Author: Anthony

What Up CHU? Mel V here with ya Variants of the week for 9/19/2018. BMORE 2 WEEKS AWAY. NUFF SAID !!!!! (Baltimore Comic Con for those not in the know.) Lets get into what I like this week. Big shout out to my homie Dilenny on making her first comic sale… welcome to the cut throat world of comic selling. Continue reading “Mel V.'s Variant Picks for September 19,2018”

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 9/19/18:
Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 9/19/18”

Direct from Good Morning America, the Captain Marvel Trailer is here Continue reading “Captain Marvel Trailer Airs”

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, 9/17/18’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 9/17/18”

Each week Anthony from www.comicsheatingup.net puts out a video spotlighting the hot new comics of the week. Here is this week’s for delivery 9/18/18:
Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review video for September 19, 2018”

After 33 years, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (Mirage 1984 series) will be printed in it’s original 7 3/8 x 10 7/8 size. Continue reading “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984) Gets Magazine Size Reprint”

DC started it and pretty much mastered the Killer B covers, cover priced variants by big artists, but Marvel has put out some great covers as well. Venom Annual #1 Bill Sienkiewicz Variant is one of those awesome Marvel Killer B’s. Continue reading “Attack of the Killer B's: Venom Annual 1 Bill Sienkiewicz Variant”

Aloha CHUniverse, and welcome back to Weekend Specs. I hope everyone in our CHU family effected by the hurricane along the East Coast are safe and sound, we dodged another one here in my part of Hawaii. This week we have news on some new Flash and Arrow television villains, as well as some curveball Venom movie spec. One book in particular this week is an easy recent back issue to find in stores. You can make a buck on this one, so gas up that car and raid your local stores. Let’s jump in!! Continue reading “Alana’s Weekend Specs: The Future Is Here.”

Chilling Adventures of Archie will be on the small screens October 26th, just in time for Halloween binge watching. The trailer was just released and looks awesome. Check it out below. Continue reading “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Trailer Released for Netflix”

Writer and co-creator of bestselling and Eisner Award-nominated THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, Kieron Gillen teams up with highly sought-after artist Stephanie Hans in an all-new, ongoing series titled DIE. The series will launch with an oversized debut issue from Image Comics this December.
DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of adults have to deal with the returning unearthly horror they barely survived as teenage role-players. Continue reading “Jumanji meets Goth Sensibility in Image Comics 'DIE'”

Thanks to our friends at The Comic Regime for the heads up on this one. Also check out the Comic Book Community on Facebook.
Venom First Host #3 is in stores today and features a new symbiote. The new symbiote also features new powers. Continue reading “Venom First Host #3 Features New Symbiote”

 
It is nice to walk into your local comic shop on Wednesday and pick up your comics, it is even nice when you pick up those comics and they sell for multiple times cover price. These books are Wednesday Winners. Star Wars Last Jedi #6 1:25 Mike Mayhew Variant is one of those winners. Continue reading “Wednesday Winner: Star Wars Last Jedi #6 1:25 Mayhew Variant”

Covrprice.com launched recently and has quickly become a go to spot for watching eBay trends on comics. They scour thousands of sales to cultivate data to spotlight the hottest selling comics. Here is this week’s Top Ten Comics: Continue reading “CovrPrice.com Top Ten Selling Comics for Week of 9/12/18”

Today is September 11th. Unless you’re an too young to have been alive, you know and remember what happened seventeen years ago today. The World Trade Center, the Twin Towers were attacked and destroyed. Nearly 3,000 people died with many more being injured, coupled with more, especially the first responders, becoming sick and dying from cancer. As a native New Yorker, those events changed my life. They taught me the value of the simple, the small, and to always tell the people that matter that you love them because you never know. Being a comic book fan, collector, investor, store owner, and convention dealer, those events have been showcased in comics, even though we never thought they would happen in real life. In today’s speculating from the streets, I want to point out a few comics either paying tribute to 9/11 or showcasing the world trade cent on a cover on in a story. Please, if you make money on any of these books, think to donate some of it to the first responders fund. Some of these brave men and woman are really sick and have a hard time making ends meet so every penny counts for them.  Now on to the comics that feature the World Trade Center
Continue reading “Blind Adam's Hidden Gems Vol 85, 9/11 Memorial Edition”

Infinity Wars #3 is in stores tomorrow. It takes a break from killing and instead introduces new characters Or in this case, mash-ups of existing characters.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Infinity Wars #3, Major Mash-ups”

Amazing Spider-man #5 is in stores tomorrow. It features a death at the hands of….
The following post contains spoilers, the images are redacted, the accompanying text is not. Click the spoiler warnings to see the redacted images. Continue reading “Spoilers: Amazing Spider-Man #5, A Return and a Death”

Fantastic Four #2 is in stores tomorrow and may be one you want to grab and hold on to. I think the titles explains it enough. I think it sets the tone for how stories of Marvel’s First Family will be told for some time to come.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Fantastic Four, Fantastic First Appearance and a Reunion.”

Champions #24 is in stores tomorrow. The solicitation is very simple:

The Champions grapple with a foe that all the super-powers in the world cannot vanquish!

It is mostly Spider-man Miles Morales that has to deal with it though. Check out the spoilers below. The spoiled images are redacted, the accompanying text is not. Click the spoiler warnings to see the spoiled images. Continue reading “Spoiler: Champions Spider-Man Deals with Real World Problem”

Not long ago, Fred died in the pages of Scooby Apocalypse. In Scooby Apocalypse #29 we get to see him again. Read on for spoilers. The spoiled images are redacted. The accompanying text is not. Click the spoiler warnings to see the redacted images. Continue reading “Spoilers: Scooby Apocalypse, Guess Who is Back?”

What Up CHU? Mel V here with your weekly Variant Picks for Sept 12th. I Want to give a big shout out to Nick from the amazing Key Collector App for letting me give my weekly picks each week, if you have the App go to “Keys This Week” to see picks by me, and Anthony as well, and feel free to check out what else I have my eye on besides variants. Continue reading “Mel V's Variant Picks for September 12th 2018”

Each Week hundreds of new comics hit the stands, 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 9/12/18: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 9/12/18”

A rumor started circulating on the internet today that Guy Ritchie is fast tracking a Captain Britain and Black Knight movie for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Continue reading “Rumor: Captain Britain Coming to Marvel Cinematic Universe”

The trailer for the third season of Daredevil hit today. Check it out below: Continue reading “Netflix Daredevil Season 3 Trailer”

The Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List is a great speculator tool. It shows what books retailers are going back to get more of, in advance of their release. They are actually putting their money up betting these books get big. These are the books people are talking about in shops, message boards, and websites. Here is the Diamond Comics Advance for 9/10/18: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Top 25 Advance Reorder Comics for September 10, 2018”