This Isn’t A Library: Notable Releases To The Comics Direct Market

Here are the books that make an impression on me staring at this week's no-doubt largely accurate list of books shipping from Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. to comic book and hobby shops across North America.

I might not buy all of the works listed here. I might not buy any. You never know. I'd sure look at the following, though.

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FEB111186 TWIN SPICA GN VOL 07 $10.95
I've never been an enthusiastic advocate for this series, about a group of elite schoolchildren going to a kind of advance placement school for an astronaut and the tragedy of years ago that still haunts many of them. Still, the books have a quality and this is an issue with at least one big reveal. Big reveals always have potential for reconsideration of the series entire.

MAR110033 HELLBOY BEING HUMAN ONE SHOT $3.50
Mike, Hellboy, Richard, Roger. What's not to like in a funnybook?

JAN110118 LITTLE LULU TP VOL 27 TREASURE MAP & OTHER STORIES $14.99
These smaller-proportions-than-usual books seem to have done as well for Dark Horse as any of their other programs over the last several years.

JAN110321 BATMAN AND ROBIN DELUXE HC VOL 03 BATMAN MUST DIE $24.99
I can't remember which one in the series this is, and I'm not all the way certain what kind of customer exists for hardcover versions of a comics series it seems easy to buy in original form for $1 each, but these were reasonably fun comics.

FEB110214 JEW GANGSTER TP $14.99
FEB110212 YOSSEL TP $14.99
Two from the great Joe Kubert, both of whom I think were orphaned by previous publishers.

DEC100636 CAPTAIN AMERICA OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 GARNEY COVER $99.99
A big book of Captain America comics sounds like just the thing, what with the film coming out and all. I'm worried that the $100 price tag is there to push anyone that has it right into a new super-soldier program designed to combat the national debt.

MAR111221 GARDEN GN (MR) $24.95
I'd say this is the must-buy of the week: the next Yuichi Yokoyama work. I have one on the shelf, and it looks bigger than the previous pair.

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The full list of this week's releases, including some titles with multiple cover variations and a long, impressive list of toys and other stuff that isn't comics, can be found here. Despite this official list there's no guarantee a comic will show up in the stores as promised, or in all of the stores as opposed to just a few. Also, stores choose what they carry and don't carry so your shop may not carry a specific publication. There are a lot of comics out there.

To find your local comic book store, check this list; and for one I can personally recommend because I've shopped there, albeit a while back, try this.

The above titles are listed with their Diamond order code in the first field, which may assist you in finding comics at your shop or having them order something for you they don't have in-stock. Ordering through a direct market shop can be a frustrating experience, so if you have a direct line to something -- you know another shop has it, you know a bookstore has it -- I'd urge you to consider all of your options.

If I failed to list your comic, that's on me. I apologize.

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