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Zip writes for comicsheatingup.net:
She just doesn’t go away, so it may be time to revisit spec-ing on Angela.
This lovely lady, formerly of the Spawn and the Image universe, is popping up everywhere right now, which is not so strange as she hopped universes. Continue reading “Angela Spec (again)”
Looks like they added more Continue reading “The Humans back in stock”
Total Film floated this video a couple of weeks ago. If you haven’t seen it (it has resurfaced during comic-con), it is worth a look. Especially the last 45 seconds. Continue reading “The Rock to Play Shazam?”
Each week, hundreds of new comics hit the shelves, each with potential. Some live up to it, some don’t. We go through the listings of books coming out and give our picks for the ones we think will heat up. Continue reading “Comics Picks of the Week for Delivery 7/30/14”
There has been a lot of talk about this in the comment section, so it was time to bring it up as a post. The Humans by Keenan Marshall Keller and Tom Neely was picked up as a series by Image Comics. Continue reading “The Humans picked up by Image”
Larry from Larry’s Comics has been a the spec game a while. His picks have been on fire, picking the books no one sees coming, which in turn, have been heating up on the secondary market. Here is this weeks, for delivery 7/30/14
Continue reading “Larry's Comics Pick of the Week for 7/30/14”
Bi-weekly column and list compiled by comics historian Terry Hoknes of www.HoknesComics.com – hoknes@hotmail.com
This chart is styled like the old classic Wizard Magazine Top 10 Hottest Comic charts that were published every month in the 1990′s.
Continue reading “Top 100 Hottest Comic Titles and recent Back Issues during EARLY JULY 2014”
Money to be made (whether you think it is good or bad) can be made off the variants coming out of SDCC. Rick Remender’s Low, is highly anticipated this week, and the first full appearance was released in SDCC as the Convention Exclusive Variant. Continue reading “Low #1 SDCC variant”
Still trying to figure out if this is an anomaly but it was already mentioned in the comment section so I wanted to bring it to light. Ragnarok #1, which sold out through IDW has been seeing some heat Continue reading “Ragnarok #1. A comic heating up?”
From Patrick H., our man at SDCC, and friend from Google + Comic Book Speculation and Investment Board. Patrick can be found here on eBay
Continue reading “Walking Dead #129 Manifest Destiny #8 SDCC retailer sketch covers”
Each week, Terry Hoknes from www.hoknescomics.com releases a video spotlighting the hot new books for the week, here is this weeks, for release 7/30/14 Continue reading “Hoknes Comics Hot New Comics for 7/30/14”
Robert Kirkman tweeted out that that “Demons are the new zombies.” Continue reading “Kirkman's Outcast going to production”
Cannot wait for October for a couple of reasons, tops is New York Comic Con. But also, and just previewed today, Walking Dead Season 5. Continue reading “Walking Dead Season 5 trailer out today”
Thanks to Larry of Larry’s Comics for the heads up on this one.
Can’t make it to San Diego for Comic-con International? Wanted to grab the Afterlife with Archie #666 for the first preview of the new Archie Series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina? Well there is a way to get the first appearance (by a day) of it. Continue reading “First Appearance of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina?”
Article by comic book historian Terry Hoknes of www.HoknesComics.com – hoknes@hotmail.com
Terry has possibly the best track record on Earth for picking the next hot comic books that go up in value.
This article is immensely useful in gauging what retailers have underordered and what is going to sell out fast.
This column is here to help promote every new comic book series debuting this week.
Pictured are the 3 new series that are selling out the fastest at Diamond !
Continue reading “SOLD OUT New #1 Comics for July 23 2014”
With the announcement of Five Ghosts being optioned by NBC for a show, and with word from Frank Barbiere that a pilot could come this year, I figured it would be a good idea to look at the print runs for the series.
Continue reading “Five Ghosts Print run”
As you have heard me say before, Larry Doherty of www.larryscomics.net is a speculation wizard. He has been dead on so many times in his picks that I cannot even count. For those of you old enough to catch the reference, he is the EF Hutton of comic spec. He is also one of the inspirations for me doing this site, as he used to publish Larry’s speculation newsletter which I lived off. Here is Larry’s pick of the week. Continue reading “Larry's Comics pick of the week for Delivery 7/23/14”
Hope you guys jumped at the early hint yesterday about Five Ghosts
Continue reading “Five Ghosts news”
Again, Thanks to my friend Patrick H. over at the Google Plus Comic Book Speculation and Investment group for the top notch Top 10 List. You can find Patrick here on eBay
Joe Edward at Geeks Unleashed does a weekly Comic Spec feature. This week he spotlighted some of the goodies available at SDCC. Here is his list for must pick ups at Comic Con International. Continue reading “Geeks Unleashed Hot Comics spotlight on SDCC”
Each week hundreds of new comics hit the shelves, each one with potential. We pick the books that we think will have the most heat behind them. Continue reading “Comic Book Picks of the week for 7/23/14”
It is pretty well known now that Falcon will be taking over as Captain America. Cap has lost his powers, and in turn, his status as the super soldier. Zip takes a look at the spec angle of the story line. Continue reading “Falcon-Cap Spec”
Five Ghosts is one of my favorite books. I have had a chance to meet Frank Barbiere and Chris Mooneyham a couple of times. Even had a signing event for readers way back in the day (still have some copies left over.) Frank is genuinely a nice guy, and if you are at SDCC this year you should stop by the booth. Frank is such a nice guy he often stops by the CGC message boards and drops nuggets of goodness.
Continue reading “Five Ghosts- More SDCC Spec and hint at media deal?”
Each week Terry Hoknes of www.hoknescomics.com releases a video spotlighting the weeks hot new comics, here is this weeks for release 7/23/14:
Continue reading “Hoknes Comics Hot New Comics for release 7/23/14”
San Diego Comic Con is just a few days away. It is time to look at some of the exclusives coming out of Comic Con International. Continue reading “SDCC Exclusives Spec”