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Deadpool #13 (and that awesome Adits Granov cover) is out tomorrow. One of the reasons people like Deadpool is the ridiculous characters that pop up from time to time in the book. This issue has several. Check them out below. Continue reading “Spoilers: Deadpool #13 New Characters”
Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1 is in stores tomorrow. It features the return of archenemies of the Guardians, and possibly, their leader. The story has four stories featuring Nova, Quasar, Adam Warlock, and Darkhawk, wrapped by a prologue, which is what is most interesting. Check out the spoilers below. Continue reading “Spoilers: Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1, The Return of a Cosmic Villain?”
Walking Dead #192 is in stores tomorrow. It follows up on the events of issue 191. Not going to get into too much so just check out the spoilers below.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Walking Dead #192, This Changes Everything”
Books hit the shelves Wednesday mornings, but sales go on before that. Here is what our picks are doing on eBay going into Wednesday morning.
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 241st edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
What Up CHU? Mel V. back with your weekly Variant picks for 6/5/19. Definitely a pick up in volume from the past couple of weeks! Here is what I am feeling. Continue reading “Mel V.’s Variants of the Week for June 5, 2019”
Barry Allen, otherwise known as The Flash, is one of the most famous characters created by DC Comics. Fans expected him to play a much bigger part in the DC Extended Universe, but up to now, the speedy superhero has been limited to cameo and minor roles in various other titles in the franchise. This could represent a mistake by Warner Bros. Pictures, if the studio wants to replicate the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Characters like The Flash should be used as major building blocks in creating a fully-realised cinematic world. Continue reading “Why Isn’t The Flash a Bigger Part of the DC Extended Universe?”
Each week, hundreds of new comics hit the shelves, each with potential. Some live up to that potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery 6/5/19: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 6/5/19”
I said I would do this last night but sadly I was feeling very under the weather and was running a fever. So it was off to bed for me. Anyway, someone is going to win a sweet prize pack of J Scott Campbell covers thanks to the Fan Expo Store. These covers are very limited so if you didn’t win hurry over to the Fan Expo Store to grab your copies. Continue reading “Fan Expo Winner Giveaway”
Final Order Cut-Off is the last day that shops can guarantee their orders for comics. After Final Order Cut-Off, or FOC, these books will only be available to retailers on Advance Reorder. And that is not guaranteed. So here are the highlights for Monday, 6/3/19’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 6/3/19”
The Calgary Entertainment Expo, Fan Expo Dallas, and Orlando MegaCon have all passed. If you were unable to make it and pick up the Exclusive War of the Realms #1 J. Scott Campbell Variant featuring Thor and Captain Marvel, here is you chance to grab a set. We are giving away a set tonight.
Continue reading “Free Comic Saturday: Fan Expo J. Scott Campbell War of the Realms #1 Set”
Our friends over at New York Collector Cave has a very limited print run variant for Samurai Grandpa #1 featuring an homage to Amazing Spider-Man #300 up for pre-order Continue reading “Samurai Grandpa Gets ASM #300 Homage for New York Collector Cave”
It is awesome when companies put out cover priced variants with art by big name, usually reserved for ratio variant, artists. DC has been killing it with their’s, but Marvel has snuck in a few. Here is one that shouldn’t be missed. Continue reading “Attack of the Killer B’s Marvel Edition: Star Wars AOR Darth Vader Dell Otto Variant”
As promised here is the follow up to the top ten list, the Covrprice Runners-Up list. Continue reading “Covrprice Runners-Up for 5/31/19”
Brian Michael Bendis has a history of creating characters that appear on both the small and big screens. Miles Morales and Jessica Jones are the two that come to mind. Needless to say, Bendis tweeted out that there will be some news on a movie of Pearl. Continue reading “Bendis Tweets Pearl Movie News”
Since Covrprice.com came on the scene, they have become a go to spot for watching eBaytrends 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: (Please note, potential spoilers do follow)
Continue reading “CovrPrice.com Top Ten Selling Comics for Week of 5/31/19”
CHU was well represented at Phoenix Fan Fusion this year. Here is Louie’s Cosplay gallery. Continue reading “Louie’s Phoenix Fan Fusion 2019 Cosplay Gallery”
Phoenix Fan Fusion took place on downtown Phoenix over the Memorial Day weekend, it’s our annual tradition to cover the event. I still have a hard time not calling it Phoenix Comicon myself, but it really is a fusion of many fandoms. We had celebs from Star Wars and Star Trek, major anime and animation voice actors, and a giant list of creators and artists. Continue reading “Louie’s Phoenix Fan Fusion 2019 Wrap Up”
Donny Cates has big plans for Silver surfer in the upcoming Silver Surfer Black mini series. Matthew DiMasi, the artist behind the mosaic variants from Shattered Comics has a Silver Surfer Black #1 Shattered Comics Variant for the upcoming issue #1 that has gone on pre-sale today Continue reading “Silver Surfer Black #1 Shattered Comics Variant”
So you have planned out a whole series, fleshed out characters, scripted plot lines, pencils to ink to color, and you are all ready to publish. You just need a name that is catchy. One that sells the series. Except there is already another comic with the name out there. What is one to do? If you are Vault Comics, you publish it anyway. Continue reading “Vault Comics to Release New Series, The Mall. Except There is Already A “The Mall” Comic”
Superman Leviathan Rising Special is in stores tomorrow. It centered around Clark Kent being kidnapped by agents of Leviathan in order to bring Superman out to save him. There are several tie in stories that link to new books, including Lois Lane, and Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen. Its the story for Jimmy Olsen that is your weekly WTF? moment in comics. Check it out below.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Superman Leviathan Rising Special, Truly Bizarre Wedding For Jimmy Olsen”
Immortal Hulk #18 is in stores tomorrow. There are two regular covers and a ton of variants
from several stores. Needless to say, with all the covers you know there is something good going on in the book. Check out the spoilers below for the info. Continue reading “Spoilers: Immortal Hulk #18, This One Checks All The Boxes”
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 240th edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
Books hit the shelves Wednesday mornings, but sales go on before that. Here is what our picks are doing on eBay going into Wednesday morning.
What Up CHU Mel V back with your weekly Variants of the Week for 5/28/19. Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend and a huge shout out to all the vets out there, Past, Present, and Future. Thank you for your service. I know memorial day is in remembrance, but still like to thank all who served. Lets get into what I’m digging this week
Continue reading “Mel V.’s Variants of the Week for May 28, 2019”