Monday, August 29, 2022

IDW Publishing from Diamond Distributors for August 31, 2022

IDW PUBLISHING

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Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for August 31, 2022

IMAGE COMICS

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Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for August 31, 2022

MARVEL COMICS

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DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for August 30, 2022

DC COMICS:

Batman ’89 HC, 24.99
Batman’s Mystery Casebook TP, 9.99
Brightest Day Omnibus HC (2022 Edition), 100.00
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #1 (Of 7)(2nd Printing Cover A Daniel Sampere), 5.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #1 (Of 7)(2nd Printing Cover B Daniel Sampere Foil Card Stock Variant), 6.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #2 (Of 7)(2nd Printing Cover A Daniel Sampere), 4.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #2 (Of 7)(2nd Printing Cover B Daniel Sampere Foil Card Stock Variant), 5.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #3 (Of 7)(2nd Printing Cover A Daniel Sampere), 4.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #3 (Of 7)(2nd Printing Cover B Daniel Sampere Foil Card Stock Variant), 5.99
DC Connect #28, AR
DC Saved By The Belle Reve #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Juni Ba), 9.99
DC Saved By The Belle Reve #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Riley Rossmo), 9.99
Flash 2022 Annual #1 (One Shot), 5.99
Harley Quinn 2022 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Jonboy Meyers), $5.99
Harley Quinn 2022 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Nathan Szerdy Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Harley Quinn 2022 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Jim Lee & Ryan Sook Homage Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Harley Quinn 2022 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Carmine Di Giandomenico Card Stock Variant), AR
Harley Quinn The Animated Series The Real Sidekicks Of New Gotham Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Max Sarin), $9.99
Harley Quinn The Animated Series The Real Sidekicks Of New Gotham Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Dan Hipp), $9.99
Harley Quinn The Animated Series The Real Sidekicks Of New Gotham Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Sergio Acuna), AR
Harley Quinn The Animated Series Volume 1 The Eat Bang Kill Tour HC, $24.99
Joker Volume 2 HC, $24.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #5 (Cover A Reiko Murakami), $3.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #5 (Cover B Aaron Campbell Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #5 (Cover C Sam Wolfe Connelly Card Stock Variant), AR
Superman Warworld Apocalypse #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Steve Beach), $6.99
Superman Warworld Apocalypse #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Mario Fox Foccillo Card Stock Variant), $7.99
Superman Warworld Apocalypse #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Steve Beach Distressed Card Stock Variant), $7.99
Superman Warworld Apocalypse #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Mikel Janin Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
Wonder Girl 2022 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Joelle Jones), $5.99
Wonder Girl 2022 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Chris Wildgoose Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Wonder Girl 2022 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover C W. Scott Forbes Card Stock Variant), AR

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

#IReadsYou Review: STAR WARS: Crimson Reign #1

STAR WARS: CRIMSON REIGN #1 (OF 5)
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel

STORY: Charles Soule
ART: Steven Cummings
COLORS: Guru-eFX
LETTERS: VC's Travis Lanham
EDITOR: Mark Paniccia
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Akira Yoshida a.k.a. C.B. Cebulski
COVER: Leinil Francis Yu with Sunny Gho
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Steve Cummings with Guru-eFX; Ario Anindito with Edgar Delgado; Clayton Crain; Valerio Giangiordano with Arif Prianto; David Lopez; Rahzzah; Khoi Pahm with Lee Loughridge
36pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (February 2022)

Rated T

Part 1: “The Orphans”


Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters was a Marvel Comics Star Wars publishing event that was comprised of 34 individual comic books, published from May to October 2021.  The series imagines a series of events that occur between the time bounty hunter, Boba Fett, collects Han Solo frozen in carbonite in 1980s The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back) and his appearance in 1983's Return of the Jedi (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi).

Coming out of War of the Bounty Hunters is the comic book miniseries, Star Wars: Crimson Reign.  It is written by Charles Soule; drawn by Steven Cummings; colored by Guru-eFX; and lettered by Travis Lanham.  According to Marvel, Crimson Reign is the second installment of a trilogy that will reshape the history of the Star Wars Galaxy during the “Age of Rebellion.”

Star Wars: Crimson Reign #1 opens in the halls of the group known as “Crimson Dawn.”  Qi'ra of Corellia is now the group's leader.  She has taken on the killers, liars, and thieves that make up this group and has given them a purpose.

Qi'ra has gathered a diverse group:  “The Knights of Ren,” “Chanath Cha and the Orphans,” Deathstick, Ochi of Bestoon, Margo and Trinia, and the Archivist to carry out of her plans, which is to destroy the Sith in order to free the galaxy.  Her main targets, of course, are Emperor Palpatine a.k.a. “Darth Sidious” and his apprentice, Darth Vader.  Qi'ra begins her mission by sending her allies against the galaxy's criminal syndicates, but has doom for herself and her group already been foretold?

THE LOWDOWN:  I have enjoyed the vast majority of the Charles Soule's Star Wars comic book work that I have read.  I have enjoyed Steven Cummings art since I was first exposed to it in some OEL (original English language) manga from Tokyopop, including Pantheon High (2007), Star Trek: The Manga (2007), and CSI: Intern at Your Own Risk (2009).

However, Star Wars: Crimson Reign #1 isn't the kind of first issue that will inspire me to go out of my way to read the rest of the series.  It is professionally written, professionally drawn, professionally colored, and professionally lettered.  This isn't a bad comic book.  I simply have little interest in Qi'ra's conspiracy, which is contrived past the point of being credible.  I find it hard to believe that not one syndicate leader would notice that the troubles begin shortly after Qi'ra and her ilk begin meeting with the syndicates.  Does it take two issues for even one of them to figure this out?

Lucasfilm and Marvel seem determined to retcon the fuck out of the original Star Wars trilogy and the imaginary timeline surrounding it – known as the “Age of Rebellion.”  That is their prerogative, but it is mine to choose to read it.  I choose not to.  I have never been that curious about “what happened” between the films, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983).  But if that is your thing, Crimson Reign is not only a miniseries, but it is an event that will take place in various issues across Marvel's line of Star Wars comic books.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Marvel's Star Wars comic books may want to try Star Wars: Crimson Reign.

B
★★★ out of 4 stars

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


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Monday, August 22, 2022

BOOM! Studios from Diamond Distributors for August 24, 2022

BOOM! STUDIOS

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