{"id":9903,"date":"2024-10-08T22:41:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T02:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/?p=9903"},"modified":"2024-10-08T22:41:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T02:41:50","slug":"andreas-absolute-batman-is-the-only-pick-this-week-picks-for-10-09-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/2024\/10\/andreas-absolute-batman-is-the-only-pick-this-week-picks-for-10-09-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea’s “Absolute Batman is the Only Pick this Week” Picks for 10.09.2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hi Comic Shop Friends! This month is packed full of goodness, so let’s get right to it!<\/p>\n\n\n

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First, Late Nite Comics! Thursday the 17th from 8pm to midnight! And as a Halloween treat for you, we\u2019re making all the dollar stock just 50 cents that night! And all back issues including the wall will be 50% off! Trick or Treat Yo Self!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Second, Bumblebee! Saturday the 19th from 11am to 1pm you can stop out for a free photo op with Bumblebee! We\u2019ll have free copies of Transformers #1 and free prints with retro and modern Bumblebee to hand out! The artist, Erin Caruso who does @supergrouphugs will be here to sign them! Get here early because if our Sonic event is anything to go by, this one will be big! (And Bumblebee has to transform back promptly at 1pm.)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Third, Trick or Read! Saturday the 26th from 10 am to 4 pm put on a costume and trick or treat in the shop! We\u2019ll have candy and free comics for all ages!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Finally, mark your calendars for November 10th! Tony Fleecs will be here for a free signing from 2 pm to 5 pm! We\u2019ve stocked up on Stray Dogs, Feral, and Local Man graphic novels, so stop in and grab something to get signed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARVEL COMICS<\/h1>\n\n\n
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First off, not enough blood and guts in this Red Band title! Step it up, Marvel! If you\u2019re wary of the Red Band titles being too explicit, don\u2019t be. I would say, besides Blood Hunt, they\u2019ve been pretty PG-13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blade has placed himself in exile after the events of Blood Hunt. What\u2019s left of the Daywalker? Did any of the vampires within him survive? Did any of the men? His solitude won\u2019t last, because you know those suckheads won\u2019t leave him alone for long! When he\u2019s called upon by a mystical group to take down a Van Helsing turned bad, Blade decides he\u2019ll do it his way. Which involves lots of decapitations! Written by Bryan Hill with art by C.F. Villa.<\/p>\n\n\n

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To protect a fragile peace between mutants and humans, the new Sentinel program falls into the hands of mutantkind, led by Lawrence Trask. Powered by cutting-edge nanotech, Lockstep, Sawtooth, Shellback, and Voivod are tasked with capturing the most heinous mutants, starting with Omega Red. But when being a Sentinel is your whole life, is it possible to retain your humanity? Writer Alex Paknadel says he and artist Justin Mason are trying to tell a story in the vein of Robocop and Starship Troopers, \u201csomething that satisfies as\u2026 ultraviolent entertainment, but that also poses provocative questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DC COMICS<\/h1>\n\n\n
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This is Absolute-ly the book to pick up this week! I know you\u2019ve heard us talking about it already because we got to read an advance pdf, and a lot of you already took our recommendation and added it to your pull. If you didn\u2019t, now\u2019s your chance before we sell out! The first print is already sold out at the distributor level, and a second print has been announced, so we will have those coming in later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DC\u2019s first Absolute Universe title starts this week with a reimagined Batman and Bruce Wayne from writer Scott Snyder and artist Nick Dragotta! Without the mansion, the money, the butler, who is Bruce Wayne? This is a street level hero. As Snyder says in his author\u2019s note, \u201cInstead of being a generational billionaire, he\u2019d be working class, an everyman with the odds stacked against him like never before. A hero who has to go bigger, be bigger, to go up against these new, overwhelming challenges\u2026\u201d With a very bat-inspired costume and weapons, Batman goes up against the Party Animal gang, who are terrorizing Gotham. Alfred Pennyworth is assigned to a surveillance mission to gather intel on the Party Animals, but with the \u201cother party\u201d interfering, he\u2019s now on his own mission to learn the identity of the Batman. And possibly take him down. Re-reading his issue again for the newsletter, it still packs a punch (literally) and as someone who\u2019s not a big fan of billionaire Batman, I\u2019m into seeing a blue-collar Bruce Wayne and how he moves through this version of Gotham City. Give this book a shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMALL PRESS COMICS<\/h1>\n\n\n
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The first superhero from New Jersey is back! In comic form! Who knows what\u2019s happening with the new Toxic Avenger movie, but in the meantime, we have a new Toxie comic! Writer Matt Bors and artist Fred Harper reimagine the Toxic Avenger for the 21st century with a new origin story. Bullied teen Melvin runs away from another horrible prank being live-streamed by some jerky kids, and runs right into a train full of toxic waste, transforming him into the massive, mop-wielding mutant you love! But he\u2019s not the only one mutated this time! Corporate overlords have quarantined Tromaville and have moved the remaining victims to a secure location. But for what purpose?! Goopy fun that\u2019s not as gross as the Troma films!<\/p>\n\n\n

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When all of history becomes a war zone, nowhere is safe in Declan Salvey and Luke Sparrow\u2019s new Terminator series! Terminators are dispatched throughout the world and throughout time to target the human resistance fighters, their ancestors, and anyone else who ends up in their way. Will Skynet be successful when all of the time is on their side? First up, an older couple living off the grid has their past catch up with them. \u201cTime escapes no one.\u201d Then, the start of a continuing backup story, \u201cBuried Alive\u201d from writer Sal Crivelli and artist Colin Craker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Comic Shop Friends! This month is packed full of goodness, so let’s get right to it! First, Late Nite Comics! Thursday the 17th from 8pm to midnight! And as a Halloween treat for you, we\u2019re making all the dollar stock just 50 cents that night! And all back issues including the wall will be 50% off! Trick or Treat Yo Self! Second, Bumblebee! Saturday the 19th from 11am to 1pm you can stop out for a free photo op with Bumblebee! We\u2019ll have free copies of Transformers #1 and free prints with retro and modern Bumblebee to hand out! The artist, Erin Caruso who does @supergrouphugs will be here to sign them! Get here early because if our Sonic event is anything to go by, this one will be big! (And Bumblebee has to transform back promptly at 1pm.) Third, Trick or Read! Saturday the 26th from 10 am to 4 pm put on a costume and trick or treat in the shop! We\u2019ll have candy and free comics for all ages! Finally, mark your calendars for November 10th!...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,154,6,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9903","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\/9903","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=9903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}