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Anyone watching the Winter Olympics? I’m from snow country, so Hockey and Curling are my favorites. Been exciting so far, although watching the sons of Keith Tkachuk play on Team USA makes be feel old.
Some good books this week, including second issues of series hot out of the gate. Lots of interesting facsimile/reprints as well. Lots of potential for spec plays. A little something for everybody. Continue reading “Dirty D’s F.O.C. 2/16/26”
The Covrprice.com Top 10 Runners-up list. The second half of the Top 20. Continue reading “Covrprice.com Top Ten Runners-Up for Week Ending 2/14/26”
Since Covrprice.com came on the scene, they have become a go to spot for watching eBay trends on comics. They scour thousands of eBay sales to cultivate data to spotlight the hottest selling comics. Here is this week’s Top Ten Comics:
Continue reading “Covrprice.com Top Ten for Week Ending 2/14/26”
Absolute Wonder Woman Annual #1 is in stores tomorrow. Diana goes to save Medusa the Gorgon, but will she survive. Check out the Spoilers Below:
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DC KO #4 is in stores tomorrow. The Final Four DC heroes (and villains) face off against the Absolute Champions. A victor will be named. Check out the spoilers below:
Brett Bean’s D’orc debut has taken the industry by storm. The recently announced second printing has come in at nearly 25K in orders, seen a surge in speculator activity, and is pacing that of previous breakout launches like James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds’ The Department of Truth, Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner’s Stray Dogs, and even Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga. Image Comics is pleased to reveal a first look at preview pages from D’orc #2, which will hit shelves in March from Image Comics and continue the rip-roaring adventure. Continue reading “D’ORC #1 REPRINT ASTOUNDS WITH NEARLY 25K IN ORDERS”
Every week, tons of new books hit the stands, each with potential. Some live up to that potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are the picks of the week for delivery this Wednesday Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 2/11/26”
Spent the day working on 2025 taxes, then watching the Superbowl. Congrats to the Seahawks on a solid team effort.
Given how little time I have to put this together, just going to highlight some books of interest but not go too much into depth. There really isn’t much to get excited about, anyway. Continue reading “Dirty D’s F.O.C. 2/8/26”
The Covrprice.com Top 10 Runners-up list. The second half of the Top 20. Continue reading “Covrprice.com Top Ten Runners-Up for Week Ending 2/7/26”
Since Covrprice.com came on the scene, they have become a go to spot for watching eBay trends on comics. They scour thousands of eBay sales to cultivate data to spotlight the hottest selling comics. Here is this week’s Top Ten Comics:
Continue reading “Covrprice.com Top Ten for Week Ending 2/7/26”
We see a lot of “Sold Out Notifications” from Image, including announcements on reprints. This one may be worth taking note of. Dorc #1 out this week from Image by Brett Bean, sold out, is going back for a second print, and has hit as high as $25 on eBay with the 1:25 and 1:50 going for even more. Continue reading “Dorc #1 Sells Out, Selling for $25 on Secondary Market, Getting Reprint”
DC KO Knightfight #4 is in stores tomorrow. In the previous issue we got a cameo, but this issue we get the full first appearance of Alfred Wayne, Bruce Wayne’s grandson. Bruce has it all in this world, but it cannot last, check out the spoilers below:
Continue reading “Spoilers: DC KO Kightfight #4 – Alfred Wayne, Robin”
It is not often I look forward to crossovers or event books, but DC KO Boss Battle #1 is a different story It sends DC Heroes and Villains out to fight characters from other company’s properties. Check out who is fighting and who they are battling:
Absolute Superman #16 is in stores tomorrow. It features the first appearance of Absolute Hawkman. But more than that, it also mentions some other, very familiar characters we haven’t seen up until this point. Check out the spoilers below:
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Ultimate Wolverine #14 is in stores tomorrow. It features the first appearance of Ultimate Lady Deathstrike. Check out the spoilers below:
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Every week, tons of new books hit the stands, each with potential. Some live up to that potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are the picks of the week for delivery this Wednesday Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 2/4/26”
Hey Chu’zers. Is it me, or has 2026 started out with some banger books? Some books we’ve called out here, some we missed (i.e., Superman 34 Foccillo…whoops!).
I did take a look back over 2025 to see how the picks did…Associated Crisis Events, Exquisite Corpses, Geiger 10 2nd Print were there. And some picks were “near misses” in that I picked the variant over Cover A. That now seems to be the exception to the rule these days.
Anyway, lets jump into this week’s picks. Continue reading “Dirty D’s F.O.C. Highlights for 2/2/26”
Deadline.com had the exclusive that IDW comics title, Exorcism at 1600 Penn has been picked up for a movie. Continue reading “Blum House Picks Up ‘Exorcism at 1600 Penn’”
The Covrprice.com Top 10 Runners-up list. The second half of the Top 20. Continue reading “Covrprice.com Top Ten Runners-Up for Week Ending 1/31/26”
Since Covrprice.com came on the scene, they have become a go to spot for watching eBay trends on comics. They scour thousands of eBay sales to cultivate data to spotlight the hottest selling comics. Here is this week’s Top Ten Comics:
Continue reading “Covrprice.com Top Ten for Week Ending 1/31/26”
Last week’s new issue of the wildly popular Assorted Crisis Events series—by chart-topping writer Deniz Camp(20th Century Men, The Ultimates, Absolute Martian Manhunter) breakout artist Eric Zawadzki (Heart Attack, House of El), multiple-Eisner Award winning colorist Jordie Bellaire (They’re Not Like Us, Birds of Prey), and letterer extraordinaire Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Time Before Time, Poison Ivy)—has sold out yet again at the distributor level. Image Comics will fast-track Assorted Crisis Events #8 for a rushed reprint in order to keep up with unending reorder activity. Continue reading “Assorted Crisis Events #8 Sells Out and Goes Back for Second Print”
The End 2099 #2 is in stores tomorrow. It’s a battle royale for the future, which future will survive. We also get a Spider-Man vs. Spider-Man vs. Spider-Man battle. Check out the spoilers below:
Continue reading “Spoilers: The End 2099 #2 – The Future Knulified”
Absolute Wonder Woman #16 is in stores tomorrow. We knew we were getting an appearance by Absolute Zatanna, but we also get the first appearance Suicide Squad as well. Check out the spoilers below:
Continue reading “Spoilers: Absolute Wonder Woman #16 – Zatanna and the Suicide Squad”
Absolute Batman #16 is in stores tomorrow. It is the second part of the crossover with Absolute Wonder Woman. Check out the Spoilers below:
Continue reading “Spoilers: Absolute Batman #16 – A Little Help for His Friends”
Every week, tons of new books hit the stands, each with potential. Some live up to that potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are the picks of the week for delivery this Wednesday Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 1/28/26”