{"id":10519,"date":"2025-06-25T07:10:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T11:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/?p=10519"},"modified":"2025-06-25T07:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T11:24:29","slug":"andreas-heatwave-of-picks-for-06-25-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/2025\/06\/andreas-heatwave-of-picks-for-06-25-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea&#8217;s Heatwave of Picks for 06.25.2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CNJ-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CNJ-1024x427.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CNJ-1024x427.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CNJ-300x125.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CNJ-768x320.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CNJ-1536x640.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CNJ-2048x854.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ac1294a6eb982e6f08c39af93d24ae5e wp-block-paragraph\">Hi Comic Shop Friends! I hope you\u2019re staying cool, and staying inside reading comics. This heat is making it hard to be motivated, so this will be a short newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GENGHIS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GENGHIS-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GENGHIS-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GENGHIS-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GENGHIS-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GENGHIS-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GENGHIS.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ac00cf961d1ea846fe5a532228b76c6 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6d46d1186dcd0f9a35a6777fe9006187 wp-block-paragraph\">First, just announced! We\u2019ll be hosting one of Genghis Con\u2019s Drawing Club nights! August 21ST from 7 to 10pm, during Late Nite Comics!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DRAWAUG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DRAWAUG-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DRAWAUG-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DRAWAUG-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DRAWAUG-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DRAWAUG.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ac00cf961d1ea846fe5a532228b76c6 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bd641bcb3a1ff3f3445140e7b3091578 wp-block-paragraph\">Details from their post: \u201cPresenting the first ever Genghis Con Drawing Club! Dig out your art supplies and brush off that sketchbook, we are meeting up this summer to draw and count down the days til Genghis Con!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Free and open to the public!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participants must be 18 or older.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bring supplies. we will have a few things you can borrow but it&#8217;s best if you bring your own.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bring Snacks! No alcohol is permitted unless otherwise stated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dates so far:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>July 2nd, 6pm &#8211; 9pm | Superscript Comics and Games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 30th 6pm &#8211; 9pm | Lakewood Art Supply<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>August 21st 7pm &#8211; 10pm | Carol &amp; John\u2019s Comic Shop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>September TBA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>October TBA\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3da3fb06b7b6b738841ea1d0a4a5960c wp-block-paragraph\">Come out in August for some drawing and dollar diving!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MARVEL COMICS<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DEMONS-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DEMONS-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DEMONS-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DEMONS-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DEMONS-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DEMONS-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DEMONS-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DEMONS-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-89b9f438453fc6e38fdbbb84594da363 wp-block-paragraph\">Collecting X-Men: From the Ashes #7 \u2013 12 in print for the first time, X-Men: Demons and Death follows Havok and Omega Red\u2019s journeys from Krakoa into the X-Factor and Sentinels series. In \u201cDon\u2019t Sound Like No Sonnet\u201d, Havok is barely alive, held together by demon skin grafts from the Goblin Queen. To end his suffering, demon K\u2019yrb takes Alex to Limbo to undo the botched necromancy affecting him. But Madelyne has a secret she\u2019s keeping from Havok, and if he learns the truth, it will change his life. In the second part, \u201cSamosud\u201d, Omega Red returns home for the first time in decades. Searching for his childhood friend Nastya, he learns she died in a fire, but the truth of her death is even darker. Will he be able to keep the hunger in check, or will the old Omega Red return to avenge her death? Written by Alex Paknadel, with art by Phillip Sevy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GIANT-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GIANT-675x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GIANT-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GIANT-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GIANT-768x1166.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GIANT-1012x1536.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GIANT-1349x2048.jpg 1349w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GIANT-scaled.jpg 1687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ac00cf961d1ea846fe5a532228b76c6 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1da4e184dd43213fb9faef4fe7e61961 wp-block-paragraph\">The third of the new Giant-Size X-Men one-shots featuring Kamala Khan, finds her once again pulled into a new timeline alongside Legion. This time, it\u2019s into the dark future of the Age of Apocalypse. \u201cWhat could be worse than this?\u201d Turns out they\u2019ve arrived with just hours before the inevitable end. Their only chance at getting out of this wasteland is to find the remaining X-Men and stop Apocalypse, or die trying. Can Legion be trusted? With his power drained by Phoenix in the last one-shot, his motives for destroying Apocalypse\u2019s crystal aren\u2019t the same as Ms. Marvel\u2019s. With Rogue guiding Kamala to harness her full mutant power, the X-Men just may have a chance at ending this version of the Age of Apocalypse. Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, with C.F. Villa and Rafael Loureiro on art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DC COMICS<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HISTORY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HISTORY.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HISTORY.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HISTORY-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1bd58050bdcc37c7ceeeef0d8d9a7b5a wp-block-paragraph\">Researched by Mark Waid and Dave Wielogosz, written by Mark Waid, with art by Jerry Ordway and Todd Nauck, the New History of the DC Universe is exactly what it says, a chronological history starting with the Source and the celestial beings who shaped the Dawn of Time. To celebrate 90 years of DC comics, this four-issue mini-series is presented as Barry Allen documenting the DCU as someone who has seen more of the Multiverse, past, present, and future, than anyone else. With history being malleable, \u201cwith subtle differences by multiple narrators\u201d, Barry is creating the most structured document available. Want to know when these events happened in the comics? Then check out the second half of the issue with a definitive timeline of the major events and crucial players, with the exact titles and issue numbers!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ABMM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ABMM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ABMM.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ABMM-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ac00cf961d1ea846fe5a532228b76c6 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-54669e53bca3201bf4186247bd81d4a5 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s this heat. 103 in the shade for ten straight days.\u201d The White Martian is causing a white-hot heat in Middleton, and tempers are boiling over. Every minor conflict is exacerbated, and the city is on the cusp of chaos. At home, John\u2019s wife is at her breaking point, feeling pushed aside for his job. She doesn\u2019t even know who she\u2019s looking at anymore. If John can\u2019t even cool things down at home, how can he and the Martian cool down the violence that\u2019s simmering and steaming in everyone? Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez do an excellent job of putting the feeling of a scorching summer on the page, especially with the temperatures we\u2019re dealing with now.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ABWW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ABWW.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ABWW.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ABWW-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ac00cf961d1ea846fe5a532228b76c6 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-371375fc29cb5cdb8f185bd0a32bf63a wp-block-paragraph\">Learning from Doctor Poison that there may be another Amazon, Diana makes her way into what is most likely a trap. Deep underground beneath the mysterious Area 41 is an ancient maze. Some have been trapped there since it was discovered by the government. Some have been sent there by those working at the secret location. If there is a chance to find even one of her lost sisters, there is nothing Diana will not try, nowhere she would not go. What fate lies within the maze? Is there any escape?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SMALL PRESS COMICS<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PURPOSE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PURPOSE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PURPOSE.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PURPOSE-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ac00cf961d1ea846fe5a532228b76c6 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-929a4d29a861a7274eef5dd0df864eef wp-block-paragraph\">In a future where most jobs have become obsolete, the Purpose Project has been started. Imagine what you would do if you were given a Universal Basic Income, if you were given free healthcare and benefits, and did not have to work to survive. What would you do? What would your purpose be? 21-year-old Kenzie is living with no direction when she\u2019s called to fulfill her time with the public service program. Gerald is a soon to be retired lifelong government employee partnered with the new young intern. Their differences make them unlikely teammates, but they still have cases to complete: people who have yet to discover their purpose after losing traditional employment, and need help adjusting to their new lives. Part of AWA and Futurific\u2019s Protopias Collection, this one-shot from writer Danny Hogan and artist Felipe Cunha is a take on a future that isn\u2019t dystopian. How great would it be to do whatever work or play you enjoy, without any worry of money? What a protopia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FALLOUT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FALLOUT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FALLOUT.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FALLOUT-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ac00cf961d1ea846fe5a532228b76c6 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0c0400f440231a88acc180965fd0d186 wp-block-paragraph\">Nevada, 1962. A nuclear bomb test has been tampered with by General McCoy. The only one questioning his orders is Otis Fallows, a private in the Army, and his hesitance to comply is the only thing that saves his life. The only known survivor of the blast, Fallows is on the run. Something in the test has turned the other soldiers rotten and wrong, and they\u2019re close behind. Can Fallows find a safe haven? Will any exist after the fallout? Chris Condon and Jeffrey Alan Love present a dark sci-fi\/horror mini-series about corruption and survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Comic Shop Friends! I hope you\u2019re staying cool, and staying inside reading comics. This heat is making it hard to be motivated, so this will be a short newsletter. First, just announced! We\u2019ll be hosting one of Genghis Con\u2019s Drawing Club nights! August 21ST from 7 to 10pm, during Late Nite Comics! Details from their post: \u201cPresenting the first ever Genghis Con Drawing Club! Dig out your art supplies and brush off that sketchbook, we are meeting up this summer to draw and count down the days til Genghis Con!! Dates so far: Come out in August for some drawing and dollar diving! MARVEL COMICS Collecting X-Men: From the Ashes #7 \u2013 12 in print for the first time, X-Men: Demons and Death follows Havok and Omega Red\u2019s journeys from Krakoa into the X-Factor and Sentinels series. In \u201cDon\u2019t Sound Like No Sonnet\u201d, Havok is barely alive, held together by demon skin grafts from the Goblin Queen. To end his suffering, demon K\u2019yrb takes Alex to Limbo to undo the botched necromancy affecting him. 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