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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 198th edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
What Up CHU? Mel V here with your weekly Variant picks for Aug 8th. An extremely, extremely light week, which is good for the pockets . But as we all know the quiet weeks are the weeks where something sneaky great happens . Lets get into this weeks slim pickings.. even though its not on my list I will be getting 1 of each of the Fantastic 4 members from Artgerm . I think those will be a great as a set.
It’s another great week of comics. Not sure about you all but I think there might be some winners this week.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for August 8th, 2018”
Each week, hundreds of new comics hit the shelves, each with potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery August 8, 2018 Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 8/8/18”
Fantastic Four #1 hits stores tomorrow. It is many things, a touching story about family, growth of characters Ben and Johnny, but is it the return of Fantastic Four? Check out the spoilers below. Spoiler images are protected, click on the spoiler warning to see the redacted images, the accompanying text is not protected, so please only read if you are ok with spoilers: Continue reading “Spoilers: Fantastic Four #1, The Return of Fantastic Four?”
Each Week Anthony from www.comicsheatingup.net puts out a video spotlighting the hot new releases of the week. Here is this week’s, for delivery August 8, 2018: Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for August 8th, 2018”
DC Comics has done some pretty cool things with cover priced variants. They started out with lenticular covers a few years back. The repeated it a little while later. They launched their B cover program with big name artists, which they later made the trade dress smaller to make them more like virgin variants. This time, they are taking the cue from their extremely popular foil convention cover program for a series of foil regular priced covers. Continue reading “DC Launches Foil Variants for October”
The Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List is a great speculator tool. It shows what books retailers are going back to get more of, in advance of their release. They are actually putting their money up betting these books get big. These are the books people are talking about in shops, message boards, and websites. Here is the Diamond Comics Advance for 8/7/18: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Top 25 Advance Reorder Comics for August 7, 2018”
Isn’t life grand? We have the luxury to worry about comic books, movies and other nonsense in the world that doesn’t directly impact our lives.
So here I am again, here to tell you what’s really grinding my gears this week, because you know, 1st world problems suck. But I try to tell you all the things I also like as well.
Continue reading “Things I Like and Don’t Like for the Week of August 8th, 2018”
Fan Expo Boston is next weekend, it kicks off August 10th and runs through August 12th. Our friends are Fan Expo Store are giving away a set of their exclusives for the 2018 convention. Continue reading “Free Comic Friday: Fan Expo Boston Prize Pack”
What up CHUllectors!?! Shawn B. the One Year Later Investigator, back with another One Year Later round up, where we take a look at some of the comics that Anthony, Mel, and Poyo specced on one year ago. Their specs turn out to be quick flips, slow burns, straight up misses, straight up winners and on and on. Sometimes they spec with their hearts out of their passion for comics. Sometimes they spec based on data. And sometimes they spec based off the word on the street. Either way, all their specs appeal to a few or many collectors whether it is due to them having similar taste in writing or art, or just an opportunity for a collector to flip a book and make money to “support their habit”. So, this is our weekly chance to look back at how some of our buys from a year ago are doing today. Continue reading “One Year Later: Spec Review for 8/2/17”
Remember Once Our Land, which was an original Kickstarter graphic novel turned Scout Comics two issue comic book? Well, for fans of Once Our Land, the creator Peter Ricq is bringing back this popular series with Once Our Land 2.
Death of Inhumans #2 is out today. And as the title of the book says, we get a death. The images below are redacted. The accompanying text is not, so only read if you do not mind spoilers.
Continue reading “Spoiler: Death of Inhumans #2, the Death of an Inhuman”
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 197th edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
What Up CHU? MEL V here with your Variant Picks for 8/1/18. Holy cow! where has the summer gone? It is almost back to school for the kids, BBQ days are winding down, but, there will always be variants! REJOICE Lets get into this weeks offerings Continue reading “Mel V’s Variant Picks for August 1st, 2018”
It’s that time again to spec and drek. We try to pick winners based on spec value potential, books to just read or simply books to tuck away in the personal collection.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for August 1st, 2018”
Each week, hundreds of new comic hit the stands, each with potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery August 1, 2018: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 8/1/18”
Infinity Wars #1 is out tomorrow. It features the reveal of the identity of Requiem. It also appears to have a pretty big death. Check out the spoilers below.
The images are redacted, the accompanying text is not. Read only if you like spoilers:
Continue reading “Spoilers: Infinity Wars #1 Who is Requiem and Who Dies”
A new trailer for Venom hit a few minutes ago and gives a much more indepth look at the movie. It also shows at least two symbiotes. Continue reading “New Venom Movie Trailer Hits. Shows Off More Symbiotes”
If you have seen the preview of the cover for Cosmic Ghost Rider #3 (shown to the left), you have seen Cable, a mash-up of Groot and Rocket, a female Captain America, and a very Juggernaut suited duck on the cover. Of course the solicitation gives us a key to what could be up, simply, “COSMIC GHOST RIDER VS. THE FUTURE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY FOR THE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE!”. However, Cosmic Ghost Rider #2 gives us a sneak peek of things to come. Continue reading “Quick Spoilers: Cosmic Ghost Rider #2 Just What is Howard the Duck Doing on the Cover of #3”
I survived the road to Hana (yes, it’s apparently a thing) and didn’t get eaten by any sharks (but I did see lots of turtles on my snorkeling adventure). So there’s that in something to like this week. It was hard to leave but all good things must come to an end.
Continue reading “Likes and Don’t Likes for the Week of August 1st, 2018”
Each week Anthony from www.comicsheatingup.net talks about the hot new releases for the week. Here is this week’s video for August 1st 2018: Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for August 1, 2018”
Cosplayers are one of the best parts of attending any comic convention. They were not around conventions when I was a kid, and it’s a blessing to have them today. They bring our favorite characters to life. Check out the Cosplay that was on display in San Diego! Continue reading “San Diego Comic Con 2018 Cosplay Gallery”
San Diego Comic Con, the Nerd Superbowl, started on July 18th. This was definitely a transition year for SDCC. Almost everything is a lottery now. On one hand, it’s an even playing field. On another hand, those who are more vigilant and willing to work harder don’t get an advantage. Depends on your definition of fairness. Attendees could sign up in what’s called an “Exclusives Portal” for lotteries to all major signings and exclusive booths. I entered for almost everything in every time slot. I won nothing. Squat. So we can say I wasn’t a big fan this year. My main request of SDCC is to only allow each winning attendee to win only once, since some people won multiples while some won nothing. Continue reading “San Diego Comic Con 2018 Wrap Up”
The Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List is a great speculator tool. It shows what books retailers are going back to get more of, in advance of their release. They are actually putting their money up betting these books get big. These are the books people are talking about in shops, message boards, and websites. Here is the Diamond Comics Advance for 7/30/18: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Top 25 Advance Reorder Comics for July 30, 2018”