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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

AUG221835 A GUARDIAN #1 (MR) $3.99

AUG221229 ABSOLUTION #4 (OF 5) (MR) $3.99

JUL221776 ACTION JOURNALISM #2 CVR A FELVIDEKI $3.99

JUL221777 ACTION JOURNALISM #2 CVR B SARIN $3.99

AUG221819 AL DENTE ONE SHOT (MR) $6.99

AUG221622 ALIENGAGED #2 (MR) $5.00

JUL221751 ALLEY OOP AND CHIEF BIGHORN GN VOL 5 (C: 0-1-1) $19.99

AUG221647 ALLEY OOP AND HAN SINS KITE (C: 0-1-1) $19.99

APR222127 ANCIENT MAGUS BRIDE GN VOL 16 (C: 0-1-1) $12.99

AUG221174 ARCHIE GIANT COMICS FLASH TP (C: 0-1-0) $10.99

AUG221321 ART OF HELLWITCH VS LADY DEATH WARGASM #1 PREMIERE ED (MR) $9.99

MAR228978 BAKEMONOGATARI GN VOL 16 (C: 0-1-1) $12.95

JUL222077 BARBARIC AXE TO GRIND #3 CVR A GOODEN $4.99

JUL222078 BARBARIC AXE TO GRIND #3 CVR B HOWELL $4.99

AUG221513 BEETHOVEN A STAND FOR FREEDOM TP (MR) (C: 0-1-2) $22.99

JUL222203 BEHEMOTH S RANKED MONSTER CAT ELF GIRL PET GN VOL 05 (MR) (C $13.00

JUL221785 BILL & TED ROLL DICE #4 CVR A KETNER $4.99

JUL221786 BILL & TED ROLL DICE #4 CVR B PHOTO $4.99

JUL221754 BLACK MANS GUIDE TO GETTING PULLED OVER (MR) (C: 0-1-0) $4.95

AUG222060 BLACK PARADOX GN (MR) (C: 0-1-2) $19.99

AUG221683 BLINK #4 CVR A SHERMAN $3.99

AUG221684 BLINK #4 CVR B KANGAS $3.99

AUG221943 BLOODSHOT UNLEASHED #2 CVR A DAVIS-HUNT (MR) $3.99

AUG221944 BLOODSHOT UNLEASHED #2 CVR B RIFKIN (MR) $3.99

AUG221945 BLOODSHOT UNLEASHED #2 CVR C GARNER (MR) $3.99

AUG221946 BLOODSHOT UNLEASHED #2 CVR D ACTION FIGURE (MR) $3.99

AUG221947 BLOODSHOT UNLEASHED #2 CVR E PREORDER BUNDLE ED (MR) $3.99

AUG221239 BLUE BARON #3 PERIL OF PROFESSOR WRATH $3.99

MAY222036 BLUE LOCK GN VOL 03 (C: 1-1-1) $12.99

AUG221032 BOOGYMAN #2 CVR A DJET (MR) $3.99

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AUG221034 BOOGYMAN #2 CVR C NIETO (MR) $3.99

AUG221836 CAFFEINATED HEARTS (ONE SHOT) (MR) $3.99

AUG221142 CAT NINJA GN VOL 04 WELCOME TO THE BURBS (C: 0-1-0) $12.99

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AUG221608 CHOPPING BLOCK #1 CVR A HEROLD COLOR ATTIC $4.99

AUG221609 CHOPPING BLOCK #1 CVR B HEROLD SWINGIN MOTHER $4.99

AUG221610 CHOPPING BLOCK #1 CVR C BLANK SKETCH $9.99

AUG221049 CIH PRESENTS HELL O DALI ONE SHOT $4.00

AUG221692 CRADLE OF FILTH #4 CVR A HETRICK $6.66

AUG221201 CRASH & TROY #3 (OF 4) $3.99

JUL221438 CREEPY GN (C: 0-1-2) $16.95

JUL221775 CRUMRIN CHRONICLES TP VOL 02 $14.99

JUL221792 CRYSTAL PLANET #4 (OF 5) CVR A HERNANDEZ $4.99

JUN222145 DETECTIVE IS ALREADY DEAD GN VOL 03 (C: 0-1-2) $13.00

JUL221476 DF DETECTIVE COMICS #27 CGC GRADED (C: 0-1-2) $83.00

MAR228979 DISSOLVING CLASSROOM COLL ED HC (MR) (C: 0-1-1) $24.95

JUL221356 DJINN HUNTER TP $19.99

AUG221846 DOCTOR RIGBY WHERE DWELLS GHOSTLY BARON (ONE SHOT) (MR) $4.99

AUG221146 DPS ONLY GN (C: 0-1-0) $18.99

AUG221629 DRAGON KINGDOM OF WRENLY HC GN VOL 08 SHATTERED SHORE (C: 0- $19.99

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JUL221798 ETERNAL DESCENT #1 CVR A HETRICK $4.99

AUG221591 FREAKS & GODS VOL 2 #3 DYNAMIC RETURN $4.99

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AUG221821 FRUITING BODIES ONE SHOT (MR) $9.99

AUG221454 GLAM PRIX RACERS FAST TO FINISH GN (C: 0-1-0) $14.99

AUG222000 GRIMM FAIRY TALES #65 CVR A VITORINO $3.99

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AUG221992 GRIMM UNIVERSE QUARTERLY HALLOWEEN CVR A ORTIZ $8.99

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AUG221994 GRIMM UNIVERSE QUARTERLY HALLOWEEN CVR C ROYLE $8.99

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AUG221240 HEADHUNTER #1 $3.99

AUG221709 HELLOWEEN #1 (OF 3) CVR A CASAS $6.66

AUG221322 HELLWITCH VS LADY DEATH WARGASM #1 (OF 2) BLACK & WHITE ED ( $15.00

JUL221755 HENRY AND GLENN FOREVER & EVER RIDICULOUSLY COMPLETE ED (MR) $19.95

AUG221458 HISTORY COMICS GN TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD (C: 0-1-0) $12.99

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AUG221419 HOME TO STAY COMPLETE RAY BRADBURY EC STORIES HC (C: 0-1-2) $75.00

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AUG221490 I SURVIVED HURRICANE KATRINA 2005 GN VOL 06 (C: 0-1-0) $10.99

JUN221706 IN THE SHADOW OF THE THRONE OGN (C: 0-1-1) $14.99

AUG221851 JOHN CARPENTERS TALES OF SCIFI INTERFERENCE PATTERN #4 (MR) $3.99

JUL221439 JOY OF QUITTING TP (MR) (C: 0-1-2) $24.95

AUG221094 JUSTICE WARRIORS #5 CVR A CLARKSON (MR) $4.99

AUG221323 LADY DEATH CATACLYSMIC MAJESTY #2 (OF 2) RAW ED (MR) $25.00

AUG221324 LADY DEATH MALEVOLENT DECIMATION #2 (OF 2) WONDER DEATH DAMA $25.00

AUG221325 LADY DEATH SACRIFICIAL ANNIHILATION #1 (OF 2) CAPT DEATH 100 $25.00

JUL229203 LAST GENDER GN VOL 01 (MR) (C: 0-1-1) $12.95

AUG221056 LAST MECHANICAL MONSTER GN (RES) (C: 0-1-1) $24.99

AUG221804 LOCUST BALLAD OF MEN #3 $4.99

AUG221822 LOUDEST & SMARTEST GN (MR) $29.99

AUG221026 LOVECRAFT UNKNOWN KADATH #2 CVR A SALOMON (MR) $3.99

AUG221027 LOVECRAFT UNKNOWN KADATH #2 CVR B GOMEZ (MR) $3.99

AUG221028 LOVECRAFT UNKNOWN KADATH #2 CVR C MOY R (MR) $3.99

JUN221542 MACANUDO WELCOME TO ELSEWHERE HC (C: 0-1-2) $24.99

SEP222291 MAN AND HIS CAT GN VOL 07 (C: 0-1-1) $14.99

AUG221805 MEGA CENTURIONS #4 (OF 5) $4.99

JUN221543 MICKEY MOUSE MONSTER OF SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN HC (C: 1-1-2) $29.99

AUG221148 MOCHIS PUGPYHOOD GN (C: 0-1-0) $16.99

MAR228975 MOMO BLOOD TAKER GN VOL 02 (C: 0-1-1) $13.99

MAY221153 MONSTER MEN ISLE OF TERROR #3 (OF 3) CVR A WOLFER $3.99

MAY221154 MONSTER MEN ISLE OF TERROR #3 (OF 3) CVR B LTD ED 300 COPY $9.99

JUL229433 MONSTER MEN ISLE OF TERROR #3 (OF 3) CVR C AM EXC DESIGN ART $6.99

AUG222226 MULTI MIND MAYHEM GN VOL 05 (MR) (C: 0-1-0) $13.95

AUG221149 MUTTS TREASURY TP MUTTS WALKING HOME (C: 0-1-0) $19.99

JUL221846 MY AUNT IS A MONSTER GN (C: 0-1-0) $13.99

JUL229107 NECROMANCE GN VOL 05 (C: 0-1-1) $12.99

AUG221230 NEWTHINK #5 (OF 5) CVR A RAHZAAH (MR) $3.99

AUG221231 NEWTHINK #5 (OF 5) CVR B CONRAD (MR) $3.99

JUL221389 NIGHT VEGAN HC (C: 0-1-2) $19.95

AUG221956 NIGHTFALL DOUBLE FEATURE #1 CVR A HOUSE $7.99

AUG221957 NIGHTFALL DOUBLE FEATURE #1 CVR B SHEHAN DLX ED $9.99

AUG221958 NIGHTFALL DOUBLE FEATURE #1 CVR C ALEXANDER DLX ED $9.99

AUG221841 NOA NOT OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED #3 (OF 3) (MR) $3.99

FEB221470 ONE BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY SIGNED LTD ED HC (MR) (C: 0-1-2) $75.00

MAR228955 OUTBRIDE BEAUTY & BEASTS GN VOL 02 (C: 0-1-1) $14.99

MAR228988 PARALLEL PARADISE GN VOL 11 (MR) (C: 0-1-1) $13.99

FEB221734 PEANUTS & WOODSTOCK IN A BIRCH TREE SC (C: 0-1-2) $7.99

JUL221907 PHILOSOPHER DOG & WEDDING GN (C: 1-1-0) $22.99

AUG221630 PUP DETECTIVES GN VOL 08 BATTLE OF BANDS (C: 0-1-0) $9.99

AUG221631 PUP DETECTIVES HC GN VOL 08 BATTLE OF BANDS (C: 0-1-0) $19.99

JUN221790 RALPH AZHAM GN VOL 02 LAND OF THE BLUE DEMONS $14.99

JUN221791 RALPH AZHAM HC VOL 02 LAND OF THE BLUE DEMONS $19.99

AUG221867 REDMAN #5 (OF 5) CVR A FRANK (MR) $3.99

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MAR228976 REINCARNATED AS A SWORD GN VOL 09 (C: 0-1-1) $12.99

JUN221613 REMNANT TP (C: 0-1-2) $22.99

AUG221169 RETURN OF CHILLING ADV IN SORCERY ONE SHOT CVR A OHTA $3.99

AUG221170 RETURN OF CHILLING ADV IN SORCERY ONE SHOT CVR B FRANCAVILLA $3.99

AUG221665 RICK & MORTY #100 CVR A LITTLE $4.99

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AUG221670 RICK & MORTY #100 CVR F STRESING $4.99

AUG221678 RICK & MORTY CORPORATE ASSETS TP (C: 0-1-2) $19.99

MAR228964 SAKURAI SAN WANTS TO BE NOTICED GN VOL 02 (MR) (C: 0-1-1) $13.99

AUG221870 SARA LONE #1 CVR A MORANCHO (MR) $5.99

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AUG221875 SARA LONE #1 CVR G PIN UP VAR (MR) $5.99

MAR228847 SENSEIS PIOUS LIE GN VOL 04 (MR) (C: 0-1-1) $24.95

MAR228967 SERVAMP GN VOL 17 (C: 0-1-0) $12.99

MAY222065 SHANGRI LA FRONTIER GN VOL 02 (C: 0-1-1) $12.99

APR221803 SHIFT PRESENTS EMPIRE TP (C: 0-1-1) $25.00

AUG221057 SILVER GN VOL 01 OF TREASURES & THIEVES (MR) (C: 0-1-1) $24.99

APR228691 SKYGRAZER GN (MR) (C: 0-1-1) $12.95

JUN221792 SMURF TALES GN VOL 05 GOLDEN TREE & OTHER TALES (C: 0-1-1) $14.99

JUN221793 SMURF TALES HC VOL 05 GOLDEN TREE & OTHER TALES (C: 0-1-1) $22.99

AUG222057 SNOW WHITE WITH RED HAIR GN VOL 21 (C: 0-1-2) $9.99

AUG221195 SOULFIRE CORE #1 CVR A KONAT $3.99

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AUG221877 SPACE LADY #4 (MR) $3.99

AUG221625 SPIRIT WEEK GN (C: 0-1-0) $12.99

AUG221626 SPIRIT WEEK HC GN (C: 0-1-0) $24.99

AUG221192 STAR RUNNER RISING STAR #2 (OF 4) $5.95

JUL221774 TALLI DAUGHTER OF THE MOON TP (C: 0-1-2) $19.99

AUG221291 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #136 (MR) $3.99

AUG221778 THE OUT TP VOL 01 (C: 0-1-2) $25.99

AUG222078 THERMAE ROMAE COMP OMNIBUS HC (C: 0-1-2) $75.00

AUG221481 TIMOTHY DINOMAN SAVES THE CAT GN (C: 0-1-1) $19.99

NOV211106 TOM HOLLANDS FRIGHT NIGHT #2 CVR A MARTINEZ $3.99

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AUG221189 VAMPIRE VERSES LTD SGN ED #3 (OF 12) (MR) $9.99

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JUL221872 VMT GN VOL 01 (OF 3) VAMPIRE MENSTRUAL TENSION (RES) (MR) (C $19.99

JUL221508 WALT DISNEY DONALD DUCK HC GIFT BOX VOL 21 & 28 (C: 1-1-2) $69.99

APR221487 WALT DISNEY DONALD DUCK HC VOL 14 XMAS DUCKBURG (NEW PTG) (C $35.00

MAY222074 WANDANCE GN VOL 03 (C: 1-1-1) $12.99

MAY222075 WELCOME TO BALLROOM GN VOL 11 (RES) (C: 1-1-0) $12.99

AUG221154 WITCHS THRONE GN (C: 0-1-0) $15.99

AUG221178 WORLD OF ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #124 (C: 0-1-1) $8.99

JUL229200 YOKAI CATS GN VOL 01 (C: 0-1-0) $14.99

AUG221190 ZOMBIE TERRORS HALLOWEEN SP CVR A SGN ED $9.99

AUG221191 ZOMBIE TERRORS HALLOWEEN SP CVR B SGN ED $9.99

MAGAZINES

AUG221331 COMIC SHOP NEWS (100CT BUNDLE) #1836 (NET) $PI

AUG221442 DETENTION #2 (C: 0-1-1) $20.00

MAY221808 HOBBY JAPAN AUGUST 2022 #1391 (C: 1-1-2) $20.00

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AUG221633 LOCUS MAGAZINE #741 (C: 0-1-1) $8.99

MAY221809 MEGAMI AUGUST 2022 #192 (C: 1-1-2) $20.00

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AUG221335 MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #48 (C: 0-1-1) $8.99

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JUL228487 STAR WARS INSIDER #214 FOC VAR $9.99

AUG221920 STAR WARS INSIDER #214 NEWSSTAND ED $9.99

AUG221921 STAR WARS INSIDER #214 PX ED $9.99

BOOKS

JUL221522 ALKAME ART OF BRAD KUNKLE HC (C: 0-1-1) $69.95

AUG221979 AMERICAN COMICS A HISTORY SC (C: 0-1-0) $22.50

AUG221619 ART OF TIKI HC (C: 0-1-2) $40.00

MAY228289 DARK SOULS MASQUE OF VINDICATION NOVEL HC (C: 0-1-2) $25.00

AUG222054 DEMON SLAYER KIMETSU NO YAIBA THE FLOWER OF HAPPINESS SC (C: $10.99

AUG221585 DESTINY EXOTIC COLLECTION HC VOL 01 (C: 0-1-0) $34.99

AUG221136 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID HC VOL 17 DIPER OVERLODE (C: 0-1-0) $14.99

AUG221748 DISNEY ANIMATED CLASSICS CINDERELLA HC (C: 0-1-0) $12.99

APR221856 FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST 60 YEARS HC VOL 01 (C: 0-1-2) $24.99

JUL221523 FRANKLIN BOOTH SILENT SYMPHONY SC (C: 0-1-1) $49.95

AUG221792 HARRY POTTER & ORDER OF PHOENIX ILLUSTRATED HC ED (C: 1-1-0) $54.99

AUG221488 HEARTSTOPPER OFFICIAL COLORING BOOK (C: 0-1-0) $15.99

MAR228801 KATANAGATARI SC NOVEL VOL 01 (C: 0-1-1) $19.95

JUL221524 LUPENTE FLESK ARTIST SHOWCASE SC (C: 0-1-1) $39.95

APR221842 MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH HC $29.99

AUG221749 MARVEL BLACK PANTHER DIE CUT HC (C: 0-1-0) $9.99

AUG221053 MARVEL CLASSIC BLACK LIGHT COLLECTIBLE POSTER PORTFOLIO 2 (C $125.00

MAR228851 MUSHOKU TENSEI REINCARNATION NOVEL VOL 18 (MR) (C: 0-1-1) $13.99

APR221332 PHILOSOPHY OF COMICS AN INTRODUCTION SC (C: 0-1-0) $16.95

AUG221882 RISE OF THE DRAGON ILLUS HIST TARGARYEN DYNASTY HC (C: 1-1-1 $60.00

AUG221743 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG OFF COLORING BOOK (C: 0-1-1) $6.99

JUL229194 STRANGE ADVENTURE OF BROKE MERCENARY NOVEL SC VOL 06 (C: 0-1 $14.99

JUL222408 ULTIMATE GUIDE DRAWING MANGA ACTION FURRIES SC (C: 0-1-1) $18.99

JUN222372 UNOFFICIAL STUDIO GHIBLI COOKBOOK 50 DELICIOUS RECIPES HC (R $19.95

JUN222339 VIVY PROTOTYPE L NOVEL VOL 01 (C: 0-1-1) $14.99

MAR228973 WEAKEST TAMER PICK UP TRASH L NOVEL VOL 1 (C: 0-1-1) $14.99

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DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for October 25, 2022

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Action Comics #1048 (Cover A Steve Beach)(Kal-El Returns), $4.99
Action Comics #1048 (Cover B David Lapham Card Stock Variant)(Kal-El Returns), $5.99
Action Comics #1048 (Cover C Ivan Tao Black Adam Movie Card Stock Variant)(Kal-El Returns), $5.99
Action Comics #1048 (Cover D Rafael Sarmento Card Stock Variant)(Kal-El Returns), AR
Action Comics #1048 (Cover E Riccardo Federici Card Stock Variant)(Kal-El Returns), $5.99
American Vampire 1976 TP, $19.99
Batman Beyond The White Knight #6 (Of 8)(Cover A Sean Murphy), $4.99
Batman Beyond The White Knight #6 (Of 8)(Cover B Fiona Staples), $4.99
Batman Beyond The White Knight #6 (Of 8)(Cover C Sean Murphy), AR
Batman Fortress #6 (Of 8)(Cover A Darick Robertson), $3.99
Batman Fortress #6 (Of 8)(Cover B Jorge Molina Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Greg Capullo & Jonathan Glapion), $4.99
Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Yanick Paquette Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #1 (Of 6)(Cover C Jim Lee & Scott Williams Wraparound Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #1 (Of 6)(Cover D Christopher Mitten Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #1 (Of 6)(Cover E Jim Lee & Scott Williams Wraparound Black & White Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #1 (Of 6)(Cover G Games Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman The Audio Adventures #2 (Of 7)(Cover A Dave Johnson), $3.99
Batman The Audio Adventures #2 (Of 7)(Cover B Michael Allred Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Dexter Soy), $3.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #6 (Of 6)(Cover B Jay Hero Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman Lonely City #4 (Of 4)(Cover A Cliff Chiang), $6.99
Catwoman Lonely City #4 (Of 4)(Cover B Cliff Chiang), $6.99
Catwoman Lonely City #4 (Of 4)(Cover C Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez), AR
DC Connect #30, AR
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Gary Frank), $3.99
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Francesco Francavilla Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #2 (Of 6)(Cover C Kyle Hotz Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Mech #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Baldemar Rivas), $3.99
DC Mech #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Mech #4 (Of 6)(Cover C Ricardo Lopez Ortiz Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Mech #4 (Of 6)(Cover D Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Vs. Vampires #10 (Of 12)(Cover A Guillem March), $3.99
DC Vs. Vampires #10 (Of 12)(Cover B Nathan Szerdy Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Vs. Vampires #10 (Of 12)(Cover C John Giang Card Stock Variant), AR
Deathstroke Inc. #14 (Cover A Mikel Janin), $3.99
Deathstroke Inc. #14 (Cover B Ivan Tao Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Deathstroke Inc. #14 (Cover C Megan Huang Card Stock Variant), AR
Detective Comics #1065 (Cover A Evan Cagle), $4.99
Detective Comics #1065 (Cover B Jim Lee Scott Williams & Alex Sinclair Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1065 (Cover C Martin Simmonds Card Stock Variant), AR
Detective Comics #1065 (Cover D Jim Lee Pencil Card Stock Variant), AR
Harley Quinn #23 (Cover A Matteo Lolli), $3.99
Harley Quinn #23 (Cover B Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #23 (Cover C Rachta Lin Card Stock Variant), AR
Harley Quinn #23 (Cover D Megan Hutchinson-Cates Card Stock Variant), AR
Harley Quinn Volume 2 Keepsake HC, $29.99
Human Target #8 (Of 12)(Cover A Greg Smallwood), $4.99
Human Target #8 (Of 12)(Cover B Jorge Jimenez), $4.99
Human Target #8 (Of 12)(Cover C Ryan Sook), AR
Joker Volume 1 TP, $16.99
Justice League Incarnate HC, $24.99
Punchline The Gotham Game #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Gleb Melnikov), $3.99
Punchline The Gotham Game #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Punchline The Gotham Game #1 (Of 6)(Cover C Rose Besch Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Punchline The Gotham Game #1 (Of 6)(Cover D Rafael Albuquerque Card Stock Variant), AR
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#IReadsYou Movie Review: BLACK ADAM

Black Adam (2022)

Running time:  124 minutes (2 hours, 4 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, intense action and some language.
DIRECTOR:  Jaume Collet-Serra
WRITERS:  Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, and Sohrab Noshirvani (based on characters created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck)
PRODUCERS:  Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, and Beau Flynn
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Lawrence Sher (D.o.P.)
EDITORS:  John Lee and Michael L. Sale
COMPOSER:  Lorne Balfe

SUPERHERO/FANTASY/ACTION

Starring:  Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, Marwan Kenzari, Bodhi Sabongui, Mohammed Amer, Jalon Christian, Henry Winkler, and Djimon Hounsou with Viola Davis and Henry Cavill

Black Adam is a 2022 superhero and action-fantasy film from director Jaume Collet-Serra.  The film is based on characters created by writers Bill Parker and Otto Binder and artist C.C. Beck originally for defunct publisher, Fawcett Comics, and now owned by DC Comics.  Black Adam the movie focuses on a legendary hero who returns to life after nearly 5000 years, bringing his unique form of justice to his besieged homeland.

Black Adam opens in 2600 BC.  In the city of Kahndaq, there is a legend that the tyrannical king, Anh-Kot (Marwan Kenzari), intended to create an object of dark magic, the Crown of Sabbac, which is known to give the wearer great power.  He enslaves his own people and forces them to dig in the mountains for “Eternium,” the magical crystal Anh-Kot will use to make the crown.  A legendary hero, Teth-Adam (Dwayne Johnson), arises and kills Anh-Kot before the hero himself is buried somewhere in the ruins of the Anh-Kot's castle – so the legends say.

Present day Kahndaq is oppressed by members of the international crime syndicate known as “Intergang.”  They are searching for university professor and resistance fighter, Adrianna Tomaz (Sarah Shahi).  She is trying to locate the Crown of Sabbac, with the help of her brother, Karim (Mohammed Amer), and some of his colleagues.  Ambushed after finding the crown, Adrianna revives Teth-Adam, and although he kills her assailants, the risen hero proves to be something much less than a hero.

Meanwhile, from the United States, the superhero Hawkman/Carter Hall (Aldis Hodge) leads a group of heroes, the Justice Society:  Doctor Fate/Kent Nelson (Pierce Brosnan), Cyclone/Maxine Hunkel (Quintessa Swindell), and newcomer Atom Smasher/Albert “Al” Rothstein (Noah Centineo), into Kahndaq to take Teth-Adam into custody.  While Adrianna and her son, Amon (Bodhi Sabongui), watch, Teth-Adam battles the Justice Society throughout the city.  However, Teth-Adam will be forced to confront the truth about himself and about his past if he and the Justice Society are going to stop a great evil from ruling Kahndaq again.

In case you are wondering, Teth-Adam does not become “Black Adam” until the end of the film.  He is neither hero nor villain.  Black Adam, in the case of this film, is not so much an anti-hero as he is simply Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.  The movie only exists because Johnson willed it into existence.  Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Films' original plan was apparently to make Black Adam a supporting character/villain in the movie Shazam that was released in 2019.  Johnson wanted more for the character than to be a mere lackey, and truthfully, had he appeared in Shazam as Black Adam, Johnson, as an international movie star with a huge personality, would have dominated the film in ways that probably would have been bad for it.

In the case of Black Adam the movie, it is Johnson's will that holds this film together, otherwise, it would fall apart.  The screenplay is a disaster with a plot that is a patchwork of clumsy sub-plots.  The film's pace is uneven, being a mixture of tedious action sequences and unnecessary fighting.  The characters are either barely likable or are ridiculous.  The kid character, Amon Tomaz, is actually quite nice, but his mother, Adrianna, is really irritating.

Don't get me started on the Justice Society.  As Hawkman, actor Aldis Hodge is so intense that it makes a lot of his performance seem like overacting.  [Actor Michael B. Jordan also has a problem with being too intense.]  Pierce Brosnan is embarrassing as Doctor Fate, but Brosnan's problems could be a poorly written character and crappy dialogue.  The superhero Cyclone is … tragic.  So is Atom Smasher, but actor Noah Centineo delivers Smasher's bad dialogue in a way that sounds funny.

Twice while watching Black Adam, I wanted to walk out of the film, but I was seeing it with a friend.  Black Adam seems much longer than its 124-minute running time.  At one point, I thought the film was over, so I checked my phone and discovered that there was more than a half-hour left.  I can only recommend this films to die hard fans of superhero movies and to fans of Dwayne Johnson.  I could not recommend this film to anyone else.  I'm only giving this film a “C” grade because I am a fan of Johnson and an admirer of what he has built for himself; if not for him, I don't know how much lower I would go.  I am not sure that I could watch Black Adam again, even in bits and pieces when it becomes a cable TV staple.

C
★★ out of 4 stars

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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#IReadsYou Review: GOOD ON BOTH SIDES - A (th)ink Anthology

GOOD ON BOTH SIDES – A (TH)INK ANTHOLOGY #5
KEITH KNIGHT PRESS/Microcosm Publishing

CARTOONIST: Keith Knight
ISBN: 978-0-9788053-5-7; paperback; 6" x 7.5" x 0.4" (June 2022)
128pp, Color, $20.00 U.S.

Good on Both Sides is a new collection of the socio-political, single-panel comic strip, (th)ink.  Debuting in 2000 on the now defunct website, Africana.com, (th)ink is the creation of Keith Knight, a cartoonist, comics creator, and musician.  Knight is also the creator and an executive producer on the recent Hulu series, “Woke.”  (th)ink currently appears in several outlets, including the Nib, Daily KOS, Antigravity, and The Funny Times.

Good on Both Sides, the fifth (th)ink paperback collection, takes its title by paraphrasing Donald Trump's moral equivalency after the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.  It covers (th)ink episodes published during the early years of Donald Trump's masquerade as the 45th President of the United States.  Knight captures the absurdity of the time under an absurd leader and chronicles and depicts everything that made non-white supremacists cringe.

THE LOWDOWN:  In a sense political cartoonists are a dime a dozen.  The truth is that I have a hard time finding many that are really bad at their chosen professions.  What makes Keith Knight different?

I first became acquainted with Knight's work in late 2006 when I received a copy of Are We Feeling Safer Yet? (2007), the second (th)ink collection.  Sadly, I lost touch with him and had not thought of him until I heard about his Hulu TV series, “Woke,” last year.  I recently reconnected with him to request a copy-for-review of Good on Both Sides.  On the back cover of this book is a quote from Dawn Tol, part of which reads, “Keith Knight has never been more overtly Black.”

That is what makes Knight different from other political cartoonists.  He is Black.  Yes, there are other African-American political cartoonists (Walt Carr, David G. Brown), but for now, we are talking about Keith Knight, who is from a particular tradition.  That tradition involves Coloreds, Negroes, Afro-Americans, African-American, etc. who do not bite their tongues, metaphorically or otherwise, for the sake of propriety and for the feelings of good White folk and cautious, fretting Black folk.

I had forgotten just how screwed up the first half of Trump's occupation was … because the second half turned into … well,you know.  Knight's commentary via political cartoons is both incisive and relentless.  I won't say that he is “unapologetic” because apologizing is irrelevant in the context of what Knight does.  It isn't just Trump that is wrong with this country; it is also the rotten culture and society.  Honestly, much of that rot comes from White racism, supremacy, and privilege:  those that perpetuate it; those that enjoy the advantages while letting someone else do the dirty work; and those who benefit and give nominal lip service in criticizing it.

In Good on Both Sides, nothing and no one is spared.  Warts and all, Klan robes and hoods:  Knight reveals the stains without a thought for decorum.  Political commentary, words, pictures, or cartoons need that, especially when so many commentators want us to “turn down the temperature.”  Knight is the triple truth, Ruth.

Good on Both Sides isn't all about Trump.  As I said, there were plenty of awful people during that time who deserve Knight's punches.  Knight also offers several nice memorials and tributes to such luminaries as W.E.B. Du Bois, Dick Gregory, and Josephine Baker, to name a few.  I am not crazy about everything in Good on Both Sides, but it's close.  I could have read another hundred pages just to see what Knight has to say about the time period this collection covers.

Keith Knight's political cartoons are timely, and many are timeless.  The timeless ones will always have bite, but the timely will cut like a knife for years to come.  And Good on Both Sides is just plain funny.  I laughed a lot, and I practically always need that from political cartoons.  I encourage you, dear readers, to get a copy of Good on Both Sides.  Maybe if enough of you read it, someone will get the notion to shortlist Mr. Knight for a Pulitzer Prize.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of great political cartoons and of Keith Knight's work will want to read Good on Both Sides.

A

★★★★+ out of 4 stars

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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#IReadsYou Review: THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES Extravaganza #1

THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES EXTRAVAGANZA #1
DC COMICS

STORY: Ivan Cohen; Sholly Fisch
ART: Dario Brizuela; Randy Elliot
COLORS: Franco Riesco; Silvana Brys
LETTERS: Saida Temofonte
EDITORS: Michael McCalister
COVER: Dario Brizuela with Franco Riesco
40pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (August 2021)

Ages 8+

Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger

“Glove Story” and “Going Bats”

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries was a 12-issue comic book maxi-series that DC Comics published began publishing in 2021 and concluded this year (cover dated:  June 2021 to May 2022).  The series brought the characters from both the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? and Batman comic book series together.  Over the past five decades, Mystery Inc.:  Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma have joined Batman and (often) Robin to solve mysteries across various entertainment mediums.

The first few issues of The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries sold well enough that DC Comics published The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries Extravaganza #1.  This one-shot comic book reprinted The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries issues #1 and #2 (cover dated June and July 2021) under one cover as a double-sized issue.

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries Extravaganza #1 begins with The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #1 and the tale entitled “Glove Story.”  It is written by Ivan Cohen and drawn by Dario Brizuela.  “Glove Story” opens inside the “Gotham City Museum of Culture.”  Batman has called Mystery Inc. to help him with a mystery that even he cannot solve.  It seems that an exhibit featuring Batman's different costumes over the years has been robbed.  What's missing, you ask?  The gloves on one of the costumes are not the original ones.  So how can Scooby and the gang help Batman?  Well, it is a question of time in a story that guest stars Robin and Alfred Pennyworth.

Next up is The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #2 and the story, “Going Bats.”  It is written by Sholly Fisch and drawn by Randy Elliot.  “Going Bats” opens with Mystery Inc. helping Batman and Robin capture The Joker in order to stop his latest plot.  As a reward, Batman takes Scooby, Shaggy, and the gang to visit the trophy room in the Batcave.  The visit is ruined when a ghost shows up in the Batcave and starts agitating the bats that live there.  Can Mystery Inc. and Batman and Robin solve this mystery before all the secrets of Batman and the Batcave are exposed.

THE LOWDOWN:  As a child, the most important characters in my life were Batman and Robin and Scooby-Doo and company (and Josie and the Pussycats).  Two of my all-time favorite animated television episodes are the team-ups of Batman and Scooby-Doo in two Season One episodes of “The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries” (1972-73).  They are “The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair” (Episode 2, September 16, 1972) and “The Caped Crusaders Affairs” (Episode 15, December 16, 1972).  So I'm always excited about such a union, except that I never got around to reading any issues of The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries until now via The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries Extravaganza #1.

“Glove Story” is a nonsensical tale of time travel, but it is drawn by one of my favorite Scooby-Doo comic book artists, Dario Brizuela.  “Going Bats” is the better of the two stories.  It is written by one of my favorite Scooby-Doo comic book writers, Sholly Fisch, and drawn by one of my other favorite Scooby-Doo comic book artists, Randy Elliot.  It is also a very clever Joker tale, which I won't detail, for you, dear readers, in order to avoid spoilers.  I can say that it is the reason that I am giving this issue the grade I am.

Colorists Franco Riesco (“Glove Story”) and Silvana Brys (“Going Bats”) dress these stories in beautiful hues; they helped to make The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries one of the prettiest DC Comics of 2021.  And it would not be a Scooby-Doo comic book without the lovely lettering of the great Saida Temofonte.

The first issue of a second The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries series recently hit comic book shops.  Fear not, dear readers, I have gone the subscription route this time, so I'll start posting reviews as soon as the issues start arriving.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of the union of the worlds of Batman and Scooby-Doo will want The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries Extravaganza #1.

B+
★★★½ out of 4 stars

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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#IReadsYou Review: ARE WE FEELING SAFER YET? - A (th)ink Anthology

ARE WE FEELING SAFER YET? A (TH)INK ANTHOLOGY #2
KEITH KNIGHT PRESS/Top Shelf Productions

CARTOONIST: Keith Knight
ISBN-13: 978-0-9788053-0-2; paperback; (January 2007)
128pp, B&W, $12.95 U.S., $16.95 CAN

Keith Knight is a cartoonist, musician, and television creator and executive producer (Hulu's “Woke”).  Knight also produces a weekly multi-panel strip, The K Chronicles, and he has previously contributed to MAD Magazine and ESPN The Magazine.

One of Knight's other comics is (th)ink, a socio-political (mostly) single-panel cartoon.  It began life in 2000 as a digital comic on the now defunct website, Africana.com.  Over the years, (th)ink has appeared on numerous websites and has been published in daily and alternative newspapers (including the San Francisco Chronicle, The Rocky Mountain Chronicle, and the Haight Ashbury Beat).  It currently appears in the Nib, Daily KOS, Antigravity, and The Funny Times, to name a few.

Published in 2007, Are We Feeling Safer Yet? was the second paperback collection of Knight's (th)ink cartoons.  What follows is the edited and revised text of a review of Are We Feeling Safer Yet? that I wrote for another website in late 2006:

THE LOWDOWN:  Although Knight probably calls (th)ink a comic strip, it's more like an ongoing editorial cartoon.  Knight's work is certainly related in terms of comic strips to work of cartoonist, Garry Trudeau, who is best known for his award-winning newspaper comic, Doonesbury.  As an African-American cartoonist, Knight's work is similar in tone to Aaron McGruder newspaper comic strip, The Boondocks.  However, while, Trudeau and McGruder deal with a cast of continuing characters and use them to comment on politics, society, and culture, Knight's cast is America itself.  Essentially, that is what an editorial cartoonist generally uses as his cast – our nation, even if, as a group, editorial cartoonists seemed fixated on politicians and in particular, the sitting President (in this case George W. Bush).

Knight is sharp and clever, and his humor and commentary are even sharper.  He is, though, not mean-spirited, and he only draws blood when he has to do so - such as when he uses a guy discovering that his color and white laundry have been mixed to comment on integration (p. 46).  Sometimes he cuts a subject because they handed him the blade, as in a cartoon featuring Snoop Dogg which comments on the rapper-actor's behavior on stage (p.78).

Knight is probably often compared to McGruder because both are Black cartoonists/commentators and both take the Bush Administration to the shed, but there, the similarity ends.  Knight belongs on the editorial page.  Because he uses Black characters and often deals with African-American or Hip-Hop culture doesn't make him different from white cartoonists and commentators who ply their trade on our nation's newspaper editorial sections.

Keith Knight is a funny guy, but he is astute like the good editorial cartoonist should be.  What Knight says with pen and ink makes sense, and he's ready for the big time. [End of text of original review.]

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Keith Knight and (th)ink will want Are We Feeling Safer Yet?

A
★★★★+ out of 4 stars

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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#IReadsYou Review: SABRINA ANNIVERSARY SPECTACULAR #1

SABRINA ANNIVERSARY SPECTACULAR #1
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS, INC.

STORY: Dan Parent; George Gladir; Dexter Taylor; Frank Doyle
PENCILS: Dan Parent; Bob Bolling; Dexter Taylor; Stan Goldberg
INKS: Bob Smith; Rudy Lapick; Jon D'Agostino
COLORS: Glenn Whitmore; Barry Grossman
LETTERS: 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

Sabrina in “Celebration Vexation”

Sabrina the Teenage Witch is an Archie Comics character that was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo.  Sabrina Spellman first appeared in Archie's Madhouse #22 (cover-dated: October 1962).  2022 is the sixtieth anniversary of Sabrina's debut, and Archie Comics is honoring the character with the “60 Years of Magic” celebration.

The celebration includes a newly-released one-shot comic book entitled Sabrina Anniversary Spectacular #1.  The comic book reprints four Sabrina stories.  It also includes the new story “Celebration Vexation,” which introduces a brand new character, Amber Nightstone.  The new tale is written by Dan Parent; drawn by Parent (pencils) and Bob Smith (inks); colored by Glenn Whitmore; and lettered by the great Jack Morelli.

Sabrina Anniversary Spectacular #1 opens with “Celebration Vexation,” and it is Sabrina's 17th birthday.  Aunt Zelda and Aunt Hilda and Cousin Ambrose are throwing a party for their birthday girl, and of course, her cat, Salem, is present.  However, there is a party crasher, Amber Nightstone, who is also celebrating a seventeenth birthday.

Like Sabrina, Amber is also half-mortal and half-witch, and under the witch's “Code of Sorcery,” only one witch/mortal can achieve ultimate power.  And Amber wants to be the teen witch who gets to live in the mortal world.  So which of these female teen witches is going to have the best birthday?

THE LOWDOWN:  Sabrina Anniversary Spectacular #1 is an absolutely wonderful anniversary comic book special.  “Celebration Vexation” is one of writer-artist Dan Parent's best stories ever, and maybe he is the best modern Archie Comics storyteller.  Amber Nightstone, in this first look, seems to be a keeper as a character in the world of Sabrina, and I'm sure she can raise quite a bit of heck and hell in other Archie titles.

The four reprint stories include a one-page comic (“Sun Fun”), which finds Sabrina engaging a genie for some help, with painful results.  There is a “Little Sabrina” story (“Bats All, Folks”), which features Little Archie and Riverdale High regulars, Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy.  Because of the new story, new character debut, and the quality of the reprinted stories, I highly recommend Sabrina Anniversary Spectacular #1.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of classic-style Archie Comics and of Sabrina the Teenage Witch will definitely want to get a copy of Sabrina Anniversary Spectacular #1.

A

★★★★ out of 4 stars

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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