{"id":11053,"date":"2026-02-03T22:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/?p=11053"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:00:35","slug":"andreas-boss-picks-for-02-04-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/2026\/02\/andreas-boss-picks-for-02-04-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea’s Boss Picks for 02.04.2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s February, Comic Shop Friends! Let\u2019s hope the shortest month of the year doesn\u2019t feel as long as January did.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Too bad that dang ol\u2019 groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good thing we have a fresh batch of comics to fill those cold winter days and nights!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Late Nite Comics will be pushed back a week because the guys are heading to California for the annual ComicsPro meeting, and I can\u2019t run a Late Nite by myself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So February\u2019s Late Nite Comics will be the FOURTH Thursday, the 26th, from 8pm to midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you get 100 or more dollar books, they\u2019ll be 50 cents each! 50% off back issues!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And because it\u2019s our post-Valentine\u2019s Day event, you can pull a Valentine card for free dollar comics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure you mark your calendars for the 26th!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARVEL COMICS<\/h2>\n\n\n
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After sending Godzilla into space to save the planet, a new cosmic threat has been unleashed! The Galactic Senate is not pleased with Earth and the release of the terrifying God named Zilla, but Knull now has Godzilla under symbiote control, and they\u2019re heading straight toward the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda! Can anyone stop them before death and destruction descend across the galaxy? Black Bolt, the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Fantastic Four are going to try their damnedest to end this team-up of the King in Black and the King of the Monsters! Written by Gerry Duggan, with art by Javier Garron and Ig Guara.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cSo many impossible and fantastic stories call Earth home\u2026 but never have these two collided\u2026 until today!\u201d The Fantastic Four find themselves on trial on the Planet of the Apes! Red Ghost and his apes have attacked the Baxter building in order to use the Di-Quantum stabilizer while \u201cthe worlds are aligned.\u201d Is he trying to build an empire on the Planet of the Apes? Possibly, but the Fantastic Four are the ones sent through space and time to the ape ruled world! This isn\u2019t the first time the apes have encountered humans that can speak, and Cornelius and Zira are intrigued by Reed\u2019s knowledge, but General Ursus wants them dead. Dr. Zaius demands a fair trial, but the FF can\u2019t talk their way out of this one. Lost and powerless, how will they survive? This isn\u2019t just a \u201chow will they get home\u201d story, because there is one heck of a twist at the end of the issue! Written by Josh Trujillo, with art by Andrea Di Vito, this is an entertaining read for fans of either the classic PotA movies or Marvel\u2019s First Family!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DC COMICS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Along with the final issue of DC K.O. Knightfight, there\u2019s one other K.O. tie-in this week!<\/p>\n\n\n

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There\u2019s one last chance to prepare the DC Universe\u2019s final four for their face off with the Absolute Universe fighters! To gather enough Omega energy to stop Darkseid, the World Forger uses the last of his strength to open fissures to other worlds, and our champions must battle the best of those multiverses. Sub-Zero! Red Sonja! Annabelle! Vampirella! Sabrina, the Teenage Witch! Homelander! And my personal favorite, Samantha Strong from Beneath the Trees! Plus, the return of fallen fighters Black Lightning, Plastic Man, Batwoman, and Star Sapphire to aid Superman, Lex Luthor, Wonder Woman, and the Joker! I won\u2019t reveal the match-ups, but it’s a fun one-shot tie-in to DC K.O., that sets the stage for the final chapters of the event! Written by Jeremy Adams, with art by Ronan Cliquet, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Kieran McKeown, and Pablo M. Collar.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The superstars of All Elite Wrestling make their way from the ring to the DC Universe in this two-issue mini-series from Steve Orlando and Travis Mercer! W.A.M. (See Green Lantern: Galactic Slam!) and AEW have faced off for the Intergalactic Championship, with defending champ, Deceilia Starshame losing to self-proclaimed C.E.O. Mercedes Mone, and in a fit of rage, Starshame destroys the championship belt, sending shards across the universe. But the Big Galactic Belt is made of pure Element X, and every shard has the potential to be used as a weapon to rewrite reality itself! It\u2019s page after page of fights, called by Excalibur and Booster Gold, as the AEW roster teams up with the Justice League to recover the belt\u2019s pieces from DC villains before any damage can be done. There\u2019s someone else with their eye on the belt who wants to bend reality to their will, but can the JL and AEW stop them before they do?!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Two of Metropolis\u2019s most notorious shock-jock media personalities get together! And fall in love! Sparks fly when the Creeper and Livewire meet in Leah Williams and Ig Guara\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day special. Released from prison, Livewire heads back to her secret hideout, and back on the air. Confronting a loudmouthed street preacher, Creeper walks right into a meet-cute with Livewire, and becomes the first caller for her newly revived radio show. Livestreaming their conversation on his channel, Creeper has a plan to win her over: co-host their own show! Creeper gets the funds and approval to launch \u201cHardwired\u201d by playing both the heroes and the villains to get approval and funding, the show is a success, and things are going great between the two hosts. Until Livewire wants to bring on Jack Ryder as a guest. Jack has been badmouthing Livewire, and now Creeper is forced to reveal that he\u2019s Jack. Will their new relationship survive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a great backup story by Dan Slott and Rosi Kampe, \u201cBill Zarro\u2019s World\u201d, where a man with a terrible life finds out how the other half live, and how \u201cbad\u201d things could be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMALL PRESS BOOKS<\/h2>\n\n\n
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A party at Reggie\u2019s new lake house turns bad after Archie, Betty, and Veronica stumble onto a hidden basement, and a very strange looking book. If only Archie hadn\u2019t read from the Necronomicon, because now a bunch of Deadites have crashed the party! Good thing Archie\u2019s coworker at the new S-Mart is none other than Ashley J. Williams! Ash knows a thing or two about fighting the undead, and what he thought would be a move to a quiet new town turns out to be anything but. Now Ash, Archie, and the gang will have to hold back the Army of Darkness to save Riverdale in writer Eric Burnham and artist Bill Galvan\u2019s new series!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ignition\u2019s first anthology is full of six weird tales of romance! There\u2019s horror, sci-fi, fantasy. There\u2019s yearning, obsession, commitment. Burning emotions, and the extremes one goes to for who they desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Harpy and the Siren\u201d have the same goal, but different methods, and a friendly competition ensues. Written by Olivia Dufault with art Dani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d becomes bittersweet when a housewife with a traveling salesman husband meets her charming new neighbor. By Sugar May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hitchhiker and the driver who picks her up become close in \u201cI Want to Know You\u201d from Rosa Ekedal, but he\u2019ll soon learn you shouldn\u2019t pick up hitchhikers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two people are \u201cLiving in a Satellite Fantasy\u201d as their conversation builds, but distance separates them in Jamie S. Rich and Belen Culebras\u2019s story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou Me Again\u201d by Chris Burnham has a man being reminded of his wife by everything. But something else also wants those memories, and the family they came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A man addicted to love makes \u201cLovers\u2019 Pact\u201d after lovers\u2019 pact in Patrick Horvath and Morgan Beem\u2019s tale of perfect love and commitment. And the repercussions of those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A wonderful compilation of the strangeness of love and longing for lonely hearts and couples alike.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Writer Cullen Bunn and artist Aneke present an ultraviolent revenge tale in the vein of exploitation films. Dillon Cade is searching for her missing sister, Janelle, in the Australian outback. Janelle may have been part of a club scene where the new drug \u201cripcord\u201d has grown extremely popular. Dillon has lost track of Janelle weeks ago, and has been warned off searching the outback. It\u2019s dangerous, full of ripcord-heads, and animals \u2013 wild and human. But Dillon\u2019s not as helpless as those badlands bad boys think she is, and she\u2019s determined to find out what happened to her sister and bring her home, no matter what it takes. Or who she has to kill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s February, Comic Shop Friends! Let\u2019s hope the shortest month of the year doesn\u2019t feel as long as January did. Too bad that dang ol\u2019 groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter\u2026 Good thing we have a fresh batch of comics to fill those cold winter days and nights! Late Nite Comics will be pushed back a week because the guys are heading to California for the annual ComicsPro meeting, and I can\u2019t run a Late Nite by myself! So February\u2019s Late Nite Comics will be the FOURTH Thursday, the 26th, from 8pm to midnight. If you get 100 or more dollar books, they\u2019ll be 50 cents each! 50% off back issues! And because it\u2019s our post-Valentine\u2019s Day event, you can pull a Valentine card for free dollar comics! Make sure you mark your calendars for the 26th! MARVEL COMICS After sending Godzilla into space to save the planet, a new cosmic threat has been unleashed! The Galactic Senate is not pleased with Earth and the release of the terrifying God named Zilla, but Knull now has Godzilla under symbiote...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,154,6,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","category-events","category-feature","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}