World War Hulk Titles Get New Printings

| June 30, 2007

From an article on Diamond Daily All scheduled to ship July 25 • Incredible Hulk #106 3rd Printing • Incredible Hulk #107 2nd Printing Gary Frank Variant • Ghost Rider #12 2nd Printing Javier Saltares Variant: World War Hulk tie-in • Heroes for Hire #11 2nd Printing Variant: World War Hulk tie-in • Iron Man [...]

New Comics Arriving THURSDAY, July 5

| June 29, 2007

Due to the 4th of July, New Comics will arrive on THURSDAY this week. Captain Blue Hen Comics is closed Wednesday, July 4. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! ACTION COMICS #851 – $2.99 ACTION COMICS 3D VAR #851 – $3.99 AGENT BOO VOL 3 NOVEL – $4.99 ALL NEW ATOM #13 – $2.99 ALL STAR SUPERMAN #8 [...]

NPR’s Summer Reading List Includes Graphic Novels

| June 29, 2007

From the article–”Summer Reads for Former Recess Rebels” by Glen Weldon Mouse Guard Volume One: Fall 1152 by David Peterson Mouse Guard is medieval intrigue among mice. “If there exists anyone who is unmoved by the sheer, giddy awesomeness that is manifest in a fight scene between a crab and a sword-wielding mouse in a [...]

“‘Veronica Mars Season 4′ Comic?”

| June 28, 2007

  From an article on ICv2.com CW Series Creator, Rob Thomas, Meets With DC Comics The Toronto Star, reports that Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas had a recent meeting with DC Comics concerning DC’s interest in publishing the recently canceled Veronica Mars as a comic book series. This would follow in the successful footsteps of [...]

New Silver & Golden Age Collection – 1st Thor & More

| June 19, 2007

Paul just bought a collection of about 200 silver & golden age comics. Included in the bunch is a Journey Into Mystery 83, the first appearance of Thor (He gets a new series shortly.) Instead of paying the guide price of $12,500 for a NM copy, you could own this one for a mere $395 [...]

Harry’s Midnight Madness updated

| June 16, 2007

Click on the Harry Potter 7 button up above for an update on the festivities for Harry Potter night. Keep your eyes peeled as we hope to announce soon some Midnight Madness exclusive art being created by Neil Vokes just for this event. And you can win this cool framed Potter print with our raffle [...]

New Comics Arriving Wednesday, June 20

| June 15, 2007

ALIEN PIG FARM #3 (MR) – $2.99 ALIENS CAULDRON NOVEL – $6.99 ALIENS OMNIBUS VOL 1 TPB – $24.95 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #541 – $2.99 ANNIHILATION CONQUEST PROLOGUE – $3.99 AQUAMAN SWORD OF ATLANTIS #53 – $2.99 ARCHIE #576 – $2.25 ARMY @ LOVE #4 (MR) – $2.99 BLACK CAT VOL 9 – $7.99 BLUE BEETLE [...]

Update on the Silver Surfer Quarters

| June 14, 2007

As expected, the initial excitement (and high prices realized) on eBay has eased some. Checking recent “sold items”, it looks like you can pick one up for less than $50 now. The 6/12/07 issue of the “Numismatic News” has an article about the furor, and possible fines,over it. Assuming that they have researched it a [...]

CBH Previews Picks–June 2007

| June 11, 2007

Parents, look for the logo for great all-ages picks! Archaia Studios Press Killing Pickman #1 – A top cop, frustrated by years dealing with the worst of the worst makes the harsh decision to take the law into his own hands. [p. 224] Archie Comics The Adventures of Little Archie Volume 1 TPB – We [...]

Picks of the Week: 6/13-6/19 >World War Hulk, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four, more

| June 11, 2007

WORLD WAR HULK #1 Waiting for the Hulk to get his vengeance on Iron Man, Reed Richards, and the rest of the Illuminati? Here we go! The smashing story begins with this special double-sized issue. MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #25 Action Philosophers writer, Fred Van Lente, gives readers consistently excellent all-ages FF stories. Gear up [...]

Star Trek # 1 sold for $264 (cheap!)

| June 10, 2007

This week’s auction just ended and the Gold Key edition we had up of Star Trek #1 (the rare one with the photo back cover) sold for $264. We had it conservatively priced at $400 in the shop. Several other books went for real nice prices (for the buyers, anyway – not yours truly). Moral [...]

New Comics Arriving Wednesday, June 13

| June 8, 2007

ACTION COMICS #850 – $3.99 BACK IN STOCK AI YORI AOSHI VOL 16 (MR) – $9.99 AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #9 – $2.99 AMAZONS ATTACK #1 – $2.99 BACK IN STOCK AMORY WARS #1 – $2.99 ANGEL AULD LANG SYNE TPB – $19.99 ARCHIE & FRIENDS #110 – $2.25 ARCHIE DIGEST #235 – $2.49 AVATAR CINEMANGA VOL [...]

New X-Men Review–the Grant Morrison run

| June 7, 2007

New X-Men TBS Vol. 1-7, Omnibus Writer: Grant Morrison Artists: Frank Quitely w/ others With the first X-Men movie getting ready to open in theaters, the comic versions of the X-Men needed a reboot. Grant Morrison came on with a plan for the first six issues laid out with the next year or so worth [...]

COMICS in the CLASSROOM–Career Day at Holly Hall Elementary

| June 7, 2007

This Tuesday morning I presented at Career Day for the whole 5th grade at Holly Hall Elementary in Elkton, Maryland. We were invited to speak by the school’s guidance counselor, Mr. Whisner.  Joe is the resident speaker at CBH, but couldn’t go, so I got the assignment. At first, I was a little nervous, but [...]

The Great Green Home Show is looking for Comic Book Talent!

| June 4, 2007

The “Green Fox” himself, from WILM’s (1450 AM) radio show, stopped by the shop recently looking to see if we know of any talent that might be interested in helping out with an educational, but fun, comic book. Naturally, we have loads of talent walking through our doors every week, but we’re using this to [...]

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