Guardians of The Galaxy Release Event
It’s finally time! This Wednesday March 27th! The Guardians of the Galaxy release event!Don’t know who the Guardians of the Galaxy are? Neither does anyone else!Hop on board the comic book train and pick up the first issue of this series that will be the new movie from Marvel in August of 2013! Written by Brian Bendis (All New X-men, Uncanny X-men) and drawn by Steve McNiven (Civil War) you need no previous knowledge of the characters to start reading this book! How cool are the Guardians? So cool that Neil Gaiman (Sandman!) will be co-writing the 5th issue with Bendis! (And you seriously cannot get [much] cooler than that!)
But for now here’s the info on issue #1 and our release event starting at noon on 3-27-2013!There’s lots of cool variant covers, free give aways and sweet raffles!Here’s the lowdown on the variant covers!
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Regular (cover price!)
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Young Baby Variant (cover price!)
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Texts From Deadpool Variant (cover price!)
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Blank Variant (cover price!)
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Manara (1:50) Variant
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Quesada (1:100) Variant
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Quesada Sketch (1:150) Variant
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Texts From Deadpool Sketch Variant (One per store! We’re raffling it off!)
Plus we’ll give everyone who buys a copy of the book a free Lithograph of the Young Baby Cover!Plus for every COPY of the book you buy we’ll let you pick out one of the sweet trading cards!There’s six total with one being a hard to get chase card (1:25) We don’t even know what that card is yet!Buy six copies of the book in any form and we’ll ensure you get a full set of cards!The cards are Starlord! Gamora! Drax! Rocket Raccoon! Groot! Iron Man!
We’ll also have a raffle for anyone puchasing a copy! We’ll have the drawing at 8pm on the 27th, and you can win….Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Texts From Deadpool Sketch Variant (one’s have already sold on ebay for $79.99)Rocket Raccon Hardcover (3 copies! All the original appearances in one hardcover! By Mike Mignola of Hellboy fame!)
Sound fun! It is! As the hype for the movie builds you can be on the ground floor and learn all you need to know!On another note, please vote for us for the BEST OF SCENE MAGAZINE here…It’s really easy and we’re right at the top!Best Comic Book/Collectibles Shop – Carol and John’sSure we’re up against Big Fun, but they’re also nominated for best toy store, and we’re talking comics here! (sorry Steve)We would also like to suggest a couple other categories for people who have helped the store out greatly this year…
- Best Local Illustrator – Randy Crider
- Best Local Artist – Rust Belt Monster Collective
- Best Local Act – Pinch and Squeal
We believe you should have your own opinions about these categories first, but we mention them because with out these people things like Free Comic Book Day, International Women’s Day and other great store events would not be as cool! So vote for them!And vote for us! This is the only Best of Cleveland we take seriously because if you win you get to go to a party with FREE DRINKS. (And we take that very very seriously)Till this Wednesday! Take Care! Vote Early! Vote Often!John DudasCarol and John’s Comic Book Shop17462 Lorain AveCleveland, Ohio 44111
