Informed Comic Book Speculation and Pop Culture News
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Skyward #1 from Action Lab Comics is sold out. It is sold out and is currently going for $20 plus on the secondary market.
Continue reading “Skyward #1 from Action Lab Comics heating up”
We ran a “buy this book” post on Friday about Burn the Orphanage #1 because the book looks to be Wednesday’s big release. Now it looks that Image comics has another sell out on its hands. Continue reading “Burn the Orphanage #1 sold out at distributor level”
Matt Hawkins, writer of Think Tank responded to a question on the Cgc boards about the print run of Think Tank number 1 2nd print and it’s low, very low. Continue reading “Think Tank #1 2nd print, print run. Way lower than you would think”
This book is going to be awesome. Hyper kinetic story by Sina Grace and Daniel Freedman. Killer Art by Sina Grace. It comes out next Wednesday and will be my pick of the week. I just got in a small batch of store variants with cover art by Brandon Graham which look killer. US readers interested leave me a comment or hit me up on Facebook.com/comicsheatingup $14.99 shipped for blog readers. Limit 2 per buyer.
The regular and Rob Guillory variants are up and cheap on Amazon. I do not think many people see this one coming!
Burn the Orphanage Born to Lose #1 Regular
Bleeding Cool is reporting that rumors are swirling that Day Men is getting a glance from Hollywood for a possible deal. Day Men sold out quickly and is moving on to a second print.
Hollywood reporter has reported that Chew, once being developed as a Showtime TV show is being developed into an Animated TV show. John Laymen is saying that an animated show does not mean that a live action TV show is out of the works. Prices have dipped back issues lately so any news on a tv show would help the prices out. for a guy like me who is still sitting on a full run even after prices for #1hit $400 Continue reading “Chew being developed as animated series”
Being on the road has its advantages. I love checking out comic shops in other areas. Continue reading “Six Gun Gorilla SDCC Variant in the dollar bin”
Well it is happening again, Image comics are selling out as soon as they are coming out. Continue reading “Lazarus #2 from Greg Rucka sells out”
Valiant’s relaunch continues to roll on. Their most recent release, Quantum and Woody has sold out at the distributor level.
Continue reading “Quantum and Woody #1 sells out from Valiant”
Summer has been kicking my rear with great books. With my work schedule, working on the site, buying comics for selling, and general summer travels, I am behind on my reading pile. This week is no exception. There are some really good books, with good speculation on them coming out this week.
Continue reading “Comic Picks of the week for delivery 7/31/13”
The Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder list shows what comic shops are upping their orders on before the books ship. These could be new #1’s, books that have got some heat behind them, 2nd prints of already sold out books, or stuff that buyers are coming in asking for. This week is a treasure trove of sold out books going back for 2nd prints. This means the first prints are long gone from the distributor and could be seeing an increase in price.
Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder List for 7/28/13”
Some days are better than other. Some weekends are better than others. This was a good weekend to be away and make some good pickups out of state
One of the greatest things about traveling, for me at least, is to check out comic shops in the areas I go to. I plan on doing more reviews on shops, but have only done one so far and I gave it a horrible review. Today I hit several shops on my way to Philadelphia up 95 N and one really stood out above the rest.
Cult Fiction Comics located at 3103 Chichester Ave in Boothwyn, Pa is a fantastic shop. My iPhone’s Gps is set to pick up Comic shops along my route. It also drains the battery. These guys are located right off 95, maybe a three mile detour, and are worth stopping in for.
Boom Studios is happy to announce that Day Men #1 has sold out of its first printing. It will be going back for a second printing. When a books sells out at the distributor level it does not mean you can’t find them in stores, it just means that once the stores sell out, they cannot get any more.
Wow, last week was a huge week in speculation, not only in news coming out of SDCC either. The hottest release by far was New Paradigm Studios ‘Watson and Holmes’. This one completely flew under the radar and blew up big. Sets of all three covers hit $100 within days. This week has some good books to look out for as well, and as always, if something is getting hot we will let you know about it. Here is this weeks picks.
Continue reading “Comics picks of the week for 7/24/13 delivery”
The news out of SDCC has been coming hard and fast, hard to keep up with all the comic book related tv shows and movies announced. Continue reading “Superman Batman movie for 2015”
So it was announced earlier at the Marvel Panel that the Next Avengers movies will be titled Avengers Age if Ultron.
Skybound just tweeted that Clone has been picked up by Universal for a Tv show. Looks like this book will be off to the races.
Might not hurt to check out getting a copy here because, Clone #1 starting at $2.90 on Amazon
Clone #3 for about cover price
Plus there is the Clone#1 “Charlie Adlard Variant”
We kind of saw this one coming, in fact we reported on it back on June 20th, but it has been confirmed that Think Tank is heading to the big screen. Prices are sure to jump on this already hot book. Continue reading “Think Tank Movie Confirmed at Sdcc”
The news flying out of SDCC has been fast and furious. While I was driving home my iPhone was lighting up with tips that Dark Horse Comics ‘Number 13’ was not only picked up for a movie, but they released the trailer at the Dark Horse Black panel.
You can see the trailer for yourself at http://number13.info/ and I can say it looks pretty awesome. Kind of reminds me of the special effects of The Returner.
Of course, get the books before they blow up. Number 13 on eBay get them while they are cheap
Well not heating up as much as hot. This book came out of nowhere and got some great press and got people interested. The book, which came out on Wednesday, had a print run of 3,888 copies and the second issue will have an even small print run. It sold out before SDCC according to Bleeding Cool. A second printing is coming.
So whats the story?
WATSON & HOLMES is a modern urban take on the tales of “Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Re-envisioning Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson as African Americans and taking place in New York City’s famous Harlem district. Both cross paths for the first time when an unusual case Holmes is involved in ends up in Watson’s emergency room. During the investigation, a conspiracy is discovered that links unexpected people together while Watson & Holmes bump heads along the way in more ways than one.
Not willing to fork out the $20 an issue to check it out? You can get
Watson and Holmes #1
Another new sell out from Image and Skybound (Robert Kirkman’s imprint.) ‘Ghosted #1’ sold out through Diamond comics distributors. Selling out at the distributor level does not mean that you cannot but it in stores, it means that stores cannot order additional copies through Diamond. Skybound sellouts have included many issues of ‘The Walking Dead’ and early issues of ‘Thief of Thieves.’ Many of which have performed nicely on the secondary market.
Copies of Ghosted #1 cheap on Amazon
Larry Doherty at Larry’s comics puts out a weekly market report. It is always a good read to see what is getting hot, and what he thinks will get hot. We tend to agree on a lot of things (Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth made the list this week.) So without further ado this weeks market report:
This looks to be another good summer week with some good speculation books. Speaking of which, did you see the news on ‘Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth’ and ‘Clone.’? These two stories kept me busy last night and up late with excitement. Things have been kind of slow on the secondary market, but the books we are picking up now are going to turn in to money down the road. We just have to get through convention season. So without further ado, this weeks comic book speculation picks:
Well, with just a short time before SDCC, things are picking up on the speculation front. Over on the Cgc message boards, a place where comic creators frequent to check out the reaction to their work. Something mysterious popped up. Continue reading “Clone getting tv /movie deal?”
