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Thursday, February 20, 2025

Comics Review: "JONNY QUEST #5" and the Cross-Temporal Boogie-Woogie

JONNY QUEST VOL. 1 #5

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Joe Casey

ART: Sebastián Piriz

COLORS: Lorenzo Scaramella

LETTERS: Taylor Esposito

EDITOR: Matt Idelson

COVER: Chad Hardin with Chuck Obach

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; Richard Pace; Anthony Marques; Chad Hardin with Chuck Obach; Jae Lee; Chad Hardin

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (December 2024)

Rated “Teen”

Jonny Quest created by Doug Wildey

“Zin Wins”

“Jonny Quest” (also known as “The Adventures of Jonny Quest”) was an animated science fiction-adventure television series. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for the television studio, Screen Gems, and was created and designed by comic book artist, Doug Wildey. The series ran for one season on ABC (September 1964 to March 1965), on prime time, for a total of 25 episodes

The series focused on a boy, Jonny Quest, who accompanied his scientist father, Dr. Benton Quest, on extraordinary adventures. The other members of what came to be known as “Team Quest” were Jonny's adopted brother, Hadji Singh; the Quest family bodyguard, Roger “Race” Bannon; and Jonny's pet bulldog, Bandit.

Over the decades, there have been comic books featuring Jonny Quest. The latest is Jonny Quest Volume 1, which is part of Dynamite Entertainment's recent licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery. The series is written by Joe Casey; drawn by Sebastian Piriz; colored by Lorenzo Scaramella; and lettered by Taylor Esposito. In the new adventure, Team Quest has been transported from the year 1964 to the present day where they meet 71 year-old Jonathan Quest and begin a... quest to return to their own time.

Jonny Quest Volume 1 #5 opens aboard Dr. Zin's airborne carrier craft. Jonny's boy-out-of-time adventure comes to an explosive end as he and Team Quest take on Dr. Zin one last time. If they can bring their old enemy down, how will they ever be able to return home? And even if they do find a way home, will they be able to resist the urge to use the “Quantum Counter” and their knowledge of what is to come to change history?

Do the Jonny Quests of two eras have an answer to these questions? Or will they have to rely on another octogenarian member of the Quest family... or another member of the Jade family?

THE LOWDOWN: Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. Jonny Quest, Volume 1, Issue 5 is one of the titles that I received.

Writer Joe Casey wraps up his first Jonny Quest arc with a bang. The best thing about this story line is that its ending is ambiguous and filled with a sense of mystery and of the unknown. Casey offers this: anything can happen, or nothing can happen. Or it can all happen all over again.

Artist Sebastian Piriz's storytelling is true to the spirit of the original Jonny Quest TV series, in terms of art, storytelling, and aesthetic. Piriz's clean, modern style sets a mood that makes this entire arc seem lost in time and buried in ambiguity. The coloring by Scaramella sheds light on the sense of mystery without revealing it. Even the lettering by Taylor Esposito summons an old school cool vibe that also radiates a timeless sensibility.

Jonny Quest Volume 1 #5 is filled with as many surprises as prior issues were. I hope you get to read this, dear readers, even if you wait for the trade collection.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Warner Bros. comic book series and of Jonny Quest will want to read Jonny Quest, Volume 1.

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

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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Dynamite Entertainment Shipping from Diamond Distributors for February 19, 2025

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Monday, February 17, 2025

Comics Review: Disney's "ZOOTOPIA #2" Finds Treasure in Trash

ZOOTOPIA: VOL. 1 #2

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Jeff Parker

ART: Alessandro Ranaldi

COLORS: Dearbhla Kelly

LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry

EDITOR: Nate Cosby

COVER: Trish Forstner

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Alessandro Ranaldi; Craig Rousseau; Trish Forstner

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (February 2025)

Rated “Teen”

“Dump-Da-Dump-Dump!”

Zootopia is a 2016 animated buddy-cop comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Zootopia is set in a world of anthropomorphic animals (animals that talk and act like humans). The film follows a rabbit named Judy Hopps, who is rookie police officer, and a fox named Nick Wilde, who is a con artist. Judy and Nick end up working together to uncover a conspiracy involving the disappearance of predators. At the end of the film, Nick graduates from the police academy and becomes Judy's partner.

Dynamite Entertainment has been producing licensed comic books based on Disney characters and IP since 2022. The latest is a Zootopia comic book series, entitled Zootopia: Volume 1. It is written by Jeff Parker; drawn by Alessandro Ranaldi; colored by Dearbhla Kelly; and lettered Jeff Eckleberry. The series continues the adventures of Judy and Nick and is set after the events of the original film.

Zootopia: Volume 1 #2 (“Dump-Da-Dump-Dump!”) opens in Zootopia Police Precinct 1, where Chief Bogo is handing out a refresher course. Soon, Officer Hopps and Officer Wilde are on their way to the city dump... err... Zootopia Recycling Depot. According to its manager, Skunk Flowers, someone is actually breaking into the dump and stealing only select garbage bags.

So exactly what kind of trash in those select garbage bags are raccoons and opossums hauling away? Hopps thinks she will find some connections to the PB&J phone explosions, but Wilde wonders what he and his sensitive nose is doing at the city dump.

THE LOWDOWN: Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. Zootopia: Volume 1, Issue #2 is the latest.

I passed on Walt Disney's 2016 computer-animated hit film, Zootopia, when it first played in theaters. Later, I started hearing good things about it, so I gave it a try on DVD (via Netflix). I loved it, and I'm excited about the sequel film, Zootopia 2, which is due November 2025.

My enjoyment of the film virtually assured that I was going to give Dynamite's new comic book adaptation a try. I can safely tell Zootopia fans that the fun first issue of this series was not a fluke, because Issue #2 is also a blast to read. Series writer Jeff Parker, who is quite adept at writing comic books that adapt other media, offers a surprisingly clever story that revolves around thefts from the city dump. Parker manages to keep intriguing his Zootopia readers with novel plots and conspiracies. He is giving us every reason to keep reading.

The series' artists, penciler-inker Alessandro Ranaldi and colorist Dearbhla Kelly, offer the most exciting storytelling that readers will find is also similar to the aesthetic the original film. Ranaldi's compositions hop and dash across the pages with fast-paced storytelling. Kelly's colors have the spark of Disney's animation magic and also make the story pop. As usual, Jeff Eckleberry's lettering gives this story a sense of fast motion and noisy action.

I look forward to more Zootopia Volume 1. Anyone who reads this second issue, dear readers, will feel the need to return for the third issue, at least.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Disney comic book series will want Zootopia: Volume 1.

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

https://x.com/DynamiteComics

https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/

https://www.facebook.com/DynamiteComics/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNOH4PEsl8dyZ2Tj7XUlY7w

https://www.linkedin.com/company/dynamite-entertainment

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Monday, February 10, 2025

Dynamite Entertainment Shipping from Diamond Distributors for February 12, 2025

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Comics Review: "SAVAGE TALES #1" Offers a Fab Four of Tales

SAVAGE TALES #1 (2025)

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: David Avallone; Kurt Busiek

ART: Hamish Cook; Eman Casallos; Mariano Benitez Chapo; Benjamin Dewey

COLORS: Jorge Sutil

LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry; Simon Bowland

COVER: Arthur Suydam

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Liam Sharp; Rafael Kayanan; Arthur Suydam

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (June 2022)

Rated Teen+

Savage Tales is the title of an anthology comic book series that has been used by both Dynamite Entertainment and Marvel Comics (twice). Dynamite recently brought its version back as a series of occasionally-published one-shots.

The 2025 edition of Savage Tales #1 has four short stories. Three of them are new stories written by David Avallone. These stories feature Gullivar of Mars (drawn by Hamish Cook); John Carter and Dejah Thoris of Mars (drawn by Eman Casallos); and Vampirella (drawn by Mariano Benitez Chapo). All of Avallone's stories are colored by Jorge Sutil and lettered by Jeff Eckleberry.

The fourth entry is a Red Sonja story written by Kurt Busiek; drawn by Benjamin Dewey; and lettered by Simon Bowland. This story was originally published in Red Sonja: Black, White, Red #1 (July 2021).

I will summarize and review each story individually.

THE LOWDOWN: Since July 2021, the marketing department at Dynamite Entertainment has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. One of them is the 2025 edition of Savage Tales #1, but this is not the first time I have read a Dynamite Savage Tales comic book.

Gullivar of Mars: “His War Chapter Three” by Avallone and Cook:

Captain Gullivar Jones is based on the character, Lt. Gulllivar Jones, who first appeared in the novel, Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation, written by Edwin Lester Arnold and published in 1905. Writer David Avallone has been reworking the character over the past few years.

“His War” chronicles Jones' life since he first left Mars and eventually fought in “the Great War” (World War I). Now, Jones has returned to Mars twenty years after his original time on the planet. What he discovers is that he might be the reason for the once lush planet's sorry state, and his reunion with his beloved “Heru” (a princess of Mars) is also off to a sorry state.

Avallone has a deft touch with vintage and classic characters, and because of author Edwin Lester Arnold's influence on the science fiction sub-genre, “planetary romance,” Gullivar Jones is both vintage and classic. This may be the best chapter of Avallone's revival yet, primarily because he immediately puts Jones in a life or death situation. Hamish Cook's art and storytelling captures the edgy mood and tense action of the story's first person narration. Cook makes me wish that this story could be published as a graphic novel.

John Carter and Dejah Thoris of Mars: “A Mutiny on Mars” by Avallone and Casallos:

“A Mutiny on Mars” opens in the distant past on the planet of “Barsoom” (Mars”) and finds royal couple, John Carter and Dejah Thoris, on a scientific expedition. Instead of science, they find betrayal and a plot to kidnap John.

Avallone weaves a nice tale that will entertain those familiar with the world of Edgar Rice Burroughs' “Barsoom” series. Eman Casallos and Jorge Sutil's art and colors give this story the kind of exotic and esoteric aesthetic that at least I expect of comic book stories set in the world of Barsoom.

Vampirella: “The Real Thing” by Avallone and Chapo:

Avallone weaves a rather surprising and delightful tale featuring Vampirella, a truly classic character that often suffers from overexposure. Vampirella is working as a lowly assistant on the television series, “Draculette.” Among the production crew, there are some real doubters who are about to discover the truth about vampires. The question is whether or not Vampirella will step in to save the day or let the blood flow.

Mariano Benitez Chapo proves to be perfectly capable of turning Avallone's humorous scripts into a fun comics story that pops on the page. Avallone is really good at blending supernatural horror comics with humor comics, and Chapo's art captures the snappiness of Avallone's banter here. They'd make a good pairing on an Elvira series. As he does in the other two original stories, Jeff Eckleberry adds a stylish flair with his lettering for this story.

Red Sonja: “Seeing Red” by Busiek and Dewey:

“Seeing Red” opens in a place called the “Mountains of Night” where Red Sonja will enter a crypt as part of a deal she made with an ambitious wannabe ruler. What she's finds is certain death at the hands or claws of a creature that moves too fast for her to see. And that's got the “She-Devil with a Sword” seeing red.

I did read the 2021 Red Sonja: Black, White, Red series – every issue except the first, so “Seeing Red” is new to me. Kurt Busiek delivers a tale that reads as if it is a Conan the Barbarian tale from Marvel Comics' classic black and white magazine, The Savage Sword of Conan. Benjamin Dewey's art certainly sells this story's classic Marvel vibe with rock-solid compositions that are perfect for Red Sonja's comic book brand of sword and sorcery. As always I love the pounding vibe Simon Bowland's lettering gives this story.

If I had to reluctantly pick a favorite comics story in Savage Tales #1 (2025), it would be a difficult choice. So, I will instead suggest you get this comic book, dear readers, and decide for yourself.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of anthology comic books will want to read Savage Tales #1.

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

https://x.com/DynamiteComics

https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/

https://www.facebook.com/DynamiteComics/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNOH4PEsl8dyZ2Tj7XUlY7w

https://www.linkedin.com/company/dynamite-entertainment

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Monday, February 3, 2025

Dynamite Entertainment Shipping from Diamond Distributors for February 5, 2025

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Saturday, February 1, 2025

Comics Review: "SPACE GHOST #7" Offers Meat for the Beast

SPACE GHOST VOL. 1 #7

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: David Pepose

ART: Jonathan Lau

COLORS: Andrew Dalhouse

LETTERS: Taylor Esposito

EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt

COVER: Francesco Mattina

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; Bjorn Barends; Anthony Marques and Fran Crivelli with Nick Caponi; Francesco Mattina; Jae Lee; Jonathan Lau;

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (November 2024)

Rated “Teen”

“Blip Versus the Creature King!”

Space Ghost is a superhero character created by the American animation studio and production company, Hanna-Barbera Productions. The character first appeared in the Saturday morning cartoon series, “Space Ghost,” which was originally broadcast on CBS from September 1966 to September 1967 for 20 episodes.

In his original incarnation, Space Ghost was a superhero whose base of operations was a small world known as “Ghost Planet.” He fought super-villains in outer space with his teen sidekicks, Jan and Jace, and their monkey, Blip. His main weapons were power bands he wore around his wrists and lower arms; the bands fired off multiple energy beam-based attacks, including heat, cold, and force, to name a few. Space Ghost could also fly, survive in space, and turn invisible (his “Inviso Power”). He also had a space ship known as “the Phantom Cruiser.”

Space Ghost sporadically appeared in various comic book publications over a fifty year period. Dynamite Entertainment has just launched a new Space Ghost comic book as part of its licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Entitled Space Ghost Volume One, it is written by David Pepose; drawn by Jonathan Lau; colored by Andrew Dalhouse; and lettered by Taylor Esposito. In the new series, twins Jan and Jace Keplar and their pet monkey, Blip, meet that legendary cosmic vigilante known as “the Space Ghost.”

Space Ghost Volume One #7 (“Blip Versus the Creature King!”) opens on the Planet Halcyon... and everything is in chaos. Space Ghost and Jan have been taken prisoner. Something is very wrong with Jace's mind. Our human heroes find themselves trapped on a mysterious jungle planet where they face The Creature King, who commands a host of beasts to do his nefarious bidding. Using his “Telepathic Crown,” the Creature King and his beasts will tear down the human civilization.

In our heroes' most desperate hour of need, there is only one member who can save them – Blip! And it's Blip as you've never seen him... or heard him before now.

THE LOWDOWN: Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. Space Ghost #7, Volume One, however, is not the latest issue that I received because I bought my own copy this time.

Having bought my own personal copy, I am finally free to say what I really feel about Dynamite's new Space Ghost comic book. I don't have to feel obligated to say good things in order to show my appreciation to Dynamite for gifting me a complementary PDF copy of this comic book...

… But girl, I still love the heck outta this new Space Ghost comic book.

Writer David Pepose offers a great one-off tale with “Blip Versus the Creature King!” It is riveting to say the least, with every page making me believe that this is it – the end of our heroes. I read it like a man whose imagination has been starving for great comic books stories and finally found a great one to satisfy him. Well, me and old Mister Mind got one of the best standalone issues we've read in a long time. Cheers to Pepose.

Jonathan Lau takes Pepose's story and turns it into powerful and effective comic book storytelling. By the end of his run, Lau may end up being one of the very best Space Ghost comic book artists. Blending moody EC Comics-like atmosphere with an outer space aesthetic, Lau has created a kind of sci-fi Film-Noir that gives futuristic adventure a dark turn to a place where hope struggles to survive. Lau clearly understands that conflict still drives the drama even in the most fantastic of narrative settings and environments.

Andrew Dalhouse's lovely colors give the haunting tones of “Blip Versus the Creature King!” a rich resonance. Letterer Taylor Esposito throws gasoline on the fire to make this story burn, baby, burn, using classic comics cool to heighten the heated action.

I'm having a blast reading Space Ghost Volume One, dear readers. I want this enjoyment for you, too. This Space Ghost is super, man.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Warner Bros. comic book series will want to read Space Ghost Volume One.

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

https://x.com/DynamiteComics

https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/

https://www.facebook.com/DynamiteComics/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNOH4PEsl8dyZ2Tj7XUlY7w

https://www.linkedin.com/company/dynamite-entertainment

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Friday, January 31, 2025

Comics Review: "JONNY QUEST #4" is Great Free or Purchased

JONNY QUEST VOL. 1 #4

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Joe Casey

ART: Sebastián Piriz

COLORS: Lorenzo Scaramella

LETTERS: Taylor Esposito

EDITOR: Matt Idelson

COVER: Chad Hardin with Chuck Obach

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; Tom Raney with Gina Going; Richard Pace; Chad Hardin with Chuck Obach; Jae Lee; Chad Hardin

28pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (November 2024)

Rated “Teen”

Jonny Quest created by Doug Wildey

“Zin Wins”

Jonny Quest Volume 1 #4 opens in Japan at the Fukunaga Corporation. There, Jonathan Quest prepares for a bio-scan that will help him find his younger self, Jonny Quest. He has been kidnapped along with Hadji by Dr. Zin, the arch-nemesis of Team Quest. What the older half of Team Quest doesn't know is that the younger half has met Jasmine Jade, the granddaughter of the infamous “Jezebel Jade,” the mercenary-for-hire and sometimes ally of Team Quest?

Meanwhile, Dr. Zin prepares to make war.

Having bought my own personal copy, I am finally free to say what I really feel about Dynamite's new Jonny Quest comic book. I don't have to feel obligated to say good things in order to show my appreciation to Dynamite for gifting me a free PDF copy of the comic book...

...And I enjoyed reading this issue from a personal copy as much as I enjoyed reading the first three issues of this series as complimentary PDFs from Dynamite. Writer Joe Casey continues to wage war on bad comic books by creating a truly great comic book in this new Jonny Quest that always delivers the good stuff. Casey offers the most intense action yet, and while there are connections to the past, the story really emphasizes the present dangers.

Piriz's art and storytelling are true to the original Jonny Quests TV series, but both art and storytelling have a clean, modern mood that is like other recent science fiction and adventure comic books. Piriz also makes this new Jonny Quest seem fresh and alive, as if this concept really belongs in modern times. The coloring by Scaramella adds the finishing modern touch. Even the lettering by Taylor Esposito summons an old school cool vibe that also radiates a modern sensibility.

Jonny Quest Volume 1 #4 is filled with as many surprises as prior issues. So why aren't you reading this, dear readers?

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Warner Bros. comic book series and of Jonny Quest will want to read Jonny Quest, Volume 1.

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

https://x.com/DynamiteComics

https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/

https://www.facebook.com/DynamiteComics/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNOH4PEsl8dyZ2Tj7XUlY7w

https://www.linkedin.com/company/dynamite-entertainment

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Monday, January 27, 2025

Dynamite Entertainment Shipping from Diamond Distributors for January 29, 2025

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Advanced Comics Review: "SILVERHAWKS #1" is Fully in Flight

SILVERHAWKS, VOL. 1 #1

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Ed Brisson

ART: George Kambadais

COLORS: Ellie Wright

LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry

EDITOR: Nate Cosby

EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt

COVER: Lucio Parrillo

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; Bjorn Barends; James Stokoe; Geraldo Borges; Declan Shalvey; Leirix; Manix; Mark Spears; Mark Bagley

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (January 2025)

Rated “Teen”

“SilverHawks” was an American animated television series developed by Rankin/Bass Productions. Lorimar-Telepictures provided the distribution for TV syndication and the Japanese studio, Pacific Animation Corporation, produced the animation. Rankin/Bass created “SilverHawks” as a space-based equivalent of its earlier animated series, ThunderCats (1985-86).

“SilverHawks” was set in the galaxy of “Limbo.” It focused on the bionic space enforcer, Commander Stargazer, and his recruits, “the SilverHawks,” heroes who were “partly metal, partly real.” They fought the evil Mon*Star, an escaped alien crime boss. He could transform into an enormous armor-plated creature with the help of Moonstar, a “solid star” in Limbo.

The “SilverHawks” property now belongs to Warner Bros. Discovery, and Dynamite Entertainment has a license to produce comic books based on many WBD properties. Dynamite is launching a SilverHawks comic book series, SilverHawks, Volume One. It is written by Ed Brisson; drawn by George Kambadais; colored by Ellie Wright; and lettered by Jeff Eckleberry.

SilverHawks Volume 1 #1 opens in the year 2839 in Bedlama City on the planet of Bedlama. Lt. Quick of the Interplanetary Force B is leading a unit to take down the notorious smuggler, Hardware. What Quick and his men don't know is that this is bigger than Hardware, bigger than Interplanetary Force B.

Mon*Star, the deadly mob boss taken down by Commander Stargazer and the SilverHawks, is about to break free of Penal Planet 10, where he has been imprisoned for one hundred years. Now, he plans to take revenge on everyone who tried to take his territory and anyone who tried to make moves on his criminal enterprise.

And his old enemies, Commander Stargazer and the SilverHawks, are too old to fight him again.

THE LOWDOWN: Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. SilverHawks, Volume One: Issue One is the first SilverHawks comic book that I've read.

I only vaguely remember the “SilverHawks” TV series, and I never watched it. I am more familiar with writer Ed Brisson, having enjoyed his AWA Studios work, including the excellent Sins of the Salton Sea #1. I enjoy the output of artist George Kambadais, having reviewed John Carter of Mars #1 and Disney's Gargoyles #1.

Together, Brisson and Kambadais offer a riveting first issue of the new SilverHawks series. Brisson deftly brings together the past and present, expertly tying them together to create what is likely the series' central conflict.

Kambadais, who seems gifted when it comes to science fiction-fantasy comic books, makes the story crackle from page to page with exciting action. Still, he leaves plenty of space to introduce the characters and their attitudes, if not their personalities. Ellie Wright's colors make the art shimmer and shake with the energy of a new beginning. Jeff Eckleberry's lettering is reliable in creating a rhythm for the narrative, and it does here.

I expected very little from Silverhawks #1, but I'm pleasantly surprised. This could be a really good series that is in for a long run.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Warner Bros. comic book series and of “SilverHawks” will want to give SilverHawks, Volume One a try.

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

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Monday, January 20, 2025

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Monday, January 13, 2025

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Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Comics Review: Disney's "ZOOTOPIA #1" Brings Back the Film's Fun

ZOOTOPIA VOL. 1 #1

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Jeff Parker

ART: Alessandro Ranaldi

COLORS: Dearbhla Kelly

LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry

EDITOR: Nate Cosby

COVER: Trish Forstner

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Alessandro Ranaldi; Craig Rousseau; Trish Forstner

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (January 2025)

Rated “Teen”

“Call Dropped”

Dynamite Entertainment has been producing licensed comic books based on Disney characters and IP since 2022. The latest is a Zootopia comic book series, entitled Zootopia Volume 1. It is written by Jeff Parker; drawn by Alessandro Ranaldi; colored by Dearbhla Kelly; and lettered Jeff Eckleberry. The series continues the adventures of Judy and Nick and is set after the events of the original film.

Zootopia Volume 1 #1 (“Call Dropped”) opens in Zootopia Police Precinct 1. Officer Hopps and Officer Wilde are known as the heroes who unraveled Assistant Mayor Dawn Bellweather's “prey-supremacist” conspiracy (as seen in the 2016 film). This morning, however, Chief Bogo has them on the crowd control detail at the airport.

A V.I.P. is arriving, and it's Tripp Zebrando, CEO of PBJ. Zebrando is introducing a new smart phone, and everyone wants one... that is except the people that are against smart phones. The trouble starts when Zebrando's airship, “the Sky Cow,” becomes distressed. It's Hopps and Wilde to the rescue and into another conspiracy... maybe.

THE LOWDOWN: Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. Zootopia Volume 1, Issue #1 is the latest.

My enjoyment of the film virtually assured that I was going to give Dynamite's new comic book adaptation a try. I can safely tell Zootopia fans that they will likely enjoy the comic book. Series writer Jeff Parker is quite adept at writing comic books that adapt other media (DC Comics' Batman '66 and Future Quest) or that revisit comics stories from decades past (Marvel Comics' X-Men: First Class). He offers an intriguing first issue of Zootopia, in which he smartly puts the movie's star character smack-dab in the middle of new conspiracy.

The series' artists, penciler-inker Alessandro Ranaldi and colorist Dearbhla Kelly, offer the most exciting storytelling that readers will find is similar to the aesthetic the original film. Ranaldi's illustrations move so fast that I felt as if I were chasing the story in order to keep up with it. Kelly's colors have the spark of Disney's animation magic and also make the story pop. As usual, Jeff Eckleberry's lettering captures the motion and the noise.

I look forward to more Zootopia Volume 1. Anyone who reads this first issue, dear readers, will feel the need to return for the second issue, at least.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Disney comic book series will want Zootopia Volume 1.

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

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Monday, January 6, 2025

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Monday, December 30, 2024

Dynamite Entertainment Shipping from Diamond Distributors for January 1, 2025

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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Comics Review: Disney's "DUCKTALES #2" - Loose Change is Coming

DUCKTALES VOLUME 1, ISSUE #2

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Brandon Montclare

ART: Tomasso Ronda

COLORS: Agnese Eterno

LETTERS: Fabio Amelia

EDITOR: Nate Cosby

COVER: Ivan Bigarella

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Francesco Tomaselli; Carlo Lauro; Alan Quah; Ivan Bigarella; Tomasso Ronda

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (December 2024)

All Ages

Based on “Uncle Scrooge” by Carl Barks

“Four Corners of Your World” Part Two: “The Phantom of the Scrooge-A-Rama-Dome!”

“DuckTales” was an animated television series that ran from 1987 to 1990. Produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Tokyo Movie Shinsha, DuckTales was syndicated to American local television stations and ran for 100 episodes. The series also yielded a theatrical spin-off movie, DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990). In 2017, a second “DuckTales” series ran for 69 episodes over three seasons (2017-2021).

DuckTales was inspired by and based upon the Uncle Scrooge comics book and other comic books set in the world of Donald Duck that Carl Barks, legendary comic book writer-artist, created mainly from the early 1940s and into the 1960s. The TV show followed the adventures of Donald Duck's uncle, Scrooge McDuck; his three grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie (who were also Donald's nephews), and a close group of friends.

There were several DuckTales-related comics publications and comic books published on and off over a period from 1988 to 2020. Dynamite Entertainment brings DuckTales back to comic books with DuckTales Volume 1. It is written by Brandon Montclare; drawn and by Tomasso Ronda; colored by Agnese Eterno; and lettered by Fabio Amelia.

DuckTales Volume 1 #2 (“The Phantom of the Scrooge-A-Rama-Dome!”) opens in Scrooge's home, “McDuck Manor,” which sits right at the center of Duckburg. Scrooge is going to take Huey, Dewey, and Louie on a sightseeing tour through Duckburg, and the sites are the places that exist because of him. One of them is Duckburg's premiere movie house, “the Scrooge-A-Rama Dome,” which he owns.

Scrooge built the Scrooge-A-Rama Dome to be to most palatial of motion picture palaces – inspired by both the grandeur of the Colosseum in Rome and the chance to charge top-dollar admission fees. And it just so happens that Scrooge and the nephews have arrived during the “Monthly Monster Movie Marathon.” However, the sight of loose change sends Scrooge spiraling back to one of his craziest duels with his old adversary, Magica de Spell. Meanwhile, what is the mystery behind the theater's two employees, Mr. Frank and Beans?

THE LOWDOWN: Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. DuckTales Volume 1, Issue #2 is the latest.

I thought the first issue of the new DuckTales comic book series was more an introductory chapter than a first chapter of a serial. I was right because writer Brandon Montclare was establishing with the first issue that this was going to be a comic book about stories, in particular the stories that Scrooge has to tell. Truthfully, there is a lot of mystery and adventure in Scrooge's hometown of Duckburg, and his adventures outside the burg may sometimes tie into events within the burg.

With this second issue, Montclare offers a delightful story of the stage and the screen and of the kooky people on stage and behind the scenes. With that Montclare offers a most delightful tale that Uncle Scrooge want to tell.

Artist Tomasso Ronda presents beautiful art and engaging storytelling. His art looks as if it has stepped off the Disney animation reel and it makes the story pop with suspense and fun. Colorist Agnese Eterno captures the colorful magic of the wonderful storytelling worlds of Disney. Together Ronda and Eterno bring the spark of imagination that is Disney comics to this story. It does not read like a licensed comic book; it reads like the kind of fun comic book I would have loved as a kid. Even Fabio Amelia's lettering fits right in and feels like Disney comics

DuckTales #2 is an impressive second issue. It suggests that this series has staying power, and I hope that you, dear readers, help it stay around.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Disney comic books and of DuckTales will want to try DuckTales Volume 1.

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

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Monday, December 23, 2024

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Monday, December 16, 2024

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Monday, December 9, 2024

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Monday, December 2, 2024

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