
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 278th edition of the open forum!
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 278th edition of the 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.
Every 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 3/4/20. Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 3/4/20”
The Diamond Retailer Summit will take place April 14 through April 16 in Orlando, FL just ahead of MegaCon Orlando, which takes place April 16 through April 19 at the Orange County Convention Center. One of the highlights of the Summit is the exclusive covers available there. If you cannot make it, and are interested in the books, some are available through pre-order. Continue reading “Adam Hughes Black Widow Diamond Retailer Summit Variant Available for Pre-Order”
Award winning playwright and bestselling comics writer Sean Lewis (Coyotes, Thumbs) reteams with fan favorite Coyotes artist Caitlin Yarsky for a dark urban fantasy maxi-series titled Bliss. It will consist of two story arcs and launch from Image Comics this June. Continue reading “Image Comics Presents ‘Bliss’ This June (4 Page Preview)”
Welcome to my own weekly spec which includes the weekly drek picks. 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.
Sean Lewis, the co-creator if Image comics Coyotes took to Twitter last night and announced his book has been picked up for a movie deal. You can check out the video below: Continue reading “Image Comics Coyotes Optioned for Movie”

As promised, the Covrprice.com runners-up list. Think of this as the second half of the top 20. Continue reading “Covrprice.com Runners-Up for 3/1/20”
Jon Layman’s Outer Darkness crosses over into his previous Chew’s universe with Rob Guillory, which just means pure awesomeness cause you all know what that means right? Secret Agent Poyo makes an appearance.. although brief, it’s certainly in true Poyo style…
Continue reading “Outer Darkness Chew #1 – Sneak Peek Preview”
Coming soon from Scout Comics & Entertainment Inc. is YASMEEN, a brand new six part comic book series that follows an Iraqi teenage girl, Yasmeen, during two periods of her life; that of a normal, happy 16-year-old who must find the courage within herself to endure slavery after getting captured and sold by ISIS soldiers. The second time period takes place after surviving two long years of slavery where Yasmeen comes out a different person, unable to connect to the things that she loved before, and she must go through a different kind of struggle as she tries to adjust to the normal life with her family as a refugee in a foreign country. Continue reading “SCOUT COMICS PRESENTS YASMEEN BY SAIF A. AHMED AND FABIANA MASCOLO”
You really give creators due credit when they not only write but draw and color their own stories. That’s exactly what Mirka Andolfo does and after getting an advanced review of this weeks new Mercy #1 hitting shelves, I’m hooked.
Continue reading “Mirka Andolfo’s Mercy #1 – Sneak Peek Preview”
Image Comics is pleased to reveal jaw-dropping Rob Liefeld (Deadpool) and Skottie Young (Middlewest, I Hate Fairyland) covers for the highly anticipated Savage Dragon #250. This milestone issue of the long-running, creator-owned series by Image Comics partner and CFO Erik Larsen will make waves at comic shops in May 2020. Continue reading “Savage Dragon #250 Get Rob Liefeld and Skottie Young Covers”
Another FOC Monday is upon us comic book collectors and speculators. FOC is the last chance to put in your orders with your comic shops and likely get at a discount for pre-ordering.

Greetings my Comics Heating Up family. Just want to say thank you and that I love you all. Before we get into the comics, I just want to share some perspective. Always remember to hug your loved ones. I had two deaths in my family in the last two weeks, my great uncle and my grandma, so you just never know. So be good to yourself and to each other, now lets make some money with some comics cause you can’t teach that. Continue reading “Blind Adam’s Hidden Gems Vol. 111”
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”
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. )
Continue reading “Covrprice Top 10 List for 2/28/20”
Last week we got thrown back in discovering Frank Millers first work on Daredevil, a character he ended up boosting the popularity of at Marvel and in the Marvel Universe with his awesome artwork and writing. So in the spirit of firsts for creators, we go back to 1987.
So we have something cool for you. We launched a giveaway for copies f Mercy #1 from a retailer in the UK last week. This week InkInk Collectables has sponsored a giveaway all the way from Singapore. InkInk is providing us with three copies of their Mercy #1 Frany Variant.
Continue reading “Giveaway: Mercy #1 InkInk Collectibles Frany Variant”

Welcome once again to another installment of the One Week Later Report. Usually these are books that heated up or were good pick up for flipping, even going as far to report if books fell flat and you can now find at cheaper prices.
This week we’ll cover the books released on 02/19/2020.
Continue reading “One Week Later Report for February 26th, 2020”

Avengers #31 is in stores tomorrow. Tony Stark travels back in time and creates the most unusual armor ever. Check out the spoilers below.
Continue reading “Spoilers Avengers #31, Starks Coolest Armor”

Superman Batman #7 is in stores tomorrow. The new storyline focus on Ra’s al Ghul and General Zod. Check out the spoilers below.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Batman Superman #7 Lazarus Pit Overload”

Star Wars #3 is in stores tomorrow. The story involves Luke, Leia, and Lando returning to Cloud City. Each of the three heroes is looking for something. One finds something they didn’t expect. Check it out below.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Star Wars #3, A Return to Cloud City”
DC is making moves. Artgerm was had a Punchline cover coming out for Batman #94. It has been moved to Batman #92. Continue reading “DC Moves Artgerm Punchline Cover to Issue #92”

Year of the Villain Hell Arisen #3 is in stores tomorrow. It is pretty much the book to get. Full first Punchline and so much more. Check it out below.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Year of the Villain Hell Arisen #3 Punchline and More”

Ant-Man #2 is in stores tomorrow. The story continues the insect themed madness and another new character. Check it out below.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Ant-Man #2 More Bug Themed New Villains”