going to be shorter and less invective-packed
for the week of August 3, as I'm not feeling very well
and spewing this bile from my fingers
sort of burns after a while.
Go here to read the Diamond shipping list and follow along.
DC Comics
JUN050370 JUSTICE #1 (OF 12) $2.99You know, I really enjoyed Superfriends a lot as a kid, but watching it now, I seem to think it's goofy, stupid, and just plain funny a lot of the time. Alex Ross doesn't think that's an appropriate line of thought and is going to give us a "realistic" take on those heroes. I think that he needs the stick pried from his ass, even if his intentions aren't entirely invalid - he wants to do a continuity-free version of the iconic heroes he loves in a disturbing, dusturbing way. In his recent Wizard interview, he said this is his last superhero work for a while, which means that in three months after Justice finishes, he'll have an Avengers mini on the block.
JUN050417 WILDSIDERZ #1 (OF 5) $3.50Oh, J. Scott Campbell. Despite my superior taste, I enjoyed Danger Girl for the romp it was, but this shit looks awful, no matter how hard you try to get me pumped for Mighty Morphin' Holographic Rangers.
JUN050418 WILDSIDERZ #1 LENTICULAR COVER VERSION #1 (OF 5) PI
Image
APR051711 HUNTER KILLER 9.6 CGC GRADED SGN #1 $59.99Yes, because the world was clamoring for these. My shop has still got a stack of the 0 issue that sold for a quarter. It's sort of strange, as Waid and Silvestri seem like a good bet for Average Fanboy, but I read it and thought it was just plain awful - maybe everyone agrees with me for once.
APR051712 HUNTER KILLER 9.8 CGC GRADED #1 $59.99
JUN051840 HUNTER KILLER 9.8 CGC GRADED #1 (O/A) $59.99
Marvel
JUN052001 DAREDEVIL FATHER DIRECTORS CUT #1 $2.99You know, I'd maybe be half as nasty towards Quesada if he'd put his own shit out on time, even if it's ugly and retarded. Erik Larsen manages it, you know?
Other Companies
MAR052855 DF DESOLATION JONES #1 SGN $19.99Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
APR052856 DF FANTASTIC FOUR MOVIE #1 SGN $29.99
JUN052945 DF GREEN LANTERN ROSS CVR #1 SGN PI
MAR052864 DF MARVEL NEMESIS IMPERFECTS #1 TRIPLE SGN $39.99
APR052988 FATHOM #1 ORIGINAL SERIES VARIANT PACK $9.99
APR052989 FATHOM #1 ORIGINAL SERIES VARIANT PACK SIGNED ED $14.99
MAR052769 FATHOM PRELUDE GARZA REMARKED #1 $69.99
MAR052768 FATHOM PRELUDE GARZA SGN #1 $19.99
APR052991 TOMB RAIDER SCHOOL SPECIAL WWLA LTD DIGITIALLY PAINTED ED (C $24.99
APR052990 TOMB RAIDER SCHOOL SPECIAL WWLA LTD SKETCH ED $19.99
APR052992 TOMB RAIDER SCHOOL SPECIAL WWLA LTD SKETCH S/N ED $29.99
Re-evaluate the songs
Double-pack with a photograph
Extra Track (and a tacky badge)
- The Smiths, "Paint A Vulgar Picture."
Dark Horse
JUN050019 SERENITY BRADSTREET CVR #2 (OF 3) $2.99Yes, variant covers, but wow, #1 sold and sold and sold at our shop. Let's hope the Whedonites see something else they like when they're running about.
JUN050018 SERENITY CHEN CVR #2 (OF 3) $2.99
JUN050020 SERENITY QUESADA CVR #2 (OF 3) $2.99
DC Comics
APR050382 BALLAD OF HALO JONES TP $19.99Such a great book that any Alan Moore fan should own. This is off-kilter science fiction that manages to be dramatic without drifting into pathos.
JUN050361 DCS GREATEST IMAGINARY STORIES TP $19.99Oh, yes. Oh yes, yes, yes. Just look at it. If you resist, you are stronger than I.
MAR050475 TOP TEN THE FORTY NINERS HC $24.99So, I saw pages from this when I was [INSERT NAMEDROPPING]talking to Gene Ha[END NAMEDROPPING] a while back and even if Alan Moore has "Me monkey make poo!" coming out of every character's mouth in every panel, it will still be a work of beautiful work of magnificent genius. There will be further superlatives available after I've read it, I'm sure.
Image
JUN051814 STUPID COMICS #3 $2.99Give Jim Mahfood your money or I'll take out your wallet and do it for you.
Marvel
JUN052073 AVENGERS VISION AND SCARLET WITCH TP $15.99You know, the Marvel website is completely unhelpful when it comes to this, but Amazon comes through. I've said it before and I'll say it again, but goddamn, I love the loopy insanity that 70s Marvel.
MAY051816 NEW AVENGERS VOL 1 BREAKOUT HC $19.99OK, right, I may actively dislike this title and the crap that it represents, but Marvel's releasing an oversized (I hope) hardcover at the same cost as the issues instead of slapping an extra $10 Eat It Fanboy tax on it, so I won't be burning down their corporate offices this week.
Other Companies
JUN052699 EMO BOY #2 $2.95Oh, Emo Boy! We love you, even if you loathe us all.
Wow, I get off kind of lightly this week unless I've missed something, which I probably have. Last week dinged me to the tune of $110, which I should do some writing about in the near future, because I was very pleased with the majority of what I read.
