WEDNESDAY's COMICS

Hey, I just realized I forgot to show a picture of the comic rack last week. Oh well, here's this weeks shot. I got some help taking this shot from my littlest helper, Veronica, who wasn't really thrilled about working during March Break.

Marvel continues to amaze me with their stellar sales techniques. It's bad enough to put the title of the comic so low on the cover that you can't see it on a rack, but to do it for a comic that features the NEW costume of the main character, ....well that just ain't smart people.
There are a lot new titles I wish I had the time to read before this morning, but the important one was Fear Itself, or the prologue at least. From the looks of it, basically Captain Americas greatest enemy took control of an Asgardian weapon back in the '40's and his daughter , Sin, has finally figured out something to do with it. I can't help but get the feeling that this crossover event was developed by committee, as a way to tie together the 2 characters with movies coming out in a few months, or maybe I'm being too suspicious.

MARCH BREAK SALE

If the weather next week is anything like this week, then there are going to be a lot of parents tearing their hair out with kids stuck in the house during March break.

In an effort to help, I will be having a Sale on toys and games next week,
from THURSDAY through SATURDAY.

All kid stuff, toys, games and even all-ages comics, will be at least 15% off. Other items will be RED TAG marked at special CLEARANCE prices.

ALSO, I will be doing a special offer on older HEROCLIX. Any 4-piece packs will be priced at $5.00 each and with every 3 packs you buy, you'll get a special rare or variant figure.
All other rare and super-rare figures in the glass counter will be 50% off.

For the older kids and parents, all dollar comics on the shelves will be specially
priced at 50 cents each when you buy 10 or more.

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY - MARCH 16th

Marvel really needs to get someone on their payroll who understands marketing. Some times it seems like they go out of their way to mess with the titles just to confuse us poor retailers and readers.
Avengers Childrens Crusade Young Avengers, has got to be one of the longest most convoluted titles in Marvel history. Simply put, this series should have just been called, Young Avengers vol.2 and leave it at that.
Deadpool Max History of Violence is almost as bad, and its just a reprint of the first 3 issues of the Mature readers Deadpool comic.
Fear Itself Book of the Skull, sounds like some kind of preview book, when it is actually the lead-in to the Fear Itself event series starting next month.(and they wonder why the orders are low on it) Its just another example of Marvel screwing with us in an attempt to sell 2 "first issues" for the same series.
What Marvel really needs is more plain simple descriptive titles, like Ruse, a relaunch of the Crossgen Sherlock Holmesian character from the '90's.
Phoenix #1 is NOT a Marvel comic,but a relaunch of the old Atlas comic character.
Another old character comes back from the dead(literally)as DC restarts the short-lived Milestone title, Xombi.

Marvel is also shipping a couple of .1 issues together, Hulk and Uncanny X-Force. These have been doing a lot better than I expected, still not sure why.

Bargain hunters can load up this week, with 3 first issues for a buck each. Dark Tower, G.I.Joe and Ghostbusters.

BUT, the real bargain of the week, is World of Archie Double Digest #5, as it brings you the 3 issue mini-series, Tiny Titans/Little Archie, complete for only $3.99. I could sell a ton of these at $10.00 a piece!!

28 DAYS LATER #21
5 RONIN #3 (OF 5) AJA VAR
5 RONIN #3 (OF 5) CAMUNCOLI VAR
ADVENTURE COMICS #524
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #652 2ND PTG
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #656 BIG
ARCHIE & FRIENDS #153
ARTIFACTS #6 (OF 13)
AVENGERS ACADEMY #11
AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE YOUNG AVENGERS #1
BATMAN #708
BOMB QUEEN VS HACK SLASH SPEC ONE-SHOT
BRIGHTEST DAY #22
BRIGHTEST DAY #22 VAR ED
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND CROSSBONES #1
CASANOVA GULA #3 (OF 4)
CHARMED #8 B CVR PHOTO
CHEW SCRIPT BOOK
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #1- buck book
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER LITTLE SISTERS ELURIA #4
DARKWING DUCK #10
DC COMICS PRESENTS BATMAN IRRESISTIBLE #1
DC DIRECT MARCH PREVIEWS FLIER
DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #10 (OF 10)
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #4
DEADPOOL MAX HISTORY OF VIOLENCE #1
DEATH OF ZORRO #1
DEUS EX #2 (OF 6)
DMZ #63
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING VOL 2 #2
FANTASTIC FOUR #583 4TH PTG VAR
FANTASTIC FOUR #584 3RD PTG VAR
FANTASTIC FOUR #585 3RD PTG VAR
FANTASTIC FOUR #586 3RD PTG VAR
FEAR ITSELF BOOK OF THE SKULL #1
GEARS OF WAR #16
GENERATION HOPE #5
GHOSTBUSTERS DISPLACED #1 - buck book
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #1 -buck book
GI JOE INFESTATION #2 (OF 2)
GUILD TINK ONE SHOT PETER BAGGE VAR CVR
GUILD TINK ONE SHOT RON CHAN CVR
HACK SLASH ONGOING #2 SEELEY CVR
HULK #30.1
ICEMAN AND ANGEL #1
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #502
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #502 var
IRON MAN 2.0 #2
KNIGHT & SQUIRE #6 (OF 6)
KOLCHAK NIGHT STALKER FILES #2
LAST PHANTOM #5
LOKI #4 (OF 4)
MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #2 (OF 5)
MICE TEMPLAR VOL 3 #3
MICKEY MOUSE #306
MORNING GLORIES #8
NORTHLANDERS #38
PHOENIX #1
POWER GIRL #22
REBELS #26
RED ROBIN #21
RUSE #1 (OF 4)
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #7
SIMPSONS COMICS #176
SONIC UNIVERSE #26
SPIKE #6 (OF 8)
SPIRIT #12
SUPERMAN #709
SUPERMAN #709 VAR ED
THUNDER AGENTS #5
THUNDERBOLTS #155
THUNDERSTRIKE #4 (OF 5)
TINY TITANS #38
ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES #2 (OF 6) DOSM
UNCANNY X-FORCE #5.1
UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #3
UNWRITTEN #23
VAMPIRELLA #4
WARLORD OF MARS #5
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS? #2 (NOTE PRICE)
WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #5 (OF 6)
WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #5 (OF 6) PAINTED CVR
WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #5 (OF 6) WRAP CVR
WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #5
X-FACTOR #217
XOMBI #1
YOUNG JUSTICE #2

PBKS & HRDCVRS

AGE OF HEROES TP
ASTONISHING X-MEN PREM HC XENOGENESIS
COMIC HEROES MAGAZINE #5
DEADPOOL PULP PREM HC
DO ANDROIDS DREAM DUST TO DUST TP VOL 02
GANTZ TP VOL 16
GOD OF WAR TP
IZOMBIE TP VOL 01 DEAD TO THE WORLD
JUDGE DREDD COMPLETE CASE FILES TP VOL 17
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA DARK THINGS HC
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION TP VOL 12
OWLY & WORMY HC FRIENDS ALL AFLUTTER
PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR TP VOL 01
STAR TREK COUNTDOWN TP
SUPER HERO SQUAD GN TP SUPER HERO SAFARI
SUPERMAN NEW KRYPTON TP VOL 03
THOR LOST GODS TP
THUNDERBOLTS TP CAGE
TOY STORY TOY OVERBOARD TP
VAMPIRE CHEERLEADERS GN VOL 01
ZITA THE SPACE GIRL GN
ZORRO MATANZAS TP

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY - MARCH 9th

Nice well balanced week, just a little Bat heavy.
Not a lot of first issues to note either.
The Spider-Man .1 issue from a few weeks ago continues in the new Venom #1 this week.
Sigil, is the first of the Crossgen books to resurface at Marvel. It was a good read back then, and with its $2.99 price, its actually a buck and a half cheaper than it was 10 years ago. Well worth checking out.


27 #4 (OF 4)
5 RONIN #2 (OF 5) AJA VAR
5 RONIN #2 (OF 5) BROOKS VAR
ALL NEW BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #5
B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #212
BATGIRL #19
BATMAN AND ROBIN #21
BATMAN INCORPORATED #3
BIRDS OF PREY #10
BOOSTER GOLD #42
BPRD HELL ON EARTH GODS #3 (OF 3)
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND FIRST THIRTEEN #1
CAPTAIN AMERICA HAIL HYDRA #3 (OF 5)
CAPTAIN AMERICA KORVAC SAGA #4 (OF 4)
CAPTAIN SWING #3 (OF 4)
CAPTAIN SWING #3 (OF 4) INCV
CAPTAIN SWING #3 (OF 4) WRAP CVR
CINDERELLA FABLES ARE FOREVER #2 (OF 6)
CLINT #5
COMICS BUYERS GUIDE #1676 APR 2011
CONAN ROAD OF KINGS #3 (OF 6)
DOC SAVAGE #12
DONALD DUCK #364
DOOM PATROL #20
DR WHO MAGAZINE #431
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS DARK SUN #3 (OF 5)
FARSCAPE #17
GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #2
GHOSTBUSTERS INFESTATION #1 (OF 2)
GRIM GHOST #1
GUARDING THE GLOBE #4 (OF 6)
HAWKEYE: BLIND SPOT #2 (OF 4)
INCREDIBLE HULKS #624
INFAMOUS #1 (OF 6)
IZOMBIE #11
JSA ALL STARS #16
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #168
JURASSIC PARK DEVILS IN THE DESERT #3 (OF 4)
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #21
LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #3
LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #3 WRAP CVR
LEGION OF SUPER VILLAINS #1
MIGHTY THOR POSTCARDS -free
NEW AVENGERS #10
NORTHERN GUARD #2
ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED #2 (OF 4)
OUTSIDERS #37 (DOOMSDAY)
PUNISHERMAX #11
RED SONJA REVENGE O/T GODS #1 (OF 5)
SHERLOCK HOLMES YEAR ONE #2
SIGIL #1 (OF 4)
SPAWN #204
STUFF OF LEGEND THE JUNGLE #4 (OF 4)
SUPER HEROES #12
SUPERBOY #5
TITANS #33
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #155 DOSM
UNCANNY X-FORCE APOCALYPSE SOLUTION #1(reprint of #1,2,3)
VENOM #1
VERONICA #205
VERTIGO RESURRECTED FINALS #1
VICTORIAN UNDEAD II HOLMES VS DRACULA #5 (OF 5)
WALKING DEAD #82
WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #10
WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #1
WEIRD WORLDS #3 (OF 6)
WONDER WOMAN #608
X-23 #7
X-23 MGC #1- buck book
X-MEN LEGACY #246 AGEX
ZATANNA #10

PBKS & HRDCVRS
DEADPOOL TP VOL 05 WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS
DISNEY FAIRIES GN VOL 05 TINKER BELL
GIRL COMICS TP
GOTHAM CENTRAL HC VOL 04 CORRIGAN
GOTHAM CENTRAL TP BOOK 01
HULK TP VOL 06 WORLD WAR HULKS
MARVEL ADVENTURES TP THOR DIGEST
MMW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HC VOL 13
PALE HORSE TP
POWER PACK CLASSIC TP VOL 03
STAR WARS OMNIBUS TP VOL 01
THOR FIRST THUNDER TP
THOR MIGHTY AVENGER GN TP VOL 02
ULTIMATE COMICS THOR PREM HC
UNKNOWN TP VOL 02 DEVIL MADE FLESH
WOLVERINE WEAPON X TP VOL 03
ZATANNA MISTRESS OF MAGIC TP

TOYS AND FIGURES
CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG #140 BETA RAY BILL
CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG #141 PYRO
DC BLACKEST NIGHT FIG COLL MAG #1 BLACK HAND
DC SUPERHERO FIG COLL MAG #74 DEADMAN
DC SUPERHERO FIG COLL MAG #75 STEEL

WEDNESDAY's COMICS

A little late posting this weeks shot of the New Comics shelf. I was in a hurry to close up and get to the movie,Paul, which was great by the way, and I am totally planning on seeing it again when it officially comes out in a few weeks. It was a sharp, funny comedy, loaded with movie references, that just bordered on the right side of punny.
I had Kellie take the photo this week, and I think its actually clearer(if a little crooked)5 Ronin was good, but I'm still not sure if this is just a series of one-shots or whether the characters will interact as the weeks go by. Guess I'll find out next week. Gorgeous covers on both versions will make it tough not to buy 2 copies.
Thunderbolts is still one of my first reads each month, and this issue was a great little spotlight on Man-Thing.
There's 2 issues of Lenore on the shelf. These are the first 2 issues the new colour series for the funniest zombie? comic I have ever read. If you've never tried Lenore, trust me this little dead girl will have you in stitches.

Paul

I got some FREE tickets for an upcoming movie called Paul. It sounds like a fun movie starring the Sean of the Dead guys, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

Check out the trailer, and let me know if you want to go. I have a few double passes left for a showing on Tuesday March 1st at 7:30 p.m.

Not much notice, sorry, you'd have to pick up the passes Sat. Sunday or Tuesday before I close.

http://paul.the-movie-trailer.com/

Leave a comment or e-mail me to hold a pass for you.

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY - MARCH 2nd

It's a pretty heavy week for Marvel first issues.
5 Ronin, is a weekly, 5 issue mini-series, each with a different Marvel character, set in Fuedal Japan. Kind of like the Noir series a while back, only farther back in time. First up is Wolverine.

Annihilators, continues the space adventures of characters like Quasar and Rocket Raccoon, against the Dire Wraiths.
Wolverine/Hercules Myths sounds like a pretty odd team-up book, but writer Frank Tieri should deliver a decent story.

Marvel starts yet another Marvel Zombies mini, this time they are chewing on the Squadron Supreme characters.

And Captain America and Falcon, is the first of a WEEKLY series of Cap, and somebody else comics. Marvel has really lost it with all the Cap comics, but expecting to sell a weekly mini-series, at $4.00 a piece, is sheer insanity.

Giant-Size Atom, is the wrap-up to Jeff Lemire's Atom story that began back in Adventure comics.

The first of Marvels "First Issues for a $1.00" comics starts shipping, and true to form, they send 2 on the same week. Astonishing X-Men #1 and Ultimates #1 are both great choices to help get new and or lapsed readers to start reading comics. Remember, even if YOU already have both these books, try picking one or more up and passing them on to a friend.


5 RONIN #1 (OF 5) AJA VAR
5 RONIN #1 (OF 5) CASSADAY VAR
ANGEL ILLYRIA #4 (OF 4)
ANNIHILATORS #1 (OF 4)
ARCHIE #618
ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #3
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #216
ASTONISHING THOR #3 (OF 5)
ASTONISHING X-MEN MGC #1
AVENGERS ACADEMY #10
AXE COP BAD GUY EARTH #1 (OF 3)
AZRAEL #18
BATMAN BEYOND #3
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #54
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #20
BETTY & VERONICA #252
BOYS #52
BRIGHTEST DAY #21
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND FALCON #1
CHEW #17
CHIP N DALE RESCUE RANGERS #4
DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #6
DARKWING DUCK ANNUAL #1
DC PRESENTS SUPERMAN DOOMSDAY #1
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #3
DEADPOOL #33.1
DO ANDROIDS DREAM SHEEP #20 (OF 24)
EMMA #1 (OF 5)
FEAR ITSELF SKETCHBOOK -free
FIRST WAVE #6 (OF 6)
FORMIC WARS BURNING EARTH #2 (OF 7)
FREEDOM FIGHTERS #7
GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #2

GIANT SIZE ATOM #1
GREEN LANTERN #63 (WAR OF GL)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #56

HERC SHIELD INFINITY MINI-POSTER -free
HEROES FOR HIRE #4
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #35
INCOGNITO BAD INFLUENCES #4
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #500 2ND PTG
IRREDEEMABLE #23
JOE THE BARBARIAN #8 (OF 8)
JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #4
JONAH HEX #65
LENORE VOLUME II #1 REISSUE
LENORE VOLUME II #2
LIFE WITH ARCHIE MARRIED LIFE #8
LOCKE & KEY THE KINGDOM #5 (OF 6)
LOONEY TUNES #196
LOVE AND CAPES EVER AFTER #2
MARVEL PREVIEWS MARCH 2011
MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #1 (OF 5)
ONE #3 (OF 5)
OZ PRIMER
POWERS #7
PREVIEWS #270 MARCH 2011
RED SONJA #55
ROUTE DES MAISONS ROUGES #3 (OF 4)
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #7
SECRET SIX #31
SECRET WARRIORS #25
SHONEN JUMP APRIL 2011
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #222
STAND NO MANS LAND #2 (OF 5)
SUPERMAN BATMAN #81
SWEET TOOTH #19
THOR SPOTLIGHT
THUNDERBOLTS #154
ULTIMATE COMICS CAPTAIN AMERICA #3 (OF 4)
ULTIMATES MGC #1
UNCLE SCROOGE #401
WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #9
WITCHFINDER LOST & GONE FOREVER #2 (OF 5)
WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS #4
WOLVERINE HERCULES MYTHS #1
WORLD OF WARCRAFT WORGEN #4 (OF 5)
WULF #1
X-FACTOR #216


PBKS & HRDCVRS
BATMAN TIME AND THE BATMAN HC
BATMAN BEYOND HUSH BEYOND TP
BILLY BATSON SHAZAM MR MIND TP
BLEACH TP VOL 34
CHI SWEET HOME GN VOL 05
DARK TOWER TREACHERY TP
D & D FORGOTTEN REALMS TP VOL 01
GI JOE COBRA TP VOL 03
HOSHIN ENGI TP VOL 22
INCREDIBLE HULKS TP ENIGMA FORCE
INUKAMI OMNIBUS TP VOL 02 (OF 2)
JOHN CARTER OF MARS WARLORD OF MARS TP
LIBRARY WARS GN VOL 04
LITTLE LULU GIANT SIZE TP VOL 03
MMW MIGHTY THOR TP VOL 02 DM

SPIDER-MAN GRIM HUNT TP
SMURFS GN VOL 05 THE SMURFS AND THE EGG
TAKIO GN HC
TARO TERROR OF EATS STREET GN
THOR AND LOKI HC BLOOD BROTHERS
THOR FIRST THUNDER TP
THOR TALES OF ASGARD TP KIRBY DM VAR
VENOM ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP
WILDCATS VERSION 3.0 YEAR TWO
WOLVERINE WOLVERINE GOES TO HELL PREM HC
WOMEN OF THE DCU SER 3 POISON IVY BUST
X-MEN FOREVER 2 TP VOL 02