Comics Continuum by Rob Allstetter: Monday, January 14, 2019

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MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2019

SUPERGIRL: "BLOOD MEMORY"

The CW has released images and details from "Blood Memory," the episode of Supergirl premiering on Sunday, January 27.

Here's how the network describes the episode:

"Kara (Melissa Benoist) joins Nia (Nicole Maines) on a trip to Nia's hometown to visit her family during the town's annual Harvest Festival. While home, Nia's mother (guest-star Kate Burton) encourages her daughter to embrace her destiny. Meanwhile, Alex (Chyler Leigh) deals with a street drug that is turning people violent and giving them temporary superpowers."

Shannon Kohli directed the episode, written by Jessica Queller and Dana Horgan.

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TITAN COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and three- to six-page previews of Titan Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Jan. 16, click on the cover thumbnails above or the links below for the individual titles.

* BREAKNECK #2.

* ROBOTECH #16.

* SHADES OF MAGIC #4.

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT FIRST LOOKS

For covers and six-page previews of Action Lab Entertainment titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Jan. 16, click on the cover thumbnails or the links below for the individual titles.

* ALBERT EINSTEIN: TIME MASON #4.

* PRINCELESS VOL. 7: FIND YOURSELF #4.

MARVEL TOPS 2018 SALES

Marvel Comics was the comic-book specialty market's top publisher, according to figures released on Monday by Diamond Comic Distributors.

Marvel led in both dollar and unit market shares, with a 38.24 percent dollar market share and a 40.4 percent unit market share.

For the publisher sales charts, CLICK HERE.

Annual sales to the comic-book specialty market increased in 2018, up 3.3 percent for the year, while graphic novel sales dipped 6.6 percent from 2017. Combined, annual sales of comic book and graphic novels to comic book shops were up slightly in 2018, by 0.6 percent.

The top-10 selling books for the year were:

1.) Action Comics #1000, DC Comics.

2.) Amazing Spider-Man #800, Marvel Comics.

3.) Batman #50, DC Comics.

4.) Fantastic Four #1, Marvel Comics.

5.) Amazing Spider-Man #1, Marvel Comics.

6.) Return of Wolverine #1, Marvel Comics.

7.) Venom #1, Marvel Comics.

8.) Amazing Spider-Man #798, Marvel Comics.

9.) Batman Who Laughs #1, DC Comics.

10.) Amazing Spider-Man #799, Marvel Comics.

BRIEFLY

IDW'S SONS OF CHAOS: IDW Publishing has announced a June release for Sons of Chaos, an original graphic novel from writer Chris Jaymes and artist Ale Aragon.

Here's how IDW describes the book:

"Sons of Chaos -- with its nearly 200 pages and measuring 13.5" by 10.5" -- provides an immersive, panoramic experience for readers, harkening them back to the Mediterranean shores of 1821, where Marcos Botsaris, a child raised within the dungeons of an Ottoman Pasha, escapes captivity, falls in love, and fiercely leads Greece to bloody revolution."

"Nearly a decade of work has gone into creating Sons of Chaos, and the masterfully gifted, international individuals involved have created an experience that I'm eternally blessed to be a part of," Jaymes said. "It's epic, it's vulnerable, it's vicious...and it brings pivotal events from our recent past to light, exposing the circumstances responsible for shaping our present-day conflicts."

Sons of Chaos will be 192 pages and will cost $49.99.

ASPEN COMICS FOR APRIL: For Aspen Comics' solicitation for April, with images, CLICK HERE.

CRITICS CHOICE WINS: Black Panther won Critics' Choice Awards in the following categories Sunday night: Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart in Best Production Design; Ruth Carter in Best Costume Design; and Best Visual Effects.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won for Best Animated Feature.