Happy fifth Wednesday, Comic Shop Friends! It’s a small week, which is nice after our busy weekend sale!

Before we get to the events coming up in August, I wanted to let you know that John will be taking over the newsletter for a month (after next week) because I’ll be out of the shop to recover from surgery. I do appreciate you all taking the time to read this every week, and thank you to the people who mentioned they enjoy the newsletter when they were in the shop this weekend!

First up! On Sunday, August 3rd, John will be set up at NEO Comic Con! This is probably the only show he’s doing this year, so stop out! 10 am to 4 pm! It’s at the North Olmsted Soccer Sportsplex on Lorain Road, and more details are on their site, HERE!

August’s Late Nite Comics is on Thursday the 21st! Tons of dollar books, 50% off back issues, and this time a Drawing Club event with Genghis Con!

Genghis Con is bringing their Drawing Club to our shop from 7 pm to 10 pm during our Late Nite Comics!

Bring some art supplies, draw for a bit, and then dig through some dollar stock!

All dollar stock sales at August’s Late Nite will be donated to Genghis Con, too! Support your local indie comic show and local art scene! We set up at Genghis Con every year to promote our Holiday Art Show and sign up artists, and it’s always a great time!

MARVEL COMICS

Loki enters into a deal with Mephisto and is tasked with killing a descendant of an agent of Khonshu. But the Lord of Lies commanding the God of Mischief is not something that will go smoothly… Discovering the young man he must kill is a storyteller and a musician, Loki asks him to compose a masterpiece, no matter the cost. Mephisto is not pleased with the delay, but no one tells Loki what to do. Having recently rewatched Amadeus, I get some Salieri and Mozart vibes in this one-shot. Part four of Bring on the Bad Guys, written by Anthony Oliveira, with art by Jethro Morales.

Goofy Parker loves entomology, his Aunt Tessie, Uncle Ben, and saying hello to all of his bees. His life is good, but with bills piling up, Goofy wants to do something to help out, and finding an unknown species of spider may be the ticket. You know the Spider-Man origin, so you know what happens next! With his new spider powers, Spider-Goofy enters a talent show to win $100,000, and he must learn that with great power comes great responsibility when he lets the Beagle Boys get away with the prize money. Since this is a Disney version, everything works out okay in the end, and it’s a fun twist on the Peter Parker story.

The last of the J. Michael Straczynski one-shots! This time it’s Spider-Man Versus Everyone! Taking Tony Stark’s invite to a fancy French Restaurant, Peter just wants a nice night out with Mary Jane. But how nice can it be when Doctor Octopus, Venom, and Kingpin show up? With a restaurant full of heroes and villains, it’ll be a miracle if service goes smoothly! Hey, stranger things have happened, and with Otto Octavius and Eddie Brock on their best behavior it just may happen.

DC COMICS

The Summer of Superman continues! Eight short stories featuring the Super Family!

Superman and Lois go up against a kaiju in “See Spot Fly” from Bryan Q. Miller and Gerardo Sandoval.

Meet “The Gorilla Ex-Wife of Jimmy Olsen” when he and Clark have to get an exclusive picture of Bruna at a Hollywood party. Her manager Grodd will not allow it until Jimmy challenges him to a series of Gorilla Games! See what happens when you’re a ladies’ man, Jimmy? Written by Christof Bogacs, with art by Jacoby Salcedo.

Power Girl and Ice have a wonderful talk in Joshua Hale Fialkov and Bruno Abdias’s “Before Sunrise.”

The best story of the bunch is “Against the Wind”, by James Reid and Jon Mikel, with Bizarro saving a cat, causing a bunch of damage, getting yelled at by Green Lantern, and then heading to an audition to play Superman in a new movie. “Me am Superman! Me love to fly, save people, and good doggy!” Bizarro just wants to be a hero and be loved, and it’s a very sweet story.

Lois Lane does her job to report on a murder, and defends journalism against the bias of a podcaster in “Bite of the Apple”, written by Meghan Fitzmartin, and art by Marcial Toledano Vargas.

Juni Ba and Brandon Thomas send Steel and Natasha on vacation in “Across the Room”, but it’s far from relaxing when they have to track down some aliens. Aliens who keep interrupting Natasha and resort to wedding planner Jaymah’s meet-cutes.

It’s the two Superboyz in “Who Do You Belong To”, when both Connor and Jon are tracking down what may be an augmented person or escaped animal in the California Redwood forests. The two finally get to know each other in Dave Wielgosz and Joey Vazquez’s story.

Finally, there’s “Something in the Water,” and it’s interrupting Supergirl’s beach day. It’s some sort of ancient god/monster. She can’t take it out by herself, so good thing Constantine shows up! Written by George Mann with art by Travis Mercer.

A Dark Tomorrow is on the horizon. Time travelers are being killed one by one by a mysterious threat. Following the We Are Yesterday crossover, time-displaced heroes are still in the Watchtower, waiting to return home, but the timeline in ruins. Gold Beetle is fritzing and there’s something she can’t quite remember. She turns to the Justice League for help, at the same time an unknown hero calling themselves Legend appears with a warning. Gathering Amazing-Man, Air Wave, Batman Beyond, Marilyn Moonlight, Helena Wayne, and Jonah Hex, a Quantum Quorum is formed to combat the lethal enemy and save the past, present, and future! Can this rag tag group save the other time travelers and figure out who is behind the “Omega Demons”? Who is Legend really? Leading into the next big DC All In event, writers Marc Guggenheim and Mark Waid, with artist Cian Tormey, put the DC Universe in the path of a cascading chronal Armageddon! Continuing in Justice League Unlimited, Superman #28, and the upcoming DC K.O.!

SMALL PRESS COMICS

Godzilla Vs Boston! The King of the Monsters heads to New England with four delightful stories from Boston creators!

Steve Orlando and Matt Emmons give us a tale of the “Great Gorilla Whale” set in 1888. The only survivor of a fiery attack on his ship tells of an “armor-plated leviathan”, and that leviathan has followed him to Boston Harbor! Godzilla’s first trip to the city may be his last!

It’s “Godzilla Versus the Lobster That Attacked Boston”! Jesse Lonergan presents an almost silent story of a mutated rare blue lobster that only Godzilla can defeat! With notes about the city’s landmarks and history!

“Make Way for Mothra” in Hanna Cha’s cute short about what to do when you’re a baby Mothra visiting Boston!

Hayden Sherman knows “The Green Line” can get you where you need to go. Even if you’re Godzilla. Two Green Line employees save the city, because “Sometimes you’ve gotta pick your kid up from the local theater.”

Godzilla’s tour of America continues with Kansas City next!