MR) $3.99
SEP130965 NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD AFTERMATH #12 GORE CVR (MR) $3.99
SEP130964 NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD AFTERMATH #12 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
SEP131127 PATHFINDER SPECIAL #1 $4.99
SEP131001 PLANET OF THE APES CATACLYSM TP VOL 02 $14.99
SEP130825 RACHEL RISING #21 $3.99
SEP131074 RED SONJA #5 CLOONAN CVR $3.99
SEP131073 RED SONJA #5 FRISON CVR $3.99
JUL130953 REGULAR SHOW #6 MAIN CVRS [DIG] $3.99
AUG131351 RING OF THE SEVEN WORLDS HC (MR) $29.95
JUL131289 SCENE BUT NOT HEARD HC $14.95
JUN130872 SERUSIS #3 $3.50
AUG131180 SHADOW #19 ALEXANDER CVR $3.99
AUG131181 SHADOW #19 CALERO SUBSCRIPTION CVR $3.99
AUG131179 SHADOW #19 ROSS CVR $3.99
SEP130983 SIMPSONS WINTER WINGDING #8 $4.99
SEP131512 STAR WARS VERY VADER VALENTINES DAY SC $6.99
SEP130999 STEED & MRS PEEL TP VOL 02 SECRET HISTORY OF SPACE $14.99
AUG131071 STITCHED #17 (MR) $3.99
AUG131073 STITCHED #17 GORE CVR (MR) $3.99
AUG131072 STITCHED #17 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
SEP131391 SUNNY HC VOL 02 $22.99
SEP131199 TUNE GN VOL 02 STILL LIFE $16.99
SEP131218 UNFORGOTTEN HC $19.95
SEP131048 VALERIAN GN VOL 05 BIRDS OF MASTER $11.95
SEP131403 WALLY WOOD EERIE TALES OF CRIME & HORROR DLX SLIPCASED NEW PRINTING $69.95
JAN131068 WARLORD OF MARS #29 (MR) $3.99
SEP131253 WASTELAND #50 (MR) $3.99
MAY130770 WESTWOOD WITCHES #3 $3.99
SEP131357 X-O MANOWAR #19 PULLBOX SEPULVEDA $3.99
SEP131356 X-O MANOWAR #19 REG CRAIN $3.99

MAGAZINES
AUG131703 BACK ISSUE #69 $9.95
SEP131539 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1379 PI
AUG131692 DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIG COLL MAG #46 DARKSEID BLACK ROOK $16.00
AUG131711 DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #466 $9.99
JUL131449 DRAW #26 $8.95
JUL131491 HOBBY JAPAN OCT 2013 $16.60
JUN131497 HOBBY JAPAN SEP 2013 $16.60
SEP131547 HORRORHOUND #44 $6.99
AUG131426 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #341 $12.25
SEP131558 LOCUS #634 $7.50
AUG131689 MARVEL FACT FILES #4 FANTASTIC FOUR COVER $6.00
MAY131470 MEGAMI AUG 2013 $16.60
MAY131471 NEWTYPE AUG 2013 $16.00
JUL131486 RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE #139 $9.95
AUG131694 STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG COLL MAG #2 USS ENTERPRISE NCC-1701 $20.00

BOOKS
SEP131399 ALLURING ART OF MARGARET BRUNDAGE SC NEW PTG $24.95
SEP131395 APPARITIONS GHOSTS OF OLD EDO NOVEL $14.99
AUG131575 ART OF METAL 5 DECADES OF HEAVY METAL COVERS & MORE HC $40.00
JUL130990 ART OF SEAN PHILLIPS SIGNED HC (MR) $69.99
SEP131474 DISNEY FAIRY TALE GOLDEN BOOK BUNDLE $11.97
AUG131642 GRIMM AUNT MARIES BOOK OF LORE SC $19.95
AUG131646 MIDDLE EARTH ENVISIONED HOBBIT & LOTR SCREEN STRAGE & BEYOND $40.00
AUG131612 MONSTER BOOK OF MANGA TP VOL 06 GOTHIC $25.99
SEP131173 PRETTY IN INK WOMEN CARTOONISTS 1896-2013 SC $29.99
JUN131228 SNAPSHOTS SC $14.99
AUG131580 SPECTRUM HC VOL 20 $45.00
AUG131579 SPECTRUM TP VOL 20 $35.00
JUL131508 STAR TREK LIGHT UP STARSHIP ENTERPRISE KIT $12.95
AUG131588 SUPERMAN FILES HC $75.00
AUG132468 WARHAMMER GREAT BETRAYAL SC $14.00
AUG132469 WARHAMMER MASTER OF DRAGONS SC $14.00

Monday, November 18, 2013

Rin-ne: Crescent Moon Hall

I read RIN-NE, Vol. 13

I posted a review at ComicBookBin (which has free smart phone apps and comics).

Sunday, November 17, 2013

I Reads You Review: THE ROCKETEER/THE SPIRIT: Pulp Friction #2

THE ROCKETEER/THE SPIRIT: PULP FRICTION #2
IDW PUBLISHING with DC Entertainment – @IDWPublishing and @DCComics

WRITER: Mark Waid
PENCILS: Loston Wallace
INKS: Bob Wiacek
COLORS: Hi Fi Designs
LETTERS: Tom B. Long
EDITOR: Scott Dunbier
COVER: Paul Smith with Jordie Bellaire
SUBSCRIPTION VARIANT COVER: Darwyn Cooke and J. Bone
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (August 2013)

Artist and illustrator, Dave Stevens (who died in March of 2008), created the comic book character, The Rocketeer. Cliff Secord is a stunt pilot who discovers a mysterious jet pack. Donning the jet pack and a helmet, Secord becomes “The Rocketeer,” and begins a series of adventures set mainly in Los Angeles, beginning in the year 1938.

Legendary cartoonist Will Eisner (who died in January of 2005) created The Spirit, a comic book character that first appeared on June 2, 1940 in what readers called “The Spirit Section.” This was a 16-page, Sunday newspaper supplement or insert that was carried in various newspapers from the 1940s and to the early 1950s. Once known as Detective Denny Colt (believed by some to be dead), The Spirit is a masked vigilante who fights crime in Central City.

IDW Publishing (in association with DC Comics) brings the two characters together in a new comic book miniseries entitled, The Rocketeer/The Spirit: Pulp Friction. The series is written by Mark Waid and drawn by various artists. Pulp Friction unites the two characters, as they try to solve a murder case. The corpse of Alderman Tommy Cunningham, Central City politician, is found in Los Angeles, which is impossible, because he should not be in L.A.

The Rocketeer/The Spirit: Pulp Friction #2 opens with the Central City contingent: The Spirit, Commissioner Dolan, and Ellen (the Commissioner’s daughter), at odds with our L.A.-based friends: The Rocketeer, actress Betty (Cliff Secord’s lady), and airplane mechanic Peevy (Cliff’s friend and partner). The girls are using their feminine wiles to both agitate and excite.

Meanwhile, The Spirit’s mysterious nemesis, the Octopus, plots with Benedict Trask, who seems to be trying to become the first of what we now call a media mogul. Their plotting involves a surprise attack on our heroes.

Having Mark Waid write the first ever team up of The Rocketeer and The Spirit, as is the idea of uniting them in the first place, is a no-brainer. Waid is good with Golden Age characters, of which both these classic comics characters are. Here, Waid’s comics script is a nice brew of fisticuffs, high-flying derring-do, and pulp crime fiction with an occasional bit of innuendo. Is that a rabbit in your pocket, Mr. Second?...

I thought Paul Smith was going to be the series artist, but that seems not to be the case, as this second issue and the third are drawn by different artists. Loston Wallace, who provides the pencil art (which Bob Wiacek inks), is good enough. His style is acceptable for this kind of story, and his storytelling is good. The most important thing is that he does not make the transition from Paul Smith a disaster.

I’m ready for the next issue of The Rocketeer/The Spirit: Pulp Friction. Tune in tomorrow.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

The text is copyright © 2013 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for syndication rights and fees.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Dogs: Bullets and Carnage - Mother and Mother

I read Dogs, Vol. 8

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin.

Friday, November 15, 2013

I Reads You Review: TRILLIUM #2

TRILLIUM #2
DC COMICS/VERTIGO – @DCComics and @vertigo_comics

CARTOONIST: Jeff Lemire
COLORS: Jose Villarrubia (pp 1-19) with Jeff Lemire (p. 20)
LETTERS: Carlos M. Mangual
COVER: Jeff Lemire
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (November 2013)

“Suggested for Mature Readers”

Chapter 2: “Binary Systems”

Trillium is a new science fiction comic book from DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint. This eight-issue miniseries is created, written, and drawn by cartoonist and graphic novelist, Jeff Lemire. Lemire described Trillium as “a time-spanning science fiction love story…” (Defy 2013 Preview – DC Comics) The series focuses on scientist Dr. Nika Temsmith, who is an expert in xeniology (a kind of archeology), and is set in the year 3797, a time that finds humanity living in different solar systems.

Mankind is facing extinction because of a smart virus named “The Caul,” but a white-colored flower called, Trillium, can possibly save humankind. Trillium thrives on Atabithi, and Nika is negotiated with the Atabithians, when an event tosses her back in time to the ear 1921. There, she meets British World War I veteran and explorer, William Pike, at “the Forbidden Temple of the Incas.”

Trillium #2 (“Binary Systems”) opens with two humans from different millennia, unable to communicate with one another. Nika thinks that she has been transported to another star system. Pike thinks the strange woman before him is possibly part of a rival team of Norwegian explorers that is also looking for the legendary Incan temple. What happens when they learn the truth about who, what, and when?

In my review of Trillium #1, I admitted that I am sometimes reluctant to grade or pass judgment on a first issue. However, I was not shy about expressing my feelings and thoughts on the first issue of Trillium. I still friggin’ love this comic book, and Trillium #2 proves that this series is really as good as I think it is, thus far.

I never thought I would enjoy a comic book that is almost entirely about two people who cannot understand each other’s language and can barely communicate, but I did, in this case. I felt as frustrated as the characters are depicted as being, but I found that frustration to be hugely entertaining and compelling.

Jeff Lemire is giving us one of the best comic books of the year.

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

The text is copyright © 2013 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for syndication rights and fees.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Naruto: World of Dreams

I read Naruto, Vol. 63: World of Dreams

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin.