DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for August 23, 2022

DC COMICS:

Action Comics #1046 (Cover A Lucio Parrillo), $4.99
Action Comics #1046 (Cover B Lee Bermejo Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1046 (Cover C Stanley Artgerm Lau Swimsuit Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Animal Man Omnibus HC (2022 Edition), $100.00
Batman Fortress #4 (Of 8)(Cover A Darick Robertson), $3.99
Batman Fortress #4 (Of 8)(Cover B Darick Robertson Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman White Knight Presents Red Hood #2 (Of 2)(Cover A Sean Murphy), $4.99
Batman White Knight Presents Red Hood #2 (Of 2)(Cover B Jim Cheung), $4.99
Batman White Knight Presents Red Hood #2 (Of 2)(Cover C Simone Di Meo), AR
DC Mech #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Baldemar Rivas), $3.99
DC Mech #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Mech #2 (Of 6)(Cover C Ricardo Lopez Ortiz Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Mech #2 (Of 6)(Cover D Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), AR
Deathstroke Inc. #12 (Cover A Mikel Janin), $3.99
Deathstroke Inc. #12 (Cover B Jesus Merino Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Deathstroke Inc. #12 (Cover C David Lapham Swimsuit Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Deathstroke Inc. #12 (Cover D Ivan Tao Card Stock Variant), AR
Detective Comics #1063 (Cover A Evan Cagle), $4.99
Detective Comics #1063 (Cover B Jim Lee/Scott Williams/Alex Sinclair Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1063 (Cover C Yoshitaka Amano Card Stock Variant), AR
Detective Comics #1063 (Cover D Jim Lee/Scott Williams/Alex Sinclair Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
Detective Comics #27 (Facsimile Edition)(2022), $6.99
Fables #154 (Of 162)(Cover A Qistina Khalidah), $3.99
Fables #154 (Of 162)(Cover B Mark Buckingham Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #21 (Cover A Jonboy Meyers), $3.99
Harley Quinn #21 (Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #21 (Cover C Ryan Sook Homage Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #21 (Cover D Megan Huang Swimsuit Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #21 (Cover E Zu Orzu Card Stock Variant), AR
I Am Batman Volume 1 HC, $24.99
Justice League The New 52 Omnibus Volume 2 HC, $150.00
Justice League Vs The Legion Of Super-Heroes #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Scott Godlewski), $3.99
Justice League Vs The Legion Of Super-Heroes #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Travis Moore Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Olympus Rebirth #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Julian Totino Tedesco), $5.99
Olympus Rebirth #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Tula Lotay Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Olympus Rebirth #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Lee Weeks Card Stock Variant), AR
Robin #17 (Cover A Roger Cruz & Norm Rapmund), $3.99
Robin #17 (Cover B Simone Di Meo Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Robin #17 (Cover C Clayton Henry Connecting Card Stock Variant), AR
Swamp Thing #16 (Of 16)(Cover A Mike Perkins), $3.99
Swamp Thing #16 (Of 16)(Cover B Brian Bolland Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Swamp Thing #16 (Of 16)(Cover C John McCrea Card Stock Variant), AR
Tales Of The Human Target #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Greg Smallwood), $5.99
Tales Of The Human Target #1 (One Shot)(Cover B David Marquez Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Tales Of The Human Target #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Jorge Jimenez Card Stock Variant), AR
Task Force Z #11 (Of 12)(Cover A Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira), $3.99
Task Force Z #11 (Of 12)(Cover B Roger Cruz Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Task Force Z #11 (Of 12)(Cover C Nikola Cizmesija Card Stock Variant), AR
Young Justice Targets #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Christopher Jones), $3.99
Young Justice Targets #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Meghan Hetrick Card Stock Variant), $4.99

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#IReadsYou Review: BETTY & VERONICA Double Digest #306

BETTY & VERONICA (JUMBO COMICS) DOUBLE DIGEST #306
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS, INC.

STORY: Tania Del Rio; Tom DeFalco; Frank Doyle; Angelo DeCesare; George Gladir and others
PENCILS: Jeff Shultz; Bill Galvan; Dan Parent; Dan DeCarlo and others
INKS: Jim Amash; Bob Smith; Rudy Lapick; Rich Koslowski and others
COLORS: Glenn Whitmore
LETTERS: Jack Morelli; Vince DeCarlo; Bill Yoshida and others
COVER: Bill Golliher with Rosario “Tito” Peña
EIC: Mike Pellerito
ISSN: 10440321; (October 2022)
192pp, Color, $8.99 U.S. (August 10, 2022 – direct market)


Rating: All-Ages

New stories: “Sunny with a Chance of Rescue!;” “Mall Madness!”

Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest is part of “The Archie Digest Library” series.  Debuting in the spring of 1987, Betty & Veronica Double Digest is a mini-trade paperback-like series that features stories reprinted from across the publishing history of Archie Comics.  The stories focus on two of Archie Comics' main characters, Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge, best friends and also rivals in their love for Archie Andrews.  Sometimes, however, these digests open with an original story.

Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #306, the latest edition, contains two brand new five -page stories.  The first is a “Betty and Veronica” tale entitled “Sunny with a Chance of Rescue!”  It is written by Tania Del Rio and is drawn by Jeff Shultz (pencils) and Jim Amash (inks).  The second is a “Pepper Smith” story entitled, “Mall Madness!”  It is written by Tom DeFalco and drawn by Bill Galvan (pencils) and Bob Smith (inks).  Both stories are colored by Glenn Whitmore and lettered by the great Jack Morelli.

Betty and Veronica in “Sunny with a Chance of Rescue!”:

It's summer, and Betty and Veronica are racing to Riverdale Beach.  It's time for their favorite summer activity – boy watching!  The summer lifeguard trials provide the perfect opportunity for the duo to check out the cute guys training to be lifeguards for the season, and their friends, Toni and Shelia, are joining in on the fun.  However, Betty and Veronica's decision to get up close and personal could lead to a need for rescuing.

Pepper Smith in “Mall Madness!”:

Pepper and Josie McCoy (of Josie and the Pussycats) are at the local mall shopping for bathing suits.  However, when word gets out that Josie's band mate, Melody Valentine, is also shopping for a bathing suit, things get hectic.  Now, Pepper and Josie have to escape … the mall madness!

THE LOWDOWN:  Betty & Veronica Double Digest #306 is a Betty & Veronica title, of course.  Thus, most of the stories feature Betty and Veronica as a duo or stories that focus on either Betty or Veronica.  This title also offers stories featuring other characters, as is the case in one of the two new stories included in this edition.

“Sunny with a Chance of Rescue!” is a Betty and Veronica story that offers the girls equal space as writer Tania Del Rio has them in a perfect partnership.  The story only works with them playing off each other's similarities.  It is one of the best new Archie Comics stories of the year, with artist Jeff Shultz perfectly capturing the classic Archie Comics vibe.

The second new story focuses on “other characters,” specifically Pepper Smith, a character from She's Josie, the precursor title to Josie and the Pussycats.  Tom DeFalco pens a surprisingly spry tale that plays of the offbeat luck of Pussycat, Melody, while using Pepper and Josie to drive the action.  Artist Bob Galvan expertly recalls the graphical style of Josie's creator, Dan DeCarlo, in this winning story.

The rest of this comic book offers one tale of Betty and/or Veronica after another, for your enjoyment.  As a Josie fan, however, I must inform you that there are three other Josie stories in Betty & Veronica Double Digest #306.  There is the two-part, “Lend Lease Part I & II,” and “Home is Where the Heart Is,” in addition to a reprint of some Josie pin-up art.

As usual, I must warn you, dear readers.  I will always recommend classic-style Archie Comics titles.  However, this 306th edition of Betty & Veronica Double Digest is a standout simply because it offers two quality new stories, so I am recommending it.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of classic-style Archie Comics will want Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #306.

A-
★★★½ out of 4 stars

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


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#IReadsYou Review: CYBERFORCE #1 30th Anniversary Edition

CYBERFORCE #1 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
IMAGE COMICS/Top Cow Productions

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Eric Silvestri
ART: Marc Silvestri
COLORS: Joe Chiodo
LETTERS: Mike Heisler
EDITOR: Cynthia Sullivan
COVER: Marc Silvestri and Scott Williams with Joe Chiodo
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Priscilla Petraites; Brett Booth
46pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (June 2022)

Rated T+/Teen Plus

Cyberforce created by Marc Silvestri

“The Tin Men of War” Part One

Cyberforce was one of Image Comics debut titles, and it was created by one of Image Comic' founding members, Marc Silvestri.  Cyberforce #1 (cover dated: October 1992) was the first issue of a four-issue miniseries.  It introduced a team of mutants who had their mutant abilities enhanced with cybernetic implants as the result of experimentation.  Volume 2 of Cyberforce ran for 35 issues from 1994 to 1997.  Since then, Cyberforce has returned in 2006, 2012, 2015 and 2018.

Image Comics has published a commemorative edition of that first Cyberforce #1 from 1992.  Cyberforce #1 30th Anniversary Edition reprints the story contents of Cyberforce #1 and also includes an illustrated sixteen page section focusing on the early history of Image Comics.  Cyberforce #1 is written by Eric Silvestri; drawn by Marc Silvestri; colored by Joe Chiodo; and lettered by Mike Heisler.

Cyberforce #1 opens in New York City – the inner city.  Velocity, a young woman who is a mutant, is on the run.  It seems that she is being hunted by “C.O.P.S.” (Cybernetic Operatives for Protection and Security), and their leader, Ballistic, a female cybernetic operative.  These operatives are in the service of Cyberdata, a monolithic multinational conglomerate which creates cybernetically enhanced resistance fighters.

Luckily for Velocity, there is a team made up of such fighters who escaped from Cyberdata.  They are Ripclaw, Heatwave, Stryker, Cyblade, and Impact.  They are known as “Cyberforce,” and they may be Velocity's only hope to avoid the clutches of Cyberdata.

THE LOWDOWN:  Initially, Cyberforce was not my favorite Image Comics superhero title.  That was Jim Lee's WildC.A.T.s, but over the years, I have come to really like Cyberforce.  I think the original Cyberforce miniseries is the best early Image Comics' title and is also one of the best superhero comic books of the early 1990s.

Cyberforce is obviously inspired by Uncanny X-Men.  Cyberforce creator, Marc Silvestri, was the lead artist on that title from 1987 to 1990.  I think Cyberforce once had the potential to rival the X-Men, but in the end, average writing and mediocre Silvestri copycat artists, as well as middling spin-offs dragged this potential franchise down.

Cyberforce #1 30th Anniversary Edition is a celebration of a particular time, when the debut of Image Comics offered so much promise for creator-owned superhero comic books.  Over time, Image Comics would gradually become a home for a wide variety of genres of creator-owned comic books, especially in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and action genres.  However, Cyberforce #1 30th Anniversary Edition remembers the beginnings of Image Comics, and for some of us, those beginnings will always be special.

Also, 1992's Cyberforce #1 is just a damn good first issue.  Yes, writer Eric Silvestri seems to be squeezing a tad too much information into the first issue, but he makes this first issue and the world it introduces seem like the place to be.  Marc Silvestri's art lacks the polish that it would usually get from the inks of Scott Williams.  Still, his dynamic layouts and the steadiness of his drama make for engaging graphical storytelling.

Joe Chiodo's muted colors add a sense of realism to the story.  Mike Heisler's letters catch the shifting tones and intensity of the narrative that sell the story.  The result is a memorable first issue.

Sometimes, I dream that Cyberforce will be mine, and I will finally bring them to the heights they deserve.  Well, while a fanboy is dreaming, older fans can celebrate with Cyberforce #1 30th Anniversary Edition and new readers can discover something they might like.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Top Cow and of the early years of Image Comics will want to read Cyberforce #1 30th Anniversary Edition.

A
★★★★+ out of 4 stars


[The comic book includes 16-page section of back matter:

“30 Years of Cyberforce” by Lisa Wu looks back at the early days of Image Comics and Top Cow.  It is comprised of a Q&A with Marc Silvestri, Scott Williams, David Wohl, and Brian Haberlin.  It also includes examples of original art and color guides.

“Cyberforce Through the Years”: this is comprised of a cover gallery from various Cyberforce publications; character sketches by Marc Silvestri; art related to trading cards; storyboards for an unproduced Cyberforce animated television series; photos of toys; and miscellaneous images.]

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