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Monday, September 26, 2022
Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 28, 2022
IDW Publishing from Diamond Distributors for September 28, 2022
Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 28, 2022
Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for September 28, 2022
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DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for September 27, 2022
Action Comics #1047 (Cover A Steve Beach), $4.99
Action Comics #1047 (Cover B Nathan Szerdy Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1047 (Cover C Lesley Leirix Li Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1047 (Cover D Lucio Parrillo Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Beyond The White Knight #5 (Of 8)(Cover A Sean Murphy), $4.99
Batman Beyond The White Knight #5 (Of 8)(Cover B J. Scott Campbell), $4.99
Batman Beyond The White Knight #5 (Of 8)(Cover C Sean Murphy), AR
Batman Curse Of The White Knight Deluxe Edition HC, $49.99
Batman Fortress #5 (Of 8)(Cover A Darick Robertson), $3.99
Batman Fortress #5 (Of 8)(Cover B Kamome Shirahama Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman One Bad Day The Riddler #1 (One Shot)(2nd Printing Cover A Giuseppe Camuncoli), $7.99
Batman One Bad Day The Riddler #1 (One Shot)(2nd Printing Cover B Mitch Gerads Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman The Audio Adventures #1 (Of 7)(Cover A Dave Johnson), $3.99
Batman The Audio Adventures #1 (Of 7)(Cover B Michael Allred Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman The Audio Adventures #1 (Of 7)(Cover C Anthony Marques & J. Bone Card Stock Variant), AR
Black Adam JSA Black Reign TP (New Edition), $16.99
Black Adam Rise And Fall Of An Empire TP, $34.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Dexter Soy), $3.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Caanan White Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #5 (Of 6)(Cover C Jorge Corona Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Blue And Gold TP, $19.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #1 (Of 7)(3rd Printing Cover A Daniel Sampere), $5.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #2 (Of 7)(3rd Printing Cover A Daniel Sampere), $4.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #3 (Of 7)(3rd Printing Cover A Daniel Sampere), $4.99
DC Connect #29, AR
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Gary Frank), $3.99
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Francesco Francavilla Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover C Frank Quitely Duffle Bag Gore Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover D Charlie Adlard Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover E Chris Mooneyham Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover F Pia Guerra Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Mech #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Baldemar Rivas), $3.99
DC Mech #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Mech #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Ricardo Lopez Ortiz Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Mech #3 (Of 6)(Cover D Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Vs Vampires #9 (Of 12)(Cover A Guillem March), $3.99
DC Vs Vampires #9 (Of 12)(Cover B Nathan Szerdy Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Vs Vampires #9 (Of 12)(Cover C David Baldeon Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Vs. Vampires Volume 1 HC, $24.99
Deadman Tells The Spooky Tales TP, $9.99
Deathstroke Inc. #13 (Cover A Mikel Janin), $3.99
Deathstroke Inc. #13 (Cover B Dexter Soy Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Deathstroke Inc. #13 (Cover C Ivan Tao Card Stock Variant), AR
Detective Comics #1064 (Cover A Evan Cagle), $4.99
Detective Comics #1064 (Cover B J.H. Williams III Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1064 (Cover C Jay Anacleto Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1064 (Cover D Martin Simmonds Card Stock Variant), AR
Detective Comics #1064 (Cover E J.H. Williams III Ink Card Stock Variant), AR
Future State Gotham Volume 2 The Next Joker TP, $16.99
Harley Quinn #22 (Cover A Matteo Lolli), $3.99
Harley Quinn #22 (Cover B Stjepan Sejic Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #22 (Cover C Natali Sanders Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #22 (Cover D Ryan Sook Harley Quinn Homage Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #22 (Cover E David Baldeon Card Stock Variant), AR
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover N Frank Chow Glow In The Dark Variant), $9.99
Human Target #7 (Of 12)(Cover A Greg Smallwood), $4.99
Human Target #7 (Of 12)(Cover B Stanley Artgerm Lau), $4.99
Human Target #7 (Of 12)(Cover C Francesco Mattina), AR
Human Target Volume 1 HC, $29.99
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
Justice League Vs The Legion Of Super-Heroes #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Scott Godlewski), $3.99
Justice League Vs The Legion Of Super-Heroes #6 (Of 6)(Cover B Travis Moore Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nice House On The Lake #10 (Of 12)(Cover A Alvaro Martinez Bueno), $3.99
Nice House On The Lake #10 (Of 12)(Cover B Alison Sampson Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Poison Ivy #4 (Of 6)(Cover C Sozomaika Card Stock Variant)(Corrected Printing), $4.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #6 (Cover A Reiko Murakami), $3.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #6 (Cover B Maria Llovet Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #6 (Cover C Colleen Doran Card Stock Variant), AR
Superman Space Age #2 (Of 3)(Cover A Michael Allred), $9.99
Superman Space Age #2 (Of 3)(Cover B Dave Johnson), $9.99
Superman Space Age #2 (Of 3)(Cover C Nick Derington), AR
Task Force Z #12 (Of 12)(Cover A Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira), $3.99
Task Force Z #12 (Of 12)(Cover B Jim Cheung Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Task Force Z #12 (Of 12)(Cover C Chris Batista Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Task Force Z #12 (Of 12)(Cover D Travis Mercer Card Stock Variant), AR
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover A Ricardo Lopez Ortiz), $3.99
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover B Jorge Jimenez One Year Later Era Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover C David Baldeon Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover D Sweeney Boo Debut Era Card Stock Variant), AR
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover E Dan Mora Young Justice Era Card Stock Variant), AR
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover F Jamal Campbell Teen Titans Era Card Stock Variant), AR
Titans United TP, $19.99
Young Justice Targets #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Christopher Jones), $3.99
Young Justice Targets #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Meghan Hetrick Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Young Justice Targets #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Adrian Gutierrez Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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Friday, September 23, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: NOCTERRA #6
NOCTERRA #6
IMAGE COMICS/Best Jacket Press
STORY: Scott Snyder
ART: Tony S. Daniel
COLORS: Tomeu Morey
LETTERS: Andworld Design
EDITOR: Will Dennis
COVER: Tony S. Daniel with Tomeu Morey
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Emanuela Lupacchino with Dave McCaig; Tony S. Daniel and Marcelo Maiolo
28pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (August 2021)
Rated “M/ Mature”
“Full Throttle Dark” Part Six
Nocterra is a horror and science fiction comic book series from writer Scott Snyder and artist Tony S. Daniel. Published by Image Comics, Nocterra is set on an Earth that has been experiencing an everlasting night, the “Big PM,” since the sky went dark and the world was plunged into an everlasting night over a decade ago. Colorist Tomeu Morey and letterer Andworld Design complete the series' creative team.
In Nocterra, any living organisms left unlit in the dark for more than 10 hours start undergoing a biological transformation. Soon, the living turn into monstrous versions of themselves, becoming something called a “Shade.”
Valentina “Val” Riggs – call sign “Sundog,” – was in the fifth grade the day the “Big PM” occurred. Thirteen years later (“13 PM”), Val drives a big rig hauler, a heavily-illuminated 18-wheeler known as the “Sundog Convoy.” A skilled “ferryman” Val transports people and goods along deadly unlit roads between the few remaining human outposts, and now she has her most dangerous haul – Bailey, a girl with a dangerous secret and her brother, Emory “Em” Riggs, who is becoming a Shade.
As Nocterra #6 opens, Val is back in those early days of sanctuary, when she saw the true killing ability of the “Smudges,” the name for a human Shade. Val has found safety in the mysterious Sanctuary, having brought Bailey to Tiberius McCray, the leader of Sanctuary and the brother of her grandfather, Augustus McCray.
Now, however, the calm has given way to the storm, and Val is surrounded by shocking revelations. She must prepare for both battle and for survival afterwards for herself, Bailey, and Emory. Can she see past the darkness into the light?
THE LOWDOWN: As I have written in some of my earlier reviews of Nocterra, I enjoy writer Scott Snyder's creator-owned series. I have also told you, dear readers, that I am usually happy to read a comic book drawn by Tony S. Daniels, going back to his early days writing and drawing creator-owned titles at Image, such as The Tenth. Nocterra has justified my devotion, and this sixth issue ends the series' first story arc with a tremendous payoff for readers who stuck around after the first issue.
Like issue #5, Nocterra #6 gets all thematic, and like the fifth issue, the sixth is the best of the series. This new issue expands the world of Nocterra in one fell swoop, and the potential for this narrative's long haul excites me with the possibility of new places and so many new dangers.
I don't want to spoil anything, but Snyder, Tony Daniel, Tomeu Morey, and Andworld Design are doing some of their best work as a killer creative team of this amazing title. Science fiction, dark fantasy, horror, family drama, action: Nocterra is terribly good, dear readers, equally exiting and mysterious, at all times. The trade collection for the first arc arrives in October, so take that chance to start at the beginning and then, run on up to catch up with us, the regulars of Nocterra.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel will want to sample Nocterra.
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Thursday, September 22, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: KING SPAWN #2
KING SPAWN #2
IMAGE COMICS
STORY: Sean Lewis with Todd McFarlane (additional dialogue)
PENCILS: Javi Fernandez
COLORS: FCO Plascencia
LETTERS: Andworld Design
EDITOR: Thomas Healy
COVER: Don Aguillo
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Todd McFarlane with FCO Plascencia; Javi Fernandez
56pp, Color, $5.99 U.S. (September 2021)
Rated: “T/ Teen”
Spawn created by Todd McFarlane
Spawn is a superhero/antihero character that stars in the long-running comic book series, Spawn. Created by writer-artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1 (cover dated: May 1992).
Spawn was Albert Francis “Al” Simmons. A career military man who becomes a highly capable assassin and dies a violent death. He makes a deal with the devil, Malebolgia, in order to return to the living realm to see his wife one last time. However, Al returns with almost no memories accept that his name is Al Simmons, and he learns that he is now a “Hellspawn” in service of Malebolgia. Rebelling, Al Simmons, now “Spawn,” finds a new purpose in stopping evil.
Back in February (2021), Todd McFarlane announced his plans to build a larger, multi-character, interconnected, comic book universe based around his Spawn comic book – a “Spawn Universe.” McFarlane also announced four new comic book titles coming out in 2021, with three of them continuing as regular monthly titles. The first of the three titles, King Spawn, has arrived.
King Spawn is written by Sean Lewis with Todd McFarlane; drawn by Javi Fernandez; colored by FCO Plascencia; lettered by Andworld Design. King Spawn finds Spawn battling one of his old adversaries, but it is someone only Spawn knows that exists. And that someone want to make Spawn a king.
King Spawn #2 opens in the wake of a bombing at an elementary school in Seattle, Washington. The bombing killed sixteen people, including fourteen children, aged five and six years old. An underground religious group, “Psalms 137,” seem to be the culprits behind this attack, but what do they really want – beyond killing more children or “innocents?”
Al Simmons is filled with rage because he knows that someone is slaughtering children in order to draw Spawn out into the open. He is so angry that he even calls upon a former friend to help him, but he does not want his current crew helping him, which includes Jessica Priest, the newly minted “She-Spawn.” However, there is an even darker reunion afoot. One of Spawn earliest and most despicable adversaries returns, as a showdown in Washington, D.C. looms.
THE LOWDOWN: I mentioned in my review of the first issue of King Spawn that I read Spawn #1 back in 1992, and while I had mixed feelings about it, I found myself following the series. I was a dedicated reader and followed the series for another five or six years.
King Spawn #1 was the first time I read a Spawn first issue since I read Curse of the Spawn #1 back in 1996. I guess I was waiting for the return of the king because after reading this second issue, I can say that King Spawn is fucking awesome. Hell, no! I'm not going to use the phrase, “freaking awesome,” when I know that King Spawn is “fucking awesome.” Bitch, please! dear readers. I'm keeping it real for your hard earned money.
Writer Sean Lewis has taken the inspired madness and crazy potential of those early years of the original Spawn and used that to turn King Spawn into a must-read. Lewis' script for the second issue has taken Al Simmons from one angry man to one crazily vengeful man. Lewis has also made Spawn something like the best of Frank Miller's Batman of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and of Steven Grant's The Punisher of the 1980s.
I love Javi Fernandez's art. His graphical storytelling shares a sensibility with McFarlane's, which was more dark fantasy than vigilante fiction. Fernandez's balances his art with both a clear-line style and with heavy textures, which makes for a fuller and richer story. The darkness and the violent action explode off the page, but the character drama is equally forceful.
FCO Plascencia's Hell-spawned hues allow the story to operate under multiple moods and atmospheres which convey the shifting realities of the story. Meanwhile Andworld Design's quiet lettering imparts the action and drama with a steady beat that carries the imagination through this narrative.
I heartily recommend King Spawn. It has activated me to find my way back to the original Spawn series and to prepare for the upcoming new Spawn titles.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Spawn will want to read King Spawn.
[This comic book includes “Spawning Ground” Presents “The Breakdown,” which features an interview with Javi Fernandez.]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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