Informed Comic Book Speculation and Pop Culture News
Immortal Hulk #16 is out this week. People are very curious in what is going on. CBR has released a five page preview (we will have the full spoilers tomorrow night.) Check out the spoilers below/pages. Continue reading “Spoilers/Preview: Immortal Hulk #16”
This weeks MARVELous Monday is a bit different. Usually I window shop the Marvel Unlimited app to pick and choose sort of at random the books I cover based on just the cover art that catches my attention.
This week I actually am going with the book I found at Half Price Books for just a buck. It’s just a shame it wasn’t truly half price from it’s original 30 cents cover price.
We love independent and small press books here at CHU. It allows the writers and artists the freedom to create. Some of the best stuff comes from the individual creators.
Continue reading “April Previews – Indie Outlook and Spotlight New Titles”
Anthony from Comics Heating Up releases a video each week spotlighting the hot new comic books for the week. Here is this week’s video for comics releasing April 2, 2019: Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for April 3, 2019”
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, 4/1/19’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 4/1/19”
It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of April 3rd, 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 April 3rd, 2019”
Welcome again to Flashback Friday. We take a peek of what we were spec’ing on and talking about a year ago.
Midtown has a lot of signings each month. They are really big on selling signed copies at cover price.
Posting their upcoming creator signing schedule helps us collectors who are not local to NYC to find out what upcoming issues we might find signed for sale on their website.
Continue reading “April 2019 Signings and Events at Midtown Comics”
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:
Continue reading “CovrPrice.com Top Ten Selling Comics for Week of 3/28/19”
This one is a fun one. About a month or so back, we were talking about a “creeper” in the comments of a Wednesday Forum. So this Throwback Thursday goes back to 1968, to talk about First Appearance of the Creeper in Showcase #73.
With these monthly reviews, we find out how right or wrong we were, what we missed and what you can likely still find at cover price whether it’s at the local comic shop or at online retailers. Here’s Part II cover Febraury 2019.
Don Handfield’s comics have been doing well lately, The Mall was optioned, The Rift was optioned, now his up coming book, The Dark Age has been picked up for a TV deal as well.
Continue reading “Upcoming Comic, ‘The Dark Age’ by Don Handfield Optioned For TV Show”
Welcome once again to the another installment of the One Week Later Report. This week we’ll cover the books released on 3/20/2019.
Continue reading “One Week Later Report for March 27th, 2019”
Deadline.com is reporting that Bitter Root, the comic by Sanford Greene, David Walker, and Chuck Brown, from Image Comics, has been picked up for a movie deal. Continue reading “Bitter Root Picked Up by Legendary Films as Movie”
This is a series I’m anticipating. I have an advance review copy too that I’m hoping to read but I need to finish the last few issues of Descender before I dive into the next series for this continuing story.
Continue reading “ASCENDER is Upon Us this April – The Followup Story Continues from Descender”
Heroes in Crisis #7 is in stores tomorrow. It features the return of a recently deceased DC character returning in an interesting and kind of grotesque way. Continue reading “Spoilers Heroes In Crisis #7, The Return of….”
Amazing Spider-man #18 is in stores tomorrow. Last we saw Spiderman he had a vision of a bloodied Mary Jane lying on the floor at what seemed like, the fault of Spider-man himself. This issue sees Spider-man still fighting the animal themed villains, but checks in on MJ too. Continue reading “Spoilers Amazing Spider-Man”
Avengers No Road Home #7 is in stores tomorrow. It continues the story of time/space displaced Avengers and Conan. Conan has a run in with an Avenger that doesn’t go especially well. Check it out below: Continue reading “Spoilers: Avengers No Road Home #7 Conan vs…..”
Detective #1000 is out in stores tonight at midnight. it is one of those grandeous issues filled with tons of guest artists and writers doing stories unrelated to the ongoing story line. There is a great one with the Son of the Joker I really enjoyed. Anyway, the last page is the big spoiler. So without further ado, the surprise at the end of the book: Continue reading “Spoilers: Detective #1000”
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.
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 231st edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
What Up CHU? Mel V back in the building with another round of Variants of the Week for 3/27/2019. Here is what I am feeling this week. Continue reading “Mel V.’s Variants of the Week for March 27, 2019”
It’s the last week of March and although the first two weeks were a bit slower than most, last week and this week look promising.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for March 27th, 2019”
Each 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 3/27/19: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 3/27/19”
Image Comics is pleased to announce that The Ride will celebrate The Ride #1 cover its 15th anniversary with an all-new, five-part story from the award-winning team of Plastic—Doug Wagner and Daniel Hillyard. This action-packed miniseries will launch from Image Comics in June and will feature special backup content from Adam Hughes
.
Continue reading “THE RIDE Celebrates 15th Anniversary with New Five-Part Story This June”