Sunday, February 28, 2010

Wizard-Toronto Comic-Con

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I will have a booth at the Wizard Comicon the weekend of March 26-28th. It will be at the Direct Energy building on the CNE grounds just inside Prince's gate.
I should have some flyers advertising the show in store next week, and hopefully some passes to sell as well. The price will be $25.00 for a 1 day and $45.00 for a 3-day pass. Any customers planning on attending the event should contact me and let me know if you are interested in picking up a ticket from me rather than waiting to pay more at the door the day of the show.
Check out the official site for info on guests and more.

http://www.wizardworld.com/home-toronto.html

Friday, February 26, 2010

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY- MARCH 3rd

Well the February blahs are over, and as I thought, the publishers are starting all their first issues at the same time.
New titles this week include the start of Marvels "Girls Month" as they launch the 3 issue mini-series Savage She-Hulks, to tie into the Fall of Hulks X-over. Also the inspired title, Girl Comics, gives us the first of 3 issues of stories about the ladies of the Marvel universe, written and drawn by some very talented women.
Also from Marvel,
Prelude to Deadpool Corps pretty much speaks for itself, as does Ultimate Comics New Ultimates, which for some reason ships the same day as the last issue of the other Ultimate Comics Avengers title.
Another Stephen King adaptation arrives as "N" joins Dark Tower and The Stand at Marvel.
Beware,.. X-Men Hope #1 is reprint material that was back-up stories in some X-Men titles a few months back.
DC is a little more reasonable with only a few "newbies" but First Wave #1 should be the big seller of the week. Its the team-up book that features the Golden-Age versions of Batman,Spirit and Doc Savage.The Rags Morales art alone makes this one a must buy. Also Nemesis and Sparta USA both look really good too, and a nice change from all the super-hero action.
And Kevin Smiths version of Green Hornet will help fill in the racks too.
And Marvel Greatest Comics, the series of $1.00 reprint comics, starts this week with Iron Man #1, FOR FREE! while my supplies last.


ADVENTURE COMICS #8
AGE OF REPTILES JOURNEY #3 (OF 4)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #623
ANGEL #30
ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE FOUR #2 (OF 4)
AUTHORITY #20
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #42
BOYS #40
BUFFY #33 TWILIGHT PT 2 (OF 5) JEANTY CV
BUFFY #33 TWILIGHT PT 2 (OF 5) JO CHEN CV
CHEW #9
CINDERELLA FROM FABLETOWN WITH LOVE #5 (OF 6)
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #19 JUSTIN SWEET CVR
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #19 LINSNER CVR
CROSSED #9 (OF 9)
DAFFODIL #3 (OF 3)
DARKSTALKERS NIGHT WARRIORS #1 (OF 3)
DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #895
DEMO VOL 2 #2 (OF 6)
DETECTIVE COMICS #862
DISNEYS HERO SQUAD #2
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #9 (OF 24)
FALL OF HULKS SAVAGE SHE-HULKS #1 (OF 3)
FIRST WAVE #1 (OF 6)
GI JOE #15
GIRL COMICS #1 (OF 3)
GREAT TEN #5 (OF 10)
GREEK STREET #9
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #44
INCREDIBLES #6
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #24
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN MGC #1 -free(while they last)
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN HC VOL 01
JACK OF FABLES #43
JONAH HEX #53
JSA ALL STARS #4
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #158
JUSTICE LEAGUE CRY FOR JUSTICE #7 (OF 7)
KEVIN SMITH GREEN HORNET #1
LOCKE & KEY CROWN OF SHADOWS #3
LOONEY TUNES #184
MAGOG #6
MIGHTY AVENGERS #34
MILESTONE FOREVER #2 (OF 2)
NEMESIS THE IMPOSTORS #1 (OF 4)
PHANTOM GENERATIONS #9
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #1 (OF 5)
PUNISHER MAX BUTTERFLY #1
REALM OF KINGS SON OF HULK #2 (OF 4)
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #210
SPARTA USA #1 (OF 6)
SPAWN #196
SPIDER-MAN MAGAZINE #10
SPIDER-MAN NOIR 2 #4 (OF 4)
STARSTRUCK #7
STEPHEN KINGS N #1 (OF 4)
SWEET TOOTH #7
SWORD #22
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #5
ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES #1
UNDERGROUND #5 (OF 5)
VERONICA #199
WARLORD #12
WIZARDS OF MICKEY #2
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #11
X-MEN HOPE #1
X-MEN NOIR MARK OF CAIN #4 (OF 4)
ZORRO #20


PBKS & HRDCVRS
AUTHORITY RULE BRITTANIA TP
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 06 RETREAT
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH INK TP
GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP VOL 07
IRON MAN ARMOR WARS TP NEW PTG
IRON MAN DEMON IN A BOTTLE TP NEW PTG
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL TP VOL 04
LAST DAYS OF ANIMAL MAN TP
MONSTERS INC LAUGH FACTORY TP VOL 01
NEW AVENGERS REUNION TP
PLANETARY HC VOL 04
SPIDER-MAN AMERICAN SON TP
STRANGE TALES HC
SUPERMAN BRAINIAC TP
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 06 NEW ED
X-MEN FOREVER TP VOL 02

Sunday, February 21, 2010

BUCK BOOKS

I had a customer in the other day, I haven't seen since before Christmas, and he seemed surprised that I was still doing my backstock dollar sale. With a smile on my face I informed him that the dollar bins are not a sale, per se, but an on-going section of the store. Half of our backstock bins are permanently priced at $1.00 and a great way to pick up some cheap reading material. Don't make the mistake of thinking this is all "90's junk either. There's a lot of great 70's-80's Marvels mixed in with some current comics as well(mainly odd issues of mini-series or one-shot specials we over ordered on). And at the back of the store are several boxes of all-ages kid-friendly books priced at a dollar each as well.
On the topic of dollar comics, DC started a program last year where they reprinted several popular first issues for a dollar. Marvel and Image know a good idea when they steal it, so this year along with 5 DC/Vertigo comics, you can look forward to a half dozen Image books and a regular weekly from Marvel, all at the entry price of $1.00.

Starting the first week of March and continuing for at least 3 months, Marvel will put out a different reprint first issue for only a buck, in fact the first one arriving on March 3rd is Iron Man #1, and its FREE. The weeks after will give us Captain America and Thor #1's(after all they all have movies coming out), as well as Garth Ennis Punisher #1 and for the kid in all of us, Wizard of Oz #1.
Image and DC will start shipping their first issues specials in April, with such trade bait as Batman and Robin, Walking Dead and Ex Machina.
All of them are a great introduction to some of the best the industry has to offer(well except for Youngblood #1, I mean what were they thinking?) and Even if you already own these comics, it would be a great idea to pick up a few to give to those friends and family members who don't actively read comics. At the very least, supporting efforts like this can only encourage more "cheap" comics in the future.I will be stocking as heavily as I can on these and you can expect to see them on the shelves on Free Comic Book Day, Saturday May 1st.
Check the on-line store for more info on expected ship dates for all these and the rest.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY- FEBRUARY 24th

Well I knew the last week of the month would be a little busier, but this is ridiculous. Its a massive amount of material to fill the "new" comics shelves with. Only one book thats a first issue worth mentioning though.
Captain Swing is another Ellis title from Avatar. This one looks to be in a "Steampunk" universe and the art looks really sharp, if you can judge them by the covers.
Archie #606 is a wrap-up to the 6-parter, Archies Future, storyline. Its not numbered as part of the story though, so some fans might miss this one.
Hey, Flash Rebirth #6 finally arrives. I was afraid Blackest Night would wrap up before this did.
Speaking of Blackest Night, Green Arrow #30 features the zombie Green Arrow.
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> 28 DAYS LATER #7
> AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #622 GNTLT
> ARCHIE #606
> AVENGERS INITIATIVE #33 SIEGE
> AVP THREE WORLD WAR #2 (OF 6)
> BART SIMPSON COMICS #52
> BATMAN AND ROBIN #9
> BILLY BATSON AND SHAZAM #13
> BLACK TERROR #8
> BLACKEST NIGHT #7 (OF 8)
> BLACKEST NIGHT JSA #3 (OF 3)
> BUCK ROGERS #9
> CAPTAIN SWING #1 (OF 4)
> CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD #3
> DARK TOWER BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL #4 (OF 5)
> DARK WOLVERINE #83 SIEGE
> DEADPOOL #20
> DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #351
> ENDERS GAME MAZER IN PRISON SPECIAL
> FALL OF HULKS RED HULK #2 (OF 4) FOH
> FANTASTIC FOUR #576
> FLASH REBIRTH #6 (OF 6)
> GI JOE COBRA II #2
> GI JOE OPERATION HISS #1
> GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #9
> GRAVEL #17
> BLACK LANTERN GREEN ARROW #30
> HALO BLOOD LINE #3 (OF 5)
> IMAGE UNITED #0 (OF 6)
> IRON MAN I AM IRON MAN #2 (OF 2)
> IRON MAN VS WHIPLASH #4 (OF 4)
> IRREDEEMABLE #11
> JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #36
> MADAME XANADU #20
> MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #60
> MARVEL PREVIEWS MARCH 2010
> MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ #4 (OF 8)
> MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #6 (OF 6)
> MARVELS PROJECT #6 (OF 8)
> MS MARVEL #50
> MUPPET KING ARTHUR #2
> NATION X #3 (OF 4)
> NEW AVENGERS #62 SIEGE
> NORTHLANDERS #25
> OFF HANDBOOK MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z UPDATE #1
> OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE #14
> PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #139
> PHANTOM GENERATIONS #8
> PREVIEWS #258 MARCH 2010
> PROJECT SUPERPOWERS CHAPTER TWO #7
> PVP #44
> REALM OF KINGS INHUMANS #4 (OF 5)
> SCALPED #35
> SECRET WARRIORS #13
> SPIDER-MAN CLONE SAGA #6 (OF 6)
> STAR WARS LEGACY #45 MONSTER PT 3 (OF 4)
> STUMPTOWN #1 (OF 4) 2ND PTG
> SUPERMAN #697
> SUPERNATURAL MAGAZINE #15 PX ED
> TALES FROM RIVERDALE DIGEST #37
> TALES OF THE DRAGON GUARD #1 (OF 3)
> TEEN TITANS #80
> THOR #607 SIEGE
> THUNDERBOLTS #141 SIEGE
> TRANSFORMERS BUMBLEBEE #3
> TRANSFORMERS LAST STAND O/T WRECKERS #2
> TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #4
> ULTIMATE COMICS ENEMY #2 (OF 4)
> UNKNOWN SOLDIER #17
> VICTORIAN UNDEAD #4 (OF 6)
> WALKING DEAD #70
> WALL-E #3
> WEB #6
> WILDCATS #20
> WIZARD MAGAZINE #223
> WONDER WOMAN #41
> X-FACTOR #202
> X-FORCE #24 XN
> X-MEN FOREVER #18
> X-MEN LEGACY #233 XN
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> PBKS & HRDCVRS
> ANGEL ONLY HUMAN TP
> ASTOUNDING WOLF MAN TP VOL 03
> BATMAN CHRONICLES TP VOL 09
> BATMAN KING TUTS TOMB TP
> CLASSIC GI JOE TP VOL 07
> DAREDEVIL LONE STRANGER TP
> DEADPOOL & CABLE ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP BOOK 01
> EMILY THE STRANGE SC VOL 01 LOST DAYS
> FANTASTIC FOUR BY JONATHAN HICKMAN PREM HC VOL 01
> FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH RUN TP
> GI JOE TP VOL 02
> HITMAN TP VOL 02 10000 BULLETS NEW PTG
> IMMORTAL WEAPONS TP
> INCREDIBLE HERCULES HC SACRED INVASION
> INDIANA JONES FURTHER ADV OMNIBUS TP VOL 03
> MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN SPIDER-MAN TP DIGEST
> MMW CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 01
> MMW FANTASTIC FOUR HC VOL 12
> MMW GOLDEN AGE DARING MYSTERY HC VOL 02
> NEIL GAIMAN NEVERWHERE LTD ED
> NEW AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 12 POWER LOSS
> PROJECT SUPERPOWERS CHAPTER TWO TP VOL 01
> SPIDER-MAN ANTI-VENOM TP
> TUROK SON OF STONE ARCHIVES HC VOL 05
> WEREWOLVES ON THE MOON VERSUS VAMPIRES TP VOL 01
> WOLVERINE DARK WOLVERINE TP PRINCE

Friday, February 12, 2010

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY - FEB.17th

It looks like a pretty average week, with next to no "new" books to mention. But February is sort of a transition month, as the big 2 end off/cancel titles to make room for the new spring line.
Doomwar #1 sounds interesting, although putting it out at this time makes it feel like a
Seige tie-in.
A couple of guest writer issues to note, Supergirl #50 has a back-up story written by "Supergirl" herself, Helen Slater.
And Tiny Titans #25 (one of the funnest comics on the shelves every month)welcomes writer Geoff Johns, who brings Superboy and Match with him.


AIR #18 (MR)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #621 GNTLT
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #206
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #21
AUTHORITY THE LOST YEAR #6 (OF 12)
AVENGERS VS ATLAS #2 (OF 4)
AZRAEL #5
BATMAN #696
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #9
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #14
BETTY & VERONICA #246
BLACK WIDOW AND MARVEL GIRLS #4 (OF 4)
BLACK WIDOW DEADLY ORIGIN #4 (OF 4)
BLACKEST NIGHT THE FLASH #3 (OF 3)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #603
CARS #1
CHASE VARIANT ONE SHOT IS ALL I NEED
DANTES INFERNO #3 (OF 6)
DAREDEVIL #505
DARK AVENGERS #14 SIEGE
DEADPOOL #19
DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #8
DEATHLOK #4 (OF 7)
DIE HARD YEAR ONE #6
DOCTOR VOODOO AVENGER OF SUPERNATURAL #5
DOOMWAR #1 (OF 6)
ENDERS SHADOW COMMAND SCHOOL #5 (OF 5)
FARSCAPE ONGOING #4
FREE REALMS #6 (OF 12)
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS HAPPY VALLEY #3 (OF 9)
GREEN LANTERN #51 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #45 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #23
HELLBLAZER #264
HULK #20 FOH
INCORRUPTIBLE #3
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #141
INCREDIBLE HULK #607 FOH
INVINCIBLE #70
JOE THE BARBARIAN #2 (OF 8)
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #42
MAGOG #6
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #6 (OF 6)
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #6 (OF 6) B&W VAR
MICE TEMPLAR DESTINY #7
MODERN WARFARE 2 GHOST #3 (OF 6)
OUTSIDERS #27
POWER GIRL #9
PSYLOCKE #4 (OF 4)
PUNISHER #14
RESURRECTION VOL 2 #8
SIMPSONS COMICS #163
SONIC UNIVERSE #13
SPIDER-MAN 1602 #5 (OF 5)
SPIDER-WOMAN #6
STAND SOUL SURVIVORS #4 (OF 5)
SUPERGIRL #50
SUPERMAN BATMAN #69
SUPERNATURAL BEGINNINGS END #2 (OF 6)
TALISMAN ROAD OF TRIALS #4
TINY TITANS #25
UNCANNY X-MEN #521
UNCLE SCROOGE #388
WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #5 GNTLT

PBKS and HRDCVRS
ARCHIE & FRIENDS TP VOL 03 CHUCK CLAYTON
BLACK PANTHER POWER TP
DARK AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 02 MOLECULE MAN
DC UNIVERSE ORIGINS TP
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH DANCE TP
IGNITION CITY TP VOL 01
KICK ASS PREM HC
KOBRA RESURRECTION TP
STAR WARS LEGACY TP VOL 08 TATOOINE
STARMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 04
THOR BY DAN JURGENS & ROMITA JR TP VOL 02

Sunday, February 7, 2010

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY- FEB. 10th

Another decent, if light week.
Hit-Monkey spins off or ties in somehow with the recent issue of Deadpool. I'm not sure what else I can say about that.
Human Target, the Vertigo comic turned T.V. series is now back to a comic.
The Pet Avengers get a special leading up to their regular on-going title.
And the latest replacement for Kitty Pryde, Pixie, gets a mini-series.
Hellblazer Pandemonium is an original hardcover graphic novel celebrating the 25th anniversary of Vertigo's resident bad boy mystic.
Hey look at that beautiful cover to Adventure Comics #7. It must have taken the artist days to draw that one.

ACTION COMICS #886
ADVENTURE /BLACK LANTERN SUPERBOY #7
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #620 GNTLT
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN / JACKPOT #2 (OF 3)
ANGELUS #2 (OF 6)
ANITA BLAKE LC EXECUTIONER #4 (OF 5)
ARCHIE & FRIENDS #140
BATGIRL #7
BATMAN AND ROBIN #8
BATMAN MAD LOVE COLLECTORS SET
BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #178
BOOSTER GOLD #29
BPRD KING OF FEAR #2 (OF 5)
CHOKER #1
DARK TOWER/ JERICHO HILL #3 (OF 5)
DARK X-MEN #4 (OF 5)
DAYTRIPPER #3 (OF 10)
DMZ #50
ENDERS GAME COMMAND SCHOOL #5 (OF 5)
ESCAPE FROM WONDERLAND #4 (OF 6)
FARSCAPE DARGOS QUEST #3 (OF 4)
GEN 13 #34
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #29
GROO HOGS OF HORDER #3 (OF 4)
HAUNT #5
HELLBLAZER PANDEMONIUM HRDCVR
HEROIC AGE MINI-POSTER -free
HIT-MONKEY #1
HUMAN TARGET #1 (OF 6)
INVINCIBLE / ATOM EVE & REX SPLODE #3 (OF 3)
IRON MAN MAGAZINE SPECIAL EDITION
JOHN SABLE FREELANCE ASHES OF EDEN #5
JSA ALL STARS #3
JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #36
LEGENDARY TALESPINNERS #1 (OF 3)
MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #20
MARVEL BOY URANIAN #2 (OF 3)
MUPPET KING ARTHUR #1
MUPPET SHOW #2
NEW MUTANTS #10
PUNISHERMAX #4
QUEEN SONJA #4
REALM OF KINGS IMPERIAL GUARD #4 (OF 5)
REBELS #13
SALEMS DAUGHTER #3
SCOOBY DOO #153
SECRET SIX #18 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
SHIELD #6
SOLOMON KANE DEATHS BLACK RIDERS #2 (OF 4)
SPIDER-MAN AND SECRET WARS #3 (OF 4)
STARSTRUCK #6
STRANGE #4 (OF 4)
SUPER FRIENDS #24
SUPER HERO SQUAD #2
SWORD #4 (MARVEL)
TAILS OF PET AVENGERS #1
TITANS #22
TOYFARE #152 TRANSFORMERS CVR
ULTIMATE COMICS ARMOR WARS #4 (OF 4)
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #7
UNCANNY X-MEN FIRST CLASS #8 (OF 8)
UNWRITTEN #10
VENGEANCE OF MOON KNIGHT #5
WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #703
X-MEN FOREVER #17
X-MEN PIXIE STRIKES BACK #1 (OF 4)

COLLECTIONS
ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 02
BRAVE AND THE BOLD MILESTONE TP
ESSENTIAL DAREDEVIL TP VOL 05
HULK TP VOL 03 HULK NO MORE
MADAME XANADU TP VOL 02 EXODUS NOIR
MARVEL 1602 TP NEW PTG
MICKEY MOUSE CLASSICS TP VOL 01
MUPPET PETER PAN TP VOL 01
NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE TP ULTIMATE
PREACHER HC BOOK 02
SPIDER-MAN 24 7 TP
WAR MACHINE TP VOL 02 DARK REIGN
WIZARDS OF MICKEY SC VOL 01 MOUSE MAGIC

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