Category: Comic Books

Terry Hoknes from www.hoknescomics.com shot over a few additions to the New Comic Spec Review video for 1/3/18. Here are the additions:
Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review, Terry's Picks, for 1/3/18”

Happy New Year everybody!
Thanks for a wonderful 2017. I want to send special thank you’s to Agent Poyo for his Poyo’s Specs and Drecks, Mel V. for his Mel’s Variant Picks, Blind Adam for his Hidden Gems, Shawn B. for his One Year Later posts, Drunk Wooky for his Star Wars Reports, Alana for her Weekend Spec posts, Louie M. and Cruzzer for their con coverage, and everyone else who contributes, sends tips, reads, comments, and otherwise visits the site. Also big thank you’s to everyone who contributed books for our free comic Wednesdays. We did a ton of great giveaways in 2017 and look forward to doing more in 2018.
We have been doing a summary of the year at the beginning of the new year. There is a lot to get into. We have already done our Spec of the Year selection and our Variant of the Year selection. Now it is time to talk about the year in general. Here is what our year looked like:
Continue reading “Comicsheatingup.net Year In Review”

We knew that Batman #38 would be hot when we saw the issue preview. We even leaked the spoilers for this a while ago. But the hype for the issue is real, and both covers for the issue are sold out. Continue reading “Batman #38 Sold Out at Diamond”

Stabbity Bunny is the one book that is on fire that no one really knows to much about. Richard Rivera has been self publishing the book for a while, Kickstarter funding and hand selling copies to people at conventions. The original self published issues are hard to find and have been increasing in value. . The Scout release isn’t even released yet and is selling for multiple times cover price.  Here is the kicker. There is a secret variant for the book that wasn’t announced in previews. Continue reading “Stabbity Bunny #1 Secret Variant”

2017 is at an end and we are starting our year end wrap up. Mel V. scoured the lists of variants to select candidates for the variant of the year. Thanks to all who voted. 427 votes were cast and we have a Variant of the Year winner. It was a pretty decisive one as well: Continue reading “Mel V's Variants of the Year Results”

Thanks to everyone who voted. The votes are in and we have a winner. A pretty clear winner at that. (In no way is this scientific, but thank you to the 431 people who voted.) Continue reading “2017 Spec Books of the Year Poll Results”

Anthony from www.comicsheatingup.net hosts a weekly video spotlighting the hot new books of the week. Here is this week’s fore delivery 1/3/17: Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for 1/3/17”

Here we go, it is the end of the year and we are looking at the best of the best. In this case, the best COVER PRICED books and B variants of the year. These are books that organically grew hot and have maintained value. Please feel free to add a selection to the poll if you do not see one on here you think should be represented.  Continue reading “Spec Books of the Year, 2017 Poll”

What Up CHU Mel V here with 1^st Annual Variants Of The Year Award. It’s my pleasure to bring you guys The Variants of the Week each and every week. We had some winners and we had some losers in the year of 2017 . The following sixteen selections are among the best of the best. Let’s get it started…  Continue reading “Mel V's Variants of the Year Poll”

If you are in Hollywood on 1/6/18 and looking for something to do, Warner Brother Home Entertainment has you covered. They are offering free tickets to see the premiere of their new animated movie, Scooby-Doo and Batman: Brave and the Bold.  Continue reading “Free Tickets to Scooby-Doo and Batman: Brave and the Bold”

Scout Comics and Solar Flare have teamed up to offer 20% off their web stores between now and New Years. Continue reading “Scout Comics And Solar Flare Offering CHU readers 20% off Until New Years”

Doomsday Clock #2 is in stores tomorrow. It continues the crossover between the world of the Watchmen an the DC universe. The first issue was chock full of spoilers, so is Doomsday Clock #2. The spoiled images are protected, click on the images to see the spoilers. The accompanying text is not protected. Proceed only if you do not mind spoilers. Continue reading “Spoilers: Doomsday Clock #2, Is DC Rewriting Watchmen History?”

What Up CHU? Mel V. here with your weekly Variant Picks for the Week of Dec 27th. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. This will be the last Variants of the Week for the year of 2017, I cannot believe how fast it went. I’m going to try to get Tony my list of variants of the year this week. There was a ton of great covers this year. Let’s get into this very slim last week in 2017
Continue reading “Mel V.'s Variant Picks for December 27th, 2017”

Have a Holly Jolly Wednesday..
It’s the best day of the week..
I don’t know if there’ll be shipping woes..
But here’s your last Poyo spec of the year..
Continue reading “Poyo's Spec and Drek for Dec. 27th, 2017”

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 12/27/17: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 12/27/17”

This is a little late due to the Holiday shopping rush this weekend, but here is some Weekend Spec, on a Monday for you, and featuring the Shazam movie.  Continue reading “Weekend Spec: Flashpoint and Shazam”

Each week we release a video spotlighting the week’s hot new comics. Terry Hoknes is off this week so Anthony covers it alone. This week is a light week. Here is the New Comic Spec Review Video for 12/27/17: Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for 12/27/17”

We have mentioned Stabbity Bunny on the site several times. We have even done two give aways the self-published issues (raw 1-4 and a signed graded 9.8 #1 variant.) Stabbity Bunny will be released from Scout Comics on 1/31/18 (according to Diamond) and is a must pick up for me, however, searching eBay turns up the self-published issues are doing incredibly well. Continue reading “Ones to Watch: Stabbity Bunny Self Published Issues”

I love Megabox from Skybound. It is the one subscription box I really look forward to because it is quarterly. I just got in the December 2017 Megabox and cracked it open. Check it out below: Continue reading “Skybound Megabox December 2017 Unboxing”

Phoenix Resurrection Return Jean Grey #1 is out Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, and as you have seen by now, has many covers, including the lenticular cover, Artgerm variant, Art Adams variant, 1:100 Artgerm variant, among others. The story is focused around the return of the “one, true, Jean Grey.” But mixed in the story are some other surprising returns. The following spoilers are image protected. Click on the spoiler warning to see the spoiled images. The accompanying text is not spoiler protected. So proceed only if you are interested in spoilers.  Continue reading “Spoilers: Phoenix Resurrection Return Jean Grey #1”

Walking Dead #175 starts a promising new story arch called New World Order. We mentioned this a couple of days ago because artist Bill Sienkiewicz is doing character covers for the series. Continue reading “Walking Dead #175 Set (Bill Sienkiewicz and Regular Cover)”

If you didn’t get a chance to grab a copy of this week’s released Hellboy Krampusnacht #1 Adam Hughes Sketch Cover at stores, you may not be able to. It has sold out at Diamond Comics Distributors.  Continue reading “Hellboy Krampusnacht #1 Black and White Sketch Cover Sells out At Diamond”