Sunday, September 13, 2015

Hello, all--

This is the final newsletter before the gigantic bike race taking over Richmond from Saturday, September 19 through Sunday, September 27
! Here’s the deal: you WILL be able to get to the comic store, as well as most of your favorite Richmond spots! But there will be certain times during each day that it’ll be a little tough to get around. Please arm yourself with knowledge-- to avoid frustration, heartache and disappointment. Here’s some handy intel:


* http://navigate.richmond2015.com/ has all the information about which roads are closed on which days for what time spans. They’re saying that roads will open up the second the last racer crosses the finish line, so I am choosing to take them at their word on that.
*Monday through Friday we will stay OPEN UNTIL 9PM! This will give you a chance to come in a little later, after the hype of each day’s race calms down, usually by 4pm.
*Check our facebook page daily for timely traffic reports-- facebook.com/velocitycomics
*If you want instant word on traffic and parking, call us! 804.303.1783! We want this to be as easy as possible for you, and welcome any effort on your part to get to us.


LAST CALL! Our orders are about to lock on these following titles, please tell us if you’d like to add anything!
DEAD VENGEANCE (Dark Horse): Carnies and 40s weird science from one of the creators of the Simpsons comics!
LARA CROFT: FROZEN OMENS (Dark Horse): Tomb Raider comics!
BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL (DC): New weekly! New version of Cassandra Cain!
SURVIVOR’S CLUB (DC Vertigo): New series in which survivors of 80s horror tropes band together to fight a new evil. Looks awesome.
TELOS (DC): That villain from Convergence gets his own book!
AXCEND (Image): New Shane Davis ongoing about a video game that blurs reality. It’s very potty-mouthed.
CODENAME: BABOUSHKA (Image): Lady! Russian! Spies!
PAPER GIRLS (Image): I can’t make it any clearer: YOU WILL WANT THIS. Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang team up for a horror mystery set in the 80s the day after Halloween.
SAINTS (Image): There’s a holy war brewing and some lost early 20-somethings get dragged right into the middle of it all. I predict big things out of this one.
ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT POINT ONE (Marvel): A one shot featuring stories from the new Marvel!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Marvel): Parker Industries is going global, and Peter Parker is now a globe-trotting CEO!
AVENGERS #0 (Marvel): A one shot that sets the stage for all the Avengers teams in the new world!
CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS (Marvel): The old man future Hulk now works for the Collector in this one, purported to be of some import to the new Marvel.
DOCTOR STRANGE (Marvel): Jason Aaron, Chris Bachalo, and the new ongoing I’m most excited about!
WHAT IF (Marvel): A weekly series featuring alternate versions of big Marvel events.
JUGHEAD (Archie): Another new ongoing, this one written by Chip Zdarsky!
ROWAN’S RUIN (Boom!): Mikes Carey and Perkins reteam for a supernatural yarn!
GRUMPY CAT (Dynamite): We won’t be ordering much of these, you’ll have to tell us you want it.
TRAIN CALLED LOVE (Dynamite): New Garth Ennis crime saga.

SHIPPING! Here’s what arrives for you lucky comic fans this week, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16:
100 BULLETS TP BOOK 03    24.99
2 SISTERS SUPER SPY HC   27.99
68 LAST RIGHTS #2 (OF 4)      3.99
AAMA GN VOL 04 (OF 4) YOU WILL BE GLORIOUS   19.95
ADVENTURE TIME FIONNA & CAKE CARD WARS #3 (OF 6)  3.99
AGE OF APOCALYPSE #4    3.99
AGENT CARTER SHIELD 50TH ANNIVERSARY #1 3.99
ALL NEW HAWKEYE #5 3.99
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG TP VOL 07   14.99
ARMOR WARS #5    3.99
ASTRO BOY OMNIBUS TP VOL 01   19.99
AUTEUR SISTER BAMBI #4 (OF 5) 3.99
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT GENESIS #2 (OF 6) 2.99
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT PLAY ARTS KAI ARKHAM KNIGHT  99.99
BATMAN HC VOL 07 ENDGAME 24.99
BEAUTY #1 2ND PTG 3.50
BEAUTY #2     3.50
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #16 3.99
BIRTHRIGHT TP VOL 02 12.99
BIZARRO #4 (OF 6) 2.99
BLACK CANARY #4 2.99
BLOODSHOT REBORN #6   3.99
BPRD HELL ON EARTH #135 3.50
BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER #11 3.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA WHITE #1 (OF 5) 4.99  Over a decade in the making, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale finally get this one off the presses.
CAPTAIN AMERICA WHITE #1 (OF 5) ASRAR VAR
CAPTAIN AMERICA WHITE #1 (OF 5) SALE VAR
CONSTANTINE THE HELLBLAZER #4 2.99
CREEPY COMICS TP VOL 04 19.99
D4VE2 #1 (OF 4) 3.99 IDW’s hit miniseries was just collected last week into trade, so you can catch up before the sequel! Great stuff!
DARK HORSE PRESENTS 2014 #14 4.99
DEATH VIGIL #8 (OF 8) 3.99
DEBBIE’S INFERNO    6.00
DOCTOR FATE #4 2.99
DOOMED #4 2.99
EMPIRE TP 24.99
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #10 3.99
FADE OUT #9    3.5
FADE OUT TP VOL 02    12.99
FICTION #4 (OF 4) 3.99
FLASH SEASON ZERO TP 19.99
FRANK FRAZETTA ADVENTURES OF SNOW MAN HC   14.99
GREEN LANTERN THE LOST ARMY #4 2.99
GROO FRIENDS AND FOES #9 3.99
GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE #4    3.99
GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE #4 YOUNG CONNECTING VAR  PI
HARLEY QUINN #20 3.99
HEART IN A BOX TP   14.99
HEAVY METAL #276   7.95
HOUSE OF M #3    3.99
HOUSE OF M #3 DUARTE VAR  PI
INCREDIBLE HULK EPIC COLLECTION TP GHOST OF PAST 34.99
INFINITY GAUNTLET #4    3.99
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR FOUR #10 2.99
INVADER ZIM #3   3.99
INVINCIBLE #123 2.99
ISLAND #3    7.99
IVAR TIMEWALKER #9   3.99
JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS #7 3.99
LADY MECHANIKA TABLET OF DESTINIES #5 (OF 6)   3.99
LOOKING FOR GROUP #6   4.99
LUMBERJANES #18 3.99
MANIFEST DESTINY #17 2.99
MARTIAN MANHUNTER #4 2.99
MEGA MAN #53    3.99
MICKEY MOUSE #4 3.99
MIRACLEMAN BY GAIMAN AND BUCKINGHAM #2 4.99
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #34 3.99
NEW TEEN TITANS TP VOL 03 19.99
NO MERCY TP VOL 01 9.99
ODY-C #7    3.99
PAYBACKS #1 3.99 From the team that brought us Buzzkill, an underrated gem about a super-hero who gets his  powers from booze and drugs spiralling out of control, comes this great high concept-- when a super hero defaults on the loans that afforded him or her all that fancy tech, the Paybacks are called in to collect on the debt. Looks awesome.
PREZ #4 (OF 6) 2.99
PRINCELESS RAVEN PIRATE PRINCESS #3   3.99
RAI #10    3.99
RAT QUEENS #12    3.99
RICK & MORTY #2 3RD PTG  3.99
RICK & MORTY #3 2ND PTG   3.99
ROBIN SON OF BATMAN #4 3.99
SECRET IDENTITIES #7 3.99
SECRET SIX #6 2.99
SECRET WARS JOURNAL #5 (OF 5)    3.99
SEX CRIMINALS #11 2ND PTG SKETCH CVR    3.50
SEX CRIMINALS #12    3.50
SEX CRIMINALS #12 KATE LETH XXX VAR    4.69
SHUTTER #15    3.99
SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #21 4.99
SOUTHERN CROSS #5    2.99
SPIDER-ISLAND #4 (OF 5)    3.99
SPIDER-VERSE #5    3.99
SPIDER-VERSE #5 CAMPBELL VAR   PI
STAR TREK ONGOING #49 3.99
STAR WARS #9 3.99
STAR WARS #9 ACTION FIGURE VAR   PI
STAR WARS #9 IMMONEN SKETCH VAR PI
STAR WARS LANDO #4 (OF 5) 3.99
STEP ASIDE POPS HARK A VAGRANT COLLECTION HC    19.95 Kate Beaton is one of the biggest talents in the industry, and this is only her 3rd book!
STRING DIVERS #2 (OF 5) 3.99
SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN #21 3.99
TMNT AMAZING ADVENTURES #2    3.99
TOKYO GHOST #1      3.99  Book of the week? Yeah, I think so. When’s the last time we saw a powerhouse creative team of this magnitude-- Rick Remender & Sean Murphy, on a future sci-fi action thrillride? We ordered a pile, but this’ll fly out the door.
UFOLOGY #5 (OF 6)   3.99
USAGI YOJIMBO #148 3.50
VOLTRON FROM THE ASHES #1 (OF 6) 3.99
WEIRD LOVE #9 3.99
WILL EISNER SPIRIT #3   3.99
WOLF #1 2ND PTG 4.99
WONDER WOMAN #44 3.99

That’s it for now, see you soon!
PKG/VC
LAST CALL! Our orders lock on these debuting titles very soon, please tell us if you’d like us to hold any for you! It’ll help us order the right amount!
COLDER: TOSS THE BONES (Dark Horse) The newest chapter in this gravely underrated horror series!
CAVALRY: SHIELD 50TH ANNIVERSARY (Marvel) This one shot celebrating Marvel’s premiere peace-keeping force’S Agent May, in a flashback with agents from yesteryear!

SHIPPING! Here’s what’s coming for you WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9:
1602 WITCH HUNTER ANGELA #3    3.99
1602 WITCH HUNTER ANGELA #3 IRVING VAR    PI
A-FORCE #4    3.99
ABE SAPIEN #26 3.50
ACTION COMICS #44 3.99
AGE OF REPTILES ANCIENT EGYPTIANS #4 (OF 4) 3.99
ALICE COOPER VS CHAOS #1 (OF 5)    3.99
ALL STAR SECTION 8 #4 (OF 6) 2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #5    3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #5 BRADSHAW VAR  PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #5 QUESADA A VAR  PI
ARROW SEASON 2.5 #12 2.99
ATOMIC ROBO & THE RING OF FIRE #1 (OF 5) 3.99
ATOMIC ROBO GN EVERYTHING EXPLODES COLLECTION 39.99
AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT TP VOL 01 19.99
BATMAN #44 4.99
BATMAN BEYOND 2.0 TP VOL 03 MARK OF THE PHANTASM 16.99
BATMAN SUPERMAN #24 3.99
BITCH PLANET #5    3.99
BLOODSHOT REBORN TP VOL 01 COLORADO 9.99
BLOODSTRIKE #2    2.99
BOOK OF DEATH #2 (OF 4)   ICONS VAR  PI  
BRAVEST WARRIORS #36 3.99
BREAKING BAD 86 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER RV 1/64 DIECAST 12.99
BROKEN MOON #1 (OF 4)   3.99
BTVS SEASON 10 TP VOL 03 LOVE DARES YOU  18.99
BUNKER #14    3.99
CATWOMAN #44 2.99
CHRONONAUTS TP VOL 01    9.99
CIVIL WAR #4    3.99
CLARENCE #4    3.99
CLOVER OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 19.99
CROSSED BADLANDS #85    3.99
CROSSED PLUS 100 #8    3.99
CROSSED PLUS 100 TP VOL 01   19.99
D4VE TP VOL 01 19.99
DARTH VADER #9 3.99
DARTH VADER #9 GRANOV VAR   PI
DEADLY CLASS #16    3.50
DEATH SENTENCE LONDON #4    3.99
DEEP STATE TP VOL 01 9.99
DESCENDER TP VOL 01 TIN STARS    9.99 The breakout Image series of the year gets its first collection, by Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen!
DISNEY INSIDE OUT CINESTORY 14.99
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #11   3.99
DOCTOR WHO ESSENTIAL GUIDE #5 MONSTERS   19.99
DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL #41    11.99
EARTH 2 SOCIETY #4 2.99
ETERNAL SOULFIRE #3    3.99
FABLES THE WOLF AMONG US #9    3.99
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FASTER THAN LIGHT #1    2.99  New Image debut, about humankind’s first contact with life beyond the horizon in space. Looks very promising!
FUSE #14    3.99
GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL AVX #4    3.99
GOD IS DEAD #42    3.99
GODZILLA IN HELL #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG    3.99
GOTHAM ACADEMY #10
HARLEY QUINN ROAD TRIP SPECIAL #1 5.99  This’ll be a hit.
HARLEY QUINN ROAD TRIP SPECIAL #1 VAR ED   PI
HARROW COUNTY #5 3.99
HAUNTED HORROR #18 3.99
HEAD LOPPER #1    5.99 Andrew Maclean’s hit self-published yarn of a monster-fighting barbarian heads to Image!
INJECTION #5      2.99
JOURNEY: STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS: SHATTERED EMPIRE  #1 (OF 4) 3.99 This is the sanctioned prequel to the upcoming movie, written by the great Greg Rucka!
JOURNEY STAR WARS FASE #1 (OF 4) BLANK VAR
JOURNEY STAR WARS FASE #1 (OF 4) CHECCHETTO VAR
JOURNEY STAR WARS FASE #1 (OF 4) HYPERSPACE VAR
JOURNEY STAR WARS FASE #1 (OF 4) MOVIE VAR
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK TP VOL 06 LOST IN FOREVER 16.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #13 3.99
KING MANDRAKE MAGICIAN #4 (OF 4) 3.99
KING TIGER #2 3.99
KORVAC SAGA #4    3.99
LANTERN CITY #5 (OF 12) 3.99
LEGACY OF LUTHER STRODE #3    3.50
LETTER 44 #20 3.99
LITTLE ROBOT GN   16.99
LONG DISTANCE #4 (OF 4) 4.99
LUKE CAGE TP VOL 01 SECOND CHANCES 34.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO #11 2.99
MAXX MAXXIMIZED #23 3.99
MERCURY HEAT #3    3.99
MIRRORS EDGE EXORDIUM #1 3.99
MOUSE GUARD HC VOL 02 WINTER 1152 W/ DUST JACKET 24.95
MRS DEADPOOL AND HOWLING COMMANDOS #4    3.99
MS MARVEL #18    2.99
MS MARVEL #18 TATEO MANGA VAR    PI
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #20 3.99
MY LITTLE PONY OMNIBUS TP VOL 02 24.99
NEIL GAIMAN GRAVEYARD BOOK GN VOL 01 (OF 2)    9.99
NEIL GAIMAN GRAVEYARD BOOK GN VOL 02 (OF 2)    9.99
NEW LONE WOLF AND CUB TP VOL 06    13.99
NEW SUICIDE SQUAD #12 2.99
NINJAK #7   3.99
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #12    2.99
PHONOGRAM THE IMMATERIAL GIRL #2 (OF 6)    3.99
PIXU MARK OF EVIL TP  14.99
PLANET HULK #5    3.99
QUAKE SHIELD 50TH ANNIVERSARY #1 3.99
REBELS #6 3.99
RED HOOD ARSENAL #4 2.99
RED SKULL #3 (OF 3)    3.99
RICK & MORTY #2 3RD PTG  3.99  
RICK & MORTY #3 2ND PTG    3.99
SAGA TP VOL 05    14.99  The defining comic of our era gets a new volume! Don’t worry, we ordered a mountain!
SAVIOR #6 2.99
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #61 2.99
SECRET WARS 2099 #5 (OF 5)    3.99
SIEGE #3    3.99
SIEGE #3 NOTO VAR     PI
SKULLKICKERS TP VOL 06 INFINITE ICONS O/T ENDLESS 16.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #276   3.99
SPONGEBOB COMICS #48 2.99
STAR TREK GREEN LANTERN #1 (OF 6) 3RD PTG    3.99
STAR TREK GREEN LANTERN #3 (OF 6)   3.99
STARFIRE #4 2.99
STARVE #4    3.50
STEVEN UNIVERSE TP VOL 01  14.99
SUICIDERS #6    3.99
SUPERIOR IRON MAN PREM HC VOL 02 STARK CONTRAST 24.99
SWORDS OF SORROW #5 (OF 6)   3.99
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TERROR ASSAULTER OMWOT GN  14.99  Pundits are calling this Benjamin Marra debut a contender for Book of the Year! The lead’s a One Man War On Terror!
TET #1 (OF 4) 3.99
TMNT COLOR CLASSICS SERIES 3 #9  3.99
TRANSFORMERS WINDBLADE COMBINER WARS #4 3.99
TYSON HESSE DIESEL #1 (OF 4) 3.99
UNCLE SCROOGE TP VOL 01 PURE VIEWING SATISFACTION 12.99
UNITY #22    3.99
VAMPIRELLA ARMY OF DARKNESS #3 (OF 4)   3.99
VIRGIL TP    9.99
WALKING DEAD #146    2.99
WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES #723 3.99
WALT DISNEY DONALD DUCK GN VOL 03 GOLDEN HELMET  12.99
WICKED & DIVINE #14    3.50
X-FILES SEASON 11 #2    3.99  

That’s it for now, see you soon!
PKG/VC