Ssalefish GSO First Look #232 for 10.13.21
By now, it’s become pretty clear to the comic world that Marvel’s transition to their new exclusive distributor, Penguin Random House, as of October 1st didn’t go as smoothly as anyone hoped. Some stores had boxes showed up unsellable, necessitating immediate redesigns. Lunar Distribution didn’t received anything. Here at Ssalefish, Concord and Winston had some nicks and dings, and in Greensboro we received dozens of ratio incentive variants instead of the regular issues we actually ordered. At this point, on Thursday afternoon, everyone that pre-ordered Amazing Spider-Man #75 now has it on hold in their folders, and replacements for our missing Captain Marvel #33, Eternals Celestia #1, Excalibur #24, and Hellions #16 are on the way. Next week, according to our pre-delivery report and providing we continue to escape the damage bug, the only title affected should be Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters #5, and we’ve gotten out ahead of that to insurance copies already en route. We hate for any problems on our end to directly impact you guys, be it the leaky roof, the collapse of the comic supplies chain, or anything else, but we’ll always keep our heads up and make every effort to get you exactly what you want!
I can’t remember the last time I had 18 comics to read in a single week!
Last weekend, I got a guitar I’ve had my eye on for a while, a Fender Acoustasonic Jazzmaster. Check out that tone switching!
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, October 13th (Tuesday, October 12th for DC) excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
Amazing Spider-Man #76 - Joe Jusko “Marvel Masterpiece” and Patrick Gleason variants available!
Army of Darkness #2
Avengers #49 - Joe Jusko “Marvel Masterpiece” and Juan Cabal “Stormbreakers” variants available for cover price!
Batman ‘89 #3 - cardstock Lee Weeks variant available for premium cover price!
Batman & Scooby Doo Mysteries #7
Batman Audio Adventures Special #1 - I have no interest listening to a podcast produced by a streaming service, but lately I’m realizing that Paul Sheer and I would probably be best friends if we knew each other, so I will support him! Cardstock Tom Haskard and Francis Manapul variants available!
Batman the Imposter #1 - cardstock Lee Bermjo variant available for cover price!
Batman Urban Legends #8
Black Hammer Reborn #4
Black Panther Legends #1
Blade Runner Origins #7
Blue & Gold #3
Challenge of the Super Sons #7 - final issue with a cardstock Riley Rossmo variant available for premium cover price!
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #9 - I can’t believe I get to say that again after four years and two months!
Darkhold Iron Man #1
Deadbox #2
Deep Beyond #9
Encanto Little Golden Book HC
Engineward #12
ET-ER #1
Eternals Forever #1
Future State Gotham #6 - cardstock Rose Besch variant available for premium cover price!
Gamma Flight #5
Green Arrow War of the Clans TP - by Jeff Lemire & Andrea Sorrentino, the team behind the Old Man Logan ongoing series and Gideon Falls and Primordial at Image, probably the best Green Arrow story of this century, debatably ever, but I will admit to never having read Longbow Hunters.
Green Lantern by Geoff Johns TP vol. 1 - definitely the beginning of the greatest Green Lantern run ever!
Hardware Season One #2 - cardstock T.K. Variant available for premium cover price!
Harley Quinn Animated Eat Bang King Tour #2 - cardstock Babs Tarr variant available for premium cover price!
He Who Fights With Monsters #2
Heavy Metal #310
Home Sick Pilots #10
I Am Batman #2 - cardstock Francesco Mattina variant available for premium cover price!
Immortal Hulk #50 - FINAL ISSUE! This one feels like the end of an era for the Greensboro store, Immortal Hulk was the first runaway success we ever had, where every issue just had more and more people picking it up and it was a guaranteed Wednesday sell-out back in the Fall of 2017!
Iron Man #13 - Joe Jusko “Marvel Masterpiece” variant available for cover price!
James Bond Himeros #1
Joker #8 - Jorge Molina, Acky Bright, and James Stokoe!
Justice League Last Ride #6 - cardstock Michael Choi variant available for premium cover price!
Ka-Zar Lord of the Savage Land #2
Kang the Conqueror #3
Life is Strange Settling Dust #1
Marvel Meow HC - adorable!
Mazebook #2
Mighty Marvel Masterworks Thor TP vol. 1
Miles Morales Spider-Man #31
Monster Kill Squad #2
Ms. Marvel Marvel Tales #1
My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #102
Nightmare Before Christmas Mirror Moon #3
Ninjak #4 - I only realized as I typed this that this is my favorite book coming out right now.
No One Left to Fight II #1
Norse Mythology II #5
Ordinary Gods #4
Pennyworth #3
Pokemon Adventures Collector’s Edition TP vol. 10
Power Rangers #12
Rick & Morty Mr. Nimbus #1
Rick & Morty Rick’s New Hat #3
Second Coming Only Begotten Son #6
Shang-Chi #5
Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #5
Sonic the Hedgehog #45
Spider-Man Spider’s Shadow TP
Star Trek Mirror War #1
Star Wars Adventures Ghosts of Vader’s Castle #4
Star Wars Doctor Aphra #15 - “War of the Bounty Hunters” tie-in with “Carbonite”, Ron Frenz “Handbook”, and Chris Sprouse “Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary” variants available for cover price!
Star Wars High Republic Trail of Shadows #1 - Jay Anceleto and Julian Totino Tedesco variants available!
Star Wars Visions HC - the source material of the first episode of the Disney+ show!
Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters #5 - final issue with John Tyler Christopher “Action Figure”, John Cassaday “Trading Card”, Steven McNiven “Carbonite”, and Carlo Pagualyan variants available!
Strange Adventures #12 - final issue with an Evan “Doc” Shaner variant available for cover price!
Superman & the Authority #4 - final issue with a cardstock Yanick Paquette variant available for premium cover price!
Symbiote Spider-Man Crossroads #4
Titans United #2 - cardstock Kael Ngu variant available for premium cover price!
Transformers King Grimlock #3
Transformers Wreckers Tread & Circuits #1
Trover Saves the Universe #3
Ultramega TP
Unbelievable Unteens #3
Vampiverse #2
Warhammer 40K Sisters Battle #3
Wasted Space #24
Witchblood #7
Wonder Woman #780 - cardstock Becky Cloonan variant available for premium cover price!
Wonder Woman Adventures of Young Diana Special #1
World of Darkness Crimson Thaw #1
X-Force #24
X-Men #4 - Declan Shalvey, Russell Dauterman “Trading Card”, and Joe Jusko “Marvel Masterpiece” variants available!