Honestly, spec moves so fast it is hard to keep up with everything that is going on. Throw in work and a family and there is a lot of things that can be missed or not just gotten to. Here is the wrap up of comic spec related stories. Continue reading “Tuesday Morning Briefing: News and Rumors for 2/12/19”
Diamond Comics Top 25 Advance Reorder Comics for February 11, 2019
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 2/11/19: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Top 25 Advance Reorder Comics for February 11, 2019”
Attack of the Killer B’s Red Hood Outlaw #33 Lucio Parrillo Cover
DC has been killing it on their cover price variants with art by top named artists. Normally reserved for ratio variants, these artists are putting out some of the best art for covers. Red Hood Outlaw #33 Lucio Parrillo Cover is one of these. Continue reading “Attack of the Killer B’s Red Hood Outlaw #33 Lucio Parrillo Cover”
Spoilers: Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #41, A Riddler of Her Own

Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #41 is out in stores Wednesday. It features a new villain. Check it out below. Continue reading “Spoilers: Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #41, A Riddler of Her Own”
Spoilers: Justice League Dark #8 First Look at the Lords of Order

Justice League Dark #8 is in stores Wednesday, if you have read the solicitation, then you already know there is a new mystic team in the DCU. If you don’t, the solicitation follows, as does your first look at them. Continue reading “Spoilers: Justice League Dark #8 First Look at the Lords of Order”
MARVELous Monday
Similar to the Throwback Thursdays I’ve been doing lately, I wanted to do something else fun each week.
I give you MARVELous Monday. Each week where I pick a random Silver or Bronze age Marvel book to highlight after I’ve read it, sort of a flash back to Marvel books.
A new case-solving fantasy series for fans of Fables begins this April in FAIRLADY
Writer Brian Schirmer, artist Claudia Balboni (Star Trek), and colorist Marissa Louise team up for Fairlady—an all-new fantasy series from Image Comics this April.
New Comic Spec Review Video for February 13, 2019
Each week, Anthony from www.comicsheatingup.net, puts out a video spotlighting the hot new comic book releases for the week. Here is this week’s for delivery 2/13/19:
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New Captain Marvel Trailer Airs During Grammys
A new trailer showing some new footage appeared during the Grammys Sunday night. Check it out below. Continue reading “New Captain Marvel Trailer Airs During Grammys”
Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 2/11/19
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, 2/11/19’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 2/11/19”
Things I Like and Dislike for the Week of February 13th, 2019

It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of February 13th, 2019.
Some weeks it’s mostly likes, other weeks it’s dislikes.
So what’s grinding my gears this week?
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Poyo’s Comic Blowout Sale
Poyo’s sorting and cleaning out his comic boxes on a cold rainy Saturday and wants to give you CHU readers first grabs at books before I list them on eBay.
So click on the continue reading to see what I have for grabs.
Elias Chatzoudis Covers Sabrina The Teenaged Witch

Artist Elias Chatzoudis is providing cover art for Sabrina the Teenaged Witch. The exclusive cover is available from out friends at NY Collector Cave. Continue reading “Elias Chatzoudis Covers Sabrina The Teenaged Witch”
WINNERS Announcement for ComicsHeatingUp Contest Giveaway
Announcing the winners for the CHU Contest Giveaway, the contest where you had to work a little harder than just entering your name.
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Blind Adam’s Hidden Gems Vol. 94
Greetings to my Comics Heating Up family. It is time for another Hidden Gems. I want to say thank you all for the support. Some awesome things are about to happen. I will mention them in future hidden gems. Now let’s make some money selling comics.
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From Option to Screen – The Books We’d Love To See Adapted Part II
Every week, hundreds of new comic books hit the local shelves. Many of these are long ongoing titles while others come and go quickly, being mini-series or one shots.
Last fall we visited a bunch of the books and titles that had options or media deals that have not gone beyond the option or if they did, they’re still in the wee early stages of ever getting turned into a show.
This is where we dive into the books that either haven’t been optioned or if they did, it’s long expired that we would all love to see and welcome being adapted into a television show or movie. Welcome to Part II of Books We’d Love to see Adapted.
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Middlewest #1 Goes Back For A 4th Printing with New Cover Art
Demand for Middlewest #1 by Eisner Award-winning and New York Times Middlewest #1 4th ptg cover artbestselling creator Skottie Young (I Hate Fairyland, Bully Wars, Deadpool) and Russ Manning Award-winning artist Jorge Corona is building momentum at a breakneck pace. Image Comics has greenlit the debut issue to go back to print for a fourth time. This fourth printing cover will feature new artwork by Skottie Young.
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EC Comics and Hivemind Bring WEIRD FANTASY to Life with New Film/TV Partnership
Here’s some interesting news for us comic book readers, lovers and collectors. Warning, could result in back bin diving and searching.
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Motor Girl Coming to Hulu
It appears that Motor Girl has been optioned by Hulu for a TV show on the streaming network. Continue reading “Motor Girl Coming to Hulu”
CovrPrice.com Top Ten Selling Comics for Week of 2/7/19
Covrprice.com launched recently and has quickly 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:
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Throwback Thursday for February 7th, 2019
He’s one of the most popular and well known characters in the Marvel Universe nowadays. Probably one of the most common cos-players hitting the isles at conventions centers.
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One Week Later Report for February 6th, 2019
Welcome once again to the another installment of the One Week Later Report. This week we’ll cover the books released on 1/30/2019.
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Y: The Last Man – List of Key Appearances
It’s been a long time coming but finally we see the light at the end of the tunnel. Y: The Last Man from Vertigo Comics and the great writer Brian K. Vaughn is coming to life on our screens from FX networks which appears to likely be in 2020.
This series ran for 60 issues and has a huge cast of characters within the story line. We won’t know until the show airs if some of these characters are prominent or not as they’ll likely change it up a little bit in the show, nevertheless, this is hopefully a good starting point for key firsts for some of the characters in the story.
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Spoilers: Batman #64 Look Who is Back and What is She Up to Now

Batman #64 is in stores tomorrow. It is the first part of ‘The Price’ story line going on between Batman, Flash, and Heroes in Crisis. It features the return of a character that Tom King helped introduce. She I back and has some machinations. Check the spoilers out below. The images are redacted but the accompanying text is not so proceed only if you are ok with the book being spoiled. Click on the spoiler warnings below to see the original image. Continue reading “Spoilers: Batman #64 Look Who is Back and What is She Up to Now”
Spoilers: Immortal Hulk #13, forging a new bond with Banner

Immortal Hulk #13 is in stores tomorrow. We get a little more “One Below All.’ It also ties up the Hulk in Hell story-line. The book ends with redefining the relationship between Hulk and Bruce Banner. Check the spoilers out below. The images are redacted but the accompanying text is not so proceed only if you are ok with the book being spoiled. Click on the spoiler warnings below to see the original image. Continue reading “Spoilers: Immortal Hulk #13, forging a new bond with Banner”
