Ssalefish GSO First Look #248 for 2.2.22
The second job I had in the comic retailing game was bagging a mountain of comics (like, seriously more than 10,000) destined for the back issue bins of another store in town for trade credit. The first thing that caught my eye on my first day was an X-book that looked unlike anything I’d ever seen: lush, sexy, and busting with energy, at least a decade ahead of its time, about a team of mutants putting their lives on the line for the glitz & glam of reality TV. From that moment on I stopped measuring my time in dollars and only focused on the seconds I needed to “buy” the next issue.
That book was X-Force #116 by Peter Milligan & Mike Allred, and that book lead to X-Statix, and my appreciation of Nick Dragotta and Paul Pope and Darwyn Cooke and Nick Derington (unknowingly), and spontaneous road trips to Raleigh for DC Solo issues, and buying every copy of the X-Statix omnibus I could find on clearance (now a very expensive item on the secondary market) and giving them as gifts, and now X-Cellent, out next week.
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, February 2nd (Tuesday, February 1st for DC) excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
Alien #9
Amazing Spider-Man #88 - the Goblin Queen enters the scene in the most anticipated issue of ASM since Red Goblin first appeared in #798! Mark Bagley, Patrick Gleason “Design”, and Francesco Manna “X-Gwen” variants available!
Ant #2
Arkham City Order of the World #5 - cardstock Derrick Chew variant available for premium cover price.
Avengers Tech-On #6 - final issue!
Basilisk #7
Batman #120 - cardstock Francesco Mattina, Dan Hipp, and foil Jock variants available for premium cover price.
Bermuda TP
Black Hammer TP vol. 5
Black Panther Legends #3
Buddy McGill #1
Captain America Truth TP - Kyle Baker’s visionary first appearance of Isaiah Bradley as the first Sentinel of Liberty, finally back in print!
Chicken Devil #4
Crossover #11
Daredevil Woman Without Fear #2
Dark Knights of Steel #4 - cardstock Joshua Middleton variant available for premium cover price.
Dark Red Where Roads Lead #1
Detective Comics #1051 - cardstock Lee Bermejo and Jorge Fornes variants available.
Echolands #6
Fantastic Four Life Story #6 - final issue!
Fight Girls TP
Geiger 80-Page Giant #1
Goon #14
Hell Sonja #2
Hellcop #4
Human Remains #5
Joker Presents A Puzzlebox #7 - final issue with a cardstock Reilly Brown variant available for premium cover price.
Justice League Incarnate #4 - cardstock Jorge Fornes variant available for premium cover price.
Ka-Zar Lord of the Savage Land #5 - final issue!
Magic Order 2 #4
Manor Black Fire in the Blood #1
Marvels #8
Mighty Marvel Masterworks Doctor Strange TP vol. 1
Milestone Compendium TP vol. 1 - reprinting Blood Syndicate #1-12, Hardware #1-12, Static #1-8, Xombi #0-11, and Shadow Cabinet #0 for the fantastic compendium price of $59.99, just over $1 per issue!
Monkey Price #1 - spinning out of last year’s Festival of Heroes with a cardstock Artgerm variant available for premium cover price!
My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Season 10 TP vol. 2
New Masters #1
Newburn #3
Nita Hawe’s Nightmare Blog #4
Nocterra #7
One-Star Squadron #3
Primos #1
Red Sonja Valentine’s Special #1
Rick & Morty Hericktics of Rick #1
Sabretooth #1
Savage Spider-Man #1 - I’m getting The Other flashbacks!
Scumbag #12
Shang-Chi #8
Sonic the Hedgehog TP vol. 9
Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic & Tails Best Buds Forever TP
Spawn #326
Spider-Woman #19
Star Trek Mirror War #4
Star Wars Crimson Reign #2
Star Wars Galaxy’s Greatest Heroes HC
Star Wars Halcyon Legacy #1 - the story of the Chandrila Star Line ship that’s the setting of the Galactic Starcruiser hotel opening in March at Disney World!
Star Wars High Republic #14
Star Wars Inside #208
Stranger Things Erica the Great TP
Suicide Squad #12 - cardstock Jonboy Meyers variant available for premium cover price.
Sweet Paprika #7
Thing #4
Thing Called Truth #4
Thor To Wake the Mangog Epic Collection TP
Transformers King Gridlock #5 - final issue!
Walking Dead Deluxe #32
Wolverine Deluxe Edition TP
World of Krypton #3 - cardstock Dave Johnson variant available for premium cover price.
X Lives of Wolverine #2
X-Cellent #1
X-Men Legends #11