NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY - MAY 4th

Nice batch of comics for the shelves for FCBD. Surprisingly..NOT a single Star Wars book for May the 4th.

Avengers Academy Giant-size was supposed to be a 4 issue mini featuring the Academy kids and the Young Allies against Arcade, but was collapsed into this 80 page special. Tighter story/better price.
Deadpool Annual is the 2nd part of the story started in the Amazing Spider-Man Annual last month.
Green Lantern Super Special is a reprint collection, sort of like the DC Presents volumes.
Another X-Men X-Over starts with the Prelude to Schism mini-series.
Moon Knight launches into a solo title at last. It's about time he got his own book. Some guy named Bendis is writing it.
Jill Thompson lends her talented paintbrush to the Sandman Universe once again and delivers the excellent Delirium's Party.
Lots of buck books showing up just in time for FCBD. Nightly News and Phonogram are both great books, and Incorruptible AND Irredeemable #1's together for a dollar is a hell of a deal.

If you don't feel like bucking the crowd SATURDAY MAY 7th, get in early for your regular comics. A lot of stuff tends to sell out fast FCBD week, and we move the NEW COMICS for that week off the back shelves Friday night,to put out FCBD specials and tie-in paperbacks.
Any regular customers with a standing order can send in a list of specific FCBD titles you want and we'll do our best to put them aside for you.



ADVENTURE COMICS #526
ANNIHILATORS #3 (OF 4)
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #218
ARTIFACTS #7 (OF 13) CVR A PORTACIO
ASTONISHING THOR #4 (OF 5)
ATOMIC ROBO DEADLY ART OF SCIENCE #5 (OF 5)
AVENGERS ACADEMY #13
AVENGERS ACADEMY GIANT-SIZE #1
AVENGERS ACADEMY GIANT-SIZE #1 SAMNEE VAR
AXE COP BAD GUY EARTH #3 (OF 3)
BATMAN BEYOND #5
BLUE ESTATE #2
BOYS #54
BPRD DEAD REMEMBERED #2 (OF 3)
CAPTAIN AMERICA FIRST VENGEANCE #1 (OF 4)
CAPTAIN AMERICA HAIL HYDRA #5 (OF 5)
CHIP N DALE RESCUE RANGERS #6
COMICS BUYERS GUIDE #1678 JUN 2011
DC COMICS PRESENTS SON OF SUPERMAN #1
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #7
DEADPOOL ANNUAL #1
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #22 (OF 24)
DOOM PATROL #22
DR WHO MAGAZINE #433
DRACULA THE COMPANY OF MONSTERS #1 -buck book
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS DARK SUN #5 (OF 5)
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS #5
FEAR ITSELF #2 (OF 7) FEAR
FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #2 (OF 7) FEAR
FEAR ITSELF SPIDER-MAN #1 (OF 3) FEAR
FREEDOM FIGHTERS #9
GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #3
GFT DREAM EATER PRELUDE A CVR DEBAL
GFT DREAM EATER PRELUDE B CVR COTE
GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #4 A CVR ANGEL MEDINA
GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #4 B CVR AL RIO
GLADSTONES SCHOOL FOR WORLD CONQUERORS #1
GREEN LANTERN SUPER SPECTACULAR #1
HERC #2
HEROES FOR HIRE #6
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #37
ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #33
IMAGE FIRSTS NIGHTLY NEWS #1-buck book
IMAGE FIRSTS PHONOGRAM #1 -buck book
IRREDEEMABLE #25
IRREDEEMABLE INCORRUPTIBLE #1-buck book
IZOMBIE #13
JONAH HEX #67
JSA ALL STARS #18
KICK-ASS 2 #1 4TH PTG VAR
KUNG FU PANDA #1 (OF 4)
LIFE & TIMES OF SCROOGE MCDUCK #1-buck book
LOONEY TUNES #198
MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #4 (OF 5)
MOON KNIGHT #1
MOUSE GUARD BLACK AXE #2 (OF 6)
OZMA OF OZ #6 (OF 8)
PLANET OF THE APES #1
RED SONJA #56
RED SPIKE #1 (OF 5)
RICHIE RICH #1 (OF 4)
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #9
SECRET SIX #33
SOLOMON KANE RED SHADOWS #2 (OF 4)
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #224
SPIDER-MAN POWER / RESPONSIBILITY #2 (OF 7)
SPIDEY SUNDAY SPECTACULAR #1
SPIKE #8 (OF 8)
SUPERBOY #7
SWEET TOOTH #21
UNCANNY X-FORCE #9
UNCLE SCROOGE #403
VAMPIRELLA #5
WALKING DEAD SURVIVORS GUIDE #2 (OF 4)
WEIRD WORLDS #5 (OF 6)
WITCHFINDER LOST & GONE FOREVER #4 (OF 5)
WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS #6
WOLVERINE HERCULES #3
X-FORCE #1-buck book
X-MEN PRELUDE TO SCHISM #1 (OF 04)

PBKS & HRDCVRS
ANGEL ILLYRIA HAUNTED TP
ARCHIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 01
AVENGERS EARTHS MIGHTIEST HEROES GN TP
BATMAN AND ROBIN BATMAN REBORN TP
BATMAN LONG SHADOWS TP
BRIGHTEST DAY HC VOL 02
CAPTAIN AMERICA ALLIES AND ENEMIES TP
CONAN TP VOL 10 IRON SHADOWS IN THE MOON
DEATH NOTE BLACK ED TP VOL 03
DELIRIUMS PARTY A LITTLE ENDLESS STORYBOOK HC
DMZ TP VOL 10 COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT
DOCTOR WHO EPISODE GUIDE 5TH ED
ESCAPE FROM WONDERLAND TP
EXECUTOR TP
HEADACHE GN
HEAVY WATER GN
HELLRAISER MASTERPIECES TP VOL 01
JONAH HEX NO WAY BACK TP
NARUTO 3-IN-1 ED VOL 01
NIGHT AT COMIC SHOP TP
OTOMEN GN VOL 10
SALEMS DAUGHTER TP VOL 01
SECRET SIX THE REPTILE BRAIN TP
STUFF OF LEGEND TP VOL 02 THE JUNGLE
TASKMASTER TP UNTHINKABLE
THOR ART OF THOR MOVIE HC
THOR FOR ASGARD HC
THOR WOLVES OF NORTH TP
TINY TITANS TP VOL 05 FIELD TRIPPIN
TRON GN TP ORIGINAL MOVIE ADAPTATION

WEDNESDAYs COMICS

I've gotten out of the habit of putting up a picture of the NEW COMICS rack each week(mainly due to the fact I am a lousy photographer), and of course this week started with a holiday Monday. So naturally I have been getting calls asking if the new comics are in.
YES, they are, and a spectacular week of comics it is.
Swamp Thing (and friend?) back in the regular DC Universe.
Justice League Generation Lost, no longer lost, and leading to a new on-going series(please, please, DC give us Giffen and DeMatteis on this).
Action #900 complete with 3 different covers, wrapping up the Lex/Rings story and kicking off the Doomsdays storyline.
Avengers 12.1 and a Hitch Neary drawn intro to a horrible future for the Avengers.

And thats just a few books I've had the chance to read.

Remember that next weekend SATURDAY MAY 7th, is FCBD and it will be crazy in here as usual, so get in and get your regular comics early.
I don't know what the weather will be like, but if it's nice enough, I plan on putting some tables full of bargain comics and paperbacks outside.

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY - APRIL 27th

Pretty expensive week for DC fans as they send a bunch of double-sized issues together.
Action #900 is the huge wrap-up to the Lex Luthor black ring story and ties-in with the Doomsday storyline.
Brightest Day and Justice League Lost (both double-sized issues)arrive together, to wrap up the White Lantern storyline.
Marvel sends us 3 Avengers books on the same day, 2 of them 12.1 issues!
Thor relaunches with a #1 issue just in time for the movie.
Danger Girl is back, and teaming up with Ash from Army of Darkness.
Thor Asgards Avenger, is a handbook from the sounds of it.



ACTION COMICS #900
ACTION COMICS #900 VAR ED A
ACTION COMICS #900 VAR ED B
AGE OF X UNIVERSE #2 (OF 2)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #659 BIG
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #14
ANGEL #44
ANITA BLAKE CIRCUS INGENUE #3 (OF 5)
ARCHIE #620
AVENGERS #12.1
BART SIMPSON COMICS #59
BATMAN INCORPORATED #5
BATMAN INCORPORATED #5 VAR ED
BETTY & VERONICA #253
BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #190
BRIGHTEST DAY #24
CAPTAIN AMERICA #617
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #59
CONAN ROAD OF KINGS #4 (OF 6)
DANGER GIRL ARMY OF DARKNESS #1
DEADPOOL #36
DETECTIVE COMICS #876
DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF ATOM #6
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING VOL 2 #4
FF #2
FLASH #11 (FLASHPOINT)
GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #2
GORE #2 (OF 12)
GREEN ARROW #11
GREEN LANTERN WARRIORS #9
HACK SLASH TUBBY TIME EXCLUSIVE #1
HAUNT #15
HELLRAISER #1 2ND PTG
INCORRUPTIBLE #17
INCREDIBLE HULKS #627
INFAMOUS #4 (OF 6)
IZOMBIE #12
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #24
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #50
KING CONAN SCARLET CITADEL #3
LIFE WITH ARCHIE MARRIED LIFE #9
LOCKE & KEY KEYS TO THE KINGDOM #6 (OF 6)
MARINEMAN #5
MARVEL PREVIEWS MAY 2011
MEDITERRANEA #3 (OF 14)
MIGHTY THOR #1
MIGHTY THOR #1 MOVIE VAR
MIGHTY THOR SAGA #1-free
MORNING GLORIES #9
NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #9
NEW MUTANTS #24 AGEX
NEW YORK FIVE #4 (OF 4)
ORSON SCOTT CARDS SPEAKER #4 (OF 5)
OSBORN #5 (OF 5) BIG
POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #4 (OF 5)
PREVIEWS #272 MAY 2011
RASL #10
ROUTE DES MAISONS ROUGES #3 (OF 4)
RUSE #2 (OF 4)
SCALPED #48
SECRET AVENGERS #12
SECRET AVENGERS #12.1
SHREK #4 (OF 4)
SIMPSONS CLASSICS #28
SPIDER #1
SPIDER-GIRL #6 BIG
SPIDER-MAN #13
STAR WARS DARTH VADER COMMAND #4 (OF 5)
STAR WARS LEGACY WAR #5 (OF 6)
SUICIDE GIRLS #1 (OF 4)
THOR ASGARDS AVENGER #1
THUNDERSTRIKE #5 (OF 5)
TOMB OF DRACULA/ THRONE OF BLOOD #1
TRUE BLOOD TAINTED LOVE #3
TUROK SON OF STONE #2
ULTIMATE X-MEN MGC #1- buck book
UNCANNY X-MEN #536
VENOM #2
WALKING DEAD #84
WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #718
WARLORD OF MARS #6
WONDER WOMAN #610
X-23 #9
X-MEN #10
XOMBI #2

PBKS & HRDCVRS
BLOOD ALONE OMNIBUS TP
DARKWING DUCK TP VOL 02 CRISIS
DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF THE ATOM TP VOL 01
DOOMWAR TP
FLASH REBIRTH TP
GI JOE DISAVOWED TP VOL 03
GUNSLINGER GIRL OMNIBUS TP VOL 02 (OF 2)
HALO FALL OF REACH PREM HC BOOT CAMP
INVINCIBLE TP VOL 14 VILTRUMITE WAR
JONAH HEX TALL TALES TP
MIGHTY SAMSON ARCHIVES HC VOL 03
PUNISHER TP FRANKEN-CASTLE
RED SONJA OMNIBUS VOL 02
SANDMAN TP VOL 05 A GAME OF YOU NEW ED
SHOWCASE PRESENTS GREEN LANTERN TP VOL 05
SPIKE HC VOL 01
STAND HARDCASES PREM HC
STRANGE TALES II HC
THOR OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE GN TP
TUROK SON OF STONE ARCHIVES HC VOL 08
X-MEN OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 CASSADAY CVR
X-MEN OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 DM CLASSIC VAR CVR
Y THE LAST MAN DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 05

NEW COMICS- APRIL 20th

Wow, pretty heavy week, lots of paperbacks all at once.
Dark Horse Presents returns in a BIG way after a decade or so off. Expensive book but well worth it with a great line-up of talent.
Legion of the Damned is a reprint of the stories that lead up to the Legion Lost hardcover coming soon. Odd that DC decided to collect this stuff in the cheaper comic format and the rest of the story in a deluxe hardcover.
Marvel has put together a collection of all those saga type freebies that fill you in on the reading order of some of their more popular collections. Originally priced like a comic, they lowered the price enough to make it worth it for me to give it away as a FREE COMIC DAY special. If you think its something you'd like to pick up, let me know before I give them all away. Teachers and librarians especially will find this a great tool for stocking books and keeping them in reading order.
Fear Itself Sins Past, is mostly reprint material. Old Captain America stuff introducing the character that became Sin, Red Skulls daughter. I didn't order very heavy on this, because it seeemed kinda like a ripoff.


68 (SIXTY EIGHT) #1 (OF 4)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #651 2ND PTG
ARCHIE & FRIENDS #154
AVENGERS #12
AVENGERS ACADEMY #12
BATMAN #709
COMIC SHOP NEWS FCBD 2011 SPECIAL
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #1 MILLER CVR
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #1 CHADWICK CVR
DARKWING DUCK #11
DC PRESENTS LEGION SUPER HEROES DAMNED #1
DC PRESENTS NINJA BOY #1
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #6
DEADPOOLMAX #7
DEUS EX #3 (OF 6)
DMZ #64
DOCTOR WHO FAIRYTALE LIFE #1 (OF 4)
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS DARK SUN #4 (OF 5)
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS #6
FABLES #104
FEAR ITSELF SINS PAST #1 FEAR
GENERATION HOPE #6
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #165
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #22
GREEN HORNET #15
GREEN LANTERN #65 (WAR OF GL)
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #59 (WAR OF GL)
HACK SLASH #3
HALO FALL OF REACH COVENANT #1 (OF 4)
HELLBLAZER #278
HULK #32
INVINCIBLE #79
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #503 FEAR
IRON MAN 2.0 #4
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #56
KILL SHAKESPEARE #10 (OF 12)
LAST PHANTOM #6
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #12
MARVEL BACKLIST READING CHRONOLOGY #1
MICKEY MOUSE #307
POWER GIRL #23
RED SONJA BREAK THE SKIN ONE SHOT
SIGIL #2 (OF 4)
SILVER SURFER #3 (OF 5)
SIMPSONS COMICS #177
SIXTH GUN #11
SKAAR KING OF SAVAGE LAND #2 (OF 5)
SONIC UNIVERSE #27
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #1000
SPIRIT #13
SUPER DINOSAUR #1
SUPERGIRL #63
SUPERMAN BATMAN #83
TEEN TITANS #94
THOR #7 -buck book
THUNDERBOLTS #156
TINY TITANS #39
UNCANNY X-FORCE #8
VENOM #1 2ND PTG
WOLVERINE #8
WOLVERINE & JUBILEE #4 (OF 4)
WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #6
X-FACTOR #218
YOUNG JUSTICE #3
ZATANNA #12

PBKS & HRDCVRS
ARCHIE SEVEN DECADES OF TEENAGER
ASTRO CITY SHINING STARS HC
BLACK BUTLER TP VOL 05
BULLET TO THE HEAD TP
CAPTAIN AMERICA VS RED SKULL TP
CLASSIC GI JOE TP VOL 11
DARKWING DUCK TP VOL 02
HIGH SCHOOL OF DEAD GN VOL 02
HITMAN TP VOL 04 ACE OF KILLERS NEW PTG
JUDGE DREDD COMP CASE FILES TP VOL 03
LITTLE LULU PAL TUBBY VOL 03 FROG BOY &
MAN FROM RIVERDALE TP
MAXIMUM RIDE TP VOL 04
MMW DOCTOR STRANGE HC VOL 05
NAOKI URASAWA 20TH CENTURY BOYS VOL 14
NEXUS ARCHIVES HC VOL 12
POKEMON ADVENTURES TP VOL 12
RED HULK TP SCORCHED EARTH
SHIELD HC ARCHITECTS OF FOREVER
SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 10
SPIDER-MAN NEW YORK STORIES TP
SPIDER-MAN ONE MOMENT IN TIME TP
STEPHEN KINGS N TP
SUPERMAN BATMAN WORSHIP TP
SUPERSTAR HC VOL 01 AS SEEN ON TV
THUNDERBOLTS CLASSIC TP VOL 01
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 09
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS TP vol.1
X-MEN FIRST CLASS GN TP CLASS PORTRAITS
X-MEN FOREVER 2 TP VOL 02

TOYS & FIGURES
CLASSIC MARVEL FIG #144 TYPHOID MARY
CLASSIC MARVEL FIG #145 MARVEL GIRL
DC BLACKEST NIGHT FIG #4 SAINT WALKER
DC SUPERHERO FIG #78 SATURN GIRL
DC SUPERHERO FIG #79 ORION

FAN APPRECIATION CON

This weekend is the Fanexpo Fan appreciation con. Lots of great guests and great deals, and it won't cost you a penny to get in. That's right, admission is FREE both days. Check it out, its in the South building of the Metro Convention Centre downtown. The same as the huge end of August show. I'll be there with piles of cheap paperbacks and hardcovers, so look for me (buried somewhere near the back of the building probably).

I'm not sure what's up with blogger right now... but I can't seem to get the shipping list for next week to load properly. Only been doing it the same way every week for a couple of years now, but I'm busy getting ready for the show tomorrow, so I'll have to try and straighten it out later.

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY - APRIL 13th

Another nice week, with a little bit of everything.
Flash #10 is a little late, but will sell fast as the lead-up to Flashpoint continues.
Marvel is up to their confusing re-numbering gimmicks, as the on-going Thor comic changes its name to Journey into Mystery and a new Mighty Thor comic will start at #1 in a few weeks.
Shield Infinity, is a one-shot that fits between the first Shield mini-series and the next.
Walking Dead Survivors Guide is a handbook style book that will give you the alphabetical lowdown on all the characters that have shown up through the first 83 issues.
The Super-Soldier Annual, continues the story from the X-Men Annual a few weeks ago.

ADVENTURE COMICS #525
ALL NEW BATMAN BRAVE AND BOLD #6
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #658 BIG
ANGEL 100 PG SPECTACULAR
BATGIRL #20
BATMAN AND ROBIN #22
BIRDS OF PREY #11
BLACK PANTHER MAN WITHOUT FEAR #517
BOOSTER GOLD #43
CAPTAIN AMERICA FIGHTING AVENGER #1
CARNAGE #4 (OF 5)
CASANOVA GULA #4 (OF 4)
CINDERELLA FABLES FOREVER #3 (OF 6)
DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #8
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER ELURIA #5
DC COMICS PRESENTS BATMAN ARKHAM #1 DEADPOOL #35
DEATH OF ZORRO #2
DOC SAVAGE #13
DONALD DUCK #365
DR WHO MAGAZINE #432
FLASH #10 (FLASHPOINT)
FORMIC WARS BURNING EARTH #4 (OF 7)
FRAGGLE ROCK VOL 2 #3 (OF 3)
GI JOE COBRA #1 100 PENNY PRESS
GI JOE COBRA COMMANDER 100 PG
GI JOE VOL 2 #0
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #58
HAWKEYE: BLIND SPOT #3 (OF 4)
HELLBOY BUSTER OAKLEY GETS HIS WISH
HOUSE OF M #1- buck book
INCREDIBLE HULKS #626
INFAMOUS #3 (OF 6)
INFINITE VACATION #2
IRON MAN 2.0 #3
JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #5
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #622 FEAR
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #169
JUSTICE LEAGUE LOST #23
LADY DEATH #4
LIL DEPRESSED BOY #3
NEW AVENGERS #11
NORTHLANDERS #39

ONE #3 (OF 5)

ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED #3 (OF 4)
OUTSIDERS #38
PUNISHERMAX #12
REBELS #27
RED ROBIN #22

RED SONJA REVENGE O/T GODS #2 (OF 5)

SECRET WARRIORS #26
SHIELD INFINITY
SPAWN #206
SPIKE #7 (OF 8)
SPONGEBOB COMICS #2
STEVE ROGERS SUPER SOLDIER ANNUAL #1
SUPER HEROES #13

SUPERBOY #6 (DOOMSDAY)

SUPERMAN #710

SWEETS #5 (OF 5)

THOR WHOSOEVER WIELDS THIS HAMMER #1

THUNDER AGENTS #6

TITANS #34

ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES #3 (OF 6)

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #157 DOSM

ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #1-buck book

UNCANNY X-FORCE #7

UNCANNY X-MEN #535

UNWRITTEN #24

WALKING DEAD SURVIVORS GUIDE #1

WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #2

X-MEN LEGACY #247 AGEX

PBKS & HRDCVRS

AREA 10 TP

BERONAS WAR HC VOL 01

BOOSTER GOLD PAST IMPERFECT TP

CASE CLOSED GN VOL 38

CHAOS WAR AVENGERS TP

CODE GEASS LELOUCH REBELLION GN VOL 01

DEADPOOL CORPS TP VOL 01

EX MACHINA DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 05

GOTHAM CITY SIRENS TP VOL 01 UNION

JUGHEAD CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT TP

MICKEY MOUSE ORBITING NIGHTMARE TP
NEKO RAMEN GN VOL 04
RED SONJA OMNIBUS TP VOL 01
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY GN TP
SPIRIT ANGEL SMERTI TP
STAR WARS INVASION TP VOL 02
STEPHEN KINGS N TP
SUPERMAN CODENAME PATRIOT TP
THOR BY WALTER SIMONSON OMNIBUS HC
ULTIMO GN VOL 04

WEDNESDAYs COMICS

Well here's another poor look at what you'll see on the shelves tomorrow morning. I've only had time to read through a few so far.

Fear Itself starts off with an amazingly solid 44 pages of art and story, and I can't wait for the 2nd issue.

Brightest Day is really paying off with the BIG mystery character showing up this issue, and no I won't spoil it for you, unlike so many sites out in the interweb.

Hercules is back from the dead, although not quite the god he used to be. Pak and Van Lente deliver a great story, and the art is nice too. I'll be reading this regularly and hoping enough of you do too, so that it doesn't turn into another "just a mini-series".

And here's a stack of boxes with the first delivery of FCBD comics. I can't believe its only a month away, and I haven't done a huge pitch for it yet.

Lots of great books for all-ages this year, including the perennial favourites, Archie and Sonic. New this year are books like Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Smurfs, Avatar and Kung-Fu Panda. Many are flip books with 2 titles sharing the comic. Marvel is giving us a Spider-Man title and a Cap/Thor book (no big surprise with the movies coming soon). The Cap/Thor book is a beauty, by the team of Landrige and Samnee, that gave us the short lived Thor the Mighty Avenger comic. Disappointingly, the DC books haven't arrived yet, but the Green Lantern one is just a reprint of the first issue of the recent Green Lantern Origin story. However, it will include a preview for the upcoming Flashpoint mega event running through this summer. I'll be handling Free Comic Day the same as I have the last few years. Anyone coming into the store will be given a bag of comics to take home-ABSOLUTELY FREE - The bags are filled randomly and sorted by age appropriateness. And yes, there is a great selection of stuff for adults as well as the kids. SORRY but we just get way to busy that day to give people a chance to pick out individual favourites. But feel free to share and trade amongst yourselves once you leave the store.

SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY MAY 7TH

As usual, I encourage ALL teachers and librarians to get in touch with me and make sure you are on my list to receive a batch of comics for your school.

More Amazon hate

Proof that I am not the only Amazon hater. Sure its ironic that one of the big box stores that helped close down so many local shops is in turn run over by an even bigger truck. But at least they employed people who worked and spent their dollars in their community. I'd like to stress, that my rant last week was not directed at any of my customers. A couple people who buy their books from me every week, asked about the book in question and got a confused look from me, as I'm not really sure where they may have heard or seen that the book was already out. But the one person, (who occasionally comes into the store to brag about his latest deals from on-line), and who has NEVER purchased a single comic from me at full price,

gave me a speech about how incompetent retailers like me are the reason people HAVE to buy on-line to get what they want. Before leaving, he told the next person in line that she was crazy to buy the book she was holding at full price when she could save "a small fortune" buying it off Amazon.

And, yes, I get people like this on a pretty regular basis. One guy spent close to an hour in the store one day, asking me what I was going to do for a living once digital comics put me out of business. Then again, he was in the printing business before his shop closed down, so maybe his own bitterness was showing.

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY- APRIL 6th

A lot of good stuff to start off the month.
The actual first issue of Fear Itself ships, along with the first Home Front issue. The Homefront comic is like the Frontline stories for the last few summer event stories,should be good, but a lot more talking and less action than the main title.
Deadpool Family is a one-shot that sounds a lot like the Deadpool Corps stuff.
Hercules came back to life in the Chaos War, and gets a shot at a new title. I'm surprised they didn't start it with a point one issue, with all the catching up some people will have to do to read this. The paperback ships today too, so that could help.
First Wave Special, could be the last we see of this universe, although Doc Savage and the Spirit seem to be continuing in their solo books.
Marvel gives us another "lost" tale with Thunderbolts from the vault.
Yesterday's Tomorrows, is an amazing collection of sketches and strips by British artist Rian Hughes. Included are some rare stories by Grant Morrison, from 2000 A.D.


ALAN MOORE NEONOMICON #4 (OF 4) AUXILIARY ED
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #38
ANNIHILATORS #2 (OF 4)
ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #4
AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE #5 (OF 9)
AXE COP BAD GUY EARTH #2 (OF 3)
BATMAN BEYOND #4
BETTY #191
BLUE ESTATE #1
BOYS #53
BPRD DEAD REMEMBERED #1 (OF 3)
BRIGHTEST DAY #23
CAPTAIN AMERICA HAIL HYDRA #4 (OF 5)
CHEW #18
CONAN LEGACY FRAZETTA COVER #7 (OF 8)
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #5
DEADPOOL FAMILY #1
DOOM PATROL #21
DR WHO INSIDER MAGAZINE #1
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS #5
EMMA #2 (OF 5)
FALLEN ANGEL RETURN OF THE SON #3 (OF 4)
FEAR ITSELF #1 (OF 7) FEAR
FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #1 (OF 7) FEAR
FEAR ITSELF SPOTLIGHT FEAR
FIREBREATHER HOLMGANG #2 (OF 4)
FIRST WAVE SPECIAL #1
FREEDOM FIGHTERS #8
GLAMOURPUSS #18
HERC #1
HEROES FOR HIRE #5
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #36
INFESTATION #2 (OF 2)
IRON SIEGE #3 (OF 3)
IRREDEEMABLE #24
IZOMBIE #12
JIM BUTCHER DRESDEN FILES FOOL MOON #1
JLA 80 PAGE GIANT 2011 #1
JONAH HEX #66
JSA ALL STARS #17
JURASSIC PARK DEVILS IN THE DESERT #4 (OF 4)
LOONEY TUNES #197
MADMAN GIANT SIZE SUPER GINCHY SPEC
MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #3 (OF 5)
OZMA OF OZ #5 (OF 8)
RAISE THE DEAD II #4
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #8
SECRET SIX #32
SHONEN JUMP MAY 2011
SKAAR KING OF SAVAGE LAND #1 (OF 5)
SOLOMON KANE SHADOWS #1 (OF 4)
STAR WARS DARTH VADER COMMAND #3
SUPERMAN BATMAN ANNUAL #5 (DOOMSDAY)
SWEET TOOTH #20
THUNDERBOLTS FROM MARVEL VAULT #1
ULTIMATE COMICS CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 (OF 4)
UNCANNY X-MEN #534.1
UNCLE SCROOGE #402
VERTIGO RESURRECTED HELLBLAZER BAD BLOOD #1
WALKING DEAD #83
WEIRD WORLDS #4 (OF 6)
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #3
WITCHFINDER LOST & GONE FOREVER #3 (OF 5)
WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS #5
WOLVERINE HERCULES MYTHS M #2

PBKS & HRDCVRS
AARON AND AHMED HC
ANIMAL ACADEMY GN VOL 07 (OF 7)
ARCHIE BEST OF DAN DECARLO HC VOL 02
BOYS TP VOL 08 HIGHLAND LADDIE
BUTTERFLY GN VOL 01 (OF 5)
CHAOS WAR TP
CLEAN FREAK FULLY EQUIPPED GN VOL 01 (OF 2)
CONAN HC VOL 10 IRON SHADOWS
DIE HARD YEAR ONE TP VOL 02
EYESHIELD 21 TP VOL 35
FABLES TP VOL 15 ROSE RED
GI JOE TALES FROM THE COBRA WARS TP
GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP VOL 09
MAID SAMA GN VOL 08 (OF 10)
MARVEL ZOMBIES 5 TP
MMW ATLAS ERA STRANGE TALES HC VOL 04
MY BOYFRIEND IS MONSTER GN VOL 02
OUR ARMY AT WAR TP
OUTLAW PRINCE TP
PAVANE FOR DEAD GIRL GN VOL 01 (OF 5)
POKEMON ADVENTURES TP VOL 12
RED BETTER RED THAN DEAD TP
ROSARIO VAMPIRE SEASON II TP VOL 04
TIME MASTERS VANISHING POINT TP
YESTERDAYS TOMORROWS TP VOL 01

FIGURES AND TOYS
CLASSIC MARVEL FIG #142 SILVER SABLE
CLASSIC MARVEL FIG #143 RADIOACTIVE MAN
CLASSIC MARVEL FIG SPECIAL BLOB
DC BLACKEST NIGHT FIG #2 ATROCITUS
DC BLACKEST NIGHT FIG #3 LARFLEEZE
DC SUPERHERO FIG #76 BIG BARDA
DC SUPERHERO FIG #77 AZRAEL