Weekly Reviews - 03 October 2012 (With Previews)

[Mad_Man_Moon]

Hi. This week's reviews thread. The previews section is taken from Diamond's page, here: might be here Favourite Images: My pull: gone. I actually just quit comics yesterday (essentially). I sent the email to my LCS, and I'm out. It wasn't anything more (on the surface) than I need the disposable income to live and save with. But dig a little deeper, and the rising prices, plus the overly expensive initial cost of digital, mean that I can't commit. Especially now being back in blighty. Perhaps I'll chip back in when my situation improves (if ever) but right now I don't have the time, space or money to handle it. I'll still pick up the occasional one, and read friends' copies, but I'm out of the monthly game. Hopefully this will fuel more creativity in my life, instead of endlessly consuming, but I doubt it. I'll have to ween myself off of books, TV and Film, first. So, as you can see, mild disaster. Don't worry, I'll still be creating these threads, and I'll still be reviewing on the main site (and in here, where possible) from scraps. This said, it's kind of a sad day that money has taken me from comics. I know it's a luxury good anyway, but it's something we handle with passion. In the meantime, I'll enjoy finishing The Naked God by Peter F. Hamilton. I don't think it's the best hard science fiction that I've read (Alastair Reynolds!), but it's very swift in movement, and definitely enjoyable. Infinitely more accessible than something like Iain M. Bank's Algebraist, too. Anyway .... ONWARD! This is a thread to post some quick one paragraph reviews of the week's releases. We have the reviews section to come back some time in the future, this is more informal and just to get a paragraph of your thoughts on the week's releases, and to discuss each other's opinions thereafter, if one feels the need. Here's the format: Title (publisher) # - Rating Out Of 5 One paragraph review goes here. Title (publisher) # - Rating Out Of 5 One paragraph review goes here. Post as much or as little as you like, I'll create a new thread each week. PREVIEWS: New Releases For 10/03/2012 Every week, PREVIEWSworld announces which comics, books, and merchandise are on tap to arrive at your local comic shop. The products on this list are expected to ship to comic shops on the indicated date. This list, however, is tentative and subject to change. Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas the same week. New Releases PDF / TXT View the New Releases Archive. 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$4.99 DIAL H #5 $2.99 EARTH 2 #5 $2.99 FAIREST #8 (MR) $2.99 GI COMBAT #5 $3.99 GREEN ARROW #13 $2.99 GREEN LANTERN #13 $2.99 GREEN LANTERN #13 COMBO PACK $3.99 GREEN LANTERN ANNUAL #1 2ND PTG $4.99 I VAMPIRE TP VOL 01 TAINTED LOVE $14.99 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA RISE OF ECLIPSO TP $16.99 LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #1 $3.99 PHANTOM STRANGER #1 $2.99 SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #26 $2.99 SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #6 $3.99 STORMWATCH #13 $2.99 SUPERMAN BATMAN SORCERER KINGS TP $14.99 SWAMP THING #13 $2.99 SWEET TOOTH #38 (MR) $2.99 V FOR VENDETTA BOOK AND MASK SET (MR) $24.99 WORLD OF WARCRAFT CURSE OF THE WORGEN TP $16.99 WORLDS FINEST #5 $2.99 DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES AME COMI BRAINIAC PVC FIGURE $69.95 DARK KNIGHT RISES BANE WINTER BATTLE BUST $79.95 DC COMICS SUPER HEROES SUPERMAN BUST $69.95 IDW Publishing 30 DAYS OF NIGHT MOVIE SCRIPTBOOK TP (SALE ED) $4.99 30 DAYS OF NIGHT OMNIBUS TP VOL 02 $29.99 30 DAYS OF NIGHT TP 30 DAYS TIL DEATH (SALE ED) $4.99 30 DAYS OF NIGHT TP VOL 04 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HC $39.99 IMAGE COMICS BLACK KISS II #3 (MR) [DIG] $2.99 BLOODSTRIKE #31 [DIG] $3.99 CREATOR OWNED HEROES #5 (MR) [DIG] $3.99 DANGER CLUB #4 [DIG] $2.99 EPIC KILL TP VOL 01 $12.99 FATALE #8 (MR) [DIG] $3.50 GUARDING THE GLOBE #2 $2.99 HACK SLASH #18 CVR A MERHOFF (MR) [DIG] $3.50 HACK SLASH #18 CVR B MERHOFF (MR) $3.50 HARVEST #3 (MR) [DIG] $3.50 HELL YEAH TP VOL 01 LAST DAY ON EARTHS $9.99 MICE TEMPLAR HC VOL 03 $29.99 NON HUMANS #1 [DIG] $2.99 THIEF OF THIEVES #9 [DIG] $2.99 WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 02 (MR) $59.99 MARVEL COMICS AGE OF APOCALYPSE #8 $2.99 AGE OF APOCALYPSE TP VOL 01 X-TERMINATED $16.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #692 2ND PTG RAMOS VAR $5.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #695 $3.99 ASM YOUNG READERS NOVEL TP VOL 03 DR OCTOPUS $6.99 AVENGERS ACADEMY #38 $2.99 AVENGERS BRIDE OF ULTRON PREM HC $29.99 AVENGERS VS X-MEN #12 AVX $4.99 AVX VS #6 $3.99 CRIMINAL DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 02 (MR) $49.99 DAREDEVIL END OF DAYS #1 $3.99 DEFENDERS #11 $3.99 HALO FALL OF REACH HC $49.99 MAN-THING OMNIBUS HC $125.00 MARVEL UNIVERSE ULT SPIDER-MAN COMIC READER TP #3 $3.99 MARVEL ZOMNIBUS HC $125.00 MINIMUM CARNAGE ALPHA #1 $3.99 MUPPETS #4 $2.99 ROAD TO OZ #2 $3.99 SPACEKNIGHTS #1 $3.99 SPIDER-MAN NOTHING STOP JUGGERNAUT PREM HC $29.99 TWELVE TP VOL 02 $15.99 UNCANNY X-FORCE #32 $3.99 UNCANNY X-MEN #19 AVX $3.99 X-MEN BISHOPS CROSSING HC $49.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS 2000 AD #1798 $5.25 2000 AD #1799 $5.25 2048 HC GN VOL 01 STORY OF AMERICAS FUTURE $19.95 ARCHIE #637 [DIG/D+] $2.99 ARCHIE LOVE SHOWDOWN TP $9.99 B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #229 [DIG/D+] $3.99 BIONIC WOMAN #5 $3.99 BOYS #71 (MR) $3.99 BROKEN PIECES #4 $3.50 BROXO GN $16.99 CARTER FAMILY DONT FORGET THIS SONG HC $24.95 CHARMED #24 (MR) $3.50 COMP FLASH GORDON LIBRARY HC VOL 01 ON PLANET MONGO $39.95 CRUSADES HC (MR) $34.95 DANCE IN THE VAMPIRE BUND GN VOL 13 (MR) $11.99 DRACULA EVERLASTING GN VOL 02 $11.99 EVERYBODY LOVES TANK GIRL #3 (MR) $3.99 EVERYTHING TOGETHER GN (MR) $19.95 FASHION BEAST #2 (MR) $3.99 FASHION 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[Fysh]

Those IDW sale edition prices look mighty compelling...I wonder how much of that discount will get passed onto consumers?

Also, sorry to read that you're out of the game for the minute, MMM. I'll drop you a PM when I'm back from my wanderings, we should do another night of beers & comics around London sometime soon.

[Mad_Man_Moon]

Those IDW sale edition prices look mighty compelling...I wonder how much of that discount will get passed onto consumers?

Also, sorry to read that you're out of the game for the minute, MMM. I'll drop you a PM when I'm back from my wanderings, we should do another night of beers & comics around London sometime soon.

I'm still up for having (chairing?!) a weekly (thursday, i feel being best, to give time to ones self with the weeks haul) natter about what's going on.

Or just to imbibe heavily/lightly.

Like I say (maybe not above); I'm not losing any passion for it, but I can't in the best conscious for my own life continue.

[MechanicalClavicles]

Hmmm... just Daredevil by Bendis for me (DD: End of Days #1).

Ten years since giving Frank Miller a thorough handjob, does Bendis still have what it takes to write completely pretentious Daredevil comics?

Maybe!!

Find out for just $3.99!

[Grendel]

Non-Humans # 1

This is what I really like. A comic that gives us a new world of interesting possibility. Talking toys has been done before, but not like this. Forget the recycled Marvel crap and buy something that's trying to be original. Image is the House of Ideas. 4 out of 5 Stars

[MechanicalClavicles]

Hmmm... just Daredevil by Bendis for me (DD: End of Days #1).

Ten years since giving Frank Miller a thorough handjob, does Bendis still have what it takes to write completely pretentious Daredevil comics?

Maybe!!

Find out for just $3.99!

Daredevil: End of Days #1 - 3/5 stars
Marvel/ $3.99

Well, I was right about the handjob part, but this time it's more like Bendis giving himself the rub, as it were. To wit, DD End of Days #1 spends just as much time rehashing Daredevil's entire (non-Bendis) history as it does hitting all the notes from Bendis's run (everything from the outing of Matt's identity to the Murdoch Papers). If you're able to make it through the exposition without incurring a massive brain hemorrhage, there are some nice painted panels by Bill Sienkiewicz interspersed amid Klaus Jansen and David Mack's muddy collaborative illustrations. The ending shows some promise, but overall I was left with a feeling of wanting to re-read the old Bendis/ Maleev stories and skip out on this new expensive nonsense that's been years in the making.

[Andy]

Dial H #5 (DC COMICS) - 3.5/5

Cock-a-hoop saves the day! The balance between lunacy and bizarre drama is a marvel in this comic. It's a slight dip after the last issue one-off, I think, but the arc comes to a close in a just-about-understandable way, hinting at more to come and showing just how powerful the dial could be.

[Andy]

Earth 2 #5 (DC COMICS) - 2.0/5

I still don't really know why I'm getting this but it is slowly improving. I think I just dislike the rot in this - there is no reason for this to be Solomon Grundy, either, who is a wasted antagonist and lacking any interest. And yet...there is some possibility here, some promise from Flash in particular. The world council, as a direct result of Apokolips invasion, has promise - or may be painting Earth 2 into a bad corner, making it too dissimilar to the world we know. A few more issues, against better judgement!

[Andy]

Non Humans #1 (IMAGE) - 4.5/5

Image continues to impress! A futuristic police story in a world where toys come to life due to a disease enhanced by imagination. Consequently, kids have imagination damped by drugs and there's no internet or TV - that's a neat trick to make something futuristic and yet still a more noir-style thriller. Excellent first issue and Whilce Portacio's art a perfect fit.

[Andy]

Action Comics #13 (DC COMICS) - 4.5/5

A Hallowe'en tale of sorts, with more history of Krypton, the Phantom Zone and Krypto (I'm a sucker for Krypto! Even if he has changed breed). Travel Foreman's art is a vast improvement for me, though I fear the ongoing 5th dimension stuff as I've never like Mr Mxytwat. Heartbreaking backup, for any dog lover or softie, by Sholly Fisch.