Click on the images for a full description of the picks. Check out the cover gallery for ALL of this week’s stuff on our NEW COMICS page.
Remember, we are accepting items for the auction to benefit the Hero Initiative organization (www.heroinitiative.org) through Monday, September 8th. Your items for consignment or donations (very appreciated!) do not have to be comic books or related material. Here is a list of some of our early lots:
*A Star Wars Light saber - lights, sounds, heavy, realistic looking!
*4 Tickets to the Oct 5th Funkamania 5 Wrestling Match - Christiana Fire Hall - a $60 value - go to www.myspace.com/funkdafiedwrestling for details and voting!! Fliers are at the store
*Path of the Assassin Volume 1 in Hardcover! - a limited edition sent to retailers!
*Small promotional Superman hardcover - very limited!
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Long Way Home by Josh Whedon - limited hardcover edition!
*A special Michael Turner variant cover to Civil War #1 with 3 autographs - proceeds for this one benefit the American Cancer Society - donated by one of our members in memoryof Turner
*a Jim Lee Sketchbook, signed by Lee and 6 others!!
*Wolverine vs Hulk Director’s Cut (we hear the snickering but supposedly #3 WILL come out!) This is a special Wizard edition signed by Damon Lindelof!
*Civil War #1 signed by Steve McNiven with a COA from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
*4 Prints:(to be auctioned off separately)
Steve Colbert’s Tek Jansen - measures approx. 13″ by 17″
Abe Sapian signed by Jason Shawn Alexander and Mike Mignola!! 18″ by 24″
Buffy the Vampire Hunter signed by Chen!! 18″ by 24″
Dark Horse 20 Years of manga poster 18″ by 24″
And, much, much more coming!
We will be taking written bids from 9/10 until 2:00 PM on Sunday, the 21st. It will culminate with a Live auction starting at 3:00 PM that day. Note: If you can not make the final live portion of the auction, be sure to place a reasonable written bid. One does not have to participate in the written bid portion in order to bid at the live segment. Complete details are available at the shop. Don’t miss this one! Keep checking the website for updates!
Hero Initiative is the only not-for-profit dedicated to helping comic book creators in need.
Hero Initiative creates a financial safety net for creators in need of emergency medical aid, support for the necessities of life, and an avenue back into paying work. It is a way to give back to people who have given us so much enjoyment throughout the years.
And they’re helping to bring Steve Dillon all the way from England to Captain Blue Hen!
What can you do to help Hero Initiative?
Donate Cash - Now through September 24 you can throw in your change or put a couple of bills in the collection box at the counter in CBH.
Silent Auction - September 10th to 21st
50/50 Raffle - August 27 to September 24
Look for more opportunities coming soon
Check back regularly to the CBH Home page and Store News page for updates on the Steve Dillon signing!
DC UNIVERSE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT #1 -Brad Meltzer writes his coda to Identity Crisis and his Justice League of America run.
FAMILY DYNAMIC #1 - This brand-new all-ages miniseries introduces a new extended family of superheroes.
FINAL CRISIS SUPERMAN BEYOND #1 - Grant Morrison’s story features a team of Supermen from multiple Earths versus a Crisis-level threat. In 3-D!
RUNAWAYS 3 #1 - Writer Terry Moore is on a role after Strangers in Paradise with Echo, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, and now the return of Runaways. The first Runaways series was by Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man) and the second fantastic run was written by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Moore is up to the challenge.
Candy shop owner Jose Martinez shows an official Spanish 1 Euro coin with the face of Spanish King Juan Carlos (L) and another one altered to look like a face of cartoon character Homer Simpson in the northern Spanish town of Avile August 8, 2008. Martinez found the Homer Simpson coin in his shop’s cash register while counting the days’ transactions.
Dave’s PREVIEWS PICKS - Cool comics from the AUGUST edition of Previews
This is a quick version of my Previews Picks because, well, I forgot! Orders from August will have to go in before this Sunday. Without further ado, here is a truncated, sans detail, Previews Picks list:
Click the thumbnails below for larger pictures of the covers.
AMAZE INK/SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS
Space Raoul Volume 1 Graphic Novel - From the creator of Bear. [p. 192]
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As you know, we are privileged as having been selected as one of the hosts for the Steve Dillon Tour to benefit the Hero Initiative. Each participating store is being asked to try to raise funds to help out this worthy cause. We will be coming up with different plans to do that and welcome any ideas you may have!! If you have something interesting, let us know.
One thought was to have an auction. We have not had a comic book auction in quite some time - maybe it is overdue!. Here are some preliminary thoughts:
1) We will accept consignments for the auction and instead of taking a commission as an auctioneer would, 20% of the sale price will go the the Hero Initiative. The consignor gets the rest. Captain Blue Hen Comics is offering its services and site for free.
2) Consignors may set a reasonable reserve.
3) All consignments will have a starting bid of at least $5.00, so consider that when considering what to submit. We may have to limit the number of consignments that one person may submit, but think of this a way to move some material, make a few bucks, and help out some of those artists and creators who have given us so much enjoyment.
4) Consignments will be available for inspection at the store and wil be listed on the website and anywhere else we can think of!
5) The date of the auction has not been set, but we would like to have consignments in soon so we can get it organized.
6) So that as many who want can participate, this will be a “silent” auction, not a live auction. We will accept written bids (no phone/fax bids - you must come in the store to place your original bid on a lot!) and post the current leading bid for each lot. On the last day of the auction, we will allow those who have already placed a bid on a lot, to call and make one last bid on any of those lots already bid on. We will NOT reveal the amount of any bids placed the last day to encourage everyone to BID TO WIN!! You will only know the preceeding day’s high bid. Naturally, earliest bid wins in the event of a tie. Moral of the story: Bid early and bid high!
7) All winner’s wil be notified by phone the next day and are expected to pay within one week.
8) What can we submit? Naturally - comics, but we will consider anything that might spur interest and make a few dollars for all concerned. WE do reserve the right to use our discretion and refuse any submission due to content, size, or value.
9) We’re considering asking for a one dollar per lot up front fee. This woud be deducted from the 20% portion if sold, but kept as a donation if a particular lot does not generate any interest. Thoughts?
Again, we want your input. Nothing is finalized, yet. Thanks paul
Delaware’s own, Phil Chan, is the writer of a comic book competing in Comic Book Challenge 2008. Chan, writer/artist Joe Dunn, and writer Irvsher Fabor are hoping to win a publishing deal at Platinum Studios for their BiteWorld concept.
BiteWorld is a Top 10 Semi-Finalist, and Phil came in to ask for help. Can the CBH faithful make BiteWorld the winner? Check out the sample pages in the store and online and vote.
AIR #1 (MR) - A new Vertigo title is always worth a try for readers who like mature comic stories. The Vertigo website provides a preview you may download here.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568 - This is the start of the six-part “New Ways to Die” where Norman Osborn’s Thunderbolts come after Spider-Man. Also, ASM #568 sees the return of artist, John Romita Jr.
CAPTAIN AMERICA #41 - You might be tired of me pointing this out, but I have to say it again: Ed Brubaker’s Captain America is the single best ongoing superhero comic currently published. Pick up this or any issue and find out why.
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #1 - Here is a story that has been bubbling on the backburner of the DC Universe for some time, and now Geoff Johns and George Perez are going to turn up the heat. Multiple Legions of Superheroes, the Timetrapper, and Superboy-Prime are in Crisis in the 31st century.
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