Hi Comic Shop Friends!

First, a reminder that Late Nite Comics is this Thursday, the 16th! We’ll stay open until midnight and put out forty boxes of ALL DC books from the 60s to the present for $1 each! These have not been out before, and John says there are some gems, so come by and take a look. And all back issues (except the wall books) will be 50% off!

Another reminder, if you missed the letter in your file, is that the 10% off file discount ended on the 13th, and as John goes over the 2022 books, the more he sees that it was a necessary move.  We will still have the 25% off back issues discount every day!

Also, at the end of the month, John, Ben, Kyle, and I are heading to Pittsburgh for the ComicsPro retailer summit so we can make connections to keep the shop awesome, and while we’re away: Raf will be returning! He’ll be in for a few days to help out, so come in and catch up with him!

MARVEL COMICS

The second Sins of Sinister mini-series starts this week! It’s Nightcrawlers from writer Si Spurrier and artist Paco Medina. The Legion of the Night is Sinister’s crew of killers, each one a mix of genes from Nightcrawler and another mutant, brainwashed to destroy those against him. Wagnerine, Wallcrawler, and Auntie Fortune meet Vox Ignis and Mother Righteous, who plot to turn these assassins against Sinister, but what are their motives?

This special one-shot celebrates Black History Month with five all-new stories set in Wakanda, including the debut of the Last Black Panther! Written by Karama Horne, Adam Serwer, Murewa Ayodele, Dr. Sheena C. Howard, and Juni Ba, with an introduction written by Frederick Joseph, and with art by Alitha E. Martinez, Todd Haris, Dotun Akande, Marcus Williams, and Juni Ba.

The penultimate Murderworld issue! Only four contestants are left, and this time “It’s Moon Knight, baby!” Written by Jim Zub and Ray Fawkes with art by Luca Pizzari.

DC COMICS

Part one of the Milestone mega-epic “Worlds Collide” starts here, in Icon Vs. Hardware! Written by Reginald Hudlin (Writer and Director of House Party! Starring Kid! And Play! Director of The Ladies Man! Writer of Bebe’s Kids!) and Leon Chills with art by Denys Cowan and Yasmin Florez Montanez. Hardware discovers a time machine and, obsessed with righting the wrongs of the past, he uses it, not caring that he may unravel the fabric of time. The biggest problem with his plan: wherever he goes in the past, Icon is there, having lived through it. Icon knows the danger that may be unleashed, and he’ll do whatever it takes to stop it.

Written by Tim Seeley, Dennis Culver, A.L. Kaplan, and Alyssa Wong with art by Baldemar Rivas, Chris Burnham, A.L. Kaplan, and Haining. The Lazarus Rain is still affecting people. This time Huntress is checking in on Arkham Tower, The Doom Patrol battle a fungus, a new hero channels the Still Force, and Xanthe, Batgirl, and Constantine fight hopping vampires from the Spirit World.

SMALL PRESS

Aftershock presents a prestige format horror one-shot from writer Cullen Bunn and artist Rodrigo Zayas. Sometimes ghosts follow you. Sometimes guilt manifests as a malevolent spirit. Something is in the walls of George’s new house. Something rotting. Something hungry. And it does not like what George is doing.

Featuring three stories inspired by horror movies, by Micol Ostow and Laura Braga, Casey Gilly, and Carola Borelli, and Sam Maggs and Natalie Nardozza, Betty the Final Girl finds our heroine alone at Veronica’s mountain cabin. Is she really alone? Is someone out to get her? Or are the movies she’s watching messing with her mind and blurring fiction and reality?

The first of two Image series premieres this week! Michelle Metcalf is a happy-go-lucky hero called Crackerjack, with a “sidekick”, Slipstream. She manages to balance crime-fighting during the day, and homemaking at night, but when tragedy hits both her work and home lives, she’s forced to cross the line from hero to vigilante. Written by Marc Guggenheim, with art by Justin Greenwood.

Sylv is a jack of all trades, but in this world, if you aren’t a guild member, you’re cast out from adventuring. This series premiere from Brian Haberlin and Geirrod Van Dyke follows Sylv and her seven-foot-tall brother, Shadow, as she tries to find a job to pay rent, buy beer, and survive. Her only option comes from a sketchy cleric working outside the guilds. She has the skills, but will they be enough to help her survive a hero’s journey?