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Is this the new norm now from publishers? Sure seems like additional printings are happening before the releases occur. Regardless, here’s the press release of the new Nomen Omen hitting shelves next week.
Continue reading “Nomen Omen Gets Second Printing Before Initial Release”
Welcome once again to the another installment of the One Week Later Report. This week we’ll cover the books released on 09/18/2019.
Continue reading “One Week Later Report for September 25th, 2019”
Batman Superman #2 is in stores tomorrow.
Powers of X #5 is in stores tomorrow. It is a slower issue compared to other recent ones. However, there is something big boiling under the surface, something that could blow up later. Continue reading “Powers of X #5 History of Cerebro”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #98 is in stores tomorrow. It is a slower issue compared to other recent ones. However, there is something big boiling under the surface, something that will blow up later.
Continue reading “Spoilers: TMNT #98 Building to Something Big”
Batman Curse Of The White Knight #3 is in stores tomorrow. It features Joker telling off color jokes about Harley and a death of a Bat-family character. Check it out below.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Batman Curse of The White Knight #3. Death.”
Batman Beyond #36 is in stores tomorrow. We already know from the cover of Batman Beyond #37 we get a new Batwoman from the future. We definitely get a shadowy cameo this issue. Check out the last page spoiler. Continue reading “Quick Spoilers: Batman Beyond #36. A Prelude to a new Batwoman”
Red Hood Outlaw #38 is in stores tomorrow. If the last issue full of strange new Outlaws wasn’t weird enough, we get a strange new villain and an even stranger…. Well check them out for yourself.
Continue reading “Quick Spoilers: Redhood and the Outlaws #38. Things Get Weirder”
Fearless #3 is in stores tomorrow. Like Lucas said in the Variants of the Week, there was a not much talked about first appearance of a new character in the book. Check her out below
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.
This week I chose 15 books, 3 of them have high opening interest and interesting presales, but so far all of them have low degrees of liquidity. 4 are by known home-run hitting cover artist. 4 are character storyline driven 2 are indies; The rest are covers that I just want for the collection. Note: Estimated Print Runs are best guesses using historical data, they are not meant to be used for not to be used for targeting, and are meant to demonstrate hypothetical demand elasticity. Continue reading “Variants of the Week 09/25/2019”
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 256th edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
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 9/25/19: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 9/25/19”
Image Comics is thrilled to announce an all-new, ongoing genre-bending series by writer Samuel Haine, penciler Shawn Moll, inker John Livesay, colorist JD Smith, and letterer Thomas Mauer, who have teamed up with comic book industry icon Jim Shooter for—Slow City Blues—set to launch February 2020. Continue reading “Comic Legend Jim Shooter brings Slow City Blues to Image”
Here is this week’s list of Marvel comics going back for an additional printing. Continue reading “Marvel’s Back to Print Comics”
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 September 25th, 2019”
It must of been my blurred out sneak peek preview right?
Continue reading “SFSX #1 Gets Second Printing Before 1st Print Released”
Here is a look at highlights of Small Press Publishers comic offerings for November 2019: Continue reading “A Look Ahead to November: Small Press Comics”
Haven’t done a review of upcoming comics in a while. Here is a look at highlights of Image Comics offerings for November 2019: Continue reading “A Look Ahead to November: Image Comics”
So here’s a book to watch as it’s already starting to creep up in price on the secondary market.
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, 9/23/19’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 9/23/19”
It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of September 25th, 2019.
Some weeks it’s mostly likes, other weeks it’s dislikes.
So what’s grinding my gears this week?
Continue reading “Things I Like and Don’t Like for the Week of September 25th, 2019”
White Trees #2 hits store shelves this coming Wednesday, September 25th. Here is your advanced sneak peek preview.
Continue reading “White Trees #2 – Advanced Sneak Peek Preview”
SFSX #1 hits store shelves this Wednesday and it’s definitely got Sex in it, pretty much starts off with a bang! See what I did there?
This weeks FOC pick includes two books because I just couldn’t rest with just one pick.