Saturday, August 26, 2017

Hello, all--

Not much to report this week before getting into the nitty gritty. VCU is back and the new kids don’t understand traffic, the bus line made some big progress in front of our shop this week (hopefully bringing an end to the parking misery shortly)...

LAST CALL! Subscribers! My orders lock on Monday for these titles shipping in mid-September. If you want them, tell me! I love ordering enough for everyone, but if no one speaks up I tend to order low. If you’re not sure I know whether you want something, sound off!
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BATMAN: THE DROWNED (DC) A METAL tie-in! This time with the evil other-dimensional hybrid of Batman & Aquaman!

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WONDER WOMAN/CONAN (DC) This hasn’t ever happened before? Lunacy. That Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti are on board make it that much more enticing.

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GI JOE: FIRST STRIKE (IDW) Tying into the First Strike event mini!

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HALF PAST DANGER II: DEAD TO REICHS (IDW) More WW2 action and adventure!

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ANGELIC (Image) This looks like another winner from Simon Spurrier… long after humanity’s end, the ancestors of genetically manipulated animals survive among the ruins! Surprises are sure to be abundant, that’s the way Spurrier writes.

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GASOLINA (Image) Excellent cover! A couple does whatever they have to to survive against drug cartels and from the looks of it, something more sinister.

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GLITTERBOMB: FAME GAME (Image) One of my favorites from last year returns for a second helping of demonic-fueled Hollywood revenge!

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GENERATIONS: MS MARVEL (Marvel) I was really hoping they’d use the Black with red sash costume of my childhood.

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DARK ARK (Boom!) I know what you’re probably thinking… “Cullen Bunn is writing like 15 titles currently coming out, surely that can’t be all he’s got in the tank.” And you’d be RIGHT! Here’s another! This one’s a riff on Noah and his big ol’ boat.


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BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA: OLD MAN JACK (Boom!) Furthering the trend of seeing our favorite action heroes as geriatrics! Weird trend.

SHIPPING! Here’s what’s arriving on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30th:
ALL NEW CLASSIC ARCHIE YOUR PAL ARCHIE #2       3.99  
ALL NEW SOULFIRE #6                           3.99  
ALL STAR BATMAN #13                                      4.99  
AMERICA #6                                               3.99
ANGEL SEASON 11 #8                                       3.99
ANIMOSITY #9                                         3.99
AQUAMAN TP VOL 03 CROWN OF ATLANTIS (REBIRTH)           19.99
ARCHIE TP VOL 04                                        17.99  
BATMAN KILLING JOKE BY BOLLAND T/S MED         19.95
BATMAN REBIRTH DLX COLL HC BOOK 01                      34.99  
BATMAN TP VOL 03 I AM BANE (REBIRTH)                    16.99  
BATVARK #1                                  4.00
BLACK MAGICK #7                        3.99
BLACK PANTHER #17                                        3.99
BLACK PANTHER #17 FRISON CONNECTING VAR       PI      
BLACK PANTHER CREW #6                                    3.99
BLACK PANTHER WHO IS THE BLACK PANTHER PROSE NOVEL      24.99
BLACK RACER & SHILO NORMAN SPECIAL #1                    4.99
BLOODY CARDINAL GN                       16.99  
BPRD DEVIL YOU KNOW #2                                   3.99
BTVS SEASON 11 #10                                       3.99  
CASTLE IN THE STARS SPACE RACE OF 1869 HC GN      19.99
COPPERHEAD TP VOL 03                                16.99  
CROSSWIND #3                           3.99
DARKSEID SPECIAL #1                                      4.99  Of all the Kirby one-shots this month, this is the big one.
DCTV THE FLASH FULL OVERHEAD ADULT DLX LATEX MASK       39.99
DEADLY CLASS #30              3.99
DEADMAN BY KELLEY JONES COMPLETE COLL TP                24.99
DEADPOOL #35 SE                                          3.99
DEADPOOL VS PUNISHER TP                                 15.99
DOCTOR STRANGE SORCERERS SUPREME #11                     3.99
DOCTOR STRANGE/PUNISHER TP MAGIC BULLETS                15.99
DOCTOR WHO 11TH YEAR THREE #9              3.99  
DOCTOR WHO LOST DIMENSION ALPHA #1          3.99  
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #515                 11.99  
DOG MAN GN VOL 03                              9.99
FAITH AND THE FUTURE FORCE #2 (OF 4)        3.99  
GENERATIONS HAWKEYE & HAWKEYE #1                         4.99
GHOSTBUSTERS 101 #6 (OF 6)              3.99  
GI JOE (2016) #8                         3.99
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #243             3.99
GO GO POWER RANGERS #2       3.99
GOLD DIGGER #245                                         3.99
GOLIATH GN                                              16.95  
GWAR ORGASMAGEDDON #3 (OF 4)            3.99
HASBRO HEROES SOURCEBOOK #3 (OF 3)            4.99
HELLBOY AN ASSORTMENT OF HORRORS SC NOVEL       14.99
HOME TIME HC                                            24.99
HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE NORTH SC              15.95
INFAMOUS IRON MAN #11                                    3.99
JAMES BOND MONEYPENNY ONE SHOT                           4.99  
JEAN GREY #6                                             3.99
JIMMYS BASTARDS #3                                   3.99
JUGHEAD & ARCHIE FALL ANNUAL DIGEST #27                  5.99  
JUPITERS LEGACY TP VOL 02                           16.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #13                            2.99
KIM AND KIM LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD #2                 3.99
LADY KILLER 2 #5                                         3.99
LADY MECHANIKA CLOCKWORK ASSASSIN #2 (OF 3)              3.99
MARVEL PREVIEWS VOL 04 #2 SEPTEMBER 2017    1.25
MARX FREUD EINSTEIN HEROES OF THE MIND GN    18.95
MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL #8 SE                              3.99
MIGHTY JACK GN VOL 02 GOBLIN KING         14.99  
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #22                         3.99  
MOTU HE-MAN VS SKELETOR SKY BLUE T/S LG      18.99  
NEW TEEN TITANS OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 NEW EDITION           75.00
NORMALS #4                                               3.99
OLD GUARD TP BOOK 01 OPENING FIRE                   16.99  Greg Rucka’s excellent comic about ageless warriors gets its first collection!
OPTIMUS PRIME #10 CVR A ZAMA                             3.99  
ORPHAN BLACK DEVIATIONS #4 (OF 6)                        3.99
OTHER SIDE SPECIAL ED HC                            19.99  
PAKLIS #4                                            4.99  
PLANETOID PRAXIS #6 (OF 6)                           3.99
PREVIEWS #348 SEPTEMBER 2017                     3.99
PROVIDENCE LTD HC ACT 03               21.99  
RAPTURE #4                                  3.99
REBELS THESE FREE & INDEPENDENT STATES #6 (OF 8)         3.99
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS ANNUAL #1                       4.99
RINGSIDE #11                                         3.99
ROBOTECH #2                                 3.99
SAGA #46                                             2.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #226                                   3.99
SECRET EMPIRE #10 (OF 10)                            4.99 It’s over!
SECRET EMPIRE #10 (OF 10) SORRENTINO HYDRA HEROES  VAR  PI    
SPACE RIDERS GALAXY OF BRUTALITY #3                  3.99  
SPAWN #277                           2.99
SPIDER-GWEN #23                                          3.99
SPINNING GN                               17.99  Tillie Walden has a lot of heat and attention on her as a rising cartoonist. This is her first full length GN published in America, see what all the fuss is about!
STAR WARS #35                                            3.99  
STAR WARS #35 CHRISTOPHER ACTION FIGURE VAR      PI      
STAR WARS #35 REEDER STAR WARS 40TH ANNIV VAR     PI
STAR WARS JEDI REPUBLIC MACE WINDU #1 (OF 5)             3.99    Personally, I don’t think there can ever be too many comic characters that look like Sam Jackson.
STAR WARS JEDI REPUBLIC MACE WINDU #1 (OF 5) HOMAGE VAR  PI    
STAR WARS JEDI REPUBLIC MACE WINDU #1 (OF 5) MOVIE VAR   PI    
STAR WARS JEDI REPUBLIC MACE WINDU #1 (OF 5) RAHZZ  VAR  PI    
STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS GN               9.99  
STEVEN UNIVERSE ONGOING #7                 3.99
STRAY BULLETS SUNSHINE & ROSES #27                   3.99
SUN BAKERY FRESH COLL TP                            16.99
SUPERGIRL ANNUAL #1                                      4.99
THANOS #10                                               3.99
THERE’S NOTHING THERE #4                              3.99  
THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T REMEMBER GN                         19.99  
TMNT DIMENSION X #5                     3.99
TRUE BELIEVERS KIRBY 100TH ANT-MAN & THE WASP #1          1.00
TRUE BELIEVERS KIRBY 100TH IRON MAN #1                   1.00
UNCANNY AVENGERS #26                                     3.99
UNREAL CITY HC                             16.99
UNSTOPPABLE WASP TP VOL 01 UNSTOPPABLE                  12.99
VALERIAN GN VOL 17 ORPHAN OF THE STARS      13.95  
VICTOR LAVALLE DESTROYER #4 (OF 6)                       3.99
WET MOON GN VOL 04 DROWNED IN EVIL NEW ED               19.99
WHATSA PAINTOONIST HC JERRY MORIARTY      24.99  
WONDER WOMAN #29                                         2.99
X-FILES (2016) #17                        3.99  
X-FILES ORIGINS II DOG DAYS OF SUMMER #3 (OF 4)        3.99
X-MEN BLUE #10                                           3.99

That’s it for now, see you soon!
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Sunday, August 20, 2017

Hello, all--

Ok, so-- you know how MARVEL announced their new initiative titled LEGACY? You know, with all the  LENTICULAR COVERS that were going to shatter the Earth? As it turns out they’ve set up some near-impossible thresholds for retailers to qualify to order these covers. We are looking into our options and will do our best to get them, but I cannot guarantee it’ll happen and wanted to prepare you all for the potential heartache up front. It’s worth noting: DC let retailers order whatever quantities on the Batman & Flash lenticular cover issues for THE BUTTON storyline, and they were the best-selling titles of the month. Wouldn’t hurt for Marvel to pay attention to that.

UPDATE on our reorganization: it started! We’ve put in about the first third of the shelving Rawn has built to house our backstock, and they look amazing! Check it out:
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The goal is to be done by the end of the month. We’ll keep you posted!

LAST CALL! Subscribers! These are the debuting titles set to start in mid-September. Our order locks on them Monday, so please let us know ASAP if you’d like to add any to your list so we order enough!
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HELLBOY & BPRD 1955 OCCULT INTELLIGENCE #1 (Dark Horse) Continuing the untold stories of Hellboy and his pals, this time with art from Shawn Martinbrough!

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DUCK TALES (IDW) After a hugely successful 0 issue, here comes the ongoing!

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REALM (Image) This one looks pretty good. 15 years after mythological creatures invaded and destroyed our world, humankind makes a play at fighting back.

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RETCON (Image) ...and this one looks even better! Laying with the meta-tropes of reality being overwritten in comics, with art by the amazing Toby Cypress!

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GENERATIONS: CAPTAIN MARVEL (Marvel) Another one of these, with those characters!

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MARVEL LEGACY (Marvel) The House of Ideas is letting it all ride on this one-- Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic reunite to introduce the Avengers of 1,000,000 BC and change everything you thought you knew about the Marvel Universe! Fingers crossed.

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RUNAWAYS (Marvel) Long overdue! Getting the teen team back together, on the run from their evil parents! I hope it’s as good as the characters deserve!

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KILLER INSTINCT (Dynamite) Shadow lords and Night Guards and stuff like that.

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SHEENA (Dynamite) Focus groups revealed that JUNGLE BOOBS, while an accurate title, was not necessarily one that would get much support.

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WOLFENSTEIN (Titan) Video game tie in!

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ROCKY & BULLWINKLE (American Mythology) I don’t know that the kids were clamoring for this, but with the right talent, could be fun!

SHIPPING! Here’s what’s arriving (in addition to all the VCU students coming back!) on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23:
ACTION COMICS #986 2.99
ADVENTURE TIME TP VOL 12  14.99
ALL NEW FATHOM #7  3.99
ALL NEW X-MEN INEVITABLE TP VOL 04 IVX 17.99
ARCHIE #23   3.99
ARCHIE TP VOL 01 19.99
BAIT HC OFF COLOR STORIES FOR YOU TO COLOR   19.99
BATGIRL #14 3.99
BATMAN 1966 PREM COLL BATMAN STATUE   150.00
BATMAN BEYOND #11 3.99
BATMAN THE SHADOW #5 (OF 6) 3.99
BEAUTY TP VOL 03  16.99
BEN REILLY SCARLET SPIDER #6 3.99
BETTIE PAGE #2   3.99
BLACK HAMMER #12  3.99
BLUE BEETLE #12 3.99
CABLE #4 3.99
CALL OF DUTY ZOMBIES #6 3.99
CALLA CTHULHU TP  12.99
CATALYST PRIME INCIDENTALS #1 3.99
CLUELESS ORIGINAL GN VOL 01 SENIOR YEAR 14.99
COMPLETE ELFQUEST TP VOL 04   24.99
CONAN THE SLAYER #12 3.99
COSPLAYERS TP PERFECT COLLECTION   19.99
CTHULHU 3IN STRESS DOLL KEYCHAIN    6.95
DAREDEVIL #25 3.99
DARK HORSE BOOK OF HORROR HC    19.99
DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE AGAIN #4 (OF 5) 3.99
DEADPOOL WORLD’S GREATEST TP VOL 08 TIL DEATH DO US 17.99
DEPT H #17 3.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #963 2.99
DOCTOR STRANGE #24 SE 3.99
DOCTOR WHO 12TH YEAR THREE #6   3.99
DONALD & MICKEY #1   5.99
DYING AND THE DEAD #5  3.99
EDGE OF VENOMVERSE #5 (OF 5) 3.99 Written by beloved Richmond expat Clay McLeod Chapman!
EDGE OF VENOMVERSE #5 (OF 5) LIM VAR PI
ETERNAL EMPIRE #4 3.99
FANTASY SPORTS HC VOL 03 GREEN KING 19.95
FEW TP  19.99
FIGHT CLUB 2 HC    29.99
FIRST STRIKE #2   3.99
FLASH #29 2.99
FUNKO RICK & MORTY BIRD PERSON AF   11.99
GAME OF THRONES CLASH OF KINGS #3   3.99
GENERATION GONE #2  3.99
GENERATIONS UNWORTHY THOR & MIGHTY THOR #1 4.99 Have at thee, Knave! Much punching and time traveling to come!
GENERATIONS UNWORTHY THOR & MIGHTY THOR #1 COIPEL VAR  PI
GENERATIONS UNWORTHY THOR & MIGHTY THOR #1 KIRBY VAR  PI
GENERATIONS UNWORTHY THOR & MIGHTY THOR #1 PASTORA  PI
GIRL FROM OTHER SIDE SIUIL RUN GN VOL 01  12.99
GRANT MORRISON’S 18 DAYS #25   2.99
GRRL SCOUTS MAGIC SOCKS #4 (OF 6)    3.99
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #27 2.99
HARD PLACE #1 (OF 5)     3.99
HARLEY QUINN #26 2.99
HELLBLAZER #13 3.99
HI-FI FIGHT CLUB #1 (OF 4) 3.99
ICEMAN #4 3.99
IMAGE FIRSTS WALKING DEAD CURR PTG #1  1.00
JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS INFINITE #2 (OF 3)  3.99
JIM HENSON POWER OF DARK CRYSTAL #6 (OF 12) 3.99
JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS #9   3.99
KAMANDI CHALLENGE #8 (OF 12) 3.99
KIRBY 100 HC LTD ED 45.95
KIRBY 100 SC 34.95
LADIES IN WAITING HC   24.99
LADY KILLER TP VOL 01 17.99
LAZARUS X PLUS 66 #2 (OF 6)  3.99
LEGEND OF ZELDA ART & ARTIFACTS HC   39.99
LETTER 44 #35 3.99
LUMBERJANES #41 3.99
MANHUNTER SPECIAL #1 4.99
MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL TP VOL 01 ALIEN NATION 15.99
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #18    3.99
MONIKA GN VANILLA DOLLS    16.99
MOONSTRUCK #2 3.99
MOTHER PANIC #10  3.99
MY LITTLE PONY MOVIE PREQUEL #3   3.99
NEW AVENGERS BY BENDIS COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 39.99
NEW TEEN TITANS TP VOL 07 19.99
NIGHTWING THE NEW ORDER #1 (OF 6) 3.99 Pretty much an Elseworlds. In a dystopian future in which superpowers have been banned, Nightwing rules over society! Weird, eh?
OVER GARDEN WALL ONGOING #17   3.99
PATHFINDER RUNESCARS #4  4.99
PETER PARKER SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #3 3.99
PETER PARKER SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #3 BAGLEY VAR   PI
PLASTIC #5 (OF 5)    3.99
POP HEROES DEATHSTROKE PX VINYL FIG METALLIC    11.99
PUNISHER #15 3.99
RED SONJA #8   3.99
REDNECK #5  3.99
RENATO JONES SEASON TWO #3 (OF 5)  3.99
RICK & MORTY #29    3.99
ROCKET #4 3.99
ROM VS TRANSFORMERS SHINING ARMOR #2   3.99
SABRINA #8     3.99
SAUCER STATE #3 (OF 6)   3.99
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #29 2.99
SECRET EMPIRE #9 (OF 10) SE 4.99
SECRET EMPIRE #9 (OF 10) SORRENTINO HYDRA HEROES VAR  PI
SHIPWRECK #5 3.99
SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER #3   3.99
SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER #3 (OF 5) 15 COPY INC VAR  PI
SISTERS OF SORROW #2 (OF 4)   3.99
SKYDOLL SUDRA HC 19.99
SPREAD TP VOL 03 NO SAFE PLACE 14.99
STAR WARS DARTH VADER #2 2ND PTG   3.99
STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA ANNUAL #1 4.99
SUICIDE SQUAD #24 2.99
TEEN TITANS #11 3.99
TIM SEELEY ACTION FIGURE COLLECTION TP VOL 01 12.99
TMNT DIMENSION X #4   3.99
TRUE BELIEVERS KIRBY 100TH DEVIL DINOSAUR #1 1.00
TRUE BELIEVERS KIRBY 100TH INHUMANS #1 1.00
TRUE BELIEVERS KIRBY 100TH NICK FURY #1 1.00
UNDERWINTER #6   3.99
WALKING DEAD TV NEGAN & GLENN 5IN AF 2PK CS  34.99 each
WAR MOTHER #1 (OF 4)   3.99 Somebody better clean their Gee Darn room, for Pete’s sake!
WATER MEMORY GN VOL 01 14.99
WEAPON X #7 3.99
WEAPON X TP VOL 01 WEAPONS OF MUTANT DESTRUCTION   15.99
WEIRD DETECTIVE TP   17.99
WONDER WOMAN MOVIE SWORD PX LETTER OPENER  25.00
WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 03 THE TRUTH (REBIRTH) 16.99
WWE #8 3.99
X-MEN BLUE TP VOL 01 STRANGEST 15.99
X-MEN GOLD #10 3.99
X-MEN GOLD TP VOL 01 BACK TO BASICS 15.99
X-O MANOWAR (2017) #6   3.99 50.0 1.9950 21.95
YO-KAI WATCH #3  3.99
Z NATION #5   3.99
 
That’s it for now, see you soon!
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