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Raf’s Biggest Week of Featured New Releases for 2.23.2022

Raf’s Biggest Week of Featured New Releases for 2.23.2022

Hey there, CNJ Shoppers and welcome to the last week of February for 2022. There have been some great comics to come out already this year, but this week is easily the BIGGEST week for new releases we’ve seen in the shop all year. We’ve got plenty of new number 1’s, continuations of some of the best books being released right now, and a few great trades all in the shop this week. There’s a lot to unpack, but let’s check out the biggies in this week. Marvel Comics “JOHNNY BLAZE!! Johnny Blaze has the perfect life: a wife and two kids, a job at an auto repair shop, and a small-town community that supports him… But Johnny isn’t doing well. He has nightmares of monsters when he sleeps. And he sees bloody visions when he’s awake. This life is beginning to feel like a prison. And there’s a spirit in him that’s begging to break out! Benjamin Percy (Wolverine, X-Force) and Cory Smith (Conan the Barbarian, Captain Marvel) are going back to basics with the Spirit of Vengeance in...

Raf’s Action-Packed Comics for 2.16.2022

Raf’s Action-Packed Comics for 2.16.2022

Good morning and Happy New Comic Day, CNJ readers! I hope everyone had a lovely Valentine’s Day this week, and that if you watched the Super Bowl you were satisfied. I’m a Browns fan, and I showed up to my friend’s party wearing my Peyton Hillis jersey. While I was casually rooting for the Bengals and Joe Burrow, I also wasn’t heartbroken by the result. I’m just happy I don’t have to hear “Who Dey” for the next year. But enough sports! It’s Marvel’s week this week, with plenty of great new issues, and a new #1 introducing a brand-new character in a legacy role. You’re not going to want to miss out on what the House of Ideas has going on this week. Let’s check it out. Marvel Comics First off is the first book I read as soon as I could this week, it’s King Conan #3! Writer Jason Aaron really captures the tone of the character in a way only rivaled by the original Robert E. Howard himself. Aaron is a lifelong Conan fan and it truly...

Raf’s Valentine’s Day Comics 2.9.2022

Raf’s Valentine’s Day Comics 2.9.2022

Howdy there, CNJ Shoppers. Well, a little sunshine goes a long way, we’re feeling pretty good this week at the shop. This week isn’t a huge week for new comics, not a whole lot of #1’s like there has been for the past few weeks, but we’ve still got a lot of great stuff worth checking out. Let’s jump into it. Marvel Comics It’s the big winter event book for Marvel this year, and this week keeps up the action with Devil’s Reign #4. Kingpin’s war on the vigilantes of New York is heating up and beginning to boil over as we move past the halfway point of the miniseries. And Moon Knight is just as crazed as ever. If you’re behind on the series, we’ll be getting second prints of issues #1 and #2 later this month, and we’ve got first prints of #3 still in the shop for now. GET ON IT. Last year, fans and X-heads had the chance to vote for the newest member of the main X-Men team, but what about the mutants who didn’t...

Raf’s Icy Featured New Releases 2.2.2022

Raf’s Icy Featured New Releases 2.2.2022

Good morning and Happy New Comic Book Day, everyone! It’s the start of a new month and we’ve got a lot of things coming into the shop this week (including lots of ice and snow apparently to Northeast Ohio. :/). But hey, we can’t control that! Luckily, it’s Cleveland, so the weather can turn around quickly, and hopefully we’ll see a 40-degree day soon to break us out of this winter chill. In case we all get iced/snowed in later this week, be sure to stop by and grab some reading material to keep yourself company. We’ve got a few great trade collections into the shop, as well as some new #1’s and new issues for hit series also. Letssss go. Marvel Comics At the end of 2021, Hawkeye was the talk of the shop because the new Disney+ series had just dropped. And now hot off the trailer premiere just a couple of weeks ago, the Moon Knight hype is starting to ramp up and we’ve had a lot of people coming in looking for MK books. It’s been...

The Return of Saga at Carol and John’s 1.26.2022

The Return of Saga at Carol and John’s 1.26.2022

Hello, Carol and John’s Comic Shoppers! Sorry for the delay in delivering your weekly news but here is what we have for you this week… so, Happy New Comic Book Day. Or more importantly, Happy Saga Day!! After a hiatus of nearly 3 years, Saga is back this week with a new issue. We couldn’t be more excited here at the shop, and it was the first thing we did as soon as we got our Diamond shipment this week. We’ve got plenty of swag here at the shop too to commemorate the moment, including pins, stickers, and temporary tattoos (while they last). And I’ve got my Saga shirt on today, because of course I’ve got to rep Cleveland native Brian K. Vaughan and the best book out now, period. While today’s big book is definitely the return of Saga, we’ve got a few other great books in the shop this week. Let’s see what else you should get. DC Comics John Paul Leon has been one of the most influential artists of the past quarter-century, and we were excited...

Raf’s Snow Day Comics for 1.19.2022

Raf’s Snow Day Comics for 1.19.2022

Good morning and Happy New Comic Book Day, CNJ shoppers! Raf here, and back home and in the shop this week. I just got home over the weekend from a week in Alaska, and while there was an awful lot of white up there, Cleveland went ahead and reminded me that we can get plenty of snow down here in the lower 48 also. On Monday, winter storm Izzy was giving me flashbacks to quarantine being stuck at home all day. I luckily got some exercise when I had to go out and spend a few hours digging my car out of the street, but I didn’t even have to do that in Alaska! Thanks, Mother Nature! But while we’re inside staying warm this week, we’ve got a BIG Marvel week and some other cool new comics to keep us all entertained. Start the fire, pull up a chair, and check out what you should be reading this week. Marvel Comics The next big Wolverine story, this week sees the debut of the X Lives of Wolverine miniseries with issue...