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Monday, September 19, 2022
Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 21, 2022
Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for September 21, 2022
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DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for September 20, 2022
Action Comics #1 (Facsimile Edition)(2022), $6.99
Batman No Man’s Land Omnibus Volume 2 HC, $150.00
Batman One Bad Day Two-Face #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Javier Fernandez), $7.99
Batman One Bad Day Two-Face #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Jim Lee), $7.99
Batman One Bad Day Two-Face #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Stanley Artgerm Lau), AR
Batman One Bad Day Two-Face #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Christian Ward), AR
Batman One Bad Day Two-Face #1 (One Shot)(Cover E Brian Bolland), AR
Batman One Bad Day Two-Face #1 (One Shot)(Cover F Giuseppe Camuncoli Premium Variant), $7.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #7 (Cover A Dan Mora), $3.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #7 (Cover B Joshua Middleton Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #7 (Cover C Pete Woods Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Superman World’s Finest #7 (Cover D Todd Nauck Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Superman World’s Finest #7 (Cover F Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #7 (Cover G Dan Mora Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman The Knight #9 (Of 10)(Cover A Carmine Di Giandomenico), $4.99
Batman The Knight #9 (Of 10)(Cover B Riccardo Federici Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Black Adam #4 (Cover A Irvin Rodriguez), $3.99
Black Adam #4 (Cover B Rafa Sandoval Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Black Adam #4 (Cover C Taurin Clarke Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Black Adam #4 (Cover D Pamela Hoogeboom Punk Rock Tablet Card Stock Variant), AR
Black Adam The Dark Age TP (New Edition), $16.99
Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes Volume 1 TP, $29.99
Catwoman #47 (Cover A Jeff Dekal), $3.99
Catwoman #47 (Cover B Sozomaika Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman #47 (Cover C Tula Lotay Card Stock Variant), AR
Dark Crisis Young Justice #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Max Dunbar), $3.99
Dark Crisis Young Justice #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Sergio Acuna Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Dark Knights Of Steel Volume 1 HC, $24.99
DC Vs Vampires All-Out War #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Alan Quah), $3.99
DC Vs Vampires All-Out War #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Vs Vampires All-Out War #3 (Of 6)(Cover C James Stokoe Card Stock Variant), AR
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #2 (Of 8)(Cover A Howard Porter), $3.99
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #2 (Of 8)(Cover B Kael Ngu Acetate Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #2 (Of 8)(Cover C Dan Mora Homage Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #2 (Of 8)(Cover D Francesco Mattina Card Stock Variant), AR
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #2 (Of 8)(Cover E Sun Khamunaki Card Stock Variant), AR
Duo #5 (Cover A Dike Ruan), $3.99
Duo #5 (Cover B Cathy Kwan Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Fables #155 (Of 162)(Cover A Qistina Khalidah), $3.99
Fables #155 (Of 162)(Cover B Mark Buckingham Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Flash #786 (Cover A Taurin Clarke)(Dark Crisis), $3.99
Flash #786 (Cover B George Kambadais Card Stock Variant)(Dark Crisis), $4.99
Flash #786 (Cover C Kim Jacinto Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant)(Dark Crisis), $4.99
Flash #786 (Cover D Daniel Sampere & Alejandro Sanchez Card Stock Variant)(Dark Crisis), AR
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Amanda Conner), $9.99
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover B J. Scott Campbell), $9.99
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Stanley Artgerm Lau), $9.99
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Jerome Opena), $9.99
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover E Bruce Timm), $9.99
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover F Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson), $9.99
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover G Lee Bermejo), $9.99
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover H Stjepan Sejic), $9.99
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover I Adam Hughes), $9.99
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover J Amanda Conner), AR
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover K Stanley Artgerm Lau Foil Variant), AR
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover L Adam Hughes Foil Variant), AR
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover M Frank Cho), $9.99
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover N Frank Chow Glow In The Dark Variant), $9.99
Harley Quinn And The Gotham City Sirens Omnibus HC (2022 Edition), $100.00
I Am Batman #13 (Cover C Georges Jeanty Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Jurassic League #5 (Of 6)(Cover C Dan Mora Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Looney Tunes #268, $2.99
Nightwing #96 (Cover A Bruno Redondo), $3.99
Nightwing #96 (Cover B Jamal Campbell Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nightwing #96 (Cover C Alan Quah Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nightwing #96 (Cover D Sergio Acuna Card Stock Variant), AR
Robin Volume 2 I Am Robin TP, $19.99
Titans United Bloodpact #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Eddy Barrows), $3.99
Titans United Bloodpact #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Titans United Bloodpact #1 (Of 6)(Cover C Jorge Molina Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Titans United Bloodpact #1 (Of 6)(Cover D Taurin Clarke Card Stock Variant), AR
Titans United Bloodpact #1 (Of 6)(Cover E Stephen Byrne Card Stock Variant), AR
War For Earth-3 TP, $16.99
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Friday, September 16, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: THE MAGIC ORDER 2 #3
THE MAGIC ORDER 2 #3 (OF 6)
IMAGE COMICS/Netflix
STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Stuart Immonen
COLORS: Sunny Gho and David Curiel
LETTERS: Clem Robins
COVER: Stuart Immonen
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Stuart Immonen; Jason Shawn Alexander
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (December 2021)
Rated M / Mature
The Magic Order created by Mark Millar at Netflix
The Magic Order was a six-issue comic book miniseries written by Mark Millar and drawn by Olivier Coipel. Published in 2018-19, The Magic Order focused on the sorcerers, magicians, and wizards that protect humanity from darkness and from monsters of impossible sizes.
A second six-issue miniseries, The Magic Order 2, has arrived. It is written by Mark Millar; drawn by Stuart Immonen; colored by Sunny Gho and David Curiel; and lettered by Clem Robins. The new series focuses on a magical turf war between The Magic Order and a group of Eastern European warlocks whose ancestors the Order once banished.
The Magic Order 2 #3 opens in Romania, one thousand years ago. The first of the Moonstones leads a band of wizards from the thirteen corners of the Earth against the dark wizard, Soren Korne. Their victory against him – a twist of fate involving a creature known as “Othoul-Endu” – changed the world for humanity. The Magic Order was born, and it made the bad things go away.
Back in the present, Korne's descendant, Victor, has gathered his forces, and they are making their move to retrieve the pieces of the Stone of Thoth, a talisman from ancient Egypt that summons anything from space, time, and beyond. Standing in their way is The Magic Order … and standing in the way of the Order is one of their own, the troubled wizard, Francis King!
THE LOWDOWN: In the wake of the Black Wedding, as seen in The Magic Order 2 #2, I was ready to go deeper into the sequel to my favorite Mark Millar written, creator-owned comic book, The Magic Order. Of course, this third issue does not disappoint.
One of the many things that Millar does supremely well as a comic book writer is make his characters, the good, the bad, and the depraved, engaging. It is one thing to fashion personalities for fictional characters that are the good guys. It is quite another to make even the most despicable villains have motivations that feel genuine to the readers – even if those motivations are … also despicable.
If The Magic Order is really like a blend of Harry Potter with a Martin Scorsese mob film, the series needs comic book artists whose storytelling chops are strong enough to make The Magic Order more than that. Here, there are dark arts families that are as ruthless as a mob family, and the magic is as big as anything found in Harry Potter media.
What Stuart Immonen brings to this mix is power and scope. Whatever he presents on the page, he imbues with the sense that there is more. He makes the masters of the dark arts characters malevolent and malignant rather than simply being evil. And what about the struggle of the heroes? Well, it's worse than it looks. The good guys may be powerful, but Immonen depicts that struggles and troubles as ever bigger. I've been reading comic books so long, and Lord, it is good to know that there are still artists that can grab my imagination and sweep the cynicism and cobwebs away.
Seriously, what Millar and Immonen are delivering in The Magic Order 2 would scare mobsters and make boy wizards pee their pants. If you aren't reading The Magic Order 2, dear readers, your pull list is out of order. And you don't need to be a wizard to fix this pitiful situation.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Mark Millar and of The Magic Order will want to read The Magic Order 2.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Thursday, September 15, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: ARCHIE & FRIENDS: Thrills and Chills #1
ARCHIE & FRIENDS: THRILLS & CHILLS #1
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS, INC.
STORY: J. Torres; Tom DeFalco; Frank Doyle; Mike Pellowski
PENCILS: Rex Lindsey; Pat & Tim Kennedy; Dan DeCarlo
INKS: Rex Lindsey; Bob Smith; Rudy Lapick; Jon D'Agostino
COLORS: Glenn Whitmore; Digikore Studios; Barry Grossman
LETTERS: Rex Lindsey; Jack Morelli; Bill Yoshida
EDITORS: Jamie Lee Rotante; Vincent Lovallo; Stephen Oswald
EiC: Mike Pellerito
COVER: Dan Parent with Rosario “Tito” Peña
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (October 2022)
Rating: All-Ages
Eternal high school student and teenage boy, Archie Andrews, and his friends made their debut in M.L.J. Magazines' Pep Comics #22 (cover dated: December 1941), and before long, Archie was the publisher's headliner character. In 1946, the company changed its named to Archie Comic Publications, also known as “Archie Comics.”
In 1992, Archie Comics began publishing the title Archie & Friends, and it would run for 159 issues, ceasing publication in 2012. Since 2019, Archie has published a number of single-issue Archie & Friends titles built around a theme, such as Archie & Friends: Beach Party, Archie & Friends: Fall Festival, and Archie & Friends: Superheroes.
Archie & Friends: Thrills & Chills #1 is the newest Archie & Friends themed release and is issue #14 in the series. Described by Archie Comics as a “collection of thrill rides, exciting adventures, and odd occurrences,” Thrills & Chills #1 contains four stories – one new story and three reprints.
“Return to Mirrordale” is the opening story. It is written by J. Torres; drawn and lettered by Rex Lindsey; colored by Glenn Whitmore. Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Reggie are visiting a local carnival when Archie starts acting strangely. It seems that he is very frightened of the “House of Mirrors,” but the others insist on going inside even if Archie won't. Soon, Betty, Veronica, and Reggie will discover the absolute weirdness of the mirrors inside.
THE LOWDOWN: The current Archie & Friends series presents art and stories in the classic Archie Comics style. Archie & Friends: Thrills & Chills #1 even includes a “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” story (“Carnival Capers”) that is drawn by the progenitor of the classic Archie Comics house style, the late Dan DeCarlo (1919-2001).
In fact, the theme of the four stories in Archie & Friends: Thrills & Chills #1 is wacky fun at the carnival. The lead and new story for this issue, “Return to Mirrordale” is a delight and could have been longer than its five pages in length, which does leave it with untapped potential. This story is also a sequel of sorts to “Welcome to Mirrordale,” a story about an alternate dimension that appeared in Archie #647. I hope that the creative team of Return to Mirrordale,” J. Torres and Rex Lindsey (or another team), return to “Mirrordale” at some point in the future.
Dear readers, I have to be honest. I have enjoyed what little of the modern Archie Comics that I have read, but I grew up on classic-style Archie Comics. Thus, I will always recommend such Archie titles, so I am giving Archie & Friends: Thrills & Chills #1 a hearty recommendation.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of classic-style Archie Comics will want to find a copy of Archie & Friends: Thrills & Chills #1 and copies of other Archie & Friends comic books.
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: CHAOS CAMPUS #42
APPROBATION COMICS
STORY: B. Alex Thompson
ART: Ricardo Mendez
COLORS: Alivon Ortiz
LETTERS: Krugos
POST-SCRIPTING/POLISH: John P. Ward
EDITOR: B. Alex Thompson
MISC: Ricardo Mendez with Alivon Ortiz
COVER: Ricardo Mendez with Alivon Ortiz
28pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (2019)
Rated: Teen 13+
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies created by B. Alex Thompson
“Convocation”
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies is the long-running zombie apocalypse comic book series from Approbation Comics. Mixing in elements of comedy, horror, adventure, and magic, it is the creation of B. Alex Thompson. The series is set during a zombie invasion and follows the adventures of three members of the sorority, Epsilon Alpha Zeta Upsilon (EAZY): ass-kickin’ Jamie Lynn Schaffer, brainy and magic-wielding Paige Helena Patton, and sexy goddess-type Brittany Ann Miller. The series is written by Thompson. It is currently drawn by Ricardo Mendez; colored by Alivon Ortiz; and lettered by Krugos.
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies #42 (“Convocation”) opens on the “Campus” in the wake of the events of “Commencement.” Tyler Patton interrogates the recently captured Mitzy Peterson about the actions of Dr. Lucian Campbell – still alive and still plotting to bring Skull Drudgery to this dimension.
Then, there is a gathering of the round table of the Campus' leadership, which includes the EAZY girls, of course. Tempers flare, but Tyler forms an action team that will leave the campus in order to battle a new squad of alternate dimensional versions of themselves. Called “The Alts,” they are led by Roger Sinclair and include alternate versions of Marco Aguilar, Janisha Johnson, Karen Kim, Katie Parker, and Billy Baker. But can Tyler and his team: Damien, Sanee, Dylan, and Mikhail, stop a group that doesn't plan on leaving until they have this world's version of Paige – so that they can killer her?
And Dylan plots to save Marco...
THE LOWDOWN: Yes, dear readers, we are continuing toward the conclusion of the Chaos Campus comic book series. Every time I read an issue of this genre-busting series, however, I get deeper into the denial that the end is near.
Chaos Campus #42 continues a run of exceptionally good issues of this series. With each issue, writer B. Alex Thompson offers what amounts to a graphic novel's worth of narrative. Here, twenty-eight pages reads like one of those 64 page annuals or paperback graphic novels from the 1980s and 90s. Thompson makes each issue feel like an entire story arc of imaginative storytelling, and by the end, I honestly want more of his wonderful characters and their machinations.
Ricardo Mendez has already cemented his place as Chaos Campus' signature artist. He has made Chaos Campus as much a character drama as it is a multiverse of zombie adventure. Alivon Ortiz's colors sparkle and bring a vividness to this world. Of course, Krugos' lettering completes the storytelling with a thumping soundtrack.
So, dear readers, it is easy to join the Chaos Campus fun. I have placed a link where you can order issues at the bottom of this review – just for you.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of zombies, video games, and of horror-comedies will want to try Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies.
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★★★★+ out of 4 stars
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: THE ARMY OF DARKNESS 1979 #1
THE ARMY OF DARKNESS 1979 VOLUME 1 #1
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: Rodney Barnes
ART: Tom Garcia
COLORS: Dinei Ribero
LETTERS: Troy Peteri
EDITOR: Joe Rybandt
COVER: Jason Shawn Alexander
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Arthur Suydam; Junggeun Yoon; Stuart Sayger; Jason Shawn Alexander
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (August 2021)
Rated Teen+
Army of Darkness is a 1992 comic horror film and the third film in the Evil Dead film franchise. The film focuses on the series' lead character, Ash Williams (portrayed by actor Bruce Campbell), as he is trapped in the Middle Ages and battling an army of undead warriors.
In 1992, Dark Horse Comics released a three-issue adaptation of Army of Darkness, and in 2004, Dynamite Entertainment acquired the rights to produce comics based on the Army of Darkness film, featuring Ash as the main character.
The most recent Army of Darkness comic book in the Dynamite catalog is The Army of Darkness 1979. It is written by Rodney Barnes; drawn by Tom Garcia; colored by Dinei Ribero; and lettered by Troy Peteri. In the new series, Ash Williams finds himself fighting his usual adversaries, the Deadites and the Necronomicon, in the late 1970s.
The Army of Darkness 1979 Volume 1 #1 opens in the South Bronx, circa late 1970s. Several gangs, including The Half Deads, The Dominos, The Vikings, and The Mechanics, have called a truce in order to gather for a meeting. Ace of the Dominos has a grand plan, and it is that the gangs should consolidate their numbers in order to rule the streets of New York City. However, there is a new gang, “The Warlocks,” and they've decided that they can rule these streets by themselves.
Meanwhile, in Washington State, 2021: Ash Williams is starting a new life in the hopes that he can retire and settle down – no more Necronomicon and no more Deadites. One suddenly-appearing time portal, and Ash finds his ass in New York... circa 1970s.
THE LOWDOWN: Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department recently began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. One of them is The Army of Darkness 1979 Volume 1 #1, which is the first Army of Darkness comic book I have read since I read the Dark Horse series decades ago.
I am a fan of The Army of Darkness 1979 Volume 1 writer, Rodney Barnes, because of his 2017-18 Falcon comic book for Marvel, where he also produced a Star Wars comic book, Lando, about the early years of everyone's favorite casino/star hustler, Lando Calrissian. Of course, I am only one of a growing legion of devotees of Barnes' apocalyptic vampire comic book series, Killadelphia (Image Comics), which he produces with artist Jason Shawn Alexander, who is also the lead cover artist on The Army of Darkness 1979 Volume 1.
The Army of Darkness 1979 Volume 1 #1 is an intriguing first issue simply for the fact that Barnes introduces a bad ass group of villains, the Warlocks. Anytime, a writer can introduce evil into the world of Army of Darkness, evil that is as fearsome as the Necronomicon and the Deadites, readers are in for some Ash-kicking fun.
Artist Tom Garcia's illustrations are wild and unkempt, which serves the innate craziness of Ash and Army of Darkness. Dinei Ribero's trippy colors give the Deadites a maniacally homicidal glow that is perfect … for them, of course. So I'm interested to see where the creative team is taking us as well follow a man with a chainsaw for his right hand.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Army of Darkness comic books and of the franchise, in general, will want to read The Army of Darkness 1979.
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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