Hello, everyone--
You will notice down below a number of new #1 issues coming from DC Comics, springing out of their post-Convergence initiative currently titled DC YOU. While I think that name is maybe not the best, I am hopeful that DC achieves its stated goal of diversifying their line-- not only with a greater representation of genders and races in their stories, but with a commitment to telling different kinds of stories from different kinds of genres with different tones. If they do this right, everyone benefits! Also, they have sent us some really cool promo materials to go with this launch, if you like that kinda thing make sure you check it out!
In other news, there is a new interview with me that has just hit the internets. Local writer Brandon Clarkson and I chatted about the state of the union at Velocity, and comics in general (spoiler: comics are pretty great right now), and is available for your consumption here: http://brandonclarkson.com/ writings/articles/on-comics- an-interview-with-patrick- godfrey
Final link: you should probably watch this, if you have thirty minutes to spare: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=bS5P_LAqiVg
Last Call-- here are the books for which our orders lock tomorrow (Monday) night! Let us know if you have any you’d like to add to your list:
MULAN: REVELATIONS (Dark Horse) This has nothing to do with the cartoon. Chinese class warfare sci-fi by the looks of it.
GREEN LANTERN: THE LOST ARMY (DC) I guess the universe thinks the GL Corps are dead, and this reveals where they really are.
JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 (DC) Picking up from the previous run!
WE ARE ROBIN (DC) Gotham City kids uniting to fight the good fight. Looks very promising.
8HOUSE ARCLIGHT (Image) Brandon Graham’s newest endeavor creates a new fantasy world, with several books spotlighting different realms.
AGE OF ULTRON VS. MARVEL ZOMBIES (Marvel) I got way more stoked about this after reading Secret Wars #2 and seeing the place on Battleworld these two properties hold.
E IS FOR EXTINCTION (Marvel) Revisiting Grant Morrison era X-Men, written by Chris Burnham, his most oft-used artist these days. Sign me up!
KORVAC SAGA (Marvel) The original GOTG team cavorting through Battleworld.
X-MEN ‘92 (Marvel) Based on the version of the X-men from the beloved 90s cartoon.
SHIPPING! Here’s what’s coming out WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3:
ACTION COMICS #41 3.99
ACTION COMICS #41 THE JOKER VAR ED 3.99
AGE OF REPTILES ANCIENT EGYPTIANS #1 3.99 Ricardo Delgado is a master illustrator who specializes in mostly silent comics featuring dinosaurs and aliens and whatnot. They’re breathtaking!
AIRBOY #1 (OF 4) 2.99
ALL NEW X-MEN #41 3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18.1 3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18.1 LAND VAR PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 SWA 3.99 This is one of the big’uns. Peter & Mary Jane still married, and raising their daughter together! By Dan Slott and Adam Kubert.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 ACTION FIGURE VAR PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 ANT SIZED VAR PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 BLANK VAR PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 CAMPBELL VAR PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 MAOS VAR PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 VAR PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 YOUNG VAR PI
ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #15 3.50
ARCADIA #2 3.99
ARCADIA #2 PFEIFFER VAR PI
ARCHIE #666 3.99 Final issue until the Mark Waid & Fiona Staples relaunch! And kinda satanic!
ARMOR WARS #1 SWA 3.99 iron Man fighting people that have stolen Stark tech, on Battleworld.
ARMOR WARS #1 DEL RAY VAR PI
ARMOR WARS #1 FERRY ANT SIZED VAR PI
ARMOR WARS #1 MAOS MARTIN VAR PI
ARMOR WARS #1 PUGH VAR PI
AUTUMNLANDS TOOTH & CLAW #6 2.99
AVENGERS MILLENNIUM TP 17.99
BALTIMORE CULT OF THE RED KING #2 (OF 5) 3.99
BAT MITE #1 (OF 6) 2.99 New DC debut! Kid friendly! Probably full of mischief!
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT #5 3.99
BATMAN BEYOND #1 2.99 Tim Drake of takes up the mantle from the dead Terry McGinnis.
BEAST GN 15.99
BIG MAN PLANS #3 (OF 4) 3.50
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA TP VOL 01 14.99
BIZARRO #1 (OF 6) 2.99 Another kid friendly debut, featuring Bizarro and Jimmy Olsen having weird adventures together.
BRAVEST WARRIORS #33 3.99
BRAVO FOR ADVENTURE HC 34.99
BRIDES OF HELHEIM #6 3.99
BROKEN WORLD #1 (OF 4) 3.99
BUNKER #11 3.99
BUNKER TP VOL 02 19.99
CAT WITH REALLY BIG HEAD GN COLOR ED 18.99
COVENANT #1 3.99
CRIMINAL TP VOL 05 THE SINNERS 14.99
CROSSED BADLANDS #78 3.99
D4VE #5 (OF 5) 3.99
DARTH VADER #6 3.99
DC COMICS COVER GIRLS HARLEY QUINN STATUE 99.95
DEAD DROP #2 (OF 4) 3.99
DEATH VIGIL #7 (OF 8) 3.99
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #8 3.99
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #486 9.99
EL DEAFO GN 10.95
EMPTY #4 3.99
FEATHERS #6 3.99
FLASH SEASON ZERO #9 2.99
FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 SWA 3.99 Future evil Hulk The Maestro on Battleworld!
FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 INGWENIBLE HULK VAR PI
FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 KEOWN ANT SIZED VAR PI
FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 KEOWN VAR PI
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #214 2ND PTG 3.99
GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL AVX #1 SWA 3.99 Skottie Young! A whole comic by him, not just a cover.
GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL AVX #1 RAMOS VAR PI
GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL AVX #1 YOUNG ANT SIZED VAR PI
GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL AVX #1 YOUNG PROMO VAR PI
GRAYSON HC VOL 01 AGENTS OF SPYRAL (N52) 22.99
GREEN ARROW #41 2.99
GREEN ARROW #41 THE JOKER VAR ED 2.99
GREEN ARROW TP VOL 03 THE TRIAL OF OLIVER QUEEN 16.99
GREEN LANTERN #41 3.99
GREEN LANTERN #41 THE JOKER VAR ED 3.99
GROOT #1 3.99 I am… very interested in seeing how this comic shapes up! Bet you thought I was just gonna say, “GROOOOOT!” Nope.
GROOT #1 GWOOT VAR PI
GROOT #1 STEGMAN VAR PI
GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #6 3.99
HALOGEN #4 (OF 4) 3.99
HELP US GREAT WARRIOR #4 3.99
HERO HC VOL 01 24.99
HOUSE OF HEM TP 7.99
HUMANS #5 2.99
IMPERIUM #5 3.99
ISLAND OF MEMORY GN VOL 01 (OF 4) 11.95
JUPITERS CIRCLE #3 3.50
JUSTICE INC AVENGER #1 3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE #41 4.99 The Darkseid War begins! New Gods all over the dang place.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #41 THE JOKER VAR ED 4.99
KING THE PHANTOM #3 (OF 4) 3.99
LEAGUE OF REGRETTABLE SUPERHEROES 24.95
LOBO #7 2.99
LOBO #7 THE JOKER VAR ED 2.99
LOONEY TUNES #225 2.99
MARVEL NOW DEADPOOL PX ARTFX+ STATUE XF VER 59.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE ANT-MAN DIGEST TP 9.99
MASKS 2 #3 (OF 8) 3.99
MASTER OF KUNG FU #2 (OF 4) SWA 3.99
MAXX MAXXIMIZED #20 3.99
MIDNIGHTER #1 2.99 New DCU book! Old Wildstorm character! These have traditionally not lasted long.
MINIMUM WAGE SO MANY BAD DECISIONS #2 (OF 6) 3.99
MORNING GLORIES #46 3.50
MORTAL KOMBAT X #7 3.99
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #17 3.99
NAILBITER #13 2.99
NO MERCY #3 2.99
NONPLAYER #2 (OF 6) 2.99 Yep, you read that correctly.
OMEGA MEN #1 2.99 Space pirates in the DCU!
PLUNDER #4 3.99
PRINCESS LEIA #4 (OF 5) 3.99
RAT GOD #5 (OF 5) 3.99
SAMURAI JACK #20 3.99
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) 3.99 Reed Richards from the regular Marvel U makes his presence known on Battleworld.
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) BIANCHI CONNECTING VAR PI
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) BRADSHAW DR GWENDGE VAR PI
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) CHRISTOPHER ACTION FIGURE VAR PI
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) COKER VAR PI
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) MCLEOD VAR PI
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) SAUVAGE VAR PI
SECRET WARS BATTLEWORLD #2 (OF 4) SWA 3.99
SECRET WARS BATTLEWORLD #2 (OF 4) STOKOE VAR PI
SHOWA HISTORY OF JAPAN TP VOL 01 1926 -1939 24.95
SHOWA HISTORY OF JAPAN TP VOL 03 1944-1953 24.95
SIXTH GUN VALLEY OF DEATH #1 (OF 3) 3.99
SONIC BOOM #8 3.99
SPECTATORS GN 22.95
SPIDER-WOMAN #8 3.99
STAR WARS #6 3.99
SUNDOWNERS TP VOL 01 19.99
SUPERIOR IRON MAN #9 3.99
SWAMP THING TP VOL 06 THE SUREEN (N52) 16.99
SWORDS OF SORROW #2 (OF 6) 3.99
THANOS INFINITY RELATIVITY OGN HC 24.99
TMNT MUTANIMALS #4 (OF 4) 3.99
TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #23 3.99
TMNT ONGOING TP VOL 11 ATTACK ON TECHNODROME 17.99
TRANSFORMERS VS GI JOE #7 3.99
UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #6 3.99
USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA TP VOL 03 24.99
VENOM BY REMENDER COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 01 34.99
WAR STORIES #9 3.99
WICKED & DIVINE #11 3.50
WITCHER FOX CHILDREN #3 3.99
WOLVERINES #20 3.99
WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1 4.99
WOODS #13 3.99
WORLDS FINEST TP VOL 05 HOMEWARD BOUND (N52) 14.99
X-TINCTION AGENDA #1 SWA 3.99 The dream of the 90s is alive, not just in Portland, but in this Secret Wars tie-in!
X-TINCTION AGENDA #1 BROOKS WANTED VAR PI
YEARS OF FUTURE PAST #1 SWA 4.99 Revisiting that time Kitty Pryde time-traveled and accidentally kickstarted the creation of a world where mutants live in camps. I bet she is kinda embarrassed about how that went.
YEARS OF FUTURE PAST #1 NORTON VAR
YEARS OF FUTURE PAST #1 PERKINS ANT SIZED VAR PI
ZERO #17 2.99
That’s it for now, see you soon!
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