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We shouldn’t just collect or flip books, we should also read them. A good story can make your purchase well worth the money spent if you ask me. After all, we buy books to read for entertainment right? Even if you can’t flip them, reading is just as rewarding.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Trade and Hardcover Picks of the Week”
Welcome back to Advance Reviews. Here are this weeks reads on F.O.C. 1/27/20
Another FOC Monday is upon us comic book collectors. FOC is the last chance to put in your orders with your comic shops and more than likely get at a discount for pre-ordering.
Greetings friends to a special edition of Speculation Corner. Today we are celebrating and preparing for the Chinese New Year. This holiday is traditionally a time to honor household and heavenly deities as well as ancestors. It is also a time to bring family together for feasting. What this really means is that our parents make us clean and then we take them out to eat.
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New comic company AWA Studios is launching this March. their initial solicitations for March have already gone out. Here is their slate of books for April 2020: Continue reading “AWA Studios – April 2020 Solicitations”
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, and, these results are for auction that closed last week. )
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There are reports that America Chavez is slated to make her MCU debut in Doctor Strange 2, Multiverse of Madness.
Continue reading “America Chavez Reported To Debut In Doctor Strange 2”
This week, I asked someone to give me a random year to choose from. So this week we travel back to January 1973.
The Eisner Award winning team of New York Times bestselling, comics titan Robert Kirkman (Oblivion Song, The Walking Dead), artist Chris Samnee (Daredevil), colorist Matt Wilson (Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine), and letterer Rus Wooton (The Walking Dead), bring fans an all-new, full color, action-packed ongoing series—Fire Power—which will launch from Image/Skybound this Spring. First with the Fire Power: Prelude, Vol. 1 original graphic novel on Wednesday, April 29. Then with the Fire Power #1 FCBD release on Saturday, May 2. And finally with the official single issue series launching with Fire Power #1 and Fire Power #2 simultaneously on Wednesday, June 3. Continue reading “Robert Kirkman’s New Comic Firepower to Release Issues 1 and 2 on Same Day”
Announcing the winners for the Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Cabal Premiere Variant.
Continue reading “Winners Announcement for the Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Cabal Premiere Variant”
Actress Rosario Dawson has been cast as the lead role in the upcoming HBO adaptation of the comic book DMZ Continue reading “Rosario Dawson Cast as Lead in HBO’s DMZ Show”
Year Of The Villain Hell Arisen #2 is in stores tomorrow. Lex Luthor continues to battle the forces of The Batman Who Laughs, but he is going to need more help. Continue on below:
Continue reading “Quick Spoilers: Year of the Villain Hell Arisen #2 A Justice League Who Laughs”
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 is in stores tomorrow. Featuring a new creative team, and some new cast members, and some antagonists that have gone through some character redesigns. Check it out below:
Continue reading “Spoilers: Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Character Redesigns and New Members”
Ruins of Ravencroft Dracula One Shot is out tomorrow. The series of one shots have been great reads, and leading up to the series coming out January 29. This issue leads directly into it. With an additional surprise cast member joining the crew working at Ravencroft.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Ruins of Ravencroft Dracula, New Job for a Familiar Villain”
Venom Good Son #1 is in stores tomorrow. The story centers around Dylan, of course, and Normie Osborn. Dylan just doesn’t seem himself. Check out the spoilers below.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Web Of Venom #1, What Has Gotten Into Dylan?”
Picking variants has been fun. Seems like this might turn into a weekly thing for me now since Lucas has dropped off the face of earth it seems.
Continue reading “Variant Picks of the Week for January 22nd, 2020”
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. Continue reading “Pre-Game Report for 1/22/20”
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 272nd edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
Every 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 1/22/20:
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Greetings my Comics Heating Up family. Time again for hidden gems. I want to say Stranger Things is an addictive show. I watched a season and a half in a day. Love it. Harley Quinn gets better and better each and every week. Queen of Fables baby! The Crisis is ending. Superboy Prime is making a comeback. Now lets make that money with comics cause you can’t teach that. Continue reading “Blind Adam’s Hidden Gems Vol. 107”
Greetings one and all. Lets take a moment to speculate on the upcoming issue of Thor #3 on F.O.C. 1/20/20
Continue reading “Whats Going On With Thor #3 That Is F.O.C. 1/20/20”
We first mentioned this back in May of last year, Vault Comics released a book called “The Mall”, same name as the already released Scout Comics Series by writer James Haick. Vault and the creative team were contacted, however nothing changed and Vault is still releasing the series. James Haick has filed suit in Florida District Court against Michael Moreci and Gary Dauberman, the series creators, as well as Vault Comics, for trademark infringement.
Continue reading “James Haick and Don Handfield File Lawsuit Against Vault Comics Over The Series “The Mall””
It’s been awhile since the last CHU giveaway but a sponsor was in contact that wants to give away some books.
Welcome once again to my spec and my drek. I pick what I think will be winners, not only if you make money by flipping but winners as in either a great read or just awesome art.
Then there’s the pesky drek, the comic you should avoid altogether or not fall into the buying every variant trap.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for January 22nd, 2020”
Batman Beyond #40 is in stores this Wednesday and we all knew this was coming, the identity reveal of the new Batwoman.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Batman Beyond #40 – Batwoman’s Identity Revealed”