{"id":9281,"date":"2023-12-20T00:11:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T05:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/?p=9281"},"modified":"2023-12-21T13:49:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T18:49:59","slug":"andreas-pre-christmas-picks-for-12-20-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/2023\/12\/andreas-pre-christmas-picks-for-12-20-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea’s Pre-Christmas Picks for 12.20.2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Merry Christmas, Comic Shop Friends! We had a great time at our Holiday party, thanks to all of you who made it out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And a huge thank you to everyone who donated to the raffle! Our total was $6296, which creates 18,888 meals!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Another huge thanks to everyone who submitted a cover, we couldn\u2019t do it without your help! We had a record number of covers to raffle off, 156, so keep that in mind for next year so we can top that, and beat this year\u2019s donation amount for the Cleveland Food Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is also a good time to remind you that the Cleveland Food Bank needs donations all year long, so if you are in a position to do so, send some money their way throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some photos from the night:<\/p>\n\n\n

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John Shearer is bummed he didn\u2019t win the Short Box King cover I did, but John\u2019s daughter won it, so there may be some deals in play to get it into the hands of SBK.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Especially since John Shearer won the original painting of the Superman House, and gifted it to John Dudas!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Awwww, so sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I somehow won most of the covers I put tickets in for, including Kevenn Smith\u2019s Britney and Christina cover!<\/p>\n\n\n

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We\u2019ve also extended the 50% off back issue sale until the end of the year, and wall books are included! Grab some gifts before Christmas, and then come back after and treat yourself to what Santa didn\u2019t bring you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statues are still 20% off until Christmas Eve!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now until the end of the year, all action figures will be 50% off! You guys did an awesome job cleaning them out after John\u2019s Facebook post on Monday! There are still a bunch left, so come check them out!<\/p>\n\n\n

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There are still Funko Pops left from the generous donation, and sales of these benefit the Cleveland Food Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We always have gift certificates, Winston stickers, and shop t-shirts! Exactly what all your friends and family need!<\/p>\n\n\n

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And don\u2019t sleep on our newly restocked and reorganized Young Readers section! I\u2019m excited I get to be the cool comic book aunt now that my nephews like Captain America and Hulk! Get those kids into comics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, a couple of reminders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, our hours for Christmas Eve, and Sunday the 24th are 12pm to 5pm, we are closed Christmas Day, and then back to regular hours on the 26th.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Second, we ask that everyone come in and clear out their files by the end of the year, so we don\u2019t have to pay tax on the unsold inventory. You probably have some good reading in there too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARVEL COMICS<\/h1>\n\n\n
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An all-new adventure with the original X-Men team! Having once been sent into the future, and returning with no memory of the events, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Iceman, and Angel are summoned to another future by an alternate universe Phoenix to take down yet another universe\u2019s Phoenix! Christos Gage and Greg Land\u2019s one-shot leads into Weapon X-Men coming in March!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Featuring seven stories from across the Star Wars Universe, from the High Republic to the original trilogy, that will set up what\u2019s to come in the coming months. Charles Soule and Andrea Di Vito set a story during the original years in \u201cA Trick of the Mind\u201d, where Dengar\u2019s lawyer\u2019s defense is that a Jedi Knight used a mind trick to make him do crimes! A Doctor Aphra-set story has bounty hunter Raslin Grace\u2019s \u201cTall Tales\u201d from Alyssa Wong and David Baldeon. Jango Fett stars in \u201cStolen Hope\u201d, written by Ethan Sacks with art by Will Sliney. Mace Windu has a \u201cShowdown at Ocean\u2019s Deep\u201d by Marc Bernardin and Chriscross. Greg Pak and Salvador Larroca\u2019s Darth Vader \u201cTool of the Empire\u201d story has him correcting some weaknesses. Writer Cavan Scott and artist Marika Cresta\u2019s \u201cAll the Republic\u201d is a High Republic set story, and finally Jabba the Hutt\u2019s \u201ctop lieutenant\u201d gets pulled into a \u201cDuel of the Reprobates\u201d from Marc Guggenheim and Salva Espin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DC COMICS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

DC has a week of beast-filled books!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Giant murder hornets! Rats! Lizards! And more! As the spores infect Central City, Irey West has to round up the Speedsters to stop Godspeed, and first up is Barry Allen. Si Spurrier and Scott Koblish take on the wraparound story, with Barry and Iris. In \u201cGimme the Volts\u201d from Jarrett Williams and Geroge Kambadais, Kid Flash and Avery answer Barry\u2019s call and run into spores on their way. Maxine and Jai\u2019s first date is interrupted by an attack by Godspeed in Alex Paknadel and Gerg Acuna\u2019s story. Circuit Breaker and Pied Piper team-up to stop theater rats and a lizard Impulse, from A.L. Kaplan. This issue also ties into the events happening across the Flash family titles!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Flash fights a humongous Cthulhu-squid-crab thing! Shazam and Supergirl against Godzilla! Wonder Woman and Wonder Girl take down a mammoth tusked Mammoth creature! Meanwhile on Skull Island, Green Arrow gets between Kong and another beastie! Worldwide monster fights!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Finish out the year with an excellent Wonder Woman book. (We\u2019ll just keep pushing this until all of you have it on your pull list.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMALL PRESS COMICS<\/h1>\n\n\n
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The Long Night is coming to the small, isolated Alaskan town of Qinu, and bringing with it the deadly spirits, Taqriaqsuit. Officer Sil Osha is sent back home after a decade away, to investigate bootleggers and a series of brutal murders, but something strange is happening to her. Now she has to face a dark past, her mother\u2019s death, and a connection to local legends in this bone-chilling supernatural thriller from writers Mark Verheiden and Aaron Douglas, and artist Cliff Richards.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We had the Ashcan edition of Animal Pound recently, now the first full issue is out! Tom King and Peter Gross update Animal Farm as an allegory for the 21st century. Dogs and cats working together to free themselves from the cages of man. After years of being caged and killed, the animals unite against humans, and plan an uprising to take control of the pound. But there are some that are content, and may challenge the newfound freedom. Winston\u2019s pick of the week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Merry Christmas, Comic Shop Friends! We had a great time at our Holiday party, thanks to all of you who made it out! And a huge thank you to everyone who donated to the raffle! Our total was $6296, which creates 18,888 meals! Another huge thanks to everyone who submitted a cover, we couldn\u2019t do it without your help! We had a record number of covers to raffle off, 156, so keep that in mind for next year so we can top that, and beat this year\u2019s donation amount for the Cleveland Food Bank. This is also a good time to remind you that the Cleveland Food Bank needs donations all year long, so if you are in a position to do so, send some money their way throughout the year. Some photos from the night: John Shearer is bummed he didn\u2019t win the Short Box King cover I did, but John\u2019s daughter won it, so there may be some deals in play to get it into the hands of SBK. Especially since John Shearer won the original painting of...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,154,6,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9281","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\/9281","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=9281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}