Hey, Comic Shop Friends! We have a fifth Wednesday this week, so it should give you a little break after our Not at Comic Con Sale! But John did a Facebook live video on Tuesday featuring the graded and slabbed books we recently got in, so come out and take a look at the four boxes! I grabbed a Toxic Avenger #1, and someone needs to pick up the Turkish Spider-Man before I do just for the novelty. They’re all 25% off the price marked!

In other news, John and Raf will be setting up at NEO Comic Con on Sunday, August 4th in North Olmsted! Stop out, say hi, and see what they have!

The next Late Nite Comics will be on Thursday, August 15th! Open until midnight! Tons of dollar books! We’ll have more details on that later.

Onto the comics!

MARVEL COMICS

Marvel’s summer event wraps up this week with the Blood Hunt and Red Band Edition #5, Midnight Sons #3, and Fantastic Four #22. Now what are we going to read?

Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of Donald Duck and the 50th Anniversary of Wolverine! What if…? Donald Duck became Wolverine? Find out in this all-ages friendly Disney and Marvel mash-up! It’s dark times in Duckburg. Pete-Skull has taken over the city, but Donald-Wolverine just wants to nap, not fight villains. But of course, he gets pulled back in when Mickey-Hawkeye and Goofy-Hulk show up and disrupt his life of leisure! If you liked the Uncle Scrooge one-shot, you’ll enjoy this! And coming in September: What If…? Donald Duck became Thor?! Written by Luca Barbieri with art by Giada Perissinotto. This is the book to pick up this week!

It’s the unofficial movie tie-in! (As Deadpool says.) A new X-Force is forged in writer Geoffrey Thorne and artist Marcus To’s new series, with a special appearance from Deadpool! Forge has learned of fractures in the world, and only a custom-made, handpicked team can take on these dire missions. Forge, Sage, Captain Britain, Askani, and newcomer Tank make up the new X-Force! Recruiting specialists for each mission, and there’s no time to stop for permission! Off the books, and on a new path, it’s the X-Force you’ve never seen before! Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? What’s the mystery behind Forge’s discovery?

Part four of the Infinity Watch Annual specials, written by Ms. Marvel herself, Iman Vellani with Sabir Pirzada and artist Giada Belviso. The Soul Stone has bonded with Multitude, a young robot who is struggling with his new powers. Full of power, but no purpose, will a run-in with Ms. Marvel be enough to tip him toward good? Working in a sideshow at Atlantic City, Multitude unleashes a Hulk, and puts Kamala and her friends in danger. But when helping them in the aftermath, he learns about what it means to be a hero.

DC COMICS

DC has one tie-in for Absolute Power this week, with Absolute Power Task Force VII #3, from writer Jeremy Adams and artist Marco Santucci. After capturing and absorbing the powers from the JSA, Jadestone is compromised by Green Lantern Alan Scott’s willpower. Suddenly faced with the concept of free will, does Jadestone continue to execute Waller’s orders or have a change of heart? Meanwhile the remaining JSA members attempt a rescue mission to retrieve their teammates and escape to the Tower of Fate!

In this facsimile of the premiere issue of the JLA’s first self-titled series, the fate of the world’s greatest superhero team rests on the outcome of a chess match against Despero! A star-studded spectacular that helped launch one of DC’s longest-running titles and all the Silver Age superhero teams that followed!

You know I’m a sucker for animal books, and this one-shot anthology doesn’t disappoint! Five great stories with DC’s greatest animals! The Super-Pets welcome Haley, aka Bitewing, to the Kent’s farm, and recruit her for a mission to rescue Streaky from Menagerie Man in “Pup, Pup and Away!” written by Tony Fleecs with art by Mike Norton. Jarro stars in “A Starro is Born” by Alexis Quasarano and PJ Holden. Writer Michael W. Conrad and artist Sami Basri’s “Refuge” finds Damian’s pets on their way to a Biotech facility, but those humans don’t realize who they’re dealing with! Dex-Starr is “The Little Cat” in Dan Watters and Christopher Mitten’s story. And finally, “Who Woofs the Woofmen”? Find out in Kyle Starks Watchmen animal spoof! This is the other book you should pick up this week!

SMALL PRESS COMICS

Saga’s back! And I’m caught up, so I’m ready to read it every month! It’s the twelfth season, and Hazel’s twelfth year, and I like to think the cover is an homage to that infamous ALF cover. Welcome back Saga! The other, other book you should pick up this week!