Ssalefish GSO First Look #181 for 10.21.20
After last week’s elemental fiasco, it’s looking very much like Mask-Con 2020 will be a GO for Saturday, October 17th! We couldn’t have spread the word as far and wide as we have (The Winston-Salem Journal, The Greensboro News & Record, The High Point Enterprise, WFMY News 2, and the most successful Facebook posts we’ve ever had) or even had the germ of the idea to pull it off without Joe Scott. And we couldn’t have muscled through the 30,000 book collection that we’ll be rolling out at our booth without the precision and boundless love of comics of Xylon Otterburn, who I met 13 years ago sitting cross-legged on the floor of a comic shop reading a book that was probably too extreme for his age.
We understandably missed out on setting up for Twin City, HeroesCon, Baltimore, NYCC, Greensboro Comicon, and two NC Comicons this year, so we’re pumped to bring all of that energy and mix it together with a Fall Fest or pumpkin patch for one day of semi-normalcy on a larger scale!
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, October 21st (Tuesday, October 20th for DC books) excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
Aero #12
Amazing Spider-Man #50.LR - “Last Rites” is a story too large to be contained in the regular ASM numbering, so between now and at least #54, there will be “.LR” supplemental issues as well! Because they’re not essential to the story, we’re not automatically pulling this for your regular Amazing Spider-Man subscription, so if you’re a completist or can’t get enough of Nick Spencer & co., speak up!
Aquaman #64 - Gilbert Vigonte variant available for cover price!
Assassins Creed Valhalla Song of Glory #1
Avatar the Last Airbender Omnibus TP vol. 2
Batman #101 - cardstock Francesco Mattina variant available for premium cover price!
Batman HC vol. 1 - collecting the start of James Tynion IV’s run, including the first appearance of Punchline!
Batman White Knight Presents Harley Quinn #1 - White Knight mastermind Sean Gordon Murphy enlists Black Science co-creator Matteo Scalera to expand on the Black Label mythos!
Bettie Page #3
Big Girls #3
Bitter Root TP vol. 2
Black Magick #15
Blade Runner 2019 #11
Butcher Queen of the Dead #1
Catwoman #26 - “Joker War” tie-in with a striking cardstock Jenny Frison variant available for premium cover price!
Conan the Barbarian #15
Daredevil #23 - Alex Ross “Timeless” variant available!
Dark Crystal Age of Resistance #12
Dark Nights Death Metal Robin King #1 - the Batman Who Laughs’ favorite twisted son, who set the world on fire with in Legends of the Dark Knights and Death Metal #3, gets his own spotlight with a limited edition Jeremy Roberts variant available!
Dead Day #4
Devil’s Highway #4
Dune House Atreides #1 - the official prequel to Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation, which has now been pushed back from Christmas to October 1st of next year…
Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Blood #1
Excalibur #13 - “X of Swords” part 9 with Alex Ross “Timeless” featuring Nightcrawler and Lee Garbett variants available!
Faithless II #5 - Tula Lotay erotica connecting variant available for premium cover price!
Falcon & Winter Soldier #4
Family Tree #9
Fantastic Four #25 - Alex Ross “Timeless” featuring Black Bolt, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, and Skottie Young variants available!
Firefly #21
Gideon Falls #26
Guardians of the Galaxy #7 - Javier Garron “Fortnite” variant available!
Hidden Society #4 - final issue!
Hotline Miami Wildlife #2
Iron Man #2 - Marco Checchetto “Fortnite”, Simone de Iulus “Horror”, and Skan variants available!
Juggernaut #2 - Superlog variant available!
Justice League #55 - part 3 of the “Dark Nights Death Metal” crossover with a Simone Bianchi variant available for cover price!
King Tank Girl #1
Madam Satan #1 - tying into the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina!
Maestro #3
Mars Attacks/ Red Sonja #3
Marvels X #6 - final issue!
Metal Men #11
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #55 - final issue of the current ongoing series with Kris Anka and Goni Montes foil variants available!
Miles to Go #2
Minecraft TP vol. 2
Nightwing #75 - “Joker War” tie-in with an Alan Quah variant available for cover price!
Nomen Omen #10
Rai #8
Rat Queens #22
Rick & Morty Go To Hell #5 - final issue!
Sacrifice of Darkness HC
Scooby-Doo Where Are You #106
Scumbag #1 - Deadly Class, Black Science, Tokyo Ghost, and Seven to Eternity creator Rick Remender teams up with all-star Valiant artist Lewis LaRosa for a dark comedy where your stereotypical biker is the only thing standing between us and the end of the world!
Shadow Service #3
Silver Surfer Black TP - finally available in an affordable, manageable format!
Skulldigger & Skeleton Boy #5
Something is Killing the Children #11 - a new storyline begins in the hottest horror book on the block!
Spider-Woman #5 - Jessica Drew hits her Legacy #100 with Alex Ross “Timeless”, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Patrick Gleason “Horror”, Jung-Geun Yoon, Peach Momoko, Sana Takeda “Villain”, and Skottie Young variants available!
Star Wars Bounty Hunters #6 - John Tyler Christopher “Action Figure” and Chris Sprouse “Empire Strikes Back” variants available for cover price!
Star Wars Leia Princess of Alderaan TP vol. 1 - adapting Claudia Gray’s novel featuring the coming-of-age adoptee as she takes on the trials that prove she’s worthy of her title alongside Bail & Breha Organa (and a personal favorite first meeting with pre-Admiral Holdo)!
Stillwater #2
Stranger Things Halloween #1
Teen Titans #46 - cardstock Peach Momoko variant available for premium cover price!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #110
True Believers Black Widow & Avengers #1 - reprinting Avengers #111!
True Believers Black Widow Darkstar #1 - reprinting Champions #7!
True Believers Black Widow Taskmaster #1 - reprinting Avengers #196
Vengeance of Vampirella #11
Venom #29 - Ryan Stegman and Aaron Kuder “Fortnite” variants available!
Werewolf by Night #1
X-Men #13 - “X of Swords” part 10, bringing us to the halfway point with Alex Ross “Timeless” featuring Cyclops, Mahmud Asrar, and Russell Dauterman “Horror” variants available!
You Look Like Death Tales of the Umbrella Academy #2
Young Justice TP vol. 5