Author: johnwoods

Let’s beginning by saying this week’s Free Comic Book Day Summer discount is 10% off all graphic novels and hardcovers from Wednesday September 2nd to Sunday September 6th! It’s a good time to stock up on some new reading material and we’ve even got some suggestions below. DC COMICS This week’s lead is the continuation of Joker War in Batman #98! This is part four is a six part storyline that began in issues #95 and will end in issue #100. It’s written by James Tynion IV, from BOOM’s horror hit Something is Killing the Children. We do have all issues in stock, as well as most of the tie ins. Batman spends most of the story poisoned and high. Here’s a full checklist since we haven’t put one out there yet. (You’re honestly okay just reading the main Batman title though.) We will also have more copies of Three Jokers #1 coming in case you miss it. Three Jokers is not directly related to Joker War btw. We are big fans of Tom Taylor’s DCeased books, which is basically...

Three Jokers It’s been over four years since Geoff Johns revealed that there were actually three Jokers running around in the DC Universe in Justice League #50. (This was pre Rebirth for Pete’s sake.) This Wednesday we FINALLY get to read the story that Johns has been cooking up with Jason Fabok. A $6.99 prestige format three issue mini series drawn in the ‘style’ of the Killing Joke elaborating on the nature of the three Jokers. Both Barbara Gordon and Jason Todd have some serious baggage from past Joker encounters that will be on display here. (Remember when the world voted to have Robin killed? Jeez.) We did qualify for the three premium variant covers and we will be randomly placing them in peoples files if you didn’t already ask for one. (If you didn’t, it’s too late to request a specific one. They’re in your file already.) Here’s one right here: Here’s what the covers look like for all three issues, which each issue having and A and B cover, and three premium covers. (You had to order at...

We wanted to do something special for each week of Free Comic Book Day Summer, and this week we’re going to keep it easy and offer 50% off all back issues. It’s been awhile and we never has a proper summer sale to go with San Diego Comic, so it’s time to do it again! Oh yeah, thanks to everyone who came out and supported our $1.00 Small Press Sale. We sold 19 long boxes of comics and hopefully made alot of people happy. We also sold a lot of our discounted Marvel graphic novels, and we have even more coming in this week.  Books like: Daredevil by Mark Waid Volume One We love this book, and it’s an instant classic in an already extensive list of great Daredevil stories. It added a little humor and lightened the tone of the character for a bit. Regular $15.99 for only $4.00! Daredevil Guardian Devil This was the first book from Marvel’s Marvel Knights line. Written by Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats) and drawn by Joe Quesada. It’s a great call back to...

We’ve got alot going on at the shop this week, but the top of the charts is this: SMALL PRESS SALE We have over 90 long boxes of small press comics (meaning anything except Marvel and DC) going into the foyer for only $1.00 each. (buy 100 or more and we’ll make that 50 cents each.) Everytime we buy a collection the small press goes into a storage locker that has been building and building. I personally move them all into the foyer next to the shop where they will be all weekend. A majority of this stuff has never been picked through and it is in -some- semblance of order. We will likely not do this again for a long long time so take advantage of this opportunity. For everyone who has ever asked us to check the foyer for small press comics, this is your chance to do it yourself, at a huge discount as well. “POLITICAL” BUTTONS Second, it’s election season, so we’ve gotten in hundreds of Darryl Young’s amazing election buttons. There are over 150 different...

I’m on the road again, so this week’s email will tune you in to some discounted reading material! We bought up a bunch of liquidated Marvel Graphic Novels, and went heavy on stuff we recommend. There’s alot to choose from but here’s some of our favorites to give you an idea. Punisher Vs the Marvel Universe GN This has tons of amazing material like the non cannon Garth Ennis “Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe” one shot, along with the Punisher War Zone mini series by Greg Rucka. (Thor and Frank share a beer and discuss what it means to be a soldier.) Lots more in here. Hightest Rec. Regular $34.99 for ony $8.00. Super Villians Unite The Complete Super Villain Team Up. This collection of 1970’s material has Doctor Doom written by many different voices of the era, and you can see how his personality (and self doubt) changes with every writer. Regular $34.99 for only $8.00. Secret War. Alot of people consider Avengers Disassembled to be the beginning of Bendis’ Marvel legacy, but it really starts here, with the...

This one’s all about the status of Free Comic Book Summer 2020! We’ve  been deligently getting the Free Comic Books into everyone’s files, and opening up Saturdays to give away the remaining books. It’s worked out incredibly well, and keeps us busy each Saturday without being overwhelmed. Last week we even had Carol back in the shop to keep the customer count. This Saturday I’ll be hanging out at the shop and watching the occupancy! After consulting the staff we have decided it’s okay to move the free books into the shop on the glass counter when you first walk in. We’ll still keep the touchless hand sanitizer station outside so please use if before entering. If we reach capacity at any point I will step outside to regulate people going in and out. (This only happens rarely throughout the day if at all.) We know everyone is used to this from other stores but we will always thank you for your patience when it happens. Since I’m hanging out I’ll be digging out more stuff to give out FREE...