Author: Anthony

Asguardians of the Galaxy #1 is in stores tomorrow. It features a team made up of Angela, the not-so-beloved half-sister of Thor. The hotheaded Valkyrie – and the human who shares her form, Annabelle Riggs. Skurge the Executioner, freshly returned from Hel. Throg, the mightiest frog of thunder. Kevin Masterson, the boy who took his father’s mace to become the hero Thunderstrike. And the Destroyer, the Asgardian armor built to take down Celestials – its wielder unknown. The following post contains spoilers. The images are redacted but the accompanying text is not. Click the spoiler warning to see the full image.
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Death of Inhumans #3 is out tomorrow. One thing I can say is it is a damn good book! We saw Black Bolt get his throat sliced last issue and the question was, will he survive. The following post features spoilers. The images are redacted, the accompanying text is not. Click on the spoiler warning to see the spoiled image.  Continue reading “Spoilers: Look Who Returns in Death of Inhumans #3”

What Up CHU? Mel V here with your weekly Variant picks for Sept 5th. And just like that, summer is over. Time for the two biggest cons for me, Baltimore and NYCC! WOOOT WOOT! And you know what that means T-Shirt time. To be honest, there wasn’t as many T Shirt worthy covers as previous years. Continue reading “Mel V's Variant Picks for September 5th, 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 eek for delivery 9/5/18: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 9/5/18”

The Comic Mint is auctioning off one of their recent successful releases, Amazing Spider-man #800 Ultimate Edition , with 100% of the proceeds going to the Hero Initiative. Continue reading “Signed/Sketched Amazing Spider-Man #800 Ultimate Edition Up for Charity Auction”

Each week Anthony from www.comicsheatingup.net puts out a video talking about the new comic releases for the week. Here is this week’s for delivery 8/5/18: Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for September 5, 2018”

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 9/3/18: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Top 25 Advance Reorder Comics for September 3, 2018”

Love them or hate them but store exclusives are here for the time being. One of the nice things is, some stores put out inexpensive variant. In this case, a cover priced one. Babs Tarr, most notable for her many DC covers, is doing an exclusive for the upcoming Stranger Things comic.  Continue reading “Inexpensive Variant Alert: Babs Tarr Covers Stranger Things #1”

“The Walking Dead” Director and Effects Specialist, Greg Nicotero has been tapped for Todd McFarlane’s New “Spawn” Movie
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Thanks to our friends over at The Comic Regime, also on Facebook as Comic Collecting News, for sharing this one. Edge of Spider-Geddon #2 is in stores today and features a new version of Venom.
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What Up CHU? MEL V. here with my Variant Picks for Aug 29TH. Summer is over I’m depressed, just like that. Lets highlight some variants that may cheer me up. Its a light wallet week so that will help. Continue reading “Mel V’s Variant Picks for August 29th 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 8/29/18: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 8/29/18”

Venom First Host #1 is out tomorrow. It features the first host of Venom, the Kree named TEL-KAR. But Venom First Host #2 may have a more interesting first appearance. Continue reading “One to Watch: Venom First Host #2”

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 8/28/18: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Top 25 Advance Reorder Comics for August 28, 2018”

The Walking Dead has cast another Whisperer, this time the hulking Beta. Continue reading “Beta Cast for The Walking Dead TV”

Anthony from Comicsheatingup talks about the hot new releases of the week. Here is this week’s for delivery 8/29/18:
Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for August 29th 2018”

For a long time, an announcement of a casting on The Walking Dead TV show would cause books that would otherwise be cover price to jump up to $20+ books. Thats the way it used to be, however, as of late, there is little to no movement on Walking Dead comics.

Continue reading “Walking Dead TV show Casts Lydia, But Will Anyone Care?”

Thanks to James Haick of Solar Flare, The Mall, and Long Live Pro Wrestling for this giveaway sponsored by Scout Comics.   Continue reading “Winner: The Mall and Long Live Pro Wrestling Prize Packs”

Fan Expo Boston was  August 10th and runs through August 12th. Our friends are Fan Expo Store sponsored a give away of a set of their exclusives for the 2018 convention. Continue reading “Winner: Fan Expo Boston Prize Pack”

We had mentioned a little while back that Rebel Wilson has optioned the Image comic release to star in and produce the project. Our friends at Big Time Collectibles released a 500 copy exclusive for the title. We are giving away four copies tonight. Continue reading “Free Comic Book Friday: Crowded #1 BTC Exclusive”

I had mentioned this a few weeks ago in the New Comic Spec Review that I had heard some insider buzz behind the potential for A Walk Through Hell being optioned. Seems like it is getting closer to reality as Key Collector Comics has put out a Hot Comic Alert that an option announcement is forthcoming. Continue reading “A Walk Through Hell #1 : Key Collector Comics Hot Comic Alert”

Venom #5 is out in stores tomorrow. Donny Cates has been ramping up the heat on the series. Lot’s of surprises have been unveiled in the series and this issue is no different. Venom shows off some new powers. Not only that, but we get some back story on the mystery character first introduced in issue #1. The spoiled images are redacted. The accompanying text is not. Click on the spoiler warnings to see the spoiled images.  Continue reading “Spoilers: Venom #5, New Powers and Surprises”

Justice League Dark #2 is in stores tomorrow. There are some cool cameo appearances as well as a big first appearance of a new villain. The images below are spoiler protected, click on the spoiler warning to see the images. The accompanying text is not spoiler protected. Read on only if you do not mind spoilers. Continue reading “Spoilers: Justice League Dark #2, Things Go Upside-Down”