Author: Anthony

What Up CHU? Mel V. here with your weekly variant picks. Vacation is over, back to buying variants and other comic related things. I picked a light week to come back, only a couple of variants on my list. My wallet is happy. Continue reading “Mel V.'s Variant Picks of the Week for 5/31/17”

I hope everyone’s Memorial Day was a blast, I know mine was as I once again survived another tandem skydive. I really am thinking about changing careers (or hobby perhaps) since one of the skydivers put it this way, you’ll love your job but be poor as hell. It was a blast though. Total stress reliever, I recommend jumping out of planes to any and everyone.
Back to comics and enough about what I do in my spare time.. So, last week wasn’t too exciting, at least on the spec side of things. Lots of reader books, ongoing title reads that is. The only winner I think was the Seven to Eternity Spawn covers which were kind of scarce in my neck of the woods, one shop didn’t even order any. But this was one that was already selling way above cover in pre-sales on the secondary market. Continue reading “Poyo's Picks of the Week for May 31, 2017”

Each week hundreds of new comics hit the stands, each with potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery 5/31/17. Continue reading “Comics Picks of the Week for Delivery 5/31/17”

While I have all Street Fighter variants on my pull list at my local comic shop, I know a lot of people out there will have trouble finding the ratio variants offered, most in particular the “Street Fighters vs. Darkstalkers #2 Warren Louw Variant.”  Continue reading “Cruzzer's Variant Heads-up: Street Fighter Vs. Darkstalkers #2 1:20 Variant”

Getting caught up on giveaways. Doing the easy one first. This is the Season Pass for Walking Dead A New Frontier Tell Tale Games courtesy of Tell Tale Games themselves. . Continue reading “Winner: Walking Dead 'From The Gallows' Episode 5 Season Pass”

Greetings to my Comics Heating Up and Awesomesauce families. Thank you all for reading this each and every week. Thank you all for the friendship, encouragement, advice, love, and surport.
Just some random thoughts. Remember, Red Bull is the best drink ever made, and I am drinking it while writing this. That Gotham is an awesome show, loosely based on Batman. That Secret Empire makes no sense McDonalds needs to stop being so damn stingy with its nugget dipping sauces, come on, it is fifty nuggets and you expect one to two sauces to do the job, stop that already. Now, let’s make some with some comics because you can’t teach that. Continue reading “Blind Adam’s Hidden Gems Vol. 52”

Being Venomized is a thing now, a “for real thing” Edge of Venom-verse is coming, along with it a slew of variant covers showing characters in the Venom symbiote. Two full weeks before the event launches, Mary Jane dons the Venom Symbiote in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #8 .
Continue reading “Mary Jane Gets Venomized in Spider-Man Renew Your Vows #8”

Each week Anthony from www.comicsheatingup.net and Terry Hoknes from www.hoknescomics.com have a weekly video char where they discuss the weeks hot new releases. Here is this week’s for delivery 5/31/17 Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for 5/31/17”

Hey CHU! Shawn B. here again. Just did some value adjustments for ComicBookRealm.com and came across a few popular books right now that I wanted to share with everyone. This won’t be a weekly post like the One Year Later one but if people like it, I will try and get one of these out every so often as I am doing value adjustments. I didn’t take the time to see which of these were specced here on CHU. Off the top of my head I think that most were. Besides Heathen #3, most of these have been out for a little while now and are still holding value and being sought after. Continue reading “Recent Hot Books”

Louie M. is out in Arizona covering the Phoenix Comicon for CHU. Full write up to follow, including the craziness that was a fully armed guy out to shoot the Green Ranger. In the meantime, he has a giveaway for us.
Hey CHU! Doing an awesome giveaway to celebrate Phoenix Comicon and give some love to my favorite booth – Lady Death. Special thanks to Brian Pulido and Coffin Comics for the generosity.

Up for grabs is Lady Death Nightrider edition (cover by Michael DiPascale), serially numbered at 69/99 and signed by creator Brian Pulido. This also includes a Lady Death Metallicard (also signed) and some stickers. Continue reading “Free Comic Sunday: Lady Death #0 Nightrider Edition Signed by Brian Pulido”

Image Comics upcoming Shirtless Bear Fighter is reveling in the ridiculous with a Nude Bariant cover. Check out additional preview pages as well.
From writers Jody LeHeup (former editor of Uncanny X-Force, Deadpool, Quantum and Woody) and Sebastian Girner (editor of SOUTHERN BASTARDS, DEADLY CLASS, BLACK SCIENCE), newcomer artist Nil Vendrell, colorist Mike Spicer (HEAD LOPPER, MYTHIC), and letterer Dave Lanphear comes a modern tall tale for the ages. Image Comics is pleased to reveal a limited SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER #1 Nude variant (or shall we say, “beariant”?) cover. Continue reading “Shirtless Bear Fighter Gets Nude Beariant Plus Three New Pages”

Image Comics is pleased to announce that the special SPAWN #1: DIRECTOR’S CUT EDITION by comics legend and Image Comics President, Todd McFarlane, is being fast-tracked for a special reprint.
The cover C by McFarlane will receive a foil treatment and will be rushed back to print for SPAWN #1 25TH ANNIVERSARY DIRECTOR’S CUT FOIL ENCORE EDITION in order to keep up with overwhelming customer demand.
The DIRECTOR’S CUT includes the original artboards of SPAWN #1, commentary from McFarlane himself on each page, and bonus, never-before-seen art.
Continue reading “Spawn #1 Directors Cut  Gets Foiled in Encore Edition”

Aloha CHUniverse and welcome back to Weekend Specs! This week Arrow, Flash, and Supergirl wrapped up their seasons, giving us hints of villains to come. Also this week casting went out for a New Mutants role that appears to be the villain. A possible Dark Phoenix villain rumor as well. But before we get into all that it’s time to talk Black Lightning and get in on a few books sooner than later in case it becomes a hit. So let’s jump in!!! Continue reading “Alana's Weekend Specs: Thunder, Lightning and a chance of scattered villains.”

Grrl Scouts Magic Socks #1 2nd Print on the way with bonus content and new cover art.
Jim Mahfood (Tank Girl, Clerks) hits big with his glorious return to the beloved GRRL SCOUTS in MAGIC SOCKS. In order to keep up with the increased demand, Image Comics is pleased to announce that GRRL SCOUTS: MAGIC SOCKS #1 will be fast-tracked to a second printing.  Continue reading “Grrl Scouts: Magic Socks #1 Sells Out and goes back for Second Print “

ComicXposure is doing an early bird sale for their Edge of Venomverse #1 Inhyuk Lee Venomized Emma Frost variants. The books will be on sale an hour earlier for a cheaper price, but for one hour only. Continue reading “Edge of Venomverse Comicxposure Inhyuk Lee Early Bird Pre-sale”

Image Comics is pleased to announce that the Diamond Gem Award-winning IMAGE+ magazine, Vol. 2 #1 will feature an overall increased page count, an original autobiographical comic strip from Ed Piskor, and the return of Scott Snyder and Jock’s smash hit WYTCHES. Vol. 2 of the magazine will hit comic book shops this August. Continue reading “Wytches by Scott Snyder Returns in Image Plus”

Here are this weeks recent sell outs at the distributor level. Remember, just because they are not available at the distributor level doesn’t mean you will not be able to find them on you local comic shop’s shelves, it means that once they are gone, the shops will not be able to order additional first print copies.  Continue reading “New Sold Out Comics: Redneck, Plastic, Solar Flare”

Venomized variants have been all the rage lately, we have seen a ton of characters being “vemomized.” this new Peter Parker #1 from NY Collector Cave that turns the trend on it’s head. Very cool design by Todd Nauck. Continue reading “Peter Parker #1 Todd Nauck NY Collector Cave Exclusive”

Orlando Mega Con is going on this weekend. With that, our Free Comic Thursday: Orlando Mega Con Giveaway will be coming to a close. Continue reading “Last Days to Enter Orland Mega Con Giveaway”

One Year Later Investigator
What up CHU Believers!?! Shawn B. back with another One Year Later round up, where we take a look at some of the comics that Anthony, Mel and Poyo specced on one year ago. Their specs turn out to be quick flips, slow burns, straight up misses, straight up winners and on and on. Sometimes they spec with their hearts out of their passion for comics. Sometimes they spec based on data. And sometimes they spec based off of the word on the street. Either way all of their specs appeal to a few or many collectors whether it is due to them having similar taste in writing or art, or just an opportunity for a collector to flip a book and make money to “support their habit”. So, this is our weekly chance to take a look back at how some of our buys from a year ago are doing today.
With that said…..let’s do this! Continue reading “One Year Later: 5/25/16 Spec Review”

Two comics stand out in my head as all time favorites, and they are both by Matt Wagner, Grendel and Mage. Mage returns this summer with the final chapter of the Kevin Matchstick saga.
Legendary creator and indy-comics pioneer Matt Wagner returns to bring fans the highly anticipated third and final story arc to MAGE from Image Comics this summer. MAGE: THE HERO DENIED will kickoff with the intro-sized issue #0 in July and carry on as a regular, 15-issue series beginning with THE HERO DENIED #1 this August. Continue reading “Matt Wagner's Epic 'Mage' Returns to Image”

This was on the picks of the week and New Comic Spec Review video a couple of weeks back. 
Due to a continued demand for STAINED #1, 451 is going back for a second print with all new cover art work.  Continue reading “Stained #1 from 451 Media Sells Out and Gets Second Print with New Cover”

I am getting excited for this movie. The third trailer for Spider-Man Homecoming was released this morning and shows a better, but brief, look at the Stark Spider-Man suit which seems to incorporate some of the Iron Spider tech in it. Pretty cool over all. Continue reading “Spider-man Homecoming Trailer 3 Released”