Hey Comic Shop Friends! Welcome to another exciting week of comics!

Late Nite Comics is back this Thursday, the 17th, from 8 pm to midnight! It’s the one-year anniversary of Late Nite, so come out and celebrate this milestone with us! The table will be full of dollar stock, and back issues will be 50% off! Including the wall books! Also, since this is a special occasion, if you get 100 or more $1 books, they will be 50 cents each!

John also brought in a ton of ties so we can be fancy, and there’s enough for everyone if you feel like dressing up!

Come “tie” one on with us!

Winston cannot contain his excitement about all of the signings coming up.

We’ll have more information on the rest of the upcoming events as we get closer to them, but all are in the shop and are all free! Thanks to the Cleveland Public Library’s “Superman’s Cleveland” program happening this fall to celebrate Superman’s 85th Anniversary. You can visit www.supermanscleveland.com for information about all of their events, which include discussions, workshops, live interviews, and more!

MARVEL COMICS

The Fall of X is in full force this week with a bunch of X-Men titles!

Alpha Flight is back to save Canada! From mutants! Now working for the government and a new Canadian Sentinel program, Guardian, Puck, Snowbird, and Shaman are pitted against their old teammates, Aurora, Northstar, Nemesis, and Fang. The Fall of X has changed everything. Will the new Alpha Flight be able to overcome their traitor label? Will the former members be able to save other mutants from being tracked down? From writer Ed Brisson and artist Scott Godlewski.

After the events of the Hellfire Gala, Madelyne Pryor realizes the world needs the X-Men now more than ever. Welcome the Dark X-Men! The sanctuary of the Limbo Embassy is a safe haven for monsters, misfits, and freaks, but how long will that last now? Teaming up with Havok, Gambit, Maggot, Archangel, and Gimmick (seen in Marvel’s Voices: Pride), the Goblin Queen is set to take on Orchis. Written by Steve Foxe with art by Jonas Scharf and Nelson Daniel.

An all-new anthology featuring the X-Men, with seven stories that span their history, from writers Raphael Draccon and Carolina Munhoz, Sarah Kuhn (Hey, she’ll be here for a signing on October 27th!), Al Ewing, Jay Jurden, Greg Pak, and Jay Edidin. With art by Jethro Morales, Jorge Corona, Gustaffo Vargas, Wilton Santos, Daniel Bayliss, Nina Vakueva, and Jan Bazaldua and Marcelo Costa. Featuring Gambit, Rogue, Jean Grey, Emma Frost, Iceman, Storm, Jubilee, Yuriko, Mystique, and Charles Xavier!

It’s time for a new squad of Avengers after the attacks on the U.S. and Krakoan governments and the increased anti-mutant hysteria. Psylocke and Penance are working out their rage on Orchis, and Captain America has some experience fighting fascism, so when he asks them to join him, Deadpool, Quicksilver, and Rogue, they agree to become the newest members of the Uncanny Avengers! Now, they must figure out who the new Captain Krakoa is and how to stop him and his team of killers. From Gerry Duggan and Javier Garron, with a preview page from Jonathan Hickman for G.O.D.S.!

DC COMICS

If you didn’t read the backup stories from Chip Zdarsky and Belen Ortega in Batman issues #125 – #127, Penguin #0 collects them all and sets up the story that will continue in Penguin #1 from Tom King and Rafael De Latorre that’s out later this month! After Penguin’s death, Catwoman is contacted by the Executor to track down the Penguin’s heirs, but they are being murdered. Now she has to find the killer and figure out what really happened to Oswald Cobblepot.

Another week, another night of Knight Terrors! This week is #2s of Catwoman (Why’d it have to be snakes?), Nightwing (It’s Meatball Monday in Arkham!), Punchline (“I did it. I beat the internet.”), Superman (“Why couldn’t this just be a nice dream about cats?”), and Wonder Woman (“The more you accommodate man’s world, the more your rage builds.”). If you need to catch up, we have #1s of each of these Knight Terrors titles in stock now!

SMALL PRESS

Time for another Chilling Adventure… in Science! Danni Malloy has accidentally created a time machine, and when she receives a mysterious message from former friend Dilton Doiley, she and Jinx Holliday have to find out when he is. But something has gone wrong, and now all three have to figure out how to get out of the warped Riverdale they are trapped in. Writer Magdalene Visaggio and artist Butch K. Mapa explore Danni’s personal history, time travel (featuring a cameo of Bill and Ted’s phone booth!), and being true to oneself.

We have the exclusive ashcan Tasting Menu edition of Ram V and Filipe Andrade’s new series, Rare Flavours! Strictly limited to its first printing, this edition gives us a preview of the duo’s return, which mixes the supernatural, and the world of chef-driven celebrity with a dash of Indian cuisine. The first course is served this September.

A new five-issue mini-series from writer Kelly Thompson and artist Mattia De Iulis, that’s Goonies mixed with horror and otherworldly creatures. Five friends head out to Black Water Beach to film on a mysterious rock in the water. But Cleo hasn’t told the others why she really wants to go there, and they will find something that will change their lives in a way they could not have predicted.