Category: Feature

It’s October Comic Shop Friends! Time to get spooky! Need some horror read recommendations? Ask us! We have plenty to suggest to you! This coming Sunday the 5th John will be set up at the Cleveland Comic Book Show! 10am to 4pm! This is what used to be the Harper show, now run by Six Nicks, and it’s the shop’s first time setting up with them. Stop out! Stay tuned for more details about October’s Late Nite Comics on the 16th, and Halloween Comics Fest later this month! Work them into your Halloween plans! MARVEL COMICS You know him from the Spider-Verse animated films, and he’s about to have a live action television show, and now he’s in his very own comic – it’s Spider-Man Noir! Peter Parker is a P.I. by day and masked vigilante by night, but after his multiversal adventures, things are not so swell back home. He’s behind on rent, about to be evicted, Aunt May’s health is getting worse, Mary Jane just dumped him, and now he’s fighting the Scorpion Gang. At least he has...

Welcome to another week of comics, Comic Shop Friends! This Saturday, the 27th! Come support your Local Comic Shop on Local Comic Shop Day! They even used a photo of our shop in a promotional post! To celebrate, we’ll have 50% off back issues in the shop all day! We’ve decided to give away the DC K.O. Local Comic Shop Day ashcans on Saturday! That’s right, stop in and pick up one of those for free! There are other LCSD variants that will be on sale Saturday, like the foil DC K.O. variant, Spider-Man ’94, Star Trek: The Last Starship, Ultimate Hawkeye, Everything Dead and Dying, Herobear and the Kid, and The Beauty. We will be set up at the Cleveland Comic Book Show on Sunday October 5th from 10am to 4pm in Westlake! (This is the show formerly known as the Harper show, now put on by Six Nicks.) This is one of the few that the shop sets up at during the year, so stop out! MARVEL COMICS New Ultimate one-shot! Ultimate Hawkeye goes on a covert solo...

Hi there Comic Shop Friends! There are a couple fun things coming up this week! First, this Thursday the 18th it’s time for another Late Nite Comics! We’ll stay open ‘til midnight, and have 50% off back issues and a table full of dollar stock! 50 cents each for a hundred or more! We’ve added lots of dollar stock this month so this will be the first time that stock is going out with that deal! You know the drill, get on in here! Second, this Saturday, the 20th is Batman Day! Here’s a word from John: “We’ve got four exciting books to give away FREE with any purchase! Batman Year Two, a classic story written by local Mike W Barr with art by Alan Davis. Batman and Robin Year One, a modern take on the Dynamic Duo by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee. (This book is a staff favorite.) The Batman Gotham Sampler, which features previews of nine different current bat family titles. We’ve also added the Batman Day Edition of Absolute Batman #1 to the free pile, and...

Hello Comic Shop Friends! I’m back! Thanks to John for taking over the newsletter, and thanks to Ben, Kevin, John Shearer, Raf, John, and Zoe for covering while I was out. I’ve got a huge stack of comics to catch up on (All those Absolute titles!) and work to keep up with (Libraries need their comics too!), so this will be a quick update this week! First, two events coming up this week! We’ll be setting up at the West Side Market again on Sunday, September 14th, from 10am to 2pm, handing out free Superman comics to the masses in conjunction with the Cleveland Public Library and other local literacy groups! John and Ben will be there, so go grab some free books from them! Then, Thursday the 18th is Late Nite Comics! 8pm to midnight! Dollar books! 50% off back issues! And mark your calendars for Batman Day on Saturday, the 20th, and Local Comic Shop Day on Saturday, the 27th! More details coming soon. MARVEL COMICS Frank Castle is back. He has no memories, doesn’t even remember his...

Hi everyone! John here again with the featured new releases coming out on Wednesday, September 3rd 2025. First, here’s a heads up that we’ll be making our yearly appearance at the West Side Market on Sunday September 14th from 10am to 2pm, handing out free Superman Comics in conjunction with the Cleveland Public Library. It’s great to be a part of anything at one of my favorite places in the city. Also, mark your calendar for this month’s Late Nite Comics on Thursday, September 18th from 8pm to midnight. (It’s my birthday but I’ve got to work the fire job that day. :/ Whomp whomp.) On to the new releases! NEW RELEASES FOR SEPTEMBER 3RD By far the biggest book this week is the new Batman #1 by Matt Fraction. By the dream team of Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez. Fraction’s written some of my favorite books, amazing runs on Immortal Iron Fist and Hawkeye, as well as some incredible indie stuff. I’ve flipped through the book and the art is just stellar. This is the main Batman title for...

It’s John D again, here with the featured new releases coming out Wednesday, August 27th! First up, we’d like to thank everyone who came out for Late Nite Comics and Drawing Club. It was a huge success, and we were able to raise $1,104 for Genghis Con to help local comic creators have a venue for their projects. Mark your calendar for the con on Sunday, November 30th, from 11am to 5pm! Info on that here: GENGHIS CON CLEVELAND On to this week’s new releases! NEW RELEASES Thor relaunches with a new #1, still by Al Ewing but you’re got a soft reboot with Thor walking around with a hammer and no memory of being a god, or anything about the gods for that matter. It’s the last week for the J Scott Campbell variants, and there are some great ones in there. Covers this week include Avengers #29, Bring on the Bad Guys: Dormammu #1, Death of the Silver Surfer #3, Imperial War: Planet She Hulk #1, Incredible Hulk #28, Thor #1 (yeah, the one we just talked about),...