Amazing Spider-Man #583 Obama 4th Ptg, IDW’s Presidential Material: Barack Obama 4th Ptg

| January 31, 2009

Marvel Comics’ Amazing Spider-Man #583 has now sold out of three printing runs in a matter of only three weeks. Marvel has now announced it’s heading back to press again to offer the Amazing Spider-Man #583 Obama Fourth Printing Variant, featuring a new version of the first printing’s Obama variant cover with an American flag [...]

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday, Feb. 4

| January 30, 2009

Go to our New Comics page to see our New Comics List as a Cover Gallery. The comiXology.com “Pull” is NOT linked to the Captain Blue Hen pull list. NEW COMICS LIST below:

TOP 50 INDEPENDENT COMICS for December 2008

| January 29, 2009

ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #15 BOYS #25 (MR) ANGEL SMILE TIME #1 BLACK TERROR #2 DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #1 FATHOM #4 RED SONJA #40 FARSCAPE #1 TERRY MOORES ECHO #8 CROSSED #2 (Of 9) (MR)

This Week’s Must-Read Comics (1/28-2/3)

| January 28, 2009

In case you’re wondering, This Week’s Must-Read Comics is the new version of the beloved CBH feature, Dave’s Picks of the Week. TWM-RC highlights new and noteworthy mainstream titles of the week with an occasional nod to a book that might fly under your radar. Click on the images for a full description of the [...]

Dave’s Stack – Jan. 28

| January 27, 2009

Welcome to the second exciting installment of the new weekly feature: Dave’s Stack! I get to see what you read, so isn’t it fair that you get to see what I’m going to purchase this week? Also, I like to make recommendations, so knowing what I like can inform your decision (“Should I really listen [...]

Ledger Wins SAG Award, Gets Oscar Nomination

| January 26, 2009

Heath Ledger was awarded the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night. Ledger also received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Dark Knight, the only major nomination for the highest grossing film of [...]

License Plates, Street & Parking Signs, etc. Place Your order now!

| January 25, 2009

We are just about out of all of our license plates. Shortly, we will be placing an order to get more Superman, Batman, and Phillies plates in stock. It occurred to me that the company we deal with has lots more to offer and perhaps some of our customers might want an item we wouldn’t [...]

TOP 50 COMICS for December 2008

| January 25, 2009

SECRET INVASION #8 (Of 8) SI FINAL CRISIS #5 (Of 7) SECRET INVASION DARK REIGN DKR NEW AVENGERS #47 SI NEW AVENGERS #48 DKR BATMAN #682 BATMAN #683 HULK #9 MIGHTY AVENGERS #20 DKR ULTIMATUM #2 (Of 5)

Comic Book Movies in 2009

| January 24, 2009

2009 is another year of movies based on graphic novels and manga: Coraline February 6 A stop-motion animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s horror novella for young readers. Fanboys February 6 A group of Star Wars fans who make a pilgrimage across the country in 1998 to see Star Wars: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace before [...]

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday, Jan. 28

| January 23, 2009

Go to our New Comics page to see our New Comics List as a Cover Gallery. The comiXology.com “Pull” is NOT linked to the Captain Blue Hen pull list. NEW COMICS LIST below:

Diamond Previews Listings Online

| January 22, 2009

January Diamond Previews catalog is now on the comiXology site IN ITS ENTIRETY. Go to the special All-of-Diamond-Previews-Catalog URL: http://dev.comixology.com/dmd/JAN09 Check out comics and merch in your future. If something catches your eye, we can order it for you. Just come on in and let us know.

Who’s looking for magazines?

| January 21, 2009

Paul picked up a group that had a fairly large amount of collector magazines in it. These are in great shape and are going to be sold in lots at dirt cheap prices. Take a look: Group 1: Comics Scene (42 issues) starting with issues from 1982: 5,6,7,8,9,10, 10 (two have the same number, altough [...]

This Week’s Must-Read Comics (1/21-1/27)

| January 21, 2009

Dave’s Picks of the Week is changing its name to further differentiate it from the new weekly feature, Dave’s Stack. “Picks” always features the new and noteworthy mainstream titles of the week with an occasional nod to a book that might fly under your radar. Unless any of you can comment with a better name, [...]

Dave’s Stack – Jan. 21

| January 20, 2009

How is Dave’s Stack different from my Picks of the Week that I’ve been doing for years? “Picks” is a heads-up to you guys to let you know what the big books are this week. I’ll also use “Picks” to point out a title that might otherwise be overlooked. “Stack” is a look at what [...]

RIP, Ricardo Montalban

| January 16, 2009

Ricardo Montalban, known for such roles as Khan Noonien Singh from the original Star Trek TV series episode “Space Seed” and the Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan movie, and Mr. Roarke of TV’s Fantasy Island, died Wednesday at 88. As a fan of Star Trek Original Series and someone who unabashedly watches Wrath [...]

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