Hello CHU Nation. The Christmas Holiday is right around the corner, and before we know it it’ll be 2025. And what that means is this is likely the last “full” FOC weekend of 2024. And it’s a pretty light week as it is. But there are a few books that may be worth an FOC flyer in case your shop doesn’t stock up on them. Mainly reprints/facsimiles and some covers. So let’s take a look!
COVERS
This cover pops, and is a little freaky…hot babe (Witch (eh) Woman) kissing a skull with melting flesh. Gist’s cover B is also pretty good. Dirty D cover of the week!
Close runner up. I love a good Baroness cover.
Hard to pass up a Mark Spears cover for $2.99.
Star Wars Legacy of Vader #1 (Jedi Knights Sneak Preview Variant)
Star Wars spec ain’t what it used to be…but here’s one to keep an eye on…”Sneak Preview” cover of what looks to be a precursor to the imperial guard, maybe? Jedi Knights is an upcoming comic series that takes place before the Phantom Menace, debuting in March 2025.
REPRINTS
Amazing Spider-Man #129 (Facsimile Ed Foil Variant)
Not the first time this has received the fax treatment, but it is first in foil…
Fantastic Four #2 (Facsimile Ed Foil Variant)
FF 2, first skrulls, get the fax and foil treatment. Although after the secret invasion Disney plus series not sure how many are still excited by skrulls.
Reprinting the reprint of the Superman and Flaah races from Superman 199 / Flash 175. This is the larger than life, bigger than a magazine original size. Comes in the foil variant. I don’t know where to put these, to be honest, but they look great!
Ultimate Universe One Year in #1 (2nd Printing)
Somehow even with all the hype the spoiler variant of this book caught some off guard. Well here is the 2nd print, and looks like it will be the same cover (maybe the “U” is a different color).
READS
Not sure if Eddie has bonded/Shared with carnage before…officially or unofficially…not sure how much it matters either…it was bound to happen. Worth keeping an eye on.
PICK OF THE WEEK
Follow the adventures of the titular hero Tod, who is trying to regain memories and avoid capture by malicious wizards. This first issue introduces his companions: The kindly and shy Sept, her vitriolic and selectively invisible alter ego Ember, the inventive mouse person Furn Fells, and Gwyelder the enigmatic fox guide. This new and lushly watercolored, ongoing series is set in the same post-apocalyptic, psychedelic, magical world of The Wrenchies and It Will All Hurt .
I don’t know…it sounds like it could be a fun! No variants or incentives I’m aware of. Why not give it a shot? From what I can tell it’s been an online comic and this is the first this character will be in print…
That’s it for this week, and probably this year CHU’s. It’s been a wild one of great reads and surprising spec hits. Hopefully the fun continues to roll into 2025. Peace out!