Hey Folks!
It has been a great summer for comics and we are only just getting started! Tom King is ramping up the suspense for his final story arc in his historic Batman run. Jonathon Hickman is three weeks into his stunning new X-Men storyline with the second issue of House of X. Donny Cates begins the gooiest crossover story of the season this week with Absolute Carnage. The carnage of DC’s take on the zombie apocalypse, DCeased, hits a feverish pitch. The monthly runs of Daredevil, Deathstroke, Green Lantern, Immortal Hulk, and Justice League continue to hit it out of the park. We even new titles like Marvel’s Agents of Atlas and Image’s Coffin Bound debuting!
There are some new POP vinyl figures on preorder this week. These particular POP figures continue Funko’s celebration of Marvel’s 80th anniversary and include the first appearance of Deadpool, Iceman, and Wolverine as well as a brand new Electro with the classic costume! I will be posting on our Facebook page later this afternoon to start taking preorders for the figures. I only have until Monday, 8/12, to get my preorders in so let me know if you’d like me to hold one for you ASAP. All of the figured will be retailing for $10.99 and have an estimated release date of 10/12!
Thanks for having patience with me as I struggle to keep up with the demand for Hickman’s X-Titles. As I should have expected, Marvel didn’t bother to do much of an overprint for these books, so when the new series ended up being more popular than anticipated I have been forced to rely on unfilled backorders and second prints to keep up with the demand. We still have a few copies left of House of X #1 and Powers of X #1 still in stock, but we are essentially sold out of House of X #2. I do have a ton of copies of it currently on backorder and they may still be filled once Diamond finishes processing all of their shortages and damages, but I’m not holding my breath. The second printing of House of X #2 is set to be released 8/22 and we will have those in stock.
I’m also hip deep in my efforts to make it easier for you to get your hands on your favorite comic book variant covers. I posted a listing of all 94 open order variants available from Marvel for (projected) release of October. Yes, you read that right…94 different variant covers and that doesn’t count the regular covers or the ratio variants. I would say that was crazy, but the really crazy thing is that out of the 94 solicited variants only 22 of them had cover images available. You can now understand why ordering the darn things drives me to distraction. I’ve completed the database of DC open order variants and I am in the process of downloading the images associated with their covers. More of the images are available, but it is also complicated by the fact that in October DC will be offering a ton of “regular” or primary covers with an acetate overlay while keeping the regular cover price. THOSE should be a joy to order. In any case, if you see something in the postings that you are absolutely SURE you want please let me know and I will make sure that the cover gets ordered and held for you!
Have a great weekend, Folks, and I look forward to talking to you again next week!
Eddie