Hi Comic Shop Friends! First, some shop news, then onto the new books!

Coming up on Thursday, June 15th, is our next Late Nite Comics! We’ll stay open until midnight, and starting at 8pm the table will be covered in 40+ long boxes of a mix of Marvel, DC, and Indie books for $1! And ALL back issues will be 50% off! Including the wall books!

We moved the Dave Michelinie books to the recommendation wall (along with some Spider-Verse books!) to freshen it up so you can pick something up for his upcoming signing!

There are less than ten spots left for the VIP event on Friday July 21st, so grab your tickets now if you haven’t yet!

The Saturday, July 22nd signing runs 12 pm to 6 pm, and you can get five items signed for free, and donations are encouraged if you’d like to get back in line to get more items signed after the first five. All proceeds will be donated to Michelinie’s favorite cat charity, PurringPals, in Delaware, which is totally on-brand for us.

Also, that weekend is our annual “Not-At-ComicCon” sale! That will run Thursday, July 20th, through Sunday, July 23rd. More details on that sale to come!

Missty, John Shearer, and I went to see Ben co-host with Lenora on Monday night at her Midnight Rental Secret Screening at the Grog Shop. If you haven’t been, and you like horror movies and old commercials, you should check it out! We also got the scoop on who she interviewed for her next episode of Lenora’s Midnight Rental, hitting the Found Footage Festival’s YouTube channel soon! It’s all about Tales from the Crypt!

MARVEL COMICS

Take a peek behind the curtain of the Empire with writer Jody Houser and artist Jethro Morales in the Return of the Jedi: Empire one-shot. Rilo Grenth from Grenth Technologies is starting a new assignment for the Empire on the moon of Endor, but he doesn’t really fit in, and he works with the snarkiest droid ever. Can he stay out of trouble? And what will the Empire do to him if he can’t?

The follow-up to Deadpool: Bad Blood, Rob Liefeld returns to the Merc with a Mouth in Deadpool: Badder Blood! Thumper returns to take out his creator, Wolverine, and Cable shows up for a rescue mission, and Deadpool shows up in Madripoor with a pair of truck nuts? Can the trio put a stop to Thumper’s agenda? Find out when Liefeld and Chad Bowers’s badder story continues!

The new Loki mini-series from writer Dan Watters and artist German Peralta, with fingernails as the narrator! What other weirdness will this series bring us? Loki may be the God of Stories now, but his past as the God of Lies comes into play when the ship he built to bring about Ragnarok is stolen and destroyed, scattering pieces across the Ten Realms. Pieces that, in the wrong hands, can become weapons that could end the universe. Can Loki save the Marvel Universe? Will Loki save the Marvel Universe?

DC COMICS

A new Dawn of DC six-issue miniseries written by Michael Dorn, the voice of Steel in Superman: The Animated Series, with art by Sami Basri, starts with John Henry Irons and his company, Steelworks opening a new headquarters in Metropolis. His plan is to give power to the people of the city, so that they don’t have to rely on the supers, and so he may be able to give up being Steel once and for all. But, of course, things don’t go according to plan, when a new baddie shows up who wants revenge, and who possesses secrets that could undo everything John has worked to build.

This special one-shot showcases twelve stories created out of the Milestone Initiative and is some of the first published work of the 12 writers, and 12 artists picked to hone their skills with Milestone Universe characters. The culmination of a 10-week training program, these stories are the products of the long-term assignments given to each of these creators, picked from their own pitches. The “Family Values” story is drawn by Miguel C. Hernandez, who is from Cleveland! He teaches comics workshops and illustration classes in the greater Cleveland community, so pick up a copy to support a local artist!

SMALL PRESS

A new Image series from writer John Layman and artist Jok, set in Hell and following three damned kids, Alexander Waterford, Midori Fukada, and Ernie Comstock, and their lil demon enemy/almost friend, Balphie. Their scheme to hijack an ice cream truck takes a turn when they find there is no ice cream. (I mean, of course, there’s no ice cream in Hell. It’s too hot.) And the group’s discovery of what is really being delivered starts them on an exciting, dangerous adventure through Hell. Also, there is a huge frog demon who gets vengeance on someone who stomps on frogs.

Hank Kelly’s daughter is the only good thing in his life, and he’s working to repair his relationship with her. On his way to a court hearing, he is involved in an accident that should have taken his life. But Hank Kelly cannot die, and his immortality has consequences. Consequences that now tie him to Detective Rosalind Lovejoy. From writer Alexander Banks-Jongman and artist Robert Ahmad.

Do you guys like heroes in a half-shell? Do you guys like fighting in the streets? Are you a ninja? Are you a mutant? Are you a turtle? Then this new five-issue miniseries is for you! Written by Paul Allor with art by Ariel Medel, it’s TMNT versus the world-famous Street Fighters. A prestigious martial arts tournament invites fighters to Atlantic City to test their skills, and the Ninja Turtles jump at the chance to compete. But what about the rumors of competitors disappearing?  And who are the contest’s mysterious benefactors?