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



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Here are the books that jump out at me from this week's probably mostly 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 -- but were I in a comic book shop tomorrow I would likely pick up the following and look them over, and as a result, Seth Green will yell at me.

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AUG080026 CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 02 $49.95
I'm sort of dying to see these; I haven't even looked at them on-line yet.

AUG080189 SPIRIT TP VOL 01 $19.99
This is the Cooke/Bone version, not a reasonably cheap Eisner collection for the movie like I thought. I quite liked these comics, though.

SEP082234 GODLAND TP VOL 04 AMPLIFIED NOW $14.99
AUG082248 CHARLATAN BALL #5 $2.50
MAY082222 YOUNGBLOOD #6 $2.99
It's Joe Casey, with the belle of the ball being the latest Godland trade. At least I think that's the latest.

AUG082241 MICE TEMPLAR HC VOL 01 THE PROPHECY $29.99
I stopped paying attention to this a while back, so I'm sort of surprised to hear there's enough for a HC collection.

OCT080216 ARMY @ LOVE THE ART OF WAR #5 (OF 6) (MR) $2.99
JUL082191 ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #10 $2.99
SEP082257 SWORD #13 (MR) $2.99
AUG082428 CRIMINAL 2 #7 (MR) $3.50
The non-Joe Casey choices for decent serial reading fare this week.

OCT084301 GLACIAL PERIOD GN 3RD PTG (OCT063583) (MR) $14.95
A third printing is great news for this fun but sometimes obtuse book. I liked it.

JUL083595 METH COLAN & OTHER THEOLOGIANS SC SGN ED (MR) $22.99
Another offering to benefit the veteran comics artist Gene Colan, described here.

OCT088029 PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL BARACK OBAMA 2ND PTG (PP #844) $3.99
IDW gets a second, post-election printing on their pre-election comic book. It's nice to see the home company profiting from this rather than some shoddy-looking knock-off.

OCT080032 HELLBOY WILD HUNT #1 (OF 8) $2.99
These series are usually shorter, right?

OCT083970 BOYS CLUB #2 (MR) $4.95
More hilarity smelling of stale pizza chunks in the couch and dried pee on the bathroom floor.

OCT084123 SHIRTLIFTER #3 (A) $10.95
I always find Steve MacIsaac's work to be interesting -- not the patronizing kind of interesting, either, but the real kind.

OCT082430 MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #1 (OF 6) $3.99
Kurt Busiek's sequel to his 1990s-defining Marvels and therefore I would guess a pretty big deal that may not get treated as such due to the nature of the market right now. I think this exact iteration of a Marvels sequel has been rumored or planned for about five years now, and before that there was the criminal/cop perspective idea that became one of Busiek's Astro City series.

SEP082358 SECRET INVASION #8 (OF 8) SI $3.99
I talked to someone on the phone that compared this best-selling but not-all-that-well-reviewed latest Marvel epic is going to lead to poor sales for the next Marvel crossover the way that big comedians have a movie that no one like that does really well but in doing so weakens the sales for the next one. It sounded smart when he said it.

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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.

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 and probably a bit high, 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.

If I didn't list your comic, it's because I no longer feel close to you the way I once did.

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