Ssalefish GSO First Look #196 for 2.3.21
Breakfast at the Three Broomsticks in the Hogsmeade section of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal’s Islands of Adventure!
After last week’s sunshine state report, we went to Disney Springs on Friday with Carly’s friend Stephanie, and then Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure on Saturday with Miranda’s sister Margo and her boyfriend Jake, both Annual Passholders that were clutch in securing not one, but TWO rides on Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure! Unfortunately overall, unpredicted rain and what seems to be double the crowds from Disney prevented us from doing too much more despite our 2-park passes. Since my goals for the trip were to ride Hagrid and Rise of the Resistance and get a set of Ahsoka Tano’s lightsabers, mission accomplished! The 11-hour nightmare of flying home has convinced me that from now on I’m not going to fly anywhere that I can probably drive in a single day!
Next week will see a big bump in the number of available copies for Future State titles on the shelf, as this will be the first week of books we were allowed to adjust orders on once it became apparent how in-demand the event was going to be!
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, February 3rd (Tuesday, February 2nd for DC) excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
Afterlift TP - this Uber-based crime series from Daredevil’s Chip Zdarsky & illustrator Jason Loo won the 2020 Eisner award for Best Digital series and will be in print for the first time right here!
Amazing Spider-Man #101 Facsimile Edition - reprinting the first appearance of Morbius!
Amazing Spider-Man #55 2nd Printing - your second shot at Patrick Gleason’s modern classic of a cover!
Avatar Next Shadow #2
Avengers #42 - “Enter the Phoenix” part 3 with Alex Ross “Timeless” featuring Hawkeye, Javier Garron “Design”, Ernanda Souza “Black History Month” featuring Blade, and Dustin Weaver “Connecting” variants available!
Avengers Mech Strike #1 - this seems like it should be a tie-in for a juvenile toy line…
Be More Chill TP
Boruto TP vol. 10
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #22
Canto II Hollow Men #5 - final issue!
Chained to the Grave #1
Cimmerian Frost Giant’s Daughter #3
Colonel Weird Cosmagog TP - this is a great take on the Dr. Manhattan, disassociated issue of Watchmen!
Deep Beyond #1
Devil’s Dominion #1
Die!namite Bloody Valentine One-Shot
Dreaming Waking Hours #7
Encoded #1
Far Sector #10 - Yasmine Putri variant available for cover price!
Fear Case #1 - Matt Kindt & Tyler Jenkins, the team behind Boom’s runaway hit Grass Kings back in 2017, reunite for this X-Files meets Department of Truth Dark Horse series!
Fire Power #8
Flash Facts TP - edited by the Big Bang Theory’s Mayim Bialik, who also holds a PhD in neuroscience, this uses the heroes of the DC universe to break down real-life, high-concept science for young readers!
Future State Flash #2 - final issue with a cardstock Kaare Andrews variant available for premium cover price!
Future State Harley Quinn #2 - final issue with a cardstock Gary Frank variant available for premium cover price as well as a reprint of #1!
Future State Next Batman #3 - cardstock Stanley “Artgerm” Lau variant available for premium cover price, plus a reprint of #1 to go with the first printings of #2 still available on the shelf!
Future State Superman of Metropolis #2 - final issue with a cardstock In-Hyuk Lee variant available for premium cover price!
Future State Swamp Thing #2 - final issue with a cardstock Dima Ivanov variant available for premium cover price as well as a reprint of #1!
Future State Wonder Woman #2 - final issue with a cardstock Jenny Frison variant available for premium cover price as well as a reprint of #1!
Graphic Fantasy #1 Facsimile Edition - reprinting the first appearance of Savage Dragon!
Harley Quinn & Birds of Prey #4 - final issue with a Terry Dodson variant available for cover price!
Hellblazer Rise & Fall #3 - final issue with a Sean Phillips variant available for cover price!
Hellions #9
Immortal Hulk #43 - Joe Bennett “Homage” and Declan Shalvey “Marvel vs. Alien” variants available!
Inkblot #6
Justice League Unlimited Hocus Pocus TP
King in Black Black Knight #1
King in Black Gwenom vs. Carnage #2
King in Black Marauders #1
King in Black Return of the Valkyries #2
Legend of Shang-Chi #1
Luke Cage Redemption Epic Collection TP
Luna #1 - Maria Llovet brings her psychedelic, sexualized storytelling & artwork that broke her into American comics on Faithless back to the swingin’ ‘60s!
Man-Bat #1 - Kevin Nowlan variant available for cover price!
Maniac of New York #1 - lot of buzz for this one…
Mann’s World #2
Overwatch Tracer London Calling #3
Psychodrama Illustrated #4
Redemption #1
Rick & Morty Worlds Apart #1
Runaways #33 - first issue since October for some reason!
Sea of Sorrows #3
Snake Eyes Deadgame #4
Sonjaversal #1
Specter Inspectors #1
Star Wars #11 - John Tyler Christopher “Action Figure” featuring Max Rebo, Chris Sprouse “Empire Strikes Back”, and Dan Mora variants available!
Star Wars Adventures #3 - despite being featured on the variant cover by Davide Tinto, Darth Maul is unfortunately NOT in this issue, at least according to the solicitation!
Star Wars High Republic #2 - wow, just WOW!
Star Wars High Republic Adventures #1 - CANON! Yoda has taken a sabbatical from the Jedi Council to instruct a group of younglings on an excursion, but the Legacy Run disaster has other plans!
Star Wars Into the Dark HC - this young adult prose novel completes the first wave of High Republic releases!
Strange Academy #8
Sturgill Simpson presents Sound & Fury TP - Jay is very excited!
Tartarus #9
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Jennika II #4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimate Collection TP vol. 5
They Fell from the Sky #1
Transformers Beast Wars #1 - the Maximals have always been favorites of mind, so I’m pumped that they’ll be getting a chance to shine once again in the War for Cybertron!
Vampirella Valentine’s One-Shot
Vengeance of Vampirella #14
Venom #33 - “King in Black” tie-in with a Ryan Stegman variant available for cover price!
Walking Dead Deluxe #8
Warhammer 40K Marneus Calgar #4
Wrong Earth Night & Day #2
X-Factor #7