Demon Knights #4 Preview

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Demon Knights #3 Annotations

Issue #4 comes out tomorrow, so let's get this out there.

Previously...

The Questing Queen and her Horde have been trying to get past the town of Little Spring, but her outriders (and their "dragons") have been defeated by the Demon Knights (and the dragons eaten by Vandal Savage). As the queen continues more attacks on the village, Madame Xanadu makes a sacrifice to erect a magical barrier around Little Spring.

Demon Knights #1 Reviews, Part Dix

I actually started this post back in October...

• BookHound (positive)
• Comic Book Focus (positive)
• Comic Book Revolution (6/10)
• Comics of Doom (positive)
• (Cool) Shite on the Tube (positive)
• Fear of a Ghost Planet (positive)
• The Idol-Head of Diabolu (negative)
• Ink Hero (positive)
• PiercingMetal Musings (positive)
• (postmodernbarney.com) (50/52)

So issue #1 is still rocking four Baby Etrigan Heads:

Comics Nexus has ranked the entire Demon Knights team as its top "character" of the DC relaunch.

Grant at the Weekly Crisis names Demon Knights as the third best title of the DCnU.

Demon Knights #3 Sales Figures

Diamond has published their sales figures and ICv2 their estimates for November's comics, including Demon Knights #3. There was a rank of 72, a dollar rank of 69, an index of 20.67, and an estimated quantity of 31,213 sold. Quantity-wise, this is a very large dropoff from #2, and rank-wise, it's right about in line with where #1 was in September. Here's our graph thus far:

Demon Knights #3 Reviews, More Linkblogging

Let's dust off Google Reader and start checking out some reviews!

• Comic Book Bin (6.5/10)
• Comics Bulletin (2/5)
• Comics Fondle (negative)
• Comics Nexus (positive)
• Geek Overture (positive)
• Knights of the Black Banner (positive)
• Major Spoilers (3.5/5)
• Modern Myth Media (B+)
• The Outhouse (positive)
• Reading with a Flight Ring (positive)
• Yet Another Comics Blog (2.5/5)

Issue #3 has three and a half Baby Etrigan Heads.

And more stuff:

• BC Refugee Blog gives the first 3 issues an A.
• Man in Black Reviews also groups the first three issues together for a 9/10.
• Benjamin Tiesma has been presenting his original art featuring characters from all of the New 52 titles on his blog. Check out his Etrigan. Excellent!
• Small Galaxies muses about Exoristos after seeing the cover for issue #6.
• CSICON picks on of issue #3's panels for its Panels of the Week.
• ComicBook.com has Demon Knights as #3 in its Top 10 New 52 titles.

Don't forget that Demon Knights #4 will be in stores this week!

Demon Knights #7 Solicit

From The Source:

DEMON KNIGHTS #7 Written by PAUL CORNELL
Art by DIOGENES NEVES and OCLAIR ALBERT
Cover by MIKE CHOI
On sale MARCH 14 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This is it! The walls have fallen, the battle is joined, and the only possible outcome is death…but the Demon Knights keep fighting! History has a grand destiny in store for this alliance of unlikely outcasts – should they survive this issue, that is! After all, beyond the mountains, on the road to Alba Sarum, greater evils than the Horde are lurking…

Linkblogging

Wow, thank you Paul Cornell himself for the shout-out!

Here's some recent Demon Knights-related news:

• The Outhouse has posted a character spotlight of our friend, Etrigan.
• Paul Cornell will be leaving his other New 52 title Stormwatch after issue #6, but staying on Demon Knights.

Demon Knights #6 Solicit

From DC's website:

Written by PAUL CORNELL; Art by DIOGENES NEVES and OCLAIR ALBERT; Cover by MIKE CHOI
Bodies are piling up, and one of their own has switched sides to lead the charge to destroy them! So how will the Knights turn the tide of battle? It all comes down to the deal Etrigan and Jason Blood have made. But can a demon truly be trusted under fire, or would he rather watch you burn?
DC Universe | 32pg. | Color | $2.99 US
On Sale February 8, 2012

Demon Knights #2 Annotations

Yeah, yeah. Issue #3 is already out, so I have some catching up to do...

Previously...

Our heroes (Jason Blood/Etrigan, Madame Xanadu, Vandal Savage, Shining Knight, Al Jabr, and Exoristos) are enjoying a pint in the small town of Little Spring when it is attacked by outriders from the Questing Queen's Horde. Meanwhile, our other hero (Horsewoman) is traveling to the town to warn its citizens that the Horde is approaching.

First Demon Knights Trade Paperback Announced

The Source released lots of information today regarding the collection of New 52 titles into trade paperbacks, including, of course, Demon Knights, which will appear next July.

DEMON KNIGHTS VOL. 1 TP
Writer: Paul Cornell
Artists: Diogenes Neves, Oclair Albert and Mike Choi
Collects: DEMON KNIGHTS #1-7
$14.99 US, 168 pg

Newsarama Interviews Paul Cornell

Check out this amazing interview with Paul Cornell over at Newsarama. Lots of good stuff.

Some highlights:

• Questing Queen != MLF
• Vandal Savage = Brian Blessed
• Not everyone may survive the first arc...
• ... but Horsewoman does. She's a big focus for the second arc (#8 - 11, set in Alba Sarum).

Demon Knights #2 Sales Figures

This month I discovered ICv2, which takes Diamond's numbers and actually gives an estimate of how many copies of each issue were sold. For example, Demon Knights #1 sold approximately 37,442 copies.

Demon Knights #2 had a rank of 62, a dollar rank of 60, an index of 22.04, and an estimated quantity of 38,007. This is actually an increase over the first issue's numbers in last month! When does that ever happen? My guess is that the overwhelming positive reviews of the first issue caused lots of readers to come in and check out the second issue.

So now that we have two months of data, let's start graphing the trends. What I'll do each month is include these four pieces of data (rank, dollar rank, index, and ICv2's estimated quantity), and create a little line graph using gnuplot to show how they change from month to month. Here's what we have after two issues:

Demon Knights #3 Preview

Check out this PopMatters article for a preview of Demon Knights #3, coming out tomorrow.

Note that, as of right now, none of the images (except for the cover), are loading for me. It looks like the pound sign in the filename might be causing some issues... Hopefully PopMatters gets this sorted out soon.

Update. I did find a working preview at ComicBookRealm.com.

Demon Knights #5 Solicit

So um, there's this blog that I'm supposed to be blogging from time to time. I haven't been for a bit. Whoops. Anywho, while I was gone, DC went and posted the solicit for Demon Knights #5. Here's the rundown:

Written by PAUL CORNELL; Art by DIOGENES NEVES and OCLAIR ALBERT; Cover by MIKE CHOI
The pressure is mounting as the Horde prepares to breach the walls of Little Spring – but inside the town, our heroes are at each other's throats! With their fragile alliance in tatters, and the enemy whispering in their ears, someone's going to break – but for a reason you never saw coming!
DC Universe | 32pg. | Color | $2.99 US
On Sale January 11, 2012

Demon Knights #1 Sales Figures

So Diamond posted their top 100 comics for September. Our very own Demon Knights #1 came in at number 72, (68 dollar rank) with a sales index of 19.87, which means that for every 100 Batman #1's sold, 19.87 Demon Knights #1's were sold.

Demon Knights #2 Preview

Check out io9 for a preview of Demon Knights #2.

Comics Anonymous Interviews Paul Cornell

Check it out.

Demon Knights #1 Reviews, Part Neuf

• Beta is Dead (3/5)
• Crazy Fred's Cards and Comics (positive)
• Crushing Krisis (3.5/5) (thanks for the shout out!)
• It'sAllTrue.net (positive)
• MasterGeek Talks Comics (6/10)
• Yet Another Comics Blog (3/5)

Four Baby Etrigan Heads.

Check out this interview with Demon Knights inker Oclair Albert at Jazma Online.

Interesting side note: My Google Reader really likes to throw in articles about Wake Forest athletics (the Demon Deacons).

Demon Knights #1 Reviews, Part Huit

So, reviews just keep piling in and piling in some more. I imagine this will slow down in future months, as this is a #1 and all. However, I am kind of liking this format of review linkblogging, i.e., multiple posts, numbered in a foreign language. So we'll do that.

Anywho, here goes:

• Apoch's Metal Review (3/10)
• Essential Webcomics (A)
• Exiled in Geeksville (positive)
• Hero Sandwich (positive)
• Nerd Reactor (B+)
• Planned Banter (positive)
• Savage Critics (positive)
• Walker of Worlds (positive)
• X-Man's Comic Blog (5.5/10)

Still rocking four Baby Etrigan Heads.

Note that there's still a bunch of podcast/vodcast reviews sitting in my Google Reader that I have yet to listen to/watch.

It's not really a review, but PopMatters posted this discussion about some of the New 52 titles, and Demon Knights gets mentioned quite a bit.

Bleeding Cool asks why no one's really freaking out about that exploding baby. Also, they note that a second printing will be released on October 12.

In other news, Paul Cornell did a poll on his blog asking fans what their favorite Demon Knights character was. Horsewoman won.

ComiXology interviews Paul Cornell

So ComiXology, you know, those guys that done puts the comics on the internets, posted this interview with Paul Cornell regarding Demon Knights.

There's not a lot of new information, but he does give this little teaser about Demon Knights #4:

Issue four is a big flashback/flash forward issue, which reveals loads about the origins of the Shining Knight and what her quest is.

Demon Knights #1 Reviews, Part Sept

More.

• Alasdair Stuart's Blog (positive)
• Broken Frontier (positive)
• ComicBookMovie.com (A+)
• Comics Should Be Good (positive)
• Forbidden Planet International (positive)
• iFanboy (A Marvel Guy Rates the DC Books (positive)
• Inside Pulse (DC Comics New 52 Omnibus Review (positive)
• Inside Pulse (Wednesday Comments) (positive)
• Kotaku (positive)
• The Outhouse (85/100)
• Tuscon Citizen (positive)

Still four Baby Etrigan Heads.

A post at eroscomiccub details how Demon Knights interconnects with other DC titles.

Paul Cornell Interview at CBR

Check out this fantastic interview with Paul Cornell about nothing but Demon Knights over at Comic Book Resources.

Demon Knights #1 Reviews, Part Six

So apparently "six" in French is "six". Hrmph. Here we go:

• The Bellingham Herald (positive)
• Comic Booked (positive)
• Comic Book Resources (DC Comics New Reader Litmus Test) (negative)
• dkompare vs. mostly screens (positive)
• Forbidden Planet International (positive)
• The News Herald (positive)
• SpaceBooger.com (negative)
• The Weekly Crisis (positive)

We still have four Baby Etrigan Heads.

Not a review, but Comics Alliance has been comparing pre- to post-Flashpoint DC continuity. Their Demon Knights segment focuses on Sir Ystin and his/her differences from the Grant Morrison Seven Soldiers version.

Also, Demon Knights #1 was iFanboy 's second highest rated title and second highest pick of the week from Week 2 of the New 52.

Demon Knights #1 Reviews, Part Cinq

More reviews keep pouring in. How high can i count in French?

• Almost Nerdy (positive)
• Comics Bulletin (3/5)
• comiXology (marineman77) (3/5)
• cxPulp (4.5/5)
• Robot 6 (What Are You Reading?) (positive)
• TG Daily (positive)

Still four Baby Etrigan Heads.

Demon Knights #1 Reviews, Part Quatre

A few more reviews:

• 2 Big Geek (positive)
• Behind the Counter (5/5)
• Eye on Comics (8/10)
• House to Astonish (positive)
• lehighvalleylive.com (positive)
• Panels on Pages (3.5/5)

The composite rating is still holding strong at four Baby Etrigan Heads.