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Monday, November 15, 2021
Comic Books, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for November 17, 2021
DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for November 16, 2021
Aquaman The Becoming #3 (Of 6)(Cover A David Talaski), $3.99
Aquaman The Becoming #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Khary Randolph Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman #117 (Cover A Jorge Jimenez)(Fear State), $4.99
Batman #117 (Cover B Jorge Molina Card Stock Variant)(Fear State), $5.99
Batman #117 (Cover C Rose Besch Retro Gamer Card Stock Variant)(Fear State), AR
Batman Secret Files The Gardener #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Christian Ward)(Fear State), $4.99
Batman Secret Files The Gardener #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Ejikure Card Stock Variant)(Fear State), $5.99
Batman Secret Files The Gardener #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Christian Ward Card Stock Variant)(Fear State), AR
Batman Vs Bigby A Wolf In Gotham #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Yanick Paquette), $3.99
Batman Vs Bigby A Wolf In Gotham #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Brian Level & Jay Leisten Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Blue And Gold #4 (Of 8)(Cover A Ryan Sook), $3.99
Catwoman Volume 5 Valley Of The Shadow Of Death TP, $16.99
DC Horror Presents Soul Plumber #1 (Of 6)(2nd Printing John McCrea Cover), $3.99
Dreaming Waking Hours TP, $29.99
Green Lantern #8 (Cover A Bernard Chang), $4.99
Green Lantern #8 (Cover B Juliet Nneka Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Justice League #69 (Cover A Jorge Fornes), $4.99
Justice League #69 (Cover B Alexander Lozano Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Justice League Endless Winter HC, $29.99
Legends Of The Dark Knight #7 (Cover A Karl Mostert), $3.99
Legends Of The Dark Knight #7 (Cover B Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Legends Of The Dark Knight #7 (Cover C Jorge Fornes Card Stock Variant), AR
Looney Tunes #263 (Cover A Derek Fridolfs & Dave Alvarez), $2.99
Nice House On The Lake #6 (Of 12)(Cover A Alvaro Martinez Bueno), $3.99
Nice House On The Lake #6 (Of 12)(Cover B Javier Rodriguez Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nightwing #86 (Cover A Bruno Redondo)(Fear State), $3.99
Nightwing #86 (Cover B Jamal Campbell Card Stock Variant)(Fear State), $4.99
Nightwing #86 (Cover C Bruno Redondo Card Stock Variant)(Fear State), AR
Nubia And The Amazons #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Alitha Martinez), $3.99
Nubia And The Amazons #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Maika Sozo Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Other History Of The DC Universe HC, $29.99
Plunge TP, $17.99
Refrigerator Full Of Heads #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Sam Wolfe Connelly), $3.99
Refrigerator Full Of Heads #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Tiffany Turrill Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Robins #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Baldemar Rivas), $3.99
Robins #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Babs Tarr Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Suicide Squad #9 (Cover A Eduardo Pansica), $3.99
Suicide Squad #9 (Cover B Dexter Soy Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Suicide Squad King Shark #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Trevor Hairsine), $3.99
Suicide Squad King Shark #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Francesco Mattina Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Supergirl Woman Of Tomorrow #5 (Of 8)(Cover A Bilquis Evely), $4.99
Supergirl Woman Of Tomorrow #5 (Of 8)(Cover B Amy Reeder), $4.99
Superman Son Of Kal-El #5 (Cover A John Timms), $3.99
Superman Son Of Kal-El #5 (Cover B InHyuk Lee Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Superman Son Of Kal-El #5 (Cover C Travis Moore Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Wonder Woman Evolution #1 (Of 8)(Cover A Mike Hawthorne), $3.99
Wonder Woman Evolution #1 (Of 8)(Cover B Riley Rossmo Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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Sunday, November 14, 2021
Comics Review: Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters – IG-88 #1
MARVEL COMICS
STORY: Rodney Barnes
ART: Guiu Vilanova
COLORS: Antonio Fabela
LETTERS: VC's Ariana Maher
EDITOR: Tom Groneman
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Akira Yoshida a.k.a. C.B. Cebulski
COVER: Mahmud Asrar with Matthew Wilson
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Ron Frenz and Tom Palmer with Nolan Woodard; Caspar Wijngaard; Ray-Anthony Height with Guru-eFX
40pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (December 2021)
Rated T
“Born to Kill”
Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters is a Marvel Comics Star Wars publishing event that is comprised of 34 individual comic books, published from May to October 2021. The series invents 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 Fett's appearance in 1983's Return of the Jedi (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi).
Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters – IG-88 #1 is the fourth of four “War of the Bounty Hunters” one-shot tie-ins that focus on the most notorious hunters and scoundrels of the Star Wars criminal underworld. This comic book is written by Rodney Barnes; drawn by Guiu Vilanova; colored by Antonio Fabela; and lettered by Ariana Maher.
As Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters – IG-88 #1 (“Born to Kill”) opens, the droid, IG-88, who calls himself “the greatest bounty hunter in the galaxy,” lies in the pieces. [The reasons for this are shown in Darth Vader (2020) #17-18.] Enter the cyborg, RB-919, who is a master at recommissioning droids. He has been hired by Deva Lompop, the bounty hunter and member of the galactic criminal syndicate, Crimson Dawn, to restore IG-88.
Once IG-88 is back online he returns to being an advanced droid designed for death, destruction, and mayhem, flawless in design and possessing unparalleled weapons systems. Lompop has a mission for the revived bounty hunter – find Boba Fett and steal Han Solo (frozen in carbonite) from him. Can IG-88 find a strategy to overcome his old foe? And what motivates him to come back from destruction time and again?
THE LOWDOWN: Until I read Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters - IG-88 #1, I had not read a single issue of “War of the Bounty Hunters,” although I had initially planned to do so. I am a fan of writer Rodney Barnes, so when I found out (via Twitter) that he'd written this tie-in comic book, I purchased a digital copy via comiXology.
Barnes doesn't disappoint. I wondered if anyone could write a single-issue story that ties into “War of the Bounty Hunters” and that either illuminates IG-88's character or offers something new. Barnes offers a credible tie-in and also a story that presents IG-88 as an intriguing character outside the main story. Honestly, he seems more humanoid than droid, and he is an attractive character because he is both clever and homicidal.
I hugely enjoyed the art by Guiu Vilanova, which reminds me of 1990s Matt Wagner. While stylish, Vilanova's art here conveys the edgy, violent nature of Barnes' story, while establishing a gritty sci-fi setting that recalls the original Star Wars film's Wild West vibes. Antonio Fabela's colors light the story as if to bring together the sensibilities of Blade Runner and Star Wars. Ariana Maher's lettering delineates this story's shifts and twists in a seamless fashion.
I will be a greedy fanboy and say that I wish there was more Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters - IG-88 #1. I think Rodney Barnes and Guiu Vilanova could at least offer an enticing IG-88 miniseries.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Star Wars comic books will want Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters - IG-88 #1.
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Saturday, November 13, 2021
Comics Review: "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #112" Goes to the Drive-In
SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (2010) #112
DC COMICS
STORY: Derek Fridolfs; Sholly Fisch
PENCILS: Scott Jeralds; Dario Brizuela
INKS: Scott Jeralds; Dario Brizuela
COLORS: Jeremy Lawson; Heroic Age
LETTERS: Saida Temofonte
EDITORS: Courtney Jordan; Kristy Quinn (reprint)
COVER: Derek Fridolfs with Jeremy Lawson
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (December 2021)
Ages 8+
“Attack of the 8-Foot Amphibian!”
Welcome, dear readers, to my continuing journey through the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? comic book series, which began publication in 2010. I continue to renew my subscription so that I can continue to review this series for you, dear readers.
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #112 opens with “Attack of the 8-Foot Amphibian!,” which is written by Derek Fridolfs and drawn by Scott Jeralds. The story finds Mystery Inc.: Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma in the “Mystery Machine” are arriving at the “Coolsville Drive-In” movie theater. They are there for a screening of the classic monster movie, “The Ghoulie from Green Lagoon.” It seems, however, that the Ghoulie has, of late, been rampaging through the drive-in. Instead of a night at the movies, it's another mystery for Scooby and the gang.
The second story, “Creature Feature” is, as usual, a reprint story and is written by Sholly Fisch and drawn by Dario Brizuela. [This story was originally published in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #38 (cover date: December 2013).] The story opens on the set of the “Nocturna, Mistress of Midnight” television show. Horror movie hostess, “Nocturna,” is screening the monster movie, “Attack of the Cabbage People,” when a real cabbage monster terrorizes the set. It seems that “creepy creatures” from old movies have been plaguing the television studio for a few weeks.
Mystery Inc. arrives, offering to help solve the mystery. The gang discovers that Sybil, the actress who plays Nocturna; Lew Gordon, the show's producer; and Dennis Raye, the show's intern have different ideas about what is going on. Can Mystery Inc. solve the mystery of these old movie monsters before there are too many for anyone to handle?
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #111 was one of the best issues of the series that I had read in a long time. Shockingly, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #112 makes it consecutive top-flight issues of a Scooby-Doo comic book series that has been mostly flat for the past few years.
First, the opening story, “Attack of the 8-Foot Amphibian!,” features the artwork of one of the very best Scooby-Doo comic book artists, Scott Jeralds. His beautiful “clear-line” drawing style retains the classic design of the Scooby-Doo characters and adds a quirky modern visual sensibility. The story is written by one of the better Scooby-Doo comic book writers, Derek Fridolfs, who is also an artist and who draws issue #112's cover.
Fridolf's script offers sly commentary about people's obsessions with their smart phones and about how people use camera phones to record events rather than live in those events themselves. It seems that the only ones concerned with “the Green Ghoulie” is analog-era Mystery Inc, who fit in perfectly with the story's setting, a drive-in movie theater. This offers an obvious contrast to the rest of the moviegoers who are too jaded to care about “old school” or “retro” things.
Like the reprint story in issue #111, issue 112's back-up story is also a reprint from an earlier issue of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? rather than from the previous series, Scooby-Doo (1997-2010). “Creature Feature” (originally published in 2013) is not quite as entertaining as “Attack of the 8-Foot Amphibian!,” but it does offer “Nocturna, Mistress of Midnight,” an homage to the great, real-life horror-hostess, “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.” For me, that's enough to make “Creature Feature” a winner.
So, I highly recommend Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #112 to Scooby-Doo fans. And until next time, Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from November 7th to 13th, 2021 - Update #22
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
DISNEY - From Deadline: Disney+ has provided a first look at Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in "Hocus Pocus 2," the sequel to their 1993 Halloween cult classic. "Hocus Pocus 2" is due Fall 2022.
BREAKING/CELEBRITY - From Variety: The conservatorship over Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Britney Spears, has been terminated after 13 years, a California court has determined.
TELEVISION - From THR: "And Just Like That," the sequel to the beloved series, "Sex in the City," has a premiere date (Dec. 9th on HBO Max) and a trailer.
MOVIES - From Deadline: MGM is developing a "Road House" reboot with actor Jake Gyllenhaal and director Doug Liman circling the project.
CELEBRITY - From THR: In a big feature interview, sexy actor Henry Cavill talks about "The Witcher," "Mission: Impossible," Superman, and James Bond...
COVID-19 - From THR: Hollywood projects get stricter about COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
TECH - From Variety: Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson is selling the VFX division of his company, Weta Digital, to Unity Software, a 3D game development platform. Eventually, the deal will make Weta's VFX tools and tech will be available to creators all over the world.
MOVIES - From Variety: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will portray Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, in Universal’s big-screen adaptation of the Tony-winning musical, "Wicked." The film will be directed by Jon M. Chu.
MOVIES - From THR: Leonardo DiCaprio is in final talks to play infamous cult leader, Jim Jones, in a film for MGM that he will also produce.
OSCARS - From THR: 30 hopeful films enter the race for "Best Picture" at the 2022 / 94th Academy Awards.
From THR: The Academy Awards promises 10 nominees in the "Best Picture" category at the 94th Oscars.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 11/5 to 11/7/2021 weekend box office is Disney/Marvel Studios' "Eternals" with an estimated take of 71 million dollars.
From Negromancer: My review of "Eternals."
MOVIES - From Insider: Director Jason Reitman talks about working on "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," a franchise he's avoided his whole life, and the connection to his father who directed the original films.
MOVIES - From THR: Regina Hall is teaming with Robert De Niro to make a sequel to De Niro's 1988 film, "Midnight Run." In the original, De Niro played a bounty hunter tracking a mob accountant played by the late, great Charles Grodin.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Vin Diesel has asked Dwayne Johnson to return to the "Fast & Furious" franchise for the series' final two films. Diesel and Johnson have been at odds since the making of "The Fate of the Furious."
TELEVISION - From THR: Tyler Perry, who does all the writing for his television series, said that his plan is to bring in other writers and directors for his TV shows sometime in the next three to four years.
TELEVISION - From ShadowandAct: Filmmaker Deon Taylor and rapper "Master P" are developing an scripted television series based on Master P's life.
MOVIES - From THR: Acclaimed director and Oscar-winning screenwriter, Jane Campion, talks about her new film, "The Power of the Dog" (with Benedict Cumberbatch) and why she won't do a "Marvel movie."
OBITS:
From THR: American producer, manager, and boxing promoter, Jeff Wald, has died at the age of 77, Friday, November 12, 2021. Wald had many celebrity clients, including his ex-wife, the late singer-songwriter, Helen Reddy. Wald was married to Reddy and managed her at the height of her career in the 1970s. He also managed legendary comedian George Carlin and box office superstar, actor Sylvester Stallone.
From Deadline: The former child performer and veteran actor, Dean Stockwell, has died at the age of 85, Sunday, November 7, 2021. Stockwell began his film career as a child actor in 1945, appearing a several films, including "Anchors Aweigh" with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly. Stockwell may be best known for the role of "Admiral Al Calavicci" in the former NBC sci-fi drama, "Quantum Leap" (1989-93), for which he received four Primetime Emmy nominations in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series." Stockwell also earned a "Best Supporting Actor" nomination for his role in Jonathan Demme's 1988 film, the crime comedy, "Married to the Mob."
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"RUST" ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING DEATH:Thursday, November 11, 2021
Comics Review: SONJAVERSAL #9
SONJAVERSAL, VOLUME 1 #9
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: Christopher Hastings
ART: Pasquale Qualano
COLORS: Kike J. Diaz
LETTERS: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
EDITOR: Nate Cosby
COVER: Lucio Parrillo
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Joseph Michael Linsner; Jae Lee with June Chung; Jung-Geun Yoon; Lucio Parrillo; Gracie the Cosplay Lass (cosplay)
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (November 2021)
Rated Teen+
Based on the characters and stories created by Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Robert E. Howard
Conan the Barbarian #23 (cover dated: February 1973) saw the debut of a high fantasy, sword and sorcery heroine, Red Sonja. 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 Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), the creator of the character, Conan the Cimmerian.
Red Sonja remained a fixture in comic books from then until about 1986. In 2005, Dynamite Entertainment began publishing comic books featuring differing versions of the character. One of those is a spin-off title, Sonjaversal, which sees Red Sonja battle parallel versions of herself from parallel universes. Sonjaversal is currently written by Christopher Hastings; drawn by Pasquale Qualano; colored by Kike J. Diaz; and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.
Sonjaversal #9 opens on the world of Blue Sonja. “Mantis,” “Scorpio,” and “Legion” are the names of the preeminent criminal organizations on this world. Blue Sonja lures them to what they call the first summit of “The New World Order,” where she blows them all to Hell. Now, authorities say everything may not have turned out the way they thought. So Sonja returns to her spot of conquest with new comrades, Warrick and Dr. Moore.
Behold...Blue Sonja! She wears leather, rides a motorcycle, and shoots guns. She beats the hell out of every villain that gets up in her grill! But nothing can prepare this bad-ass champion for what she will find at the end of her search.
THE LOWDOWN: Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department recently began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. One of them is Sonjaversal #9, which is the fourth issue of the title that I have read.
Sonjaversal #8 is my favorite issue of the series … so far. Issue #9 looks like it could be pretty good to me, and it will have the advantage of being a two-parter. As usual, writer Christopher Hastings has a knack for delineating the adventures of these parallel Sonjas, whether they are supernatural detectives, vampire hunters, mech warriors, or bad girl types. His scripts are interesting, quite entertaining, and offer some nice twists
The art team of illustrator Pasquale Qualano and colorist Kike J. Diaz once again offers an interesting new world of Sonja. Qualano turns in some really good anime-inspired art, and Diaz's coloring is a purple and purple-hued sci-fi and horror wonderland.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Red Sonja will want to try Sonjaversal.
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Comics Review: "DIE!NAMITE Volume 2 #5" Comes to a Fun Conclusion
DIE!NAMITE LIVES VOLUME 2 #5
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: Fred Van Lente
ART: Vincenzo Carratù with Jordi Perez
COLORS: Kike J. Diaz
LETTERS: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
EDITOR: Nate Cosby
COVER: Lucio Parrillo
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Arthur Suydam; Joseph Michael Linsner; Dave Acosta; Lucio Parrillo; Angel Ray (cosplay)
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (November 2021)
Rated Teen+
DIE!namite is a series of zombie apocalypse comics from Dynamite Entertainment that utilizes some of the publisher's most popular characters and licensed properties. The latest is DIE!namite Lives! It is written by Fred Van Lente; drawn by Vincenzo Carratu with Jordi Perez; colored by Kike J. Diaz; and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. In the new series, Vampirella and the remainder of Project Superheroes look for a new savior, and that could be Ash Williams (the lead character of the 1992 film, Army of Darkness).
DIE!namite Lives! Volume 2 #5 opens at “Battle Base” in the Pacific Northwest. Evil Sonja and Peter Cannon have made their final moves in Sonja's bid to end all life on Earth. But has Cannon been wise in this choice he has made, and is he truly or fully Sonja's partner?
Meanwhile, back at a the local “S-Mart” warehouse, Patha, Vampirella, and Ash make a bid to retrieve the “Necronomincon Ex Mortis” from Jennifer Blood. Blood is holding the unholy book tight, encouraged by Smiley, who has offered her a deal to save her children. But is this another partnership doomed by a misunderstanding of what the terms of the deal really are? In this final showdown, one will die, or some will die, or all will die!
THE LOWDOWN: Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department recently began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. One of them is DIE!namite Lives! Volume 2 #5, which is the third issue of this series that I have read. In fact, this is only the third DIE!namite comic that I have read, although I've known of the series since it first began.
Under Lucio Parrillo's killer main cover for this fifth issue, writer Fred Van Lente wraps up DIE!namite Lives! Volume 2. It's the best issue yet and the most fun to read because Van Lente spoofs all the characters' machinations and desires.
The art team of Vincenzo Carratu and Jordi Perez present quirky compositions that give this closing issue a wild and crazy vibe while giving the action an extra jolt of energy. Kike J. Diaz colors are a sickly green haze that brings out the funk of forty thousand years. Letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou makes this end holla for life.
DIE!namite Lives! Volume 2 #5 is the end, but a third volume is coming. If this issue is any indication, the next one could be fun.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of DIE!namite will want DIE!namite Lives! Volume 2.
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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