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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DEC100061 HELLBOY SLEEPING & DEAD #2 $3.50
OCT100043 LITTLE LULU TP VOL 26 FEUD & OTHER STORIES $14.99
Dark Horse keeps chugging along with its weekly shipments to the world's comic book shops. These are two of the big, recurring arrows in their quiver: a comic book in the Mike Mignolaverse, and yet another volume in their Little Lulu reprint series -- maybe the first of the new wave collections to avoid the archival approach, I'm not all the way certain.

OCT100262 BATMAN THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE DELUXE ED HC $29.99
I imagine that for a lot of people reading this a $30 Batman comic better have some Dick Sprang art in it, but this is the latest chunk of work from Grant Morrison on that character.

DEC100844 MUPPET SHOW TP VOL 05 $9.99
Boom!'s efforts with the Henson flagship begins to wind down. This will be a nice little chunk for future fans to collect in the back-issues and trades market, now that I think of it.

DEC100845 UNCLE SCROOGE #400 $3.99
This anniversary comic, previewed here, seems to promise a mix of the classic artists and the newer, well-regarded ones, the twin poles between which this title has been bouncing for several months now.

NOV100968 LYND WARD SIX NOVELS IN WOODCUTS SLIPCASE $70.00
I take it this is the new Library of America edition, and while buying it in a comics store seems like an unlikely circumstance to me -- I mean, it'd be nice, but I bet most people have this already, ordered elsewhere -- it's a foundational North American comics text. If you had one shelf of comics at home, this could be on it.

NOV100989 CURSED PIRATE GIRL TP $20.00
This is a collection of Jeremy Bastian's series, and if I'm remembering correctly this trade was made possible by a Kickstarter campaign.

OCT101085 IVY HC $19.99
This is Sarah Oleksyk's skillfully executed high school drama, which won raves as a mini-comic. Someone I know sent me a very excited e-mail about it being collected, so I'm looking forward to catching up.

JUL101158 TEZUKA BLACK JACK TP VOL 13 $16.95
I'm not a huge fan of this lengthy medical drama -- which is grounded in reality about as much as a syndicated TV show that only plays at 5 AM on the weekends might be -- but for some folks I know it's the bees knees: funny, exciting and deeply weird.

NOV101056 VIETNAMERICA GN $30.00
A lengthy memoir of a first-born generation Vietnamese American (1976); a review here. There's been a lot of coverage of this book due to the sensitive and novel nature of its subject matter.

DEC101137 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1233 PI
You know, someone out there has a collection of these.

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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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