Two Ongoing Series for THOR

| February 27, 2011

The original Thor series will be renamed Journey Into Mystery with #622 (left side) and will be written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by Doug Braithwaite. The new ongoing Thor series, starting with #1, is by Matt Fraction and Olivier Coipel, The Mighty Thor. If you are currently reading THOR, which title will you follow: [...]

CBHCOMICS is Done, Kaput, Toast!! Read on…

| February 25, 2011

Relax! Not the shop, but the ID name I use on eBay. I just changed it to “coastalcandc” – short (sorta) for Coastal Comics and Collectibles, a new business entity. If you happened to have “cbhcomics” saved as a seller, it will link to the new name for the next month. Checking with eBay beforehand, [...]

New Comics Arriving WEDNESDAY, March 2

| February 25, 2011

E X T E N D E D WEDNESDAY HOURS: open 10am-8pm Plus see the New Comics Page where you can click pics for descriptions and previews! NEW COMICS LIST below: 5 RONIN #1 – $2.99 ANGEL ILLYRIA #4 – $3.99 ANNIHILATORS #1 – $4.99 ARCHIE #618 – $2.99 ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #3 [...]

All-Star Superman DVD & Books at CBH

| February 23, 2011

SYNOPSIS (From wbshop.com) “Fueled by hatred and jealousy, Lex Luthor masterminds an elaborate plot to kill the Man of Steel – and it works. Poisoned by solar radiation, Superman is dying. With weeks to live, he fulfills his life’s dreams – especially revealing his true identity to Lois Lane – until Luthor proclaims his ultimate [...]

Episode 14

| February 23, 2011

Are there too many events? This week we discuss the big two and the seemingly endless amount of events/spin-offs/mini-series they crank out. Listen Here!

What We’re Reading This Week: 2/23-3/1

| February 23, 2011

Dave Edition If you are a fan of vampires, you may know about this week’s offerings of True Blood: Tainted #1 and Stephen King’s American Vampire #12, but you may be unaware of Boom! Studios’ Dracula: The Company of Monsters. Celebrated comics writer, Kurt Busiek, has come up with a fresh take on Bram Stoker’s [...]

Comics Highlights for This Week: 2/23-3/1

| February 22, 2011

NEW E X T E N D E D WEDNESDAY HOURS: open 10am-8pm New True Blood #1 | Stephen King’s American Vampire Concept Joker & Harley Together Again | Last Issue of Fantastic Four New Creative Team on Astonishing X-Men | More! COMICS HIGHLIGHTS: CBH picks the BIG books plus ones you might miss. Click [...]

Birds of Prey Review

| February 21, 2011

Review by Mike Clarke of BC Refugee Blog FOR THE BIRDS: The Randomizer BIRDS OF PREY  #7, 8, 9 (DC Comics)  Gail Simone, writer.  Ardian Syaf, penciler #7. Guillem March, artist #8.   Inaki Miranda, artist #9. Vicente Cifuentes, inker #7.  Nei Ruffino, colorist #8, 9. Travis Lanham, letterer #7, 8. Dave Sharpe, letterer #9. “The [...]

Warren Ellis & Obscure Marvel Superheroes

| February 19, 2011

For all of those out there that love a good funny book AND love Warren Ellis, too, it’s time to checkout his 2006 12-issue run called Nextwave! It’s collected in a total of 1 Trade Paperback (used to be 2) and still currently available here at Captain Blue Hen Comics!  (If it’s sold out, we [...]

Holy Wow, Batman! CBH has made the (internet) papers!

| February 18, 2011

Geekadelphia.com reviews Captain Blue Hen Comics! “Newark’s Captain Blue Hen Comics is located in a small strip mall right off of the quaint Main Street of Delaware’s prettiest city. It’s a clean, well-organized shop that has been in business since 1981. The walls are covered in comic-related ephemera that include an impressive collection of autographed [...]

New Comics Arriving WEDNESDAY, February 23

| February 18, 2011

NEW E X T E N D E D WEDNESDAY HOURS: open 10am-8pm Plus see the New Comics Page where you can click pics for descriptions and previews! NEW COMICS LIST below: 27 #2 2ND PTG – $3.99 ABYSS FAMILY ISSUES #1 – $3.50 ACTION COMICS #898 – $2.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #655 BIG – $3.99 [...]

Kita’s ComicsPRO Texas round up.

| February 17, 2011

Joe and I spent the latter half of last week in Dallas, Texas for the annual ComicsPRO meeting. Where I had visions of landing in Texas, running over a cow with the plane and immediately seeing cowboy hats and giant belt buckles, none were to be had. We were immediately thrown into meeting after meeting, [...]

THOR Theatrical Trailer

| February 17, 2011

Episode 13

| February 16, 2011

This week we take a look at the best and worst comic based movies and, as usual, we can’t come to an agreement. Listen Here!

What We’re Reading This Week: 2/16-2/22

| February 16, 2011

Dave Edition Avengers Academy is one of those sleeper superhero comics. There’s no big characters. No big name creators–yet. Christos Gage has been creeping into the big time for years now. This might be a great book because there’s no Spidey or Wolverine. Gage can make actual changes to these second and third string characters. [...]

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