Hey Comic Shop Friends! First, all the titles from last week’s late shipment and misprints are here! Unfortunately, it looks like there will be more delays on some books the next few weeks due to delays at the printers. That means they’re shipped later for us, so if you’re missing titles or variants in your file, they should be in the following week. We appreciate your patience with these issues, and we’ll keep you posted if there are any other major delays or issues.

Now onto the fun stuff!

Late Nite Comics! Thursday the 19th! 8pm to midnight! We’ll have new dollar stock in the 60+ boxes that are coming out! 50% off back issues! Yes, including the wall! Help us make room for even more new collections by clearing out the current back issues!

On Saturday, September 21st, it’s the Last Day of Summer Sale! It’s half-off back issues all day! If you miss out on Late Nite, here’s your second chance to grab some great stuff! We’ll also be doing a raffle for some of the hardcovers John recently stocked up on!

Lastly, on Sunday, September 22nd, John will be at the West Side Market from 11 am to 2 pm with free Superman comics! You can also get a free print, shown above, by Sina Grace showcasing the city, the market, and the gesture. Joining us will be Dawn from Comics on the Corner, also handing out free comics! And since this is part of a larger initiative from the Cleveland Public Library and other local organizations, they’ll be handing out free books! Who doesn’t love free books? Especially free comics? Go get some!

I know October is filled with all the spooky stuff, but clear your calendar on October 19th, because Bumblebee will be making an appearance! You know we’re all big fans of Daniel Warren Johnson’s Transformers series, so we’re looking forward to this! We’ll have free copies of Transformers #1 to give out and a special print! More details to come.

MARVEL COMICS

In the aftermath of Blood Hunt, Captain America is calling on the Avengers to Assemble! His new Avengers Emergency Response Squad is a handpicked team of both veterans and newcomers who will live and train in the Avengers Mansion. When the emergency signal sounds, whoever is home is deployed! First up, Cap, Wasp, Photon, and Shang-Chi have to stop the Red Skull’s daughter Sin when she takes control of a dangerous artifact. Meanwhile, Hawkeye waits for the other recruits to show up and join his poker game! And meanwhile meanwhile, the Serpent Society is using major events to hide their dealings from the Avengers! What’re they up to? Find out in Steve Orlando and Cory Smith’s new series!

“We got reports of a naked man running around armed with multiple knives.” Well, who could that be in the Canadian wilderness? Wolverine has tried to find quiet and peace away from both human and mutant kind. Nightcrawler is searching for his old teammate after Logan has cut off communication, but when an old enemy comes calling, Kurt’s put in the path of violence and Logan’s peace is shattered. It’s a bloody beginning to writer Saladin Ahmed and artist Martin Coccolo’s new ongoing series, with a key first appearance and a major addition to the lore of Wolverine!

DC COMICS

There are two Absolute Power tie-ins, Absolute Power Task Force VII #6, and Green Lantern #15 this week!

Amanda Waller is coming for the Amazons after they assisted the rebellion in their battle for survival! Will Amazo Paradise Lost unlock the secrets of Themyscira? Will Queen Nubia and the Amazons be able to send this robot straight to the Underworld? Written by Stephanie Williams with art by Khary Randolph.

Hal Jordan needs to charge his ring, but with the entrance to the Power Battery a continent away, and the skies over Earth patrolled by the Amazos, that leaves him with only one option: He’s gonna take a ride into the Danger Zone! In the prototype Batplane! “What Batman doesn’t know won’t hurt him.” Written by Jeremy Adams with art by Fernando Pasarin. In the back-up story, John Stewart’s story continues in the epilogue to Green Lantern: War Journal from writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Montos.

SMALL PRESS COMICS

Time for another new DSTLRY book! Time Waits is the first of four, yes four, new miniseries by Chip Zdarsky at DSTLRY. Co-written by David Brothers with art by Marcus To, Time Waits is a violent, time travel sci-fi adventure. Blue, a former soldier, is trapped in the present, which is the past for him, and suffers from time sickness. His mind jumps from his current quiet life with Grace, a rural Sheriff, to the mission he couldn’t complete that left him here. Trying to leave the bloodshed and violence behind to build a family and a life of growth, Blue and Grace seem to be on the path to adopting a foster child, but when Blue’s former teammates show up to finish the job he couldn’t, the couple is forced to reckon with the past, present, and future. “Everything happens in its own time, not ours.”

Gerry Duggan and John McCrea are back with more Dead Eyes! Haven’t read the first volume? That’s okay, you can jump on here and they get you up to speed. Dead Eyes has an idea about where the missing paintings from the world’s most expensive smash and grab are located. He has a plan to get them back to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston by thieving from thieves. He’ll also have to contend with crooked cops stealing cash from sick people, security guards, and the mafia! Is the ten-million-dollar reward worth it? Dead Eyes and his buddy Wheels sure hope so!