This Isn’t A Library: New and Notable Releases to the Comics Direct Market



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Here are those 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 following -- I might not buy any -- but were I in a comic book shop I would likely pick up the following and look them over, potentially resulting in mean words and hurt feelings when my retailer objected.

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SEP070038 USAGI YOJIMBO #107 $2.99
SEP070172 ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #8 $2.99
SEP070178 BATMAN #671 (GHUL) $2.99
SEP071981 CASANOVA #11 (MR) $1.99
SEP072191 DAREDEVIL #102 $2.99
SEP074035 DAN DARE #1 (OF 7) $2.99
Six reasons to hit the comics shop if you're an adventure comics fan. I like that there's a special Diamond code for Batman super-villain Ra's al Ghul.

SEP078033 CAPTAIN AMERICA BY ED BRUBAKER OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 DM ED $74.99
I'd be interested how these read put all together. So many modern superhero comics, even the good ones, suggest rather than provide the kind of depth that rewards reading a bunch of them at once.

OCT070023 CUT $9.95
SEP071958 POPGUN VOL 1 GN $29.99
A couple of curiosities. In the first, Dark Horse's Mike Richardson writes a horror comic; in the second, Image releases the first issue of a several hundred-page book anthology.

SEP070033 SPEAK O/T DEVIL #3 (OF 6) $3.50
The latest from Gilbert Hernandez and therefore an automatic buy from me.

MAY071857 AGE OF BRONZE VOL 3 BETRAYAL HC $27.99
MAY071856 AGE OF BRONZE VOL 3 BETRAYAL TP $17.99
The last great indy comic.

SEP072227 SUB-MARINER #6 (OF 6) CWI $2.99
Can some retailer out there .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)? I'm serious.

AUG073764 COMPLETE DICK TRACY HC VOL 03 $29.99
I'm not a Dick Tracy scholar by any stretch of the imagination, but as I recall the growth in Chester Gould's strip lasted a really long time. This means that every volume should be better than the previous one These should just be starting to get really good.

SEP073950 LITTLE SAMMY SNEEZE COMP COLOR SUNDAYS 1904-1905 HC $55.00
I had no idea this collection coming out, but it sounds awesome. This would be the first thing I'd track down in my store. It's from Sunday Press Books, so it should be of a very high quality.

SEP074019 WORLD WAR 3 ILLUSTRATED #38 FACTS ON THE GROUND $5.00
I want to see this latest issue of the under-appreciated, long-running title for its collection of some work that Peter Kuper did about political violence where he was living in Mexico.

JUL073549 ICE WANDERER GN (RES) $21.99
AUG073633 TIMES OF BOTCHAN VOL 2 GN (OF 10) (O/A) $19.99
Not one but two from Jiro Taniguchi, if you count the re-offer, and given Fanfare/Ponent Mon's complete lack of market penetration, you might as well. I've never even seen Ice Wanderer.

OCT073704 TREASURY VICTORIAN MURDER VOL 9 THE BLOODY BENDERS SC $9.95
This is the softcover edition of a sharp short piece of historical comics by Rick Geary. At this price, it seems like it would a nice value in addition to be solid comics.

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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, 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 new comic, you're welcome to assume the worst of me, but it's likely I just missed it. I am not a good person.
 
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