DISNEY BUYS MARVEL!

| August 31, 2009

Disney and Marvel announced that the Walt Disney Company will acquire Marvel Entertainment in a stock and cash deal valued at $4 billion. Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter will continue to oversee the Marvel properties for Disney. Disney CEO Robert Iger said of the transaction, “Ike Perlmutter and his team have done an impressive job of [...]

Ultimate Comics Avengers #1 Review

| August 31, 2009

ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #1 Written by Mark Millar Art by Carlos Pacheco I liked this enough to want to come back for more. I found it very entertaining and cinematic in the way that Millar wrote and paced it and Pacheco illustrated it, reminding me of a good John Woo movie (or take your pick [...]

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday, September 2

| August 28, 2009

Go to the New Comics page to see the New Comics List as a click-able cover gallery! NEW COMICS LIST below:

Must-Read Comics Arriving Wednesday, August 26

| August 26, 2009

KEVIN SMITH and WALT FLANAGAN (but not Walt Flanagan’s dog) are back with more Bat-action in BATMAN: WIDENING GYRE. The long-awaited third issue of BATMAN AND ROBIN is here. DEADPOOL-mania continues to run wild (unchecked, mind you!) Has anyone told you how consistently entertaining GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and NOVA are? Well, someone should have… [...]

Introducing DRAWERBOXES at CBH

| August 25, 2009

In the quest for the perfect comics storage system, comic book collectors have gone to great lengths to find the perfect box and to find, or even build, the perfect shelving. The search is over friends because the Collector Drawer Company has done their research and developed the perfect system: DRAWERBOXES. And CBH can get [...]

Of course, as business owners, we like to save money, also!

| August 22, 2009

Paul here – I haven’t posted a blog in a while, but will start up with comments, announcements, and contests again. Let’s start talking about MONEY!! Everyone wants to save a dollar when they can and, of course, that’s true for business owners, also. As more and more people stop carrying cash and pull out [...]

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday, August 26

| August 21, 2009

Go to the New Comics page to see the New Comics List as a click-able cover gallery! NEW COMICS LIST below:

Mo Manga Mo Money

| August 19, 2009

We interrupt this blog to insert some info on sales currently going on at CBH: Looking for something new to read? The Captain has a bargain for you! Stock your shelves with $5.00 manga! Captain Blue Hen has bins and bins of manga on sale for $5.00! We also have bins full of Managers Specials [...]

Boom! Studios Does Disney

| August 18, 2009

Boom! Studios has acquired the rights to the Disney Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse comics previously held by Gemstone. Look forward to four titles from Boom! Studios starting with WALT DISNEY’S COMICS AND STORIES #699 and MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS #296 in September and UNCLE SCROOGE #384 and DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #347 due in October. [...]

Archie Marries Veronica

| August 17, 2009

Archie Proposes in Archie Comics #600 In Archie #600, which arrives at CBH this Wednesday, Archie Andrews proposes to Veronica. The story will be a multi-part look at Archie and the gang after they graduate college, in a story written by superhero movie producer Michael Uslan with art by legendary Archie artist Stan Goldberg. How [...]

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday, August 19

| August 14, 2009

Go to the New Comics page to see the New Comics List as a click-able cover gallery! NEW COMICS LIST below:

Must-Read Comics Arriving Wednesday, August 12

| August 13, 2009

The architects of Marvel‘s ULTIMATE universe, Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Millar, come back for the re-launch. Geoff Johns brings back SUPERBOY and continues to wow with BLACKEST NIGHT. 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 [...]

THE MARVELS PROJECT #1 Review

| August 11, 2009

THE MARVELS PROJECT #1 Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Steve Epting What better way to top off a year-long celebration of 70 years of Marvel Comics than with a limited series that details the beginning of it all? What better writer to carefully handle the heady task of plotting this event and treating these [...]

CBH’s Free Comic Book Day: The Movie

| August 10, 2009

Politicians, Sith Lords, Batman villains, comic book artists, Joe, and maybe even you–those are just some of the stars of this fast-paced mini motion picture. Clickety-click on the linkety-link for some quality entertainment as only Captain Blue Hen can supply. CBH’s Free Comic Book Day: The Movie

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday, August 12

| August 7, 2009

Go to the New Comics page to see the New Comics List as a click-able cover gallery! NEW COMICS LIST below:

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