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Monday, June 11, 2018
Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for June 13, 2018
Labels:
AfterShock,
Archie Comics,
Book News,
comics news,
Diamond Distributors,
Disney,
Fantagraphics Books,
Hellboy,
manga news,
Mike Mignola,
Star Trek,
Valiant Comics,
VIZ Media
Friday, June 8, 2018
Review: DREAMING EAGLES #6
DREAMING EAGLES No. 6 (OF 6)
AFTERSHOCK COMICS – @AfterShockComix
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Garth Ennis
ARTIST: Simon Coleby
COLORS: John Kalisz
LETTERS: Rob Steen
COVER: Francesco Francavilla
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (June 2016)
For mature readers
Dreaming Eagles created by Garth Ennis
Chapter 6: “A Stone of Hope”
Dreaming Eagles was a comic book miniseries created and written by Garth Ennis. Published from late 2015 and into 2016, the series was drawn by Simon Coleby; colored by John Kalisz; lettered by Rob Steen, with Francesco Francavilla as the main cover artist.
Published in six issues, Dreaming Eagles tells the story of the first African-American fighter pilots to join the United States Army Air Force during World War II. The narrative connects the pilots' stories with the 1960s Civil Rights movement through two characters, WWII veteran and USAAF pilot, Lt. Reggie Atkinson, and his son, Lee, a Civil Rights activist. Lt. Atkinson recounts his experiences as a Black pilot in WWII, including his stint as a member of the “Red Tails,” to Lee.
As Dreaming Eagles #6 (“A Stone of Hope”) opens, Reggie moves the story to his last mission as a member of the Three Thirty-Second Fight Group (the Red Tails), as he and his fellow Black pilots escort U.S. Bombers on a raid into Berlin, Germany. However, Lt. Atkinson and his friend and fellow pilot, “Fats,” return to the United States and find out that some people still don't consider Black people, even those who have defended the country, to be “Americans.”
Personal issues and sell-outs at the “local” comic book shops delayed me finishing Dreaming Eagles. I ended up buying issues #3 and #6 on eBay. Honestly, I did not want Dreaming Eagles to end, but the truth is that the story of the Black pilots and the Red Tails in WWII is a finite one. As history, however, the story lives on simply because people dedicated to giving Black servicemen and servicewomen who served in WWII their due have been reviving such stories for the past few decades via various media, including books, TV and film documentaries, journalism, research, and fictional movies (such as George Lucas' Red Tails film).
I am not the only one who thinks that people who were born and who lived outside of the United States often see the truth about America's troubled race relations and race issues in a way that is clearer. Sometimes, non-American see race in America in broader ways than citizens born and raised in the good old U.S. of A.
If Dreaming Eagles has an over-arching theme, it is that the struggle for Black people in America is an ongoing one and that progress isn't a process that ends. One can't go just so far and then stop when the adversaries of equality and justice seem to make the struggle too hard to continue. “Just so far” is not enough; the struggle means moving forward. How far? Will we know when we get there? The answer to those questions is to fight as long as there is inequality and injustice.
The progress of the Black pilots in Dreaming Eagles epitomizes that. Keep soaring, past the boundaries set by those who attempt to hold you back. Thank you, Mr. Ennis and Mr. Coleby, for reminding us, not just of the WWII Black pilots' stories, but also that “just so far” isn't really far at all.
A+
[This comic book includes a four-page preview of the comic book , “Captain Kid,” by Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, and Wilfredo Torres. There is also a two-page Q&A between Mike Marts and Ray Fawkes.]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2017 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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AFTERSHOCK COMICS – @AfterShockComix
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Garth Ennis
ARTIST: Simon Coleby
COLORS: John Kalisz
LETTERS: Rob Steen
COVER: Francesco Francavilla
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (June 2016)
For mature readers
Dreaming Eagles created by Garth Ennis
Chapter 6: “A Stone of Hope”
Dreaming Eagles was a comic book miniseries created and written by Garth Ennis. Published from late 2015 and into 2016, the series was drawn by Simon Coleby; colored by John Kalisz; lettered by Rob Steen, with Francesco Francavilla as the main cover artist.
Published in six issues, Dreaming Eagles tells the story of the first African-American fighter pilots to join the United States Army Air Force during World War II. The narrative connects the pilots' stories with the 1960s Civil Rights movement through two characters, WWII veteran and USAAF pilot, Lt. Reggie Atkinson, and his son, Lee, a Civil Rights activist. Lt. Atkinson recounts his experiences as a Black pilot in WWII, including his stint as a member of the “Red Tails,” to Lee.
As Dreaming Eagles #6 (“A Stone of Hope”) opens, Reggie moves the story to his last mission as a member of the Three Thirty-Second Fight Group (the Red Tails), as he and his fellow Black pilots escort U.S. Bombers on a raid into Berlin, Germany. However, Lt. Atkinson and his friend and fellow pilot, “Fats,” return to the United States and find out that some people still don't consider Black people, even those who have defended the country, to be “Americans.”
Personal issues and sell-outs at the “local” comic book shops delayed me finishing Dreaming Eagles. I ended up buying issues #3 and #6 on eBay. Honestly, I did not want Dreaming Eagles to end, but the truth is that the story of the Black pilots and the Red Tails in WWII is a finite one. As history, however, the story lives on simply because people dedicated to giving Black servicemen and servicewomen who served in WWII their due have been reviving such stories for the past few decades via various media, including books, TV and film documentaries, journalism, research, and fictional movies (such as George Lucas' Red Tails film).
I am not the only one who thinks that people who were born and who lived outside of the United States often see the truth about America's troubled race relations and race issues in a way that is clearer. Sometimes, non-American see race in America in broader ways than citizens born and raised in the good old U.S. of A.
If Dreaming Eagles has an over-arching theme, it is that the struggle for Black people in America is an ongoing one and that progress isn't a process that ends. One can't go just so far and then stop when the adversaries of equality and justice seem to make the struggle too hard to continue. “Just so far” is not enough; the struggle means moving forward. How far? Will we know when we get there? The answer to those questions is to fight as long as there is inequality and injustice.
The progress of the Black pilots in Dreaming Eagles epitomizes that. Keep soaring, past the boundaries set by those who attempt to hold you back. Thank you, Mr. Ennis and Mr. Coleby, for reminding us, not just of the WWII Black pilots' stories, but also that “just so far” isn't really far at all.
A+
[This comic book includes a four-page preview of the comic book , “Captain Kid,” by Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, and Wilfredo Torres. There is also a two-page Q&A between Mike Marts and Ray Fawkes.]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2017 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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Labels:
AfterShock,
Francesco Francavilla,
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John Kalisz,
Mark Waid,
Ray Fawkes,
Review,
Wilfredo Torres
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Review: AMERICAN GODS #3
AMERICAN GODS No. 3
DARK HORSE COMICS – @DarkHorseComics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Neil Gaiman
SCRIPT: P. Craig Russell
LAYOUTS: P. Craig Russell
ART: Scott Hampton; Walter Simonson
COLORS: Scott Hampton; Laura Martin
LETTERS: Rick Parker
COVER: Glenn Fabry with Adam Brown
VARIANT COVER: David Mack
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (May 2017)
American Gods is the award-winning, 2001 novel from author Neil Gaiman. It is now being adapted into a comic book series, published by Dark Horse Comics. The novel won several fantasy-literary awards, and there is currently a hit television series adapted from the novel and televised on the cable network, Starz Media. American Gods blends Americana and also ancient and modern mythology to tell the story of a man caught in a war between the gods of the Old World and the new American gods.
The guiding hand behind the American Gods comic book is frequent Gaiman collaborator, P. Craig Russell. Russell wrote the script adaptation of Gaiman's novel and provided the layouts for the art. American Gods the comic book is drawn and colored by Scott Hampton and lettered by Rick Parker.
American Gods #3 finds the protagonist, Shadow Moon, and his mysterious employer, Mr. Wednesday, still in Indiana where Shadow attended the funeral of his wife, Laura. The duo prepares to leave for Chicago the following day, but that night, Shadow has strange, troubling dreams. Then, he gets a visit from Laura. Plus, meet the strange fortune tellers of Chicago.
I always feel or think that I have to let you know, dear reader, that I am a big fan of American Gods, although I did not read it upon its original release in 2001. I read the tenth anniversary edition which featured a longer text – the author's preferred edition. I also feel that I must admit that I loved that book, and that “love” is not a strong enough word in this case. American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition is one of my favorite books, and I consider the reading that edition of American Gods to be life-changing event for me in terms of my life as a writer. True, swear to an American god.
Dark Horse Comics, over their three decades-plus of publishing comic books adapted from other media, has produced countless high-quality “media-tie” comic book and adaptations, and American Gods is one of their best. Even into this third issue, P. Craig Russell and Scott Hampton's American Gods feels true to Neil Gaiman's storytelling and text.
Russell is patient and allows his script adaptation of Gaiman's expansive novel to breath, rather than forcing the pace to squeeze the narrative into a miniseries. Hampton's naturalistic art captures the supernatural aura surrounding American Gods' narrative, while fashioning a world that is both natural and supernatural. I wondered how they could pull off Laura's return, which is one of the more troubling sequences in the novel. They got it right; the comics vision of that event is also quite eerie.
So for a third time, I implore you to set aside your four dollars each month so that you can buy this lovely comic book, dear reader. American Gods may end up being on the short list of great comic book adaptations of a prose novel.
A
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2017 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
------------------------------
DARK HORSE COMICS – @DarkHorseComics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Neil Gaiman
SCRIPT: P. Craig Russell
LAYOUTS: P. Craig Russell
ART: Scott Hampton; Walter Simonson
COLORS: Scott Hampton; Laura Martin
LETTERS: Rick Parker
COVER: Glenn Fabry with Adam Brown
VARIANT COVER: David Mack
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (May 2017)
American Gods is the award-winning, 2001 novel from author Neil Gaiman. It is now being adapted into a comic book series, published by Dark Horse Comics. The novel won several fantasy-literary awards, and there is currently a hit television series adapted from the novel and televised on the cable network, Starz Media. American Gods blends Americana and also ancient and modern mythology to tell the story of a man caught in a war between the gods of the Old World and the new American gods.
The guiding hand behind the American Gods comic book is frequent Gaiman collaborator, P. Craig Russell. Russell wrote the script adaptation of Gaiman's novel and provided the layouts for the art. American Gods the comic book is drawn and colored by Scott Hampton and lettered by Rick Parker.
American Gods #3 finds the protagonist, Shadow Moon, and his mysterious employer, Mr. Wednesday, still in Indiana where Shadow attended the funeral of his wife, Laura. The duo prepares to leave for Chicago the following day, but that night, Shadow has strange, troubling dreams. Then, he gets a visit from Laura. Plus, meet the strange fortune tellers of Chicago.
I always feel or think that I have to let you know, dear reader, that I am a big fan of American Gods, although I did not read it upon its original release in 2001. I read the tenth anniversary edition which featured a longer text – the author's preferred edition. I also feel that I must admit that I loved that book, and that “love” is not a strong enough word in this case. American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition is one of my favorite books, and I consider the reading that edition of American Gods to be life-changing event for me in terms of my life as a writer. True, swear to an American god.
Dark Horse Comics, over their three decades-plus of publishing comic books adapted from other media, has produced countless high-quality “media-tie” comic book and adaptations, and American Gods is one of their best. Even into this third issue, P. Craig Russell and Scott Hampton's American Gods feels true to Neil Gaiman's storytelling and text.
Russell is patient and allows his script adaptation of Gaiman's expansive novel to breath, rather than forcing the pace to squeeze the narrative into a miniseries. Hampton's naturalistic art captures the supernatural aura surrounding American Gods' narrative, while fashioning a world that is both natural and supernatural. I wondered how they could pull off Laura's return, which is one of the more troubling sequences in the novel. They got it right; the comics vision of that event is also quite eerie.
So for a third time, I implore you to set aside your four dollars each month so that you can buy this lovely comic book, dear reader. American Gods may end up being on the short list of great comic book adaptations of a prose novel.
A
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2017 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
------------------------------
Labels:
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Dark Horse,
David Mack,
Glenn Fabry,
Laura Martin,
Neil Gaiman,
P. Craig Russell,
Review,
Scott Hampton,
Walter Simonson
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Review: THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE #2
THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE #2 (OF 12)
DC COMICS – @DCComics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Peter J. Tomasi
ART: Neal Adams
COLORS: Hi-Fi
LETTERS: Clem Robins
COVER: Kenneth Rocafort
VARIANT COVER: Neal Adams with Tim Shinn
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (April 2017)
Rated “T” for Teen
Kamandi created by Jack Kirby
“Nuclear Roar!”
Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth was a comic book created by writer-artist Jack Kirby and published by DC Comics. The series ran from 1972 to 1978, and starred Kamandi, a teenaged boy in a post-apocalyptic future. In this time, humans have been reduced back to savagery in a world ruled by intelligent, highly evolved animals.
Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth #1 (cover dated: October 1972) opens some time after a huge event called “The Great Disaster,” which wiped out human civilization. In “Earth A.D.” (After Disaster), many animals have become humanoid, bipedal, and sentient, and also possess the power of speech. These newly intelligent animal species have equipped themselves with weapons and technology salvaged from the ruins of human civilization and are constantly at war in a struggle for territory.
The world of Kamandi returns in the new DC Comics miniseries, The Kamandi Challenge, bringing together 14 teams of writers and artists. Each issue will end with an cliffhanger. The next creative team will resolve that cliffhanger left behind by the previous creative team, before creating their own story and cliffhanger, which the next creative team after them will have to resolve... and so on. The second issue of The Kamandi Challenge is written by Peter J. Tomasi; drawn by Neal Adams; colored by Hi-Fi; and lettered by Clem Robins.
The Kamandi Challenge #2 (“Nuclear Roar”) finds Kamandi in Tiger City, where the great leader, Lord Caesar, is apparently about to activate a nuclear warhead. None of the man-animals seem interested in Kamandi's warnings about the weapon, but no one expects a kind of Trojan horse. Also, a unique Kirby creation makes an appearance, and it still (shockingly) works.
“Nuclear War” follows the cliffhanger that ended issue #1's “K -- is for 'Kill'!” Simply put, The Kamandi Challenge #2 is a fun read, but lacks the punch of either of the two stories published in The Kamandi Challenge #1. I like Neal Adams' art here; it is the best of his recent work that I have seen. The compositions are big and capture the craziness and epic scale of Jack Kirby in his 1970s prime.
The story, however, reflects the weakness of a gimmick series like The Kamandi Challenge. In coming up with a new chapter by starting from some other writer's previous chapter can be treacherous. Even if a writer comes up with a way to resolve the previous writer's cliffhanger, the rest of his own story can meander or seem like filler as the writer tries to do his “own thing.” That is what happens with “Nuclear Roar;” much of it seems like filler on the way to a cliffhanger ending.
I'm still going to keep reading, though.
B
[Afterword by Dan Abnett]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2017 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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DC COMICS – @DCComics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Peter J. Tomasi
ART: Neal Adams
COLORS: Hi-Fi
LETTERS: Clem Robins
COVER: Kenneth Rocafort
VARIANT COVER: Neal Adams with Tim Shinn
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (April 2017)
Rated “T” for Teen
Kamandi created by Jack Kirby
“Nuclear Roar!”
Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth was a comic book created by writer-artist Jack Kirby and published by DC Comics. The series ran from 1972 to 1978, and starred Kamandi, a teenaged boy in a post-apocalyptic future. In this time, humans have been reduced back to savagery in a world ruled by intelligent, highly evolved animals.
Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth #1 (cover dated: October 1972) opens some time after a huge event called “The Great Disaster,” which wiped out human civilization. In “Earth A.D.” (After Disaster), many animals have become humanoid, bipedal, and sentient, and also possess the power of speech. These newly intelligent animal species have equipped themselves with weapons and technology salvaged from the ruins of human civilization and are constantly at war in a struggle for territory.
The world of Kamandi returns in the new DC Comics miniseries, The Kamandi Challenge, bringing together 14 teams of writers and artists. Each issue will end with an cliffhanger. The next creative team will resolve that cliffhanger left behind by the previous creative team, before creating their own story and cliffhanger, which the next creative team after them will have to resolve... and so on. The second issue of The Kamandi Challenge is written by Peter J. Tomasi; drawn by Neal Adams; colored by Hi-Fi; and lettered by Clem Robins.
The Kamandi Challenge #2 (“Nuclear Roar”) finds Kamandi in Tiger City, where the great leader, Lord Caesar, is apparently about to activate a nuclear warhead. None of the man-animals seem interested in Kamandi's warnings about the weapon, but no one expects a kind of Trojan horse. Also, a unique Kirby creation makes an appearance, and it still (shockingly) works.
“Nuclear War” follows the cliffhanger that ended issue #1's “K -- is for 'Kill'!” Simply put, The Kamandi Challenge #2 is a fun read, but lacks the punch of either of the two stories published in The Kamandi Challenge #1. I like Neal Adams' art here; it is the best of his recent work that I have seen. The compositions are big and capture the craziness and epic scale of Jack Kirby in his 1970s prime.
The story, however, reflects the weakness of a gimmick series like The Kamandi Challenge. In coming up with a new chapter by starting from some other writer's previous chapter can be treacherous. Even if a writer comes up with a way to resolve the previous writer's cliffhanger, the rest of his own story can meander or seem like filler as the writer tries to do his “own thing.” That is what happens with “Nuclear Roar;” much of it seems like filler on the way to a cliffhanger ending.
I'm still going to keep reading, though.
B
[Afterword by Dan Abnett]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2017 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Review: ROCKET #1
ROCKET No. 1 (2017)
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Al Ewing
ARTIST: Adam Gorham
COLORS: Michael Garland
LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry
COVER: Mike Mayhew
VARIANT COVERS: Tim Bradstreet; Joe Jusko; David Mack
28pp, Color, $3.99 (July 2017)
Rocket Raccoon created by Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen
Rated T+
“The Blue River Score” Part 1: “The Damsel”
Rocket Raccoon is a Marvel Comics space-based character created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Keith Giffen. The character first appeared in Marvel Preview #7 (cover dated: Summer 1976), and received a snazzy makeover in 2008, courtesy of writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Rocket Raccoon, or simply “Rocket” is verbose, proactive, and doesn't mind zapping a ray blast in sentient ass.
Rocket Raccoon is the star of his third comic book series, entitled Rocket. It is written by Al Ewing; drawn by Adam Gorham; colored by Michael Garland; and lettered by Jeff Eckleberry.
Rocket #1 (“The Damsel”) finds Rocket drowning his sorrows at a bar on Digriz. Suddenly, in walks Otta Spice, the former female-in-his-life. She left him, but now, she is back because she needs him. He does not want to help her, but he will – even if it is mission impossible.
Back in 2014, when I read Rocket Raccoon #1 by Skottie Young, I did not like the first 11 pages. However, the second half of that comic book was a blast. I was hoping for something like that with Rocket #1, but it didn't happen. Rocket #1 is a poor comic book.
Marvel Comics currently has a #1 issue problem, and has for the last few years. There are too many of them, especially when it comes to Guardians of the Galaxy. I know that Marvel is merely trying to tap into the sales potential of a hot media property, following the success of the 2014 film, Guardians of the Galaxy, but the number of new titles related to this property seems like early 1990s Marvel overkill. Rocket #1 is an example of a comic book that is either not ready for release or simply should not be published. Rocket #1 is only a little better than recent Marvel #1 issues for Kingpin and Bullseye, which were crummy comics.
I like Mike Mayhew's cover art, and Adam Gorham's interior art is just right... for a better humor comic book than Rocket.
C-
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2017 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for syndication rights and fees.
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MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Al Ewing
ARTIST: Adam Gorham
COLORS: Michael Garland
LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry
COVER: Mike Mayhew
VARIANT COVERS: Tim Bradstreet; Joe Jusko; David Mack
28pp, Color, $3.99 (July 2017)
Rocket Raccoon created by Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen
Rated T+
“The Blue River Score” Part 1: “The Damsel”
Rocket Raccoon is a Marvel Comics space-based character created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Keith Giffen. The character first appeared in Marvel Preview #7 (cover dated: Summer 1976), and received a snazzy makeover in 2008, courtesy of writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Rocket Raccoon, or simply “Rocket” is verbose, proactive, and doesn't mind zapping a ray blast in sentient ass.
Rocket Raccoon is the star of his third comic book series, entitled Rocket. It is written by Al Ewing; drawn by Adam Gorham; colored by Michael Garland; and lettered by Jeff Eckleberry.
Rocket #1 (“The Damsel”) finds Rocket drowning his sorrows at a bar on Digriz. Suddenly, in walks Otta Spice, the former female-in-his-life. She left him, but now, she is back because she needs him. He does not want to help her, but he will – even if it is mission impossible.
Back in 2014, when I read Rocket Raccoon #1 by Skottie Young, I did not like the first 11 pages. However, the second half of that comic book was a blast. I was hoping for something like that with Rocket #1, but it didn't happen. Rocket #1 is a poor comic book.
Marvel Comics currently has a #1 issue problem, and has for the last few years. There are too many of them, especially when it comes to Guardians of the Galaxy. I know that Marvel is merely trying to tap into the sales potential of a hot media property, following the success of the 2014 film, Guardians of the Galaxy, but the number of new titles related to this property seems like early 1990s Marvel overkill. Rocket #1 is an example of a comic book that is either not ready for release or simply should not be published. Rocket #1 is only a little better than recent Marvel #1 issues for Kingpin and Bullseye, which were crummy comics.
I like Mike Mayhew's cover art, and Adam Gorham's interior art is just right... for a better humor comic book than Rocket.
C-
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2017 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for syndication rights and fees.
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Monday, June 4, 2018
BOOM! Studios from Diamond Distributors for June 6, 2018
BOOM! STUDIOS
FEB181215 ABOUT BETTYS BOOB HC $29.99
APR181092 GARFIELD HOMECOMING #1 $3.99
MAR188801 GARFIELD HOMECOMING #1 FOC SAKAI INCV $3.99
APR181139 GIANT DAYS #39 $3.99
APR181100 GO GO POWER RANGERS #10 MAIN & MIX SG $3.99
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FEB181235 LUMBERJANES TO MAX ED HC VOL 04 $39.99
FEB181205 PLANET OF THE APES ADULT COLORING BOOK SC $16.99
APR181141 ROCKOS MODERN LIFE #5 $3.99
APR181142 ROCKOS MODERN LIFE #5 SUBSCRIPTIONS VAR $3.99
FEB181215 ABOUT BETTYS BOOB HC $29.99
APR181092 GARFIELD HOMECOMING #1 $3.99
MAR188801 GARFIELD HOMECOMING #1 FOC SAKAI INCV $3.99
APR181139 GIANT DAYS #39 $3.99
APR181100 GO GO POWER RANGERS #10 MAIN & MIX SG $3.99
APR181101 GO GO POWER RANGERS #10 SUBSCRIPTION MOK VAR SG $3.99
FEB181235 LUMBERJANES TO MAX ED HC VOL 04 $39.99
FEB181205 PLANET OF THE APES ADULT COLORING BOOK SC $16.99
APR181141 ROCKOS MODERN LIFE #5 $3.99
APR181142 ROCKOS MODERN LIFE #5 SUBSCRIPTIONS VAR $3.99
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Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 6, 2018
DARK HORSE COMICS
APR180026 DOCTOR STAR & KINGDOM LOST TOMORROWS #4 MAIN CVR $3.99
APR180027 DOCTOR STAR & KINGDOM LOST TOMORROWS #4 VAR WU CVR $3.99
APR180053 HALO COLLATERAL DAMAGE #1 (OF 3) $3.99
FEB180039 HELLBOY AND THE BPRD 1955 TP $19.99
JAN180108 JENNY FINN HC (MR) $17.99
APR180069 KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS #6 (OF 6) $3.99
FEB180065 MICHAEL CHABON ESCAPIST PULSE POUNDING THRILLS TP $24.99
FEB180045 MOEBIUS LIBRARY INSIDE MOBIUS HC VOL 02 $39.99
APR180014 SWORD DAUGHTER #1 CVR A $4.99
APR180015 SWORD DAUGHTER #1 CVR B CHATER $4.99
APR180028 XERXES FALL OF HOUSE OF DARIUS #3 (OF 5) (MR) $4.99
APR180026 DOCTOR STAR & KINGDOM LOST TOMORROWS #4 MAIN CVR $3.99
APR180027 DOCTOR STAR & KINGDOM LOST TOMORROWS #4 VAR WU CVR $3.99
APR180053 HALO COLLATERAL DAMAGE #1 (OF 3) $3.99
FEB180039 HELLBOY AND THE BPRD 1955 TP $19.99
JAN180108 JENNY FINN HC (MR) $17.99
APR180069 KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS #6 (OF 6) $3.99
FEB180065 MICHAEL CHABON ESCAPIST PULSE POUNDING THRILLS TP $24.99
FEB180045 MOEBIUS LIBRARY INSIDE MOBIUS HC VOL 02 $39.99
APR180014 SWORD DAUGHTER #1 CVR A $4.99
APR180015 SWORD DAUGHTER #1 CVR B CHATER $4.99
APR180028 XERXES FALL OF HOUSE OF DARIUS #3 (OF 5) (MR) $4.99
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