WShakSpear's Weekly New Comics Thread

[Wshakspear]

Hello. I run a comic book store named Comic City in the West Oaks 2 plaza in Novi, MI. Other then trying to pimp my store more then Kevin Smith does his, i want to personnaly get into some routine of updating something weekly. So starting next week ill post on whats hot, new and crap.

Of course, this begs the question: Do any of you care?ill continure typing even if you dont :P but im just wondering if there are any current comic bok fans or have the urge to get back in. Ill try and answer any questions pertaining to the new/recent stuff.

Thanks for lookin!

[Ecks]

Well, I'm a big Marvel reader/collector - I get basically every Marvel title, then I also get some other stuff, Cliffhanger!, Image, Vertigo, whatever looks interesting.

How's your store for back issues? Marvel can be a pain in the ass to find stuff I've missed with their current printing polices.

[Wshakspear]

Actually we are mostly recent comics, so things that came out 5 years ago might be in a $1 bin but otherwise not stocked. All of our comics are in a cycle thats about 1 year from coming out to being $1. Of course the more popular titles we order a lot more of, but also end up selling out of them

[basketkase543]

I got back into reading comics with Marvel's Ultimate line and have every issue from the four series. I'd be interested in updates about those series.

[Wshakspear]

Warren Ellis will begin writing ULT Fantastic Four starting on issue 7, and BryonSinger (Directort X-men:the movie) will start doing ULT x-men in a couple of months.
It'llbe interesting to see what he'll do, considering how well he's done with the 2 movies.

[basketkase543]

Marvel is going to have someone OTHER than Bendis and /or Miller writing an ultimate line? That should be unique. Do you mean that Bryan Singer is going to WRITE for UX-men? How did that come about? Seems kind of random to have the director write for the comics. It will inteteresting, thats for sure.

[CaseyRyback]

Marvel is going to have someone OTHER than Bendis and /or Miller writing an ultimate line? That should be unique. Do you mean that Bryan Singer is going to WRITE for UX-men? How did that come about? Seems kind of random to have the director write for the comics. It will inteteresting, thats for sure.

Singer is awesome. I finally saw the Usual Suspects last night and it was amazing.(Singer directed it)

[basketkase543]

I completely agree that he is a great director. But having him write comics should be a new experience. I'm curious to see if he will be successful.

[CaseyRyback]

yea, I bet he has learned a lot through osmosis and studing the comics to make the films feel like X-Men films.

[Wshakspear]

He'll have 2 script writers helping him. I normally go with the "too many cooks in the kitchen" mantra but for a first time run in a medium, i think it'll work well.

[JSweeney]

Hello. I run a comic book store named Comic City in the West Oaks 2 plaza in Novi, MI. Other then trying to pimp my store more then Kevin Smith does his, i want to personnaly get into some routine of updating something weekly. So starting next week ill post on whats hot, new and crap.

Of course, this begs the question: Do any of you care?ill continure typing even if you dont :P but im just wondering if there are any current comic bok fans or have the urge to get back in. Ill try and answer any questions pertaining to the new/recent stuff.

Thanks for lookin!

What road are you on? I work in Warren, and I'm looking for some other comic book shops to compliment the 3 around me....
Those being Gotham Knights in Eastpointe, Sportscards Plus in Mt Clements and Mike's Comics in New Baltimore.

[Wshakspear]

we are off of Novi road. We are in the shopping center right accross from the twelve oaks mall. We also have a Pontiac location accross from the Summit Place mall, and one in Canton at Ford rd. and Liley.

But my stores the best :)

[Wshakspear]

And before i forget, here's a quick list of books you should be reading:

Demo
Y - The Last Man
Goon
NYX
Feather
Supreme Power

[Scrubking]

Do you have any deals on old comics?

[Wshakspear]

basically we've got 15 for 12 on the dollar issues, and then weve got a %70 off clearance sale going on as well (which is mainly for action figures/booble heads and the like)

[chosen1s]

I bought the Simpson's 1st Edition comic book when it came out because I was dumb and thought it would be a good investment. It's probably still valued below what I paid for it originally.

[Ben_F]

How much do you want for Dark Knight Strikes Again #2 and #3 (doesnt have to be 1st print).

And yes, Frank Miller is a god among men.
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[basketkase543]

I bought the Simpson's 1st Edition comic book when it came out because I was dumb and thought it would be a good investment. It's probably still valued below what I paid for it originally.

I remember that issue. I was really into collecting x-men comics at the time and also thought that the simpsons might be a big issue to own. Oh well, it was a good read (i think, it was many years ago).

[Wshakspear]

I bought the Simpson's 1st Edition comic book when it came out because I was dumb and thought it would be a good investment. It's probably still valued below what I paid for it originally.

lol..we actually just ordered a few of those (still in plastic bag).


How much do you want for Dark Knight Strikes Again #2 and #3 (doesnt have to be 1st print).

And yes, Frank Miller is a god among men.
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hmm...i think they are either cover price...possibly %50 off (if i was at work still id tell ya, but we're closed right now)

[JSweeney]

I still think Red Son is one of the better Elseworlds titles that has been released in a long while.

[Wshakspear]

Red Son and Kingdom Come are on the same page in my book. Great stories, great art and great ideas.

It is DC, maybe i should say super...