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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 273rd edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
Books hit the shelves Wednesday mornings, but sales go on before that. Here is what our picks are doing on eBay going into Wednesday morning. Continue reading “Pre-Game Report for 1/29/20”
Thor #2 continues the adventures of Thor the Herald of Galactus. We get to see Galactus take a brutal beating. We also see a very familiar world/universe of heroes destroyed. Check it out below.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Thor #2 Death of a Familiar Universe and Galactus Takes a Beating”
Every 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 1/29/20. Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week For Delivery 1/29/20”
Strange Academy is not out until March 4th, but Marvel is running previews of the book in tomorrow’s comics. Check it out below to get a feel for the book.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Strange Academy Preview”
Greetings to my Comics Heating Up family. As I am writing this I am getting ready for a major event in Las Vegas. I have some comics to talk about and a few comic related items. Anyway, lets make some money with some comics cause you can’t teach that. Continue reading “Blind Adam’s Hidden Gems Vol. 108”
Welcome once again to my spec and my drek. I pick what I think will be winners, not only if you make money by flipping but winners as in either a great read or just awesome art.
Then there’s the pesky drek, the comic you should avoid altogether or not fall into the buying every variant trap.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for January 29th, 2020”
Final Order Cut-Off is the last day that shops can guarantee their orders for comics. After Final Order Cut-Off, or FOC, these books will only be available to retailers on Advance Reorder. And that is not guaranteed. So here are the highlights for Monday, 1/27/20’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 1/27/2020”
Sex Criminals went on a very long hiatus. This book had a lot going for it until the delays came along.
As promised, the Runners-Up list, think of these as the second part of the Top 20. Now then, on to #11-20. Continue reading “Covrprice.com Runners-Up for 1/26/20”
We shouldn’t just collect or flip books, we should also read them. A good story can make your purchase well worth the money spent if you ask me. After all, we buy books to read for entertainment right? Even if you can’t flip them, reading is just as rewarding.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Trade and Hardcover Picks of the Week”
Welcome back to Advance Reviews. Here are this weeks reads on F.O.C. 1/27/20
Another FOC Monday is upon us comic book collectors. FOC is the last chance to put in your orders with your comic shops and more than likely get at a discount for pre-ordering.
Greetings friends to a special edition of Speculation Corner. Today we are celebrating and preparing for the Chinese New Year. This holiday is traditionally a time to honor household and heavenly deities as well as ancestors. It is also a time to bring family together for feasting. What this really means is that our parents make us clean and then we take them out to eat.
Continue reading “Speculation Corner: Happy Chinese New Year!”
New comic company AWA Studios is launching this March. their initial solicitations for March have already gone out. Here is their slate of books for April 2020: Continue reading “AWA Studios – April 2020 Solicitations”
Since Covrprice.com came on the scene, they have become a go to spot for watching eBaytrends on comics. They scour thousands of eBay
sales to cultivate data to spotlight the hottest selling comics. Here is this week’s Top Ten Comics: (Please note, potential spoilers do follow, and, these results are for auction that closed last week. )
Continue reading “Covrprice Top 10 List for 1/24/20”
There are reports that America Chavez is slated to make her MCU debut in Doctor Strange 2, Multiverse of Madness.
Continue reading “America Chavez Reported To Debut In Doctor Strange 2”
This week, I asked someone to give me a random year to choose from. So this week we travel back to January 1973.
The Eisner Award winning team of New York Times bestselling, comics titan Robert Kirkman (Oblivion Song, The Walking Dead), artist Chris Samnee (Daredevil), colorist Matt Wilson (Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine), and letterer Rus Wooton (The Walking Dead), bring fans an all-new, full color, action-packed ongoing series—Fire Power—which will launch from Image/Skybound this Spring. First with the Fire Power: Prelude, Vol. 1 original graphic novel on Wednesday, April 29. Then with the Fire Power #1 FCBD release on Saturday, May 2. And finally with the official single issue series launching with Fire Power #1 and Fire Power #2 simultaneously on Wednesday, June 3. Continue reading “Robert Kirkman’s New Comic Firepower to Release Issues 1 and 2 on Same Day”
Announcing the winners for the Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Cabal Premiere Variant.
Continue reading “Winners Announcement for the Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Cabal Premiere Variant”
It appears we have our first images of the New Captain America. Page Six reported that Wyatt Russell has been spotted in Atlanta filming his part for Falcon & Winter Soldier Series on Disney+.
Actress Rosario Dawson has been cast as the lead role in the upcoming HBO adaptation of the comic book DMZ Continue reading “Rosario Dawson Cast as Lead in HBO’s DMZ Show”
Year Of The Villain Hell Arisen #2 is in stores tomorrow. Lex Luthor continues to battle the forces of The Batman Who Laughs, but he is going to need more help. Continue on below:
Continue reading “Quick Spoilers: Year of the Villain Hell Arisen #2 A Justice League Who Laughs”
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 is in stores tomorrow. Featuring a new creative team, and some new cast members, and some antagonists that have gone through some character redesigns. Check it out below:
Continue reading “Spoilers: Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Character Redesigns and New Members”