Saturday, December 17, 2016

Hello, all--

SALE TABLE! We’ve decided to kick it up a notch on our half off trades and HCs area-- that doesn’t mean they’re all 51% off now, it means ALL BOOKS in those boxes are a FLAT $5 PER BOOK! There’s great stuff in there, we just need to make room for next year’s batch of new product. Help us and get some great reads in the process!

SCHEDULE! Here is what our operating schedule will be over the next couple weeks, regular hours unless noted here:
SAT 12/24 (Christmas Eve) OPEN 10 - 4 for those last minute gift buyers!
SUN 12/25 (Christmas) CLOSED
SAT 12/31 (New Year’s Eve) OPEN 10-7 like regular.
SUN 1/1/17 (New Year’s Day) OPEN 12-6

LAST CALL! Subscribers, please let us know which soon-to-be shipping books you would like to add to your lists! Doing so ensures we order enough for everyone! Letting us know late, like when the books are on the shipping list for the week, we cannot offer any guarantees.
BATMAN ‘66 MEETS WONDER WOMAN ‘77 (DC) I hope they’re meeting in ‘88 at a Michael Dukakis rally, wearing LA Dodgers t-shirts and listening to Bobby McFerrin’s hit ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy.’
ODYSSEY OF THE AMAZONS (DC) Written by the Underworld films’ mastermind Kevin Grevioux, featuring Wonder Woman’s friends and family.
CURSE WORDS (Image) Why this title hasn’t been used yet is totally beyond me, it’s great! An evil magician comes to NY and hoses everyone into thinking he’s a good guy!
FEW (Image) Writer Sean Lewin made a splash in the comics world with last year’s highly regarded SAINTS. Two brothers wander a post-apocalyptic landscape and come upon a sleeping lady holding a gun and a baby wearing a gas mask. Pretty good start, eh?
GOD COUNTRY (Image) One of my most anticipated books of next year! Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw have dazzled with Buzzkill, and The Paybacks-- now here’s this epic pagan mystical West Texas epic for us to feast on!
AVENGERS #1.MU (Marvel) Communication will be very important on these, friends. Monsters Unleashed tie-in one shots-- we will be ordering very very tightly on them, so if you want them, speak up! We won’t have many for the rack.
CIVIL WAR II: OATH (Marvel) Post-CW2. I guarantee there will be some crying.
MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL (Marvel) Post-CW2. Also probably a little crying. Carol is now the most beloved hero in America.
SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #1MU (Marvel) Communication will be very important on these, friends. Monsters Unleashed tie-in one shots-- we will be ordering very very tightly on them, so if you want them, speak up! We won’t have many for the rack.

SHIPPING! Here is what arrives for you on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21:
4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK #3  3.99
A&A ADV OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG TP VOL 02 ROMANCE   14.99
ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #6  3.99
AFTERMATH BIG CLEAN #4    3.50
ALIENS LIFE AND DEATH #4 (OF 4) 3.99
ALTERS #3  3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #22  3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #22 BIANCHI VAR  PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EPIC COLLECTION GREAT RESPONSIBILITY   39.99
ANIMOSITY #4  3.99
AQUAMAN #13 2.99
ARCHIE #15    3.99
ASSASSIN’S CREED AWAKENING #2 (OF 6)   3.99
ASSASSIN’S CREED LOCUS #4 (OF 4)   3.99
AUTUMNLANDS TP VOL 01 TOOTH & CLAW  9.99
AVENGERS #2.1 3.99
BACK TO THE FUTURE #15 3.99
BACKSTAGERS #5 (OF 8) 3.99
BATMAN #13 2.99  Have you read #12 yet? One of the best single issues of the year, and we are now starting to see Tom King’s long-term plan unfold like a delicate, intricate lil’ puzzle made out of sugar.
BLACK HAMMER #6   3.99
BLACK HOOD SEASON 2 #2    3.99
BLACK PANTHER WORLD OF WAKANDA #2 3.99
BLACK PANTHER WORLD OF WAKANDA #2 VON EEDEN VAR  PI
BLACK WIDOW TP WEB OF INTRIGUE 24.99
BLAME GN VOL 02  34.95
BLOODSHOT USA #3 (OF 4)   3.99
BRIGGS LAND #5 3.99
BTVS SEASON 11 #2    3.99
CAGE #3 (OF 4) 3.99
CAGE #3 (OF 4) PRESING VAR  PI
CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON #16 3.99
CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE #3  3.99
CEREBUS TP VOL 02 HIGH SOCIETY REMASTERED ED 30.00
CYBORG #7 2.99
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #29 4.99
DARK SOULS WINTERS SPITE #2 (OF 4)  3.99
DC FILMS ARMORED BATMAN PREMIUM AF 50.00
DC FILMS SUPERMAN PREMIUM AF 45.00
DEAD INSIDE #1  3.99 John Arcudi is one of the best comic writers whose name you may not know. He’s been working with Mike Mignola on the Hellboy universe books for years, and now he sets his sight on investigating crimes committed inside a prison. Looks taut, bro!
DEADPOOL AND MERCS FOR MONEY #6 3.99
DEADPOOL WORLD’S GREATEST TP VOL 05 CIVIL WAR II 17.99
DEPT H #9 3.99
DISNEY MOANA MOVIE GN 8.99
DIVINITY III STALINVERSE #1   3.99 Perhaps the most highly-acclaimed of the Valiant line-up, here’s more!
DOCTOR STRANGE #15 3.99
DOCTOR WHO 10TH YEAR TWO #17   3.99
DOCTOR WHO 11TH YEAR TWO #15   3.99
DOCTOR WHO 12TH HC VOL 01 TERRORFORMER 19.99
DOCTOR WHO 4TH HC GAZE OF MEDUSA  19.99
DOCTOR WHO 9TH #8 CVR A QUALANO 3.99
DR STRANGE 6IN LEGENDS AF ASST  22.99 EACH
EQUILIBRIUM #2   3.99
ETHER #2 3.99
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS ENEMIES AMONG US #1  4.99
FIX #7  3.99
GAMORA #1 3.99 This goes back in time and explores how Gamora went from being one of Thanos’ assassins to a Guardian.
GANGSTA CURSED GN VOL 01   12.99
GARTH ENNIS RED TEAM DOUBLE TAP #6 (OF 9)  3.99
GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL TP AVX 15.99
GOLD DIGGER ANNUAL #20 3.99
GRANT MORRISON’S 18 DAYS TP VOL 03 14.99
GREEN ARROW #13 2.99
GREEN HORNET REIGN OF DEMON #1 (OF 4)  3.99
GREEN LANTERNS #13 2.99
GUMBALLS #1 3.99
GWENPOOL #9 3.99
HARBINGER RENEGADE #2   3.99
HARLEY QUINN #10 2.99
HE MAN THUNDERCATS #3 (OF 6) 3.99
HERO CATS #14   3.99
HORIZON #6 2.99
HUNT #5  3.99
INJUSTICE GROUND ZERO #2 2.99
INVADER ZIM #16   3.99
INVADER ZIM TP VOL 03 19.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2 3.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2 PIPER VAR  PI
JEM MISFITS #1 3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE #11 2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE SUICIDE SQUAD #1 (OF 6) 3.99 The main event! What’s cool about this, the first Rebirth event, is how deeply it ties into DC’s overall 2 year arc building up to whatever thing will happen in early 2018. I love a big long plan with tons of synergy!
KIM AND KIM TP VOL 01  12.99
KLAUS & WITCH OF WINTER ONE SHOT 7.99
KLAUS & WITCH OF WINTER ONE SHOT 1:15 MORA VAR  PI
KONG OF SKULL ISLAND #6 (OF 6) 3.99
LADY MECHANIKA LA DAMA DE LA MUERTE #3 (OF 3)   3.99
LAKE OF FIRE #5    3.99
LEGEND OF ZELDA LINK TO THE PAST GN  19.99
LOCKE & KEY SMALL WORLD 4.99
LOVE & ROCKETS LIBRARY GILBERT GN VOL 02 HUMAN  19.99
LOVE & ROCKETS LIBRARY GILBERT GN VOL 04 LUBA   18.99
LOVE HC VOL 01 THE TIGER  17.99
LUCIFER #13  3.99
MAD MAGAZINE #543 5.99
MANIFEST DESTINY TP VOL 04 SASQUATCH 14.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ULTRON REVOLUTION DIGEST 9.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #15 2.99
MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL #0  3.99 Post CW2, as noted above in the Last Call section.
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #49 3.99
NIGHTS DOMINION #4  3.99
NIGHTWING #11 2.99
OCCUPY AVENGERS #2 3.99
PATHFINDER WORLDSCAPE #3 (OF 6)  4.99
PATSY WALKER AKA HELLCAT #13 3.99
PATSY WALKER AKA HELLCAT TP VOL 02 DON’T STOP ME-OW 17.99
PETER PANZERFAUST #25  4.99
POKEMON ADV BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 03  9.99
POKEMON ADV HEARTGOLD & SOULSILVER GN VOL 02     9.99
POKEMON ADV PLATINUM GN VOL 02   9.99
POP TITANFALL 2 BLISK & LEGION 6IN VINYL FIG   14.99
POP TITANFALL 2 SARAH & MOB 6IN VINYL FIG     14.99
POWER MAN AND IRON FIST SWEET CHRISTMAS ANNUAL #1 4.99
PUNISHER #7 NOW 3.99
PUNISHER TP VOL 01 ON ROAD 17.99
RAVEN #4 (OF 6) 2.99
RIVERS OF LONDON BLACK MOULD #3 (OF 5)  3.99
SAMURAI BROTHERS IN ARMS #4 (OF 6)   3.99
SCENE O/T CRIME DLX HC  24.99
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP TP VOL 02 12.99
SERENITY HC VOL 04 LEAVES ON WIND 19.99
SILK TP VOL 02 NEGATIVE 15.99
SILVER SURFER #8 3.99
SIMPSONS COMICS #235 3.99
SLAM #2 3.99
SOUTHERN CROSS #10  3.99
SP4RX GN   18.95
SPIDER-GWEN #15 3.99
SPIDER-GWEN TP VOL 02 WEAPON OF CHOICE 15.99
SQUADRON SUPREME #14 3.99
STAR TREK GREEN LANTERN VOL 2 #1 3.99 Now greener, and more starry!
STAR WARS  DOCTOR APHRA #2 3.99
STAR-LORD #1 3.99 Chip Zdarsky could write pretty much anything and I’d enjoy reading it.
STREET FIGHTER UNLIMITED #12    3.99
SUICIDE SQUAD MOST WANTED #5 (OF 6)    4.99
SUICIDE SQUAD TP VOL 05 APOKOLIPS NOW 19.99
SUPER F*CKERS FOREVER #5 (OF 5)  4.99
SUPERMAN #13 2.99
SUPERMAN ACTION COMICS TP VOL 08 TRUTH 16.99
TANK GIRL GOLD #3 (OF 4)   3.99
TEEN TITANS GO #19 2.99
TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE NEW EDITION TP 16.99
THANOS #2 3.99
THE MUMMY (HAMMER) #2 (OF 5)    3.99
TMNT UNIVERSE #5 4.99
TOKYO GHOUL GN VOL 10    12.99
TOMB RAIDER 2016 #11  3.99
TOMIE COMPLETE DLX ED HC    34.99 Junji Ito is one of the absolute masters of horror comics, and this early work has been out of print for quite some time. Worth it!
TORCHWOOD #4    3.99
TRINITY #4 2.99
TRISH TRASH ROLLERGIRL OF MARS HC VOL 01    14.99
ULTIMATES 2 #2 3.99
ULTIMATES: OMNIVERSAL TP VOL 02 CIVIL WAR II 17.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #16 IVX 3.99
USAGI YOJIMBO #160 3.99
VENOM #2 3.99
VENOM SEPARATION ANXIETY TP NEW PTG 34.99
WARHAMMER 40000 WILL OF IRON #3 (OF 4)    3.99
X-FILES X-MAS SPECIAL 2016 7.99

That’s it for now, see you soon! Rogue One was flippin’ amazing!
PKG/VC

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Hello, all--

VCU STUDENTS who are also SUBSCRIBERS: if you are leaving town for winter break and want us to put your sub box on hold, you HAVE TO TELL US ASAP! If we don’t know, we will expect you to buy whatever accumulates. Please communicate! A reply to this email would suffice, or call us, or pop in. Thanks!

Did you see this debuting trailer this week?

FYI: we are continuing our table full of HALF OFF trades & HCs this week, and even adding to it!

LAST CALL! We’re really trying to get our orders as tight and accurate as possible! YOU can help us with that by telling us which of these later December-shipping titles you’d like to add to your lists, subscribers!
JLA REBIRTH: VIXEN (DC) We continue to meet the members of the new JLA team in these weekly one-shots, leading up to a very excellent looking new team!
JUSTICE LEAGUE/POWER RANGERS (DC) This’ll be a big one. I’d recommend adding.
BOX OFFICE POISON COLOR COMICS (IDW) One of the seminal b/w indies from the late 90s/early 00s returns! Alex Robinson is a great storyteller.
WWE (Boom!) Wrasslin’! So much wrasslin’.
RED SONJA (D.E.) A new take on an old favorite. The She-Devil with a Sword is flung into modern times! Now instead of monsters she has to fight parking tickets, long lines at the grocery store, and the pervasive feeling that this isn’t the life that she signed up for!
KHAAL (Titan) This looks to be epic, trashy european science fiction. All meant as a compliment. 3 races aboard a prison ship prepare for battle while intergalactic war rages outside the hull.
REASSIGNMENT (Titan) This might be about a hitman getting kidnapped and gender swapped against his will?

SHIPPING! Here’s what is here for you WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14:
3 FLOYDS ALPHA KING #3 (OF 5)  3.99
ACTION COMICS #969 2.99
ADVENTURE TIME ICE KING TP   19.99
ALL NEW X-MEN #16 3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #2 3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #2 CAMPBELL VAR  PI
ANGEL CITY #3 (OF 6)  3.99
AOD XENA FOREVER AND A DAY #3 (OF 6)   3.99
ART & BEAUTY #3   7.99
ART OPS TP VOL 02 POPISM  14.99
ATTACK ON TITAN BEFORE THE FALL GN VOL 09   10.99
BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #5 2.99
BATMAN 66 MEETS THE GREEN HORNET HC 22.99
BATMAN AND ROBIN ADVENTURES TP VOL 01 19.99
BATMAN HC VOL 10 EPILOGUE 22.99
BATMAN TMNT ADVENTURES #2 (OF 6) 3.99
BATMAN TMNT ADVENTURES #2 (OF 6) 1:10 VAR   PI
BATMAN TP VOL 09 BLOOM 16.99
BEE AND PUPPYCAT TP VOL 03   14.99
BETTY BOOP #3    3.99
BIRTHRIGHT TP VOL 04 FAMILY HISTORY 12.99
BLACK #3    3.99
BRITANNIA #4 (OF 4)  3.99
BTVS SEASON 10 TP VOL 06 OWN IT   18.99
CLEAN ROOM #14  3.99
COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS #2 (OF 6) 3.99
DAREDEVIL #14 3.99
DARK KNIGHT RETURNS THE LAST CRUSADE DLX ED HC 17.99
DARK TOWER TP LONG ROAD HOME 19.99
DC COMICS DESIGNER SER CAPULLO GREEN LANTERN AF 28.00
DC COMICS DESIGNER SER CAPULLO SUPERMAN AF 28.00
DC DESIGNER SER AQUAMAN BY CAPULLO AF 28.00
DC DESIGNER SER BATMAN BY CAPULLO AF 2 PACK 50.00
DC DESIGNER SERIES HARLEY BY BRUCE TIMM STATUE 130.00
DC REBIRTH HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1 9.99
DEADPOOL BACK IN BLACK #5 (OF 5) 3.99
DEATHSTROKE #8 2.99
DEATHSTROKE TP VOL 04 FAMILY BUSINESS 16.99
DESCENDER #17 2.99
DESCENDER TP VOL 03 SINGULARITIES 14.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #946 2.99
DOCTOR STRANGE / PUNISHER MAGIC BULLETS #1 (OF 4) 4.99 Everybody laughed when the oddest tennis duo in Wimbledon history took to the grass, but as they fought their way through the tournament everyone stopped laughing… and started CHEERING! The feel-good story of the year finally hits the shelves!
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #506   11.99
DRIFTER #15    3.99
EARTH 2 SOCIETY #19 2.99
EQUINOXES HC  44.99
FILLER BUNNY COLLECTED WORKS TP 11.95
FLASH #12 2.99
FOOLKILLER #2 3.99
FUSE #24  3.99
GOLD DIGGER #238 3.99
GOTHAM ACADEMY SECOND SEMESTER #4 2.99
GREEN VALLEY #3 (OF 9)  2.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #15 NOW 3.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #15 ART ADAMS VAR  PI
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY NEW GUARD TP VOL 01 EMPEROR QUILL  19.99
GWENPOOL HOLIDAY SPECIAL MERRY MIX UP 5.99
HADRIANS WALL #4 (OF 8)  3.99
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #10 2.99
HAWKEYE #1  3.99 100% more Kate Bishop, hopefully 100% less crying Hawkeyes (see: Civil War II)
HILLBILLY #4 3.99
IVX #1 (OF 6) 5.99 After many months of build-up, here we are.
IVX #1 (OF 6) MICHAEL CHO VAR  PI
JAMES BOND HAMMERHEAD #3 (OF 6) 3.99
JESSICA JONES #3 3.99
JESSICA JONES #3 CHANG VAR  PI
JIM THOMPSON KILLER INSIDE ME #4 (OF 5) 3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA THE SILVER AGE TP VOL 02 19.99
LOST BOYS #3 (OF 6)  3.99
LOVE & ROCKETS LIBRARY GILBERT GN VOL 01 HEARTBREAK 18.99
LOVE ADDICT CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL DATER TP 24.99
LOVE HC VOL 02 THE FOX   17.99
MARTIAN MANHUNTER TP VOL 02 THE RED RISING 14.99
MAYDAY #2 (OF 5)  3.99
MEGA PRINCESS #2 3.99
MERMIN GN BOOK 02 12.99
MOONSHINE #3    2.99
MOSAIC #3 3.99
MOTRO #2 (OF 10)  3.99
MS MARVEL TP VOL 06 CIVIL WAR II 17.99
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #35 3.99
NAMESAKE #2 3.99
NAUSICAA OF VALLEY OF WIND BOX SET   70.00
NEW LONE WOLF AND CUB TP VOL 11    13.99
NEW SUPER MAN #6 2.99
NO MERCY #12  3.99
OLD MAN LOGAN #15 3.99
OPTIMUS PRIME #1 3.99  Is this the first time the Autobots leader has gotten a solo series?  
POKEMON ADVENTURES GN VOL 02 RED BLUE   9.99
POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #11 3.99
POWER RANGERS PINK #5 3.99
PUNISHER MAX TP COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL 04  39.99
RAVEN #2 (OF 6) 2ND PTG 2.99
REBORN #3    3.99
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #5 2.99
RED SONJA #0    0.25
RED THORN #13  3.99
ROCKSTARS #1  3.99 A murder mystery set in the early 70s rock n’ roll scene.
RUMBLE TP VOL 03 IMMORTAL COIL  16.99
SAINTS THE BOOK OF BLAISE TP  19.99
SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #8 3.99
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP TP VOL 01 12.99
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #76 2.99
SHADOWS ON THE GRAVE #1 3.99 Richard Corben is still kicking it out there, making great horror comics well into his 70s!
SILK #15 CC 3.99
SONIC UNIVERSE #93   3.99
SPAWN #268    2.99
SPIDER-MAN #10 3.99
SPIDER-MAN #10 FERRY STEAM VAR  PI
SPIRE TP   29.99
SPONGEBOB COMICS #63 3.99
STAR TREK BOLDLY GO #3 3.99
STAR WARS POE DAMERON #9 3.99
STAR WARS POE DAMERON #9 HAWTHORNE VAR  PI
STEVEN UNIVERSE 2016 SPECIAL #1   7.99
STRAIN MR QUINLAN VAMPIRE HUNTER #4 (OF 5)  3.99
STREET FIGHTER UNLIMITED ANNUAL #1    3.99
SUICIDE SQUAD #8 (JL SS) 2.99
SUN BAKERY #4  5.99
SUPER MARIO ADVENTURES GN   14.99
SUPERGIRL #4 2.99
SUPERWOMAN #5 2.99
THE CASTOFFS #3 2.99
TMNT ONGOING #65    3.99
TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #13 3.99
TRANSFORMERS LOST LIGHT #1 3.99
UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #15 3.99
UNCANNY AVENGERS #17 3.99
UNCANNY INHUMANS TP VOL 03 CIVIL WAR II 16.99
UNCLE SCROOGE #21 3.99
WAR STORIES #21  3.99
WET MOON GN VOL 02 UNSEEN FEET NEW ED 19.99
WONDER WOMAN #12 2.99
WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #14   3.99
X-MEN INFERNO CROSSOVERS TP 39.99
X-MEN X-CUTIONERS SONG TP   39.99
YOUNG TERRORISTS #2  6.99

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