Ssalefish GSO First Look #81 for 10.24.18
For lack of anything else to talk about today, I'll recommend two shows that I feel have fallen by the wayside.
- October Road - This slice-of-life story about a small town in Massachusetts ran from 2007-'08 with a six episode mid-year replacement first season and a thirteen episode initial order second season, and like listening to the Early November on Election Day, I like to visit Knight's Ridge once a year as soon as the leaves begin to change. It reminds me a lot of Ed (it will probably run into the same music-licensing issues in future syndication) and obviously Gilmore Girls, not the least of which because Sean Gunn basically Kirk all over again, but the dialogue is my more lyrical than in-your-face. A more modern touchstone is probably This is Us. The only bad thing I have to say about it is how often everyone in town talks about how excited they were when the Red Sox won the world series in '04. I think it's expiring on Hulu this week, but both seasons are dirt cheap on target="_blank">iTunes.
- Chuck - I've never been one for Alias, The Avengers, or even critical hits like The Americans, but the 2007 dromedy take on the genre hit me in just the right place. I felt like it meant more that Chuck had a Y the Last Man poster on his wall or was reading an issue of Ex Machina than any Flash shirt Sheldon ever wore on the Big Bang Theory, like one is honest and one is exploitative, probably because Chuck and The O.C. (which also name-dropped BKV, Bendis and others) were both created by Josh Schwartz, who has brought it full circle by show-running Runaways. Zachary Levi also seems like a legit nerd, spearheading the Nerd HQ thing. I kind of wish I had gotten a picture with him at Baltimore Comic Con, but $113 was too rich for my blood. All five seasons are available on Amazon Prime. I'm now gonna go hunt down the six issue mini series that DC put out in 2009.
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, October 24th excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
- Abbott TP
- Action Comics #1004 - beautiful Steve Rude foil standard and Francis Manapul variants available for cover price!
- Aliens Dust to Dust #3
- Amazing Spider-man #8 - J.G. Jones Black Cat and Marvel Battles Lines variants available!
- Army of Darkness Halloween One-Shot
- Babyteeth #13
- Backstagers Halloween Intermission #1
- Baron Rat One-Shot
- Batgirl #28 - striking Julian Totino Todesco foil standard and Joshua Middlton variants available for cover price!
- Batman TP vol. 7
- Batman Beyond #25 - Viktor Kalvachev foil standard and Dave Johnson variants available for cover price!
- Batman Kings of Fear #3
- Beasts of Burden Wise Dogs & Eldritch Men #3
- Bettie Page Halloween Special One-Shot #1
- Beyonders #3
- Black Panther vs. Deadpool #1 - I can't imagine T'Challa would have too much patience for ol' Wade...
- Bloodborne #1
- Bloodstrike Brutalists TP
- Books of Magic #1
- Burnouts #2
- Coda #6
- Cold Spots #3
- Cyko Ko #2
- Days of Hate #9
- Dead Kings #1
- Deadpool Assassin TP
- Detective Comics #991
- Die Die Die #4
- Eden #2
- Flash #57
- Ghost in the Shell Neural Network HC
- High Heaven #2
- Infinity Wars Arachknight #1 - Spider-man mashed up with Moon Knight!
- Infinity Wars Sleepwalker #2
- Infinity Wars Soldier Supreme #1 - final issue!
- Isola TP vol. 1 - one of my favorite new series of the year comes to you from Image Comics, Brendan Fletcher and Karl Kerschl for just $9.99!
- Jim Henson's Labyrinth Coronation #8
- Joe Golem #2
- Judge Dredd Toxic #1
- Justice League Odyssey #2 - Stjepan Sejic foil standard and Terry Dodson variants are available for cover price!
- Kiss Blood Stardust #1
- Lodger #1 - new concept from IDW's Black Crown imprint by Stray Bullets creator David Lapham!
- Mars Attacks #1 - the creative team of 2017's Rock Candy Mountain reunites and shifts around as Kyle Starks continues to write and Chris Schweizer switches from colorist to full artist!
- Marvel Super Hero Adventures Wakanda & Beyond TP
- Marvel Super Heroes Captain Marvel Halloween Spooktacular #1
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #32
- Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #36
- Moon Knight #200 - this milestone issue features a David Finch variant for cover price!
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 #2
- Old Lady Harley #1
- Olivia Twist #2
- Over the Garden Wall Hollow Town #2
- Predator Hunters II #3
- Previews #362
- Punisher #3
- Quantum & Woody #11
- Rat Queens #12
- Raven Daughter of Darkness #9
- Red Sonja Halloween Special One-Shot
- Redneck #16
- Regression #12
- Regular Show 25 Years Later #5
- Return of Wolverine #2
- Roaylboiler Brandon Graham Drawn Out Collection TP
- Scarlet #3
- Scarlet TP vol. 1
- Scooby Doo Team-Up #43
- Sentry #5 - Marvel Battle Lines variant available!
- Shadowman #8
- Silencer #10 - the Vickor Bogdanovic foil standard is the only option!
- Spider-geddon #2
- Spider-girls #1 - "Spider-geddon" tie-in bringing together the original May "Mayday" Parker, Earth-616's Anya Corazon, and Renew Your Vow's Annie May!
- Spider-Gwen a.k.a. Ghost Spider #1 - it's a new era from the Spider-verse's biggest spin-off, and it comes with variants by Enter the Spider-Verse, Jee Hyung, Paolo Rivera, Andrew Robinson, Marvel Battle Lines, and everyone's favorite Artgerm!
- Spookhouse 2 #4
- Star Trek Next Generation Terra Incognita #4
- Star Wars Darth Vader Dark Lord of the Sith HC vol. 1
- Star Wars Doctor Aphra #25
- Star Wars Tales from Vader's Castle #4
- Super Mario Encyclopedia HC
- Terrifics #9 - featuring a Dale Eaglesham foil cover!
- Thrilling Adventure Hour #4 - final issue!
- Tinseltown #4
- Titans #28 - "Drowned Earth" tie-in!
- TMNT Macro Series #2 Michelangelo
- True Believers What If? Kraven the Hunter had killed Spider-man
- True Believers What If? Silver Surfer Possessed the Infinity Gauntlet
- United States of Murder Inc. TP vol. 1
- Usagi Yojimbo The Hidden #7 - final issue!
- Vampirella/ Dejah Thoris #2
- Vampirella Halloween Special One-Shot
- Vampirella Roses for Dead #2
- Vampironica #4
- Wakanda Forever TP
- What If? Thor #1
- Whispering Dark #1
- Wonder Woman #57 - "Witching Hour" part 4!
- X-Men Black Juggernaut #1
- X-Men Red #9
- X-O Manowar #20