Author: johnwoods

It’s a another new comic week with a full week of DC and graphic novels only from Marvel. Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, June 17th, 2020. DC Titles Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo return to the Dark Multiverse with the new Dark Nights Death Metal six issue mini series. A sequal to Dark Nights: Metal and a follow up to their succesful Batman Last Knight on Earth. A shop favorite has been the Wonder Woman Black Label series Dead Earth. In this adults only series Dianna goes looking for help at the Fortress of Solitude. Great dystopian material and a really great new take on Wonder Woman. Looking for a fun all ages book? Try Primer, from DC’s original graphic novel line. Imagine a superhero graphitti artist who gets her powers from cans of paint. Really fun book. Marvel Titles In their efforts to catch up, Marvel only has graphic novels again this week. Here’s a quick and easy checklist on what’s available.  Extra shout out to this amazing $100 Silver Surfer Omnibus containing all the...

Well, some of the back log has started to work it’s way to the shop, and we’ve got a really great week of new comics! DC Comics The big book of the week is the Joker 80th Anniversary issue! 100 pages for $9.99! Decades variants just like the previous specials. Full of Joker art work and short stories. We went long on this one so you should be good to come in anytime this week. (on that note, if you didn’t pick up the Catwoman 80th last week you should have. It was super fun and well worth the money. We sold out but we’re getting more back in.) Also, finally, our copies of Batman #92 are in! If you’ve been looking to follow up on Punchline, the Joker’s new apprentice,/ girlfriend(?) then this is the book for you. For even more Batman, there’s a Secret Files this week, as well as the new Batman Adventures Continues mini series. (written by Paul Dini, who was basically in charge of the original animated series!) Marvel Comics Marvel is shipping comic books...

This is one of the first week’s we can focus on new comic releases! Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, June 3rd 2020! DC Comics First up is this amazing Catwoman 80th Anniversary Special! Clocking in at $9.99 it’s full of so much great material I can’t say enough about it. The Ed Brubaker / Cameron Stewart story reads like an homage to Darwyn Cooke and it’s worth the price of admission alone. Lots of decades variant covers too. They’ve done these anniversary issues for other characters but this one comes off as a labor of love for all involved. Next week is the Joker! Also in the $9.99 range is the new Birds of Prey Black Label one shot, set in the continuity of the new Harley Quinn movie. Written by Brian Azzarello, who gave us 100 Bullets and showed us Batman’s weenus in Batman Dammed. Worth the price! Marvel Comics Marvel only has graphic novels this week as part of their slow return to publishing, which we’re a fan of. The standout this week is...

We finally have a full (well pretty much sorta) New Comic Day at the shop! Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, May 27th, 2020.  Marvel Comics We finally have some new Marvel Comics on the table, even though it’s only five titles.  Avengers #33 is super fun, with Moon Knight taking on the whole team one by one. Jason Aaron stills nails it with this title. We also have the final part of Donny Cates’ Venom Island story in Venom #25. Over-sized with lots of cool variants.  For Star Wars fans Doctor Aphra gets a new #1. Think a female Indiana Jones that isn’t always on the right side of things.  We also have new issues of Marauders and Amazing Spider-Man! This is how it’s going to be with Marvel, a slow ramp up that will continue until mid July. Here’s a look at next weeks slate and it’s all graphic novels, no new comics. DC Comics I’m a huge Starman fan and by proxy Stargirl too. The show was great! A had a fun time watching...

Well, we made it through our first week, and it wasn’t that bad. It’s a little weird for a shop that prides itself on hand-selling and browsing to work through masks with an occupancy limit, but this is just the way it’ll be for a while. We had about an 85% compliance rate with masks and that’s pretty good in my book. We’ll never demand that you wear one, and we won’t shame you if you don’t, but we do strongly suggest it for the safety of others in our community. You all came out in full force and we had a great week, only tipping into the occupancy limit a couple times. We thank everyone for being understanding during a week that had a very steep learning curve for us. Remember, this won’t go on forever but it’s the new norm for a while. Remember, we are now closed on Monday for a deep cleaning! We are available for curbside regular hours if you need anything, but we’re glad we decided to have this day to help us catch...