Ssalefish GSO First Look #125 for 8.28.19

What is Marvel Comics #1000? If you shop at Ssalefish Comics in Greensboro, it’s just $5.99 instead of $9.99, that’s what it is!

Imagine that since Marvel Comics #1 in 1939, the House of Ideas had been publishing a monthly title literally called Marvel Comics for the last 80 years (approximately 960 issues, but it’s Marvel, so there HAD to be some double-shipping in there) and you get to 1,000.

Marvel Comics #1000 will contain one page from each year of those eight decades. It is THE Marvel 80th anniversary celebration. And while I may not remember 100% correctly, I BELIEVE I heard somewhere that it’s definitely going to have a first appearance!

Creators on this book include but are not limited to:

• Jason Aaron - War of the Realms

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - NBA Hall of Famer

• Mike Allred - Madman

• Donny Cates - Absolute Carnage

• Chris Clairmont - Uncanny X-Men

• Peter David - Incredible Hulk

• Kelly Sue DeConnick - Captain Marvel

• Neil Gaiman - Sandman

• Jonathan Hickman - House of X/ Powers of X

• Jeff Lemire - Black Hammer

• Rob Liefeld - Major X

• Phil Lord - Spider-man Into the Spider-Verse

• Joe Quesada - Marvel Chief Creative Officer

And dozens & dozes MORE!

The available variants are:

• Mike Allred 1960s - $9.99 cover price

• Kaare Andrews Decade - $9.99 cover price

• Mark Bagley 2000s - $9.99 cover price

• Jen Bartel 1:50 - $49.99

• Blank - $9.99 cover price

• Mark Brooks 1940s - $9.99 cover price

• Clayton Crain 1:50 - $49.99

• Gabriele Dell’otto - $19.99

• Garcin Collage - $9.99 cover price

• Greg Hildebrandt - $9.99 cover price

• In-Hyuk Lee - $19.99

• J. Scott Campbell - $19.99

• Ron Lim 1990s - $9.99 cover price

• Ed McGuinness - $9.99 cover price

• Joe Quesada Wraparound - $19.99

• Greg Smallwood 1970s - $9.99 cover price

• Special - ?????

• Julian Totino Tedesco 1980s - $9.99 cover price

• Skottie Young - $9.99 cover price

We’re guessing right now that the “Special” cover, appearing as a surprise one copy per store bonus on next week’s invoice, will be the D23 exclusive pictured above, which is listed for $200 at the lowest on eBay currently, but we’ll update you on the status of that one via social media as we know more!

The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, August 28th excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:

• Absolute Carnage #2 - as a declared non-fan of all things symbiotic, I was very pleasantly surprised when I read the first issue cold and felt like I couldn’t wait to see what happened next! Kris Anka Cult of Carnage, Marco Checchetto Young Guns, John Tyler Christopher action figure, Kyle Hotz connecting, Ron Lim, and Marcos Martin codex variants available!

• Absolute Carnage Lethal Protectors #1 - Yasmin Putri codex and Greg Smallwood connecting variants available!

• Absolute Carnage Miles Morales #1 - David Nakayama connecting, Javier Garron Young Guns, and Emanuela Luppachino codex variants available!

• Action Comics #1014 - “Year of the Villain: Dark Gifts” tie-in with a Ben Oliver variant available for cover price!

• Amazing Spider-man #28 - Bengal “Bring on the Bad Guys” and Humberto Ramos Marvel 80th Anniversary frame variants available!

• Amazing Spider-man Venom 3-D #1 - reprinting the milestone ASM #300, complete with glasses!

• Angel #4

• Ascender #5

• At the End of Your Tether #3 - final issue!

• Avengers #23 - Alex Ross Marvels 25th Anniversary, Russell Dauterman Marvel 80th Anniversary, and Mike McKone “Bring on the Bad Guys” variants available!

• Barack Panther Barack in Black #1

• Batgirl #36 - “Year of the Villain: Dark Gifts” tie-in with a cardstock Joshua Middleton variant available for premium cover price!

• Batman Curse of the White Knight #2 - Sean Gordon Murphy variant available for cover price!

• Batman/ Superman #1 - the next step in the story of the Batman Who Laugh’s invasion of the multiverse, with connecting David Marquez covers featuring both the Dark Knight and Man of Steel and a Leinil Francis Yu variant all available for cover price!

• Batman Who Laughs HC

• Black Panther #15 - Ryan Benjamin “Bring on the Bad Guys” variant available!

• Black Science #42

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chosen Ones #1

• Captain America #13 - Emanuela Lupacchino Marvel 80th Anniversary frame and Patrick Zircher “Bring on the Bad Guys” variants available!

• Captain Marvel TP vol. 1

• Crucified #3

• Detective Comics #1010 - “Year of the Villain: Dark Gifts” tie-in with a Bryan Hitch variant available for cover price!

• Dial H for Hero #6

• Disney Afternoon Giant #6

• Doctor Mirage #1

• Doctor Strange #18 - Alan Davis Marvels 25th Anniversary and Marcos Martin “Bring on the Bad Guys” variants available!

• Drawing Blood Spilled Ink #4 - final issue!

• Ducktales Silence & Science #1

• Fantastic Four 4 Yancy Street #1

• Fight Club 3 #8

• Flash #77 - “Year of the Villain: Dark Gifts: tie-in with a cardstock Yasmin Putri variant available for premium cover price!

• Freedom Fighters #8

• Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man #11 - Greg Hildebrant “Bring on the Bad Guys” variant available!

• G.I. Joe A Real American Hero #266

• Grass TP

• Grease Bats TP

• Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica TP

• Harley Quinn Breaking Glass TP - original graphic novel from the DC Ink imprint!

• House of Secrets #92 Facsimile Edition - reprinting the first appearance of Swamp Thing, on newsprint no less as we discovered with this week’s Batman #232!

• House of X #3 - back on track with Mahmud Asrar connecting, John Tyler Christopher action figure, Jeff Dekal character decades featuring Psylocke, Mike Huddleston, Sara Pichelli flower, and Skottie Young variants available!

• Ice Cream Man #14

• Immortal Hulk Director’s Cut #2

• Invader Zim #46

• Jughead the Hunger vs. Vampironica #4

• Just Beyond Scare School - original graphic novel from the mind of Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine!

• Justice League #30 - “Year of the Villain: Dark Gifts” tie-in with a cardstock Jay Anceleto variant available for premium cover price!

• Justice League Dark #14 - “Year of the Villain: Dark Gifts” tie-in with a Clayton Crain variant available for cover price!

• Killers #2

• Knights Temporal #2

• La Muerta Ascenscion One-Shot

• Lumberjanes #65

• Mall #1

• Manor Black #2

• Martian Manhunter #8 - Joshua Middleton variant available for cover price!

• Marvel Comics #1000 - see above!

• Marvel Monsters #1

• Marvel Team-Up #5 - I forgot to mention it with last month’s fourth issue, but this story arc is being written by My Brother, My Brother & Me patriarch Clint McElroy!

• Mary Shelley Monster Hunter #5

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #42 - Kris Anka (marked up), foil (premium cover price) and story (cover price) variants available!

• Miles Morales Spider-man #9

• Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #46

• Mountainhead #1

• My Hero Academia TP vol. 20

• My Hero Academia Smash TP vol. 1

• My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #81

• Nasty Pills #2 - final issue!

• Necromancer’s Map #1

• One Punch Man TP vol. 17

• Planet of the Nerds #5

• Power Pack Grow Up #1

• Previews #372

• Pumpkinheads TP

• Red Hood Outlaw #37 - “Year of the Villain: Dark Gifts” tie-in with a Philip Tan variant available for cover price!

• Red Sonja/ Vampirella/ Betty/ Veronica #4

• Red Winter #2

• Resonant #2

• Rick & Morty #53

• Runaways #24

• Sea & the Royal Stars #2

• She Said Destroy #4

• She-Hulk Annual #1 - “Acts of Evil” tie-in!

• Sonic the Hedgehog #20

• Soulfire #3

• Spider-man Life Story #6 - final issue with a Paul Pope variant available!

• Spider-man Velocity #1 - finally an original story set the in Insomniac game universe! Gabriele' Dell’otto and Matthew Waite 8-bit variants available for cover price!

• Star Pig #2

• Star Trek Year Five #5

• Star Wars Age of Resistance General Hex #1 - concept and movie variants available!

• Star Wars Age of Resistance Poe Dameron #1 - concept, movie, and greatest moments variants available!

• Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge #5 - final issue!

• Star Wars Lost Stars TP vol. 2 - completing the manga adaptation of Claudia Gray’s novel!

• Star Wars Vader Dark Visions TP

• Steven Universe #31

• Stranger Things Six #4 - final issue!

• Superman #14 - NOT a “Year of the Villains: Dark Gifts” tie-in (apparently the reason for the delay and reprint), still with an Adam Hughes variant available for cover price!

• Superman of Smallville TP - original graphic from the DC Zoom imprint!

• Tank Girl #6

• Terrifics #19 - “Year of the Villain: Dark Gifts” tie-in with a Arist Deyn variant available for cover price!

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #97

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder in Hell #4 - final issue!

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Urban Legends #16

• Test #3

• Thanos #5 - Jung-Geun Yoon “Bring on the Bad Guys” variant available!

• Thor #16 - Mike McKone Marvel 80th Anniversary frame and Will Sliney “Bring on the Bad Guys” variants available!

• Tommy Gun Wizards #1

• Transformers #11

• Venom #17 - “Absolute Carnage” tie-in with Lee Barbett Marvel 80th Anniversary frame and Sung-Han Yune “Bring on the Bad Guys” variants available!

• Wonder Woman #77 - “Year of the Villain: Dark Gifts” tie-in with a Jenny Frison variant available for cover price!

• X-Men Milestones Inferno TP

Also shipping next week:

• Dragonball Super 5” Figures

• Dragonball Super Limit Breaker 13” Figures

• It 1990 Pennywise Ultimate 7” Figures

• John Wick Running Gallery PVC Statue

• Marvel Gallery Mr. Sinister PVC Statue

• Marvel Graphic Absolute Carnage Short Boxes