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.
The 170th edition of the open forum!
As always we also want to hear about your weekly pickups.
So, What were your pick ups?
What had disappeared off the shelves?
What was sitting on the shelves?
What back issue deals did you grab?
 

51 thoughts on “Wednesday Open Forum”

  1. I’m dropping Southern Bastards. The delays are killing me. I’ll likely just switch to trade moving forward. This was one of those series I wanted to collect singles issues for but its just no longer doing it for me anymore, especially with most issues having two covers.

    1. I dropped it ages ago. It was SOOOOOO BORING!!!!
      It could never really decide who the main character is either. Like, I get invested in Earl only to have the focus shift to coach and then some blind dude and then a girl we just met. Like, seriously Jason A-A-Ron, make up your mind.

  2. Plan on getting the below for tomorrow.
    PullList:
    Doomsday Clock
    Nightwing New Order #6
    Teen Titans #16
    Wonder Woman #39 (Frison variant only)
    Gasolina #5
    Redneck #9
    Thanos #15
    Marvel 2 in 1: Cover A, and Few Dell Ottos
    Probably also grab Teen Titans #12 2nd print (wish they would have done new cover with the delay in getting the second print)
    Avengers No Surrender Esad Ribic variant
    Avengers #677 Bill Sienkiewicz variant
    Batgirl #19 Middleton variant

  3. No great finds for me in the last couple of weeks. I guess with the economy doing well people aren’t dumping off collections at the LCS’s.
    Was organizing my disorganized stash boxes and found Ultimates #1 1:50 Art Adams variant I bought last year and forgot about, so that’s nice.
    Picking up:
    Thanos
    TT 2nd print
    Legion Sienkiewicz variant

  4. Been noticing the other comics in the Gotham resistance storyline have increased in value (2-3 times cover) as well. Expect TT12 2nd print to catch people off guard…good luck finding them on shelves!

    1. All the Metal Tie Ins (Gotham Resistance, Bats out of Hell) have been doing well for a few weeks now.

  5. I’ve got Redneck at the top of my read pile, and Avengers 676 1:25 on my spec list. 1:25 with Voyager on the cover.

  6. First time in a long time that I am actually picking up a stack of books for the week. Some old favorites are coming back.
    Picking up:
    Monstress 13
    Sex Criminals 21 both covers
    Southern Bastards 21
    Invader Zim 27
    Maybe:
    Legion 1 (best new show last year, hands down better than Gifted)

    1. Also spent my Christmas Powell’s bookstore gift card on the first two trades of Gilbert Hernandez’s Love and Rockets Palomar story: Heartbreak Soup & Human Diastrophism.

        1. Nice. I am a big fan of anything that came out of Bauhaus. Including Peter Murphy’s solo career. Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, and all the solo stuff.

    2. I don’t know if hands down is fair…. I mean it was good, but hands down better than gifted???
      Gifted doesn’t need to have an explainer episode every third episode just so you know what’s actually going on!
      Legion was good, but it was too convoluted and surreal to follow easily.

      1. I don’t know I’m partial to Happy! As best new show, followed by Runaways. Didn’t even make it all the way through Legion season 1 and I watch any and all comic tv shows been meaning to try and watch it again though.

      2. I couldn’t get past the first episode of either Gifted or Happy. I wanted to like Happy but when I went back to finish episode 1 on demand, it was no longer there. I will have to see if it was added back in.
        To me, Legion was amazing if you gave it a chance. My wife who does not read comics liked it too. Aubrey Plaza was spot on.

      4. Legion was amazing, watched the whole series twice and kept seeing things I missed the 1st time around. It’s f**d up for sure!
        Happy is just plain hilarious! I seriously spit out my beer during tonight’s episode I was laughing so hard. Won’t spoil it for those who haven’t seen it yet, just saying that when Nick is bent over, don’t have anything in your mouth

    3. Found a reader copy of Brave and the Bold 76 with Plastic Man that I’ve wanted for a while.

  8. Hey everyone! Hope the weeks been good. I’ve been busy and now I need to pull up a stretch of my basement floor because some a-hole disposed of GROUT in the main drain sometime before I lived there. It’s been causing problems (backed up twice this winter so far) lately and so we had to scope and found it, now it’s going to cost me a small fortune! Sad part is, there is nothing I can do about it because I can’t prove the people we bought from last year knew about it. GRRRRR!
    On a more positive note, I had some giftcards so I grabbed a Rick and Morty Portal Gun and the RIck and Ship Funko! I have tried to use the portal gun to get out of some household chores with no luck, if anyone is wondering.
    Today I will be picking up:
    Action comics #996
    Detective comics #973
    Doomsday clock #3
    Inhumans judgement day #1
    Jughead the hunger #3
    Justice League of America #23
    Manifest destiny #33
    Nightwing new order #6
    Ninja k #3
    Redneck #9
    Sex criminals #21
    Thanos #15
    Amazing Spider-Man #794
    Flash #39
    Hellblazer #18
    Wild storm #11
    Peace out homies!

      1. Niiiieeeecccceeee
        I guess it’s coming out later in Canada because it wasn’t at my shop yet. Haven’t seen it in stores yet either.

  9. Got me 2 copies of TT 12 2nd print. Last 2 at my LCS. It’s how I spend my lunch time on Wednesday. Hope it heats up

  10. Hit up four stores in my area on lunch and was able to get the following books:
    Avengers 676 (Mark Brooks cover A X 3 for cover)
    Thanos 15 (3 copies was all that was was between all the store and I was able to get 2 of those)
    Southern Bastards 21-hate the wait between books, but still find the story good so I save up 2-3 issues between readings so that I don’t forget what happened 3 months or more ago
    Teen Titans 12 (2nd print)-one copy was all that I could find
    Justice League 23 (cover A and B)
    Good hunting everyone!

  11. Tried to take it easy today, did alright but still spent too much. Lol. My pick ups today were:
    Readers and PC
    ASM #794, Norman gains possession of Carnage Symbiote in this, doesnt bond yet…i can see Red Goblin making his 1st before 797.
    Avengers #677
    Detective #973
    Thanos #15
    Doomsday Clock #3
    ASM #252, NM (9.4-9.6), $80 CND
    ASM #370
    Doppleganger #2
    Specs n Flips
    Teen Titans #12 2nd
    JLA #23 A&B
    Thanos #15
    Phoenix Resurrection #4 Lee Variant
    ASM #794
    Batman Merciless #1 foil
    Avengers #677 Tedesco Connect
    Flash #33B

    1. Oh yeah, i also found a stack of Avengers #676 at one LCS. Nabbed 2, if they sell i will go grab more.

      1. Ill trade 2-3 copies of Avengers 676 to anyone willing to trade a Tedesco #676. Just throwin it out there.

      2. I have two auctions currently of 676…. One is at $12 with about 10 minutes left (time of writing this comment) and the other has like 2 days and its at $10 currently.

      3. There’s a 676 Variant ending in auction in an hour already at $30 only one listed. The other that popped up today I got for $18

        1. I am watching the $30 one that ends in 1 hr. There was 1 at my LCS today and the guy wanted $30 CND (about $25 US). I passed on it hoping i could find a cheaper one online. No luck. I think i may go see if the one at the LCS is still avaiable tomorrow. I have the the other connecting covers so i kinda need that one to complete my set.

  12. Just read that Hellblazer is now 30 years old; issue 1 was January ’88. Picked up a raw copy about a year ago pretty cheaply.

  14. ASM #794
    Avengers #677 (1,000,000 BC)
    Phoenix #4
    Thanos #1
    2 In One #2
    Doomsday Clock #3 (Batman)
    Teen Titans #12 (2nd)
    Star Trek Discovery #2(photo)

  15. Doomsday Clock #3B
    Detective Comics #973B
    Invader Zim #27 (both covers)
    Marvel Two-In-One Vol 3 #2B

    1. Two shops in my area had the Dell Otto 2 in 1. One shop had it marked up 50% and the other had it marked up 100%. I passed on both. That irks me to no end when a shop marks up an open order book on release day.

      1. Was it open order or was it one of those weird Marvel must have ordered 150% of cover A of issue #1 blah blah blah….

          1. Thats what I figured but I dont have a diamond account and found it odd none of my shops ordered it.

  17. It looks like Thanos #15 is the hot book this week since it didn’t even make it into my pull (not sure how that happens). No Maestros #4, no Southern Bastards, and no Teen Titans #12 2nd prints (but I think I have some coming in the mail). But I did get most of what I wanted, so here’s the list:
    ACTION COMICS #996 VAR ED
    BATGIRL #19 VAR ED
    BATMAN BEYOND #16 VAR ED
    BLUE BEETLE #17 VAR ED
    DEMON HELL IS EARTH #3 (OF 6)
    DETECTIVE COMICS #973 VAR ED
    DOOMSDAY CLOCK #3 (OF 12)
    DOOMSDAY CLOCK #3 (OF 12) VAR ED
    FLASH #39 VAR ED
    GOTHAM CITY GARAGE #8
    HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #37 VAR ED
    HELLBLAZER #18 VAR ED
    JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #23 VAR ED
    NIGHTWING THE NEW ORDER #6 (OF 6)
    RAVEN DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS #1 (OF 12)
    RAVEN DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS #1 (OF 12) VAR ED
    SUICIDE SQUAD #34 VAR ED
    TEEN TITANS #16 VAR ED
    WONDER WOMAN #39 VAR ED
    WILD STORM #11
    WILD STORM #11 LEE VAR ED
    DOOM PATROL #10 VAR ED
    REGRESSION #6 (MR)
    GASOLINA #5
    REDNECK #9
    DISSONANCE #1
    BLACK SCIENCE #34
    WARFRAME #3
    X-MEN BLUE ANNUAL #1 LEG
    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #794 LEG
    AVENGERS #677
    MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #2 LEG
    MARVELS AVENGERS INFINITY WAR PRELUDE #1 (OF 2)
    STAR WARS POE DAMERON #23
    X-MEN BLUE #20 LEG
    X-MEN BLUE #19 LEG
    X-MEN GOLD ANNUAL #1 LEG
    COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS COMICS FOR ALL #2 CVR A
    DEPT H #22
    VINEGAR TEETH #1
    NINJA-K #3 CVR A HAIRSINE
    X-O MANOWAR #11 CVR A LAROSA

  18. No new pickups for me today, but I did have a moment of weakness the other day and ordered a few comics online. Oh well only my second slip up this month. Anyways the comics in my pullbox………..
    Doomsday Clock #3
    Manifest Destiny #33
    Redneck #9
    Thanos #15

  19. LCS
    last week
    Normandy Gold 5 cvr A
    Rose 7 Loopydave cvr
    Ice Cream Man 1 Irving var
    Nick Wilson var cvr
    Harley Quinn 35 reg cvr
    Batman 39 var cvr
    Daredevil 596
    Aquaman 32 var cvr
    Avengers 676 reg cvr
    this week
    Thanos 15 (was lucky to get this)
    Teen Titans 12 2nd print (lcs had a good stack)
    Shadow Batman 4 Timpano cvr
    Redneck 9
    Venom 160
    Batman White Knight 4 var cvr
    Sex Criminals 21 xxx cvr
    Manifest Destiny 33
    Online
    30 Days Of Night Vol 3 #1 Cover B Variant Piotr Kowalski & Aurore Folny Cover
    All-New Classic Archie Your Pal Archie #5 Cover B Variant Les McClaine Cover
    Apocalypse Girl #2 NEXT WEEK
    Aquaman Vol 6 #31 Cover A Regular Stjepan Sejic Cover
    Batwoman Vol 2 #10 Cover B Variant Michael Cho Cover
    Betty & Veronica Vixens #2 Cover B Variant Sanya Anwar Cover
    Black Panther Start Here
    Centipede #5 Cover A Regular Francesco Francavilla Cover
    Champions (Marvel) Vol 2 #15 Cover A Regular Humberto Ramos Cover
    Comic Shop News #1598
    Dark Ark #4
    Dark Fang #2
    Dark Nights Metal #4 Cover C Variant Jim Lee & Scott Williams Cover
    Deadpool vs Old Man Logan #3 Cover A Regular Declan Shalvey Cover
    Defenders Vol 5 #8
    Evolution #2
    Generation X Vol 2 #85 Cover B Variant Harvey Tolibao Lenticular Homage Cover
    Gravetrancers #2 NEXT WEEK
    Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Grimm Tales Of Terror Vol 3 #11 Cover A Eric J
    Harcourt Legacy #2 Cover A Regular Jason Federhenn Cover
    Horizon #17
    Incredible Hulk Vol 4 #711 Cover A Regular Greg Land Cover
    Infernoct #4 Cover B Variant Eli Powell Cover NEXT WEEK
    Lazaretto #4
    Long Lost #3 NEXT WEEK
    Luke Cage #168 Cover A Regular Rahzzah Cover
    Made Men #4
    Marvel Two-In-One Vol 3 #1 Cover B Variant Jon Malin Lenticular Homage Cover
    Mighty Thor Vol 2 #702 Cover A Regular Russell Dauterman Cover
    Ninja-K #2 Cover B Variant Lucas Troya Cover
    Old Man Logan Vol 2 #32 Cover A Regular Mike Deodato Jr Cover
    Orphan Black Deviations #6 Cover A Regular Cat Staggs Cover
    Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man #298
    Quantum & Woody Vol 4 #1 Cover B Variant Geoff Shaw Extreme Ultra-Foil Cover
    Reactor #2 Cover B Variant Wesley Craig Cover NEXT WEEK
    Redlands #5
    Rise Of The Black Panther #1 Cover G Regular Brian Stelfreeze Cover Signed By Evan Narcisse @MIDTOWN
    Shadow Vol 7 #5 Cover B Variant Michael William Kaluta Cover
    Sherlock Frankenstein And The Legion Of Evil #3 Cover B Variant Duncan Fegredo Cover
    Space Riders Galaxy Of Brutality #4 NEXT WEEK
    Spawn #282 Cover B Variant Jason Shawn Alexander Black & White Cover NEXT WEEK
    Spider-Gwen Vol 2 #27 Cover B Variant Yasmine Putri Phoenix Cover
    Superman Vol 5 #37 Cover B Variant Jonboy Meyers Cover
    Tales Of Suspense #100 Cover A Regular Marco Checchetto Cover
    Trespasser #4
    Unholy Grail #5
    Vampirella Vol 7 #9 Cover D Variant Jimmy Broxton Subscription Cover
    Zombie Tramp Vol 2 #42 Cover C Variant Dan Mendoza Cover

  20. I just saw the covers for ASM 798 and 799 and the Green Goblin appears on the cover of 798 and the Red Goblin, fully bonded, appears on the cover of 799. Make of it what you will.

      1. No idea. In this weeks issue, #795, Norman gains possession of the Carnage Symbiote and clearly makes his intentions known that he wants to bond with it. My money is on a one page cameo at the end of #796 and his 1st will be #797, as stated in the earlier article here on CHU. But honestly, who knows?

    1. Shipping rates went up, across the board, for USPS effective Jan.22. They also have individual prices for eack parcel under 1 LB. 5-8 oz. packages used to be all same price. Now each incriment has its own value.

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