Holiday Buyer’s Guide 2017 Day 3: Comics & Manga

Welcome readers to the annual Holiday Buyers’ Guide! Today, is the third part in this five-part series, part-three focuses on our picks for comics and manga. Getting kids into comics at an early age should help get them to read more. They will be entertained, and maybe learn something from the stories. However, this year our manga choices may not be suitable for all ages, but the comics surely are!   Comics: DC’s Mister Miracle Issue #1 MSRP: $3.99 This maybe one of the strangest comics from DC this year!…

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Vertical Licenses Gundam Wing: The Glory of Loser & Helvetica Standard

Yesterday, Vertical a North American publisher licensed Gundam Wing: The Glory of Losers and Helvetica Standard manga. Gundam Wing: The Glory of Losers series began in Kadokawa’s Gundam Ace magazine in 2010, adapting the 1995 anime series. The series incorporates elements from Endless Waltz, Episode Zero, and Frozen Teardrop. This incorporation is to retell the original series with the back-stories, and side-stories introduced from the various spin-offs. The series is illustrated by Tomofumi Ogasawara, and written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa who worked on Wing. Sumisawa also has worked on a variety…

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