Aaron from A Comic Shop in Florida talks about Triforce Mike, who passed away last week, and the comics that he would have loved this week – Deadpool, Green Lantern, Thief Of Thieves, Adventure Time, Secret Avengers, Wolverine And X-Men and Conan.

And a video tribute to Mike – and his propensity to get naked at any opportunity.

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Mike Pandel, better known as Tri Force Mike, is one of the more recognisable faces of Bleeding Cool, after his regular appearances in the A Comic Show video blogs. He appears on the Nerdy Show podcast and works in A Comic Shop and the Geek Easy in Orlando, Florida. An incredibly infectious, committed and funny man, I’ve only met him in person the once, at New York Comic Con, but he is in every way the man he appears on the A Comic Show videos.

The A Comic Show twitter feed just posted;

Very sad news today. Mike Pandel, aka Triforce Mike, was in a traffic accident last night and isn’t expected to live. We’ll all miss him.

I don’t have the words. Our thoughts are with Mike, his family, friends and co-workers. If the worst happens, he will leave so many fond memories… and this is how I’ll choose to remember him. Mad as a box of badgers, and one hell of a laugh.

Aaron and Tri-Force Mike of A Comic Shop in Florida deal with the fallout from their DC Robama ad for Justice League #5 – and the hordes of manga fans they offended, before moving onto what’s out today in the world of comics from Justice League to Ultimates to Walking Dead to Thief Of Thieves (out soon) and why his slogan is so much better than Image’s version. Then there’s the Sweet Tooth trade, recommended to all Animal Man readers.

And what’s happened to Anna? She’s spun off her own video blog on comics for A Comic Shop’s The Geek Easy…

GEOFF JOHNS and JIM LEE use America’s secret weapon, ROBAMA, against Darkseid and his Ani-pocalypse minions!

AQUAMAN #5

It’s America’s darkest hour and Steve Rogers has turned his back on us! Nevermind the bollocks, here’s Captain Britain!

Indy

The final chapter of Crossed: Psychopath hits comic shops today with issue #7, written by David Lapham with artwork by Raulo Caceres. It’s a one-two punch on Lapham’s part, since another of his Avatar horror series concludes today (see our coverage of Caligula #6 for more information).

To start off, a recap of prior events (spoiler alert): When the world is overrun by a plague of homicidal bloodlust, a small band of uninfected survivors discover a starving, injured man in the desert, and it seems like an unexpected blessing. He knows where to find the last holdout of the scientific community, where the military offers protection and the cure to the Crossed plague. But Harold Lorre is not the savior they hope him to be. He’s a calculating, lethal man whose mind was dangerously unhinged even before the world went mad. Surrounded by marauding hordes, their nerves shattered by unending fear, the group fall victim to the manipulations of a psychopath.

As the Crossed: Psychopath series progressed, we watched in horror as nearly all of the cast members met their grisly demise. Now, in issue #7, it’s a final battle of wits between Harold and Amanda, the beautiful and strong survivor whom our resident maniac has been obsessing over throughout his time with the group.

Here’s a preview to whet your whistle!

Crossed: Psychopath #7 hits stores today with three standard cover variants to choose from: a Regular edition by Jacen Burrows (Crossed: Badlands, Neonomicon), and Torture and Wraparound editions by series artist Raulo Caceres (Captain Swing).

CROSSED: PSYCHOPATH #7 (of 7) Regular Edition
$3.99 Retail, Cover by Jacen Burrows
Diamond Item Code: NOV110765

CROSSED: PSYCHOPATH #7 (of 7) Torture Edition
$3.99 Retail, Cover by Raulo Caceres
Diamond Item Code: NOV110766

CROSSED: PSYCHOPATH #7 (of 7) Wraparound Edition
$3.99 Retail, Cover by Raulo Caceres
Diamond Item Code: NOV110767

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Indy

I imagine this is how Avatar Press is run. William Christianson studied Caligula’s leadership style and channeled it into a publishing empire. Now that his well documented excesses are over, he’s gonna get Crossed out bi-weekly! 

Next Week

JIM LEE and his wife had a baby. Babies are awesome! So what if Justice League #5 is a week late, babies are what they’re fighting for anyways! Darkseid is anti-life, Jim Lee is pro-life!

And I chose one of Bleeding Cool’s favourite comic stores to get the benefit…

Aaron and Anna of A Comic Shop in Florida bring yuu tomorrow’s comics today, looking at the new Kick Ass 2, Uncanny X-Men, Ultimates, Ultimate X-Men, Aquaman, Larfleez taking over New Guardians, Elseworlds 80 Page Giant, Crossed Badlands and Spaceman….

AQUAMAN #4

GEOFF JOHNS knows what’s needed for Aquaman to look badass; a hot redhead and a creepy fishmonster!

KICK-ASS 2 #6

MARK MILLAR! Hit-girl saves Kick-ass’s ass, tells him to stop being a pussy, and kills all the bad guys. That’s either: A) a spoiler, B) what happened in volume one, or C) I’m more concerned with the fact I just peed my pants.

ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #5

What if Reed Richards went insane, destroyed Asgard, decimated Shield, and disassembled the Avengers? Hickman’s doing things even Marvel 616 What Ifs don’t dare!

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #5

“Dearest Rogue, this is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. Also, do one of those Judas things to the X-Men.” – Jesus

GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #4

Kyle doesn’t want all these rings, but Larfleeze’s gotta catch ‘em all! Plus, what deal with a God or Devil did the Orange Lantern make to taste the rainbow?

UNCANNY X-MEN #3

Scott’s Extinction team vs. Mr. Sinister, the Golden Sentinel, and immortal Space Gods! We need a montage: It’s the eye of the cyclops, it’s the thrill of the fight…

WTF:

DC COMICS PRESENTS ELSEWORLDS 80 PAGE GIANT #1

This is the book Paul Levitz didn’t want you to read! Originally it was pulped cuz of a Superbaby in a microwave and a fat old Adam West Batman. The New DCU treats you like an adult, they know you’re not gonna read this comic, put babies in the microwave and then get fat and old!

Indy:

CROSSED BADLANDS OPENING SALVO

The year of the Crossed begins this March 14th on “C-Day”, the date the infection spreads and this new ongoing series launches! This is the “Opening Salvo”.

SPACEMAN #3

AZZARELLO & RISSO! “Our hero, Orson, drowns in a sea of star pirates, dirty drugs and his own intergalactic failures.” Who can’t relate to that? That was my 1994-2004!

Graphic Novel:

X-MEN SCHISM

JASON AARON! It’s the Civil War of the Mutants: Cyclops vs. Wolverine. Just as the last generation had to choose between Magneto’s separatism and Xavier’s equality, today’s young mutants must enlist in Cyclops’ army or enroll in Wolverine’s college!

Aaron and Anna get dressed in the Christmas spirit to look through a monster week of comics, from new Justice League to Wonder Woman to X-Force to Hulk, to Wolverine & X-Men, the Jubilee collection written by Robert Kirkman, Xenoholics… and they’ve already got Sacrifice #2.

JUSTICE LEAGUE #4

JIM LEE is gonna be on time for 8 issues, have Gene Ha fill in for 4, then come back for 4 more! We get 16 months of on time Geoff Johns Justice League! Win/win!

BATMAN #4

SCOTT SNYDER‘s new villain Talon rips into Bats as the owls start infesting the 13th page of all the batbooks!

INCREDIBLE HULK #3

JASON AARON! It takes a battalion of battle beasts to hold Hulk back! Also, what’s stopping Hulk from merging with another mad scientist?

WONDER WOMAN #4

AZZARELLO & CHIANG! Diana the God Slayer leaves Paradise Island right before the God that wants her dead arrives! #missedopportunity

BATMAN INCORPORATED LEVIATHAN STRIKES #1

GRANT MORRISON! Remember when you first heard about Bruce’s “Batman, Inc.” idea and thought, “That would never work”? This one-shot’s for you!

UNCANNY X-FORCE #19

REMENDER! This sets up the Trial of Phantomex, the Age of Apocalypse: X-Terminated, and a little something for Wolverine & the X-Men, while still making room for some Deadpool bathroom humor!

Indy:

XENOHOLICS #3

No, JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, I’m not gonna make the obvious joke about illegal aliens taking our jobs.

Graphic Novel:

JUBILEE BY ROBERT KIRKMAN

If you’re an X-Men fan AND a Walking Dead fan, you are the target demo!

Another week at the comic store for Anna and Aaron, that’s A Comic Shop in Florida of course, and this week they’re all about Sam Humphries new self distributed six issue series, Sacrifice. And how they have copies. And how most retailers don’t…

SACRIFICE #1

SAM “OUR LOVE IS REAL” HUMPHRIES! We’re the only shop in Florida that has this book! Celebrity Death Cult Match: Aztecs vs. Joy Division fans! “BLOOD will tear us apart”!

GREEN LANTERN #4

GEOFF JOHNS! Sinestro is the New Guardian of Korugar! Hal just gives him a pep talk.

AVENGERS X-SANCTION #1

LOEB & MCGUINNESS! Cable said he’d be back (wait that was Terminator, I always confuse them), and now he must kill the Avengers to prevent “it’s coming”!

CARNAGE USA #1

ZEB WELLS! Carnage is campaigning in Iowa for the Republican Presidential Nomination.

UNCANNY X-FORCE #18

REMENDER! The Age of Archangel conclusion! Without spoilers, I’m crazy excited for the Trial of Phantomex, Alan Moore’s Otherworld, and the Age of Apocalypse: X-terminated!

Indy:

STITCHED #2

GARTH ENNIS! Taliban Zombies! Reanimates soldiers have Post Traumatic Death Syndrome.

LOCKE & KEY CLOCKWORKS #3

JOE HILL! If you love this book consider buying volume one as a Christmas present!

A COMIC BOOK #1

We’re the only shop in the world that has this book! The Eisner nominated shop now has it’s own anthology with a story by Aaron Haaland!

Adam and Anna from A Comic Shop in Florida are back with A Comic Show, looking through today’s comics before they hit the store. Well, American stores now I guess. Ours have been open an hour and a bit… Adam welcomes back the New 52 after a week off as Anna tolerates his ultra-geekiness… but not his love for Crossed. But shared joy for Criminal and its Archie archetypes.

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