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 223rd 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. here with the last variants for the first month of 2019. January is over already? Man, it has flown by thanks in part to some must grab books. You know the chase is real on some of these books. Anyway, I got a bunch of new Variants for you to check out so give them a look. As always, jump in the comments and tell me what you are chasing. Continue reading “Mel V.’s Variant Picks for January 30th, 2019”
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 1/30/19: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 1/30/19”
Mysteries of Love in Space is out tomorrow. It is one of the $9.99 one shots DC has been doing. It features a new character. Check her out below. Continue reading “Spoilers: Mysteries of Love in Space New Character Alert”
Detective Comics #1000 is coming out in a few months. It is the second of DC Comics to hit the legendary 1,000 issue mark. My local comics shop, Third Eye Comics is doing an exclusive cover featuring art by Kaare Andrews and has a deal for CHU readers to boot. Continue reading “Kaare Andrews Covers Detective #1000 (CHU Pre-Order Discount)”
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, 1/21/19’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 1/28/19”
The first teaser trailer has hit the web for Bird of Prey. Check out the video below and let us know what you think. Continue reading “Birds of Prey Teaser Trailer Drops”
Here is another cheap spec to look for if you are going out this weekend. It is related to the upcoming Captain Marvel Movie. Continue reading “Weekend Spec: Another Cheap One to Look For”
If you are going out picking this weekend, here are a couple of cheap books to look for in shops. These are all media related, one based on concrete facts and one based on spec and rumor. Let’s jump in. Continue reading “Weekend Spec: Books to Hunt This Weekend”
A new trailer for The Boys hit the internet and looks pretty good. I am personally excited for the Amazon streaming show. Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think.
Continue reading “The Boys Trailer Drops Online”
Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob are rebooting. Saban has picked up the North American rights to Kevin Smith’s Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, it was shared that Fan-Owned Legion M has joined Hideout Pictures and Skitbags Entertainment as equity financing partners. Continue reading “Jay and Silent Bob Discuss Reboot”
In case you missed it, Netflix dropped the trailer for Umbrella Academy dropped online. Continue reading “Umbrella Academy Trailer”
Covrprice.com launched recently and has quickly 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 1/24/19”
Sandra Bullock, star of The recently buzz worthy Netflix movie Bird Box, isn’t done with Netflix yet. She will be producing Reborn, the Mark Millar mini series for the streaming Network according to Deadline.com Continue reading “Reborn Coming to Netflix, Sandra Bullock Producing”
Created by Bob Frantz (Co-Founder of Loophole Comics) and Kevin Cuffe (The Elvis Adventures, IF Anthology); artwork by Walter Ostlie (Shiver Bureau, Haxor) and Shawn Greenleaf (Escape From Jesus Island)
METALSHARK BRO! takes place off the coast of Bali where sharks swim along, casually looking for their next meal. Beelzbra, the horrific nephew of Satan himself, interrupts this tranquil patch of mother nature by turning one of the deadly fish into an anthropomorphic shark with a penchant for brutal murder. Wanting nothing more than to be turned back into the happy, swimming creature he was, METALSHARK BRO must collect nine cursed souls for the wretched little demon before he will turn METALSHARK BRO back. Continue reading “Scout Comics Announces New Title ‘Metal Shark Bro’ Four Page Preview”
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 is in stores tomorrow. It is another great Donny Cates book beginning to end. Besides the more serious main story, there are some decent laughs from Cosmic Ghost Rider.
More importantly it deals with the aftermath of Thanos dying. And what is to come…. Continue reading “Spoilers: Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Thanos’ Surprise”
Superior Spider-Man #2 is in stores tomorrow. It features a battle with Terrax, a fight that will push Otto to his limits. Continue reading “Spoilers: Superior Spider-Man #2, Superior’s New Power”
Immortal Hulk #12 is in stores tomorrow. It features a new look at Bruce Banner’s childhood, and a new perspective on his abusive father. It gives a reasoning for why he was the way he was. Continue reading “Spoilers: Immortal Hulk #3 Is This the One Below All?”
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #2 is in stores tomorrow. We get a new hero (seems that way.) Check out the new character below: Continue reading “Spoilers: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #2, A New Hero?”
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 222nd 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. here with your Variant Picks for the week of 1/23/2019
Kinda slow week but I’m sure we can find some hidden gems.. Not like that X-Men Finch cover last week though.. man that took almost everyone by surprise, and It seems like its surviving both ‘Hater Waves’ and ‘Undercutter Waves.’ Also My sneaky pick, My Little Pony Nightmare Knights, seems to be an absolute ghost. Again, I know nothing about Pony books but I do know a good looking cover when I see it. Continue reading “Mel V.’s Variant Picks for January 23, 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 1/23/19: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 1/23/19”
Happy 2019 CHU! Our first con of the year was Ace Comic Con in Glendale, AZ! It took place at Gila River Arena from January 11th to the 13th. As usual, Ace brings the lightning and thunder when it comes to celebs. This year brought Tom Hiddleston, Michael Fassbender, David Tennant, Krysten Ritter, Charlie Cox, Taron Egerton, Tye Sheridan, and Alexandra Shipp. Continue reading “Ace Comic Con AZ 2019 Wrap-up”