Ssalefish GSO First Look #203 for 3.24.21
I’m very excited about this one, because it marks exactly one year since the last First Look before the shutdown, one year since me, Bret & Colton took this picture on Concord’s second day open, emulating the band playing as the Titanic sank, when we got the word that effectively immediately, there wouldn’t be any new comic shipments from Diamond and due to government decree we had to close our doors for “two weeks”, which became six weeks, seven without a “full” week of new books.
There was definitely a part of me that thought “well, we had a good run” and we’d end up liquidating all of our stock online from my basement, especially as the goal line of our re-opening was repeatedly moved back. But y’all were there with us buying everything you could via Facebook Messenger and eBay and Amazon, and you were there ready and waiting when we were able to turn the keys again! Now April will begin our 5th year in business, and every new comic we read between now and mid-May will be even better, because last year had nothing but back issues!
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, March 24th (Tuesday, March 23rd for DC) excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
Action Comics #1029 - Julian Totino Tedesco variant available for cover price!
Alien #1 - first they came for Star Wars, then Conan, and now Marvel has scooped Dark Horse on the franchise I most love to hate thanks to the Disney merger with Fox! I don’t know for sure, but I’m willing to bet that a motley crew will be going on about their business, one of them will unknowingly investigate an egg to closely and get snatched by a facehugger, and in the end everyone will be dead! Black “Blank”, David Finch “Launch”, Patrick Gleason, In-Hyuk Lee “Premiere”, Salvador Larroca, Steve McNiven, Peach Momoko, Todd Nauck “Headshot”, and Ron Lim variants available!
Amazing Spider-Man #62 - Greg Land “Man-Thing” variant available!
Barbalien Red Planet #5 - final issue!
Batman Black & White #4
Batman White Knight Harley Quinn #6 - final issue with a Matteo Scalera variant available for cover price!
Bitter Root #11
Black Panther #24 - Jen Bartel “Women’s History Month” featuring Shuri and Michael Cho “Two-Tone” variants available!
Blade Runner Origins #2
Brzrkr #1 - both Mark Brooks and Rafael Grampa foil variants finally arrive for premium cover price!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #20
Cable #9
Carnage Black White & Blood #1 - just like Wolverine’s recently concluded mini, this is a stylized anthology featuring everyone’s favorite redneck symbiote! Marko Checchetto, Patrick Gleason “Webhead”, In-Hyuk Lee, Peach Momoko, and Ryan Ottley variants available!
Comic Book History of Animation #4
Conan the Barbarian TP vol. 1
Crimson Flower #3
Dejah Thoris #11
Detective Comics #1034 - cardstock Lee Bermejo variant available for premium cover price!
Die Die Die #14
Dryad #9
Dune House Atriedes #5
Excalibur #19
Firefly Brand New Verse #1
Future State Teen Titans Ruins #1 - reprinting both issues of the mini series!
Guardians of the Galaxy #12 - Meghan Hetrick “Man-Thing” variant available!
Haha #3
Harley Quinn #1 - after almost a year off, Harley is back in her own ongoing series, with cardstock Derrick Chew and Yoshitaka Amano variants available for premium cover price!
Harley Quinn & Birds of Prey HC
King in Black Scream #1
Lady Baltimore Witch Queens #1
Maestro War & Pax #3
Miles Morales Spider-Man #24 - Ken Lashley “Man-Thing” variant available!
Miskatonic #5
Moonshine #23
Nailbiter TP vol. 8
North Star #1
Oblivion Song TP vol. 5
Once & Future #17
Paranormal Hitmen #2
Post Americana #4
Power Rangers #5
Previews #391
Rain Like Hammers #5
Red Sonja #25
Savage Avengers #19 - “King in Black” tie-in with a Michael Cho “Two-Tone” variant available!
Scumbag #6
Scumbag TP vol. 1
Seen TP
Shadow Doctor #2
Sonic the Hedgehog #38
Star Wars Doctor Aphra #8 - Natacha Bustos variant available!
Steambound #3
Stray Dogs #2
Taarna #4
Taskmaster #5 - final issue! We’ll have our exclusive 2nd printing variant of #3, featuring the 1st appearance of Taegukgi and paying homage to Kamala Khan’s first cover on the 2nd printing of Captain Marvel #17, available for sale as well!
Teen Titans Academy #1 - Jamal Campbell variant available for cover price!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Best of Michelangelo #1
Undiscovered Country TP vol. 2
Usagi Yojimbo #17
Vampirella vs. Purgatori #1
Vietnam Horror #1
We Only Find Them When They’re Dead TP vol. 1
Year Zero #5