Ssalefish GSO First Look #274 for 8.3.22
I just put $1,500 worth of my personal collection into the stock for next Saturday’s Warehouse Sale! Out of print art books, puppets, plushies, action figures, statues, swords, shields, it’s all out on the table. It’s like a yard sale for the store, and hopefully everything will go so we can start all over again!
Stephen’s So-Called Emo Life!
Paper Girls - on Amazon Prime starting tomorrow! I got the inside track on the adaptation of the Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang Image Comics series, and while it can’t meet the vibrancy of Matt Wilson’s colors or the overall weirdness of the world (just like Umbrella Academy), it does justice to the source narrative and will hit that Stranger Things spot for people that have no idea that it’s based on a comic. Also, Mac looks and sounds exactly like Edward Furlong in Terminator 2, and now you can’t get that out of your head.
H.E.R.O. - I treated myself with a run of the Will Pfieffer & Kano 2003 series for my b-day, and it’s a wonder that there have been two or three failed takes on the hero dial since then when the perfect template has already been set. Also, I miss the early ‘00s editorial/ news pages in DC books a lot.
Fresh - movie on Hulu that I’m not sure why I watched starring Sebastian Stan & Daisy Edgar-Jones. Kind of a mix of American Psycho and Silence of the Lambs.
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, August 3rd (Tuesday, August 2nd for DC) excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
20XX Transpot #1
Aggretsuko Out to Lunch #1
Ant #4
Aquaman Andromeda #2 - really dug the first issue, kind of a Abyss meets Alien vibe (which also describes Scott Snyder & Sean Murphy’s The Wake if you haven’t given that a try).
Avatar Adapt or Die #4
Basilik #10
Batman #126 - Alex Garner, Guillem March, Mikel Janin “Swimsuit”, In-Hyuk Lee, and Jock variants available.
Batman Beyond Neo-Year #5
Batman Killing Time #6 - final issue with Kael Ngu and Ben Oliver variants available.
Batman White Knight Presents Red Hood #1 - as with the Harley Quinn mini, this one won’t be drawn by Sean Murphy (this time it’s We Only Find Them When They’re Dead’s Simone Di Meo), but it is written by him and in continuity!
Black Adam Justice Society Files Cyclone #1
Closet #3 - final issue.
Cyberpunk 2077 Blackout #3
Dark Crisis #3 - Lee Weeks, Mike Allred “Homage”, John Giang, Dan Mora, and Daniel Sampere variants available.
DC vs. Vampires #8
Dead Lucky #1
Demon Wars Iron Samurai #1
Doctor Who Origins #3
Dragonball Super TP vol. 16
Edge of Spider-Verse #1 - we all know what happened last time: in addition to setting the stage for probably the second most successful Spider-Man crossover ever (nothing will beat Maximum Carnage) the last series to carry this name also introduced Spider-Gwen and Sp//dr and re-introduced Spider-Man Noir, and then they were all in a movie together!
Fantastic Four TP vol. 10
Flashpoint Beyond #4 - Xermanico, Jim Cheung, and Francis Manapul variants available.
Frankenstein New World #1
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero #296
Ghost Rider #5
Godzilla Rivals Vs. Battra #1
Golden Rage #1
Harley Quinn #18 - going weekly for the time-being, with Derrick Chew, Ryan Sook, and Rose Besch variants available.
Hawk the Slayer #1 - just a week after #2 has shipped!
Ice Cream Man Sundae Edition HC vol. 1
Immortal X-Men #5 - “A.X.E. Judgement Day” tie-in.
Iron Man #22 - Bjorn Barends “Predator” variant available for cover price.
Killadelphia #24
Legion of X #4
Little Monsters #6
Magic the Gathering #17
Mech Strike Monster Hunters #2
Metal Society #4
Mighty Marvel Masterworks X-Men TP vol. 2
Mighty Morphin #22
Mind MGMT Bootleg #2
Moon Knight #14
Multiversity Teen Justice #3
New Champion of Shazam #1 - it’s been almost eight year since Evan “Doc” Shaner (Strange Adventures) got his hands on the Big Red Cheese, one of only two bright spots in mess that was DC’s Convergence stop-gap between the New 52 and Rebirth, but he was born to handle the Marvel family! Joshua Middleton and Gary Frank variants available.
New Fantastic Four #3
Once & Future #28
Poison Ivy #3 - Joshua Middleton, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Joelle Jones, and Justine Frany variants available.
Project Superpowers Fractured States #5
Red Sonja Red Sitha #4
Sacrament #1
Scumbug #14
Shadow Service #14
Spawn #332
Spider-Man 2099 Exodus #5
Spider-Punk #4
Star Wars Halcyon Legacy #5 - final issue.
Star Wars Insider #212
Stillwater #14
Strange Academy TP vol. 3
Superman vs. Lobo HC
Survival Street #1
Sweet Paprika #11
Sword of Azrael #1 - Christian Ward, Claire Roe, and Joe Quesada variants available.
Sword of Azrael Dark Knight of the Soul #1
Tales of Suspense #57 Facsimile Edition - reprinting the first appearance of Hawkeye.
That Texas Blood #16
Time Before Time #15
Transformers Best of the Rarities #1
Twig #4
Two Gun Terror #1
Vineyard #1
Walking Dead Deluxe #44
X-Men ‘92 House of XCII #3
X-Men Red #5 - “A.X.E. Judgement Day” tie-in.