Category: Comic Books

Thanks again to the Fan Expo store for sponsoring this one. And sorry for the delay on this, but we are getting all caught up.
Here is the Winner for the Boston Comic Con Variant set which includes the following: Continue reading “Winner: Boston Comic Con Variant Set”

A lot of people have been asking when Gwenom would hit. Another site, we won’t mention their name, ok it rhymes with Bleeding Stool, had mentioned based on the incorrect Amazon posting for Spider-Gwen Vol. 4 Predators she would be appearing around issue #23. Well, they are sort of right. I have been saying for a while, and Jason Latour had backed it up with his tweets, that Gwenom would appear in Issue #25. In fact, the solicitation says, “GWENOM Part 1 Gwen’s life irrevocably changes as she bonds with her universe’s version of the Venom symbiote.” (But be on the look out for a cameo in Spider-Gwen #24). I digress, needless to say, we do get a Black Costume Spider-Gwen as well as a (not sure it can be called an appearance) of Gwenom in Spider-Gwen #23. Spider-Gwen #23is in stores tomorrow. As always, spoiler images are obscured behind the spoiler tag, the accompanying text is not. Click the images for the spoiled images.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Spider-Gwen #23. There is a Gwenom Inside (Sort of)”

What Up CHU? Mel V. here with your weekly variant picks for the week of August 29TH, summer is just about done can you believe it? Kids are back in school, air conditions are being taken out of windows, and football season and basketball seasons are about to start. Not to forget the big one, NYCC is fast approaching woot woot. Last week was a very good week for variants. This week…it’s a bit light…let’s get into it Continue reading “Mel V. Variant picks for 8/30/17”

AKA: Poyo’s Washed Out Picks for August 30th, 2017
It’s been raining non-stop for almost 3 days now. Hurricane Harvey made crispy central Texas very wet and soggy. I’ll take it though, probably won’t see any more rain after this for another 3 months or so.
Now let’s hope my local shops didn’t get flooded out and I can pick up the picks I make here cause we all know my picks are the best picks. I just wanted to see how many times I could say picks in one sentence before it started to get weird. This week is small, being the 5th Wednesday of the month as well but I think there are still a few potential winners. Continue reading “Poyo's Picks for August 30th, 2017”

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 8/30/17: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 8/30/17”

Here you go. Monday Spoilers from The New York Times. Anything below this point should be considered as a spoiler and only proceed if you are good with spoilers.  Continue reading “New York Times Spoiles Secret Empire #10”

This year is flying by, already the end of August. Normally Terry Hoknes from www.hoknescomics.com joins Anthony, but this week Anthony handles the duties alone. Here is this weeks video for comics releasing 8/30/17:
Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review Video for 8/30/17”

Superstar writer/artist Daniel Warren Johnson (Space Mullet) and colorist Mike Spicer will kick off a new arc in the dystopian epic this October from Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
Continue reading “Sold-out hit EXTREMITY embarks on new story arc”

What up CHU!?! 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.
Very light week speccing wise from a year ago. Continue reading “One Year Later: Spec Review for 8/24/16”

It is nice to walk into your local comic shop on a Wednesday and pick up your books. It is even nicer that by the end of the week some of those books sell for multiple times cover price. Weapon X #7 is one of those books. Continue reading “Wednesday Winner: Weapon X #7”

It is nice to walk into your local comic shop on a Wednesday and pick up your books. It is even nicer that by the end of the week some of those books sell for multiple times cover price. Batman The Shadow #5 Mattina Variant is one of those books. Continue reading “Wednesday Winner: Batman The Shadow #5 Mattina Variant”

Fans of Signed comics take note! There are two cover Dark Nights Metal signed variants up for grabs this week signed by the creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, but there is a catch.  Continue reading “Signed Comics Alert: Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo Dark Nights Metal Midtown Variants”

Creators Sean Mackiewicz and Niko Walter team up with colorist Mat Lopes and letterer Rus Wooton for an all-new crime/horror adventure, GASOLINA, from Image/Skybound Entertainment and reveal interior pages for a sneak peek into the new story. Continue reading “Sneak a peek at Image/Skybound’s new series GASOLINA “

DC made their recent and previously released Lenticular covers open to order. Marvel took a different tact by making them orderable only if shops ordered an x number of books above other books in order to get them. For example if they ordered 10 copies of one book they would have to order 15-17 to qualify to order the lenticular covers. Continue reading “Potentially 71 Stores refuse to order the Marvel Lenticular Covers”

We already gave away the cover of the book a while back, here as a matter of fact, but here are two quick spoilers for Secret Empire #9 out tomorrow. Continue reading “Quick Spoilers: Secret Empire #9”

What Up CHU? Mel V. here with your weekly variant picks for the week of August 22ND. It is almost time for Baltimore Comic Con and NYCC and time for this year’s Mel’s Convention T Shirts Reveal. For those who don’t know, I take covers from the year and add the images to T-Shirts for convention use only (NO I DO NOT SELL THEM!) I like the selections I’ve made this year. Hopefully I can meet up with some of you guys in Baltimore and NYCC… POYO if you’re coming up this year, let’s grab some drinks. It’s a Monster week this week for some visually great looking books as well as a regular cover that will be a candidate for cover of the year… Let’s get into it
Continue reading “Mel V.'s Variant Picks for August 23, 2017”

What a week for comics eh? There’s just not a whole lot going on this week for the most part. Maybe I should just skip this week but we don’t want to make Anthony mad. So here we go.. I’m gonna do my best, not to please you all but make the boss man happy. Continue reading “Poyo's Picks for August 23rd, 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 chance at heating up. Here are the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery 8/23/17: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 8/23/17”

Image Comics is pleased to reveal the six of 30 variants planned for the final month of 25th anniversary variants—October covers in homage of iconic THE WALKING DEAD cover designs.
This final month of variants will pay tribute to some of the hottest, most jaw-dropping moments from Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s long-running, and industry-changing series that went on to become a pop culture phenomenon.
Continue reading “Image Comics celebrates 25th anniversary with final month of covers in tribute to THE WALKING DEAD”

Mattina has been killing it with his Darth Vader Variants. Issue 8 is no exception. In fact, this one cranks it up hotter than an Ewok funeral pyre. Check out the full cover below, it is too good to put a small teaser photo up: Continue reading “Drunk Wooky's Variant Envy: Darth Vader #8 Mattina Variant”

Aloha CHUniverse, today I would like to share my unboxing and overall experience with PGX grading services. While I own many graded books from all 3 of the big graders this is the first time I’ve sent books my self to be graded. I chose PGX for a few reasons, price, turn around time, and in house pressing. Price is really important to me because CGC would want a lot of money on some of the books I had graded with their crazy % pricing based on Fair Market Value. Turn around time, being my first time sending high dollar collectibles I definitely want them out of hand as little as possible. Finally in house pressing saves $ from having to send to a pressers then to a grading company, also less people messing with the book. I sent books that are all important keys that all deserved grading let’s see how I did! Continue reading “Alana Tries PGX, Unboxing and Review”

Venomized characters have been all the rage,  but Dark Nights Metal #5, but Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, is set to unleash a Jokerized Batman by introducing the “Batman who laughs.” We have the cover reveal inside, along with a page of art, and a tie in issue he will appear in.  Continue reading “Batman The Man Who Laughs Revealed, Plus Details of the Jokerized Batman (and his Robins)”