Hello Fellow Time Warpers !
This Saturday is one of my favorite times of the year, when we have a chance to show off our store and our hobby. Yes, it’s a business, and a hobby too. Of course I am speaking of Free Comic Book Day! As usual, we have a whole lot of great titles to choose from, I think 59 in all. (I didn’t order one sleazy adult title from Action Lab. My apologies.)
As usual, we’ll have free comics, helium balloons for the kids, people in costume, including some Star Wars 501st members. We will also have some cool movie swag to give away, including some Godzilla stuff (yay ) . Also there is a costume contest again for the kids , with prizes, and we’ll even do something for you grown ups in costume. Unfortunately, there are many events demanding the presence of the Star Wars 501st, so I don’t know which characters are coming or for how long. It’s also still a mystery if and when Colorado cars might show up and with what vehicles. They have brought the Ecto-1 and a jeep from Jurassic Park in previous years..We’ll keep our fingers crossed.
As usual, Stephen Tebo, my esteemed landlord and do gooder, has let us borrow his 1989 Batmobile! It’s always the main attraction, and stops traffic.The car should be available to view between 10-4p.m. Bring your cameras. Also, Nathan Cupps has agreed to come in his
very realistic Batman costume.
We will also be having some great sales this Saturday. We’ll have %10 Off Everything in the Store, the $1.00 Comics will be $0.50, and Back Issues will be %50 Off! For a complete list of all the FCBD titles available, check out freecomicbookday.com. We hope to see you there!
As soon as Free Comic Book Day is over this Saturday, it is full speed ahead for Denver Comic Con set up. I was disappointed in how late we got tickets to sell, but we finally have them.The lineup looks great, and I don’t think they have even announced all the guests yet. DCC and Comic Book Classroom should be here on Saturday to answer any of your questions.
Next up, I have mentioned that this year is going to be our 30th anniversary, and we will be having another signing in a couple of weeks. One of my favorite writers of all time —Drum Roll Please —Mr. Paul Levitz! Paul wrote many of the Legion Of Super Heroes stories over the years, and is currently writing World’s Finest featuring Power Girl and The Huntress. Keep an eye on our website and / or Fb page for more information. This is the biggest signing we have had in a long time, with one of my idols!
The other thing I wanted to bring to your attention was a couple of cool things DC Comics has coming out soon, The first are “ Bombshell Variant” covers coming in June. We can order as many of these as we want, and they will be sold at cover price. If you want to look at the images online, I guarantee you will be just as impressed as I am. I need your help here. I’m so confident that most people will want the Bombshell covers instead of the regular covers, that the order I place for two thirds Bombshell and one third regular will be accurate. The titles with the “Bombshell Variant” covers are :
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Detective Comics #32
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Green Lantern #32
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Batgirl #32
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Batman #32
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Green Lantern Corps #32
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Justice League United #2
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Superman/Wonder Woman #9
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Batman and Ra’s al Ghul #32
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Batman/Superman #12
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Harley Quinn #7
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Batwoman #32
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Action Comics #32
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Justice League #32
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Red Hood and the Outlaws #32
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Wonder Woman #32
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Aquaman #32
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Catwoman #32
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Justice League Dark #32
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Superman #32
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The Flash #32
“Catwoman” #32 Bombshell variant (L) and “Detective Comics”
Where I need your help is to know which cover you want saved for you in your file. If you would rather have the “Bombshell Variant” cover as opposed to the regular cover, feel free to let us know. So far, only a couple of people have jumped on this opportunity. I don’t want to assume.
DC’s next big thing is their next round of 3D lenticular covers. They were a huge hit during Villains month last September, and I think these will do better as they tie in with “Future’s End“
That title starts this week with the FCBD offering, and will continue weekly. Also now coming out weekly is Batman Eternal, and the last weekly will be World’s End. All three of these will continue until next March.
The problem here is that DC has to have our final numbers for the 3D covers in by May 29th, due to the long lead time needed to produce these covers. Again, I need your help. I don’t want to order too few, or for that matter, too many. Please let us know asap.
There were a couple of other titles of interest in the new previews magazine-
including: Big Trouble in Little China # 1 It is written by Eric “The Goon” Powell.
Infinity Man and the Forever People is a new DC inspired by the Jack Kirby series from the 70’s.
Star Trek : City On The Edge Of Forever Adapted by Harlan Ellison. The way this story was always supposed to be. My personal favorite episode.
Cartoon Network super Secret Crisis War #1 – Features everybody!
Outcast #1 is Robert Kirkman’s new labor of love, but the project is still pretty hush hush.
Wicked and Divine is a new Image title by the creative team of Young Avengers.
Original Sin is this summers new Marvel event. # 0 is already out, and I thought it was quite good.
Thanos : Infinity Revelation is a new hardcover by Jim Starlin for $24.95
Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide $29.95 for the softcover, or $35.00 for the hardcover. Choose the Batman cover by J.G. Jones, or the Vampirella cover by J.Scott Campbell.
That’s it for this month. May will be HUGE !!
Thanks for reading,
Wayne
