Each week, hundreds of new comics hit the shelves, all with potential. Some live up to that potential. We pick the ones that we think have the best chance of heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery 3/4/15. Continue reading “Comics Picks of the Week for Delivery 3/4/15”
Author: Anthony
SECRET WARS’ BATTLEWORLD EXPANDS!
Marvel.com Focuses on the Worlds that are Forging the New Marvel Universe
New York, NY — March 3rd, 2015 — The Marvel Universe is no more! There is now only Battleworld and Marvel.com is the only place where you will be able to learn about the building blocks of the new Marvel Universe.
Think Outside the toy Box: Avengers Marvel Legends Wave 1 and 2
From Tyson, CHU’s resident toy guy:
The Avengers Marvel Legends Action Figure Waves 1 and 2 are both set to hit the shelves sometime in March. Continue reading “Think Outside the toy Box: Avengers Marvel Legends Wave 1 and 2”
Risk and Reward: Catwoman #39
What’s up Chu? Mel the Movie Guy here with the 1st edition of Risk and Reward. The 1st in hopefully many Spec articles exclusive to comicsheatingup.net. Simple concept, I give you a book with a risk and reward rating…so without further ado here we go:
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Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List for 3/3/15
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 2/22/15.
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Writer and Director of new Spider-Man series announced
From latino-review.com:
Latino-Review has announce that a writer and director for the Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-man movies have been picked, and leaked some cool details on it.
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Tom Ellis cast as Lucifer in Vertigo TV adaptation
Variety announced that the titular character in the TV adaptation of the Vertigo Comic Lucifer has been cast. Actor Tom Ellis has gotten the role. Continue reading “Tom Ellis cast as Lucifer in Vertigo TV adaptation”
Dark Horse Comics Ei8ht sold out
Keep and eye out on Dark Horse comics. They have had a string of sell outs recently. Lady Killer sold out recently and jumped in price based on strong story telling alone. Ei8ht by Mike Johnson, Rafael Albuquerque, has sold out as well. Continue reading “Dark Horse Comics Ei8ht sold out”
CW to have DC Comic Superhero Teamup Show.
broke the news that the CW is in the works to bring a DC Comics Superhero Team-up show. Continue reading “CW to have DC Comic Superhero Teamup Show.”
The Spec of the Mat Fraction and Kelly Sue Deconnick deal
We mentioned the the other day that Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue Deconnick signed a deal that would bring Sex Criminals to TV. That was a good one to hear. There are other books worth looking at that are still cheap and could come to TV. Continue reading “The Spec of the Mat Fraction and Kelly Sue Deconnick deal”
Weekend Open Forum
The Wednesday open forum is one of the most fun things for me. It opens conversations up and gets people really interacting. Wanted to expand it to the weekends too. Here is the first weekend open forum. Continue reading “Weekend Open Forum”
Robert Downey Jr. Tweets Iron Man news in 8 days
Time to start following @robertdowneyjr on Twitter. He is releasing big news on Iron Man in 8 days.
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Hoknes Comics Analysis of January 2015 sales
As always each month there are some surprises
Once in a while a comic is much bigger than we expected
Its more normal to find that retailers did not take enough of a chance on a new title
or didn’t see the surprise interest in a new character
Here are my picks for books that stand out for different reasons noted.
NEW #1’s fairly low print runs for what they are
249 Feathers 1 #1 Boom 5781
29 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 1 #1 Marvel 41693
237 King the Phantom 1 #1 Dynamite 6267
282 Lady Death 26 #1 low print Avatar 4865
FANTOMELLE
the hot new Marvel female character of 2015 had modest print run – lower than Silk and Spider-Girl.
25 Wolverines 2 Fantomelle Marvel 43573
27 Wolverines 3 Fantomelle Marvel 42051
32 Wolverines 4 Fantomelle Marvel 39790
HULK HOGAN
376 Wwe Superstars Ongoing 11 Hulk Hogan NBM 2451
MARVEL IGNORED BY MOST RETAILERS
49 Spider-Man and X-Men 2 ignored Marvel 34329
281 Marvel Universe Ult Spider-Man Web Warriors 3 ignored Marvel 4873
295 Marvel Universe Avengers Assemble Season Two 3 ignored Marvel 4503
IMAGE – NEW #1’S
Note that Reyn had a crazy low print run for a new series.
53 Dying and the Dead 1 Image #1 Image 32612
127 Casanova Acedia 1 Image #1 Image 16780
214 Reyn #1 Image #1 super low Image 7797
205 IXth Generation 1 Witchblade Darkness Image 8145
IMAGE TITLES OF NOTE
Zero is now the smallest print run of any ongoing Image title at only 4,500 copies
77 Bitch Planet 2 Image #2 Image 26508
102 ODYC 2* Image #2 Image 21316
244 Humans 3 Image low print Image 5870
261 Intersect 3 Image low print Image 5407
294 Zero 14 Image low print Image 4567
IMAGE BOOKS THAT SHOULD BE SELLING MORE DUE TO HYPE
169 Nailbiter 9 small print for the hype Image 11222
170 Spread 5 small print for the hype Image 11115
TV & MOVIE TIE-IN IGNORED
50 Shield 2 low for TV Marvel 33965
274 Strain Night Eternal 5 low for TV Dark Horse 5209
197 Millennium 1 low for TV tie-in IDW 8505
389 Charmed Season 10 4 low for TV tie-in Zenescope 2111
192 Zombies Vs Robots 1 new movie IDW 8725
MARVEL #1
76 Operation Sin 1 Marvel #1 Marvel 26732
131 Powers 1 Marvel #1 Marvel 16467
HOT BOOKS SOLD OUT QUICKLY DUE TO SMALL PRINT RUNS
33 Wonder Woman 38 New story DC 39669
65 Fantastic Four 642 Secret Wars Marvel 30118
104 Mortal Kombat X 1 sold out quick DC 21062
134 Munchkin 1 sold out quick Boom 16234
199 Lady Killer 1 sold out quickly Dark Horse 8431
364 13 Coins 4 super low Titan 2692
397 Holy F*ck 1 super low for #1 Action Lab 1934
So far the big winners profit wise in the back issue market are
Lady Killer #1, Fantastic Four #642, Mortal Kombat X #1 and Wonder Woman #38 1:100 variant
If retailers had ordered more than would these be hot books ?
Third Eye Spotlight #23
Each week Steve from Third Eye Comics releases a video spotlighting the cool new comics of the week. Here is this weeks for delivery 2/25/15
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Sex Criminals coming to TV
Thanks to Daniel for the heads up.
Deadline has reported that Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick signed a deal with Universal TV to turn some of their creator owned books into TV shows
Comic book power couple Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick are venturing into television with a two-year overall deal at Universal TV. Under the pact, the married duo will adapt some of their comic books as well as original TV series & concepts. They also plan to use their Milkfed Criminal Masterminds production company as a TV launchpad for other comic creators’ IP.
Wednesday open forum
Hurrah for Wednesday, it is like Christmas in he middle of every week. New Comic book day!
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Margot Robbie signs three picture deal to play Harley Quinn
Holy Cow, Margot Robbie has signed a three picture deal to play Harley Quinn.
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Viola Davis cast as Suicide Squad's Amanda Waller
Things are moving along nicely for the Suicide Squad movie. They have just cast their Amanda Waller Screenrant has announced.
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Boom Studios Malignant Man Movie gets writer
From Deadline.com:
The movie adaptation of Boom Studio’s comic book Malignant Man has gotten a writer. Malignant Man is a part of the first look deal that was signed with Boom Studios when Two Guns was signed. Continue reading “Boom Studios Malignant Man Movie gets writer”
Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant in Supergirl
From Deadline.com:
Calista Flockhart is returning to tv as she has been cast as Cat Grant in Supergirl.
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Agent Poyo's Picks of the week for 2/25/15
The Giblet Gravy Spec of the Week:
Spider-Gwen #1 (Marvel) – Duh! Buy them, buy the variants. Sell them to all the Gwemaniacs!
The Bloody Wing Mid Section Noteworthy Pick:
Fantastic Four #643 (Marvel) – Yes, like Anthony stated, things are going to happen. Expect Sleepwalker doing his thing, whatever his thing is. Who knows, he might play a larger role in this Secret Wars so pay close attention. These were likely a higher print since #642 was a nice sleeper but yes, expect this to be overshadows by Gwen.
The Drumstick Drumroll Honorable Mentions of the Week:
Suiciders #1 – Vertigo – From Lee Bermejo, this is L.A. in a future brutal post apocalyptic age. Where killing is entertainment. Sounds sort of like the 80’s movie “The Running Man” where they kill prisoners in a public execution game show. Could have potential if the story and art hold up.
Comics Delayed in Austin Tx from Agent Poyo's doom and gloom report
I have been receiving word from Agent Poyo that Austin Tx are comic shops are going to get delayed orders and will not have comics on Wednesday.
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Word is that the bad weather we have been getting here in the Maryland area has effected shipments going down. You might want to check with your local comic shops to see if there will be delays in your area.
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Comics Picks of the Week for delivery 2/25/15
Welcome to the special Spider-Gwen Eve report.
Each week hundreds of new comics hit the shelves, each with potential. Some of them live up to that potential. We pick the ones we think have the best chance of heating up.
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Spider-Gwen #1 Yesteryear Variant
Spider-Gwen Eve continues:
Here is one to keep an eye out for. Copies of the Spider-Gwen #1 Yesteryear Comics Variant are flying off the shelf at $34 each, in fact 40 copies have sold at this price. Which means, people really want the book.
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Triple Signed Spider-Gwen Heroes Aren't Hard to Find Variant
Welcome to Spider-Gwen Eve!
The regular cover sold out pretty quickly after being posted up yesterday. Now, Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find are offering up their variant cover Triple signed by the creative team.
The book is signed by Robbi Rodriguez (artist), Jason Latour (writer), and Rico Renzi (colorist). These are limited and starting to sell quickly. 
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