Greensboro's Original Since 1983: This Week’s Comics & Merchandise for October 4th 2023

NEW COMICS (RECOMMENDATIONS IN BOLD)

007 FOR KING COUNTRY #5

ABBOTT: 1979 #1 (OF 5) [MATURE READERS]
– Writer SALADIN AHMED’s trilogy concludes here as journalist ELENA ABBOTT returns against the backdrop of 1980s DETROIT. Amid social and political turmoil, can she bring down the supernatural forces that impacted her life long ago once and for all? Find out here! Look for ABBOTT graphic novel volume 1 on our BOOM STUDIOS shelf!

ALICE COOPER #1 (OF 5)
– ALICE COOPER kicks off a new tour, but it under siege by demonic forces who pursue him even into his dreams! Are the answers to be found in the Nightmare Palace? Written by RODNEY “KILLADELPHIA” BARNES.

ALIEN ANNUAL #1 [MATURE READERS]

BATMAN #138 BATMAN/CATWOMAN THE GOTHAM WAR PART 4
– Divided over CATWOMAN’s vision for GOTHAM CITY, the BATMAN FAMILY is stretched to the breaking point! Can NIGHTWING intervene before Batman goes too far?

BATMAN THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE SEASON THREE #8 (OF 8)

BIRDS OF PREY #2 DAWN OF DC
– You met the new team and found out why each member was chose, now their rescue mission begins! BIRDS OF PREY #1 by KELLY THOMPSON and LEONARDO ROMERO was a hit, don’t miss out on future issues by using to your ACME COMICS PREORDER SUSBCRIPTION SERVICE!

BLACK PANTHER #5
– Who is the GRAY WOLF of WAKANDA?

BLUE BEETLE #2 DAWN OF DC
– Who or what put TED KORD in the hospital and how will JAIME deal with it when the BLOOD SCARAB comes for him?

BUFFY LAST VAMPIRE SLAYER #3 (OF 5)

CAPTAIN MARVEL: DARK TEMPEST #4 (OF 5)

COUNT DANTE #3 (OF 6) [MATURE READERS]

DC’S GHOULS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN #1 (ONE SHOT)
– Celebrate spooky season with all new stories featuring ROBOTMAN, NIGHTWING, THE QUESTION, RED HOOD, MARY MARVEL, and more!

DEAD BY DAYLIGHT #3 (OF 4) [MATURE READERS]

DETECTIVE COMICS #140 FACSIMILE EDITION
– Experience the seldom seen 1948 first appearance of THE RIDDLER!

DEVIL THAT WEARS MY FACE #1 [MATURE READERS]
– In the year 1740, an exorcism gone wrong traps a priest in a body that is not his own while his body belongs to the demon LEGION. New from DAVID PEPOSE and ALEX CORMACK from MAD CAVE.

DISNEY VILLAINS MALEFICENT #5 (OF 5)

DOCTOR STRANGE #8
– DOCTOR STRANGE and CLEA challenge GENERAL STRANGE and his five thousand years of experience and madness!

ENFIELD GANG MASSACRE #3 (OF 6) [MATURE READERS]

FANTASTIC FOUR #12
– The FANTASTIC FOUR explore a world where Dinosaurs went on to become the dominant species and therefore the Marvel Super-heroes!

FIRE & ICE WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE #2 (OF 6) DAWN OF DC
– Will AMBUSH BUG help get FIRE and ICE out of small town patrol or make things much worse?

G.O.D.S. #1
– When the delicate balance between the THE POWERS THAT BE and the NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS is disrupted the cosmic landscape of the MARVEL UNIVERSE will change like never before! Can DOCTOR STRANGE do anything other than watch and hope for the best? By JONATHAN HICKMAN and VALERI SCHITTI!

GHOST RIDER ANNUAL #1
– GHOST RIDER versus THE HOOD!

GHOSTLORE #5 (OF 12) [MATURE READERS]

GODZILLA HERE THERE BE DRAGONS #4 (OF 5)

HUNT FOR THE SKINWALKER #1 (OF 4) 2ND PRINTING SIMMONDS [MATURE READERS]

I HATE FAIRYLAND UNTOLD TALES #4 (OF 5) [MATURE READERS]

IMMORTAL X-MEN #16 FALL OF X
– From the pages of X-MEN RED! When CHARLES XAVIER has failed and the fate of Mutantkind hangs in the balance, APOCALYPSE returns!

JOKER THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #11
– JOKER versus JOKER!

KING SPAWN #26 [MATURE READERS]

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE FORGE OF DESTINY #2 (OF 4)

MIDNITE SHOW #1 [MATURE READERS]
– The tried and true team of CULLEN BUNN and BRIANT HURTT reunite for this new DARK HORSE COMICS series! When a cursed film in screened, the monsters held within are unleashed on a small town with only a small group of misfits to hold the line against a grisly fate!

MIGHTY BARBARIANS #6 [MATURE READERS]

PEACEMAKER TRIES HARD #6 (OF 6) [MATURE READERS]

PLOT HOLES #2 (OF 5) [MATURE READERS]
– Written and drawn by SEAN MURPHY! The PLOY HOLES are a ragtag band of fictional characters who are tasked with entering stories to fix them via aggressive edits! If their newest recruit can’t get their latest case closed, it’ll be the end for the program!

POISON IVY #15 DAWN OF DC

RANGER ACADEMY #1
– Tomorrow’s POWER RANGERS are being trained for the task today!

RED GOBLIN #9
– NORMIE OSBORN has lost what little control he had over RASCAL! Can NORMAN OSBORN and DYLAN BROCK help reign the wild SYMBIOTE in?

ROCKETEER IN THE DEN OF THIEVES #3

SACRIFICERS #3 [MATURE READERS]
– The new IMAGE COMICS fantasy series by RICK REMENDER and MX FIUMARA continues!

SHAZAM #4 DAWN OF DC
– Creators MARK WAID and DAN MORA apply the treatment you love on WORLD’S FINEST to the world of BILLY BATSON and the powers of SHAZAM!

SHEENA QUEEN OF JUNGLE #2

SICKNESS #2 [MATURE READERS]

SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT #4 CLASSIC PHOTO [MATURE READERS]

SINS OF THE SALTON SEA #5 (OF 5) [MATURE READERS]

STAR TREK DEFIANT #8
– WORF and the crew of the DEFIANT await STAR FLEET’s decision on their unsanctioned participation in the outcome of the DAY OF BLOOD conflict!

STAR TREK HOLOWEEN #1 (OF 4)
– The STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION crew looks back on the Earth holiday of Halloween, but passage through a solar storm brings their fears to life!

STAR TREK STRANGE NEW WORLDS SCORPIUS RUN #2

STAR WARS INSIDER MAGAZINE #221 PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE

STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS #39 DARK DROIDS
– Not even cyborgs are immune to the control of the Scourge of the Droids! VALANCE is the enemy! Can DURGE, BOSSK, or anyone stop him?

STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #39 DARK DROIDS
– To stop the Scourge influencing the Droids on MUSTAFAR, DARTH VADER will have to reassert his connection to THE FORCE by tapping into his greatest hatred, but who does Vader hate the most?

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC – SHADOWS OF STARLIGHT #1 (OF 4)
– The fall of the STARLIGHT BEACON at the hands of the NIHIL was the greatest loss to befall the JEDI KNIGHTS of the HIGH REPUBLIC era! Find out who survived, who didn’t, and what MASTER YODA’s plan for the future is in this mini series by CHARLES SOULE and IBRAIM ROBERSON.

STRANGE ACADEMY SOLVE FOR X PART 3 (OF 3) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

TEAR US APART #2 [MATURE READERS]

TRANSFORMERS #1
– The moment you’ve waited for his here! ROBERT KIRKMAN’s SKYBOUND proudly presents the TRANSFORMERS! OPTIMUS PRIME awakens on Earth today and he isn’t alone! Be here as AUTOBOTS wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the DECEPTICONS! Written and drawn by the incomparable DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON with colorist MIKE SPICER! Available in a variety of VARIANT EDITION covers!
UPDATE: Transformers #1 is sold out at the distributor level with a 2nd printing upcoming!

VAMPIRELLA DEAD FLOWERS #1 (OF 4)

VOID RIVALS #1 ENERGON UNIVERSE 4TH PRINTING
– Before TRANSFORMERS #1, SKYBOUND’s ENERGON UNIVERSE began in VOID RIVALS by ROBERT KIRKMAN and LORENZO DE FELICI!

VOID RIVALS #2 ENERGON UNIVERSE 3RD PRINTING

VOID RIVALS #3 ENERGON UNIVERSE 2ND PRINTING

WALKING DEAD DELUXE #72 [MATURE READERS]

X-FORCE #45 FALL OF X

X-MEN #27 FALL OF X
– For CYLOPS unimaginable torture begins at the hands of ORCHIS! Be sure to follow INVINCIBLE IRON MAN, UNCANNY AVENGERS, and X-MEN for GERRY DUGGAN’s FALL OF X storyline!

ACME COMICS PRESENTS

COMICS FOR BATS OF ALL AGES

ARCHIE’S HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR [ONE-SHOT]

DARKWING DUCK #9

DIANA AND THE HERO’S JOURNEY GN

HILDA’S WORLD HC GUIDE TO TROLBERG

MABUHAY GN

MIRACULOUS TALES OF LADYBUG & CAT NOIR MANGA GN VOL 02

MONSTER SUPPORT GROUP MUMMY’S CURSE SC

MY LITTLE PONY CAMP BIGHOOF #3

SCOOBY-DOO WHERE ARE YOU #124

SUPER MAGIC BOY I AM A DINOSAUR HC

NEW LIMITED EDITION VARIANTS

(Pricing dependent upon rarity, first reserved-first served)

NEW TRADE PAPERBACKS, GRAPHIC NOVELS, & HARDCOVERS

ALL OF THE MARVELS SC NOVEL
– Author DOUGLAS WOLK read 27,000 Marvel Comics and presents his findings here as the Marvel Universe grew into what we know today!

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? GN VOL 01 WITCH’S WINGS & OTHER TERRIFYING TALES
– All new original graphic novel based on the hit 1990s NICKELODEON television series ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?

BATGIRLS TP VOL 03 GIRLS TO THE FRONT
– Contains BATGIRLS #13-19 to complete the series.

BATMAN (2020) TP VOL 04 THE COWARDLY LOT
– Contains BATMAN #106-111.

BATMAN WAYNE FAMILY ADVENTURES TP VOL 02

BE THAT WAY HC
– New from HOPE LARSON.

BPRD OMNIBUS TP VOL 07

CHAINSAW MAN MANGA GN VOL 12

CLEMENTINE GN BOOK 02
– Continuing all new stories from the world of THE WALKING DEAD and the TELLTALE game.

COSMIC DETECTIVE ORIGINAL GN [MATURE READERS]
– By JEFF LEMIRE, MATT KINDT, and DAVID RUBIN.

DC HORROR PRESENTS SGT ROCK VS THE ARMY OF THE DEAD HC [MATURE READERS]
– The title says it all as DC’s #1 military hero takes on the experimental undead in this story drawn by EDUARDO RISSO with art by the one and only BRUCE CAMPBELL!

DCEASED THE DELUXE EDITION HC
– Enter a DC UNIVERSE where the ANTI-LIFE EQUATION is unleashed! and nothing is the same again! By TOM TAYLOR and TREVOR HAIRSINE, now with over fifty behind-the-scenes pages!

DOCTOR STRANGE BY JED MACKAY TP VOL. 1: THE LIFE OF DOCTOR STRANGE
– After enduring the DEATH OF DOCTOR STRANGE debacle and fending off powerful new opponents in the STRANGE series, CLEA and STEPHEN STRANGE are reunited to take on even more incredible challenges that are part of the life of Earth’s SORCERER SUPREME. Contains DOCTOR STRANGE #1-5.

DRAGON AGE MISSING TP
– Lead up to the new DRAGON AGE DREADWOLF video game.

DUNE DELUXE EDITION SLIPCASE HC GN VOL 02 MUAD DIB
– The second in a series of three original graphic novels adapting the FRANK HERBERT novels.

EC ARCHIVES WEIRD FANTASY TP VOL 02
– Contains WEIRD FANTASY #7-12.

EERIE ARCHIVES TP VOL 04

FIRE FORCE MANGA GN VOL 34

GEORGE RR MARTIN PRESENTS WILD CARDS SINS OF THE FATHER ORIGINAL GN [MATURE READERS]

GEORGE RR MARTIN’S VOYAGING GN VOL 01 PLAGUE STAR [MATURE READERS]

GHOST RIDER BY ED BRISSON TP
– Contains GHOST RIDER (2019) #1-7, ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: SYMBIOTE OF VENGEANCE, SPIRITS OF GHOST RIDER: MOTHER OF DEMONS, KING IN BLACK: GHOST RIDER, GHOST RIDER 2099 (2019) #1, and more.

GHOST-MAKER / CLOWNHUNTER BY JAMES TYNION IV TP

GHOSTLORE TP VOL 01 [MATURE READERS]
– Contains GHOSTLORE #1-4 by CULLEN BUNN and LEOMACS.

HEART ATTACK TP [MATURE READERS]
– Contains HEART ATTACK #1-6, plus six unreleased chapters!

JUJUTSU KAISEN OFFICIAL ANIME GUIDE SEASON 1 SC

KING SPAWN TP VOL 03 [MATURE READERS]
– Contains KING SPAWN #13-18.

LET ME OUT GN [MATURE READERS]

LOCAL MAN TP VOL 01 HEARTLAND [MATURE READERS]
– A one time member of a high profile super hero team returns to his hometown under the shadow of controversy! Can he fit back into everyday life again and what if a part of his old life appears to pick up where it left off? Contains LOCAL MAN #1-5 by TIM SEELEY and TONY FLEECS.

LORE OLYMPUS GN VOL 05
– RACHEL SMYTHE’s updating of the story of PERSEPHONE and HADES continues.

MISTY 45 YEARS OF FEAR HC
– Collecting a sampling of England’s 1970s horror comic for girls called MISTY.

MONICA HC
– New original graphic novel from DAN CLOWES.

MYSTERIES HC
– Years in the making! The creator of the beloved CALVIN and HOBBES comic strip, BILL WATTERSON is joined by renown caricature artist JOHN KASCHT for this all new fable for grown ups which pushes the boundaries of their establishes art styles.

NIGHT EATERS ORIGINAL GN VOL 02 HER LITTLE REAPERS [MATURE READERS]
– By MARJOEIE LIU and SANA TAKEDA, the creators of MONSTRESS.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING CAT MANGA GN VOL 03

PARASOCIAL HC [MATURE READERS]
– During the Pandemic an actor fresh off a cancelled television series encounters a super fan at a convention and soon a struggle to survive unfolds. Art by ERICA HENDERSON.

PHANTOM ROAD TP VOL 01 [MATURE READERS]
– A truck driver carrying unknown cargo and a car accident survivor are thrust into a world not unlike our own except for nightmarish beings of unknown intentions in this story by JEFF LEMIRE and GABRIEL WALTA where SILENT HILL meets the X-FILES with a dash of MAD MAX! Contains PHANTOM ROAD #1-6.

POWER GIRL RETURNS TP
– Contains LAZARUS PLANET: ASSAULT ON KRYPTON #1, ACTION COMICS #1051-1053, and POWER GIRL SPECIAL #1.

POWER RANGERS UNLIMITED CALL TO DARKNESS TP
– Contains POWER RANGERS UNLIMITED: THE COINLESS and POWER RANGERS UNLIMITED: HYPERFORCE.

PRINCE IN COMICS HC
– NICHOLAS FINET and TONY LOURENCO present the story of PRINCE ROGERS NELSON.

SPY X FAMILY OFFICIAL GUIDE EYES ONLY GN

STAR TREK YEAR FIVE DELUXE EDITION VOL 01
– Contains STAR TREK YEAR FIVE #1-14 written by JACKSON LANZING and COLIN KELLY.

STEPHEN KING’S DARK TOWER BEGINNINGS OMNIBUS GN [MATURE READERS]
– Contains DARK TOWER: BEGINNINGS, DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN, DARK TOWER: THE LONG ROAD HOME, DARK TOWER: TREACHERY, DARK TOWER: THE FALL OF GILEAD, DARK TOWER: THE BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL.

VIXEN NYC GN VOL 02

WALTER SIMONSON FANTASTIC FOUR ARTISTS EDITION HC
– Contains scans of the original art for FANTASTIC FOUR 337-341 and #353-354 by WALTER SIMONSON.

WHERE MONSTERS LIE TP [MATURE READERS]
– A special agent has found where the worst of the worst slashers, invincible monsters, and masked killers go in the downtime between sprees! Can he destroy them all in their downtime in an unassuming gated community? Contains WHERE MONSTERS LIE #1-4 by KYLE STARKS and PIOTR KOWALSKI.

WITCHER OMNIBUS TP VOL 02

X-23: DEADLY REGENESIS TP

X-MEN BY GERRY DUGGAN TP VOL. 4
– Contains X-MEN (2021) #19-24 leading up to the HELLFIRE GALA 2023 and the FALL OF X.

ZATANNA & THE RIPPER GN VOL 01

RE-ORDER GRAPHIC NOVELS AND HARDCOVERS

BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST HC VOL 01 THE DEVIL NEZHA

BATMAN WHO LAUGHS TP

CONTINENTAL OP HC

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS TP

DARK CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS HC

DEAD BEATS MUSICAL HORROR ANTHOLOGY GN

JLA THE TOWER OF BABEL THE DELUXE EDITION HC

NAILBITER COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 [MATURE READERS]

SEVEN DEADLY SINS MANGA BOX SET VOL 03

WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 [MATURE READERS]

WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 02 [MATURE READERS]

WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 03 [MATURE READERS]

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