Informed Comic Book Speculation and Pop Culture News
Writer Brian Schirmer, artist Claudia Balboni (Star Trek), and colorist Marissa Louise’s new whodunit fantasy series Fairlady launched with a West Coast signing tour and early fan support. Fairlady #1 will be rushed back to print in order to keep up with the enthusiasm for the new series.
Continue reading “Image Comics Fairlady #1 Goes to Second Print”
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, 4/15/19’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-off Highlights for 4/15/19”
I don’t get it myself but this book is selling for double cover while still being available at online retailers and probably at your local shops.
Continue reading “Quick Flip – Back in Stock/Still in Stock Alert”
It has been announced that the first episode of What If? the animated series on Disney+ streaming service will be What If? Peggy Carter became Captain America. Continue reading “Peggy Carter as Captain America To Be First Episode of What If? for Disney+ Streaming”
Welcome again to Flashback Friday. We take a peek of what we were spec’ing on and talking about a year ago.
The first trailer for Star Wars IX has hit online for those not aware. Continue reading to watch….
Image/Top Cow is pleased to unveil a sneak peek at the forthcoming superhero graphic novel, Paradox Girl, Vol. 1 by Cayti Bourquin and Yishan Li. The series begins this May from Image/Top Cow Productions. Continue reading “IMAGE/TOP COW PRODUCTIONS PARADOX GIRL VOL. 1 SNEAK PEEK”
April 10, 2019 is a special date for Blade Runner fans — it’s the exact date of rogue Replicant Leon “Let Me Tell You About My Mother” Kowalski’s inception. (Even casual fans remember Leon as the Nexus-6 synthetic human who shoots the Blade Runner giving him a Voight-Kompff empathy test during the film’s opening sequence inside the imposing Tyrell Corporation double pyramid).
To mark the occasion, Titan Comics and Alcon Entertainment are excited to unveil the first covers and further details for Blade Runner 2019 — a brand-new, in canon series set during the exact timeframe of the original Blade Runner film. Continue reading “FIRST COVERS AND DETAILS TO ‘BLADE RUNNER 2019’ REVEALED!”
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:
Continue reading “CovrPrice.com Top Ten Selling Comics for Week of 4/11/19”
This week’s throwback takes us back to April of 1988, where Chris Claremont and Alan Davis debuted a new team and comic title called Excalibur, a mix of Captain Britain and X-Men.
Norwick Robinson is a great up-and-coming young creator we have spotlighted before. His book Endigo Society is up for a Fan Favorite award at the 2019 East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention and we want to help push him over for win.
Welcome once again to the another installment of the One Week Later Report. This week we’ll cover the books released on 4/3/2019.
I’m posting this one a little early today cause I think these might help you readers while out at the local shops on new comic book day. So feel free to provide feedback on the timing of these which I also ask specifically at the end.
Continue reading “One Week Later Report for April 10th, 2019”
Web of Venom Cult of Carnage #1 is in stores tomorrow. It features the return of Carnage and perhaps even more than him. Check out the spoilers below: Continue reading “Spoilers Web of Venom Cult Of Carnage, God is Coming”
Detective Comics #1001 is in stores tomorrow. It was believed that it would be the first full appearance of Arkham Knight… and it is doing well on eBay as a result. You be the judge. Continue reading “Spoilers: Detective #1001 First Full Arkham Knight?”
Batman Who Laughs #4 is in stores tomorrow. It continues Scott Snyder’s pretty epic storyline bringing Batman in conflict with not only the Batman Who Laughs, but Joker, and the Grim Knight as well. This issue sees a pretty epic confrontation between Batman and the Joker. One where Joker pretty much lays out the truth of what he wants out of the relationship with Batman. Check it out below. Continue reading “Spoilers: Batman Who Laughs #4 Jokers End Game”
Flash #68 is in stores tomorrow. The solicitation for the book reads, “Trickster plunges the entire city into madness-and the Flash is powerless to save them!” Interesting. Check out the spoilers below: Continue reading “Spoilers: Flash #68 Tricksters Greatest Trick”
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 233rd 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.
What up CHU? Mel V. here with your weekly dose of variant goodness. I am pumped to be heading out of town on vacation. Going away is gonna be cheaper than my weekly comic haul. Anyway, here is my pre-vacation Variants of the Week. Continue reading “Mel V’s Variants of the Week for April 10, 2019”
It’s that time once again to determine the picks of the week and the drek of the week. Sometimes we’re right, other times we’re wrong, but that’s how the speculative game goes.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for April 10th, 2019”
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 4/10/19:
Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 4/10/19”
Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi label DUST announced today that it has acquired the rights to Kyle Higgins (Nightwing, Batman: Gates of Gotham), Alec Siegel (Batman Beyond) and Rod Reis’ (Winter Soldier) interstellar noir comic, Hadrian’s Wall, and has partnered with Higgins to develop into a feature film that he will write and direct. Continue reading “GUNPOWDER & SKY’S DUST TEAMS UP WITH KYLE HIGGINS TO ADAPT “HADRIAN’S WALL” INTO FEATURE FILM”
Greetings my Comics Heating Up family.thanks for reading each and every week. Not feeling well this week, spring colds suck. So here are twelve reprint comics that should be on the Hidden Gems list when digging in boxes, and one, lone non-reprint. Anyway, War of the Realms #1 was amazing, as was Captain America #9. If you can listen to the old Dr. Strange radio shows, do so, as they reek of awesomeness. Now lets make some money Continue reading “Blind Adam’s Hidden Gems Vol. 96”
The Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List is a great speculator tool. It shows what books retailers are going back to get more of, in advance of their release. They are actually putting their money up betting these books get big. These are the books people are talking about in shops, message boards, and websites. Here is the Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List for 4/9/19: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Top 25 Advance Reorder Comics for 4/9/19”
DrunkWooky is a long time friend of Comics Heating Up and runs Thunder Clap Toys.
Hi, everybody on the internet, and my Comicsheatingup.net friends in particular! It’s DrunkWooky here with an update on what my trusty Newfoundland Poodle (Noodle) companion, Odin has brought into the Thunderclaptoys.com store for April 2019! Continue reading “Odin’s Toy Haul for April 2019”