Ssalefish GSO First Look #154 for 3.18.20
I’m kinda at a loss for everything that’s going on in the world. Far from the most tragic story of the week, Carly just told me that Opening Day for Major League Baseball has been delayed at least two weeks, which on the one hand is usually enough to send me into an existential spiral, but on the other gives Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton two more weeks to get healthy in time for the first game.
All I can speak to is that comic shipments are still on, Concord passed its fire inspection yesterday so we’ll still be having our soft opening on Wednesday, March 25th, Twin City Comic Con is still planned for Sunday, April 19th, and Free Comic Book Day is the first Saturday in May (5.2 this year). If anything on the distribution or governmental level changes any of that, we’ll be sure to let you know, but otherwise it’s business as usual at all three locations.
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, March -18th excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
2020 Iron Age #1
2020 Machine Man #2
Aero #9
Alienated #2
Amazing Mary Jane #6
Aquaman #58 - Jeremy Roberts variant available for cover price!
Archangel 8 #1 - the first of four titles debuting from new publisher Artists Writers & Artisans next week, this one tells the tale of a Punisher-like anti-hero in Heaven’s war against Hell!
Artemis & Assassin #1
Ascender #10
Atlantis Attacks #3
Backtrack #2
Bang #2
Batman #91 - the road to Joker War continues with a cardstock Francesco Mattina variant available for premium cover price! We’ve had to disable these on the weekly shipping list, so if you’d like a copy, please place an order via ComicHub or contact us directly!
Bitter Root #7
Black Stars Above #5
Blood Realm #1
Bloodshot TP vol. 2
Brave & the Bold #28 Facsimile Edition - reprinting the first appearance of the Justice League as it originally appeared!
Captain America #20 - Ben Caldwell “Spider-woman” variant available!
Captain Marvel #16 - Boss Logic, In-Hyuk Lee connecting, and Dan Panosian “Spider-woman” variants available!
Conan the Barbarian #14 - Tommy Lee Edwards variant available!
DCeased Unkillables #2 - cardstock Ben Oliver horror homage and Francesco Mattina variants available for premium cover price!
Deadpool #4 - Mike Hawthorne “Gwen Stacy” variant available!
Die Die Die #9 - the balls-to-the-wall spy thriller from Robert Kirkman & Chris Burnham is back after a six month hiatus!
Doctor Tomorrow #2
Dollar Comics JLA #1 - by Grant Morrison & Howard Porter!
Dollar Comics Justice League #1 - by J.M. DeMatteis, Keith Giffen, and Kevin McGuire!
Dragonfly & Dragonflyman #5 - final issue!
Excalibur #9 - “Dawn of X” tie-in!
Family Tree #5
Fantastic Four #20 - Emanuela Lupacchino “Spider-woman” variant available!
Firefly #15
Ghost-Spider #8
Grendel Devil’s Odyssey #4
Guardians of the Galaxy #3 - Declan Shalvey “Spider-woman” variant available!
Hardcore Reloaded #4
He-Man & the Masters of the Multiverse #5
Heartbeat #5 - final issue!
Hexagon #1
Hotell #1 - the second AWA title, this one is about a haunted inn on Route 66(6)!
I Am Not Okay With This TP
Immortal Hulk TP vol. 6
Invader Zim #50
Justice League #43 - cardstock Kaare Andrews variant available for premium cover price!
King Thor TP
Legends of Log #1
Low Low Woods #4 - Jenny Frison variant available for cover price!
Lucifer #18
Lumberjanes #72
Marvel Action Spider-man #2
Marvel’s Avengers Captain America #1
Marvels X #3
Middlewest #16
Money Shot TP
Morbius #5 - Pyeong Jun Park “Spider-woman” and Juan Jose Ryp connecting variants available!
Nightmare Before Christmas Zero’s Journey #16
Nightwing #70 - this is an unannounced prelude to Joker War, the Alan Quah variant is already sold out, and as a result, it’s also missing from the Shipping Next Week list and can only be ordered by ComicHub or direct communication!
Notes Case of Melancholia or A Little Death HC - The Perry Bible Fellowship is STILL one of my favorite pieces of humor 15 years later, and I can’t wait to see what Nicholas Gurewitch is doing next!
Outlawed #1
Planet Comics #1
Plunge #2 - Gary Frank variant available for cover price!
Power Rangers/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4
Predator Hunters III #2
Red Border #1 - in AWA #3, a couple escaping gang violence in Juarez are first rescued, then tortured by the Texas ranch owner that goes from their savior to their worst nightmare.
Red Mother #4
Red Sonja Age of Chaos #3
Resistance #1 - AWA’s flagship title, written by Amazing Spider-man, Thor, Supreme Power, and Rising Stars scribe J. Michael Straczynski and drawn by Mike Deodato Jr., so worked on pretty much everything at Marvel!
Robin 80th Anniversary 100 Page Spectacular - variants by Jim Lee, Julian Totino Tedesco, Dustin Nguyen, Kaare Andrews, Frank Miller, Jim Cheung, Derrick Chew, and Yasmin Putri available for the $9.99 cover price!
Runaways #31
Something is Killing the Children #6
Spawn #306
Spider-woman #1 - Marvel is putting a HUGE push behind Jessica Drew (maybe she’ll show up in Black Widow?) and the variants by Kaare Andrews, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Chip Kidd (diecut), J. Scott Campbell, Peach Momoko, Mr. Garcin, Todd Nauck (villains), Ron Lim, Bruce Timm, and Jung-Geun Yoon (classic & new costume) are the proof!
Star Wars #4 - Daniel Acuna and Chris Sprouse “Empire Strikes Back” variants available!
Star Wars TP vol. 13
Star Wars Adventures #31
Starship Down #1
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #9
Tartarus #2
Teen Titans #40 - Khary Randolph variant available for cover price!
Titans Giant #1
Transformers #19
True Believers Empyre Galactus #1 - reprinting Fantastic Four #257 for just $1!
True Believers Empyre Swordsman #1 - reprinting Avengers #19 for just $1!
Undiscovered Country #5
Undone by Blood #2
Usagi Yojimbo #9
Valkyrie Jane Foster #9 - Audrey Mok “Spider-woman” variant available!
Vampirella #9
Visitor #4
Wicked Things #1 - I believe I talked about how Giant Days was one of the only ongoing non-Star Wars series I was still buying into late last year, so I’m on board for John Allison & Max Sarin’s new title from Boom as well!
X-Force #9 - “Dawn of X” tie-in!
X-Ray Robot #1 - Mike Allred gets back closer to his Madman roots at Dark Horse!
Year of the Villain Hell Arisen #4 - see Batman #91 and Nightwing #70 above! Final issue with a Riccardo Federici variant available for cover price!