Product arriving Wed., Feb. 4, 2009

This week, I've decided (am emboldened) to BOLD all games, toys, books, cards, dvds, and graphic novels.


30 DAYS OF NIGHT 30 DAYS TIL DEATH #3
ADVENTURE COMICS #0 (ORIGINS)
AGE OF SENTRY #5 (OF 6)
AGENTS OF ATLAS #1 DKR
ALIENS ALIEN WARRIOR 7-IN AF
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #585
ANITA BLAKE VH LAUGHING CORPSE #5 (OF 5)
ARCHIE DIGEST #251
ASTONISHING TALES #1
AUTHORITY #7
AXIS & ALLIES CMG BOOSTER PACK
AXIS & ALLIES NAVAL CMG TASK FORCE BOOSTER PACK
BANG TANGO #1 (OF 6) (MR)
BESERK REMASTERED COM COLL DVD BOX SET
BETTY #178
BLACK LIGHTNING YEAR ONE #3 (OF 6)
BLACK PANTHER 2 #1 DKR
BOYS #27 (MR)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #22
CABLE #11
CLASSIC CLIFFHANGERS VOL 01 1914 - 1940
DARK IVORY #4 (OF 4)
DEAD IRONS #1
DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #2 (OF 4
DEADPOOL #7 DKR
DISNEY JR GN VOL 04 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
DREAMER #4
DYNAMO 5 #19
EL DIABLO #6 (OF 6)
ENDERS GAME BATTLE SCHOOL #3 (OF 5)
FALL OF CTHULHU APOCALYPSE #3 (OF 4)
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #3 (OF 5)
FINAL FANTASY VII PLAY ARTS V2 SEPHIROTH AF
FONE BONE PLUSH TOY
FRANK BELLAMY KING ARTHUR & HIS KNIGHTS TP
FREEDOM FORMULA #5
FUTURAMA COMICS #41
GODS OF ASGARD GN
GREAT SPACE RACE
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #34
HARRY POTTER HOGWARTS HOUSE CUP CHALLENGE GAME
HAUNTED TANK #3 (OF 5) (MR)
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #10 (MR)
I AM LEGION #1 (OF 6)
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #22
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #10 DKR
JAMAICA BOARD GAME
JONAH HEX #40
KULL #4 (OF 6)
LOCKE & KEY HEAD GAMES #2
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #13
MAN WITH NO NAME #7
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED KIDNAPPED #4 (OF 5)
MIGHTY #1
MUNCHKIN CHIBITHULHU PLUSH PX ED PINK
MUNCHKIN QUEST 2 LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
NARUTO TP VOL 34
OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE #2
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #7 (OF 7)
PS238 #37
PUNISHER #2 DKR
RED SONJA #41
REMNANT #2 (OF 4)
RUNEQUEST DELUXE
SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #4 (OF 4) (MR)
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 05 SP VS THE UNIVERSE
SECRET SIX #6 (ORIGINS)
SECRET WARRIORS #1 DKR
SETTLERS OF CATAN NEW ED
SHONEN JUMP MAR 09
SIR APROPOS OF NOTHING #4 (OF 5)
SKELEBUNNIES GN
SOUL KISS #1 (OF 5) (MR)
SPEED RACER NEXT GENERATION BIRTHRIGHT #4
STAR WARS CORUSCANT NIGHTS MMPB VOL 03
Star Wars DARTH VADER JUMBO CHUBBY FIG
Star Wars ROTJ JABBAS PALACE BAND STATUE ($195.00)
TALES OF TMNT #55
TERROR TITANS #5 (OF 6)
TOP DOGS (C: 0-1-2)
TOPPS 2009 SERIES 1 HOBBY MLB T/C BOX
TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #7
TRINITY #36
WAR OF KINGS DARKHAWK #1
WARHAMMER FANTASY RPG HC RULEBOOK
WARHAMMER RPG TOME OF SALVATION SC
WATCHMEN TP
WEAPON X FIRST CLASS #3 (OF 3)
WITCHBLADE #124
WIZARD MAGAZINE #209
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #32
X-MEN FIRST CLASS FINALS #1 (OF 4)
X-MEN LIVES AND TIMES OF LUCAS BISHOP #1 (OF 3)
X-MEN MAGNETO TESTAMENT #5 (OF 5)
X-MEN NOIR #3 (OF 4)
X-MEN VS HULK #1
YOUNGBLOOD #7
ZORRO #10

Comics arriving Wednesday, January 28, 2009.

A couple of interesting items this week. I'm getting 3 of the Star Treck Deluxe Captain Kirk Electronic Chair, instead of one. So I'll be selling the first one for 30.00 instead of 35.00.

And a case of Watchmen figures. And a bunch of extra Rorschach figures; because I must have thought he was cool.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EXTRA #2
ARCHIE #593
ARKHAM HORROR KINGSPORT HORROR EXPANSION ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #12 (RES)
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #21 DKR
BATMAN #685 (FOE)
BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #9 (OF 12)
BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #191
BLUE BEETLE #35
BONE COLOR ED SC VOL 09 CROWN OF HORNS
BUCKAROO BANZAI BIG SIZE #1
CAPTAIN AMERICA #46
CC SILVER PP BAGS (SOLD IN 100)
CITY OF DUST #4
CRIMINAL TP VOL 04 BAD NIGHT (MR)
DAREDEVIL #115
DARK TOWER TREACHERY #5 (OF 6)
DEAD AHEAD #2 (OF 3)
DISNEY JR GN VOL 04 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #3
DRAGON PRINCE #4
EARTHSONG GN VOL 01
FACES OF EVIL KOBRA #1 (FOE)
FANTASTIC FOUR #563
FERRYMAN #5 (OF 5)
FINAL CRISIS #7 (OF 7)
FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS #5 (OF 5)
FRINGE #2 (OF 6)
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS DEAR BILLY #1
GENUS #89
GHOST RIDER DANNY KETCH #4 (OF 5)
GREATEST HITS #5 (OF 6) (MR)
IN THE STUDIO VISITS WITH CONTEMPORARY CARTOONISTS
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #125
JACK OF FABLES #30 (MR)
JOURNEY CENTER EARTH BOARD GAME
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #147
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #23 (FOE)
KASPAR GN (MR)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #50
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #3 (OF 6)
MS MARVEL #35 DKR
NEW AVENGERS #49 DKR
NIGHT PROJECTIONIST #1 (OF 4) (MR)
NORMAN SAUNDERS HC
NORTHLANDERS #14 (MR)
NOVA #21
PREVIEWS #245 FEBRUARY 2009
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #4 (OF 7)
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #5 (OF 7)
PUNISHER WAR ZONE #6 (OF 6)
PUSH #5 (OF 6)
REIGN IN HELL #7 (OF 8)
RESISTANCE #2 (OF 6) (MR)
RUNAWAYS 3 #6
SAVAGE DRAGON #144
SCOURGE OF GODS #1 (OF 3) (MR)
SCRYE #130 MAR 2009
SHE-HULK 2 #37
SHEENA DARK RISING #3
SIR APROPOS OF NOTHING #3
SKAAR SON OF HULK #7
ST DLX ED CAPTAIN KIRK & ELECTRONIC CMD CHAIR AF
STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #5 (OF 5)
STANLEY KUBRICK ARCHIVES HC
STAR WARS INSIDER SPECIAL #104
STAR WARS KNIGHTS O/T OLD REPUBLIC TP VOL 04 DAZE
STAR WARS LEGACY #32
STAR WARS LEGACY TP VOL 05
STAR WARS VECTOR TP VOL 01
SUPERMAN #684 (FOE)
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #54 (MR)
TEEN TITANS #67 (FOE)
TRINITY #35
TSUBASA GN VOL 20 (C: 0-1-2)
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #130
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 21
UMBRELLA ACADEMY DALLAS #3
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #4 (MR)
USAGI YOJIMBO #117
WALLFLOWER GN VOL 18 (MR)
WATCHMEN MOVIE AF ASST #1
WATCHMEN MOVIE RORSCHACH ACTION FIGURE
WILDCATS #7
WIZARD ANIME INSIDER #65
WIZARD MAGAZINE #209
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #11
WONDER WOMAN #28 (FOE)
X-FORCE #11
X-MEN WORLDS APART #4 (OF 4)
YOUNG X-MEN #10

Short Reviews

All Star Superman 11 & 12.

I love the tone of this comic. As I say to customers, "this comic reminds me of the feeling I used to get when I read comics as a kid." The Quitely art is pretty spectacular too.

Superman dies in issue 12. Gasp!

Greatest Hits #4.

Still enjoying this thinly veiled history of the Beatles, except in this story, they are a superhero group.

Ferryman #4.

Ferryman are suicides who are given a second chance by ferrying souls who were sold to a "Mr. Webster." One of the Ferrymen starts to have doubts, even though he has been promised he'll see his murdered wife.

Muddy and confusing, but there is something about it I really like. It has a very Sam Keith "Maxx" vibe to the art.

Back to Brooklyn #4.

Straight ahead film noir, down and dirty. Just exactly like the kind of crime fiction I like to read.

Wolverine #70.

Won't give away the plot line. But it's set in an alternate "Road Warrior" future, and so anything goes.

Unknown Soldier #3.

Black American goes back to his 'home' land in Africa in the middle of a civil war. This comic's heart is in the right place, the the motivations and emotions are not quite believable; the plot takes odd turns.

Push 3 & 4.

I started reading this before I knew it was a movie. My reaction was that the 'set-up' was very strong, but the ideas and plot had been done a million times before.

Which makes sense as a movie -- after all, the High Concept set up is what sold it, and the ideas in movies aren't used up yet.

But it seems so simple and straightforward and unoriginal in a comic, these days.
Competently done, but that's it.


I seem to gravitate to the "Vertigo" type comic; mostly genre, more adult comics. I've noticed that Wildstorm is offering more of these type of comics, and so are Image and Dark Horse, and the Max Line from Marvel.

Firmly middlebrow, just like my book reading.

Product arriviving, Wed. Jan. 21.

For those of you awaiting the current backing boards, they are in this shipment.

1001 MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
AIR #6 (MR)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #584
AMULET SC VOL 01 STONEKEEPER
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #16
ANIMATED MAN SC LIFE OF WALT DISNEY
ANNA SMUDGE SC PROFESSIONAL SHRINK
ARMY OF DARKNESS #16
ASTONISHING X-MEN #28
BATMAN A DEATH IN THE FAMILY TP
BETTY & VERONICA SPECTACULAR #87
BIRDS OF PREY #126 (FOE)
BLACK LIGHTNING YEAR ONE #1 (OF 6)
BLACK LIGHTNING YEAR ONE #2 (OF 6)
BLACK VELVET MASTERPIECES HC
BLUE BEETLE #34
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #21
BRAVE STORY NOVEL CAPTAIN AMERICA THEATER OF WAR AMERICA THE BEAUTIF
CASE CLOSED GN VOL 27
CC CURRENT BOARDS
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #7
D&D OPEN GRAVE SECRETS O/T UNDEAD
DAREDEVIL #113
DARK AVENGERS #1
DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #1
DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #2
DEATH THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE TP
DEVILS PANTIES COLL ED VOL 1 TP #1
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID HC VOL 03 LAST STRAW
DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 2
DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 20
DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 21
DOCTOR WHO CYBERMAN VOICE CHANGER
DOCTOR WHO DALEK VOICE CHANGER HELMET
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #6
DR DOOM MASTERS OF EVIL #1
ELEPHANTMEN #15
ELRIC NOVEL VOL 03 (OF 6) SLEEPING SORCRESS
ENCYCLOPEDIA SHATNERICA SC
EPILOGUE #4
FABULOUS WOMEN OF BORIS VALLEJO & JULIE BELL HC
FACES OF EVIL DEATHSTROKE #1 (FOE)
FALLEN ANGEL IDW #33 (MR)
FATHOM #5
FINAL CRISIS RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS #1 2ND PTG
FINAL CRISIS SUPERMAN BEYOND #2 (OF 2)
FRAZETTA MOON MAID (ONE SHOT) FRAZETTA CVR
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS NIGHT WITCHES #3 (OF 3)
GHOST RIDER #31
GIANT-SIZE GRIMM FAIRY TALES #1
GOON TP VOL 02 MY MURDEROUS CHILDHOOD
GOTHIC ART NOW HC
GREEN LANTERN #37 (FOE)
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #9
HACK SLASH SERIES #19
HARLEY QUINN PRELUDES AND KNOCK KNOCK JOKES TP
HELLBLAZER #251 (MR)
HIGHLANDER ORIGINS KURGAN #1 (OF 2)
INU YASHA TP VOL 36
JACK HAGEE PRIVATE EYE GN (MR)
JUGHEAD #193
JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #31
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #29 (FOE)
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA SANCTUARY HC
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #147
LEAF 2008 ROOKIES & STARS LONGEVITY NFL T/C BOX
LOCAL HC LONE RANGER AND TONTO #2
MAGIC OF DRAWING SC
MAGICIAN APPRENTICE TP VOL 01
METH COLAN & OTHER THEOLOGIANS SC (MR)
MIGHTY AVENGERS #21 DKR
MOON KNIGHT #26
MYSTERIUS THE UNFATHOMABLE #1 (OF 6)
MYTHIC BESTIARY HC
NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA GHOSTS #4 (OF 4)
NEW EXILES #17
NORTHLANDERS TP VOL 01 SVEN THE RETURNED (MR)
PAINTINGS OF J ALLEN ST JOHN HC
PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #128
PREMIERE COLL SUE STORM STATUE
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #6 (OF 7)
PUNISHER FRANK CASTLE MAX #66 (MR)
PUSH #3 (OF 6)
RED RIVER GN VOL 24
ROBIN #182 (FOE)
RUINS #1
SANDMAN THE DREAM HUNTERS SC
SETTLERS OF CATAN NEW ED
SETTLERS OF CATAN TRADERS & BARBARIANS 5-6 PLAYER
SIMPSONS COMICS #150
SPAWN #188
SPECIAL EFFECTS SUPERMAN HC
SPIDER-MAN NOIR #2 (OF 4)
SPIRIT #25
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #7
STAR MUNCHKIN
STAR TREK CORPS OF ENGINEERS WOUNDS SC
STAR TREK COUNTDOWN #1
STAR WARS INSIDER #103 PX ED
STAR WARS KNIGHTS O/T OLD REPUBLIC TP VOL 02 FLASH
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC #37 PROPHET MOTI
STAR WARS RPG CLONE WARS CAMPAIGN GUIDE
STORMWATCH PHD #18
STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS #1 (OF 4)
STYLE DEFICIT DISORDER HC
SUPERGIRL #37 (FOE)
SUPERMAN BATMAN ANNUAL #3
SW HEROES & VILLAINS PLAYING CARD
TALES OF TMNT #54
TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #11 (OF 12)
THUNDERBOLTS #128 DKR
TOYFARE #139 GI JOE MOVIE CVR
TRANSFORMERS REVENGE FALLEN MOVIE PQ DEFIANCE #1
TRINITY #34
UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #2 DKR
VIGILANTE #2 (FOE)
WAR MACHINE #2 DKR
WATCHMEN THE ABSOLUTE EDITION HC
WEAPON X FIRST CLASS #3 (OF 3)
WIZARD ANIME INSIDER #65
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #32
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #15
X-FACTOR #39
X-FILES #3 (OF 6)
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #2 (OF 4)
X-MEN LEGACY #220
X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY #5 (OF 5)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 01 UNMANNED
YTHAQ FORSAKEN WORLD #2 (OF 3) (MR)
ZERO G #4 (OF 4)

'Nuff, said.

I wasn't the only one who missed the Obama comic. (Which by the way, I would've qualified for by ordering just one more comic. But I do all my ordering in the advance solicitations, and almost never in the Final Order Date forms, so didn't even know about. It was Christmas, and Marvel mailers are useless. Like getting e-mails all in capital letters, and the boy who cried wolf, and excuse after excuse.)

Ultimately, it was my responsibility and I could've done it if I was paying more attention.

Anyway, I wasn't the only one. On my retailer bulletin board (generally, the biggest, smartest, most in-touch retailers in the country), they were asked:

Will you be receiving the Obama ASM #583 first printing?

Yes
51 votes (53%)
No
46 votes (47%)

'Nuff said. The Curse of Stan Lee, who never met a Marvel comic he didn't like and made me deaf to Marvel's promotions....

But I did get 20 more copies of WATCHMEN. Thank you D.C., for having hot stuff in stock and available. What a notion....

Shipment arriving 1/14/09

We will indeed be sold out of the Obama Spider-man upon arrival.


A RONIN STUDIO ART OF CHRISTOPHER SHY SC (MR)
ACTION COMICS #873 (FOE)
ADAM LEGEND OF BLUE MARVEL #3 (OF 5)
AKIBA MANGA GUIDE TO AKIHABARA
ALIENS ALIEN WARRIOR 7-IN AF
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #28
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL CVR GALLERY
ANIMATRIX DVD
ANITA BLAKE VH LAUGHING CORPSE #4 (OF 5) (MR)
ARCHIE & FRIENDS #127
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #195
ARMY @ LOVE THE ART OF WAR #6 (OF 6) (MR)
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #25
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA CYLON WAR #1 (OF 4)
BEST OF ROY OF THE ROVERS TP THE 1980S
BIG HERO 6 #5 (OF 5)
BLONDIE HC BUMSTEAD FAMILY HISTORY
BOOSTER GOLD #16 (FOE)
BPRD BLACK GODDESS #1 (OF 5)
BTVS DLX AF ASST SER 3 WILLOW & KENNEDY
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #9
CC CURRENT PP BAGS
CC SILVER PP BAGS
CIVIL WAR HOUSE OF M #5 (OF 5)
CLEANERS #2 (OF 4)
COMICARE SHORT COMIC BOX
COOL JERK TP VOL 01 HODABEAST
DARK LABYRINTH BY LUIS ROYO HC (MR)
DEADPOOL #6 DKR
DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #2
DETECTIVE MAGAZINES HC
DMZ #38 (MR)
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SERIES 2 #2
DREAMER #3
DREAMLAND CHRONICLES IDW #7
FABLES #80 (MR)
FACES OF EVIL PROMETHEUS #1 (FOE)
FALL OF CTHULHU APOCALYPSE #2 (OF 4) CVR A
FANGORIA #280 FEB 2009
FINAL CRISIS #6 (OF 7)
FURRLOUGH #187
G FAN #86
GEN 13 #26
GI JOE #1
GOTHIC TAROT
GRAVEL #8 (MR)
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #16 (FOE)
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #32 (FOE)
HEAVY METAL MAR 2009 #121 (MR)
HELL BOUND NEW GOTHIC ART SC
HOUSE OF MYSTERY TP VOL 01 ROOM AND BOREDOM (MR)
HTDM BEGINNERS 3 BK SET W SLIPCASE
HTDM COMPUTONES VOL 3
INVINCIBLE #58 (RES)
LOCKE & KEY HEAD GAMES #1
LONE WOLF & CUB TP VOL 01 THE ASSASSINS ROAD
LONE WOLF & CUB TP VOL 02 THE GATELESS BARRIER
LONE WOLF & CUB TP VOL 28 THE LOTUS THRONE (MR)
LORDS OF AVALON KNIGHTS OF DARKNESS #3 (OF 6)
MAD MAGAZINE #498
MANHUNTER #38
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ODYSSEY #5 (OF 8)
MONTY PYTHONS TUNISIAN HOLIDAY HC
MR NEGATIVITY & OTHER TALES OF SUPERNATURAL LAW TP
MTG TCG EVENTIDE BLISTER MASTER CASE
NARUTO BASIC ACTION FIGURE ASST
NGE EVA UNIT 03 BLACK FIG LAUNCH TUBE PACKAGE
NIGHTWING #152 (FOE)
PUNISHER WAR ZONE #5 (OF 6)
PUSH #4 (OF 6)
RESISTANCE #1 (OF 6) (MR)
SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE #69
SIMON DARK #16
SOLOMON KANE #4 (OF 5)
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #196
SPEED RACER NEXT GENERATION BIRTHRIGHT #3
SPIDER-MAN TP AMAZING FRIENDS DIGEST
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE SWIM HC
STAR TREK LAST GENERATION #3
STAR WARS THE CLONE WARS HC BOOK 01
SW CLASSICS QUEEN AMIDALA MINI BUST
TERMINATOR SALVATION MOVIE PREQ #1 (OF 4)
TITANS #9 (FOE)
TOYFARE #139 GI JOE MOVIE CVR
TRANSFORMERS REVENGE FALLEN MOVIE PQ ALLIANCE #2
TRINITY #33
UPPER DECK 2008 TIMELINE MLB T/C BOX
VTES TWILIGHT REBELLION BOOSTER DISP (MR)
WAITING FOR FOOD CRUMB PLACEMAT DRAWINGS VOL 2
WALK-IN TP VOL 01 (MR)
WALTER BAUMHOFER PULP ART MASTERS TP
WATCHMEN TP
WITCHBLADE #123
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #2 (OF 8)
X-INFERNUS #2 (OF 4)
X-MEN SPIDER-MAN #3 (OF 4)
YU GI OH TCG PHARAONIC GUARDIAN RETAIL BLISTER DIS

No Obama.

I missed it. Sorry. Either they weren't very clear, or I didn't notice.

It was the holiday's after all.

Marvel is always playing up every title, like the boy who cried wolf. I become deaf to their gimmicks.

So I probably missed it.

Or, they were being so coy, that it was impossible to figure out.

Either way, I'll have enough for the people who pre-ordered, I think, but that's it.

I'll try to get some of the 2nd prints, but they'll be out later...and, well, 2nd prints.

So it goes.