Monday, September 11, 2023

DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for September 12, 2023

DC COMICS:

Batman #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Bob Kane & Jerry Robinson), $6.99
Batman #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Bob Kane & Jerry Robinson Foil Variant), $8.99
Batman #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover C Blank Variant), $7.99
Batman And Robin #1 (Cover A Simone Di Meo), $4.99
Batman And Robin #1 (Cover B Stanley Artgerm Lau Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman And Robin #1 (Cover C Kael Ngu Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman And Robin #1 (Cover D Blank Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman And Robin #1 (Cover E Clay Mann Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman And Robin #1 (Cover F Kael Ngu Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman And Robin #1 (Cover G Simone Di Meo Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman And Robin #1 (Cover H Stanley Artgerm Lau Foil Variant), AR
Batman And Scooby-Doo Mysteries #12 (Cover A Dario Brizuela), $2.99
Batman And The Joker The Deadly Duo Deluxe Edition HC, $29.99
Batman Gargoyle Of Gotham #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Rafael Grampa), $6.99
Batman Gargoyle Of Gotham #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Jim Lee), $6.99
Batman Gargoyle Of Gotham #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Frank Miller), $6.99
Batman Gargoyle Of Gotham #1 (Of 4)(Cover D David Finch), $6.99
Batman Gargoyle Of Gotham #1 (Of 4)(Cover E Jim Lee), AR
Batman Gargoyle Of Gotham #1 (Of 4)(Cover F Priscilla Petraites), AR
Batman Gargoyle Of Gotham #1 (Of 4)(Cover G Paul Pope), AR
Batman Gargoyle Of Gotham #1 (Of 4)(Cover H Frank Miller), AR
Batman Gargoyle Of Gotham Noir Edition #1 (Cover A Rafael Grampa), $6.99
Batman Incorporated #12 (Cover A John Timms), $3.99
Batman Incorporated #12 (Cover B Michele Bandini Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman Incorporated #12 (Cover C Stephen Segovia Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Incorporated Volume 1 No More Teachers HC (2022), $24.99
Danger Street #9 (Of 12)(Cover A Jorge Fornes), $4.99
Danger Street #9 (Of 12)(Cover B Walter Simonson Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Dark Knights Of Steel Volume 1 TP, $16.99
GCPD The Blue Wall HC, $24.99
Green Lantern #3 (Cover A Xermanico), $4.99
Green Lantern #3 (Cover B Evan Doc Shaner Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Green Lantern #3 (Cover C Rose Besch Creator Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Green Lantern #3 (Cover D Pablo Villalobos Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Green Lantern #3 (Cover E Jack Herbert Card Stock Variant), AR
Green Lantern #3 (Cover F Gabriel Rodriguez Card Stock Variant), AR
Harley Quinn The Animated Series Legion Of Bats HC, $24.99
Looney Tunes #274 (Cover A Robert Pope), $2.99
Shazam Power Of Hope HC, $19.99
Superman Lost #6 (Of 10)(Cover A Carlo Pagulayan & Jason Paz), $4.99
Superman Lost #6 (Of 10)(Cover B Lee Weeks Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman Lost #6 (Of 10)(Cover C Gary Frank Card Stock Variant), AR
Waller Vs. Wildstorm #3 (Of 4)(Cover A Jorge Fornes), $5.99
Waller Vs. Wildstorm #3 (Of 4)(Cover B Eric Battle), $5.99
Waller Vs. Wildstorm #3 (Of 4)(Cover C Aaron Campbell), AR
WildC.A.T.s #11 (Cover A Stephen Segovia), $3.99
WildC.A.T.s #11 (Cover B Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $4.99
WildC.A.T.s #11 (Cover C Rose Besch Creator Card Stock Variant), $4.99
WildC.A.T.s #11 (Cover D Mike Bowden Card Stock Variant), AR
Wonder Woman War Of The Gods Special Edition #3 (Of 4)(Cover A George Perez), $4.99
Worlds Finest Teen Titans #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Chris Samnee & Mat Lopes), $3.99
Worlds Finest Teen Titans #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Evan Doc Shaner Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Worlds Finest Teen Titans #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Daniel Bayliss Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Worlds Finest Teen Titans #3 (Of 6)(Cover D Dan Panosian Card Stock Variant), AR
Worlds Finest Teen Titans #3 (Of 6)(Cover E Luciano Vecchio Card Stock Variant), AR

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Friday, September 8, 2023

Titan Comics Solicitations for November 2023 Have Been Announced

TITAN COMICS NOVEMBER 2023 SOLICITS
(September 2023 PREVIEWS)

COMICS

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #5
Writer(s): Jim Zub 
Artist(s): Doug Braithwaite
Colorist: Diego Rodriguez
Publisher: Heroic Signatures & Titan Comics
FC, 32pp, $3.99 On sale: November 22, 2023 

A BRAND-NEW CONAN THE BARBARIAN ARC BEGINS! 

WARRIOR. THIEF. PIRATE...

After adventures on the high seas, CONAN returns to shore to find himself haunted by his memories of BELIT, captain of the Tigress and Queen of the Black Coast. Can a high-stakes heist draw out of his tortured past, or will it plunge him deeper into the chaos that has always been waiting for him?

COVER A: MIKE DEODATO JR (SEP230952)
COVER B: PATCH ZIRCHER (CONNECTING COVER) (SEP230953)   
COVER C: REBECCA PUEBLA (SEP230954)  
COVER D: ROBERTO DE LA TORRE (SEP230955)      
COVER E: LIAM SHARP (SEP230956)      
COVER F: BLANK SKETCH VARIANT ($4.99) (SEP230957)

FORGOTTEN RUNES: WIZARD'S CULT #1
Writer(s): Joe Rechtman 
Artist(s): Reilly Brown
Publisher: Titan Comics
FC, SC, 32pp, $3.99, On sale: November 22, 2023 

This 10-issue series begins as a seemingly unconnected series of MAGICAL TALES ABOUT POWERFUL WIZARDS, gradually merging into a LEGENDARY SAGA. Who is CHRONOMANCER GEORGE OF DREAMS and what is he trying to tell the reader? Visions of the past, premonitions of the future – or something far more sinister that THREATENS THE VERY FABRIC OF THE RUNIVERSE ITSELF?!

COVER A REILLY BROWN (SEP230965)
COVER B REILLY BROWN (SEP230966)
COVER C IVAN TAO (SEP230967)

SCARLETT COUTURE: THE MUNICH FILE #4 (Of 5)
Writer/Artist: Des Taylor
Publisher: Titan Comics
FC, 32pp, $3.99 On sale November 8, 2023

THE COVERT INVESTIGATION GROUP'S MOST DEADLY SPY RETURNS 

Agent Scarlett Carver and her team embark on a THRILLING GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE as they’re thrown into the high stakes world of technological espionage. It soon transpires that the effects of PROJECT STARDUST reach further than anyone had anticipated - there are new threats emerging, and THIS TIME, IT’S PERSONAL.

COVER A: CLAUDIA CARANFA (SEP230981)
COVER B: DES TAYLOR (SEP230982)      
COVER C: PHOTO COVER (SEP230983) 

BLOODBORNE: THE BLEAK DOMINION #3 (of 4)
Writer(s): Cullen Bunn
Artist(s) Piotr Kowalski 
Publisher: Titan Comics
FC, 32pp, $3.99 On sale: November 8, 2023

CELEBRATED HORROR COMICS WRITER CULLEN BUNN AND FAN-FAVORITE ARTIST PIOTR KOWALSKI TEAM UP ONCE MORE!

In the plagued city of Yharnam, hunters Gretchen and Abraham search for their missing protégé. Under the blood moon, a scourge of beasts stalk the streets, and anew threat lurks around every corner.

COVER A: MAAN HOUSE (SEP230961)
COVER B: JEFF STOKELY (SEP230962)
COVER C: ARIEF RACHMAD (SEP230963)

ROBOTECH: RICK HUNTER #4 (of 4)
Writer: Brandon Easton
Artist: Simone Ragazzoni
Publisher: Titan Comics
FC, 32pp, $3.99 On sale: November 1, 2023

FROM TRANSFORMERS WRITER, BRANDON EASTON AND POWER RANGERS ARTIST, SIMONE RAGAZZONI!

 In the climactic issue, RICK HUNTER and VINCE GRANT finally come face to face with Zeraal, the heroes forced to live through the most devastating day of the First Robotech War all over again! Our heroes will face a devastating secret of the First Robotech War with immense consequences for the future of humanity!

COVER A: JON LAM (SEP230972)
COVER B: KOI TURNBALL & EMILIO LECCE (SEP230973)
COVER C: NAHUEL GREGO (SEP230974)     

ROBOTECH: RICK HUNTER COPIC PACK #1-4
Writer: Brandon Easton
Artist: Simone Ragazzoni
Publisher: Titan Comics
FC, 4*32pp, $17.99 On sale: December 27, 2023 

COLLECTS ISSUE #1-4 COPICS – EXCLUSIVE TO THIS PACK! LIMITED TO 500 COPIES!

ISSUE #1: DERRICK CHEW
ISSUE #2: COLM GRIFFIN
ISSUE #3: KOI CARREON 
ISSUE #4: JON LAM 
(SEP230975)

BLADE RUNNER 2039 #5-8 VIRGIN SYD MEAD PACK
Writer(s): Mike Johnson
Artist(s): Andres Guinaldo
Colorist: Marco Lesko
Publisher: Titan Comics
FC, 4*32pp, $17.99 On sale: December 22, 2023

COLLECTS SYD MEAD VIRGIN VARIANTS!

LIMITED TO 500 PACKS!

ISSUE #5-8: SYD MEAD (SEP230977)

GRAPHIC NOVELS 

CONAN THE BARBARIAN VOL.1: BOUND IN BLACK STONE
Writer(s): Jim Zub
Artist(s): Roberto De La Torre
Colorist(s): Dean White & Josè Villarubia
Publisher: Heroic Signatures & Titan Comics
FC, SC, 112pp, $17.99 (US), $23.99 (CA), £14.99 (UK), On sale: February 7, 2024
ISBN: 9781787740143

DM EDITION (ARTGERM): $24.99(US), $33.99 (CA), £21.99 (UK),
ISBN: 9781787742338

DM EDITION (MIGNOLA): $24.99(US), $33.99 (CA), £21.99 (UK),
ISBN: 9781787742376

ROBERT E. HOWARD'S LEGENDARY CONAN IS BACK IN A NEW TALE OF BRAVERY AND HEROISM! 

Years after the battle of Venarium, a weary CONAN returns tohis homeland to seek rest and solitude. However, a mysterious scout rides in to warn the Cimmerians of an imminent threat on the march from the Pictish wilderness. Will CONAN and his new ally be able to hold off this new horde of invaders?

REGULAR: DAN PANOSIAN (SEP230959)  
DM EDITION (ARGERM): STANLEY ‘ARTGERM LAU (SEP230958)
DM EDITION (MIGNOLA): MIKE MIGNOLA (SEP230960)  

RIVERS OF LONDON: HERE BE DRAGONS TP 
Writer(s): James Swallow 
Editors: Ben Aaronoivitch, Andrew Cartmel
Artist(s): José Maria Beroy 
Publisher: Titan Comics
FC, SC, 112pp, $17.99 (US), $23.99 (CA), £14.99 (UK), On sale: January 31, 2024
ISBN: 9781787740921

SOME SAY A DANGEROUS MONSTER IS AT LARGE ABOVE THE STREETS OF LONDON. ITS NAME... WYVERN!

After a rash of strange UFO sightings above the capital, a Met Police helicopter night patrol is attacked by a mysterious creature! Wizard in training PETER GRANT and his mentor, THOMAS NIGHTINGALE, the Met’s only sanctioned wizard, takes to the skies to investigate.

COVER ARTIST: JOSÈ BEROY (SEP230976)    

BLADE RUNNER 2039 VOL.2: UPGRADE 
Writer(s): Mike Johnson
Artist(s): Andres Guinaldo
Colorist: Marco Lesko
Publisher: Titan Comics
FC, SC, 112pp, $17.99 (US), $23.99 (CA), £14.99 (UK), On sale: February 7, 2024
ISBN: 9781787738454

It’s 2039, and CLEO SELWYN has finally returned to Los Angles to search for her surrogate Replicant mother Isobel, who CLEO believes has been abducted on the orders of NIANDER WALLACE. Believing that Cleo’s DNA holds the secret of Replicant fertility, Wallace has ordered his own personal assistant Replicant, LUV - the first Replicant Blade Runner - to hunt down and return Cleo to him, killing whoever stands in her way.

COVER ARTIST: CLARK BINT (SEP230978)

EXTRAORDINARY ANNIVERSARY EDITION 
Writer(s): V.E Schwab  
Artist(s): Enid Balam  
Publisher: Titan Comics  
FC, HC, 128pp, $29.99 (US), $38.99 (CA), £26.99 (UK) On sale: November 22, 2023
ISBN: 9781787738904

Written by #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E.Schwab, this all-new story is set in the five years between VICIOUS and VENGEFUL.

ExtraOrdinary follows a teenage girl named Charlotte Tills who survives a bus crash and becomes EO--Extraordinary, gaining the ability to see people's deaths in reflective surfaces. But when she looks into her own future, she sees a murder. The man responsible? None other than self-proclaimed hero and notorious EO killer Eli Ever.

COVER ARTIST: NEN CHANG (SEP23098)

MANGA 

THE POETRY RAN VOL.1 
Writer/Artist: Yusuke Osawa 
Publisher: Titan Manga (Titan Comics Imprint)
B&W, SC, 160pp, $12.99 (US) $16.99(CA)/ £9.99 (UK), On sale: December 13, 2023
ISBN: 9781787741645

PERFECT FOR FANS OF ROMANCE, POETRY, AND ACTION! 

Torue is a young bard looking to make a name for herself, when she encounters the monster hunter Ran at a sleepy village. Ran is a ‘child of impurity’ capable of slaying monsters called Karma; taking their evil into himself so it doesn’t pollute the world. Ran is feared and shunned, but always puts his own life on the line to do good, so Torue decides to write a poem about him...

COVER: YUSUKE OSAWA (SEP230969)

ATOM: THE BEGINNING VOL.7
Writer(s): Osamu Tezuka & Masami Yuuki
Artist(s): Tetsuro Kasahara
Publisher: Titan Manga (Titan Comics imprint) 
B&W, SC, 208pp, $12.99 (US), $16.99 (CA), £9.99 (UK)
On sale: January 10, 2024
ISBN: 9781787740044

IT’S TIME FOR AN EPIC FIGHT AT THE WORLD ROBOT BATTLING CHAMPIONSHIP! 

At the first ever World Robot Battling tournament, the entrants compete to be declared the most powerful in the world! U-Ran dominates the competition but when she gets out of control Mars, Six’s eternal rival shows up to calm things down!

COVER: TETSURO KASAHARA (SEP230970)

ALPI: THE SOUL SENDER VOL.2
Writer(s): Rona
Artist(s): Rona
Publisher: Titan Manga (Titan Comics imprint) 
B&W, SC, 160pp, $12.99 (US), $16.99 (CA), £9.99 (UK)
On sale: January 3, 2024
ISBN: 9781787741317

A TALE OF COMING OF AGE, PERFECT FOR FANS OF MAGICAL GIRL MANGA! 

Alpi the Soul Sender continues her adventure with a growing rival with another of her order, as the evil of man begins to twist more spirits into something treacherous...

COVER: TETSURO KASAHARA (SEP230971)

MAGAZINES

STAR TREK EXPLORER #9
Writer(s): Titan Magazines
Publisher: Titan Magazines
FC, SC Magazine, 100pp, $9.99 (US) / $12.99 (CA) / £5.99 (UK) 
On sale: November 15, 2023

CELEBRATING STAR TREK’S FINEST DOCTORS AND CAPTAINS 

PLUS, EXPLORER GOES BEHIND THE SCENES OF STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS.

EXCLUSIVE NEW FICTION, ALL-STAR INTERVIEWS, AND MUCH MORE!

EXCLUSIVE: (SEP230987)
NEWSSTAND: (SEP230988)

BOOKS

STAR WARS INSIDER: THE HIGH REPUBLIC: TALES OF ENLIGHTENMENT 
Publisher: Titan Magazines
FC, HC, 96pp, $19.99 (US) /$25.99 (CA), £14.99 (UK), On sale: December 6, 2023 
ISBN: 9781787741713

A hard cover collection of STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC stories from the pages of STAR WARS INSIDER. 

A collection of tales set centuries before the birth of Anakin Skywalker, featuring Jedi Knights during the era of the glorious High Republic. In addition to six original stories, this collection also includes behind - the - scenes interviews with authors as well as a guide to Phase II of The High Republic publishing initiative, and one bonus story by George Mann.

COVER: TITAN MAGAINES (SEP230986)  

AN ALIENS SEARCH-AND-FIND BOOK: FIND THE XENOMORPH
Writer(s): Kevin Crossley
Artist(s): Kevin Crossley 
Publisher: Titan Books
FC, HC, 40pp, $19.99 (US), $26.99 (CA), £14.99 (UK), On sale: November 15, 2023
ISBN: 9781803362403

THE OFFICIALLY LICENSED SEARCH-AND-FIND PUZZLE BOOK INSPIRED BY THE MOVIE ALIENS.

Features 14 brain-bending search-and-find puzzles that will really test your skills of observation. This beautiful search-and-find book gives fans a new way to interact with the classic movie.

COVER: KEVIN CROSSLEY 

THE ART AND SOUL OF BLADE RUNNER 2049 – REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION
Writer(s): Tanya Lapointe
Publisher: Titan Books 
FC, HC, 240pp, $55.00 (US), $73.00 (CA), £45.00 (UK), On sale: November 15, 2023
ISBN: 9781803362809

THE OFFICIAL AND DEFINITIVE COMPANION BOOK TO DENIS VILLENEUVE'S BLADE RUNNER 2049, REVISED AND ENHANCED THROUGHOUT, FEATURING 20 PAGES OF NEW, ORIGINAL CONTENT. 

An unmissable chronicle of the 2017 sequel to Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER, with unprecedented access to the creative process, now with added pages that include the movie's spoiler scenes.

MARVEL STUDIOS' THE INFINITY SAGA – THE AVENGERS: THE ART OF THE MOVIE
Publisher: Titan Books
FC, HC, 272pp, $40.00 (US), $54.00 (CA), £40.00 (UK), On sale: November 22, 2023
ISBN: 9781803365541

THE OFFICIAL ART BOOK FOR THE MOVIE, MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS 

Packed with epic content, this lavishly illustrated coffee table book takes readers behind the scenes of MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS. Featuring stunning concept art, full-color photographs from the set, as well as the finished film, and excerpts from the script and interviews with the cast and crew.

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Thursday, September 7, 2023

#IReadsYou Review: INVINCIBLE RED SONJA #4

[Note on the cover art: As far as I could find out, the numbering is wrong and this is cover of "The Invincible Red Sonja #4.]

THE INVINCIBLE RED SONJA #4
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti
ARTIST: Moritat
COLORS: Matt Carter
LETTERS: Dave Sharpe
EDITOR: Matt Idleson
COVER: Amanda Conner with Paul Mounts
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Joseph Michael Linsner; Amanda Conner with Paul Mounts; Celina;
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (August 2021)

Rated Teen+

Red Sonja is female high fantasy and sword and sorcery hero.  She first appeared in Conan the Barbarian #23 (cover dated February 1973) and was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith.  Red Sonja was loosely based on “Red Sonya of Rogatino,” a female character that appeared in the 1934 short story, “The Shadow of the Vulture,” written by Conan the Cimmerian's creator, Robert E. Howard.

In 2005, Dynamite Entertainment began publishing comic books featuring differing versions of the character.  One of those is The Invincible Red Sonja.  It is written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti; drawn by Moritat; colored by Matt Carter; and lettered by Dave Sharpe.  In this recently launched series, Red Sonja finds herself on a spectacular journey filled with pirates, mermaids, princesses, and political intrigue as the fate of two kingdoms hangs in the balance.

As The Invincible Red Sonja #4 opens, the She-Devil with a Sword watches as Bahira Yakootah, the Lord of Thieves, summons demons from molten lava in his mission to kill the King of Erkhara.  In her bid to stop him, however, Red Sonja, commits a fatal act that determine her fate.  Now, death descends on Erkhara, Erkhara destabilizes, and Sonja may find herself even worse off.

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 Invincible Red Sonja #4, which is the first issue of the series that I have read, but this is not my first experience with the character.  I have actually read various Red Sonja titles over my time as a comic book fan, including a few recently published by Dynamite.

Under a gorgeous cover drawn by Amanda Conner and colored by Paul Mounts, Conner and Palmiotti deliver a surprisingly rousing story.  Although it is but one part of a story arc, this fourth chapter is quite entertaining by itself.  This is one of the best Red Sonja comic books that I have ever read, and I am certainly enjoying this more than I do Conner and Palmiotti's Harley Quinn comic books.

Moritat's illustrations remind me of the art of the late Vaughn Bode.  Moritat's graphical storytelling is over the top in a way a Red Sonja or Conan the Barbarian comic book should be, and the characters' emotions also leap off the page.  Matt Carter's colors give the story some edge and also seem to quicken the pace of the story, along with Dave Sharpe's letters.

Honestly, I did not expect much from The Invincible Red Sonja #4, but now, I gotta have more.  It's like my sword and sorcery crack.  I'd do anything … for another issue.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Red Sonja comic books will want to read The Invincible Red Sonja.

A
★★★★ out of 4 stars

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


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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

#IReadsYou Review: EVIL ERNIE VOLUME 3 #1

EVIL ERNIE VOLUME 3 #1
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Scott Lobdell
ART: Ariel Medel
COLORS: Candice Han
LETTERS: Dave Sharpe
EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt
COVER: Brett Booth
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Arthur Suydam; Ken Haeser; Jamie Biggs; Stuart Sayger; Brett Booth
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (December 2021)

Rated Teen+

Evil Ernie created by Brian Pulido and Steven Hughes


Evil Ernie is a super-villain fictional character created by writer Brian Pulido and the late artist Steven Hughes.  He first appeared in Eternity Comics' Evil Ernie #1 (cover dated: December 1991).  Evil Ernie was Ernest Fairchild, a boy who became an undead psychotic killer.

Evil Ernie is now the property of Dynamite Entertainment.  The character gets a new comic book series in Evil Ernie Volume 3.  It is written by Scott Lobdell; drawn by Ariel Medel; colored by Candice Han; and lettered by Dave Sharpe.  The new series focuses on a good kid who, after being mortally wounded, must “pay down his new lease on life” by serving as a part time fixer for a death cult.

Evil Ernie Volume 3 #1 opens in Potsdam, New York at the scene of a most horrific road accident.  But first, there is some back story.  Ernest Gleckman is an 18-year-old sophomore at Potsdam University (NY).  He is both a goody-two-shoes and something of an anomaly.  Ernest loves to sing Satantic-themed heavy metal music, but he is just the nicest guy.  He does not want his girlfriend, Candace, to kiss him in public, but she is not the only young woman who wants to kiss him.

But life is about to change for Ernest.  He is going to meet his dark side.

THE LOWDOWN:  Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department recently began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  One of them is Evil Ernie Volume 3 #1, which is the first Evil Ernie comic book that I have ever read.

As someone who has ignored every single Evil Ernie comic book that I have ever encountered, I can say that Scott Lobdell, the writer of this new series, makes me curious about what comes next in the latest incarnation of this character.  Lobdell is not one of my favorite comic book scribes, but I have enjoyed a number of comic books that he has written, and this could be one of them.

Artist Ariel Medel has a graphic style that reminds me of the art of former comic book artist, J. Scott Campbell, which is not necessarily a good thing.  Medel's art seems inappropriate for even Lobdell's script for this first issue, and Candice Han's colors seem off here.  But we'll see... and I could be wrong.  After all I want more.

So, I'm curious to see where Scott Lobdell takes this.  I think you will, also, dear readers.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Evil Ernie will want to read Evil Ernie Volume 1.

B

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


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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

#IReadsYou Review: BARBARELLA Volume 2 #2

BARBARELLA VOLUME 2 #2
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Sarah Hoyt
ART: Madibek Musabekov
COLORS: Ivan Nunes
LETTERS: Carlos M. Mangual
EDITOR: Matt Idelson
COVER: Lucio Parrillo
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Derrick Chew; Carla Cohen; Mike Krome; Edu Menna
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (August 2021)

Rated Teen+

Barbarella is based on the creator created by Jean-Claude Forest

“Agent of Chaos” Part Two: “The Price of Freedom”


Barbarella is a female, French, science fiction comic book hero.  Created by the late French comic book writer-artist, Jean-Claude Forest (1930-98), Barbarella first appeared in a comics serial for the French publication, V Magazine, in the spring of 1962.

When Éric Losfeld collected the serial in a book entitled, Barbarella (via his Èditions Le Terrain Vague), it became the first adult or pornographic comic book.  In 1966, American publisher, Grove Press, published an English-language edition of Losfeld's book as a graphic novel.  After Barbarella was adapted as a 1968 film directed by Roger Vadim and starring Jane Fonda, Grove Press published a second edition of Barbarella using a photo of Fonda as Barbarella as the cover.

In 2017, Dynamite Entertainment began publishing original English language Barbarella comic books.  The latest series is Barbarella Volume 2.  It is written by Sarah Hoyt; drawn by Madibek Musabekov; colored by Ivan Nunes; and lettered by Carlos M. Mangual.  In this new series, Barbarella travels to the planet Camelot to solve a mystery involving slavery on what is supposed to be a paradise.

Barbarella Volume 2 #2 (“The Price of Freedom”) opens with Barbarella, Taln, and Vix, recently arrived on the planet, Camelot.  They need to travel to an island where a nanite signal is causing problems.  It's up to Barbarella to unravel a mystery in order to save a secretly enslaved populace on what is supposed to be a literal paradise.  But what happens when people who don't know they are enslaved are suddenly set free?  It's not what you might think, dear readers...

THE LOWDOWN:  Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department recently began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  One of them is Barbarella Volume 2, which is the first issue of the title that I have read.  In fact, I have not previously read any of DE's Barbarella comic books, or any Barbarella comics, for that matter.

Barbarella Volume 2 is footloose and fancy free, which is to say that it is a fun read.  First, the art by Madibek Musabekov is fantastic and is some of the best science fiction comic book art that I have seen in a few years.  Actually, that dude draws the heck out this comic, and Ivan Nunes' coloring is a roaring blaze of beautiful red and orange hues.  The lettering by Carlos M. Mangual is, of course, good.  It all comes together to turn this comic book into eye-candy.

Barbarella Volume 2 #2 is a beautiful graphics package.  I honestly did not know what to expect from it, but this intriguing story and the gorgeous art make me want more.  And I'll highly recommend it to you, dear readers.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Barbarella will want to try Barbarella Volume 2.

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


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Monday, September 4, 2023

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