Hi Comic Shop Boils and Ghouls! We’ve got some fun stuff happening the next few weeks!

First, you probably saw John’s Facebook post, but we are stocked with a collection of Bowen statues! For the week, our usual back issue wall will be showcasing the busts and mini statues, and we’ve updated the case to feature them all. The Gallery statues that were in the case are now in their boxes above the graphic novel wall.

If you get three or more of the Bowens, they’re 25% off!

This Thursday, the 9th, we’ll be at the Great Lakes Science Center for the Best of Cleveland event! This is a ticketed event, but if you’re going, we’ll see you there!

We’ll have the photo booth set up again, and will have some freebies to hand out. Thanks to those of you who voted for the shop in Scene’s Best of 2025!

Thursday the 16th! It’s time for Late Nite Comics again! This time it’s the Small Press Edition! Tons of new dollar stock and 50% off back issues! 8pm to midnight!

On Tuesday, the 21st from 6pm to 9pm is the 100th NEO-TACC meet up! The shop is a sponsor, so NEO-TACC will have some Carol and John’s gift certificates to give away! We’ll have staff tables, so come out and see what John Dudas, John Shearer, Ben, Kevin, and I have culled from our collections! (Mine will be mostly Buffy action figures, with some Army of Darkness and Lord of the Rings collectibles. If you’re looking for a Mimi from the Drew Carey Show doll, I’ve got one for sale!) We never get a chance to go to these meet-ups because they’re Tuesday nights, so we’re excited to finally get to! It’s at the Strongsville Best Western, and there’ll be over 50 vendors!

Because we’ll all be there Tuesday night, the 21st, our plan for the usual Facebook live video will be to record it Monday night, and then we will post it to Facebook and YouTube around our usual time of 8:30pm on Tuesday. That means we won’t get to your comments until the morning on Wednesday, the 22nd, so thank you for your patience in advance!

Saturday the 25th is Trick or Read all day in the shop! Trick or treat yo self to some free comics! Come in costume or make a purchase and you can pick from this year’s Trick or Read comics for all ages! Of course we’ll have candy, and as a special treat, back issues will be 50% off! Happy Halloween!

MARVEL COMICS

It’s the first week for the new Age of Revelation three-issue mini-series! There are five starting, and after last week’s Overture issue we’re ready to see where they go! Here’s a brief description for each of these so you can get a taste of what’s happening X years later!

On the run after a deadly clash with Revelation’s chief assassin, the shattered X-Men desperately gamble everything on one last mission. With help from an unexpected ally, they venture into the haunted ruins of Graymalkin. What they find there may change everything… if they survive. Written by Jed MacKay with art by Mahmud Asrar.

In the ashes of the old world, to survive she is reborn – a cosmic force channeling the Phoenix itself. With the universe crumbling, Binary returns to save what’s left. But power this great always comes with a price… and the end of everything might begin with her. From writer Stephanie Phillips and artist Giada Beluisa.

She’s taken the name of once-bitter enemy Sabretooth – and fights beside Revelation himself. Why did Laura Kinney abandon her legacy? What secrets does she keep from the mutant world? When loyalty changes, blood means everything. Written by Erica Schultz, with art by Valentina Pinti.

Mojo’s got a new game for Wonder Man, Hellcat, Bishop, Rhino and Kraven to play. There are no rules. One survivor wins. The others die. Mojo promises you can vote for the winner with your dollars – but you probably can’t. Mojo cannot promise that any of this is true or that you can even vote, as all decisions will be made by Mojo and Mojo alone, in his Mojo dojo, it’s fame or fatality in the wildest X-book of the year! With the X-Babies, a slew of lawyers, and watch out for the most disturbing Land Shark scene you’ll ever see! From writers Gerry Duggan and Jonathan Hickman, with art by Alan Robinson.

The age of heroes is over. X years later, learn what happened to the Fantastic Four, how the X-Virus affected everyone, and on Arakko, a stranger has a message to deliver. What does Apocalypse think of his heir’s new empire? How does the rest of the world survive the rise of Revelation? Discover the far-reaching impact of Age of Revelation across the Marvel Universe in three short stories. “The Message” from Al Ewing and Agustin Alessio, “Never Let Me Go” by Steve Foxe and Jesus Merino, and “Epoch of Revelation” from Ryan North and Adam Szalowski.

They should have called this one Black, White & BLADE and Guts! Marvel’s new horror mini-series kicks off with not one, but two Blade stories! Old school vampires meet new money tech, and Blade is crashing the launch party for a new “health” device in Al Ewing and Kev Walker’s “The Trail”. A child vampire turns to Blade for help, and his soft spot for kids may not be the best idea when they hit “Traffic”, written by G. Willow Wilson with art by Devmalya Pramanik. Then, find out “The Price of Iron” when two kids decide to sell the Iron Man helmet one’s grandma has hidden away. From Chris Condon and Claire Roe.

DC COMICS

Scott Snyder and Javier Fernandez would like to invite you to the slugfest of the century! DC K.O. is here! The end of the DC Universe has already happened. As Darkseid moves back in time to this current moment, the Justice League has only one chance to defeat him. The Heart of Apokolips is transforming Earth for his arrival, and as the only thing that can defeat Darkseid is someone like him, someone will have to take enough of the Omega energy to become that. They must enter a deadly tournament, and only one will become the champion. That champion will have the power to remake the DC Universe in a new timeline, but the closer they get to the Heart of Apokolips, the more corrupted they may become, turning more dangerous. It’s about to be a battle royale for the fate of the universe! Who has what it takes to make it to the end? What will they become? What twists, turns, and surprises await our favorite heroes?

Oh boy… We’re heading toward a final showdown between Batman and Bane, and I cannot wait. With the venom coursing through him, will Batman be able to hold on to his humanity? Or will he become another Ark M monster? This issue is also the full debut of Absolute Catwoman, and another first appearance of a fan-favorite character. I know we keep telling everyone to read these Absolute books, but I’m going to say it again. They’re awesome and may be leading to some big things in DC.

You must enter the House of Mystery this Halloween! DC has a reprint featuring seven king size mystery tales! There are nearly as many weary souls who’ve taken rooms at the House of Mystery as there are reasons for them to seek its sullen sanctuary, and its humble caretaker is always happy to accommodate. A perfect classic Halloween treat for the season!

SMALL PRESS COMICS

Every Halloween needs more Elvira! Good thing she has a new comic! With Harley Quinn! Halloween is Harley’s favorite holiday, and she thinks the cause of her frustration dreams is missing last year’s huge Halloween party. The only way to remedy that is to throw the biggest bash that Brooklyn has ever seen! Elvira learns that her show is getting canceled and she’s about to be out on her beautiful behind. Elvira needs a job, and Harley needs the Queen of Halloween to host her party. What could go wrong? Amanda Connor, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Juan Samu have created a super fun comic that’s perfect for Harley fans, Elvira fans, and fans of Halloween!

There’s something in the water… The women of the Sieverville Correctional Prison for Women are about to find out how deadly that something is. Deluge is a new horror story from writer Cullen Bunn and artist Marika Cresta, that follows a group of inmates trapped in a rapidly flooding prison. Besides the guards trying to keep the women safe from each other and the deluge of rain, they now have to figure out how to survive the monsters lurking in the flood. Will a rescue come? Will they be able to battle both the monsters swimming under the surface, and the hidden monsters lurking within themselves? A good start to a single location horror tale.

Get ready creeps, it’s the October Special of Creepshow and this one’s going to be super! It’s a celebration of superheroes with three stories of Truth, Justice, and the Creepshow way! First, the death of a beloved hero may not be the end of him in Dan Watters and Carmine Di Giandomenico’s “Funeral For a Fiend” DC-through-a-horror-lens universe. Second, a 90s Image-like superhero finds he can’t hold on to his ideals forever in “Grave Ghost: Reborn” by Ryan Stegman and Riley Rossmo. Last, but certainly not least, a scientist has some “Growing Pains” in Ed Brisson and Andrei Bressan’s Marvel-esque story. A “super” creepy time, perfect for spooky season, and worth it for the main cover homage!

From production company SpectreVision and Oni Press comes a five-issue prestige format series exploring documented cases of paranormal phenomena, and the liminal spaces where reality and mythology meet to spread wonder and terror. Chris Condon, along with SpectreVision’s Daniel Noah write Book One: 1967, with artist Dave Chisholm. Magazine writer Harry Kean is dispatched to rural Indiana to investigate the sudden disappearance of Becky Plume, a local teenager who stepped into the national spotlight with staggering photographic evidence of a recent UFO sighting.  But as he learns the truth behind her sighting and disappearance, he’s forced to face the high strangeness of the Men in Black and phenomenon, and his life will be forever changed. Each chapter also includes a feature-length essay by podcaster and researcher Jim Perry on the historical facts and documentary evidence relating to the phenomena detailed in each story.