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It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of February 13th, 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 Dislike for the Week of February 13th, 2019”
Poyo’s sorting and cleaning out his comic boxes on a cold rainy Saturday and wants to give you CHU readers first grabs at books before I list them on eBay.
So click on the continue reading to see what I have for grabs.
Artist Elias Chatzoudis is providing cover art for Sabrina the Teenaged Witch. The exclusive cover is available from out friends at NY Collector Cave. Continue reading “Elias Chatzoudis Covers Sabrina The Teenaged Witch”
Announcing the winners for the CHU Contest Giveaway, the contest where you had to work a little harder than just entering your name.
Continue reading “WINNERS Announcement for ComicsHeatingUp Contest Giveaway”
Greetings to my Comics Heating Up family. It is time for another Hidden Gems. I want to say thank you all for the support. Some awesome things are about to happen. I will mention them in future hidden gems. Now let’s make some money selling comics.
Continue reading “Blind Adam’s Hidden Gems Vol. 94”
Every week, hundreds of new comic books hit the local shelves. Many of these are long ongoing titles while others come and go quickly, being mini-series or one shots.
Last fall we visited a bunch of the books and titles that had options or media deals that have not gone beyond the option or if they did, they’re still in the wee early stages of ever getting turned into a show.
This is where we dive into the books that either haven’t been optioned or if they did, it’s long expired that we would all love to see and welcome being adapted into a television show or movie. Welcome to Part II of Books We’d Love to see Adapted.
Continue reading “From Option to Screen – The Books We’d Love To See Adapted Part II”
Demand for Middlewest #1 by Eisner Award-winning and New York Times Middlewest #1 4th ptg cover artbestselling creator Skottie Young (I Hate Fairyland, Bully Wars, Deadpool) and Russ Manning Award-winning artist Jorge Corona is building momentum at a breakneck pace. Image Comics has greenlit the debut issue to go back to print for a fourth time. This fourth printing cover will feature new artwork by Skottie Young.
Continue reading “Middlewest #1 Goes Back For A 4th Printing with New Cover Art”
Here’s some interesting news for us comic book readers, lovers and collectors. Warning, could result in back bin diving and searching.
Continue reading “EC Comics and Hivemind Bring WEIRD FANTASY to Life with New Film/TV Partnership”
It appears that Motor Girl has been optioned by Hulu for a TV show on the streaming network. Continue reading “Motor Girl Coming to Hulu”
Covrprice.com launched recently and has quickly 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:
Continue reading “CovrPrice.com Top Ten Selling Comics for Week of 2/7/19”
He’s one of the most popular and well known characters in the Marvel Universe nowadays. Probably one of the most common cos-players hitting the isles at conventions centers.
Continue reading “Throwback Thursday for February 7th, 2019”
Welcome once again to the another installment of the One Week Later Report. This week we’ll cover the books released on 1/30/2019.
Continue reading “One Week Later Report for February 6th, 2019”
It’s been a long time coming but finally we see the light at the end of the tunnel. Y: The Last Man from Vertigo Comics and the great writer Brian K. Vaughn is coming to life on our screens from FX networks which appears to likely be in 2020.
This series ran for 60 issues and has a huge cast of characters within the story line. We won’t know until the show airs if some of these characters are prominent or not as they’ll likely change it up a little bit in the show, nevertheless, this is hopefully a good starting point for key firsts for some of the characters in the story.
Continue reading “Y: The Last Man – List of Key Appearances”
Batman #64 is in stores tomorrow. It is the first part of ‘The Price’ story line going on between Batman, Flash, and Heroes in Crisis. It features the return of a character that Tom King helped introduce. She I back and has some machinations. Check the spoilers out below. The images are redacted but the accompanying text is not so proceed only if you are ok with the book being spoiled. Click on the spoiler warnings below to see the original image. Continue reading “Spoilers: Batman #64 Look Who is Back and What is She Up to Now”
Immortal Hulk #13 is in stores tomorrow. We get a little more “One Below All.’ It also ties up the Hulk in Hell story-line. The book ends with redefining the relationship between Hulk and Bruce Banner. Check the spoilers out below. The images are redacted but the accompanying text is not so proceed only if you are ok with the book being spoiled. Click on the spoiler warnings below to see the original image. Continue reading “Spoilers: Immortal Hulk #13, forging a new bond with Banner”
Champions #2 is in stores tomorrow. The team is made up of teenage heroes, Miles Morales, Kamala Khan, Amadeus Cho, and Viv Vision. One of the four die in this issue. Check the spoilers out below. The images are redacted but the accompanying text is not so proceed only if you are ok with the book being spoiled. Click on the spoiler warnings below to see the original image. Continue reading “Spoilers: Marvel Kills Major Teen Character in Champions #2”
Avengers #14 is in stores Wednesday. It features a new group of characters led by an impressive looking new leader. Ghost Rider has a run in with the vampire legion and has a pretty significant reaction. Continue reading “Spoilers: Avengers #14 (Part 2) Ghost Rider Goes Through Changes”
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 224th 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.
What Up CHU Mel V back in the building with another round of Variants of the week for 2/6/2019. It looks like it could be a pocket friendly week as im not seeing anything that really stands out, but as well all know in this hobby, those are the weeks where we end up spending the most. Lets see if we can find some diamonds in the rough
Continue reading “Mel V.’s Variant Picks for February 6, 2019”
It’s already February into the new year and things seem to be moving fast, particularly for new comics.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for February 6th, 2019”
Each 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 February 6, 2019: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 2/6/19”
Midtown is known to do a lot of creator signings. Here is their list of upcoming February signings.
Image Comics is pleased to reveal a very special line of Rumble variant covers in time for Black History Month. These covers will kick off the new story arc with Rumble #11 by John Arcudi and David Rubín and will feature artwork by Keith Pollard, Arvell Jones, Ron Wilson, Chris Brunner, and Sanford Greene.
Continue reading “RUMBLE Celebrates Black History Month with New Covers from Image Comics”
If you’ve been living under a rock and didn’t see the new teaser photo for the upcoming Y: The Last Man adaptation being developed and ordered by FX, here it is.