Informed Comic Book Speculation and Pop Culture News
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 238th edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
What Up CHU? Mel V back with your weekly Variant list. This might be the shortest Variants of the Week list ever. Light Week means heavy wallet. Today is a big day for NYC Basketball as a whole, as tonight is the NBA draft lottery and the Knicks have a shot at the 1st pick in this coming June’s NBA Draft ..This could help propel greatness back to NY Basketball ..not for just the Knicks but Basketball in the city as a whole … Fingers crossed……
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 5/15/19:
Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 5/15/19”
Matthew Rosenberg reveals he is writting the screen play for 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank Continue reading “Matthew Rosenberg’s 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank Optioned, Rosenberg Writting Screen Play”
Immortal Hulk #17 is out tomorrow. It features an all new Abomination, one which we will see more of.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Immortal Hulk #17, To Make an Abomination”
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 Reorder List for 5/13/19: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Top 25 Advance Reorder Comics for 5/13/19”
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, 5/13/19’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 5/13/19”
As I mentioned in the top 10 post, I would be running a follow up on the runners-up when it was released. So here they are: Continue reading “Covrprice Runners-Up for 5/10/19”
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 5/10/19”
Deadline.com is reporting that ABC has placed a series order for a TV show staring Cobie Smulders based on the Greg Rucka Comic, Stumptown. Continue reading “ABC Orders Stumptown TV Series”
Cbr.com had an interesting post up, that may be pure speculation at the moment, but gave some rumored/potential plot details about the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy 3 movie. Continue reading “Rumored Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Plot Details”
Stake by David A. Byrne (David is a friend of and commenter on CHU) is a new self-published comic being premiered at Mega Con. Hot cover artist Derrick Chew (Killer B cover artist for Flash and Harley Quinn) did the cover for the Ashcan edition that will be available at the show. David has made some of the ashcans available on his site before the show. If you are a fan of Derrick Chew, indy books, or horror/action series, check this book out. Continue reading “Harley Quinn Cover Artist Derrick Chew Covers Stake”
Flash #70 is in stores tomorrow, it gives us a new look at the Flash, a pretty different one. First up, the solicitation:
‘The Flash Year One’ starts here! Barry Allen feels helpless in his life in Central City. As a forensic scientist, he’s always catching criminals after they’ve committed their crimes. All that changes one fateful night when Barry is struck by a bolt of lightning and doused in chemicals. When he wakes from a coma, he realizes he can run at incredible speeds. Can Barry master these powers and be the hero his city needs…or will the powers burn through him? Continue reading “Spoilers: Flash #70 Future Flash”
Detective Comics #1003 is in stores tomorrow. It features the identity reveal of Arkham Knight. Following up on Detective Comics #1002
, which showed off Arkham Knight taking off his helmet in the shadows.
Well the full identity is revealed in Detective Comics #1003 , and it is not who you think.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Detective Comics #1003, Arkham Knight Revealed”
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 237th edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
What Up CHU Mel V back with your weekly Variant list. Really slow week this week, but you know the rules, something always takes off on a slow week. Continue reading “Mel V.’s Variants of the Week for May 8, 2019”
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 5/8/19: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 5/8/19”
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 Reorder List for 5/6/19: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Top 25 Advance Reorder Comics for 5/6/19”
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, 5/6/19’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 5/6/19”
Comics and graphic novel sales hit a new high in 2018, according to a new joint estimate by ICv2’s Milton Griepp and Comichron’s John Jackson Miller. Total comics and graphic novel sales to consumers in the U.S. and Canada were approximately $1.095 billion in 2018, an $80 million increase over sales in 2017. The increase was due to gains in book channel and digital sales, and the inclusion of an estimate for U.S. and Canada sales through crowdfunding sites for the first time. Continue reading “Comics and Graphic Novel Sales Hit New High in 2018 According to New Estimate by ICv2 and Comichron”
A new Spider-Man Far From Home Trailer dropped and shows new footage. It shows some background on Mysterio. Check it out below and feel free to comment below: Continue reading “Spider-Man Far From Home Official Trailer Drops, New Footage”
Diamond Comic Distributors is offering seven extremely limited PREVIEWS exclusive comics for this year’s Comic-Con International: San Diego (July 17-21). The list includes variants of several popular Marvel titles, including The Amazing Spider-Man, Immortal Hulk, and Venom, and an exclusive Die Trade Paperback! Comic-Con attendees will be able to preview the items at the Diamond PREVIEWS Booth #2401 and purchase from participating retailers on the show floor. Continue reading “Previews SDCC Variants Available for Pre-Order”
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:
Continue reading “CovrPrice.com Top Ten Selling Comics for Week of 5/3/19”