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Gay Marriage Issue Of Archie Sells Out, Despite One Million Mom Pressure
Because customers beat them to it by buying the comic. Life With Archie #16 has sold out from Archie Comics John Goldwater, co-CEO of Archie Comics, already gaining praise from his comments regarding the Million Mom appeal, is quoted as saying "Kevin will always be a major part of Riverdale, and we're overjoyed, honored and humbled[...]
Marksman Collection Gets Extra Pages – Here Are A Couple Of Them
The TPB collection of Image Comics' The Marksman will contain a new four page prologue by Dave Elliott that didn't appear in the original series, out next month And here are two pages of it… Based on real life economic hardships, MARKSMEN takes place in dystopian world just one step removed from our own[...]
Avengers Vs X-Men #1 Now Has More Initial Orders Than Civil War #1
I understand from someone with access to such figures, that Marvel Comics have received more preorders for Avengers Vs X-Men #1 than they did for Civil War #1 It looks as if, for the direct market, AvX #1 will be the best selling comic for 2012. Marvel have bet the farm on this one Buying advertising,[...]
Missing Words In Absolute Kingdom Come? – Collectors Cornered
Join us every week as we discuss comic book news from a different point of view and get instant feedback from real customers on New Comics Day, as we literally corner them and and ask questions about comic books and related topics Unscripted, reality CC. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD6OijbHTQ0[/youtube]With Avengers Versus X-Men on the horizon, this week we ask[...]
The Drugs Dealer Who Fell Foul Of His Comic Book Addiction
And the drug dealer would get the comics for around 1/10 of the street price Both were happy, until the speculator market collapsed If only the government had tried fostering a market in collectible heroin, it could have destroyed that industry far more effectively And drug use would have gone way down, as people wanted[...]
Thursday Runaround – Strips, Pornography And Credit Cards
JoeWatch: The return of the Joe Palooka strip after 18 years… PanWatch: The Calgary Herald discovers Peter Panzerfaust. PornWatch: Comics Alliance celebrates the pornography of Valentina. EagleWatch: The Eagle Awards gives Bleeding Cool a website nomination. Yeah, yeah, but Comic Book Resources will still win Again. CardWatch: The Transformers Fan Club gets credit card… issues[...]
Avengers Vs X-Men Cleans Up On Advance Reorders
Mark Millar's promotion that will see him fly internationally for a signing to the shop that orders the most copies of Supercrooks  lifted that book, but was beaten by the likes of Justice League and Batman #7, Justice League #1 getting a seventh print, and the Ends Of The Earth Amazing Spider-Man #882. The reorder chart,[...]
The Only Avengers Vs X-Men Variant Cover I Want
For Midtown Comics Clicky for biggy. I will glady pay you Tuesday for one of these posted to London. Oh no I want a variant cover Worse than that I want a retailer variant cover Worse than that I want an Avengers Vs X-Men variant cover But on the other hand it's this one By Skottie[...]
In One Week, In Two Weeks
Grabbed this week's comics already? Here's a look at what's coming out next week… and what will be coming out the week after A Terminal City trade, more Animal Man, Next Men, Hell Yeah, Manhattan Projects, Boys, Dicks, Ferals, Stitched, Supurbia and that ending to Avengers Children Crusade we've been long promised… And while I like[...]