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Greetings to my Comics Heating Up and Awesomesauce families. Thank you all for all the friendship, encouragement, advice, and support. Thank you for reading this each and every week. I love reading back issues of Agent Venom, Secret Avengers, and old-school Legends of the Dark Knight Now before the Red Bull wears off, lets make some money on some comics, because you can’t teach that. Continue reading “Blind Adam's Hidden Gems Vol. 40”

New York Times bestselling writer Brian Buccellato (SONS OF THE DEVIL, The Flash, Injustice), cowriter Jennifer Young, and artist Matías Bergara (Sons of Anarchy) will release the first trade paperback collection of their ongoing Southern Gothic series CANNIBAL this March from Image Comics. Continue reading “SOUTHERN BREWED HORROR CANNIBAL HITS PAPERBACK”

Image Comics is thrilled to reveal the first 11 of 15 homage variants planned for February’s 25th anniversary theme month—“tribute covers” celebrating iconic cover images from throughout the company’s history.  Continue reading “February’s Image Comics Variants Pay Tribute to Iconic Image Covers”

Comics for the sake of comics….
I always support cheap comics, 25 cent comics, 99 cent comics. What ever, I will buy and read them for the value. Alterna comics is doing something completely different and instead of going for glossy, flashy, expensive comics, they are going for cheaper, news print comics. Here are their first four launches.  Continue reading “Alterna Comics Release Cover Images for Their Inexpensive News Print Line of Comics”

 
Diamond Comics has released the top product lists for December 2016. See below for top 10 selling comics and top publishers for the month.
Continue reading “Diamond Announces Top Comics For December 2016”

I am sure this was greatly helped by the addition of the 1:200 and 1:500 variants
Image Comics partner and pop culture phenomenon Robert Kirkman and artist Charlie Adlard’s THE WALKING DEAD #163 is the Direct Market’s highest ordered comic in nearly 20 years.
Continue reading “THE WALKING DEAD #163 HIGHEST ORDERED COMIC IN NEARLY TWO DECADES”

Up for grabs tonight guys. This one is sponsored by the legend himself, our own Agent Poyo. 
Two copies two winners. God Country #1 A and #1 B signed by writer Donny Cates and series artist Geoff Shaw. They had a signing tonight at Dragons Lair Comics in Austin Texas. 
Two winners each get one copy.  Continue reading “Free Comic Wednesday Signed God Country #1 “

It is nice to walk into you local comic shop on Wednesday and pick up your books. It is even nicer that by the end of the night, some of the comics are selling for multiple times cover price.God Country #1 is one of those books. Continue reading “Wednesday Winner: God Country #1”

Justice League Vs. Suicide Squad #4 is out today.
I had these spoilers last night and due to something else coming up didn’t get a chance to post. Since the issue is out, the spoilers are not redacted. There be spoilers ahead so read at your own risk.
Lobo Vs. Batman. Lobo is going after Weller and Batman uses a little Suicide Squad tech on him.  Continue reading “Spoilers: Justice League Vs. Suicide Squad #4 Batman Kills Who Now?”

Here is an interesting exchange that happened on Twitter that has spec movement. Funko revealed  the look of the big bad from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 by revealing the blind bag mini Dorbz type figures. James Gunn revealed that the mystery toy is Ayesha (aka Her) Continue reading “Spec Watch: Ayesha Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”

What Up CHU? Mel V. back once again with Variants of the Week. I was a  little under the weather, but the Jamaican lady at my job told me about this tonic (thats what she called it) RAW GINGER, HONEY, TURMERIC, CHEYENNE PEPPER (I used powder form), 1 lemon, Apple Cider Vinegar, Water . Boil these, let it sit for a day, take 2 teaspoons. Not only is my cold gone, my joints feel better, I swear my vision is clearer and I’m more focused. I don’t know what kind of superhero juice this was, but it tastes like crap and it works. Not hear to sell you on home remedies, so with that said, lets look at some variants. Continue reading “Mel V's Variant Picks of the Week for 1/11/17”

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 shot at heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery 1/11/17:
Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 1/11/17”

It’s that time again, where we head out to the local comic shops and give our money away without hesitation. So hopefully everyone’s new year is going okay, you people are sticking to your new years resolutions but right now, let’s talk picks. Continue reading “Poyo's Picks of the Week for January 11th, 2017”

Terry Hoknes and I sat down early and had our weekly spec conversation, talking about this week’s new releases. Here it is for books delivered on 1/11/17:
Continue reading “New Comic Spec Review video for 1/11/17”

Scout Comics & Entertainment LLC is proud to announce seven incredible comic book series for 2017!  Continue reading “SCOUT COMICS ANNOUNCES SEVEN NEW BOOKS FOR 2017!”

Physical copies of the Solar Flare Preparation Guide will be sent out to stores. But in the mean time, you can check out the PDF version of the Prep Guide and get a feeling for the series. Continue reading “Solar Flare Preparation Guide: Preview for Scout Comic's Solar Flare”

I have been hinting at this for a little while, but now it is official. Solar Flare will be published by Scout Comics. Scout will be releasing #1-6 and new issues will be out from Scout starting with issue #7 Continue reading “Solar Flare to be published by Scout Comics”

Image Comics and Top Cow Productions are pleased to present an exclusive sneak peek from the upcoming fifth story arc of THINK TANK, the ongoing tech-minded sci-fi series from Top Cow COO Matt Hawkins and artist Rahsan Ekedal. Continue reading “Exclusive Pages Revealed from Think Tank's Upcoming Fifth Arc”

Luke Cage and Iron Fist—two stars of Marvel’s Netflix series—make their way to your local comic shops in their classic outfits with a new line of Marvel PREVIEWS Exclusive (PX) Funko Pop! Vinyl Figures. Continue reading “Diamond, Marvel Bring Back the Funk with New Funko POP! Vinyl Figures of Luke Cage and Iron Fist”

Hey, CHU, it’s DrunkWooky back with some tidbits and tantalizing details!
Lots of Star Wars Franchise updates this week. Continue reading “DrunkWooky's Star Wars Report for 1/8/2017”

2016 is officially over, and 2017 is here bearing optimism and new beginnings.  In the comic book universe, I am excited about the upcoming Super Sons, X-O Manowar relaunch, whatever that Marvel classified TPB is all about in the March solicit, Watchmen in Rebirth, and more cat cosplay covers. This is my third Fresh Frequency article for the CHU community, and for those unfamiliar it is designed to give perspective on some recent comic book releases both in terms of quality and investment potential.
**WARNING** There are likely spoilers. Read these books before proceeding if that sort of thing may be problematic. Continue reading “The Fresh Frequency by Julie (aka ½ of Villains In Pants Comic)”