Comic Book New Releases June 5
Comics listed as "New" without a grade are in new uncirculated condition as received from the publisher, excluding any copies in condition that the publisher considers damaged (VG or lower). Copies listed as New could grade as high as Near Mint or as low as Fine. One month after release, any copies remaining in stock will be graded and sold as graded back issues. Most ratio variants and higher value special variants will be graded from day one.
Preview comics expected to arrive June 12
Past 8 Weeks of New Releases: Apr 17 | Apr 24 | May 1 | May 8 | May 15 | May 22 | May 29 | June 5
Show only new trade paperbacks and graphic novels.
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Published Jun 2024 by University Press of Mississippi.$20.95
1st printing. By Troy D. Smith. SHAOLIN BREW: RACE, COMICS, AND EVOLUTION OF SUPERHERO looks at how the comic book industry developed from a white perspective and how minority characters were and are viewed through a stereotypical white gaze. Further, the book explores how voices of color have launched a shift in the industry, taking nonwhite characters who were originally viewed through a white lens and situating them outside the framework of whiteness. The financial success of Blaxploitation and Kung Fu films in the early 1970s led to major comics publishers creating, for the first time, Black and Asian superhero characters who headlined their own comics. Author Troy D. Smith focuses on Asian, Black, and Latinx representation in the comic industry and how it has evolved over the years. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 288 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations). Cover price $30.00.
