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Green Lantern #12 is in stores tomorrow. It is being billed as the last Green Lantern title until next year. Grant Morrison is taking the Lantern lore in a different direction. Needless to say, this is a bit of a bizarre issue. check it out below. Continue reading “Spoilers: Green Lantern #12, an End of an Era”
Spider-Verse #1 is in stores tomorrow. We get a ton of first appearances some more interesting on others. Some goofy, and at least one that could be big later down the road.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Spider-Verse #1, The Coming of Spider-Zero”
At first I was going to try and keep this short… and then I got a good look at some of the books, which left me with this week with a whopping 19 books, 1 of them had sold out and looks promising as far as near term liquidity, but the rest are dealers choices . 4 are by known home-run hitting cover artist. 6 are character storyline driven 8 are indies; The rest are covers that I just want for the collection.
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 257th edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday 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.
Each week, hundreds of new comic hit the shelves, each with potential. Some live up to the potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are our picks of the week for deliver 10/2/19: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 10/2/19”
Image released their exclusives for NYCC 2019 in which the highlight books are Undiscovered Country #1 and Spawn #300 which has a Gold and Silver Foil variant.
Marvel introduced The Masked Raider, a character who has been intertwined in the Marvel history going back its 80 years. He was introduced in Marvel Comics #1000. The issue shows many wearers of the Eternity Mask the current version wears. But did Marvel slip up and give possible clues as to who the new bearer of the Eternity Mask is?
Continue reading “Did Marvel Spoil The Identity of The Masked Raider”
Posting these before they hit the store shelves as a sampler. Because you all love seeing things before they’re actually readily available right?
Continue reading “The Low Low Woods #1 – DC Black Label Hillhouse Sneak Preview”
This one could be hard to get, so get in touch with your local comic shop early. DC Comics is releasing a Joker Year of the Villain #1 Retailer Exclusive Variant that is going to be hard to get because of some hoops retailers had to go through to get them. Check out the details below. Continue reading “DC to Release Joker Year of the Villain Gift Variant for Select Retailers”
Greetings my Comics Heating Up family. It is NYCC week. Looking forward to the meet up. It is going to be a blast. This will be short and sweet, lots to get done before NYCC. If you haven’t watched South Park Mexican joker, it is the best episode in years. The Hickman books & Absolute Carnage rock. Lets welcome Spiderman back to the MCU, like I said “don’t mess with Mr. Mouse. Now lets make some money with some comics. Continue reading “Blind Adam’s Hidden Gems Vol. 101, The Pre-NYCC Edition”
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 October 2nd, 2019”
This sampler preview should be hitting shelves this week I think but here’s what’s inside for the Dollhouse 6 page preview, just like the Basketful of Heads we previewed already.
Continue reading “Dollhouse Family – DC Black Label’s Hillhouse Preview”
Bleeding Cool has announced, in a less than direct way, that Charles Soule an Ryan Browne’s Curse Words has been optioned for a TV show. They just cannot give the details at this time. Continue reading “Image Comics Curse Words Optioned for TV”
Things From Another World is having a Variant Sale that has some great books for as cheap as a dollar. There are many great titles and hot artists represented in the offerings. Check out some of what they have below. Continue reading “TFAW $1 Variant Sale”
Final Order Cut-Off is the last day that shops can guarantee their orders for comics. After Final Order Cut-Off, or FOC, these books will only be available to retailers on Advance Reorder. And that is not guaranteed. So here are the highlights for Monday, 9/30/19’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 9/30/19”
It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of October 2nd, 2019.
Some weeks it’s mostly likes, other weeks it’s dislikes.
So what’s grinding my gears this week?
Continue reading “Things I Like and Don’t Like for the Week of October 2nd, 2019”
As promised, the Runners-Up list, think of these as the second part of the Top 20. Now then, on to #11-20. Continue reading “CovrPrice.com Runners-up for 9/27/19”
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”
Here is a fun one to chase if you can find it. Nomen Omen #1 which is in stores October 2nd, was to have a blank cover variant. Diamond put out notification that it is being recalled and requesting dealers to destroy their copies.
Continue reading “Nomen Omen #1 Blank Cover Recalled, Diamond Orders Stores to Destroy”
This weeks final order cutoff highlight pick goes to one of the best teams ever for Marvel, at least in my opinion. The team that made someone like me who didn’t give Thor a second look an actual fan of Thor.
This is a new series I’ve been looking forward to. A teaser preview was sent out, it’s only 5 pages for the preview but it looks like it’s going to be a great limited series.
Continue reading “Basketful of Heads – Black Label Joe Hill’s Hillhouse Preview”
Thanks to TheOneAboveDonny on our awesome forums (where sometimes the latest is posted before we can post on the main site) for posting this news.
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