Comixology (at Amazon) Sales: Dawn of DC; Moon Knight; Champions

In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, DC discounts the Dawn of DC line. Marvel slashes prices on Moon Knight and Champions. Plus, a look at overlooked Masterworks volumes.

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Dawn, but not Dawnstar

The Dawn of DC Sale runs through Monday, 1/20.

DC’s spotlighting the most recent relaunch with this week’s sale and you know what? This is the best lineup DC’s had in a really long time. There’s room for improvement with Events _not_ interrupting your collected edition reading experience, but there is much to be recommended in the current slate.

Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Chip Zdarsky / Tini Howard / Matthew Rosenberg / Mike Hawthorne; Let’s call this Bat-Family Event “Batman Vol. 2.5”
Batman Vol. 3: The Joker Year One – Chip Zdarsky / Jorge Jiménez ; All this and the Red Hood Gang, too
Birds of Prey –Kelly Thompson / Leonardo Romero – Black Canary leads a raid on Paradise Island
Flash – Si Spurrier / Mike Deodato, Jr.; Cosmic horror enters the speed force and we’re good with that. V.2 is queued up to be our next read, here at The Tower of Cheap
Green Arrow – Josh Williamson / Sean Izaakse; The adventures of the Green Arrow family (as Waller lurks and plots)
Green Lantern – Jeremy Adams / Xermanico; Back to a Silver Age feel
Green Lantern War Journal – Phillip Kennedy Johnson / Montos; A particularly disturbing extra-dimensional invader stalks John Stewart
Nightwing Vol. 5– Tom Taylor / Bruno Redondo; For most purposes, a Titans story, but that’s been the clear vector for this run
Shazam – Mark Waid / Dan Mora; Waid & Mora steer “The Captain” back towards his original tone
Superman – Josh Williamson / Jamal Campbell; Quality back to basics run
Titans – Tom Taylor / Nicola Scott; The Titans as Justice League. In a way, an extension of Nightwing
Titans: Beast World – Tom Taylor / Ivan Reis / Travis Moore; A Titans-centric Event has Starro menacing and terrestrial forces plotting behind the scenes, plus: Doctor Hate
Wonder Woman – Tom King / Daniel Sampere; Political maneuvering and misinformation drive this darker than you’d expect adventure

The Light of the Silvery Moon

The Marvel Moon Knight Sale runs through Monday, 1/20.

The original Moon Knight run is mostly in Epic Collections, but it’s in two separate links because… well, we shouldn’t be surprised by this, should we? The first link has two volumes that are not closely related. Bad Moon Rising is the Werewolf by Night appearances through the backups in Hulk Magazine and the first issues of 1980 solo series. The other volume in that link… we’re not as big on. That was later volumes.

You can go here for the rest of the 1980 Moon Knight series, which was the most famous version for quite some time. If you came into the character through the TV series, know that the original Moon Knight was a lot closer to Batman and The Shadow. Oh, sure the werewolf showed up, but most of the mystical things around Konshu were kept in the background and a lot more mysterious. The multiple identities were originally more like the cover identities adopted by the Shadow (and the original series editor, Denny O’Neil, adapted The Shadow for DC). This is where Moon Knight got popular.

If you came in through the TV show, there really isn’t a comic that quite matches that version of the character, but the series did draw on the Jeff Lemire / Greg Smallwood Moon Knight series in which Moon Knight has a run-in with the Egyptian gods and his personalities run amok. It’s also a good run.

We also have been enjoying the current Jed MacKay/Alessandro Cappuccio Moon Knight series. This one takes up the unenviable task of rationalizing the various incarnations over the years (and there have been a lot of different takes on the character). Mr. Knight is in therapy for his multiple personality issues. He’s running the Midnight Mission and conduct himself as Konshu’s ambassador… after a fashion, although he’s not really happy with Konshu. And there are vampires. Lots of vampires.

Marvel being Marvel, this was then relaunched as Vengeance Of The Moon Knight with the same creators.

Highlights of the rest:

Moon Knight ’89-’94 – Most of this is only collected in omnibus form for the longest running volume. This is largely the Terry Kavanaugh years with Gary Kwapisz and James Fry on art. Possibly more interesting, it also includes a Bruce Jones/Denys Cowan special and a Doug Moench/Art Nichols team-up with Shang Chi. (A second volume with earlier issues just dropped, but isn’t discounted yet.)
Moon Knight ’10-12 – Brian Bendis / Alex Maleev; Controversial to say the least, this one really leans into Moon Knight’s multiple personality disorder and breaks the character if you prefer the original concept. On the other hand, it’s surprisingly witty and funny. One of the oddest takes on the character.
Moon Knight ’14-’15- Most notable for the style-forward Warren Ellis/Declan Shalvey reworking (introducing the business suit)

The novelist corner, because Marvel has put a couple name novelists on the property:

Moon Knight ’06-’09 – Charlie Huston / David Finch
Vengeance of the Moon Knight ’09-’10; Gregg Hurwitz / Jerome Opeña

Breakfast of Champions

The Marvel Champions Sale runs through Monday, 10/24.

For the original ’70s Champions series by Tony Isabella, Bill Manto, George Tuska, Bob Hall and John Byrne, your best price for the full set is the Champions Classic: The Complete Collection.

The ’16-’18 Mark Waid/Jim Zub/Humberto Ramos/Sean Izaakse/Kevin Libranda Champions run might require a little explanation for optimal cheapness. At the top of that page, get “Because the World Still Needs Heroes” and “Worlds Collide.“ (These are double volumes and better value.) Then jump to V.4 and V.5 of the regular series at the bottom of the page.

This is followed by the ’19 Jim Zub / Steven Cummings Champions run and the ’20 Eve Ewing / Danny Lore / Kim Jacinto / Luciano Vecchio Champions series.

Under the Radar Marvel Masterworks Volumes

The Marvel Masterworks Sale runs through Monday, 1/20

We’re going to assume you can find your Spidey/FF/Avengers volumes. Before the sale ends on Monday, let’s look over a few things that might be under your radar. Low key good reading.

Captain America Masterworks Vol. 14 – Roger Stern & John Byrne teamed up for a short, but excellent run that’s often overlooked for it’s length. Worth it for the Baron Blood revival, alone!
Captain Marvel Masterworks Vol. 4 – Everyone talks about the Jim Starlin run on Captain Marvel (and you should read it, it’s great). Not that many people talk about the Steve Englehart/Al Milgrom run that immediately follows it. Absolutely worth your time.
Doctor Strange Masterworks – The character is more prominent after the movies, but are you aware of the creative lineup on the 70/80s series? Steve Englehart / Marv Wolfman / Roger Stern / Chris Claremont / Jim Starlin / Frank Brunner / Gene Colan / Tom Sutton / Marshall Rogers / Paul Smith. Top talent most issues.
Howard the Duck Masterworks – Steve Gerber / Frank Brunner / Gene Colan / Val Mayerik; Gerber’s masterpiece that launched a helluva lawsuit! A sentient duck from another world tries to make his way in the world of “hairless apes”
Iron Man Masterworks Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 – This pair will give you the bulk of the format-establishing run of Archie Goodwin, George Tuska and Johnny Craig. Still among the best Iron Man runs
Marvel Team-Up Masterworks Vol. 6 and Vol. 7 – A few issues into Vol. 6, Chris Claremont begins his run for what’s the most interesting period of Marvel Team-Up. Who’s his artist for most of this? John Byrne. Yup, much like Iron Fist, it’s another Claremont/Byrne pairing
Marvel Two-In-One Masterworks Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 – About 1/2 way through V. 5, the Mark Gruenwald/Ralph Macchio run begins and it’s FANTASTIC (pun intended). “Project Pegasus” and “The Serpent Crown Affair” are probably the two most famous storylines here. Which artists did they wrangle for this run? Oh, just John Byrne, George Perez, Jerry Bingham and Ron Wilson. This is not just the team-up of the month.
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Masterworks Vol. 2 – This is the bulk of Jim Steranko’s run on the feature. A highly influential, pop art tour de force
Silver Surfer Masterworks – Stan Lee & John Buscema had a short-lived, but classic run, initially in an oddball giant-sized format
Sub-Mariner Masterworks Vol. 7 – This is where Bill Everett, Namor’s creator, returned as writer/artist. It’s too bad Marvel doesn’t have a volume of just the Everett Sub-Mariner from the Golden Age. It’s the standout feature from the Marvel Mystery lineup. Trivia – Mickey Spillane was in the Marvel writing bullpen back then

Unannounced Sales

Dark Horse has a Millarverse Sale going on:

The Magic Order – Mark Millar / Olivier Coipel / Stuart Immomen
Nemesis: Reloaded – Mark Millar / Jorge Jiménez
Night Club – Mark Millar / Juanan Ramirez
Wanted & Big Game Library Edition – Mark Millar / JG Jones / Pepe Larraz

Dark Horse has put their adaptations of The Witcher on sale. They’re available in:

Single volumes
Omnibus editions (the better value)

Also on sale:

The Innkeeper Chronicles: Clean Sweep The Graphic Novel – Ilona Andrews / ChrossxXxRodes/ Shinju Ageha

The Marvel “Maybe” Sales

The trend continues. New releases at lower than expected price points and discounted pre-orders. Is this the new normal? We’re not sure, but let’s run them down.

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