Well, Captain America Day was a huge success. Beyond our wildest thoughts. We gave out 300 comic books, 175 graphic novels and put over 750 people through the shop. We also gave out 500 buttons from Marvel Studios that had the Cap Shield and “made in Cleveland” on them, truly a great piece of memorabilia from the filming. For the record, the film crew from top to bottom treated our shop and efforts with respect, and we thank them for that. We even got to meet Chris Evans ever so briefly. Here’s the media links to the event. See if you’re in there!   Cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com/sunpostherald/index.ssf/2013/06/bridge_closing_filming_give_co.html WKYC http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/303083/3/Captain-America-filming-takes-a-comic-twist NBC http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_cuyahoga/lorain-ave-bridge-out-good-problem-for-local-businesses NPR http://www.ideastream.org/news/feature/54322 Cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com/fairview-park/index.ssf/2013/06/fairview_park_west_park_reside.html   It’s cool to think that through your support we helped turned the tide of support for the Captain America filming in the media, even if just for one day.   But on to the next thing! THIS TUESDAY FROM 6PM TO 9PM AT GREAT LAKES BREWERY!   Cleveland Comic Book Heritage Night Date: June 18, 2013 Price Range: $10.00 – $10.00   Great Lakes Brewing Company Tasting Room...

Well, as is now public record, Captain America the Winter Soldier will be filming on the Fairview Bridge on Friday June 14th. Not only is that right around the corner from the shop, but Kamm’s Plaza will be used as a staging area for the filming So we’ve proudly chosen this day to be Captain America Day at the Shop! With the help of our friends at Marvel Comics we’ll be able to give out: 300 FREE Copies of the new Captain America #1! (Free to All!) 150 FREE Copies of the Marvel Adventures Captain America Graphic Novel (Free to our guests under the age of 12!) Enter a raffle to win an actual Set of Coulson’s Captain America trading Cards from the Avengers! (They’re Vintage and Near Mint.) 20% off ALL Captain America Merchandise in the shop! I’m even going to bring my Captain America shields down off the wall in case anyone would like to take a picture with them! (These are the really cool limited Factory X Shields. You can really feel the weight when you hold...

It’s finally time to have another Marvel First Issue release event! After many delays X-Men #1 By Brian Wood and Oliver Coipel is finally here on 5-29-2013! While the book is called “X-men” it’s all about the women! This ongoing series is described by Marvel as such… Because you demanded it! The X-Women finally get their own book, from critically acclaimed superstars Brian Wood (X-MEN, ULTIMATE X-MEN, DMZ, The Massive) and Olivier Coipel (AVX, HOUSE OF M, THOR)! An old enemy shows up at the X-Men’s door, seeking asylum from an ancient evil come back to earth. Meanwhile, Jubilee has come home, and she’s brought with her an orphaned baby who might hold the key to the earth’s survival…or its destruction. Against a backdrop of what seems like an alien invasion and an eons-spanning war between brother and sister, Storm steps up and puts together a team to protect the child and stop a new threat that could destroy all life on earth! So what I am excited about? Over the years we’ve seen Wolverine act as a father figure to...

Okay! Here’s our Free Comic Book Day SURVIVAL GUIDE! Sort of like the last post but with a lot of director’s commentary! (Pics in other post) Here’s the number one thing to remember about Free Comic Book Day and it’s sort of a paradox. The Free Comic are not the most important thing about free comic book day! Sure, like Christmas “It’s the reason for the season” but the day is about coming out and proudly showing your love of all things comics and engaging your comic book community. That’s not to say that we don’t have 20,000 comics to give away, we do. I’ll take care of that. But trust me, if you judge a successful FCBD by getting the exact 12 comics you were shooting for, odds are you’re going to be disappointed. If you’re looking to hang out, dress up, talk comics, see some amazing creators and see just how big this hobby has gotten, this is the event for you. The key to success? Participation. When you do something for FCBD you’re paid back tenfold. Trust me. Quick lowdown… we have:...

It’s finally time to reveal our Free Comic Book Day Plans! We’ll have a ‘FCBD Survival Guide” email before the event but here’s the basic plan! 20,000 comics to give away (1.5 tons of comics) 600 graphic novels 12 books per person Check www.freecomicbookday.com for all the books available! Custom cover to FCBD Superman Comic that says “Commemorative Cleveland Edition available only at CNJ Comics and through county library branches. All branches will have 100 each too give out and we shouldn’t run out of this one. Star Wars “FCBD May the 4th” patch designed by us and national Star Wars trivia champ Kevin Liell free to all in Star Wars costume. Commemorative Superman Cleveland 75th Anniversary FCBD lithographs will be available for only 3 bucks. Midnight Party from midnight to 2am. Free graphic novels to first 150 people Free Iron Man 3 Heoclix to first 200 people Appearances by the 501st, Rebel Legion and the Mandalorians, ie the super cool Star Wars guys Local artists doing sketch covers to raise money for the www.herointiative.org and organized by www.rustbeltmonster.com You buy a “sketch...

  It’s finally time! This Wednesday March 27th! The Guardians of the Galaxy release event! Don’t know who the Guardians of the Galaxy are? Neither does anyone else! Hop on board the comic book train and pick up the first issue of this series that will be the new movie from Marvel in August of 2013!  Written by Brian Bendis (All New X-men, Uncanny X-men) and drawn by Steve McNiven (Civil War) you need no previous knowledge of the characters to start reading this book!  How cool are the Guardians?  So cool that Neil Gaiman (Sandman!) will be co-writing the 5th issue with Bendis! (And you seriously cannot get [much] cooler than that!) http://marvel.com/news/story/20311/neil_gaiman_returns_to_marvel But for now here’s the info on issue #1 and our release event starting at noon on 3-27-2013! There’s lots of cool variant covers, free give aways and sweet raffles! Here’s the lowdown on the variant covers! Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Regular (cover price!) Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Young Baby Variant (cover price!) Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Texts From Deadpool Variant (cover price!) Guardians of the...