Wednesday Open Forum

Wednesday

Wednesday, the best day of the week, new comic book day. It is like your birthday in the middle of each week (well, one where you buy your own presents.)

We open things up to hear from you. A free for all.

What are your pick ups?
What about back issue raids?
What was sold out at your store?
What was sitting one the shelves in piles?

Or anything else you want to talk about, here is where to do it!

36 thoughts on “Wednesday Open Forum”

  1. My definite pickups and pulls:

    Strain The Night Eternal #12 – The Finale!
    Justice League #43 – Yes, I’ve been grabbing these to read The Darkseid War story line.
    Donald Duck #4 – Kids have been enjoying these new Disney issues..
    Birthright #10 – Still a great read.
    Manifest Destiny #16 – So glad it’s back.
    Rat Queens #11 – So glad it’s back.
    Revival #32 – Started to get more interesting with more action, like it’s closing in maybe on a finale perhaps? Not sure though, who knows how long it could go for.
    Trees #12 – Still hanging on but I’m not sure for how long.
    Postal #6 – Still hanging in there, so far it’s still got my attention.
    Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies #3 Franavilla Variant – Oh yeah!
    Guardians of Knowhere #3 Venom Manga Variant – Mmm.. Hmmm..
    Silk #6 – Still digging it.
    Star Wars #8 – Any cover I can get my hands on. Pre-ordered Action Figure from Midtown though.
    Weirdworld #3 – Picked up #2 as it’s been getting great reviews.. flipped through #1 so probably a great read as it being Aaron, so gonna wait a few more issues to binge read them.
    Disciples #3 – Great read thus far (sold out for now on Midtown as well).
    Transference #2 – First one was great.. looking forward to this one.
    Young Terrorists #1 – It’s thick, it’s double the price and it’s gonna be hard to come by I think when everyone gets their copy. Expect most shops to pass on ordering so many of these due to their bigger cover price.
    Simpsons #223 – Love me some Simpsons.
    Invader Zim #2 – Younger kid loved the first one. Been picking up 2 of these so she can do what she pleases to one copy which is, not being so nice to it.
    Book of Death #2 – First one was an awesome read so yeah, must pick up #2. Valiant redeeming itself. I was reading 3-4 titles, then dropped to 1 (XO) now I’m back to reading XO, Ninjak (underrated and one of my favorite reads now), Bloodshot Reborn and now Book of Death. Waiting for the next arc of Divinity.

    1. I met Tim Seeley, Mike Norton and Jenny Frison back in early June at my local Comic Expo, so I asked Tim if he had an ending to Revival in sight and he said between 50 and 55 issues! I also got a bunch of my Revival triple signed along with the Revival/Chew 1-Shot

  2. So my for sures:
    Marvel zombies vs age of ultron (hopefully the francavilla variant)
    Birthright (did I mention my email wasprinted and helped name the letters page? )
    Book of death
    Doomed
    Empire of the dead
    Hip hop family tree
    Invincible
    Justice league
    Manifest destiny
    Silk
    Spiderverse
    Star wars
    Superman/wonder woman
    Renew your vows
    Tmnt amazing adventures (new turtle I hear)
    Book of death

    Hoping to get:
    Zombies v ultron Francavilla variant
    Guardians Manga variant

    1. Graham crackers had the zombies ultron variant for $6.99…. I ordered from Midtown for $12 last week… wish I waited when I saw Grahams price for it.

      1. Thanks for the heads up! Checked it out but shipping to Canada is $20 making eBay a few bucks cheaper. There’s one shop near me that may have a copy….hoping I can score it for around $10.
        I may be buying a francavilla batman noir print tomorrow when it comes out so I may need to budget. But it will look so good framed next to my ‘here’s juggy’ print!

      2. Got luck. ONE SHOP near me had the francavilla variant. One copy. Got it for $8 Canadian. So just over $6 us

        1. Very nice. My usual stop had one left for $9.99 but it had some creases on the spine.. not gonna spend any extra if it’s not in NM or NM+. Let’s hope my one from Midtown shows up undamaged (which has only happened once from a Midtown order and I just returned for refund).

    2. So no new turtle in Tmnt amazing adventures #1, but there does appear to be a new villain. I say appear because I’m not familiar with him, nor.coukd I find reference to him online.

  3. Birthright #10 — My favorite ongoing tittle
    Manifest Destiny #16 — Something huge needs to happen! They wouldn’t have a McFarlane/Silvestri cover and a collaboration split cover with the Walking Dead for no reason.

  4. Big week this week:

    Justice League #43
    Superman/Wonder Woman
    Transference #2
    Young Terrorist #1 – Ordered the FP/Jetpack variant and during their recent sale which coincided with payday ordered from comicxposure their variant and the Templesmith virgin. So hoping for good things from this title
    Book of Death #2 (Cover A Nord)
    Plus managed to snag a copy of BoD: Legends of the Geomancer #2 which has gone down to a 1:10 variant
    Star Wars #8 (Action Figure Variant)
    Disciples #3
    And all topped off with the various Marvel Manga variant covers which have been absolutely awesome

  5. I bought a couple of Sex Criminals 11 this week after 7 copies and no sketch, saw 2 left on a Comic Store website so gave it 1 more try. Well 1 got cancelled cause they couldn’t find it, and the other came and looked like it had been tampered with (resealed). But to my surprise, a sketch cover came out!! Some Human Shoe Flash mock up… Well any how, this weeks pick ups:

    Disciples #3
    Young Terrorists #1 (A + C (x 2) + D + Third Eye + FP/JP + N.E.C. + Wade’s + Beach Ball + Eh! + Larry’s + I plan on getting more Hip Hop variants if I can acquire them. 13 in total)
    Power Up #2
    Welcome Back #1 (Cover C Rob Guillory!)
    Hip Hop Family Tree #1
    Manifest Destiny #16
    Rat Queens #11
    Revival #32
    Star Wars #8 (Action Figure Variant Cover)
    Rick And Morty #5 (A + B)

    Yes I bought a lot of Young Terrorists, but it’s awesome..read it earlier in the week thanks to Third Eye’s earlier release. I’ve seen other music cover homages floating around as well, not particularly Hip Hop either.

  6. Just in from LCS:

    Young Terrorists 1:5 (didnt realise this was a polybagged comic. annoying as I wanted to read)
    Disciples 3
    Infinite Loop 5 (variant)
    Rivers of London #2
    Power Up #2
    SPider-Verse #4
    Renew Vows #4
    Star Wars #8 action figure variant

  7. Guardians of Knowhere #3 Venom Manga Variant
    Star Wars #8 action figure variant
    Rivers of London #2
    Disciples #3
    Invader Zim #2
    Birthright #10
    Rat Queens #11
    Hip Hop Family Tree #1
    Power Up #2

  8. Marvel:
    Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies #3: Zombificiation of Ultrons? Maybe. We’ll see. Awesome Francavilla variant on this.
    Armor Wars #4: Some people dropped this like a bad….ugh….comic. I’m intrigued by the walking fortress, though.
    Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders #2: I think this is just a two-shot. So, low risk pulling this.
    Guardians of Knowhere #3: The sleeper hit of the summer!
    Runaways #3: pulling this more based on inertia.
    Kanaan: The Last Padawan #5: Gotta have my Star Wars.
    Star Wars #8: Gotta have my Star Wars.
    Weirdworld #3: This is one crazy, wild, ride. Del Mundo’s art is insane!
    Image:
    Wolf #2: Vampires, Cthulu, immortals, and racists? I’ll bite again!
    Black Mask Studios:
    Young Terrorists #1: Can’t turn down an 80-page comic! Plus, my LCS has a sweet Eazy-E homage exclusive.
    The Disciples #3: More Space Zombies, please!
    Valiant:
    Book of Death #2
    Book of Death: Legends of the Geomancer #2

  9. Picked up:
    Island 2 (Brandon Graham)
    Young Terrorist 1 (polybagged, only copy on the shelf)
    Rat Queens 11 (my favorite comic)
    Giant Days 6 (my daughter’s favorite comic)
    Rick & Morty 5 Variant
    Birthright 10
    Guardians Team-Up 10 (Deadpool & Rocket)
    Secret Wars: Secret Love 1 (Squirrel Girl on a date with Thor)
    Invader Zim 2 (Vasquez cover)
    Invader Zim 1 (Retailer Thank You Variant, it pays to ask if your lcs received one!)

    Dark Horse Presents 101 (1st One Trick Rip-off and awesome Wrightson Alien cover)
    Beautiful Darkness Hardcover (only book to ever give me nightmares)

  10. Young Terrorists: could be a big one. Only found one copy between three stores I went to. Perhaps the heavy price tag did effect ordering. Plus all reviews I’ve seen for have been extremely positive. Luckily I was able to pre order a few more copies…

    Archie #2
    Birthright #10
    Book of Death #2
    Death Head #2
    Disciples #3
    Giant Days #6
    Hip Hop Family Tree #1
    Howard the Human #1
    Justice League #43
    Manifest Destiny #16
    Oxymoron #1
    Postal #6
    Rat Queens #11
    Secret Six #5 Bombshell cover
    Star Wars #8 regular and action figure covers
    Stray Bullets Sunshine and Roses #7
    Transference #2
    Welcome Back #1
    Wolf #2

  11. Today’s picks;

    Book of death #2
    Legend of the geomancer #2
    Silk #6- for the wife
    Transference #2
    Harley Quinn and Powe Girl #3- for the wife
    Teen Titans Go #11 ×2- for my little brats lol

    Couldn’t find the guardians of nowhere #3 Manga variant so that’s a bummer. I guess I am going to pay ebay price if I really want one lol

    1. Midtown still has them at cover price (Guardians Knowhere #3 Manga). Just try to order more comics to make it worth the $3.99 economy shipping.

  12. 1. 1872 2 (wanna see whats going on with red wolf)
    2. age of ultron v marvel zombies 3 (definitely one of the most interesting domains in battleworld)
    3. guardians of knowhere 3 (I miss starlord)
    4. spider-verse 4 (the original event was so good, just cant stop myself)
    5. amazing spider-man: renew your vows 4 (surprised how good this story has been)
    6. justice league 43 (I actually cancelled my subscription after the amazo virus arc, and had to immediately resubscribe thanks to darkseid war)
    7. birthright 10 (this will be the last issue I get)
    8. rat queens 11 (meh, maybe. Im barely interested anymore and I feel compelled to buy all of an arc. not sure if I want to start a new one for this series)
    9. the strain: night eternal 12 (great show. great comic. sad to see it leave)
    10. archie 2 (ill be getting these until Fiona staples leaves, cause shes just awesome)

    1. I’ve been picking up copies of Elsinore 4, Fiona Staples’ first major published work, and Done to Death 1, her first solo pencil work. You can still find them very cheap in back issue bins.

    2. According to an article on Bleeding Cool, it looks like Staples is only on for the first three issues, then Annie Wu comes on board for an issue or two, to be followed by Veronica Fish. Not sure if Staples will come back after issue #6.

  13. Just scored an invader Zim #1 SDCC Jhonen Vazquez variant at cover price. These books are going anywhere from $30-60…

  14. There is also a RRP variant that was sent out to exclusive shops as a way of saying thank you from BOOM! with the same cover but no SDCC logo and from what I hear those ones have a print run of 500.

    1. I picked up the RRP Zim Variant today. It was sitting behind the counter waiting to be priced. Because the lcs owner didn’t have a lot of time to research on the Bay, I got it at a decent price.

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