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Halloween Comic Fest 2017 at CNJComics on 10-28-2017

Halloween Comic Fest 2017 at CNJComics on 10-28-2017

Break out your costume, it’s time for our 6th annual Halloween Comicfest on Saturday, October 28th from 10am to 7pm! Halloween Comicsfest features FREE comics FREE candy and FREE photography services! HALLOWEEN COMICFEST The day is essentially a miniature Free Comic Book Day, with many publishers creating special books exclusive to the day to be given away for free! This year is a nice representation of many different genres so everyone should walk away pretty content. This year there are 18 full size comics and 12 mini comics, and people stopping by in costume are welcome to take one of every book they are interested in! (So yes, you may take all 30 books if you are so inclined.) We also allow customers not in costume to pick out five books for themselves. What constitutes a costume? Our typical answer is, “If you have to ask us if you’re wearing a costume you probably aren’t.” However, we are committed to making everyone happy that day and we’ll work with you on that one. 😉 Here’s are some of the full size highlights: Batman Night of the Monster...

TMNT Day, Facebook and Halloween ComicFest at CNJComics

TMNT Day, Facebook and Halloween ComicFest at CNJComics

Wednesday October 25th is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Day, this Saturday the 28th is Halloween ComicFest, and we’ve got Facebook sending out a photographer to document a new comic book day! Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, October 25th, 2017. As some of you may know, we had the honor of being chosen to be a part of Facebook’s Small Business Council, an honor that only 40 businesses out of 70 million on Facebook have received! Well this Wednesday we’re asking for your help to be extra awesome, as Facebook is sending out a photographer to document us and a new comic book day at the shop. They’ll be setting up shop between noon and 5pm, and If you stop in during that time period expect to sign a release form on your way out if you don’t mind being in some of the photo’s. This is a huge opportunity for us so please think about scheduling your visit to the shop during this time period. Make sure your demographic is represented in our shop during this time period. (Whatever that may be,...

New Releases for 10-11-2017 at CNJComics

New Releases for 10-11-2017 at CNJComics

Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, October 11th, 2017! FEATURED RELEASES DC COMICS First up is a deluxe hardcover from DC Comics collecting the entire four part “The Button” series that ran in Batman and Flash and will act as a prelude to this November’s ‘Doomsday Clock’, which will finally see the merger between the DC Universe and the world of the Watchman! You can read a preview of Doomsday Clock here: http://ew.com/books/2017/10/06/dc-comics-watchmen-doomsday-clock/ Get ready for the ending of this preview! !!!! I don’t care if you’re an Alan Moore loyalist or not, this is some pretty exciting stuff.  Doomsday Clock by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank comes out on November 22nd, but you can get The Button hardcover now for only $19.99. (Batman meets his Flashpoint dad bra.) Speaking of dad’s, it’s been a month so we can reveal what all the fuss is over in Action Comics. Jor-El is alive and well and kind of a dick. Part three of the four part ‘OZ Effect’ comes out this week in Action Comics #989. DC even threw a lenticular cover...

Marvel Legacy and Dark Days Metal at CNJComics 10-4-2017

Marvel Legacy and Dark Days Metal at CNJComics 10-4-2017

It’s one of those really terrific weeks at the comic shop, with loads of new product hitting the shelves. Here’s the featured new releases for Wednesday, October 4th, 2017. MARVEL LEGACY This is the first week for the new Marvel Legacy titles. Each book is a new starting point with some component that pulls in some of Marvel’s rich history. Each issue also features three extra primer pages to give you a quick recap of the character or team featured in the book. Marvel has returned to ‘Legacy Numbering’, and where appropriate, has given a numbering guide to show you how they got to where they are today. Here’s a few examples of this week’s stand out Legacy titles: Avengers #672 : Written by Mark Waid and springing out of the Generations One Shots, it’s the Avengers verse the Champions! And here’s how they came up with issue #672. Iron Fist #73: Featuring Sabertooth, who made his first appearance in the title way back in issue #14 in 1977. Venom #155: Featuring the return of classic Venom artist Mark Bagley...

Marvel Legacy #1 at CNJComics 9-27-2017

Marvel Legacy #1 at CNJComics 9-27-2017

This is it! Marvel Legacy #1 comes out this Wednesday, September 27th, 2017! This is the beginning of Marvel’s new direction and their answer to DC’s Rebirth last year.  MARVEL LEGACY This issue features the return of the first of many classic Marvel characters. (I know who it is, and it is a big deal. The reveal made me breathe a big sigh of relief.) This issue also introduces the Avengers of one million BC, whose roster includes many of Marvel’s iconic characters who pass their mantle on over the generations, such as Doctor Strange, Phoenix, Iron Fist, Black Panther, Ghost Rider, Odin and Starbrand. Here’s a brief video from Marvel explaining the focus of their initiative: VARIANT COVERS We will be carrying 15 different covers for this book, but we’re proud to say that we will be selling the main cover for $2.99 instead of the listed $5.99. We qualified for a deal from Marvel and we’re passing that savings on to you. We want to get this book into as many hand as possible.!You will also receive a free...

Batman Day 2017 on 9-23-17 at CNJComics

Batman Day 2017 on 9-23-17 at CNJComics

This Saturday, September 23rd, is Batman 2017. We pretty much knocked it out of the park the first year, but since then the day has been commodified by big box stores.  This year we will have a simple system to hand out the free merchandise so that you don’t have to deal with the cold feeling those lofted ceiling give you in your soul.  This year the day has been hijacked by Harley Quinn, to celebrate her 25th Anniversary!  So, stop in the shop on Saturday and you’ll get three exclusive comics free with any purchase! Batman Day 2017 Special Edition. A reprint of ‘I Am Bane’ part one by Tom King with a Dark Knight Returns Homage cover.  Harley Quinn Batman Day 2017 Special Edition. A reprint of ‘Joker Loves Harley’ part one, as a newer, kinder Joker tries to win Harley back.  DC Super Hero Girls Batman Dat 2017 Special Edition. The first chapter of the upcoming ‘Out of the Bottle’ graphic novel.  We have lots of these to give away, so we should be good for all day Saturday and Sunday.  We’ve also...