Monday, January 1, 2018

Hello, all...

Did you know we'll be open completely regular hours over this last weekend of 2017? Yep, we're too old to party too hard, so we'll be here today (Saturday) 10-7, Sunday 12-6 and Monday 10-7. I bet there's a pretty good chance we've got something here you'd like to check out, come on by!

RESTAURANT INDUSTRY DAY! We're going to start something up on Monday 1/1/18, a shout out to the restaurant industry folks out there-- the bartenders, the cooks, the hosts, the servers-- you guys work your butts off day in and day out, in a largely thankless way. Both my daughters and my special ladyfriend work in the industry, so I hear on a daily basis the highs and lows. And I remember during the bike race that shut the city down a couple years ago, it was the restaurant industry folk who made it a point to get in here and spend money when very few people were willing to leave the house, even though they weren't making any money either. Anyway, to the point: from now on, every Monday here at Velocity will be for you-- you get an extra discount on anything purchased as a THANK YOU for taking such good care of us whenever we go out!

As it's the end of the year, and some of you have asked, here's my list for TOP TEN COMICS of 2017-- I typically only include stuff that's at least 4 issues deep, so we can have a good sense of how things are shaping up. Which is why MAESTROS and DOOMSDAY CLOCK are not up for consideration. But these comics rocked my socks off this year:
10. Invincible (Robert Kirkman & Ryan Ottley, Image Comics)
  9. Midnighter & Apollo (Steve Orlando & Aco, DC Comics)
  8. Paper Girls (Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang, Image Comics)
  7. Detective Comics (James Tynion IV & various, DC Comics)
  6. Generation Gone (Ales Kot & Andre Araujo, Image Comics)
  5.  Deathstroke (Christopher Priest & various, DC Comics)
  4.  Black Hammer (Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston & David Rubin, Dark Horse)
  3.  Batman (Tom King & various, DC Comics)
  2.  Kill or Be Killed (Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips, Image Comics)
  1.  Mister Miracle (Tom King & Mitch Gerads, DC Comics)

LAST CALL! Our orders lock on these books on Monday, and they ship out in a couple weeks. The sooner you tell me you want them, the better we do ordering enough for everyone. Don't miss out!

 
VINEGAR TEETH (Dark Horse) Visionary comic artist Troy Nixey's new horror/crime/humor mash-up!

 
GEAR OF WAR: THE RISE OF RAAM (IDW) Video game people! Tell us if you want it, we'll be ordering tightly.

 
DISSONANCE (Image) This one looks pretty sharp, eh? Two brothers with opposing worldviews try to prove their worth on an world filled with mystical spirits.

 
ABBOT (Boom! Studios) Hard nosed crime courtesy of Saladin Ahmed, beloved author and writer of Black Bolt for Marvel!

SHIPPING! Your first new comics of 2018, arriving WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3RD:
ADVENTURE TIME #72 3.99
AMERICAN WAY THOSE ABOVE AND BELOW #5 (OF 6) 3.99
ANIMOSITY EVOLUTION #3 3.99
ANYA'S GHOST GN 17.99
AQUAMAN THE WATERBEARER TP NEW EDITION 19.99
ASTONISHING X-MEN #7 3.99
ASTONISHING X-MEN #7 MCKONE LEGACY HEADSHOT VAR PI
ASTONISHING X-MEN #7 NOTO VAR LEG PI
ATOMIC ROBO SPECTRE OF TOMORROW #3 3.99
BABYTEETH #7 3.99
BATMAN #38 2.99
BATMAN AND THE SIGNAL #1 (OF 3) 3.99 Duke Thomas has a new name and a new costume! And he glows now!
BATMAN ANNUAL #2 2ND PTG 4.99
BATMAN WHITE KNIGHT #4 (OF 8) 3.99
BIRTHRIGHT #29 3.99
BLACK BOLT #9 3.99
BLACK LIGHTNING COLD DEAD HANDS #3 (OF 6) 3.99
BLACK PANTHER ADVENTURES DIGEST TP 9.99
BLACK PANTHER BY HUDLIN TP VOL 02 COMPLETE COLLECT 39.99
BLACK PANTHER LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK 4.99
BOMBSHELLS UNITED #9 2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #697 3.99
CAPTAIN ATOM THE FALL AND RISE OF CAPTAIN ATOM TP 16.99
CATALYST PRIME NOBLE #8 3.99
CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SORCERY TP 19.99
COLOR YOUR OWN BLACK PANTHER TP 9.99
CROSSWIND #6 3.99
CYBORG #20 3.99
DASTARDLY AND MUTTLEY #5 (OF 6) 3.99
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS BUTTERFLY BATTLE 4.99
DEATHSTROKE #27 3.99
DOCTOR WHO 10TH YEAR THREE #12 3.99
DRAGON AGE KNIGHT ERRANT TP 17.99
DUCKTALES #1 2ND PTG 3.99
ELSEWHERE TP VOL 01 9.99
EXIT STAGE LEFT THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES #1 3.99 Aaand our first contender for book of 2018 debuts on the first week-- written by Mark "Flintstones" Russell!
EXTREMITY #10 3.99
GENERATION GONE TP VOL 01 17.99 If you missed this gem in single issue form, grab it here! It's good!
GHOSTBUSTERS ANSWER THE CALL #2 3.99
GIANT DAYS #34 3.99
GOOSEBUMPS MONSTERS AT MIDNIGHT #2 (OF 3) 3.99
GRAVEDIGGERS UNION #3 3.99
GREEN ARROW #36 3.99
GREEN LANTERNS #38 2.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY LH #150 4.99
HAL JORDAN & THE GLC TP VOL 04 FRACTURE 19.99
HARLEY & IVY MEET BETTY & VERONICA #4 (OF 6) 3.99
HAWKEYE #14 3.99
I AM A NUMBER HC 19.99
ICEMAN #9 LEG 3.99
INJUSTICE 2 #17 2.99
IRON FIST #76 3.99
JETSONS #3 3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE #36 2.99
KILL 6 BILLION DEMONS TP VOL 02 14.99
KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS #1 (OF 6) 3.99 The Mignola-verse has kinda been on fire lately, eh? Lots of good new stuff to sink one's teeth into. This one looks like another winner!
MARVEL SELECT BLACK CAT ACTION FIGURE 24.99
MARVEL SELECT GREEN GOBLIN AF 24.99
NEMO HC 19.99
NIGHTWING #36 2.99
NO 1 WITH A BULLET #3 3.99
PAPER GIRLS #19 2.99

PHOENIX RESURRECTION RETURN JEAN GREY #2 (OF 5)   3.99
PHOENIX RESURRECTION RETURN JEAN GREY #2 (OF 5) VAR PI
PLANET OF THE APES URSUS #1 3.99
RAT QUEENS #7 3.99
RISE OF BLACK PANTHER #1 (OF 6) 3.99 Just in time for the movie, here's a fresh look at T'Challa's origins!
RISE OF BLACK PANTHER #1 (OF 6) MOVIE VAR PI
ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN #7 3.99
ROGUE & GAMBIT #1 (OF 5) 3.99 Will they or won't they?!? I kinda wish they just would so we could end decades of speculation. At any rate, find out here!
SAGA THE WILL & LYING CAT AF 2-PACK PI These are beeeyooteefull.
SCALES & SCOUNDRELS #5 3.99
SECRET WEAPONS #0 3.99
SHADOW BATMAN #4 (OF 6) 3.99
SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS GN SQUARE FISH ED 9.99
SIREN SCHOOL ONE SHOT 5.00
SPAWN #281 2.99
SPIDER-MAN #236 3.99
STAR WARS #41 3.99
STAR WARS #41 CHRISTOPHER ACTION FIGURE VAR PI
STAR WARS #41 REIS GALACTIC ICON VAR PI
STAR WARS ADV FORCES OF DESTINY LEIA 3.99
STAR WARS ADV FORCES OF DESTINY LEIA 1:10 VAR PI

SUPERMAN #38 SONS OF TOMORROW 2.99
TMNT DIMENSION X TP 17.99
TMNT UNIVERSE #18 4.99
TRANSFORMERS VS THE VISIONARIES #1 (OF 5) 3.99
WALKING DEAD #175 3.99
WALKING DEAD #175 CVR B SIENKIEWICZ PI
WATCHVARK #1 4.00
WINGS OF FIRE SC GN VOL 01 DRAGONET PROPHECY 12.99
X-MEN GOLD #19 LEG 3.99
X-MEN GRAND DESIGN #2 (OF 2) 5.99 Wow, that was fast. Did you read that first issue! Pure mutanty joy. We've got a bunch left if you need it!
Z NATION TP VOL 01 19.99


That's it for now… see you soon!
P/VC
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