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 77th edition of the open forum!

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!

64 thoughts on “Wednesday Open Forum”

  1. Power Lines-this book sounds like its gonna be fantastic
    My Variants picks of the week all of em..

  2. Random Walking Dead theory. Moral compasses usually kick the bucket, what if Negan kills Morgan and eventually Rick keeps Negan in the jail Morgan built to honor him? Still think it’ll be Glenn who gets it.

    2. I think Negan will do the unthinkable and kill Carol now. Word is going to get out how many of his people she’s killed and Negan gonna set it as an example, he doesn’t care if your a woman.

          1. Anyone who knows Carol has killed people are dead. People who know Daryl have killed people (Dwight for one) are alive. Just saying.
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            1. Ummm.. the last guy standing at the truck walked away. They showed him following Rick and Morgan but then Rick makes it back to Alexandria without further incidents… so either he follows Morgan or he makes it back to report to Negan..

              1. Reports what though, we were wiped out by a grandma? He doesn’t know for sure who she is or where she is from. Of course the car with the spikes sticking out was a good indicator.

                1. Yup, clearly indicates they been watching them and their hood.. so they know exactly where she’s from. 🙂

                3. Ok tough guy. I am going to throw down the gauntlet with a bet. Carol doesn’t die you attend NYCC in Carol cosplay. If Daryl doesn’t die I go in Daryl cosplay (I get the winning hand either way). If an outlier like Morgan dies then we both go. Challenge issued. (Please note, I surpassed Norman Reedus’ ability to grow facial hair by age 8. I will need to shave the morning before to grow his level of beard. There will be no CHU fan fiction written about this. And no Romance between Carol and Daryl, expressed or implied, will be allowed to be commented on)

                4. Only if you pay for the Carol attire.. that’s if I lose. Not sure what to do about my goatee though, my wife has instructed I am not ever allowed to shave it.. seriously, never!

                8. Are they endangered, is that why you can’t shave? Just like Peter in The Family Guy? 😛

                10. Also. See the remake of Stephen King’s The Fog as many character actors from Walking Dead are in it. She appears almost exactly the same then as she does now. She hasn’t aged poorly just looks like she has always worn “mom jeans”

      2. Actually, with Carol’s moral compass kicking in it is time for her to die. Rick will then pick up the mantra “we are better than them and we don’t kill the living” and usher in Five Years Later.
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        1. Yes, that’s the other reason I’m picking her, her compass shifted too quickly, it’s making her make dumb decisions without thinking through them. She might of taken out those guys in the truck but not going to matter..

    3. Morgan is chronologically (comic speaking) past due for death. I have appreciated his growth as a character dad who nurses Rick back to health, grieving husband, crazy loss of child dad, zen ninja.

      1. Yeah but he was more prominent in comics up through Governor and Prison.. his large absence in show, I think he’ll be around unless they end up killing him off since that actual actor seems really really busy with other jobs.

        1. I think the actor is way cooler in real life than as a character. Every time I hear Morgan speak with a British accent it throws me off.

  3. This weeks pick ups……
    Small week thank God…..
    Flash Annual #3 2014 1st New 52 Wally West not to take anything away from the great Flash silver age key #110, the new 52 Wally West is the Wally from the tv series Flash. It’s just a matter of episodes until Wally gets his speedster powers. Look for this in the $1 bins starting to go for up to $20
    Strange tales #138 1965 1st appearance of Eternity. Can’t beat Silver Age 1st appearances for $10.
    Action Comics #595 1st appearance of Silver Banshee 2 appearances on Supergirl Tv show so far books going $10-$20 on eBay. I found this on Amazon for .75 cents!!! +3 shipping seller had 15 more at that price would of bought them all but Amazon charges individual shipping. So pick one up on Amazon cheap while they are still there, but beware it won’t come protected with cardboard but my copy still got here fine.
    That’s it light week. Have binge watched all 40 or so episodes of Flash these last three weeks. Never gave Flash a shot because watched a few episodes of Arrow and wasn’t a fan, I thought Flash too wouldn’t be worth my time. But after loving some DC tv like Izombie, Lucifer, Supergirl I thought it was time to give Flash a shot. Have to say it is the most amazing of all the comic book shows for me. It easily explains infinite earth (earth 2), time travel, telekinetic gorillas, huge shark man, etc. with great story telling and easy to understand for viewers of all ages, it puts DC movies to shame when it comes to some special effects King Shark, Zoom, Grodd are done with amazing effects. Best thing about the tv show Flash each episode feels like a individual comic book story from start to finish.
    As for Dawn of Justice wasn’t a fan of the movie, best thing I can say about it is I liked the new Batmobile. Also sad to see them not use Grant Gustin tvs Flash in the movies as Flash when DC tv has the Flash character so nailed and perfect in my opinion. Some books that have been selling higher and more frequently from Dawn of Justice movie to go pick up if you don’t have them Superman #75, Adventures of Superman #500, DC comics presents #26

    1. Thanks I picked up one of those action 595…what condition did it show up in? Fine? Vf? Dare to say NM?

      2. Remarkably mine showed up about 9.4…comic straight in an envelope and in the mail. Savagery!! Thanks for the heads up

  4. Ok if you guys are going to make this bet, I need to see this. A video or pictures is a must on this cosplay. It will be a CHU epic adventure lol

  5. I haven’t read all the comments so not sure if I am repeating anything. What did those of you who watched the leaked cut scene from Superman vs Batman think? Spoilers ahead….maybe?….
    Many think it is Darksied who Luthor is communing with but it looks much more like Yuga Khan to me. If that is the case New Gods vol 3 #17 is his first appearance. Picked up a few copies super cheap online before they diapered, just in case, but local comic shops that carry older back issues probably still have these in the bins.

    1. I really hope they are not doing Darksied. Darksied is a great super villain and would make goodJustice League movies, but the parallel of Avengers to Justice League and Darksied to Thanos would be pretty dumb of DC to run the Darksied storyline. With all the storylines DC movies could run would hate to see them run similar storyline that the MCU is putting together with over 18 or so movies to do Thanos

    2. @ Brennan…Oh yeah, Darksied is a definite, but after that cut scene I am thinking they might be throwing in dear ol’ dad as well.

  6. The whole point is that Negan kills one of em, well, just to kill one. He doesn’t need a reason to choose. It is gonna be Glen.

    1. It’ll be Glen. The show needs that big “shock killing” so Maggie can evolve on the show like she has in the books. Team Lucille!

  7. It seems I’m in t wrong thread. I must have clicked onto a Walking dead article?
    Oh well, here are my picks. Again, small week, but I’ve been setting th difference aside to pay for all those new DC #1’s coming out.
    My picks are:
    Back to the future
    Cap America Sam
    Jla
    D.vader
    Asm point

      1. Haha I know Tony, I’m just teasing y’all!
        It’s a great conversation btw, really like some of the ideas.

        1. I only said that it was the whatever whatever thread because my immediate next comment was wife mad because I can’t read minds comment.

      2. Which, BTW, is the comment of the week this week! I was trying to come up with something clever earlier, but I couldn’t so I went back to work :p

  8. Off topic but does anyone ever get in trouble for their lack of superpowers? My wife is always mad at me for not being able to read minds.

    1. My wife gets mad at me for not knowing to where her itchy spot moves when I am scratching her back.

      3. I thought that only happened to me, the gf drives me crazy ( up, down, no left, up again). Good to know I’m not alone, but she gets my spot every time I guess I give better directions.

  9. Picking up:
    Fight Club 10 (end of the series)
    Godzilla Oblivion 1 (James Stokoe cover)
    Squirrel Girl 6
    Rick & Morty 12
    Saga 35
    Recent pickups at a lcs:
    Airboy 5 (Dave Stevens cover)
    Wonder Woman v2 9 (first new Cheetah)
    Sandman 5 CGC 9.6 (for my pc)
    If I win my NCAA bracket pool at work, which is almost guaranteed, I have a comic flagged to purchase with the winnings.

  10. No books for me this week. But I did picked up Green Lantern New 52 #20 and Justice League New 52 #30 first Jessica Cruz. These books are both going above cover on ebay.

    1. I looked for 20 and 30 this weekend to no avail as well as a JLA 40 for the first Darkseid War chapter which seems to be on the rise as well
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      1. HA! I went back and grabbed 20 right after 30 came out. I knew this female ring slinger had legs! And not just the ones she’s drawn with!

        1. I actually walked into my LCS today. The store owner is a reader. He pulled a copy of GL 20 for me and said, I heard you were looking for this. Cover minus subscriber discount. Rock on!

      2. WTH.. you mean.. JLA 40 is finally going to be worth something? I picked up 4 or so long ago in hopes they would heat up.. that small gamble might finally pay off.. YAY!

  11. I fell you Tony on the whole mind reading powers lol. My wife gets mad cuz she likes to say ” So what?” Like of I know what she is thinking or talking about lol

  12. I managed to snag the Outcast #1 Cinemax Variant from the Walking Dead Volume 25 shipment off of my LCS “Free” rack today. Listed it for $.99 on Ebay. We’ll see what happens: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111952857963?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
    Other than that, I found a Spider-Man/Deadpool #1 First Print. Also listed it for $.99: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111952886479?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649.
    I’m feeling generous this week and feel like having a little fun watching bids. Buy It Now is more surefire but nowhere near as exciting as $.99 auctions!
    Also cleared out my pull this week and tossed some McFarlane Spider-Man issues in my pull box for next week.

    1. Sometimes the auctions pull in more money. BIN is great if you know it will eventually sell but auctions almost guarantee a sell, maybe a little less or sometimes more. I do like auctions though, they represent a better value on the comic. It’s actual demand creating the value, not the seller creating the value.

  13. I found a couple of books I was looking for in a lcs back issue bin:
    Planet Comics 1 (Dave Stevens cover)
    Batman Annual 11 (The Alan Moore Clayface story espoused by Blind Adam)

  14. Only got a chance to go to one store today. Picked up paper girls TPB. No copies of Power Lines, wanted to check it out not sure if it was sold out or not ordered. Guess I’ll have to look around tomorrow if I have time.

    1. I have a feeling Power Lines is going to be a small print run for sure. Both shops I visited today probably had about a dozen on the shelf.

  15. Pick-ups
    Postal 11
    Darth Vader 18
    Small week. Did how ever get some nice back issues.
    Omega men #3 1st Lobo
    All-star #58 1st Power Girl
    X-men #137 Death of Phoenix
    DC Comics Presents #26 1st Cyborg, Raven and Starfire.

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