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Thanks to Admiral Snackbar for pointing these out:
Here are a pair of sweet variants. S.H.I.E.L.D. #9 is a special 50th anniversary issue that will have a special set of 1:50 color and 1:75 black and white variants featuring Jack Kirby art with Jim Steranko inks. Continue reading “Ones to watch: S.H.I.E.L.D #9 Kirby and Steranko Variants”
Each week Terry Hoknes of www.hoknescomics.com releases a video showcasing the hot new comics of the week. Here is this weeks video for delivery 8/19/15: Continue reading “Hoknes Comics Hot New Comics for 8/19/15”
Here is a special one. Michael Moreci, (writer of Transference, Roche Limit, Hoax Hunters, Burning Fields, and one of my favorites Curse) is sponsoring another great Free Comic Wednesday Giveaway! This time he is giving away a copy of the Third Eye Variant to Roche Limit Clandestiny #1. He is even willing to sign it for you.
Continue reading “Free Comic Wednesday: Roche Limit Clandestiny #1 Third Eye Variant”
Here we go again with giving away more great comics. This time it is the Transference #1 Retail Exclusive Variant sponsored by Michael Moreci himself! Continue reading “Winner! Transference Retail Variant”
We put this up two weeks ago and did not forget it. We just let it go a little longer because of the signing two weekends ago and the subsequent prepping, packaging, and shipping of the Black Mask Books. They have all been shipped and the graded copies are off at CBCS for grading.
Needless to say, let’s get on with the giveaway. Continue reading “Winner! Comicxposure Variant Lot”
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”
What’s up CHU! Mel V. back again with more variant picks. Some variants go up, some go down, some get meteoric. Remember, if you pick the covers you like you can’t go wrong. So here is what I am feeling this week: Continue reading “Mel’s Variant Pick of the week”
I survived the beach vacation without losing any limbs or getting bitten. Even avoided the blue crabs we were catching from pinching me. I caught one lousy fish too, first cast even.. what a tease those fish were in not grabbing the hook after seeing their friend get caught! I threw him back, what were they afraid of?
Anyways, on with the picks.. this week is way more exciting than last week so I didn’t miss much… so here goes.. Continue reading “Poyo’s Picks of the week for Delivery 8/19/15”
Each week hundreds of new books hit the shelves, each with potential. Some live up to that potential. We pick the ones that we feel have the best shot of heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery 8/19/15: Continue reading “Comics Picks of the week for delivery 8/19/15”
Print runs are important to hot comics, in demand comics with small print runs can mean big returns. Comichron runs the print run numbers each month. Here are some of the important numbers for July’s releases. Continue reading “By the Numbers: July’s print run”
Thanks to Mel V. for sending these over.
The Guardians of the Galaxy cartoon features the origin of Groot. You can check them out after the jump: Continue reading “Origin of Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy Cartoon”
Will there be a Joker Figure in August’s Loot Crate? Pretty good chance at this point. Last month’s Heroes 2 Crate contained a Batman 66 Q-Pop figure. This month, the follow up to Heroes 2 is Villains. Check out what the latest preview for August’s crate. Continue reading “Joker Figure in August Lootcrate?”
The idea is always to buy low and sell for more. Simple right. It is often difficult to find things to buy low though. That is always were we come in. Here is a Pop! flip idea submitted by our friend Jeremy via Facebook:
Continue reading “Flip Idea: Big Trouble in Little China Lo Pan Previews Exclusive Pop!”
Coinciding with the Baltimore Comic Con, my home town show, Diamond has been leaking out a few of the Retailer Summit Previews Exclusive Variants. The last one that popped up was for Star Wars and you guys got them quicker than I have ever seen something disappear. Well, another one has been put up for pre-order (I ordered in advance of putting this up to make sure I got one.) The new Retailer Summit Variant is for everyone’s favorite Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool. Continue reading “One to Watch Deadpool Vs. Thanos 2015 Retailer Summit Previews Exclusive Variant Cover Edition”
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 8/16/15: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List for 8/16/15”
Would you like a months worth of free stuff via? Or six months worth of free Comic Con Boxes? Here is a flip idea. Continue reading “The Comic Con Box Flip idea”
I love Francavilla’s style. He fits the horror and noir genres perfectly. He will be providing the art for the Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies #3 variant cover. Just awesome! Continue reading “Variant Envy: Age of Ultron Vs Marvel Zombies #3 Francavilla Variant”
This kind of thing always happens before the movies come out. Pictures of the toys that will be hitting the market in advance of when they should be coming out. So here are the photos that have been circulating from the new Star Wars The Force Awakens movie: Continue reading “Leaked Star Wars Action Figures “
In news that really hit my fanboy side, Deadline reported the CW network would be making a Friday the 13th TV series. Of course this one would be more closely tied to the movies than the 1980’s show that had nothing in common but the name. Continue reading “Friday The 13th TV Series eyed for the CW network”
It was there yesterday, I swear. A comic shop in Virginia Beach named Comic Kings had a listing for a 1 in 5000 hand drawn Jim Lee sketch cover for the upcoming Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1. The listing has since been removed. Needless to say, there will be at least one shop ordering 5,000 copies of Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1, and yes, there will be a 1:5000 variant. Continue reading “Dark Knight 3 1:5000 Hand Drawn Jim Lee Sketch cover”
Hey what’s up CHU? Mel the Movie Guy here. When I first started reading comics I tended to shy away from the Graphic Novel section, for reasons I do not understand till to this day. So when writer Jeff Kaufman contacted me and said he was going to send me an advanced look at the Bayou Bound graphic novel he had been working on, I thought to myself “this is going to take me weeks to read”. Boy was I wrong. I ripped right through it. Continue reading “Bayou Bound review”
Hey, CHU, it’s DrunkWooky. Back from the depths of despair which is bar exam preparation and back to what really matters…comics!
If you’re a CHU reader, you probably have heard some contributors talk about low print runs. We care because, obviously, if something heats up and has a print run in the low thousands, that can mean huge value increases. Most of the time this is an advanced prediction. Notwithstanding retailer exclusives where tiny print runs are part of the advertised allure of collectability, we usually don’t know actual numbers until after the fact. Continue reading “Big things come in low prints”
I usually come in here the day of a signing to say how things went. Usually say nice things about the creators for taking the time out to do the signing. I hadn’t done so up until this point. Sadly, I ended up very sick (had pneumonia) and ended up in bed for a couple of days until the antibiotics kicked in. Also, this was the reason for the lack of posts at the end of last week. If you are still interested in signed copies you can pick up copies of Young Terrorists #1 Third Eye Variant, We Can Never Go Home Again #2 Dag Nasty Homage
, We Can Never Go Home Again #3 SSD Homage
straight from Third Eye Comics on eBay.
Continue reading “Black Mask Signing with Matthew Rosenberg and Matt Pizzolo”
Here is kind of a cool thing. A while back we gave away a Michael Moreci signed Black Cat Comics signed variant of Transference #1. Moreci himself took note and sent us another variant to give away. So this one is straight from the creator himself. Continue reading “Free Comic Wednesday: Transference #1 Retailer Exclusive “
Now that I have the Snake Eyes and Baroness covers, I must get the next one in the series. I haven’t been keen on many of the Marvel Action Figure covers as for the most part they haven’t been real ones, but these GI Joe ones make me nostalgic, and makes me wish the younger me would have not opened his toys and saved them for later. (I could have been rich I tell ya.) Continue reading “Variant Envy: GI Joe #217 Storm Shadow Action Figure Variant”