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Everything you love eventually comes to an end. Scream and Nightmare on Elm Street creator, Wes Craven, has passed away at age 76. Nightmare on Elm Street was my first foray into horror (of course followed by Friday the 13th) and turned me into a young horror fan.
Continue reading “Nightmare on Elm Street Creator Wes Craven Dead at 76”
What’s Up CHU? Mel V here with the latest edition of Big Gems from The Small Press. I want to really thank the readers for making this segment a success here at Comicsheatingup.net. Follow me on “The Twitter “(lol The Twitter, my nephew hates when I say that) @Melthecomicguy. Also want to give a big shout out to my Goddaughter Olivia and my Nephews Chase and Jayden. Ok here are some of the books to be on the lookout for in the month of November. The cutoff date to order via Diamond is 9/22, so be sure to order from your LCS. Very Interesting books so let’s get started. Continue reading “Big Gems from The Small Press”
Ok Ladies and Gents. Here is one I have known about for a while and was strictly forbidden to talk about. But now it is available for pre-order. Gi Joe #218 NYCC Variant with art by Artgerm. Continue reading “Variant Envy: Gi Joe 218 NYCC Variant. Artgerm Cover”
Thanks to Comicsheatingup.net‘s own Louie M. and Toyboxone.com’s Tyson B. for the Marvel Collector’s Corp unboxing information.
Secret Wars August Box
Despite several past disappointments from Loot Crate and others, I remain a sucker for nerdy mystery boxes. Guess it’s the fun of getting that unknown box in the mail plus it’s fun to divvy up the goods with your kids. Marvel’s marketing focused on being “100% exclusive” and “no fluff”. I went all in with the Founder’s subscription of 6 boxes over 1 year which includes an exclusive bonus anniversary figure that Funko promises to be epic. Continue reading “Marvel Collectors Corp August Unboxing”
The cool thing about doing the site and meeting creators is they tell you things in advance of them happening. The down side is sometimes the things they tell you are off the record and you cannot print. This was the case. Matthew Rosenberg mentioned back on the 8/8/14 signing that We Can never Go Home would be back in 2016 and it would be an ongoing.
Now it is official as he changed his Twitter account with the following picture.
Continue reading “We Can Never Go Home to return in 2016”
Just consider this #9 of an 8 part series. Marvel is expanding their Secret Wars universe changing series with an extra issue. Continue reading “Marvel Expanding Secret Wars Event with Secret Wars #9”
If you have been wanting to check out Black Mask Books like We Can Never Go Home, you can get them digitally on Comixology.
Each week, Steve from www.thirdeyecomics.com releases a video spotlighting the cool new releases for the week. Here is this weeks for delivery 8/26/15: Continue reading “Third Eye Spotlight #48”
We had featured The Gun #1 from Creature Entertainment a while back, which heated up. We were the first to tell you about the rare The Gun #1 Kickstarter Variant
which sells for around $100. Now, we are bringing the second Kickstarter campaign for the book, this time for issue #2. Continue reading “Kickstarter Comics: The Gun #2”
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. Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
Thanks to Black Cat Comics for sponsoring this contest and DrunkWookie for organizing it. This week we are continuing the Free Comic Wednesday that we started in July, a free variant cover each week. (Yes, we are still doing this weekly.) Continue reading “Free Comics Wednesday: Young Terrorists #1 Black Cat Comics Variant”
Thanks to Terry Hoknes at www.hoknescomics.com for the sold out books this week (before release) for 8/26/15: Continue reading “COMICS SOLD OUT THIS WEEK AT DIAMOND (8/26/15)”
Each week Terry Hoknes of www.hoknescomics.com puts out a video that shows off the hot new comics of the week. Here is this weeks for delivery 8/26/15: Continue reading “Hoknes Comics Hot New Comics for 8/26/15”
What’s up Chu? Mel here again bringing more variant picks for the week. Remember variants can go up, variants can go down, but if you buy the art that you like you can never go wrong. Here is what I am feeling this week: Continue reading “Mel’s Variant Picks of the Week of 8/26/15”
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 8/26/15: Continue reading “Comics Picks of the Week for delivery on 8/26/15”
It’s the back to school comic book predictions this week.. so yeah, lets get right to it shall we, as this week should be exciting I think, lots of potential spec comics coming out.
Continue reading “Agent Poyo’s Picks of the Week for delivery 8/26/15”
The TV show Heroes is rebooting. The show previously had some comics that were promotional items that did pretty well for a while. Since the show is rebooting, the promotional items have started over too. This year at SDCC they released a Heroes 2015 SDCC Ashcan. Here is the scoop. Continue reading “One to watch: Heroes SDCC 2015 Ashcan”
Thanks to Terry Hoknes of www.hoknescomics.com for the info.
DC books do not sell out as often as other company’s books. This is mostly because of how they do their print runs. So when a DC book sells out it is worth noticing. Here is a list of recent DC series that have sold out and could heat up. Continue reading “Recent DC sold out books”
Didn’t get one of the inserted sketches in the bagged Sex Criminals #11? Well, here is your chance to do your own. SEX CRIMINALS #11 2ND PTG SKETCH CVR features a cover similar to that of the fourth print #1, except Matt and Chips faces are blank. You can draw your own. If that isn’t good enough, you can win a bunch of prizes from the creative team.
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 for 8/23/15:
Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List for 8/23/15”
Thanks to Terry Hoknes at Hoknes Comics for the info and write up.
Due to a change in policy at Image, they started to over print comics to prevent the books from selling out and going back for reprints. They did this to allow more readers to get copies, and save on having to go back to the printers. Due to this, Image Comics now vastly overprints all new books, especially new #1’s. So now, if a book sells out its really a surprise and might be the only future big money books.
Thanks to Terry Hoknes of www.hoknescomics.com for providing a list of books out this week that are sold out (or very close to being sold out) at the Distributor Level. This does not mean you cannot walk into your store and pick these up, it means once they are gone, your store could not order any more first print copies. Continue reading “COMICS SOLD OUT AT DIAMOND THIS WEEK (or very close)”
I have been really excited for this months Loot Crate as I expected a Joker figure of some sort. Well, some sort of Joker figure was obtained. Check out this months Loot Crate: Continue reading “August Loot Crate Villains 2 Unboxing”
We love picking up comics on Wednesday. We love picking up comics on Wednesday that sell for more than cover price by Wednesday Night. Young Terrorists #1 is one of those books. Continue reading “Wednesday Winner: Young Terrorists #1”
Out today, Hip Hop Family Tree has been optioned for an animated TV show. Ed Piskor writer and artist for the comic mentioned this on Twitter and Facebook. This is definitely one to pick up: Continue reading “Hip Hop Family Tree optioned for TV”
