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New Comics Arriving WEDNESDAY, February 1

Posted By on January 27, 2012

Plus see the New Comics Page where you can click pics for descriptions and previews!

  • A TALE OF SAND HC – $29.95
  • ACTION COMICS #6 – $3.99
  • ACTION COMICS #6 VAR ED – $TBD
  • ALPHA GIRL #1 (MR) – $2.99
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #679 – $3.99
  • AMERICAN VAMPIRE HC VOL 03 (MR) – $24.99
  • ANIMAL MAN #6 – $2.99
  • ANNE RICE SERVANT OF THE BONES #6 – $3.99
  • ARCHIE #629 (ARCHIE MEETS KISS PT 3) – $2.99
  • AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER GN VOL 01 LOST ADVENTURES – $14.99 back in stock
  • AVENGERS ACADEMY #25 – $2.99
  • AVENGERS HAWKEYE GN – $19.99
  • AVENGERS X-SANCTION #3 – $3.99
  • AVENGERS X-SANCTION #3 CHURCHILL VAR – $TBD
  • BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM GN – $14.99
  • BATMAN LOGO SILICONE TRAY – $9.99
  • BATWING #6 – $2.99
  • BETRAYAL ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #4 – $3.99
  • BOYS #63 (MR) – $3.99
  • BRIMSTONE #7 (MR) – $3.25
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA CAP A FLEECE ZIP-UP HOODIE XL – $59.99
  • CARNAGE USA #1 2ND PTG – $3.99
  • CHARMED #18 – $3.50
  • DAMAGED #5 (MR) – $3.50
  • DAREDEVIL BY BRUBAKER AND LARK ULT COLL GN BOOK 01 – $29.99
  • DARK HORSE PRESENTS #8 – $7.99
  • DEFENDERS #3 – $3.99
  • DETECTIVE COMICS #6 – $2.99
  • DETECTIVE COMICS #6 VAR ED – $TBD
  • DOCTOR WHO ONGOING VOL 2 #14 – $3.99
  • FATALE #1 2ND PTG (MR) – $3.50
  • FATALE #2 (MR) – $3.50
  • FATHOM VOL 4 #4 – $3.50
  • FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #8 – $2.99
  • FUTURAMA COMICS #59 – $2.99
  • GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD GN VOL 01 (MR) – $19.99
  • GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #175 – $3.99
  • GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #175 10 COPY INCV – $TBD
  • GI JOE V2 ONGOING GN VOL 02 COBRA CIVIL WAR – $17.99
  • GI JOE VOL 2 ONGOING #10 – $3.99
  • GI JOE VOL 2 ONGOING #10 10 COPY INCV – $TBD
  • GREEN ARROW #6 – $2.99
  • GREEN ARROW SALVATION HC – $22.99
  • HAWK AND DOVE #6 – $2.99
  • HELLRAISER #10 (MR) – $3.99
  • HELLRAISER MASTERPIECES #7 (MR) – $3.99
  • HOLY TERROR HC (MR) – $29.99 back in stock
  • HULK #48 – $2.99
  • INFESTATION 2 TRANSFORMERS #1 – $3.99
  • INVINCIBLE #88 – $2.99
  • IRREDEEMABLE #34 – $3.99
  • IZOMBIE #22 (MR) – $2.99
  • JOHN CARTER A PRINCESS OF MARS GN – $14.99
  • JOHN CARTER WORLD OF MARS GN – $14.99
  • JOHN ROMITA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ARTIST ED HC – $TBD
  • JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #6 – $2.99
  • KIRBY GENESIS CAPTAIN VICTORY #3 – $3.99
  • LOCKE & KEY CLOCKWORKS #4 – $3.99
  • MAGIC THE GATHERING #1 – $3.99
  • MARVEL MYSTIQUE BISHOUJO STATUE – $59.99
  • MARVEL PREVIEWS FEBRUARY 2012 – $FREE w/ PREVIEWS
  • MARVEL SELECT COLOSSUS ACTION FIGURES – $21.99
  • MEN OF WAR #6 – $3.99
  • OMAC #6 – $2.99
  • PREVIEWS FEBRUARY 2012 – $4.50
  • PUNISHER #8 – $2.99
  • RACHEL RISING #5 – $3.99
  • RAT CATCHER GN (MR) – $12.99
  • RED LANTERNS #6 – $2.99
  • RED SKULL INCARNATE GN – $15.99
  • RICHIE RICH GEMS WINTER SPECIAL ONE SHOT – $3.99
  • SAILOR MOON GN KODANSHA ED VOL 02 – $10.99 back in stock
  • SAVAGE DRAGON #178 – $3.50
  • SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #18 – $2.99
  • SERGIO ARAGONES FUNNIES #7 – $3.50
  • SONIC SUPER SPECIAL MAGAZINE #2 – $9.99
  • SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #233 – $2.99
  • STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY WONDER YEARS SC – $19.95 back in stock
  • STAR WARS DAWN OF THE JEDI #0 – $3.50
  • STATIC SHOCK #6 – $2.99
  • STORMWATCH #6 – $2.99
  • STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE #5 (MR) – $2.99
  • SUPERMAN LOGO SILICONE TRAY – $9.99
  • SUPERMAN REIGN OF DOOMSDAY HC – $22.99
  • SUPERNATURAL #5 – $2.99
  • SWAMP THING #6 – $2.99
  • SWEET TOOTH #30 (MR) – $2.99
  • THE LONE RANGER #2 – $3.99
  • THOR DEVIANTS SAGA #4 – $3.99
  • TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #1 – $3.99
  • TWELVE #9 (RES) – $2.99
  • UNCANNY X-FORCE #21 XREGG – $3.99
  • UNCANNY X-MEN #6 – $3.99
  • VALEN OUTCAST #3 – $3.99
  • VENOM #13 – $3.99
  • VENOM #13 CRAIN VAR – $TBD
  • VILLAINS FOR HIRE #3 – $2.99
  • WARLORD OF MARS ANNUAL #1 (MR) – $4.99
  • WARRIORS OF MARS #1 (MR) – $3.99
  • WINTER SOLDIER #1 – $2.99
  • WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #3 2ND PTG XREGG – $3.99
  • WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #14 – $3.99
  • X-CLUB #3 – $2.99
  • X-FACTOR #231 XREGG – $2.99

 

How many time’s can we pause a Podcast? From the Booth January 24th!

Posted By on January 25, 2012

This week play ‘how many times did Kita and Ken have to pause” as the shop gets a poppin on a Tuesday night. Chime in on our debate over whether having to turn your book is awesome or how much you liked Captain America. Come on, prove Ken wrong! ;)

We’re talking Avengers – what side will Storm fight for? Venom’s not emo! And it’s not Kita’s strongest. >.> Sorry guys, we were really busy!

What do you think of golden age comics? Did you like Batman #5? Dc New Frontier – yay or nay?

Now if you have strapped yourself in and are ready to have your mind blown: Click here!

Comic Highlights: Wednesday, January 25

Posted By on January 25, 2012

THIS WEEK’S COMICS HIGHLIGHTS

CBH picks the BIG books plus ones you might miss

OPEN 10am-8pm Wednesdays!

Dave’s Stack – New Comics Wednesday 1/25

Posted By on January 24, 2012

This is it! The very last glimpse of my weekly Pull List! Starting next week it’ll just be the Top O’ My Stack–my pick of the week. For now take a gander at EVERYTHING that the guy behind the counter is reading this week.

Click on the covers to get a description of what I’m picking up this week! See everything coming in on Wednesday on our New Comics page.

Ya gotta check out the new acquisitions!

Posted By on January 23, 2012

Joe and I have been busy picking up some back issues of late. Shortly, more incredibly discounted sets and runs will be added to the bins from a large collection Joe purchased. Processing has been slow.

Look in the showcases and bins directly across from the register and you’ll spy a lot of “NOS” – for the non-gearhead, that’s “new old stock”! A recent collection I purchased had some nice runs of bronze age comics and the better ones are now on display. Among them is a copy of Green Lantern #76, the first of the Neal Adams run and listed in Overstreet as the 2nd most valuable issue of its era – behind the 35 cent Stars Wars #1 variant and ahead of Hulk 181! The bins across from the register have been switched out.

We accepted on consignment, one of the major silver age keys, X-MEN #1. Overstreet lists it at $30,000 in “NM” and you can score a solid copy for about only 4% of that! Sorry, but this is not eligible for our CBH member discount.

Talk about important issues – we have a copy of MICKEY MOUSE MAGAZINE Vol. 1 #1 from 1935. Overstreet doesn’t even give a “NM” value for this one as evidently none that nice have ever surfaced; but it states a “VF/NM” copy should fetch in the $19,000 range! During the past 35+ years I’ve been doing this, I had never run across a copy, and I have to admit, I was a little confused when I saw it at the auction. The copyright said 1935, it looked old, but it had a 25 cents cover price – a little steep for the times. Was it a later reprint? I assume that the others at the auction were skeptical, also, as I had little competition. Turns out, it’s legit. With issue #2, they decreased the size and lowered the price to 10 cents. Overstreet’s description states that a “Good” can have a detached cover. This one does, but it is also split completely down the spine. Good colors, no writing or coloring! Priced at only half of “Good” and IS eligible for CBH member discount! Own a piece of history (this later became Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories), but you better act fast, as we only have one!

I realized after I made my last post that I had really dated myself when I used the “psych” expression. Sometimes, even though one doesn’t want to, or doesn’t expect to, use them, current jargon “pops” into one’s conversation. Being a frequent watcher of “American Pickers”, I caught myself using their expression, “I popped on it”, when telling someone about a recent auction purchase. I remember basically embarrassing myself a few years ago when responding to a middle-aged female customer in the store and instead of saying, “Yes, I totally agree” or “Amen, Sister”, I said… “Word”.Word? Word? Where did that come from? I had never used that before or since. I’m not exactly a hip-hop kind of guy. It just popped out. A family member known for his easy flow of expletives (it’s okay – he’s a volunteer fireman and that comes with the territory) was shouting at a moronic driver when in the middle of his volley of curses, he came out with “Jack-Dickie”. It just popped out! Turns out his mouth couldn’t keep up with his stream of insults and obscenities and he ended up with a contraction of “jacka$$” and you know. It’s basically a person who does something stupid or selfish, but instead of acknowledging it, acts like a jerk about it – a Jack-Dickie! You heard it hear first, but you’ve seen lots of them out there on the roads – at least according to your rants during Festivus.

Anyone need showcases for their statues? I know where you can get a nice curio cabinet. Bill “Spaz” Voight at Comicmania has one that is a good 6 feet tall, mirrored with 5 shelves. He’s asking only $125. Tell him Paul sent you. Also, I just picked up two lucite showcases, similar to the ones we have on display. Each has an open bottom, measures 11 1/2″ by 11 1/2″ inside dimensions. One stands 23 1/2″ and the other is 30″ tall. Both have a top that is removable. All lucite – no wooden base or mirrors. Your choice – $20 each. They are not being stored at the shop, but I will be bringing them when I work.

Superman’s Birthday

Posted By on January 20, 2012

FEBRUARY 29th comes just once every four years

But that is not what makes it special.

The big deal is Superman’s Birthday

And Captain Blue Hen is celebrating!

Stay tuned for details!

Here, at the store, on Twitter, and Facebook.

New Comics Arriving WEDNESDAY, January 25

Posted By on January 20, 2012

Plus see the New Comics Page where you can click pics for descriptions and previews!

  • 30 DAYS OF NIGHT ONGOING #4 – $3.99
  • ALL STAR WESTERN #5 – $3.99
  • ALPHA FLIGHT #8 – $2.99
  • AMERICAN VAMPIRE #23 (MR) – $2.99
  • ANGEL & FAITH #6 – $2.99
  • ANIMAL MAN #1 4TH PTG – $2.99 back in stock
  • AQUAMAN #1 2ND PTG – $2.99 back in stock
  • AQUAMAN #5 – $2.99
  • AQUAMAN #5 VAR ED – $TBD
  • ARCHIE #629 (ARCHIE MEETS KISS PT 3) – $2.99
  • ARTIFACTS ORIGINS ONE SHOT – $3.99
  • ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN AND WOLVERINE$19.99
  • ASTONISHING X-MEN #46 – $3.99
  • AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER GN VOL 01 PROMISE PART 1 – $10.99
  • AVENGERS SOLO #4 – $3.99
  • AVENGERS X-SANCTION #1 2ND PTG – $3.99 back in stock
  • B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #221 – $3.99
  • BART SIMPSON COMICS #67 – $2.99
  • BATMAN AND ROBIN WHITE KNIGHT DARK KNIGHT HC – $22.99
  • BATMAN BEYOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION GN – $16.99
  • BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #5 – $2.99
  • BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #5 VAR ED – $TBD
  • BLACK GOD GN VOL 15 – $11.99
  • BLACKHAWKS #5 – $2.99
  • BPRD HELL ON EARTH RUSSIA #5 – $3.50
  • BULLEGNROOF COFFIN DISINTERRED #1 (MR) – $3.99
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #626 – $2.99
  • CATWOMAN GN VOL 01 – $29.99
  • CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 12 – $49.99
  • CREEPY COMICS #7 – $4.99
  • DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #20 – $2.99
  • DARK SHADOWS #3 – $3.99
  • DARKNESS #98 (MR) – $2.99
  • DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #22 – $2.99
  • DEADPOOL #49.1 – $2.99
  • ELEPHANTMEN #37 (MR) – $3.99
  • FANTASTIC FOUR #602 – $2.99
  • FATHOM BLUE DESCENT #4 – $2.99
  • FF #14 – $2.99
  • FLASH #5 – $2.99
  • FLASH #5 VAR ED – $TBD
  • FURY OF FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MEN #5 – $2.99
  • GAME OF THRONES #5 (MR) – $3.99
  • GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #8 (MR) – $3.99
  • GFT ALICE IN WONDERLAND #1 (MR) – $2.99
  • GI JOE VOL 2 ONGOING #9 10 COPY INCV – $TBD
  • GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES THE SPIDER VOL 22 – $14.95
  • GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #11 – $3.99
  • GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #11 10 COPY INCV – $TBD
  • GREEN HORNET ANNUAL #2 – $4.99
  • GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #5 – $2.99
  • GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #5 VAR ED – $TBD
  • HOBBY JAPAN JAN 2012 #97 – $16.60
  • I VAMPIRE #5 – $2.99
  • INCORRUPTIBLE #26 – $3.99
  • INFESTATION 2 #1 – $3.99
  • INFESTATION 2 #1 10 COPY INCV – $TBD
  • IRREDEEMABLE GN VOL 08 – $16.99
  • JIM HENSONS DARK CRYSTAL HC VOL 01 CREATION MYTHS – $19.95 back in stock
  • JUSTICE LEAGUE #5 – $3.99
  • JUSTICE LEAGUE #5 BLACK & WHITE VAR ED – $TBD
  • JUSTICE LEAGUE #5 VAR ED – $TBD
  • JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #5 – $2.99
  • KEY OF Z #4 (MR) – $3.99
  • KING CONAN PHOENIX ON THE SWORD #1 – $3.50
  • KIRBY GENESIS #5 – $3.99
  • KIRBY GENESIS #5 15 COPY SOOK B&W INCV – $TBD
  • KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #182 – $5.99
  • KUNG FU PANDA #4 – $3.95
  • LAST PHANTOM #11 – $3.99
  • LEGION SECRET ORIGIN #4 – $2.99
  • MARVEL MASTERWORKS UNCANNY X-MEN GN VOL 04 – $24.99
  • MICE TEMPLAR VOL 3 #7 – $2.99
  • MIGHTY THOR #10 – $3.99
  • NANCY IN HELL ON EARTH #1 (MR) – $3.99
  • NAUGHTY & NICE GOOD GIRL ART BRUCE TIMM SC – $50.00
  • POLLY & PIRATES GN VOL 02 – $11.99
  • QUEEN SONJA #26 – $3.99
  • RESURRECTION MAN GN VOL 01 – $29.99
  • ROBOCOP ROAD TRIP #2 (MR) – $3.99
  • SAILOR MOON GN KODANSHA ED VOL 03 – $10.99
  • SAVAGE HAWKMAN #5 – $2.99
  • SECRET AVENGERS #21.1 – $2.99
  • SIXTH GUN #18 – $3.99
  • SPIDER-MAN #22 – $2.99
  • STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE BERRY FUN #4 – $3.99
  • STRIKEFORCE MORITURI GN VOL 01 – $34.99
  • STUFF OF LEGEND JESTERS TALE #4 – $3.99
  • SUPERMAN #5 – $2.99
  • SUPERMAN #5 VAR ED – $2.99
  • SWEET TOOTH GN VOL 04 ENDANGERED SPECIES (MR) – $16.99
  • TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #72 (MR) – $2.95
  • TEEN TITANS #5 – $2.99
  • TEEN TITANS #5 VAR ED – $TBD
  • TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #6 – $3.99
  • TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #6 10 COPY INCV – $TBD
  • THOR MODERN MUSEUM STATUE – $250.00
  • TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE ONGOING #1 10 COPY INCV – $TBD
  • TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #1 – $3.99
  • TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #1 10 COPY INCV – $TBD
  • TWILIGHT MANGA GN VOL 01 – $14.99
  • ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #6 – $3.99
  • UNCHARTED #3 – $2.99
  • UNWRITTEN #33.5 (MR) – $2.99
  • USAGI YOJIMBO #143 – $3.50
  • VAMPIRELLA #13 – $3.99
  • VOODOO #5 – $2.99
  • WALKING DEAD #93 (MR) – $2.99
  • WARLORD OF MARS FALL OF BARSOOM #5 – $3.99
  • WARLORD OF MARS FALL OF BARSOOM #5 10 COPY JUSKO B&W INCV – $TBD
  • WITCHBLADE #152 – $2.99
  • WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #1 2ND PTG XREGG – $3.99 back in stock
  • WOLVERINE VS X-MEN GN – $15.99
  • WORDGIRL GN VOL 01 COALITION OF MALICE – $7.99
  • X-MEN LEGACY #261 – $2.99

Coming Attractions for March 2012

Posted By on January 20, 2012

Highlights from Diamond’s Previews

WE Are The Avengers – AVX

Posted By on January 19, 2012

AVENGERS vs X-MEN is coming.

CBH had to choose sides, and although we like the X-Men, informal polls said we had to side with the AVENGERS! The series is in April, but we have to get pumped up starting now. With that in mind, check out the Avengers movie trailer again.

Remember: we’re in this together now!

From the Booth: You’re too young for this joke

Posted By on January 18, 2012

It’s your favorite weekly comic news with new streamlined action for better aerodynamics. It’s January and that means New Year’s resolutions so we are working to trim the fat and give you more content. This week – X-Men vs. Avengers, Joe debates Ken’s previous point, Kita gets distracted trying to pass notes to the boss and more!

Language warning! Kita talks like a lady.

What’s your most anticipated comic this week? Bet you can guess mine!

You actually listen to this stuff? Then click this to listen now!

Comic Highlights: Wednesday, January 18

Posted By on January 18, 2012

THIS WEEK’S COMICS HIGHLIGHTS

CBH picks the BIG books plus ones you might miss

Dave’s Stack – 1/18/12

Posted By on January 17, 2012

It’s that time! The wait is over! Here it is: my weekly Pull List! Just one more left until this feature switches to my personal Pick of the Week. In the meantime, you lucky folks get to see everything that the guy behind the counter reads.

Click on the covers to get a description of what I’m picking up this week! See everything coming in on Wednesday on our New Comics page.

Every Four Years There Comes the Rarest of Days

Posted By on January 16, 2012

CBH is getting ready!

Stay tuned!

Here, at the store, on Twitter, and Facebook.

Escape From Key West!

Posted By on January 15, 2012

Whew! I got out of there just in time! From Monday, December 26th to January 2nd, a large contingent of my family and I spent a great week in Key West, Florida. Sunny every day with the temps in the high 70s and a nice breeze, but that was going to change as a cold front was approaching the next day. So good to be back home to single digit wind chills and SNOW!? Yeah, right!

It was surprising to see former Philadelphia Eagles coach and sports commentator, Dick Vermeil, waiting with us at our gate in Philly airport for departure. Even more surprising was seeing him sit right behind us slubbs in economy. I didn’t pester him for an autograph, but did acknowledge him and he shook my hand. Our flight to Miami was smooth and we headed out to Thrifty to pick-up our reserved vehicle. After being told that it would take “a couple of minutes” before they could bring our car around, we were made to wait 54 minutes (our slip was time stamped). We had made the reservation months in advance and confirmed it the day before – sound like a Seinfeld episode? As names were called for people to claim the next car, it became very obvious that my slavic surname was a detriment in this part of the country. Anyway, we were finally on our way to paradise, a mere 160 mile drive on a mostly two-laned road.

Our rental, a 5 bedroom house, with a private pool surrounded by huge palms, was on the end of the famous Duval Street, at the southernmost end. At the other end, about a mile away, is where every night is a party at Mallory Square to watch the sunset and street entertainers and local craftmen and artists. This end is also famous for its bars such as Sloppy Joe’s, The Bull, Hogsbreath, Irish Kevin’s, Schooner Wharf, Rick’s, Cowboy Bill’s (where we caught a ladies’ night bull-riding contest – yes, some wanted to win so…) and many, many more. You hear live music – non-stop – from roughly noon to 4:00 in the morning when the bars close. Of course, there is the obligatory Jimmy Buffett and other island songs, as well as reggae, but mostly classic rock and top 40.

What a great, pleasant surprise it was to walk into Sloppy Joe’s and catch Captain Blue Hen Comic’s own Jason Biel up on the stage! His band, Hyjinx, was the headliner and was booked for the entire week, including the New Year’s weekend! Now that’s impressive – and they deserve it. Do yourself a favor, catch this group when they are in town! Yes, there are other cover bands that have been around longer perhaps, like Captain Kangaroo or whatever, but this is the best of the bunch and… it features a good looking lead singer! No, obviously I’m not talking about Jason, as he is the key-board player and back-up singer, but he did do a solo while we were there and gave Newark, Delaware a shout-out.

New Year’s Day and we had not one, not two, but FOUR iguanas in our back yard! In the morning, we saw one that was at least 4 feet long sunning himself on a branch, high up in one of our trees. He was prehistoric looking with a spiny mane down his back. Later that afternoon, we noticed a smaller (about 12-15″) bright green one hugging the base of one of the palms by the pool and then another one came down that same tree as the big boy and calmly pranced right in front of us to the other side of the yard where we then saw another fairly big one up about head high in another bush. After a while, he pranced back to the original tree. A local claims that there is something called “Iguana Begone” that he uses to keep them away. Hmmm, was he pulling one on us northerners?

For those considering a trip down there, let me share a few thoughts from what I observed and read in a book I bought called “Quit Your Job and Move To Key West“:

The authors of the book suggest that if considering moving there, bring only half of what you think you’ll need, but twice the money. Casual clothes get you in everywhere, but the cost of living is higher.

Best Burger: Our last night, we went to Pat Croce’s (yes, the same Pat Croce from Philadelphia sports and fitness fame) Rum Barrel restaurant. It is a sports bar with TV’s all over the place tuned to different events. It also has an open deck upstairs, but the highlight was their 10 oz. burgers with fries or home-made chips for $10.95! A block off Duval on Front Street.

Cheapest drinks: The Green Parrot! More of a townie bar, but it is famous and should be on any “must see” list. Also, nightly live music.

Most Interactive with the Crowd Bar: Irish Kevin’s. Typically, they have a solo act on stage (starting as early as noon) who tells stories, talks with the customers, has contests, and of course sings. It seems all performers are picked who do this sort of thing. At night, this fairly large place, with several bars is packed. When a group walks in, usually they are asked where they are from. Once the newcomers reveal their home state, the crowd will typically yell out “F – You!” – especially if you’re from New York.

Real Cher

Means of Travel: Bikes and scooters. Parking is at a premium. We had our own driveway and used the mini-van to go to the other side of the island and get provisions at a Publix food store. Otherwise, we walked or took a taxi (flat rate of $3.00 per person) when the night was late. Bike rental for a week ran about $59 and is a nice way to see the entire island – it’s so flat, and the pedaling is easy (sung to “Summertime”). I have visited the cemetery a number of times and have never found the one with the epitaph “I Told You I Was Sick” – but I have seen the postcards of it! Due to its elevation being barely above sea level, the graves are either extremely shallow, many with broken or cracked concrete covers, or above ground.

Diversity: If you are intolerant of those not like you, Key West might not be the place for you. You will see lots of bumper stickers and signs proclaiming “One Human Family” and they practice it in Key West. According to the booklet I purchased, they estimate that about 20-25% of the population is gay. Our group caught a drag queen show New Year’s Eve. It was a riot as the performers exaggerated the stereotypes and lip-synced songs. We saw Cher, Dolly Parton, Joan Crawford and others. During each round, the entertainers would work the crowd for tips, posing for pictures, and “flirt” with the customers. If you’re a homophobe, stay home. At midnight, one of the famous entertainers was dropped in a huge red slipper at midnight.

Free Entertainment: Just walk along the streets! Most bars have open sides and wide doors where you can listen to the live music outside. Of course, there is always people watching and you’ll see all kinds. Don’t forget the Mallory Square enteratiners every night. Then, KW always seems to have any reason to have a parade. We saw a huge bicycle parade, most adorned with Christmas lights. Then we saw a Hannukah parade. There was supposed a “Weiner Dog” parade, which I never caught, but there were loads of dachshunds being walked all over.

Comic Books: Didn’t see a single one anywhere!!! Hmmm… a Captain Blue Hen K.W. wouldn’t have any competition – same as up here! Psych! ‘Til next time.

Top 20 Graphic Novels – December 2011

Posted By on January 14, 2012

From the TOP 300 Graphic Novels list

Based on Diamond Comics and Publisher data.

1. WALKING DEAD TP VOL 15 (MR)

2. FABLES TP VOL 16 SUPER TEAM (MR)

3. WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE

4. LAST BATTLE ONE SHOT

5. CRIMINAL TP VOL 06 LAST OF INNOCENT (MR)

6. NARUTO TP VOL 53

7. BRIGHTEST DAY TP VOL 01

8. WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US

9. X-MEN SCHISM HC

10. ULT COMICS SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 03 DOSM PRELUDE

11. RED WING TP

12. SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN TP

13. X-MEN AGE OF X TP

14. BATMAN NOEL DELUXE EDITION HC

15. X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST TP

16. BATMAN NO MANS LAND TP VOL 01

17. BALTIMORE VOL 01 THE PLAGUE SHIPS TP

18. BLEACH TP VOL 37

19. WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS

20. SECRET AVENGERS TP VOL 02 EYES OF DRAGON

 

 

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