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Venom #5 is out in stores tomorrow. Donny Cates has been ramping up the heat on the series. Lot’s of surprises have been unveiled in the series and this issue is no different. Venom shows off some new powers. Not only that, but we get some back story on the mystery character first introduced in issue #1. The spoiled images are redacted. The accompanying text is not. Click on the spoiler warnings to see the spoiled images. Continue reading “Spoilers: Venom #5, New Powers and Surprises”
Justice League Dark #2 is in stores tomorrow. There are some cool cameo appearances as well as a big first appearance of a new villain. The images below are spoiler protected, click on the spoiler warning to see the images. The accompanying text is not spoiler protected. Read on only if you do not mind spoilers. Continue reading “Spoilers: Justice League Dark #2, Things Go Upside-Down”
West Coast Avengers #1 is out in stores tomorrow. It is a fun read, as expected, and keeps the theme of not taking itself too seriously like previous incarnations. It does, in the same theme of not taking things too seriously, introduce some new characters. Check them to below. The images are redacted, the accompanying text is not. Read on only if you do not mind spoilers. Continue reading “Spoilers: West Coast Avengers #1, Silly Fun and New Characters”
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 200th edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
What Up CHU? Mel V. here with your weekly Variant picks for August 22nd 2018… What the Heck? Summer is over already.. It’s almost time for NYCC.. I cant believe the year is almost over already. There is still some time left for some more Variants Of The year nominations. Do we have one this week? Lets find out…
Continue reading “Mel V.’s Variants of the Week for August 22, 2018”
Welcome once again to the wonderful world of Poyo’s Spec and Drek picks for the week of August 22, 2018.
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 August 22nd, 2018. Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 8/22/18”
Obliv18n #1 is out tomorrow from Scout Comics. It is the new series by Ken Kristensen. Ken is the writer of the cult hit, Todd The Ugliest Kid. Ken also works in TV. This is what really interests me on this book. Scout is a company actively pursuing options for their properties. Some of them have been announced, a few coming soon, one this weekend possibly. Anyway, Ken is a television writer known for Punisher on Netflix, as well as, Happy! on SyFy. His new book hits stores tomorrow. Continue reading “Obliv18n #1 Secret Variant available on Scout Store”
This past July we saw Batman get married, well, almost married since he got stood up at the alter. We saw some more Marvel reboots and #1 books along with some great new independent and small publisher books. So here’s July 2018 in review.
You want to know what really grinds my gears?
Continue reading “Likes and Dislikes for the Week of August 22, 2018”
Who likes Rick & Morty? Who likes Dungeons & Dragons? Well, here’s your chance to win a copy of the GenCon Sneak Preview Variant. Read more on how to win a copy in this awesome contest.
Continue reading “Rick & Morty vs Dungeons & Dragons Sneak Peak Preview Giveaway”
Sometimes art alone can tell the story without a lot of dialogue. When I got an advance review of Cemetary Beach that hits store shelves September 12th, it was one of those books I had to check out immediately. This is one of those books that the art alone makes it a worthy book. Warren Ellis writing doesn’t hurt either.
Cullen Bunn is no doubt a master writer of horror and suspense comics. With his hit series Harrow County, he also brought us Regression while writing heavily for Marvel currently and in the past, his latest book is Cold Spots out from Image Comics with artist Mark Torres
Each week, Anthony from www.comicsheatingup.net, releases a video spotlighting the week’s hot new comics. Here is this weeks for books being delivered 8/22/18: Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for August 22, 2018”
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 8/20/18: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Top 25 Advance Reorder Comics for August 20, 2018”
Greetings my Comics Heating Up family. Well it is time to make some money with comics. But before we do, I wanted to say thank you, thank you for the love, support, advice, and for reading this each and every week. If you’re at Terrificon please look me up. I will be walking around or by the Batmobels. If anyone has costume making designing skills please email me at comicpimpvip@gmail.com I need a costume made for NYCC. Going to cosplay as something special. The animated Marvel Rising is #awesomesauce. I loved it. Daredevil #606, Amazing Spiderman #3, Suicide Squad #45 , and Injustice #70, are my reads of the week. So, now it is time to make money with comics with a new Hidden Gems forma.. Continue reading “Blind Adam’s Hidden Gems Vol. 85”
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.
Image Comics is pleased to reveal the first cover in a line of “Impact variants” for Warren Ellis and Jason Howard’s CEMETERY BEACH. Each cover will be by Howard, but drawn in the style of an artist who made an impact on his work and influenced his creative career. CEMETERY BEACH #1 Cover C will kick off the line by paying tribute to the iconic Todd McFarlane. Continue reading “Jason Howard honors artistic influences in CEMETERY BEACH Impact variants”
Extermination #1 is out today. It is the latest event story in the X-Men mythos. It features the time traveling Mutants being hunted by a hooded mystery killer. Spoilers follow so only read on if you do not mind spoilers. The images are redacted but the accompanying text is not. Click the spoiler warnings to see the spoiled images. Continue reading “Spoilers: Extermination #1 Deaths and Reveals”
Infinity Wars #2 is in store today. We mentioned earlier there is a Secret Unmasked Variant
doing pretty well on eBay currently. The issue picks up after the death of Thanos. (Spoilers ahead so if you plan to read the issue and don’t want to see spoilers, do not proceed.) Click the spoiler warnings for the redacted pictures. Continue reading “Spoilers: Infinity Wars #2 Who Lives, Who Dies, and Who gets merged in muddy art?”
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 199th edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
What Up Chu? Mel V. here with your weekly dose of variant goodness. Remember, comics are fun, if you are not having fun buying, reading, and selling comics, why are you doing it? We have enough drama in our lives it is nice to have an escape. Anyway, here is what I got my eye on this week. Continue reading “Mel V.’s Variant Picks for August 15, 2018”
It’s that time again. We spec, we drek and we buy books we think are going to be great reads. Some books we pick up for just the artwork. Either way, for those that read this, we can all count on our wallets getting a little lighter come Wednesday.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for August 15th, 2018”
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 8/15/18: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 8/15/18”
Marvel likes to be sneaky and throw out variants to covers on the sly. They did it again this week and you should be on the look out for it. Continue reading “Infinity Wars #2 has Secret Variant”