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Friday, July 11, 2025

Review: James Gunn's "SUPERMAN" Starts a New Era

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 31 of 2025 (No. 2037) by Leroy Douresseaux

Superman (2025)
Running time:  129 minutes (2 hours, 9 minutes)
Rating: MPA – PG for violence, action and language
DIRECTOR:  James Gunn
WRITER:  James Gunn (based characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster)
PRODUCERS:  James Gunn and Peter Safran
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Henry Braham (D.o.P.)
EDITORS:  Craig Alpert and William Hoy
COMPOSERS:  David Fleming and John Murphy

SUPERHERO/FANTASY/ACTION

Starring:  David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, Skyler Gisondo, Maria Gabriela de Faria, Sara Sampaio, Wendell Pierce, Beck Bennett, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Neva Howell, Bradley Cooper, Angela Sarafyan, and Sean Gunn

SUMMARY OF REVIEW:
-- I am not crazy about the plot and narrative of the James Gunn's new Superman film, but I really like its cast and its interpretation of the characters, especially David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman.

-- I heartily recommend that fans of Superman movies get in on the ground floor of this new beginning


Superman is a 2025 American superhero, fantasy, and action film from writer-director James Gunn.  It is the first film in the new DC Comics cinematic universe known as the “DC Universe.”  The character, Superman, first appeared in the comic book, Action Comics #1 (on-sale date of April 18, 1938), and was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, who also created other characters and situations related to Superman.  In Superman, the embodiment of truth, justice, and the human way must reconcile his desire to help humanity with a shocking revelation about his alien heritage.

Superman opens threes years after the metahuman, Superman (David Corenswet), revealed himself to the people of Metropolis.  His alter-ego, Clark Kent (David Corenswet), works as a reporter for “The Daily Planet,” where he has a relationship with fellow reporter, Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan).  Lois knows that Clark is Superman.  She knows that he is Kal-El, a baby sent from the planet, Krypton, by rocket ship to Earth.  Lois also knows that Clark was raised in Smallville, Kansas by his adoptive parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent (Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell), a fact he has kept secrets from others.

Superman recently stopped the country of Boravia, an ally of the United States, from invading its neighboring country, Jarhanpur.  As the film begins, Superman has just received a beat-down from Boravia's own metahuman, the Hammer of Boravia.  Things are not as they seem, however, as brilliant billionaire Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) has launched a secret plot to destroy Superman, whom he sees not as a superhero, but as an existential alien threat to mankind.  With the help of his lackeys, Ultraman and The Engineer (Maria Gabriela de Faria), Luthor believes that he has the science and technology – the brain power – to beat Superman.

But Superman is not the only metahuman who is a superhero.  He occasionally gets help from the “Justice Gang”:  Michael Holt/Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi), Guy Gardner/Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), and Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced).  And Clark Kent will need all the friends he can get; a complete version of the broken message his Kryptonian parents, Jor-El (Bradley Cooper) and Lara Lor-Van (Angela Sarafyan), sent with him has come to light.  Now, some of the people of the world are starting to feel differently about Superman just when they need him the most.

Superman is a good film, but not a great film.  Overall, I like it, but I found myself rather cool to it as I watched it in a local theater last night.  I must admit that I felt the same way about the previous two attempts to reboot the Superman film franchise, director Bryan Singer's Superman Returns (2006) and director Zack Snyder's Man of Steel (2013).  Like Superman (2025), the plot and narratives of these earlier films are over-stuffed with subplots, settings, and characters that make the overall plot and narrative struggle to come together.  The over-stuffings are like roadblocks that force the central plot and narrative to veer off their most obvious and productive path.  I don't think the new Superman is as awkward in these areas as the aforementioned Superman reboots, but I do believe that the new film spends its first half bouncing around ideas, subplots, themes, relationships and conflicts.  To me, it is obvious that Superman 2025 borrows the big action set pieces of Man of Steel and also follows Superman Return's veneration of director Richard Donner and star Christopher Reeve's respective work on the Superman film franchise (1978-87).

There are things about the new Superman film that I really like.  I think the actors and the way they play the characters, for the most part, are nearly perfect.  The best thing about David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman is that he is the first actor that I have accepted as a true heir to the late Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), who is the gold standard when it comes to a cinematic Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman.  In a way, Superman 2025 offers its audience a vision of Superman as the quintessential nice guy the way Christopher Reeve and Superman: The Movie (1978) did.

Also, Rachel Brosnahan is a true heir to my favorite cinematic Lois Lane, the late Margot Kidder (1948-2018), Christopher Reeve's co-star.  I also got a kick out of Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific.  I liked him in his early roles in such films as Twilight (2008) and X-Men: First Class (2011), and I'd like to see him play Mister Terrific as a lead in either film or television.  I like Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, but the character is played way too over-the-top, but I think Hoult as Luther will be a huge benefit to future DC Universe films.

I obviously don't like James Gunn's Superman as much as I enjoyed his work on Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, which ended with the fantastic Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).  Still, the new Superman is both a fresh start and a start in the right direction.

6 of 10
B
★★★ out of 4 stars

Friday, July 11, 2025


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Thursday, July 10, 2025

WaterTower Music Announces the Release of the Soundtrack from James Gunn's "SUPERMAN"

SUPERMAN (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Available Now

MUSIC BY JOHN MURPHY AND DAVID FLEMING 

ORIGINAL SUPERMAN THEME BY JOHN WILLIAMS

AVAILABLE NOW DIGITALLY

2XLP VINYL PRE-ORDER – 7/11

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WaterTower Music has released the highly anticipated Superman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), featuring music from composers John Murphy and David Fleming as featured in Superman from director/writer/producer James Gunn and DC Studios, which opens in US theaters July 11, 2025. Mondoshop.com will be starting pre-order of the 2x LP vinyl on July 11th with 2 different color options: - Blue/ Red / White Spinner and - Solid Red / Blue

To meet the scale of Superman, James Gunn turned to longtime collaborator John Murphy, who introduced sweeping new themes for Lois and Clark and Lex Luthor, while reimagining John Williams' iconic Superman melody with a striking electric guitar arrangement. Emmy-winning composer David Fleming later joined the project, contributing bold new orchestral arrangements of the Williams theme alongside fresh, character-driven motifs for the Justice Gang, the Daily Planet, and Krypto. Together, their dynamic score ensures Superman soars for a new generation.

Murphy shares, "From the start, James and I knew we wanted to honor Superman’s legacy while creating something bold and new. There’s such purity in the character, and I wanted that reflected in the music - noble, orchestral, timeless, while still finding moments to experiment and push the boundaries."

Fleming adds, "There’s a deep emotional core to this Superman, and musically it was about tapping into that humanity. Reimagining the iconic theme while building new ones. From The Daily Planet to the Justice Gang, it was a chance to explore his world in a way that felt classic and completely fresh."

Superman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Tracklisting:

1. Home - David Fleming
2. Last Son - David Fleming
3. Hammer of Boravia - David Fleming
4. LuthorCorp - John Murphy
5. The Daily Planet - David Fleming
6. Lois & Clark - John Murphy
7. Eyes Up Here - David Fleming
8. Justice Gang vs. Kaiju - David Fleming
9. Intruders - David Fleming
10. The Message - David Fleming & John Murphy
11. Secret Harem - David Fleming & John Murphy
12. The Real Punk Rock - John Murphy
13. Pocket Universe - David Fleming
14. 5 Years Time - Noah And The Whale
15. Something Like a Sun - David Fleming & John Murphy
16. Jailbreak - David Fleming
17. The River Pi - David Fleming
18. Take the T-Craft - David Fleming & John Murphy
19. Your Choices, Your Actions - David Fleming
20. Raising the Flag - John Murphy
21. The Rift - David Fleming
22. Bases Loaded - David Fleming
23. Speeding Bullet - David Fleming
24. Remote Control - David Fleming & John Murphy
25. Upgrade - David Fleming & John Murphy
26. Driven by Envy - David Fleming & John Murphy
27. Look Up - David Fleming
28. Being Human - David Fleming
29. Luthor the Traitor - John Murphy
30. Metropolis - David Fleming & John Murphy
31. Walking on Air - John Murphy
32. Punkrocker (feat. Iggy Pop) - Teddybears
33. The Mighty Crabjoys Theme - The Mighty Crabjoys

Soundtrack is also available via Amazon Music.


ABOUT SUPERMAN:
Superman, DC Studios’ first feature film to hit the big screen, soars into theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures. In his signature style, James Gunn takes on the original Super Hero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular blend of epic action, humor and heart, delivering a Superman who’s driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind. DC Studios heads Peter Safran and Gunn are producing the film, which Gunn directs from his own screenplay, based on characters from DC, Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

When Superman is drawn into conflicts both abroad and at home, his actions to protect humankind are questioned, and his vulnerability allows tech billionaire and master deceiver Lex Luthor to leverage the opportunity to get Superman out of the way for good. Will the Daily Planet’s intrepid reporter Lois Lane, together with the aid of Metropolis’s other metahumans and Superman’s own four-legged companion, Krypto, be able to help Superman before Luthor can completely destroy him?

DC Studios Presents a Troll Court Entertainment/The Safran Company Production, A James Gunn Film, Superman will be in theaters and IMAX® nationwide on July 11, 2025, and internationally beginning July 9, 2025, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

ABOUT JOHN MURPHY:
Liverpool born John Murphy began scoring movies at the age of 25. In 2001, following the success of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, he moved to Los Angeles.

Since then he has worked with some of the industry's most respected and luminary filmmakers, including James Gunn, Michael Mann, Danny Boyle, and Guy Ritchie, producing film scores as prominent and diverse as 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Kick-Ass, The Suicide Squad, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

His movie trailers include Captain America, X-Men, Ready Player One, and Avatar, and his music has been featured in advertising campaigns for Nike, Microsoft, Google, and Apple.

After Kick-Ass Murphy set up the record label Taped Noise and began work on several non-movie projects. His latest film, Superman, released on July 11, is his fourth collaboration with James Gunn.

ABOUT DAVID FLEMING:
David Fleming is an Emmy-winning American composer who has written music for film and television including most recently, Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us, collaborating once again with Gustavo Santaolalla, and James Gunn’s upcoming DC film Superman.

David's score for Ron Howard’s Jim Henson: Idea Man earned him a Primetime Emmy Award as well as the ASCAP Composer’s Choice Award for Documentary Score of the Year, with his work on Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith bringing him a second Emmy nomination. David composed the score for the BBC's acclaimed Blue Planet II alongside Hans Zimmer, which marked the start of a collaborative relationship with the Academy Award-winning composer, encompassing scores for both Dune films and Top Gun: Maverick. David's sweeping orchestral fantasy score for Netflix's Damsel marked his first solo feature, while his dark electronic work alongside Gustavo Santaolla on HBO's The Last of Us won ASCAP's Composer's Choice Award for Television Score of the Year.

In addition, David recently composed the score for A24's Eternity and the neo-western Americana, both of which are slated for 2025 releases.

ABOUT WATERTOWER MUSIC:
WaterTower Music, the in-house label for the Warner Bros Discovery companies, releases recorded music as rich and diverse as the companies themselves. It has been the soundtrack home to many of the world’s most iconic films, television shows and games since 2001.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Review: "SUPERMAN III" is Good, Bad and Ugly

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 30 of 2025 (No. 2036) by Leroy Douresseaux

Superman III (1983)
Running time:  125 minutes (2 hours, 5 minutes)
MPAA – PG
DIRECTOR:  Richard Lester
WRITERS:  David Newman and Leslie Newman (based characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and on characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics)
PRODUCER:  Pierre Spengler
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Robert Paynter (D.o.P.)
EDITOR:  John Victor Smith
COMPOSER:  Ken Thorne

SUPERHERO/FANTASY/COMEDY

Starring:  Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole, Robert Vaughn, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Gavan O'Herlihy, Paul Kaethler, and Margot Kidder

Superman III is a 1983 American superhero film and comic-fantasy from director Richard Lester.  The film is the third in the “Superman” film series, which began with 1978's Superman (also known as Superman: The Movie).  The character, Superman, first appeared in the comic book, Action Comics #1 (on-sale date of April 18, 1938) and was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, who also created other characters and situations related to Superman.  In Superman III, Superman becomes the target of a greedy entrepreneur and a computer genius when they realize that he will obstruct their plans for wealth and world domination.

Superman III opens at an unemployment office in MetropolisAugust “Gus” Gorman (Richard Pryor) has discovered that his employment checks have run out, but by chance he discovers information about a school where he can learn to be a computer programmer.  Soon, Gus is working for the conglomerate, Webscoe Industries, where he uses his amazing computer skills to secretly embezzle over $85,000 from the company payroll.

However, Gus' activities do draw the attention of Webscoe's boss, Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn), and his sister and partner, Vera Webster (Annie Ross).  Ross is obsessed with the idea of using technology in order to gain financial domination over the world.  With the help of Annie and his tawdry mistress, Lorelei Ambrosia (Pamela Stephenson), Ross blackmails Gus into using his fantastic computer skills to begin a series of evil tech schemes.

Meanwhile, over at “The Daily Planet,” Metropolis' top newspaper, Clark Kent/Superman (Christopher Reeve) is preparing to return to his hometown of Smallville for his high school reunion, the Class of 1965.  He wants to use the reunion as the subject of a feature article, so he takes Daily Planet photographer, Jimmy Olsen (Marc McClure), with him.  At the reunion, Clark reconnects with his childhood friend, Lana Lang (Annette O'Toole), much to the chagrin of Clark's former high school bully, Brad Wilson (Gavan O'Herlihy).

While Clark enjoys his time with Lana and also bonds with her young son, Ricky (Paul Kaethler), Ross and Gus have launched their diabolical plans.  Even the Daily Planet's star reporter, Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), ends up being a victim of their moves.  When Ross discovers that Superman be an obstruction to his schemes, he forces Gus to find a way to destroy Superman, and those methods of destruction may come very close defeating the Man of Steel.

Superman III was not nearly the box office success that its predecessors, Superman: The Movie and Superman II (1980) were.  Some fans and critics blamed the film's shortcomings on having Richard Pryor as a cast member.  Some people may remember that Paramount Pictures was considering adding Eddie Murphy as a star of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.  Many of the science fiction and comic book fans that I knew at the time insisted that because Richard Pryor “ruined” Superman III, a science fiction film could not have a “Black comedian” in it or it would be similarly ruined.  They predicted doom and gloom for the fourth Star Trek feature film, but Murphy eventually passed on it to star in The Golden Child (1986).  These early fans that I met were racist and stupid, and, at the time, I thought their opinions about “Blacks” in genre films were racist and stupid.  I am glad that my association with them was short-lived.

Anyway, Pryor, one of the most influential American stand-up comedians of all-time, was known for his raunchy, adult-oriented act during the 1970s.  Into the 1980s, however, he became a more cuddly figure, appearing in a number of mainstream and even family-friendly films.  Although I was surprised that Pryor was cast in Superman III, I thought he was one of the few good things about the film when I first saw it in a theater back in 1983.  I still think that.

Superman III is mediocre because the screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman, or at least what made it to screen, is awkward and sometimes illogical.  Superman III's director, Richard Lester, was a very capable director during his active career; I am still a fan of his 1973 film, The Three Musketeers.  Lester is controversial a figure in the annals of Superman cinema because of the production of Superman II, which I don't feel like getting into right this moment.  Speaking strictly of Superman III, Lester and the Newmans did get one thing right.

When Superman III focuses on the jovial and genial nature of the film's characters, it is quite lovable.  Clark, Lois, Lana, Ricky, Gus, Jimmy, the Daily Planet editor Perry White (Jackie Cooper), and even the film's ostensible villains:  Brad, Ross, Vera, and Lorelei all come across as endearing.  I enjoyed getting to know them as eccentric characters and character types.  When the focus moves to Superman III's conflict/plot, the film turns simply ridiculous.

Almost a day after watching the entirety of Superman III for the first time in 32 years, I'm still thinking about it.  And yes, I like Richard Pryor in this film as much as I like Christopher Reeve, the star of four Superman films from 1978 to 1987, returning to play his signature role.  I don't mind the comic nature of Superman III, especially as some modern superhero movies are too damn dark.  However, it has too many ideas, and too many of them are handled in the most nonsensical manner.  Still, I can't help but kind of like Superman III because it is full of nice people.

5 of 10
B-
★★½ out of 4 stars


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Monday, July 7, 2025

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Monday, June 30, 2025

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Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (6th Printing Cover B Mark Spears Connecting Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (6th Printing Cover B Mark Spears Connecting Foil Variant), $7.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #9 (Cover A Hayden Sherman), $4.99
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Absolute Wonder Woman #9 (Cover C Reiko Murakami Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #9 (Cover D Ivan Talavera Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Wonder Woman #9 (Cover E InHyuk Lee Full Art Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Detective Comics The New 52 Omnibus Volume 1 HC, $125.00
Batman Ghosts A Legends Of The Dark Knight Halloween Special #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Tim Sale), $6.99
Batman Ghosts A Legends Of The Dark Knight Halloween Special #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Tim Sale Foil Variant), $8.99
Batman/Superman World's Finest Volume 6 Impossible HC, $24.99
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DC Connect #62, AR
DC x Sonic The Hedgehog #4 (Of 5)(Cover A Pablo M. Collar), $3.99
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Flash #22 (Cover A Davide Paratore), $3.99
Flash #22 (Cover B E.M. Gist Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Flash #22 (Cover C Yasmine Putri Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Flash #22 (Cover D George Perez Legacy Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Flash (2023) Volume 3 As Above TP, $19.99
Green Arrow #25 (Cover A Taurin Clarke), $3.99
Green Arrow #25 (Cover B David Aja Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Arrow #25 (Cover C Jacob Phillips Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Arrow #25 (Cover D George Perez Legacy Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Arrow #25 (Cover E Blank Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Lantern #24 (Cover A Xermanico), $4.99
Green Lantern #24 (Cover B Serg Acuna Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Green Lantern #24 (Cover C V. Ken Marion Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Green Lantern #24 (Cover D George Perez Legacy Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Green Lantern #24 (Cover E Chris Campana Card Stock Variant), AR
Green Lantern Dark #5 (Of 7)(Cover A Werther Dell Edera), $4.99
Green Lantern Dark #5 (Of 7)(Cover B Jessica Fong Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Green Lantern Dark #5 (Of 7)(Cover C W. Scott Forbes Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Harley Quinn #52 (Cover A Elizabeth Torque), $3.99
Harley Quinn #52 (Cover B David Nakayama Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #52 (Cover C Noobovich Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #52 (Cover D Betsy Cola DC Pride Connecting Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #52 (Cover E Robin Higginbottom Card Stock Variant), AR
Justice League Unlimited #8 (Cover A Dan Mora Connecting Variant)(We Are Yesterday), $3.99
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Justice League Unlimited #8 (Cover F George Perez Legacy Card Stock Variant)(We Are Yesterday), $4.99
Justice League Unlimited #8 (Cover G Travis Moore Connecting Card Stock Variant)(We Are Yesterday), AR
Mr. Terrific Year One #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Mateus Manhanini), $3.99
Mr. Terrific Year One #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Jorge Fornes Card Stock Variant), $4.99
New History Of The DC Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Chris Samnee Wraparound Variant), $5.99
New History Of The DC Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $6.99
New History Of The DC Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Ryan Sook Card Stock Variant), $6.99
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New History Of The DC Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover E Ryan Sook Wraparound Foil Variant), $9.99
New History Of The DC Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover F Stanley Artgerm Lau Foil Variant), $9.99
New History Of The DC Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover G Blank Card Stock Variant), $6.99
New History Of The DC Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover H Michael Cho Card Stock Variant), AR
Peacemaker Presents The Vigilante Eagly Double Feature #4 (Of 5)(Cover A Mitch Gerads), $3.99
Peacemaker Presents The Vigilante Eagly Double Feature #4 (Of 5)(Cover B Jeff Spokes Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Peacemaker Presents The Vigilante Eagly Double Feature #4 (Of 5)(Cover C Rafael De Latorre Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Power Girl (2023) Volume 3 The Star TP, $19.99
Superman #27 (Cover A Dan Mora), $4.99
Superman #27 (Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman #27 (Cover C Guillem March Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman #27 (Cover D Marc Aspinall Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman #27 (Cover E Rachel Stott DC Pride Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman #27 (Cover F George Perez Legacy Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman #27 (Cover G Jerry Ordway Superman Movie Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman #27 (Cover H Ariel Colon Card Stock Variant), AR
Superman Birthright TP (DC Compact Comics Edition), $9.99
Superman The World HC, $24.99
Titans (2023) Volume 3 Hard Feelings TP, $17.99

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Monday, June 16, 2025

DC Comics Shipping from for June 18, 2025

DC COMICS:

Absolute Batman #5 (2nd Printing Cover A Nick Dragotta), $4.99
Absolute Batman #6 (2nd Printing Cover A Nick Dragotta), $4.99
Absolute Batman #7 (2nd Printing Cover A Nick Dragotta), $4.99
Absolute Flash #4 (Cover A Nick Robles), $4.99
Absolute Flash #4 (Cover B Haining Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Flash #4 (Cover C Clayton Crain Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Flash #4 (Cover D Andrew MacLean Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Flash #4 (Cover E Haining Card Stock Variant), AR
Adventure Comics #210 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Curt Swan), $3.99
Authority Volume 2 TP (2025 Edition), $34.99
Batman #619 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Jim Lee), $3.99
Batman #619 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Jim Lee Foil Variant), $6.99
Batman And Robin Year One #8 (Of 12)(Cover A Chris Samnee), $3.99
Batman And Robin Year One #8 (Of 12)(Cover B Michael Cho Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman And Robin Year One #8 (Of 12)(Cover C Evan Doc Shanner Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman And Robin Year One #8 (Of 12)(Cover D Andrew MacLean Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman/Superman World's Finest #40 (Cover A Dan Mora, $3.99
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Batman/Superman World's Finest #40 (Cover E Skylar Patridge Card Stock Variant), AR
Batwoman Elegy TP (DC Compact Comics Edition), $9.99
Birds Of Prey (2023) Volume 3 Bird Undercover TP, $19.99
Catwoman #77 (Cover A Sebastian Fiumara), $3.99
Catwoman #77 (Cover B Frank Cho Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman #77 (Cover C Dan Panosian Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman #77 (Cover D Noobovich Card Stock Variant), AR
Catwoman #77 (Cover E Frank Cho Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Finest Metamorpho The Element Man TP, $39.99
Detective Comics #1098 (Cover A Mikel Janin), $4.99
Detective Comics #1098 (Cover B Bruno Redondo Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1098 (Cover C Chris Stevens Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1098 (Cover D Stephen Byrne DC Pride Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1098 (Cover E Ashley Wood Card Stock Variant), AR
Krypto The Last Dog Of Krypton #1 (Of 5)(Cover A Jae Lee), $3.99
Krypto The Last Dog Of Krypton #1 (Of 5)(Cover B Dustin Nguyen Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Krypto The Last Dog Of Krypton #1 (Of 5)(Cover C Dan Mora Superman Movie Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Krypto The Last Dog Of Krypton #1 (Of 5)(Cover D Blank Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Milestone Compendium Volume 4 TP, $59.99
New Gods #7 (Of 12)(Cover A Nimit Malavia), $3.99
New Gods #7 (Of 12)(Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $4.99
New Gods #7 (Of 12)(Cover C Clayton Henry Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nightwing #127 (Cover A Dexter Soy), $4.99
Nightwing #127 (Cover B Jorge Fornes Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Nightwing #127 (Cover C Juan Ferreyra Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Nightwing #127 (Cover D Serg Acuna Card Stock Variant), AR
Superman Adventures Compendium Volume 1 TP, $59.99
Superman Unlimited #2 (Cover A Rafael Albuquerque), $4.99
Superman Unlimited #2 (Cover B Leinil Francis Yu Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman Unlimited #2 (Cover C Tony S. Daniel Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman Unlimited #2 (Cover D Steve Beach Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman Unlimited #2 (Cover E Christian Ward Card Stock Variant), AR
Superman Unlimited #2 (Cover F Ashley Wood Card Stock Variant), AR
Titans #24 (Cover A Pete Woods), $3.99
Titans #24 (Cover B Homare Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Titans #24 (Cover C Tyler Kirkham Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Wonder Woman #22 (Cover A Daniel Sampere), $4.99
Wonder Woman #22 (Cover B David Nakayama Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Wonder Woman #22 (Cover C Jeff Spokes Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Wonder Woman #22 (Cover D Kevin Wada DC Pride Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Wonder Woman #22 (Cover E George Perez Legacy Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Wonder Woman #22 (Cover F Serg Acuna Card Stock Variant), AR
Zatanna #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Jamal Campbell), $3.99
Zatanna #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Alexander Lozano Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Zatanna #5 (Of 6)(Cover C Sebastian Fiumara Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Zatanna #5 (Of 6)(Cover D George Perez Legacy Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Zatanna #5 (Of 6)(Cover E Zoe Thorogood Card Stock Variant), AR

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Monday, June 9, 2025

DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for June 11, 2025

DC COMICS:

Absolute Batman #4 (3rd Printing Cover A Nick Dragotta), $4.99
Absolute Batman #9 (Cover A Nick Dragotta), $4.99
Absolute Batman #9 (Cover B Gerardo Zaffino Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Batman #9 (Cover C Tirso Cons Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Batman #9 (Cover D Dustin Nguyen Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Batman #9 (Cover E Dan Hipp Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Batman #9 (Cover F Brian Bolland Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1087 (Cover A Ryan Sook), $4.99
Action Comics #1087 (Cover B David Talaski Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1087 (Cover C Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1087 (Cover D Dan Jurgens Superman Movie Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1087 (Cover E Skylar Patridge Card Stock Variant), AR
Aquaman #6 (Cover A John Timms), $3.99
Aquaman #6 (Cover B Marcio Takara Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Aquaman #6 (Cover C Afu Chan Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Aquaman #6 (Cover D George Perez Legacy Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Aquaman #6 (Cover E Paris Alleyne Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman #9 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Fred Ray), $6.99
Batman #9 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Fred Ray Foil Variant), $9.99
Batman #9 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover C Blank Card Stock Variant), $7.99
Batman And Robin #22 (Cover A Javier Fernandez), $4.99
Batman And Robin #22 (Cover B Juan Ferreyra Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman And Robin #22 (Cover C Guillem March Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman And Robin #22 (Cover D Marco Santucci Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman And Scooby-Doo Mysteries Volume 6 TP, $12.99
Batman Dark Patterns #7 (Of 12)(Cover A Hayden Sherman), $4.99
Batman Dark Patterns #7 (Of 12)(Cover B Stevan Subic Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman Madness A Legends Of The Dark Knight Halloween Special #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Tim Sale), $6.99
Batman Madness A Legends Of The Dark Knight Halloween Special #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Tim Sale Foil Variant), $8.99
DC Finest Catwoman Vengeance And Vindication TP, $39.99
DC Universe By Steve Ditko Omnibus HC, $125.00
DC Vs. Vampires World War V #10 (Of 12)(Cover A Otto Schmidt), $4.99
DC Vs. Vampires World War V #10 (Of 12)(Cover B Davide Paratore Card Stock Variant), $5.99
DC Vs. Vampires World War V #10 (Of 12)(Cover C Tyler Crook Card Stock Variant), $5.99
DC x Sonic The Hedgehog #1 (Of 5)(3rd Printing Cover A Adam Bryce Thomas), $4.99
Fire And Ice When Hell Freezes Over #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson), $3.99
Fire And Ice When Hell Freezes Over #3 (Of 6)(Cover B W. Scott Forbes Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Lantern Corps #5 (Cover A Fernando Pasarin & Oclair Albert), $3.99
Green Lantern Corps #5 (Cover B V. Ken Marion Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Lantern Corps #5 (Cover C Lucas Meyer Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Lantern Corps #5 (Cover D Montos Card Stock Variant), AR
Looney Tunes Catch That Wascally Wabbit TP, $14.99
MAD Magazine #44, $5.99
Nice House By The Sea Volume 1 TP, $19.99
Red Lanterns The New 52 Omnibus HC, $125.00
Robin And Batman Jason Todd #1 (Of 3)(Cover A Dustin Nguyen), $4.99
Robin And Batman Jason Todd #1 (Of 3)(Cover B Jeff Lemire), $4.99
Robin And Batman Jason Todd #1 (Of 3)(Cover C Rafael Albuquerque), $4.99
Robin And Batman Jason Todd #1 (Of 3)(Cover D Dustin Nguyen Foil Variant), $7.99
Robin And Batman Jason Todd #1 (Of 3)(Cover E John McCrea), AR
Summer Of Superman Special #1 (One Shot)(2nd Printing Cover A Alexander Lozano), $5.99
Supergirl #2 (Cover A Sophie Campbell), $3.99
Supergirl #2 (Cover B Stanley Artgerm Lau Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Supergirl #2 (Cover C Pablo Villalobos Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Supergirl #2 (Cover D Saowee Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Supergirl #2 (Cover E David Talaski Card Stock Variant), AR
Supergirl #2 (Cover F Mirka Andolfo Card Stock Variant), AR
Superman Year One TP, $19.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Belen Ortega), $3.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #1 (Of 6)(Cover B David Talaski Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #1 (Of 6)(Cover C Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #1 (Of 6)(Cover D Lucas Meyer Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #1 (Of 6)(Cover E Lesley Leirix Li Foil Variant), $6.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #1 (Of 6)(Cover F Blank Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #1 (Of 6)(Cover G Dan Hipp Card Stock Variant), AR
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #1 (Of 6)(Cover H Tirso Cons Card Stock Variant), AR

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Monday, June 2, 2025

DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for June 4, 2025

DC COMICS:

Absolute Green Lantern #3 (Cover A Jahnoy Lindsay), $4.99
Absolute Green Lantern #3 (Cover B Juliet Nneka Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Green Lantern #3 (Cover C Michael Walsh Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Green Lantern #3 (Cover D Nimit Malavia Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Green Lantern #3 (Cover E Juliet Nneka Full Art Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Superman #8 (Cover A Rafa Sandoval), $4.99
Absolute Superman #8 (Cover B Clayton Crain Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Superman #8 (Cover C Brandon Peterson Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Superman #8 (Cover D Dustin Nguyen Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Superman #8 (Cover E Clayton Crain Full Art Card Stock Variant), AR
Action Comics #775 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Tim Bradstreet), $3.99
Action Comics #775 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Tim Bradstreet Foil Variant), $6.99
Action Comics #775 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover C Jason Geyer & Alex Saviuk Super Powers Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Action Comics #775 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover D Blank Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batgirl #8 (Cover A Reiko Murakami), $3.99
Batgirl #8 (Cover B Jessica Fong Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman #618 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Jim Lee), $3.99
Batman #618 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Jim Lee Foil Variant), $6.99
Birds Of Prey #22 (Cover A Annie Wu), $3.99
Birds Of Prey #22 (Cover B Rian Gonzales Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Birds Of Prey #22 (Cover C Serg Acuna Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Birds Of Prey #22 (Cover D George Perez Legacy Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Birds Of Prey #22 (Cover E Edwin Galmon Card Stock Variant), AR
Cosmic Odyssey The Deluxe Edition HC (2025 Edition), $39.99
DC Finest Superman Kryptonite Nevermore TP, $39.99
DC Pride 2025 #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Kris Anka), $9.99
DC Pride 2025 #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Sozomaika), $9.99
DC Pride 2025 #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Julia Reck), $9.99
DC Pride 2025 #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Jack Hughes), AR
DC Pride Box Set, $49.99
DC Vs. Vampires World War V Volume 1 HC, $29.99
DCeased TP (DC Compact Comics Edition), $9.99
JSA #8 (Cover A Michael Cho), $3.99
JSA #8 (Cover B Jorge Corona Card Stock Variant), $4.99
JSA #8 (Cover C Don Aguillo DC Pride Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Justice League The Atom Project #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Mike Perkins), $3.99
Justice League The Atom Project #6 (Of 6)(Cover B Aaron Bartling Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Justice League The Atom Project #6 (Of 6)(Cover C Kevin Wada Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Justice League The Atom Project #6 (Of 6)(Cover D Otto Schmidt Card Stock Variant), AR
Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong 2 #1 (Of 7)(Cover A Christian Duce), $4.99
Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong 2 #1 (Of 7)(Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong 2 #1 (Of 7)(Cover C Alan Quah Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong 2 #1 (Of 7)(Cover D Gabriel Hardman Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong 2 #1 (Of 7)(Cover E John Giang Foil Variant), $7.99
Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong 2 #1 (Of 7)(Cover F Blank Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong 2 #1 (Of 7)(Cover G Kevin Maguire Card Stock Variant), AR
Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong 2 #1 (Of 7)(Cover H Carlos Danda Card Stock Variant), AR
Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong 2 #1 (Of 7)(Cover I Christian Duce Full Art Card Stock Variant), AR
Kanga-U Tests And Tournaments A Wonder Woman Graphic Novel GN, $12.99
Poison Ivy #34 (Cover A Jessica Fong), $3.99
Poison Ivy #34 (Cover B Joshua Sway Swaby Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Poison Ivy #34 (Cover C Tran Nguyen Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Poison Ivy #34 (Cover D Betsy Cola DC Pride Connecting Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Poison Ivy #34 (Cover E Helen Mask Card Stock Variant), AR
Poison Ivy #34 (Cover F Joshua Sway Swaby Full Art Card Stock Variant), AR
Resurrection Man Quantum Karma #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Jeff Dekal), $4.99
Resurrection Man Quantum Karma #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Alvaro Martinez Bueno), $4.99
Secret Six #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Stephen Segovia), $3.99
Secret Six #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Secret Six #4 (Of 6)(Cover C Laura Braga Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Spectre The Wrath Of The Spectre Omnibus HC (2025 Edition), $99.99
Superman The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 1 HC (2025 Edition), $125.00
Teen Titans Go #4 (Cover A Agnes Garbowska), $2.99

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Saturday, May 31, 2025

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from May 25th to 31st, 2025 - UPDATE #15

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

You can support Leroy via Paypal or on Patreon:

Amazon wants me to inform/remind you that any affiliate links found on this page are PAID ADS, but I technically only get paid (eventually) if you click on affiliate links like this, MOVIES PAGE, and BUY something(s).

TREATS: From AnotherCookie?:  There is a new online cookie retailer, "AnotherCookie?" The cookies are delicious.

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NEWS:

NETFLIX - From VarietyNetflix sets November 26, 2025 for the arrival of "Stranger Things" Season 5.

MUSIC - From APNews:  Grammy-winning recording artist, Taylor Swift, has bought back the rights to and control of her first six studio albums from the private equity firm, "Shamrock Capital," which has purchased them from their original record label, "Big Machine Records."

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Director Colin Trevorrow ("Jurassic World") and producer Ryan Reynolds team up with Paramount Pictures for a conspiracy about "Area 51," the infamous and highly-classified United States Air Force facility that has become part of UFO folklore.

BROADWAY - From Deadline:  According to the "Broadway League," tickets sales for the 2024-25 season set an all-times record of 1.89 billion dollars, surpassing 2018-19's 1.82 billion dollars.

HARRY POTTER - From THRHBO’s "Harry Potter" television series has found its Harry, Ron and Hermione. The trio of Hogwarts freshmen are newcomers to Hollywood.  Dominic McLaughlin will play "Harry Potter."  Arabella Stanton is "Hermione Granger."  Alastair Stout is "Ron Weasley."

COMICS - From BleedingCoolMarvel and DC Comics will each publish a one-shot comic book featuring a crossover between "Deadpool" and "Batman." Marvel's one shot, "Deadpool/Batman," which will arrive Sept 17th, 2025, will including contributions from a number of star comic book creators, including sometimes comics creator, film director Kevin Smith.  DC Comics' "Batman/Deadpool," which is due next year, will be produced by writer Grant Morrison and artist Dan Mora.

From ComicsBulletin:  Writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita, Jr. created the comic book, "Kick-Ass," which became a movie franchise and spawned merchandising. Their latest comic book project is "Psychic Sam," which just launched on "Kickstarter."

BOX OFFICE - From THR:  The winner of the four-day Memorial Day holiday weekend (5/23 to 5/26/2025) is Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" with an estimated take of 183 million dollars, a new record.  The previous record holder was "Tom Gun: Maverick" at 160 million dollars.

From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the three-day (5/23 to 5/25/2025) Memorial Day weekend is Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" with an estimated take of 145.5 million dollars.

MOVIES - From VarietyMichael Douglas will be celebrated with a lifetime achievement award by Italy’s "Taormina Film Festival."  On June 10th, the festival is also going to screen a restored copy of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” the film for which Douglas shared a "Best Picture" Oscar win with producer Saul Zaentz.

MOVIES - From VarietyZachary Levi discusses the next steps in his acting career, which includes raising capital to build a 100-million dollar movie studio in Austin, Texas.

OBITS:

From Deadline:  American stage and television actress, Loretta Swit, has died at the age of 87, Friday, May 30, 2025.  Swit is best known for the roll of "Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan" on the former CBS sitcom, "M*A*S*H" (1972-83).  Swit and fellow cast member, Alan Alda ("Benjamin 'Hawkeye' Pierce") were the only cast members to appear in the pilot episode of the series and the series finale.  Swit appeared in almost all of the series' episodes.  For playing "Hot Lips," Swit was nominated for 10 Primetime Emmy Awards, and won "Outstand Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series" twice.  From 1973 to 1979, Swit appeared in multiple episodes as a panelist on the game shows, "Pyramid" (CBS) and "Match Game" (NBC).

From Deadline:  American actor and stunt performer, Ed Gale, has died at the age of 61, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.  Born with "dwarfism," Gale is best known for playing the physical role of the killer doll, "Chucky," in the film's "Child's Play" (1988), "Child's Play 2" (1990), and "Bride of Chucky" (1998). Actor Brad Dourif provided Chucky's speaking voice.  

From Variety:  American martial artists and film and television actor, Peter Kwong, has died at the age of 73, May 27, 2025.  Kwong was best known for the role of the elemental master, "Rain," one of the "Three Storms" in John Carpenter's 1986 action-fantasy film, "Big Trouble in Little China." He also had roles in such films as "The Golden Child" (1986), and "The Presidio" (1988).  This TV roles included appearances in "JAG," "My Wife and Kids," and "The Wayans Bros." Kwong was also active in film industry politics and in actor's union activism, including being a member of the SAG National Board of Directors for a decade.

From Deadline:  South African actor, Presley Chweneyagae, has died at the age of 40, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.  Presley was best known for playing the lead role of "David" in director Gavin Hood's 2005 film, Tsotsi, which was the "Best Foreign Language Film" Oscar at the 78th Academy Awards (2006).

From Deadline:  Algerian film director and screenwriter, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, has died at the age of 91, Friday, May 23, 2025.  Lakhdar-Hamina for his film, "Chronicles of the Years of Fire," which won the "Palme d'Or" at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.  It was the first Arab and African film to win the honor, and it remains the only film from the African continent to win the "Palme d'Or."

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Monday, May 26, 2025

DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for May 28, 2025

DC COMICS:

Absolute Martian Manhunter #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Javier Rodriguez), $4.99
Absolute Martian Manhunter #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Ian Bertram Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Martian Manhunter #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Dan Panosian Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Martian Manhunter #3 (Of 6)(Cover D Riley Rossmo Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Martian Manhunter #3 (Of 6)(Cover E Shawn Crystal Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Superman Red Son HC, $100.00
Absolute Wonder Woman #8 (Cover A Hayden Sherman), $4.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #8 (Cover B Stephanie Hans Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #8 (Cover C Sanford Greene Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #8 (Cover D Meredith McClaren Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Wonder Woman #8 (Cover E Stephanie Hans Full Art Card Stock Variant), AR
All-New Collectors' Edition #58 Superman Vs. Shazam (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Rich Buckler & Dick Giordano), $14.99
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Batman #158 Giant-Sized Special Edition (2nd Printing Cover A Jim Lee), $14.99
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Batman #160 (Cover G Ben Oliver Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman #160 (Cover H InHyuk Lee Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman #160 (Cover I Jim Lee Full Art Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman #160 Giant-Sized Special Edition (Cover A Jim Lee), $14.99
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Batman '89 Echoes #6 (Of 6) Cover A Joe Quinones & Paolo Rivera), $3.99
Batman '89 Echoes #6 (Of 6)(Cover B Joe Quinones Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Connect #61, AR
DC Pride Box Set, $49.99
DC Pride To The Farthest Reaches HC, $19.99
Flash #21 (Cover A Mike Deodato Jr.), $3.99
Flash #21 (Cover B Davide Paratore Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Flash #21 (Cover C Elizabeth Torque Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Flash #21 (Cover D Tyler Kirkham Supersmash-Up Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Arrow #24 (Cover A Taurin Clarke), $3.99
Green Arrow #24 (Cover B Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Arrow #24 (Cover C Cliff Chiang AAPI Heritage Month Connecting Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Lantern #23 (Cover A Xermanico), $4.99
Green Lantern #23 (Cover B Carlos Danda Card Stock Variant), $5.99
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Green Lantern #23 (Cover E Mirko Colak Card Stock Variant), AR
Harley Quinn #51 (Cover A Elizabeth Torque), $3.99
Harley Quinn #51 (Cover B David Nakayama Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #51 (Cover C Noobovich Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #51 (Cover D Guillem March Supersmash-Up Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #51 (Cover E Christian Ward Card Stock Variant), AR
Injustice 2 Omnibus HC, $125.00
Jenny Sparks TP, $19.99
Justice League Unlimited #7 (Cover A Dan Mora Connecting Variant)(We Are Yesterday), $3.99
Justice League Unlimited #7 (Cover B Tiago Da Silva Card Stock Variant)(We Are Yesterday), $4.99
Justice League Unlimited #7 (Cover C Ejikure Card Stock Variant)(We Are Yesterday), $4.99
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Justice League Unlimited #7 (Cover G Travis Moore Card Stock Variant)(We Are Yesterday), AR
Justice League Unlimited #7 (Cover H Phil Hester Card Stock Variant)(We Are Yesterday), AR
Metamorpho The Element Man #6 (Cover A Steve Lieber), $3.99
Metamorpho The Element Man #6 (Cover B Rafael De Latorre Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Mr. Terrific Year One #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Valentine De Landro), $3.99
Mr. Terrific Year One #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Mitch Gerads Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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Mr. Terrific Year One #1 (Of 6)(Cover D Denys Cowan & Ho Che Anderson Card Stock Variant), AR
Peacemaker Presents The Vigilante Eagly Double Feature #3 (Of 5)(Cover A Mitch Gerads), $3.99
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Static Season One TP (DC Compact Comics Edition), $9.99
Superman #26 (Cover A Dan Mora), $4.99
Superman #26 (Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman #26 (Cover C Guillem March Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman #26 (Cover D Marc Aspinall Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman #26 (Cover E Riley Rossmo Supersmash-Up Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman #26 (Cover F Clayton Henry Card Stock Variant), AR
Superman (2023) Volume 4 Rise Of The Superwoman TP, $19.99
Superman Secret Origin TP (2025 Edition), $19.99
Wonder Woman By Greg Rucka Omnibus HC, $125.00

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Monday, May 19, 2025

DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for May 21, 2025

DC COMICS:

Absolute Flash #1 (2nd Printing Cover A Nick Robles), $4.99
Absolute Flash #1 (2nd Printing Cover B Gerald Parel Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Flash #1 (2nd Printing Cover C Gerald Parel Foil Variant), $7.99
Absolute Flash #3 (Cover A Nick Robles), $4.99
Absolute Flash #3 (Cover B Haining Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Flash #3 (Cover C Clayton Crain Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Flash #3 (Cover D Travis Moore Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Flash #3 (Cover E Haining Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Green Lantern #1 (2nd Printing Cover A Jahnoy Lindsay), $4.99
Absolute Green Lantern #1 (2nd Printing Cover B Gerald Parel Card Stock Variant), $5.99
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Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 (2nd Printing Cover A Javier Rodriguez), $4.99
Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 (2nd Printing Cover B Gerald Parel Card Stock Variant), $5.99
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Batman #617 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Jim Lee & Scott Williams), $3.99
Batman #617 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Jim Lee & Scott Williams Foil Variant), $6.99
Batman And Robin Year One #7 (Of 12)(Cover A Chris Samnee), $3.99
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Batman And Robin Year One #7 (Of 12)(Cover C Javier Rodriguez Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman And Robin Year One #7 (Of 12)(Cover D Ethan Young Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Superman World's Finest #39 (Cover A Dan Mora Connecting Variant)(We Are Yesterday), $3.99
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Batman Superman World's Finest #39 (Cover C Adrian Gutierrez Card Stock Variant)(We Are Yesterday), $4.99
Batman Superman World's Finest #39 (Cover D Al Kaplan Card Stock Variant)(We Are Yesterday), AR
Catwoman #76 (Cover A Sebastian Fiumara), $3.99
Catwoman #76 (Cover B Frank Cho Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman #76 (Cover C InHyuk Lee Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman #76 (Cover D W. Scott Forbes Card Stock Variant), AR
Catwoman #76 (Cover E Frank Cho Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Finest Batman The Killing Joke And Other Stories TP, $39.99
DC x Sonic The Hedgehog #3 (Of 5)(Cover A Pablo M. Collar), $3.99
DC x Sonic The Hedgehog #3 (Of 5)(Cover B Serg Acuna Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Detective Comics #1097 (Cover A Mikel Janin), $4.99
Detective Comics #1097 (Cover B Chris Stevens Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1097 (Cover C Aaron Campbell Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1097 (Cover D Ashley Wood Card Stock Variant), AR
Doctor Fate By J.M. DeMatteis TP, $59.99
Green Lantern (2023) Volume 3 Power Of Will TP, $19.99
Legion Of Super-Heroes The Curse Deluxe Edition HC (New Edition), $49.99
New Gods #6 (Of 12)(Cover A Nimit Malavia), $3.99
New Gods #6 (Of 12)(Cover B Sebastian Fiumara Card Stock Variant), $4.99
New Gods #6 (Of 12)(Cover C Filipe Andrade Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nightwing #126 (Cover A Dexter Soy), $4.99
Nightwing #126 (Cover B Jorge Fornes Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Nightwing #126 (Cover C Francesco Francavilla Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Nightwing #126 (Cover D Vasco Georgiev Card Stock Variant), AR
Nightwing A Knight In Bludhaven Compendium Volume 2 TP, $59.99
Our Army At War #151 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Joe Kubert), $3.99
Our Army At War #151 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Joe Kubert Foil Variant), $6.99
Suicide Squad By John Ostrander Omnibus Volume 1 HC, $125.00
Superman The Death And Return Of Superman Compendium TP, $59.99
Superman Unlimited #1 (Cover A Rafael Albuquerque), $4.99
Superman Unlimited #1 (Cover B Frank Quitely Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman Unlimited #1 (Cover C Gabriele Dell'Otto Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman Unlimited #1 (Cover D Leinil Francis Yu Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman Unlimited #1 (Cover E Sebastian Fiumara Card Stock Variant), $5.99
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Superman Unlimited #1 (Cover G Jim Lee & Scott Williams Superman Month Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Superman Unlimited #1 (Cover H Sozomaika Gold Foil Variant), $7.99
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Superman Unlimited #1 (Cover K Christian Ward Card Stock Variant), AR
Superman Unlimited #1 (Cover L Frank Quitely Card Stock Variant), AR
Superman Unlimited #1 (Cover M Leinil Francis Yu Black & White Card Stock Variant), AR
Titans #23 (Cover A Pete Woods), $3.99
Titans #23 (Cover B Tom Raney Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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Wonder Woman #21 (Cover A Daniel Sampere), $4.99
Wonder Woman #21 (Cover B David Nakayama Card Stock Variant), $5.99
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Wonder Woman #21 (Cover D Kris Anka Supersmash-Up Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Wonder Woman #21 (Cover E Lucas Meyer Card Stock Variant), AR
Wonder Woman (2023) Volume 3 Fury TP, $19.99
Zatanna #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Jamal Campbell), $3.99
Zatanna #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Ben Oliver Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Zatanna #4 (Of 6)(Cover C Miguel Mercado Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Zatanna #4 (Of 6)(Cover D Juliet Nneka Card Stock Variant), AR

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Monday, May 12, 2025

DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for May 14, 2025

DC COMICS:

Absolute Batman #8 (Cover A Nick Dragotta), $4.99
Absolute Batman #8 (Cover B Bruno Redondo Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Batman #8 (Cover C Marcos Martin Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Batman #8 (Cover D Ramon Villalobos Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Batman #8 (Cover E Yanick Paquette Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Batman #8 (Cover F Brian Bolland Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1086 (Cover A Brad Walker), $4.99
Action Comics #1086 (Cover B David Talaski Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1086 (Cover C Cully Hamner Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1086 (Cover D Cliff Chiang AAPI Heritage Month Connecting Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1086 (Cover E Marcio Takara Card Stock Variant), AR
Aquaman #5 (Cover A John Timms), $3.99
Aquaman #5 (Cover B Marcio Takara Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Aquaman #5 (Cover C Elizabeth Torque Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Aquaman #5 (Cover D Daniele Di Nicuolo Supersmash-Up Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Aquaman #5 (Cover E Mario Foccillo Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman And Robin #21 (Cover A Javier Fernandez), $4.99
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Batman And Robin #21 (Cover D Marco Santucci Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Dark Patterns #6 (Of 12)(Cover A Hayden Sherman), $4.99
Batman Dark Patterns #6 (Of 12)(Cover B Ashley Wood Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman Full Moon HC, $29.99
Batman Legends Of The Dark Knight Halloween Special #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Tim Sale), $6.99
Batman Legends Of The Dark Knight Halloween Special #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Tim Sale Foil Variant), $8.99
Birds Of Prey Hero Hunters TP (2025 Edition), $29.99
DC Finest Superboy The Super-Dog From Krypton TP, $39.99
DC Vs. Vampires World War V #9 (Of 12)(Cover A Otto Schmidt), $4.99
DC Vs. Vampires World War V #9 (Of 12)(Cover B Dani Card Stock Variant), $5.99
DC Vs. Vampires World War V #9 (Of 12)(Cover C Bjorn Barends Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Fire And Ice When Hell Freezes Over #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson), $3.99
Fire And Ice When Hell Freezes Over #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Fire And Ice When Hell Freezes Over #2 (Of 6)(Cover C Amy Reeder Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Lantern Corps #4 (Cover A Fernando Pasarin & Oclair Albert), $3.99
Green Lantern Corps #4 (Cover B Jonboy Meyers Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Lantern Corps #4 (Cover C Lucas Meyer Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Lantern Corps #4 (Cover D Tom Raney Card Stock Variant), AR
Knight Terrors Omnibus HC, $150.00
Nightwing Volume 1 Bludhaven TP (2025 Edition), $24.99
Red Hood And The Outlaws The New 52 Omnibus Volume 1 HC (2025 Edition), $99.99
Supergirl #1 (Cover A Sophie Campbell), $3.99
Supergirl #1 (Cover B Stanley Artgerm Lau Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Supergirl #1 (Cover C Pablo Villalobos Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Supergirl #1 (Cover D Joshua Middleton Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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Supergirl #1 (Cover F Stanley Artgerm Lau Foil Variant), $6.99
Supergirl #1 (Cover G Bilquis Evely Card Stock Variant), AR
Supergirl #1 (Cover H W. Scott Forbes Card Stock Variant), AR
Supergirl #1 (Cover I Nicola Scott Superman Movie Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Superman Up In The Sky The Deluxe Edition HC, $34.99

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Monday, May 5, 2025

DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for May 7, 2025

DC COMICS:

Absolute Green Lantern #2 (Cover A Jahnoy Lindsay), $4.99
Absolute Green Lantern #2 (Cover B Juliet Nneka Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Green Lantern #2 (Cover C Taurin Clarke Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Green Lantern #2 (Cover D Jeff Spokes Connecting Card Stock Variant), $5.99
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Absolute Green Lantern #2 (Cover F Juliet Nneka Full Art Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Superman #7 (Cover A Rafa Sandoval), $4.99
Absolute Superman #7 (Cover B Dan Panosian Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Superman #7 (Cover C Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Superman #7 (Cover D Jorge Molina Card Stock Variant), AR
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Batgirl #7 (Cover A Reiko Murakami), $3.99
Batgirl #7 (Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batgirl #7 (Cover C Isaac Goodhart Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batgirl #7 (Cover D Cliff Chiang AAPI Heritage Month Connecting Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman #616 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Jim Lee & Scott Williams), $3.99
Batman #616 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Jim Lee & Scott Williams Foil Variant), $6.99
Batman (2022) Volume 5 The Dying City HC, $29.99
Batman (2022) Volume 5 The Dying City TP, $19.99
Birds Of Prey #21 (Cover A Annie Wu), $3.99
Birds Of Prey #21 (Cover B Nimit Malavia Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Birds Of Prey #21 (Cover C Rian Gonzales Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Birds Of Prey #21 (Cover D Cliff Chiang AAPI Heritage Month Connecting Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Birds Of Prey #21 (Cover E Lee Garbett Card Stock Variant), AR
Black Canary Best Of The Best #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Ryan Sook), $4.99
Black Canary Best Of The Best #6 (Of 6)(Cover B Belen Ortega Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Black Canary Best Of The Best #6 (Of 6)(Cover C Dustin Nguyen Card Stock Variant), AR
Brave And The Bold #57 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Ramona Fradon & Charles Paris), $3.99
Brave And The Bold #57 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Ramona Fradon & Charles Paris Foil Variant), $6.99
Brave And The Bold #57 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover C Blank Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Finest Events Zero Hour Crisis In Time Volume 2 TP, $39.99
DC's Misfits Of Magic TP, $12.99
JSA #7 (Cover A Jorge Fornes), $3.99
JSA #7 (Cover B Sweeney Boo Card Stock Variant), $4.99
JSA #7 (Cover C Jerry Ordway Card Stock Variant), $4.99
JSA #7 (Cover D Todd Nauck Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Justice League The Atom Project #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Mike Perkins), $3.99
Justice League The Atom Project #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Laura Braga Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Justice League The Atom Project #5 (Of 6)(Cover C Kevin Wada Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Justice League The Atom Project #5 (Of 6)(Cover D Cliff Chiang AAPI Heritage Month Connecting Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Justice League The Atom Project #5 (Of 6)(Cover E Nimit Malavia Card Stock Variant), AR
Kingdom Come TP (DC Compact Comics Edition), $9.99
Nightwing The Prince Of Gotham Omnibus HC (2025 Edition), $99.99
Outsiders (2023) Volume 2 Never The End TP, $17.99
Poison Ivy #33 (Cover A Jessica Fong), $3.99
Poison Ivy #33 (Cover B Joshua Sway Swaby Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Poison Ivy #33 (Cover C Kyuyong Eom Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Poison Ivy #33 (Cover D Cathy Kwan Card Stock Variant), AR
Poison Ivy #33 (Cover E Joshua Sway Swaby Card Stock Variant), AR
Resurrection Man Quantum Karma #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Jeff Dekal), $4.99
Resurrection Man Quantum Karma #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Filipe Andrade), $4.99
Secret Six #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Stephen Segovia), $3.99
Secret Six #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Ariel Olivetti Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Secret Six #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Suicide Squad The New 52 Omnibus HC, $99.99
Superman Action Comics (2024) Volume 1 Superstars TP, $19.99
Superman Final Crisis Legion Of Three Worlds The Deluxe Edition HC, $39.99
Teen Titans Go #3 (Cover A Marcelo Dichiara), $2.99
Trinity Generation S TP, $17.99
Two-Face #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Baldemar Rivas), $3.99
Two-Face #6 (Of 6)(Cover B Christian Ward Card Stock Variant), $4.99

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Monday, April 28, 2025

DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for April 30, 2025

DC COMICS

All In Saga TP, $19.99
Batman And Robin Volume 2 Batman Vs. Robin TP (2025 Edition), $19.99
Batman Superman World's Finest 2025 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Dan Mora Connecting Variant)(We Are Yesterday), $5.99
Batman Superman World's Finest 2025 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Clayton Henry Card Stock Variant)(We Are Yesterday), $6.99
Batman Superman World's Finest 2025 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Salvador Larroca Card Stock Variant)(We Are Yesterday), $6.99
Batman Superman World's Finest 2025 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Laura Braga Card Stock Variant)(We Are Yesterday), AR
Batman The Long Halloween The Last Halloween #7 (Of 10)(Cover A Tim Sale), $4.99
Batman The Long Halloween The Last Halloween #7 (Of 10)(Cover B Dave Johnson Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman The Long Halloween The Last Halloween #7 (Of 10)(Cover C Cully Hamner Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Connect #60, AR
DC x Sonic The Hedgehog #1 (Of 5)(2nd Printing Cover A Pablo M. Collar), $3.99
DC x Sonic The Hedgehog #1 (Of 5)(2nd Printing Cover B Pablo M. Collar Flash Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Detective Comics 2025 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Mikel Janin), $5.99
Detective Comics 2025 Annual #1 (One Shot)(Cover B John McCrea), $5.99
Flash #20 (Cover D Danny Earls Foil Variant), $6.99
Green Lantern The Silver Age Omnibus Volume 2 HC (2025 Edition), $125.00
More Fun Comics #73 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Howard Sherman), $5.99
More Fun Comics #73 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Howard Sherman Foil Variant), $8.99
More Fun Comics #73 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover C Blank Variant), $6.99
Power Company Recharged #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Edwin Galmon), $5.99
Power Company Recharged #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Ryan Benjamin Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Power Company Recharged #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Sanford Greene Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Power Company Recharged #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Paris Alleyne Card Stock Variant), AR
Question All Along The Watchtower #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Cian Tormey), $3.99
Question All Along The Watchtower #6 (Of 6)(Cover B Jorge Fornes Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Question All Along The Watchtower #6 (Of 6)(Cover C Denys Cowan Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Question All Along The Watchtower #6 (Of 6)(Cover D Al Kaplan Card Stock Variant), $4.99

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Monday, April 21, 2025

DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for April 23, 2025

DC COMICS:

100 Bullets Volume 2 TP (2025 Edition), $39.99
Absolute Batman #1 (6th Printing Cover A Nick Dragotta), $4.99
Absolute Batman #1 (6th Printing Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Batman #1 (6th Printing Cover C Dan Mora Connecting Foil Variant), $7.99
Absolute Batman #2 (4th Printing Cover A Nick Dragotta), $4.99
Absolute Batman #2 (4th Printing Cover B Tony S. Daniel Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Batman #3 (3rd Printing Cover A Nick Dragotta), $4.99
Absolute Batman #3 (3rd Printing Cover B Gabriele Dell'Otto Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Martian Manhunter #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Javier Rodriguez), $4.99
Absolute Martian Manhunter #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Crystal Kung Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Martian Manhunter #2 (Of 6)(Cover C Christian Ward Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Martian Manhunter #2 (Of 6)(Cover D Jeff Spokes Connecting Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Martian Manhunter #2 (Of 6)(Cover E Riley Rossmo Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Martian Manhunter #2 (Of 6)(Cover F Tom Fowler & Chris O'Halloran Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Superman #1 (4th Printing Cover A Rafa Sandoval), $4.99
Absolute Superman #1 (4th Printing Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Superman #1 (4th Printing Cover C Dan Mora Connecting Foil Variant), $7.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (5th Printing Cover A Hayden Sherman), $4.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (5th Printing Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (5th Printing Cover C Dan Mora Foil Variant), $7.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #7 (Cover A Hayden Sherman), $4.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #7 (Cover B Jessica Fong Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #7 (Cover C Declan Shalvey Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #7 (Cover D Dustin Nguyen Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Wonder Woman #7 (Cover E Jessica Fong Full Art Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman #159 (Cover A Jim Lee & Scott Williams), $4.99
Batman #159 (Cover B Andy Kubert Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman #159 (Cover C Gabriele Dell Otto Connecting Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman #159 (Cover D Julian Totino Tedesco Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman #159 (Cover E Joe Quinones April Fool's Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman #159 (Cover F Jim Lee & Scott Williams Foil Variant), $7.99
Batman #159 (Cover G Michael Cho Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman #159 (Cover H Simone Bianchi Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman #159 (Cover I Jim Lee Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman #159 Giant-Sized Special Edition (Cover A Jim Lee), $14.99
Batman #159 Giant-Sized Special Edition (Cover B Jim Lee Foil Variant), $19.99
Batman Justice Buster Volume 4 TP, $9.99
Batman The Brave And The Bold Out Of The Darkness TP, $19.99
Brave And The Bold #60 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Nick Cardy), $3.99
Brave And The Bold #60 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Nick Cardy Foil Variant), $6.99
Brave And The Bold #60 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover C Blank Variant), $4.99
Dark Knights Of Steel The Deluxe Edition HC (Cover A Yasmine Putri Book Market Variant), $49.99
Dark Knights Of Steel The Deluxe Edition HC (Cover B Dan Mora Direct Market Exclusive Variant), $49.99
DC Finest Superman Family The Giant Turtle Man TP, $39.99
Flash #20 (Cover A Mike Del Mundo), $3.99
Flash #20 (Cover B Jeff Spokes Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Flash #20 (Cover C Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Flash #20 (Cover D Danny Earls Foil Variant), $6.99
Flash #20 (Cover E Vasco Georgiev Card Stock Variant), AR
Green Arrow #23 (Cover A Taurin Clarke), $3.99
Green Arrow #23 (Cover B Miguel Mercado Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Arrow #23 (Cover C Annie Wu April Fool's Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Lantern #22 (Cover A Xermanico), $4.99
Green Lantern #22 (Cover B Lucio Parrillo Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Green Lantern #22 (Cover C Miguel Mercado Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Green Lantern #22 (Cover D Mark Spears Card Stock Variant), AR
Green Lantern Dark #4 (Of 7)(Cover A Tate Brombal), $4.99
Green Lantern Dark #4 (Of 7)(Cover B Nimit Malavia Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Green Lantern Dark #4 (Of 7)(Cover C Kevin Wada Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Harley Quinn #50 (Cover A Elizabeth Torque), $3.99
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Comics Review: "ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #1" Struts and Frets Its Hour Upon the Stage

ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #1
DC COMICS

STORY: Jason Aaron
ART: Rafa Sandoval
COLORS: Ulises Arreola
LETTERS: Becca Carey
EDITOR: Chris Conroy
COVER: Rafa Sandoval & Ulises Arreola
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jim Lee and Scott Williams with Alex Sinclair; Wes Craig with Mike Spicer; Clayton Crain; Matteo Scalera
36pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (January 2025)

Superman created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster

“Last Dust of Krypton” Part One: “Down in the Dirt”

Superman is a DC Comics superhero that was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and that first appeared in Action Comics #1 (first published on April 18, 1938).  Superman was born “Kal-El” on the fictional planet Krypton.  As a baby, his parents, “Jor-El” and “Lara” sent him to Earth in a small spaceship shortly before Krypton was destroyed in a natural cataclysm.

The space ship landed in outside of the fictional town of “Smallville,” Kansas, USA.  Farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent found baby Kal-El, adopted him, and named him “Clark Kent.”  Clark began developing superhuman abilities, such as incredible strength and impervious skin, and the Kents advised him to use his powers to benefit humanity.  As an adult, Clark moved to the fictional American city of “Metropolis.”  Clark works as a reporter for “The Daily Planet,” but he fights crime as the superhero, “Superman.”

The origin story of Superman has been its own “Goldberg variations” for decades.  Now, comes a new line of DC Comics, “Absolute Comics,” which is similar to Marvel's “Ultimate Comics” line, in that Absolute Comics presents alternate versions and the changed narratives of familiar DC Comics characters and their back stories.  Welcome to “Earth-Alpha” and the “Absolute Universe.”

Absolute Batman was the first entry in the Absolute Comics line.  The second entry is the recently launched comic book series, Absolute Superman.  It is written by Jason Aaron; drawn by Rafa Sandoval; colored by Ulises Arreola; and lettered by Becca Carey.  In the new series, Superman/Clark Kent is without the fortress...without the family... and without a home.  So what is left is the Absolute Man of Steel?

Absolute Superman #1 (“Down in the Dirt”) shifts in time.  First, it opens in the past on the planet, Krypton, which is nine million light-years from Earth.  It is a world of haves, have-nots, and have-mores.  Jor-El, an engineer, has discovered that something terrible is about to happen to his world.

In the present day, Kal-El, a strange young man who is not of this world, has been helping the have-nots, much to the chagrin of the have-everthings.  Against the advice of his “companion,” “Sol,” Kal-El has been working below in mineral mines, doing deeds that favor of the poor, especially the abused miners, much to the chagrin of Lazarus Corp.  Now, these conflicting values are all coming to a head.

THE LOWDOWN:  I do not receive PDF review copies from DC Comics.  I bought a copy of Absolute Superman #1 from Lone Star Comics' eBay shop.

The art by Rafa Sandoval is pretty, but it is overly detailed.  Most of the panels are so crowded with elements and content that it creates a murkiness between the storytelling and the readers – at least as far as I am concerned.  The colors by Ulises Arreola are also pretty, but sometimes, the colors look like a soupy mess of bright, vivid, heavy, and thick coloring that is not necessary.  Less is indeed more, sometimes.  I find that it is Becca Carey's lettering, of all the elements, that serves to make the story clear.

Superman's origin has undergone major renovation in the past, everything from John Byrne's 1986 comic book miniseries, The Man of Steel, to J. Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis' Superman: Earth One Volume One.  Even director Zack Snyder's 2013 film, The Man of Steel, takes a radical view of Superman's origin.

Without offering spoilers, I can say that Jason Aaron's re-ordering of Superman's origin is radical on two fronts.  First, his new look at Krypton borrows from Byrne and goes even darker.  Secondly, Aaron takes Superman/Clark Kent's life on Earth and makes it unrecognizable, but familiar in that it recognizes Superman's place as a man of the people rather than as being nothing more than a superhero brand and lucrative IP.

When DC Comics' marketing copy says, “Without the fortress...without the family...without a home...what's left is the Absolute Man of Steel!,” Aaron means it.  Still, I wonder if Aaron is not stripping away a lot of familiar, but worn elements merely to replace them with new elements that will quickly become worn. 

Absolute Superman #1 has high production values and a lot of interesting narrative concepts around it.  In a way, I like what Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval are doing... but I'm not really that interested.  I don't want to pay the price of admission, nor do I want to spend the time to engage with Absolute Superman.  Still, I recommend that curious comic book readers at least give this first issue, Absolute Superman #1, a try.  It is high-quality, professionally executed commercial fiction.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Superman comic books will want to at least try Absolute Superman.

[This comic book features a back-up story, “AEW Presents Darby All In” from writer Steve Orlando; artist Pop Mhan; colorist Hi-Fi; letterer Josh Reed; and editor Michael McCalister.]

B+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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