Crazy Joe’s Archive sale- $35 each! or less!

| January 30, 2008

It’s the New Year and time to make room for New Stuff so I’ve put dozens of DC Archives on sale for $35 each or 3/$100. Regularly $50 apiece and running the alphabetical gamut from All Star to Wonder Woman with everything in-between there’s plenty to choose from. There’s even a few Marvel Masterworks included. [...]

The Last ‘Y’, the New Cap, and the Return of Hamsters – Dave’s Picks of the Week (1/30-2/5)

| January 29, 2008

ACTION COMICS #861 – Geoff John’s Legion storyline is as good as Grant Morrison’s All Star Superman and better than his own recent “Sinestro Corps”. ADOLESCENT RADIOACTIVE BLACK BELT HAMSTERS #1 – Creator, Don Chin, says: “It’s written by Keith Champagne, drawn by Tom Nguyen with color by Moose Baumann, all seasoned DC Comics vets.” [...]

Cloverfield’s Goddard Writes Dark Horse’s Buffy

| January 27, 2008

Drew Goddard, screenwriter of Cloverfield, the J.J. Abrams production currently storming the box office, will write Dark Horse’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer starting with #12. This series continues the adventures of Buffy Summers as a comic book version of “Season Eight” of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV program. It picks up months after the [...]

Everything You Need to Know About ‘X-Men: Divided We Stand’

| January 26, 2008

Marvel Reveals ‘Classified’ X-Men: Divided We Stand Titles Information Look for the “X-Men: Divided We Stand” logo. Details on the books follow. February Titles Uncanny X-Men #495 Written by Ed Brubaker, pencils & cover by Michael Choi Reeling from the events of Messiah Complex, the surviving mutants reassess Xavier’s dream amidst the rubble of the [...]

New Comics Arriving Wednesday, January 30

| January 25, 2008

52 TPB VOL 04 – $19.99 BACK IN STOCK ACTION COMICS #861 – $2.99 ACTION COMICS #861 VAR ED ADOLESCENT RADIOACTIVE BLACK BELT HAMSTERS #1 – $3.50 AMULET SC VOL 01 STONEKEEPER – $9.99 ARCHIE DIGEST #241 – $2.49 AVENGERS INITIATIVE #9 – $2.99 BADGER SAVES THE WORLD #2 – $3.99 BATMAN #673 – $2.99 [...]

Top 100 Comics for December 2007

| January 24, 2008

1 ULTIMATES 3 #1 2 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #545 3 NEW AVENGERS #37 4 UNCANNY X-MEN #493 5 THOR #5

Rocket Raccoon Lives, Joss Whedon Astonishes, Fantastic Four Ends – Dave’s Picks of the Week (1/23-1/29)

| January 21, 2008

ANNIHILATION CONQUEST HC BOOK 1 – Collecting A.C. Prologue one shot, A.C. Saga one shot, A.C. Quasar 1-4, and A.C. Starlord 1-4. Appearances by Bug from Micronauts, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot worth the price of admission. ASTONISHING X-MEN #24 – The last regular issue of Whedon and Cassaday’s X-Men. FANTASTIC FOUR TPB THE END – [...]

Coming Attractions: March 2008

| January 21, 2008

[Re-posted for maintenance reasons]  Dave’s PREVIEWS PICKS Cool comics from the January edition of Previews Parents, look for the logo for great all-ages picks! ABSTRACT STUDIO Terry Moore’s Echo #1 – Strangers In Paradise is over, but creator Terry Moore is back in the saddle with a brand-new ongoing series. Moore explores the science fiction [...]

Shocking News- “Batman” retires and he’s selling his car!!

| January 20, 2008

Yes, sad but true, our local Batman portrayer has decided to give up the cape!! He has arranged to have the Batman costumes, as well as Batgirl and Robin outfits go to a museum for public display and… he’s selling the “Battzmobile” If you have ever been to the shop when this has been on [...]

More Back Issues – Transformers Wanted – Showcase For Sale

| January 20, 2008

Just a blog letting you know about some doings related to the shop: More Back Issues: If you didn’t read an earlier blog, Joe just picked up an interesting collection and is offering most of them at only $1.00 each. Look for small runs and sets, also deep-discounted. Paul just bought a collection of 4000+ [...]

New Comics Arriving Wednesday, January 23

| January 18, 2008

AFTER THE CAPE II #3 – $2.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #548 – $2.99 BRAND NEW DAY AMELIA RULES #19 – $2.95 ANNIHILATION CONQUEST HC BOOK 1 ANT UNLEASHED #2 (MR) ANT UNLEASHED INCV #2 ARMY @ LOVE #11 (MR) – $2.99 ASTONISHING X-MEN #24 – $2.99 AUTHORITY PRIME #4 – $2.99 BERSERK TPB VOL 21 (MR) [...]

Monthly displays of Obsessive Collecting Disorder-This Month’s victim-John

| January 18, 2008

Each month Captain Blue Hen is turning over space in our newest display case by the new releases to one of our customers to show off his or her collection of memorabilia. Our lead-off hitter, Myles, haunted the case back in October to get us in the mood for Halloween with just a small portion [...]

Captain Blue Hen Comics helps to ROCK THE VOTE!

| January 18, 2008

You may have noticed that we have a new page on the website: “Register to Vote”. We want to help you to participate in your government. It’s easy! Just click on the graphic, fill out the form, and you are registered. All that’s left is for you to get out to the polls.

More Back Issue Bargains

| January 15, 2008

This just in–hundreds of comics from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s all at the Nice Price! Sets of fun runs on the cheap. Tons of singles for just $1 and $2 each. Avengers! Batman! Superman! X-Men! More! Get your stack of great comics and let the reading enjoyment begin.

The Creepy Side of World War Hulk, The Spirit of (19) ’76, IDW ‘Makes it so’ – Dave’s Picks of the Week (1/16-1/22)

| January 15, 2008

’76 #1 – It’s street level super action in a book that could have been called “That ’70s Comic”. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #547 – “BRAND NEW DAY” presenting the new/old Peter Parker. Read the review of #546. ESSENTIAL MARVEL SAGA TPB VOL 01 – “Essential” indeed as a Marvel resource. Like “Cliff’s Notes” for classic Marvel, [...]

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