May 19, 2015 at 10:34 am
By: Rico Renzi
HEATHER’S PICK :: A-FORCE #1: So Secret Wars, things blow up, worlds collide, Heroes had a really cool variant cover. You now have the sum total of my knowledge of the wars of secrets. That’s my comics confession, I rarely do the big events.
In spite of that, I can’t wait to pick up A-Force #1. Marvel’s got my number on this one. A comic loaded with female superheroes written by one of my personal favorites, G. Willow Wilson. (Side note: Are you reading Ms. Marvel? If no, then why the *$@! not?!? Pick up a trade or two when you’re in this week for singles.)
Written by Wilson and Marguerite Bennett with gorgeous art by Jorge Molina and Craig Yeung as well as colors by Laura Martin and Matt Milla, out of Secret Wars (I think) comes Battleworld, part of which is protected by a team of lady Avengers. Based on the cover and previews of interior pages, the team includes some of my favorite Marvel characters: She-Hulk, Medusa, Hellcat, Jubilee, and SpiderGwen. There are a ton of other great characters in case our favorites don’t coincide. This looks like a good one to pick up, especially while so many titles hit pause for the summer.
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May 13, 2015 at 8:09 am
By: Andy Mansell
ANDY’S PICKS :: ROBIN THE BOY WONDER A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS HC
(W) Bill Finger & Various (A) Bob Kane & Various (CA) Jim Lee, Scott Williams
Happy Birthday Dick/Jason/Damien and according to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, there are some who call him…..Tim? Regardless he still looks great…nice gams! And you have to tip your hat to the enduring concept of the Super-hero kid side-kicks. Again, I know nothing about the contents, but these DC Diamond Jubilee editions have been consistently good. And I’d be willing to bet $.15 (Sterling!) that a whole lot of Teen Titans can be found somewhere between these hard covers.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: The Pixilated Parrot (The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library Vol. 9)
(W/A) Carl Barks
Two hundred pages of comics by the greatest of the great Carl Barks. You get Donald Duck, his Uncle Scrooge and his nephews Huey, Dewey & Louie, great gags, break-neck pacing, exhilarating adventure that ads up to comic storytelling at its best. What more do you need? How about brief, insightful essays on every story from a number of knowledgable critics, authors and academics. Buy this volume or any volume. Buy some Barks NOW!
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May 8, 2015 at 10:41 am
By: Rico Renzi
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May 6, 2015 at 7:52 am
By: Rico Renzi
RICO’S PICK(S) :: SECRET WARS #1: Secret Wars was the crossover that captured the imaginations of the kids I went to school with in the 80’s and started the Marvel summer crossover trend. I can’t tell yet if Marvel is letting
Hickman burn everything to the ground to start things over for real, for real but a lot of the books coming out of this book seem interesting at least! This book has a ton of covers for fans to choose from including our HeroesCon variant featuring a fresh take on
Zeck and
Beatty’s classic
Secret Wars #8 (colored by me!).
BONUS PICKS: Since I’m plugging things I’ve colored, why not pick up Spider-Gwen #4 and Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5 today too. The second Southern Bastards trade is out today too if you need to catch up on that amazing story by
Jasons Aaron and
Latour.
ANDY’S PICKS :: SUPERMAN VS DARKSEID TPPublisher: DC COMICS
(W/A) John Byrne & Various (CA) Adam Kubert
Mayweather v Pacquiao was a dance contest compared to these two heavy-weights. And the best part is this pay-per-view is only 20.00! And once in your library, you can enjoy it more than once! But please, no wagering…Collecting SUPERMAN #3 (1987), ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #426, ACTION COMICS #586, SUPERMAN VS. DARKSEID: APOKOLIPS NOW!, SUPERMAN/BATMAN #12-13, COUNTDOWN #3-2, DEATH OF THE NEW GODS #8 and JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.1!
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #10
Publisher: DC COMICS
(W) Sholly Fisch (A/CA) Dario Brizuela
Wow, the two greatest
Saturday Morning Cartoons of all time join forces. With Johnny and Hajji added to Mystery Inc, the term meddling kids is no longer a misnomer. Plus, this should prove once and for all who wins in a no holds barred junkyard dog fight between Scooby Doo and Bandit. The victor advances to the quarter finals of the Laff-Olympics to take on the winner of the Muttley/Dino-mutt grudge match.
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May 1, 2015 at 10:59 am
By: Rico Renzi
Free Comic Book Day 2015 at Heroes is TOMORROW! Come out and meet amazing comic artists, get free comics and have a great time with your pals at Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find! Check out our awesome guest list below!
Unfortunately, Sanford Greene had to cancel his appearance this year.
Creators will be signing from 1PM to 5PM (or longer at the creators’ discretion)
Guest list:
RICHARD COMELY – Creator of Captain Canuck
BRIDGIT CONNELL – Brother Nash
JOEY ELLIS – Leaky Timbers
JOHN HAIRSTON JR – Painter
DUSTIN HARBIN – Behold! The Dinosaurs, Diary Comics
JASON LATOUR – Artist: Southern Bastards Writer: Spider-Gwen
FRANK MARTINEZ – Artist: The Highwind
HOYT SILVA – Artist: Quatermain: Ghosts of the Nzadi
BRIAN STELFREEZE – Artist: Day Men, Domino, Matador, Batman: Shadow of the Bat
RIAN SYGH – Artist: Regular Show, Stolen Forest, Munchkin, Teen Dog
CHRIS VISIONS – Artist: Dead Letters
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April 29, 2015 at 2:46 pm
By: Rico Renzi
Check out this article by Scoop Editor Jeff Vaughn about the history of our current location and sign up for their weekly newsletter while you’re there! See you this Saturday for Free Comic Book Day!
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April 29, 2015 at 9:17 am
By: Rico Renzi
ANDY’S PICKS :: AVENGERS WEST COAST VISION QUEST TP NEW PTG
(W/A/CA) John Byrne
Let’s head back to the late ’80’s as the all star creative team of Byrne, Byrne and Byrne turn the the super-team known behind their backs as Avengers 90210 into quite the chaotic mess by completely screwing with the Vision and the Scarlet Witch. And if that isn’t enough, Byrne unveils the Great Lakes Avengers who have to deal with the triple threat of the Dread Mosquito, the onslaught of The Living Humidity and the unlimited power of The Snow Plow!! Collects WEST COAST AVENGERS #42-47 and AVENGERS WEST COAST #48-50.
AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION BEHOLD VISION TP
(W) Roy Thomas (A) Various (CA) John Buscema
Writer Roy Thomas and artists John Buscema, Gene Colan and Sal Buscema proved once and for all that the House of Ideas was capable of great things without Stan Lee at the typewriter. Inside the covers of this TPB we witness the debut of the Vision, the introduction of Yellowjacket as well as an all-new Goliath! Plus, Ultron, Kang the Conqueror and the chess-piece wielding Squadron Sinister. Need more? Howzabout the Black Panther and the return of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch? Collecting AVENGERS #57-76 and MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #17 And yes, years before Star Trek: Generations we discover that even an android can cry. And lastly, a Shocking cameo from one Percy Bysshe Shelly. Poetic Justice, indeed!
AVENGERS VISION AND SCARLET WITCH TP NEW PTG
(W) Steve Englehart, Bill Mantlo (A) Don Heck, Rick Leonardi (CA) Gil Kane
Set the Way-Back Machine to 1982 and meet the first true Power Couple as they toil to make a life for themselves in the suburbs. ScarViz -as the paparazzi like to call them– and their super powered battles and marital spats make the trials and tribulations of the Kardashians seem positively trivial in comparison. Collecting GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS #4 and VISION AND THE SCARLET WITCH (1982) #1-4. Bravo!
FANTASTIC FOUR OMNIBUS HC ROSS CVR VOL 03 ROSS CVR
(W) Stan Lee (A) Jack Kirby (CA) Alex Ross
For those who prefer their classic Marvel comics 100% Vision, Quicksilver, Ultron and Scarlet Witch free, we have one of the greatest runs in main stream comics history starting with a brooding mad Silver Surfer and ending with Victor Von Doom: Art Critic. Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR #61-93 and ANNUAL #5-7 (Franklin!) and material from NOT BRAND ECHH #5-7.
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April 27, 2015 at 2:51 pm
By: Justin Crouse
JUSTIN’S PICK :: MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS ACTIVITY BOOK FACSIMILE COLLECTION: (phew) Like most fans of my generation, I am a victim of nostalgia. No industry exploits that propensity quite like comic books. Alongside a cache of Silver Age treasures and unreliable TV reruns, Marvel/Mattel’s Secret Wars toy line was one of my earliest touchstones for the characters I grew to love. In anticipation of its Big Summer Event incarnation, Marvel is releasing this activity book facsimile collection. I don’t think I even had this as a kid, which makes owning it now even more imperative. ‘The specifics weren’t important,’ reads a particularly illuminating appendix in the trade paperback collection of the original Secret Wars series, ‘as long as it featured unique designs that could be made into toys, and as long as it was called “Secret Wars” – two words Mattel had found tested well with adolescent boys.’ Creepy as grown men dispassionately analyzing children may be, the marketing works: thirty years on, and I’m still buying this stuff. Score one for target demographics.
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