Category: Comic Books

So this is a “What If?” story about a what if comic. For the longest time Guardians of Knowhere has been considered the first appearance of Gwen Stacy Venom, AKA Gwenom. She appears on the variant cover to the book as part of Gwen-month. But there is an earlier appearance of Gwen Stacy with a symbiote. Continue reading “What if Guardians of Nowhere #1 Wasn't the First Gwenom?”

Wal-Mart has been trying to get into the comic sales for a while. They started with $5 comic packs, I did a Unbagging Video here. From there, they got into the DC reprint packs, that featured a special printing of recent #1 comics, plus a few other comics in the packs as well. It seems that DC has continued the relationship with War-Mart by releasing a special DC Showcase Magazine in Walmart stores. Continue reading “New 'DC Showcase' Collected Magazine Appearing at War-Mart”

Each week Terry Hoknes from www.hoknescomics.com and I get together for a video chat where we discuss the weeks hot new releases. Here is this weeks for delivery 6/7/17: Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for 6/7/17”

Aloha CHUniverse and welcome back to Weekend Specs. This week we’re going to the dark side with that on again off again Justice League Dark film. The cartoon was a success so looks like it might actually happen. Keeping in the dark theme this week a few villains coming to Venomverse to spec on. Lastly my Dark review of why to save your money seeing Wonder Woman pretty spoiler free not that there’s much to spoil. Oh and a toy to spec on, so let’s jump in!!! Continue reading “Alana's Weekend Specs: Tales From The Dark Side.”

Comicbook.com had news that Odette Annable has joined the third-season cast of The CW’s Supergirl in the role of Reign. Reign is a relatively new character that has only appeared in several comics, which make her interesting to the series producers.  Continue reading “Odette Annable Cast As Reign for Supergirl TV show”

What up Uncanny InCHUmans!?! 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 spec-ed 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 of the word on the street. Either way all of 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 take a look back at how some of our buys from a year ago are doing today. Continue reading “One Year Later: 6/1/16 Spec Review”

Mattina has become the master of the Venom variant. His style lends itself to doing the sinues and tendrils of Venom. To complement their previous X-23 Venomized Variant, Comicxposure has the new Amazing Spider-Man #29 Venomized Mary Jane variants coming out.  Continue reading “Amazing Spider-Man #29 Mattina Venomized Mary Jane Variants”

My friends over at Comic Market Street have a hot cover coming up for Edge of Venomverse #1. Venomized characters are all the rage due to the upcoming series. If you haven’t heard, the series will focus on Venom and other characters who are Venomized battling it out with “Posion”, a new “Earth based” (organic if you will) Sybiote that takes over other characters to eradicate Venom. Continue reading “Variant Envy: Edge of Venomverse #1 Natali Sanders Variant”

While Midtown Comics offers various signed comics, from time to time they will often offer a comic that was released the previous week and signed by one of the creators at their store for cover price.
This week, for $5.99, Midtown Comics offering is:

Continue reading “Cruzzer's Signed Comic Heads Up: Venom #150”

Here we go, Orlando Mega Con is over. We are drawing the winner for the Orlando Mega Con prize pack. Thank you to www.fanexpostore.com for sponsoring this one. This was our biggest giveaway ever with 304 total entries. Here we go:
Continue reading “Winner: Orlando Mega Con Prize Pack”

Secret Empire #3 is out tomorrow. While a lot of people have been unhappy with the book, I have very much enjoyed it’s twist and turns. We get a death and two Hydra reveals in Secret Empire #3. The spoiler images are obscured, just click on the spoiler warning images to see them, the accompanying text is not spoiler protected so proceed at your own spoilery risk. Continue reading “Secret Empire #3 Spoilers: A Death and Two Hydra Reveals”

What Up CHU? Mel V. here with your weekly variant picks. Vacation is over, back to buying variants and other comic related things. I picked a light week to come back, only a couple of variants on my list. My wallet is happy. Continue reading “Mel V.'s Variant Picks of the Week for 5/31/17”

I hope everyone’s Memorial Day was a blast, I know mine was as I once again survived another tandem skydive. I really am thinking about changing careers (or hobby perhaps) since one of the skydivers put it this way, you’ll love your job but be poor as hell. It was a blast though. Total stress reliever, I recommend jumping out of planes to any and everyone.
Back to comics and enough about what I do in my spare time.. So, last week wasn’t too exciting, at least on the spec side of things. Lots of reader books, ongoing title reads that is. The only winner I think was the Seven to Eternity Spawn covers which were kind of scarce in my neck of the woods, one shop didn’t even order any. But this was one that was already selling way above cover in pre-sales on the secondary market. Continue reading “Poyo's Picks of the Week for May 31, 2017”

Each week hundreds of new comics 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 5/31/17. Continue reading “Comics Picks of the Week for Delivery 5/31/17”

While I have all Street Fighter variants on my pull list at my local comic shop, I know a lot of people out there will have trouble finding the ratio variants offered, most in particular the “Street Fighters vs. Darkstalkers #2 Warren Louw Variant.”  Continue reading “Cruzzer's Variant Heads-up: Street Fighter Vs. Darkstalkers #2 1:20 Variant”

Getting caught up on giveaways. Doing the easy one first. This is the Season Pass for Walking Dead A New Frontier Tell Tale Games courtesy of Tell Tale Games themselves. . Continue reading “Winner: Walking Dead 'From The Gallows' Episode 5 Season Pass”

Greetings to my Comics Heating Up and Awesomesauce families. Thank you all for reading this each and every week. Thank you all for the friendship, encouragement, advice, love, and surport.
Just some random thoughts. Remember, Red Bull is the best drink ever made, and I am drinking it while writing this. That Gotham is an awesome show, loosely based on Batman. That Secret Empire makes no sense McDonalds needs to stop being so damn stingy with its nugget dipping sauces, come on, it is fifty nuggets and you expect one to two sauces to do the job, stop that already. Now, let’s make some with some comics because you can’t teach that. Continue reading “Blind Adam’s Hidden Gems Vol. 52”

Being Venomized is a thing now, a “for real thing” Edge of Venom-verse is coming, along with it a slew of variant covers showing characters in the Venom symbiote. Two full weeks before the event launches, Mary Jane dons the Venom Symbiote in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #8 .
Continue reading “Mary Jane Gets Venomized in Spider-Man Renew Your Vows #8”

Each week Anthony from www.comicsheatingup.net and Terry Hoknes from www.hoknescomics.com have a weekly video char where they discuss the weeks hot new releases. Here is this week’s for delivery 5/31/17 Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for 5/31/17”

Hey CHU! Shawn B. here again. Just did some value adjustments for ComicBookRealm.com and came across a few popular books right now that I wanted to share with everyone. This won’t be a weekly post like the One Year Later one but if people like it, I will try and get one of these out every so often as I am doing value adjustments. I didn’t take the time to see which of these were specced here on CHU. Off the top of my head I think that most were. Besides Heathen #3, most of these have been out for a little while now and are still holding value and being sought after. Continue reading “Recent Hot Books”

Louie M. is out in Arizona covering the Phoenix Comicon for CHU. Full write up to follow, including the craziness that was a fully armed guy out to shoot the Green Ranger. In the meantime, he has a giveaway for us.
Hey CHU! Doing an awesome giveaway to celebrate Phoenix Comicon and give some love to my favorite booth – Lady Death. Special thanks to Brian Pulido and Coffin Comics for the generosity.

Up for grabs is Lady Death Nightrider edition (cover by Michael DiPascale), serially numbered at 69/99 and signed by creator Brian Pulido. This also includes a Lady Death Metallicard (also signed) and some stickers. Continue reading “Free Comic Sunday: Lady Death #0 Nightrider Edition Signed by Brian Pulido”

Image Comics upcoming Shirtless Bear Fighter is reveling in the ridiculous with a Nude Bariant cover. Check out additional preview pages as well.
From writers Jody LeHeup (former editor of Uncanny X-Force, Deadpool, Quantum and Woody) and Sebastian Girner (editor of SOUTHERN BASTARDS, DEADLY CLASS, BLACK SCIENCE), newcomer artist Nil Vendrell, colorist Mike Spicer (HEAD LOPPER, MYTHIC), and letterer Dave Lanphear comes a modern tall tale for the ages. Image Comics is pleased to reveal a limited SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER #1 Nude variant (or shall we say, “beariant”?) cover. Continue reading “Shirtless Bear Fighter Gets Nude Beariant Plus Three New Pages”