Ssalefish GSO First Look #170 for 8.5.20
Happy Umbrella Academy Season 2 Eve! I’ve got my pre-orders in for the Seance (Klaus) maquette from Dark Horse Direct, variants for the You Look Like Death: Tales of the Umbrella Academy mini series, and the volume 3 deluxe edition hardcover, and I’m seven episodes into my season one re-watch, but I’m not anticipating it as much as I was in February of 2019 (and I definitely won’t try to watch it in one sitting).
I know it’s a tired old adage, but I can’t stress enough that as much as you and I may enjoy the show, the book is still better! Compared to the vibrancy of the world and art in the comic, the show might as well be black & white or sepia, so if you’ve never tried it, grab the first trade, the stand-alone Hazel & Cha Cha Save Christmas still on the shelves for Christmas in July, or jump into the new Klaus-centric series when it starts in September.
Next week’s Free Comic Book Summer offerings are:
Bibi Miyu & Fox Little Tanauki
Invincible #1 - the Amazon animated series is getting close!
Lumberjanes Farewell to Summer
Resistance #1
The Tick
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, August 5th (Tuesday, August 4th for DC books) excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
Aggretsuko #5
Alien Original Screenplay #1 - it’s quite a coincidence that the last Star Wars comic Dark Horse got to put out back in 2014 was the adaptation of the original screenplay, and here we are six years later it’s happening all over again as another license goes to Marvel & Disney.
Ant-Man #4 - finishing in issues after all!
Avengers of the Wasteland #4 - finishing in issues after all!
Backtrack #5
Bad Mother #1
Batman #96 - “Joker War” part 2 with a cardstock Francesco Mattina variant available for premium cover price!
Batman The Adventures Continue #3 - Dan Hipp variant available for cover price!
Black Cat #12 - Skan variant available for cover price!
Boruto TP vol. 9
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #16
Captain America #21 - Patrick Zircher “Marvel Zombies” variant available!
Coffin Bound #5
Crow Lethe #3 - final issue!
Dark Nights Death Metal Legends of the Dark Knights #1 - due to unprecedented demand, this is not available for pre-order via the Shipping Next Week section or ComicHub, you must contact the stores and interact with someone directly!
DC Classics Batman Adventures #3
DCeased Dead Planet #2 - cardstock Francesco Mattina and Ben Oliver “Movie Homage” variants available for premium cover price!
Deadpool #6 - Khoi Pham “Marvel Zombies” variant available!
Dejah Thoris #7
Disaster Inc. #2
Dr. Strange #6
Dreaming Waking Hours #1 - cardstock Yanick Paquette variant available for premium cover price!
Empyre #4 - Alexander Lozano “Avenger”, Tony Daniel “Skrull”, Michael Cho “Fantastic Four”, and “Secret” variants available!
Empyre Handbook #1
Empyre X-Men #2
Fantastic Four #22 - “Empyre” tie-in!
Far Sector #7 - Stejpan Sejic variant available for cover price!
Fire Power #2 - the first official issue of the ongoing series by Robert Kirkman & Chris Samnee, but we still have plenty of the Free Comic Book Summer debut and prequel original graphic novels available NOW!
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero #273
Giant Size Fantomex #1 - one of my faves!
Goddamned Virgin Brides #2
Guardians of the Galaxy #5
Gutt Ghost Trouble with Sawbuck Skeleton Society #1
Horizon Zero Dawn #1 - featuring covers by Stanley “Artgerm” Lau and Peach Momoko!
Ice Cream Man #20
Jack Kirby Epic Life of the King of Comics HC - illustrated by Kirby disciple Tom Scioli!
Justice League #50 - Travis Charest variant available for cover price!
King of Nowhere #4
Lords of Empyre Celestial Messiah #1
Lucy Claire Redemption #5
Maestro Future Imperfect Marvel Tales #1 - reprinting both prestige format original issues by Peter David and George Perez for just $7.99!
Money Shot #7
My Little Pony Transformers #1
Narcos #3
On the Stump #4
Pretty Violent #8
Protector #5
Ragnarok Breaking of Helheim #6 - final issue!
Read Only Memories #4 - final issue!
Reaver #10
Rick & Morty Presents Birdperson #1
Sex Criminals #30
Skylin #1
Spider-Man Black Cat Strikes #4
Stabbity Bunny #11
Star Trek Year Five #13
Star Wars #5 - Patrick Zircher and Chris Sprouse “Empire Strikes Back” variants available!
Star Wars Adventures Clone Wars #3
Strikeforce #5
Sweet Heart #3
Teen Titans Go To Camp TP
Undiscovered Country #7
Vampire the Masquerade #1
Young Justice #17 - Mirka Andolfo variant available for cover price!
Storyteller Ghosts #4 - final issue!