Ssalefish GSO First Look #225 for 8.25.21
Thanks to everyone that came out and made our first Free Comic Book Day in over two years a big success! Our sales were about 80% of what they were in 2019 (important because the books aren’t free for us despite that common misconception & Coke’s sponsorship this year netting nothing for the shop, plus we have to pay extra staff, Munchie & Me setting up, etc.), but given the extreme heat, the change of date (not being the first Saturday in May takes away the learned behavior, the easy reminder, and the Google support), no Marvel movie to make a comic-themed day of it (first time since at least 2007 that’s happened), a threat of rain, and the weekend before school started back, we’re very happy! Concord also did just $300 less during their first FCBD than we did here back in 2017, more proof that they’re heading in the right direction despite literally opening on the worst day possible, and their Power Rangers guest Rorrie D. Travis said he’d like to come back again!
Personally, this one, my 15th, meant more than usual because not only having my parents on hand to help out as usual, this was the first FCBD that my brother has been to, and he got to bring his whole family along! I’m also floored that Miranda has them watching all of the Star Wars movies in order of release (first time for her and Ellie ever, first time for my brother as an adult), including the prequels, before our trip to Hollywood Studios together in two weeks, with the same enthusiasm she had for rewatching the Harry Potter movies before we went to Universal in January.
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, August 25th (Tuesday, August 24th for DC) excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
Action Comics #1034 - cardstock Julian Totino Tedesco variant available for premium cover price!
Action Tank #1
Alien #6 - Jay Anceleto, Salvador Larroca, and Leinil Francis Yu variants available!
Amazing Fantasy #2 - Kaare Andrews, Felipe Massafera, and Peach Momoko variants available!
Amazing Spider-Man #72 - “Sinister War” tie-in with David Baldeon “Handbook”, Carlos Gomez, and In-Hyuk Lee “Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage” variants available!
Avengers Annual #1 - “Infinite Destinies” tie-in with Travis Charest and Ron Lim variants available!
Bacon & Other Monstrous Tales TP
Barbaric #3 - I was turned on to this one by the manager of the Winston store, Daniel, and it’s like Head Lopper mixed with Conan and turned up to 11!
Batman Reptilian #3 - Cully Hamner and Mitch Gerads variants available!
Batman/ Superman #21 - cardstock Kaare Andrews variant available for premium cover price!
Black Beacon #2
Black Widow #10 - Mark Brooks and Netease “Marvel Games” variants available for cover price!
Blade Runner 2029 #7
Blue Flame #4
Broken Souls Ballad #2
Bungo Stray Dogs Beast TP vol. 1 - manga, not to be confused with the Image Comics series!
Cable Reloaded #1 - “Last Annihilation” tie-in with Nathan Summers all growed up again!
Checkmate #3 - cardstock Matt Taylor variant available for premium cover price!
Chu #7
Conan the Barbarian #24 - Roberto de la Torre variant available!
Count Draco Knuckleduster #1
Crisis Zone TP - Jay can sing the praises of Simon Hanselmann and Megg Mogg & Owl much more loudly than me, but they’re still some of the hardest I’ve ever laughed at a comic. I’m pretty sure that’s not grammatically correct.
Cult of Dracula #6 - final issue!
Dark Blood #2
Darkhawk #1 - Pepe Larraz “Design”, Ron Lim, Mico Suayan, and Leinil Francis Yu variant available!
Dejah Thoris vs. John Carter of Mars #2
Department of Truth #12
Detective Comics #1042 - cardstock Lee Bermejo variant available for premium cover price!
Die #19
Dune House Atreides #9
Echolands #1 - now matter how many Eisner’s he’s won, J.H. Williams III is one of the great under-appreciated comic artists of this century! Don’t be scared off by the landscape format!
Essential Judge Dredd Origins TP
Everfrost #3
Extreme Carnage Riot #1 - Jeff Johnson “Connecting”, David Nakayama “Design”, “Symbiote”, and Skottie Young variants available!
Fantastic Four Battle Behemoths Epic Collection TP
Firefly #32
Girls of Dimension 13 #5
Good Luck #3
Harley Quinn #6 - cardstock Derrick Chew variant available for premium cover price!
Horizon Zero Dawn Liberation #2
Ice Cream Man #25
Icon & Rocket Season One #2 - cardstock Doug Braithwaite variant available for premium cover price!
Killadelphia #16
King Spawn #1 - the first true-blue new title from Todd McFarlane’s monster roll-out that aims to have a Spawn book on the shelf every week of the month is here, with McFarlane, Puppeteer Lee, David Finch, Sean Gordon Murphy, Greg Capullo, Brett Booth, and Donny Cates variants all available for cover price!
Lester of the Lesser Gods #1
Lifeformed #1
M.o.M. Mother of Madness #2
Made in Korea #4 - I’ll keep saying it every time, best book no one is reading!
Marvel’s Voices Identity #1 - celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander culture with In-Hyuk Lee, Rian Gonzales, and Peach Momoko variants available for cover price!
Mister Miracle Source of Freedom #4 - cardstock Juni Ba variant available for premium cover price!
Modern Frankenstein #5
Ninjak #2
Non-Stop Spider-Man #4 - Peach Momoko variant available!
Norse Mythology II #3
Oblivion Song #33
Old Guard Tales Through Time #5 - final issue!
Once & Future #19
Previews #396
Resistance Uprising #5
Robin #5 - cardstock Francis Manapul variant available for premium cover price!
RWBY/ Justice League #5 - cardstock Simone di Meo variant available for premium cover price!
Seven Swords #3
Something is Killing the Children #19
Sonjaversal #7
Spider-Man Life Story Annual #1 - original creative team Chip Zdarsky & Mark Bagley focus in on J. Jonah Jameson’s vendetta against that masked menace through the decades. Seems like JJJ will be getting old real quick!
St. Mercy #1
Star Wars Darth Vader #15 - “War of the Bounty Hunters” tie-in with Chris Sprouse “Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary” and David Nakayama “Wanted Poster” variants available for cover price!
Star Wars Doctor Aphra #13 - “War of the Bounty Hunters” tie-in with Chris Sprouse “Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary” and David Nakayama “Wanted Poster” variants available for cover price!
Star Wars High Republic TP vol. 1
Strange Academy #12
Summoners War Legacy #5
Superman ‘78 #1 - for whatever reason Christopher Reeve’s Big Blue Boy Scout never had the impact that even the 1990 Captain America movie did even though I was exposed to them both around the same age, but I love what DC is doing with this, Justice League Infinity, Batman ‘89, and Batman The Adventures Continue, and Wilfredo Torres is the perfect choice for an artist since Doc Shaner is still tied up on Strange Adventures.
Superman Son of Kal-El #2 - cardstock In-Hyuk Lee variant available for premium cover price!
Superman vs. Lobo #1 - if Crush & Lobo isn’t giving you what you want from the Bad Bastich, give this a shot instead! Simon Bisley variant available for cover price (see, they get it)!
Symbiote Spider-Man Crossroads #2 - David Baldeon variant available!
Syphon #2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #120
That Texas Blood #9
Thor #16 - Nic Klein, Rob Liefeld “Deadpool 30th Anniversary”, Peach Momoko “Marvel Anime”, and Netease “Marvel Games” variants available for cover price!
Transformers Beast Wars #7
Transformers Shattered Glass #1
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Squirrels Just Wanna Have Fun TP
United State of Captain America #3 - Jeffrey Veregge variant available!
Usagi Yojimbo Dragon Bellow Conspiracy #3
Vampirella #23
Vampiress Carmilla Magazine #5
Venom TP vol. 6
Vinyl #3
Winter Guard #1 - original scheduled for May 2020 just like the Black Widow movie, this one will spotlight Red Guardian, Yelena Belova, and the rest of Russia’s superheroes, with Kim Jacinto, Ken Lashley, and Todd Nauck “Headshot” variants available!
Wolverine #15 - In-Hyuk Lee “Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage” and Gerardo Zaffino variants available!
Wonder Woman #778 - cardstock Becky Cloonan variant available for premium cover price!
Wonder Woman Black & Gold #3 - Joshua Middleton variant available for cover price!