{"id":8955,"date":"2023-08-16T13:15:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T17:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/?p=8955"},"modified":"2023-08-16T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T17:15:30","slug":"andreas-rare-picks-for-08-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/2023\/08\/andreas-rare-picks-for-08-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea’s Rare Picks for 08.16.2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hey Comic Shop Friends! Welcome to another exciting week of comics!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Late Nite Comics is back this Thursday, the 17th, from 8 pm to midnight! It\u2019s the one-year anniversary of Late Nite, so come out and celebrate this milestone with us! The table will be full of dollar stock, and back issues will be 50% off! Including the wall books! Also, since this is a special occasion, if you get 100 or more $1 books, they will be 50 cents each!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John also brought in a ton of ties so we can be fancy, and there\u2019s enough for everyone if you feel like dressing up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come \u201ctie\u201d one on with us!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Winston cannot contain his excitement about all of the signings coming up.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We\u2019ll have more information on the rest of the upcoming events as we get closer to them, but all are in the shop and are all free! Thanks to the Cleveland Public Library\u2019s \u201cSuperman\u2019s Cleveland\u201d program happening this fall to celebrate Superman\u2019s 85th Anniversary. You can visit www.supermanscleveland.com for information about all of their events, which include discussions, workshops, live interviews, and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARVEL COMICS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The Fall of X is in full force this week with a bunch of X-Men titles!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Alpha Flight is back to save Canada! From mutants! Now working for the government and a new Canadian Sentinel program, Guardian, Puck, Snowbird, and Shaman are pitted against their old teammates, Aurora, Northstar, Nemesis, and Fang. The Fall of X has changed everything. Will the new Alpha Flight be able to overcome their traitor label? Will the former members be able to save other mutants from being tracked down? From writer Ed Brisson and artist Scott Godlewski.<\/p>\n\n\n

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After the events of the Hellfire Gala, Madelyne Pryor realizes the world needs the X-Men now more than ever. Welcome the Dark X-Men! The sanctuary of the Limbo Embassy is a safe haven for monsters, misfits, and freaks, but how long will that last now? Teaming up with Havok, Gambit, Maggot, Archangel, and Gimmick (seen in Marvel\u2019s Voices: Pride), the Goblin Queen is set to take on Orchis. Written by Steve Foxe with art by Jonas Scharf and Nelson Daniel.<\/p>\n\n\n

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An all-new anthology featuring the X-Men, with seven stories that span their history, from writers Raphael Draccon and Carolina Munhoz, Sarah Kuhn (Hey, she\u2019ll be here for a signing on October 27th!), Al Ewing, Jay Jurden, Greg Pak, and Jay Edidin. With art by Jethro Morales, Jorge Corona, Gustaffo Vargas, Wilton Santos, Daniel Bayliss, Nina Vakueva, and Jan Bazaldua and Marcelo Costa. Featuring Gambit, Rogue, Jean Grey, Emma Frost, Iceman, Storm, Jubilee, Yuriko, Mystique, and Charles Xavier!<\/p>\n\n\n

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It\u2019s time for a new squad of Avengers after the attacks on the U.S. and Krakoan governments and the increased anti-mutant hysteria. Psylocke and Penance are working out their rage on Orchis, and Captain America has some experience fighting fascism, so when he asks them to join him, Deadpool, Quicksilver, and Rogue, they agree to become the newest members of the Uncanny Avengers! Now, they must figure out who the new Captain Krakoa is and how to stop him and his team of killers. From Gerry Duggan and Javier Garron, with a preview page from Jonathan Hickman for G.O.D.S.!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you didn\u2019t read the backup stories from Chip Zdarsky and Belen Ortega in Batman issues #125 – #127, Penguin #0 collects them all and sets up the story that will continue in Penguin #1 from Tom King and Rafael De Latorre that\u2019s out later this month! After Penguin\u2019s death, Catwoman is contacted by the Executor to track down the Penguin\u2019s heirs, but they are being murdered. Now she has to find the killer and figure out what really happened to Oswald Cobblepot.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Another week, another night of Knight Terrors! This week is #2s of Catwoman (Why\u2019d it have to be snakes?), Nightwing (It\u2019s Meatball Monday in Arkham!), Punchline (\u201cI did it. I beat the internet.\u201d), Superman (\u201cWhy couldn\u2019t this just be a nice dream about cats?\u201d), and Wonder Woman (\u201cThe more you accommodate man\u2019s world, the more your rage builds.\u201d). If you need to catch up, we have #1s of each of these Knight Terrors titles in stock now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Time for another Chilling Adventure\u2026 in Science! Danni Malloy has accidentally created a time machine, and when she receives a mysterious message from former friend Dilton Doiley, she and Jinx Holliday have to find out when he is. But something has gone wrong, and now all three have to figure out how to get out of the warped Riverdale they are trapped in. Writer Magdalene Visaggio and artist Butch K. Mapa explore Danni\u2019s personal history, time travel (featuring a cameo of Bill and Ted\u2019s phone booth!), and being true to oneself.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We have the exclusive ashcan Tasting Menu edition of Ram V and Filipe Andrade\u2019s new series, Rare Flavours! Strictly limited to its first printing, this edition gives us a preview of the duo\u2019s return, which mixes the supernatural, and the world of chef-driven celebrity with a dash of Indian cuisine. The first course is served this September.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A new five-issue mini-series from writer Kelly Thompson and artist Mattia De Iulis, that\u2019s Goonies mixed with horror and otherworldly creatures. Five friends head out to Black Water Beach to film on a mysterious rock in the water. But Cleo hasn\u2019t told the others why she really wants to go there, and they will find something that will change their lives in a way they could not have predicted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey Comic Shop Friends! Welcome to another exciting week of comics! Late Nite Comics is back this Thursday, the 17th, from 8 pm to midnight! It\u2019s the one-year anniversary of Late Nite, so come out and celebrate this milestone with us! The table will be full of dollar stock, and back issues will be 50% off! Including the wall books! Also, since this is a special occasion, if you get 100 or more $1 books, they will be 50 cents each! John also brought in a ton of ties so we can be fancy, and there\u2019s enough for everyone if you feel like dressing up! Come \u201ctie\u201d one on with us! Winston cannot contain his excitement about all of the signings coming up. We\u2019ll have more information on the rest of the upcoming events as we get closer to them, but all are in the shop and are all free! Thanks to the Cleveland Public Library\u2019s \u201cSuperman\u2019s Cleveland\u201d program happening this fall to celebrate Superman\u2019s 85th Anniversary. You can visit www.supermanscleveland.com for information about all of their events, which include...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,154,6,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","category-event","category-events","category-feature","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8955","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=8955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}