Category: Announcement

Okay, we’ve got a lot of ground to cover here so hang on! HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY First and for most, Happy 30th Anniversary Carol and John’s Comic Book Shop! Yup, this Wednesday October 28th will be our 30th year in business, dating back to 1990. We linked to it before but here’s some of the history of our shop from Cleveland Magazine’s Best of Issue this month. We got the lead article! So here’s what we’re going to do for you! Stop in and see us this Wednesday and we’ll give you a FREE Howard the Duck Complete Collection Volume One Graphic Novel with any purchase. Why? Because Howard’s base of operations is historically Cleveland, and we think everyone that lives here should get some background on his history. This is a $34.99 book you’ll get for FREE to thank you for keeping us in business all these years. It’s got a lot of supplemental material, all his earliest stories, Howard running for President in 1976, as well as the KISS appearances. If reading old 70’s pap isn’t your thing...

Hi everybody! The big news this week (well, not really big news) is that I finally decided to sell off my CD collection. I have a policy about not turning the shop into my own private garage sale but like Doc Brown says, “what the heck.” I put 1,800 CD’s in the shop at only $2.00 each, with a focus on Punk Rock, Alt bands, soundtracks, compilations, and some bootlegs and imports. Not your typical stuff! (My father in law went through them and said “I have no idea who these bands are.”) Please dig through them and enjoy. The price will drop to $1.00 each on Saturday and Sunday then you’ll never see them again. I had alot of fun doing this with some of my vinyl a few years back and I’m just happy someone gets to enjoy the music. (I may even use the money to by myself a comic book for our 30th Anniversary next week.) Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programing. Here’s the featured new releases for Wednesday, October 21st, 2020. MARVEL BOOKS Amazing...

Let’s start off with the big announcement, from Wednesday October 14th to Sunday October 18th we’ll be offering  50% off all back issues. This will be the last time for 50% off back issues until Black Friday, which we’ll drag out through the whole week to lesson the traffic. So think November 23rd to the 29th. But why wait for then when you can just come in now! (Yes we just put some books up on the wall, and they will be 50% off too.) Back to our regularly scheduled programing! Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, October 14th, 2020! After the return of the Green Goblin last week in ASM #49, “Last Remains” begins in issue #50 as Kindred’s Identity is revealed! Expect the whole Spider Family to be involved in this one as Nick Spencer’s plot threads all start to weave together! This week is also the conclusion of the Moon Knight story in Avengers #37. What a great run! Wait till you see who is (temporarily) the new Sorcerer Supreme and Iron Fist to...

We’ve done the math and this is the biggest new comic day this year. (It’s kind of nice to be able to say and maybe a sign that things are improving a little.) The big two both have some pretty big releases, as well as some from stuff from the indie’s as well. Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, October 7th, 2020! DC BOOKS Batman #100 is here and with it the end of the Joker War! The final showdown between Batman and the Joker, and we even get a few back up stories that show us where the series is headed. Bruce also meets Clownhunter for the first time and they talk about what he’s been up too. (Between this and Three Jokers Batman seems pretty comfortable letting killers walk around, which is a new spin on the character.) MARVEL BOOKS Spider-Man #49 is a giant $9.99 issue featuring the return of the Green Goblin! Lots or creators on this one with a main story by series regular Nick Spencer. Lots of covers too so come...

We’ve got  a truly incredible week of new releases, one of the best weeks so far this year. Get ready! Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, September 30th, 2020. DC COMICS The big book this week is Three Joker’s Issue #2, which lives up to every expectation I had for it. For the first time since Batman The Cult I like and empathize with Jason Todd. Issue one was a great set up but this one really cuts to it. Creepy and well thought out, with some ticks in Batman’s thinking that actually make sense conceptually. We did get the premiere variants on this issue as well, and unless you specified one we’ll pick a cover at random. Here’s a reminder of what they all look like! One of the best parts of getting DC Comics from UCS now is that we have a few days to read them before they come out. That makes all the difference for two of this week’s books, the Batman Joker War Zone One Shot and Dark Nights Death Metal Multiverse’s...

We’ve got another week full of new releases, including the kick off of the new X-Men Crossover, X of Swords. Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020. Marvel Comics X of Swords Creation is the first chapter of the storyline that will run through all the X-titles, 22 total. (plus a few preludes that have already come out.) In tarot cards the Ten of Swords can stand for deception, warning you to be careful of where you place your trust. Reversed it can mean overcoming this adversity. Combine that knowledge with all the actual swords from Marvel history and you’ve got the makings of a pretty interesting storlyine. This kick off issue is even written by Jonathan Hickman! Here’s a checklist you can use to follow along: (easy to print out and turn into the shop.) Donny Cates killer run on Venom continues along with some reprints of previously sold out issues. Speaking of Cates, he rocked the shop with Thor #6, revealing a possible future with Thanos holding Mjolner covered in Infinity Stones while...