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Your Marvel Legacy deal of the week is that you can add on any standard cover to your purchase of a lenticular variant for just $2! Keep in mind that the Marvel Value Stamps are only available in the 2-D version, so if you want to complete your collection when the FREE album comes out the first week of November, you've gotta be on your game now!

Today I want to stress the importance of this week's Marvel Legacy #1, written by Mighty Thor's Jason Aaron and painted by Secret Wars artist Esad Ribic. We believe in the direction that Marvel is taking so much that we're taking the hit and offering the standard 2-D cover of the one-shot for 50% OFF, just $2.99 before your regular Rewards Program discounts, putting it on the same footing as DC Universe Rebirth #1 last year!

As one of the organizers of Comic Book City Con back in 2013, I'm thrilled to be returning to the Elm Street Center for Greensboro Comicon! It's one of the most beautiful venues I've ever been in for a show, downtown is always bumping on the weekend, and Comic Book City is ready for its own annual con!

I'd like to take the time to encourage our faithful non-subscribing customers to consider pre-ordering your books. It's absolutely free, you still get your rewards points for everything you buy, and you have the piece of mind that the books you'd like to read most will be waiting for you whenever you come by!

There's no pre-payment necessary, and you can either sign up on an ongoing basis by speaking to myself, Jay or Bret next time you're in, or you can stay ahead of the game a-la-cart by clicking your picks each week via this very website!

This weekend I'll be taking off two days in a row for the first time since last Christmas and heading down to my parents' place in North Myrtle Beach. It's probably my favorite place in the world (it is for sure if you ask Carly, who claims my entire physical and emotional demeanor changes as soon as I smell the ocean air). It'll be the perfect break before a madcap stretch of events from Greensboro Comicon through New Year's!

There's been a ton of grumbling amongst retailers that has trickled out into the comics media, but we maintain our desire not to make our problems your problems, and therefore we're happy to announce that, at both locations, we've qualified for all 29 of the Marvel Legacy Lenticular Homage variants that will be coming out in October, and we plan to do so for all of the titles shipping in November as well!

Thanks to everyone that came out to the Dark Night Midnight Release Party! It definitely made it worth staying up past my bedtime, and we're pleased that so many of you are excited about what DC has going on! T-shirts will be in on September 20th, ties will start arriving on 9.13, and the whole thing will be rolling right into Doomsday Clock in November!

Those that of you that show up to the Metal Midnight Release Party, you'll receive a FREE limited edition lithograph for each copy of the book you pick up while supplies last, you'll get to visit with the immensely talented Rickie Hopkins (who's been cranking out some killer Dark Knight pieces to prep for the event), you'll have access to exclusive variants, AND you can pick up all of your DC new releases for the week a whole 8 hours early!

I'm psyched to meet Shane Davis on Saturday along with the rest of you guys from 3-5 PM! On top of the quality of the New Gods Special this week, Shane contributed to the salvation of the original graphic novel at the Big Two with J. Michael Straczynski on Superman Earth One, and created the perfect creator-owned books for you folks that can't wait for Marvel vs. Capcom to hit, Axcend from Image!