New DC Comics Line: ‘Vertigo Crime’

| July 31, 2008

At Comic Con in San Diego DC Senior Vice President and Vertigo Editor-in-Chief, Karen Berger, announced a new publishing line: Vertigo Crime, a series of graphic novels for readers who enjoy crime, thriller, detective, and mystery fiction. Set to launch in June of 2009, Vertigo Crime will be published as single, one-off hardcover graphic novels. [...]

Golden Age Comics, Savage Sword of Conan, & an incredible Bass Guitar

| July 29, 2008

A few new items for sale: Just picked up two collections of over 200 Golden Age/early Silver Age comics. In the collection was a Showcase #4 – yep, the first S.A. Flash that is considered the beginning of the Silver Age. Sorry, it’s gone already!! But, there’s lots more to pick from. Check out the [...]

The Future of Comics and Marvel’s Hidden Gems – Dave’s Picks of the Week (7/30-8/5)

| July 29, 2008

NOVA TPB VOL 02 KNOWHERE – Nova is Marvel’s answer to Green Lantern; a space-faring hero with near-unlimited power that is tied to human failings and morality. PREVIEWS AUGUST 2008 – What’s coming out in October and beyond? Gaze into the mists of the future with Previews. WIZARD MAGAZINE #203 – Sure, Wizard is a [...]

Pixar Comes to Comics

| July 28, 2008

Wall-E! Nemo! Buzz Lightyear! Comics! Your favorite characters from Disney’s Pixar Studios are going to be in their own comic books. Starting in 2009 Boom! Studios and Disney Publishing Worldwide produce a line of children’s comics featuring characters from Pixar movies. The Incredibles is first out with a 4-issue comic series written by Boom! Studios’ [...]

More Punisher Movie News! Red Sonja! TR2N?

| July 25, 2008

Yesterday was a glimpse of heaven for a fan such as myself. San Diego Comic Con revealed a lot about the Punisher movie coming out in December, Punisher: War Zone. Below are links to the red-band footage released at the con, the new trailer, an interview with Gale Ann Hurd, and two interviews featuring the [...]

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday 7/30

| July 25, 2008

Get the New Comics List as email. Drop us a line with “New Comics List” in the subject and you’ll get the List in your inbox every Friday. 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS ADVENTURES OF SINBAD #2 – $2.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EXTRA – $3.99 AME COMI CHEETAH VINYL FIGURE – $49.99 AME COMI WONDER WOMAN VINYL FIGURE [...]

Top 100 Graphic Novels & Trades for June 2008

| July 24, 2008

1 Y THE LAST MAN TPB VOL 10 WHYS & WHEREFORES 2 FABLES TPB VOL 10 THE GOOD PRINCE 3 WALKING DEAD TPB VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER 4 ASTONISHING X-MEN TPB VOL 04 UNSTOPPABLE

Top 100 Comics for June 2008

| July 23, 2008

1 SECRET INVASION #3 2 ULTIMATE ORIGINS #1 3 FINAL CRISIS #2 4 NEW AVENGERS #42 SECRET INVASION

Hey, Kids! Comics! – Dave’s Picks of the Week (7/23-7/29)

| July 22, 2008

All-Ages Picks! BONE STUPID STUPID RAT TAILS TPB – A tall tale about rat creatures and the founder of Boneville, this is a prequel to the now-classic Bone series by Jeff Smith. MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #1 – Imagine a comic book featuring all your favorite movie heroes working together! Hulk! Iron Man! Spider-Man! It’s [...]

New Comics Arriving Wednesday, July 23

| July 18, 2008

AMBUSH BUG YEAR NONE #1 – $2.99 AMBUSH BUG YEAR NONE #1 VAR ED – $TBD AMERICAN FLAGG DEFINITIVE COLL HC 1 01 – $49.99 ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #10 – $3.99 ANGEL REVELATIONS #3 – $3.99 ANITA BLAKE VH GUILTY PLEASURES HC VOL 02 – $19.99 APOCALIPSTIX VOL 1 – $11.95 ARCHIE #587 – [...]

Who Watches the Watchemen (trailer)?

| July 17, 2008

Holy crap people! Go here http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/watchmen/high.html now! Don’t wait until tonight before the Dark Knight. Watch it now so you can appreciate it even more in digital or IMAX. Wow! And don’t forget we’ve got plenty of the trade paperback in stock. You know you read it years ago, now start sharing it with your [...]

Postings from Paul – Cubane, Savage Sword of Conan, & Rants

| July 17, 2008

Just another reminder to you Rockers out there – CUBANE is performing in this year’s Spark Weekly Summer Music Fest on Friday, July 25th at the Union Tavern (formerly Bankshots at Union and Pennsylvania Ave) No Cover! Any Captain Blue Hen cutomer who shows up should get a valuable coupon from Paul, redeemable at the [...]

See The Dark Knight at the Newark Cinema Center

| July 17, 2008

Can’t wait to see the Batman movie? Avoid the lines: see The Dark Knight at the Newark Cinema Center tonight. It’s no IMAX, but the Cinema Center–on Main Street in the Newark Shopping Center–boasts one of the biggest screens in the Northeast U.S.! Call 302-737-3720 for details.

31st Century Supes, 23rd Century Kirk, and Spike Heads “South” – Dave’s Picks of the Week (7/16-7/22)

| July 14, 2008

MIGHTY AVENGERS #16 SECRET INVASION – Bendis’ Avengers titles are as good or better than the main mini-series. SPIKE AFTER THE FALL #1 – What happened to Spike right after the last episode of Angel when L.A. literally went to Hell? STAR TREK MANGA VOL 03 UCHU – New “episodes” of the Original Series featuring [...]

Breaking Movie News! Red Sonja! WB takes hard stance on DC Movies!

| July 11, 2008

Red Sonja will be returning to the big screen later next year. Dynamite Entertainment who has the rights to the red hair barbarian, said that they are now scouting filming sites and filming should begin in October. Robert Rodriguez will be producing and first time director, Douglas Aarniokoski, will be directing Rose McGowan as Red [...]

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