Pre-reviews: The Week of November 22, 2006.
Comments Off | Posted: November 20th, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorizedthere will be new comics on the shelves
Here are some you may want to buy.
Previews
OCT060006 PREVIEWS ADULT VOL XVI #12 PI
OCT060002 PREVIEWS VOL XVI #12 PI
OCT060004 PREVIEWS VOL XVI CONSUMER ORDER FORM #12 PI
For those of us who can’t bother to go through the online solicitations anymore, this is pretty essential. I was amazed at how light my order last time around was, come to think of it.
DC Comics
SEP060219 BLUE BEETLE #9 $2.99
The sagging flame of interest in this got fanned a bit by the last two issues, where some puzzle pieces were placed and you got to spend quite a lot of time with Jaime just being what he is: a kid. I dug it.
SEP060293 BOYS #5 (MR) $2.99
I dig this, too, for entirely different reasons. Mostly because I’m a sick, sad old man with a built-in grudge against the Teen Titans, unless they’re written by Bob Haney.
AUG060224 SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER VOL 1 TP $16.99
Another week, another unread black and white reprint volume added to my bookshelf. Jesus, when am I going to stop?!?
AUG060297 SWAMP THING VOL 9 INFERNAL TRIANGLES TP (MR) $19.99
Rick Veitch, Jamie Delano, and Stephen Bissette wrote these stories, and this volume features “Distant Cousins” from Swamp Thing Annual #3, “featuring the all-ape adventures of the DCU’s most famous anthropoids.” How can I avoid this?
Sterling/other ST nerds: is this the end of Veitch’s material? I know about the Jesus issue – is this where it was supposed to take place?
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SEP061810 CASANOVA #6 (MR) $1.99
Fraction, you know, he gets it. He gets it and I like the way he gets it. The end.
SEP061817 GODLAND #14 $2.99
I just reread the first two trades on the bus to and from NYC, so my brain is primed for more Truth from the Source. What an insanely good series.
SEP061826 PIRATES OF CONEY ISLAND #2 (OF$2.99
Joe Rice didn’t like this; I did. We are still friends, though: he gave me 5 Cool Points. Of course, Cronin is not recognizing them, since he’s some sort of Cool Points Dictator.
Marvel Comics
SEP062104 DAREDEVIL #91 $2.99
You know, I’m enjoying this, but I think I’m just going to switch to trades and get the story wholesale. A bit of my enjoyment is nullified by the pacing, and I’m saying that as someone who bought singles through the Bendis run.
SEP062185 ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL 3 TP $16.99
I love, love, love this material. Love it. More than I love you. I’m sorry, baby. See also: previous comment about Showcase Presents The Unknown Soldier.
SEP062166 NEW X-MEN OMNIBUS HC $99.99
Despite the fact I have the three large-format hardcovers, I find this vaguely tempting. Ah, well – it’s too unwieldy to carry and I quite like the fact I can, theoretically, choose to drop a volume of the original hardcovers into my courier bag for travel.
JUL061988 PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #1 CW $2.99
I really, really hope some unsuspecting fanboy is sold Casanova as an adjunct to this by a smart retailer and they discover pure joy in its pages. Hell, I’m looking forward to seeing Fraction do old-school Punisher mayhem, and I’m a huge fan of the Ennis material. There’s room in my book for many iterations of The Punisher, including Super Disco Hibachi Frank Castle: Demon Fighter!
Other Comics Companies
JUN063270 BUCKAROO BANZAI #3 (OF 3) $3.50
As someone who loved the movie and ancillary material more than anybody should, I have to say that with the fanboy glee at a new Banzai Industries product gone, this product is pretty shoddy. Bad call on my part and I’m sorry if I directed anyone to purchase it.
JUL063106 DONT GO WHERE I CANT FOLLOW GN (MR) $17.95
It’s sure to be compelling, but what a hard thing this will be to read. I love Nilsen’s work, mostly because of how casually he exposes raw nerves on the reader’s part. Part of me wonders at the whole “exploitation of a loved one and the artist’s relationship therein” aspect, but then a lot of “high art” involves some sort of suffering on the part of the artist.
SEP063299 HANK KETCHAMS COMPLETE DENNIS THE MENACE 1955-1956 HC $24.95
This series proves that the original Dennis material is about a million times better than what I was exposed to as a kid. Several times I have found myself paraplectic with laughter, wondering when the good lord would just smite me so the pain in my sides would stop.
SEP063629 JOHN WOOS SEVEN BROTHERS #2 $2.99
I liked the first well enough to give it one more issue. That’s my complete review.
SEP063469 KHAN #1 (O/A) $2.95
Mentioned only so I could include this link.
JUL062985 PLANETARY BRIGADE ORIGINS NEW SCHOOL CVR #1 (OF 3) $3.99
JUL062984 PLANETARY BRIGADE ORIGINS OLD SCHOOL CVR #1 (OF 3) $3.99
PROMOTIONAL BIT FOLLOWS:Please consider buying this comic. Benjamin Birdie and I have a nice little half-page gag strip in the back that is sure to make you chuckle if you are a fan of such things. As I mentioned in the Newsarama interview, it’s based on the old Jack Schiff educational comics that DC used to put in its books and I think it’s pretty darn funny, mostly because Birdie pulls off everything I ask him to do about a million times better than I script.
Production Snafu: it didn’t get placed for whatever reason. Issues #2 and 3 will have it, though. Buy it anyway, because it’s funny and Julia Bax draws the heck out of it.
SEP063164 SIMPSONS WINTER WINGDING #1 $4.99
Simpsons holiday comics by the usual people who do these things. Yes, I’m pals with some of the people at Bongo, but they really do exceed their mandate on a frequent basis and produce quite a lot of entertaining Simpsons-related material.
SEP063673 WILL EISNERS CONTRACT WITH GOD SC $16.95
SEP063675 WILL EISNERS DROPSIE AVENUE SC $16.95
SEP063674 WILL EISNERS LIFE FORCE SC $16.95
I got these a week ago and they’re beautiful, as I mentioned.
