{"id":11083,"date":"2026-02-18T10:29:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/?p=11083"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:29:33","slug":"andreas-hippopotamus-sized-picks-for-02-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/2026\/02\/andreas-hippopotamus-sized-picks-for-02-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea’s Hippopotamus Sized Picks for 02.18.2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s ComicsPro week, Comic Shop Friends! That means John, Ben, and Kevin are heading to California for the annual comic retailer convention. They\u2019ll be coming back with news and exclusives next week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Remember that Late Nite Comics is moved to NEXT Thursday, the 26th, because the guys are gone this week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you buy 100 or more dollar books, they\u2019ll be 50 cents each!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pick a Valentine to get free dollar books! Each one is marked with a number, and you can pick out that many free dollar comics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to help support Zoe and her fundraiser for Blood Cancer United, 20% of our sales from Late Nite Comics this month will be donated to them!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Zoe is doing a fundraising project for Blood Cancer United as a school project! We are taking cash donations in the shop, you can donate online Here<\/a> and you can donate by shopping during Late Nite Comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And she\u2019ll be shaving her head on March 6th to bring awareness to Blood Cancer United! Formerly the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, they have a mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma while improving the quality of life for patients and their families. The organization aims to enable patients to gain more than one million years of life by 2040 through research, education and advocacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to everyone who has donated so far!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One more bit of housekeeping, then onto the new comics!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Recently, we\u2019ve had some issues using Google Voice to send out text notifications. We\u2019re trying to figure out the issue, so if you had signed up to be notified by text and haven\u2019t heard from us, please let us know. We do have a different number, 216.223.8435, than the shop\u2019s phone that texts are sent from, so please add that to your contacts to make sure notifications aren\u2019t going to spam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five or six magazine boxes that are always out behind the counter are all the customers that we have to notify, and the majority of notifications are texts. If you\u2019ve been in on a Thursday afternoon, you\u2019ve probably seen the gigantic stack of bags piled on the counter that I\u2019m working through as I notify everyone! We think the sheer volume of texts we send on that day may be part of the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to switch to an email or call, we can do that, and if you\u2019re in consistently every week or two, we\u2019ll work on switching you to a regular file that is not notified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please keep in contact with us if you\u2019re having issues with any of the notifications. We\u2019re working on solutions because we want you to get your new comics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s Jeff! He\u2019s back! Hooray! No other book will come close to the adorableness and massive cuteness that is contained in It\u2019s Jeff Meet Daredevil! The Daredevil story by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru is brand new for this issue, and the latest season of the digital Jeff comics are printed here for the first time! Jeff goes to court! Jeff versus Hulk! Jeff needs to take his medicine! Jeff goes to the waterpark! Jeff wins the lottery! Jeff goes to the pet groomer!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Featuring stories from some of the writers and artists who have defined T\u2019Challa\u2019s legacy, this oversized one-shot celebrates Black Panther\u2019s 60th anniversary! Hatut Zeraze agent Kevin Cole is tracking down the missing Wakandan ruler, sending him on a search that touches on various people and events from T\u2019Challa\u2019s past. There are four interwoven stories, \u201cThe Understanding,\u201d written by Evan Narcisse with art by Georges Jeanty, which is the wraparound story of Cole\u2019s search. \u201cOnce On a Blue Moon\u201d from Cody Ziglar and Alitha E. Martinez, with a cosmic Black Panther adventure with Blue Marvel. \u201cThrough My Eyes\u201d written by Murewa Ayodele and art by Eder Messias, showing a piece of Storm and T\u2019Challa\u2019s relationship as he performs a ritual. \u201cExiles\u201d from Priest and Javier Pina, which reveals a meeting between the King of Wakanda and Magneto, that may lead into a new beginning for the character.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Billed as the biggest Wolverine story in years, and one that will have a major impact on the Marvel Universe, Chip Zdarsky and Luca Maresca\u2019s four-issue mini-series leads into the Armageddon Assembled event launching this summer! An old adversary brings Logan into her search for an abducted mutant, Tyler, which reveals that the defunct Weapon X program is back with their torturous methods. Perhaps those nightmares Logan has been having about his time in the program are really premonitions. As he follows the trail of feral Tyler, Wolverine finds himself in a race with a super soldier creating corporation, Primewarrior, to find the missing mutant. That\u2019s not the only thing missing though, there\u2019s a box of unknown origin that\u2019s disappeared from the facility, that has immense untapped power. With bombings destroying labs, it\u2019s time for Primewarrior to bring in the big guns: an upgraded Nuke! This may be tying in with Zdarsky\u2019s Captain America, so if you\u2019re reading that, give this one a shot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first full appearance of Poison Ivy in the Absolute Universe! Plus, another first appearance I cannot mention, because it will spoil the reveal! In the aftermath of the broadcast fight with Bane, everything feels different for Bruce. The city loves Batman, but the public support for a symbol doesn\u2019t matter when his friends pull away, disappear, and do not want contact with him. Losing these ties to humanity is pushing him to head deeper and deeper into Pamela Isley\u2019s labyrinth of creatures created from all six kingdoms of life, despite Alfred\u2019s warnings. Welcome to Ivy\u2019s wish\u2026 she dreams of reconnection, she dreams of cures, she dreams of becoming something more. Even Absolute Batman may not be strong enough to resist Poison Ivy. From Scott Snyder and guest artist Eric Canete.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Eddie Stallion has f#@*ed up. Like, the biggest f-up he could ever f-up. Kyle Starks and Steve Pugh present the second new Vertigo release, following a hitman in trouble! Called in last minute to help a buddy with a job, he slowly figures out that the crew has robbed a high-ranking boss in the international cabal of assassins, the Menagerie, that Eddie is also a legacy member of. Oops. Now he has the whole Menagerie on him for a chance at the most outrageous bounty they\u2019ve ever been offered, and he\u2019s forced to hide in the last place anyone would expect, his old hometown of Pluto. And oops again, he beats up some local gang members, so now they\u2019re after him, and his dad is about to shoot him just for showing up again. Oh, and his childhood love is still in town! Eddie\u2019s not going to catch a break, but he\u2019s also not going down without a fight. This man-child is about to have to face some very grown-up problems, or die trying! A great first issue that\u2019s funny, full of action, and another excellent addition to the Vertigo line!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s time to get things started in The Muppets Noir tonight! Super-stressed Kermit needs a break, but when he sits down to read his favorite old detective novel, he\u2019s hit on the head with a brick, sending him into a noir dreamworld! P.I. Flip Minnow is on the case, and the case is tracking down Meringue Crustworth, the niece of a pie magnate, who has run away to become an actor. It should be a fairly easy case to solve, except every time Flip smells a pie, he slips into a sleep-like trance, hallucinating variety show numbers. It\u2019s a hard-boiled mystery from writer and artist Roger Langridge, starring all your favorite Muppets! Following the new Muppet Show Special that aired last week, this is another entry into the new Muppet renaissance!<\/p>\n\n\n

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A five-issue mini-series written by Andrew MacLean in the vein of martial arts video games and over the top fight films, Death Fight Forever features four artists for the five chapters, Alexis Ziritt, Al Gofa, Sam McKenzie, and Erwin Papa. To learn how the merest of mortals have become the masters of the Phantom Realm we must look back to a place called Earth in a time called 1992\u2026 Bruiser brothers, Crash and Bash Biggle are called in by Commander Thunderfang (What a rad name!) to break into Lord Slyther\u2019s jungle headquarters. When Sergeant Marla Mendoza and her Copz are sent out to stop the Biggle brothers, their lives will be changed forever! If you ever wanted to see a snakeman snort cocaine, this is the book for you! If you miss the feeling of sitting in front of the tv, watching cheap action cartoons and whatever movie was on the local channels on a Saturday afternoon, then following it with an evening of video games, this is also the book for you!<\/p>\n\n\n

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We only have two copies hitting the table, and the first print is already sold out, so make sure you ask us to put you down for a copy of the second print (cover shown above) announced to release on March 25th, and add this weirdo, action-comedy book to your pull list!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hard-drinking, chain-smoking First Lady wants to warn us of the dangers of drugs by showing us the cautionary tale of the Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre! Take a trip to Disco Hippo Wonderland, the \u201cswellest and wholesomest place on Earth!\u201d What\u2019s not so wholesome is that the park\u2019s owner, Jans M\u2019jor Discau, is a drug lord and he\u2019s about to unveil the most potent drug ever! Coke45! The Laser Drug Force has been surveilling the park, but undercover agent Tico Senecoza\u2019s cover has been blown, leading to his older brother Miquel literally crashing the show! As federal agents storm the park, a hurricane makes its way to Flamingo City, and Discau plans his escape, but not before unleashing the full shipment of Coke45! Extra goofy, gun-blasting, bloody action, with the best drawn hair, and so many hippos! Written by Fred Kennedy, with art by James Edward Clark, this is the book of the week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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