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Nerd Block was one of the geek subscription box services that set up in the wake of Loot Crate's success and was probably the most successful of the subsequent entrants to that market — at least initially. Set up in Whitby, Ontario by Russ Montague in 2013 and now known as Fanblocks, it was also the first to[...]

Top twenty seems to indicate that they are in Nerd Block And Hero Hourly might be the most likely choice… But it may make people sit up and take notice.     21 Pulp is a relatively new comic book company, publishers of Hero Hourly, Imposter, The Monsters Of Jimmy Crumb and Jetpack Jump. Their profile has been rising with[...]

Here is the process art for Brent Peeples' cover for the Comic Block exclusive Red Sonja / Conan #1 from Dynamite Entertainment and Dark Horse. This comic

Get yours here, with the BLEEDINGCOOL code for added discount. July's Nerd Block got a Mad Max Fury Road #1 exclusive cover, which might explain its rather high position in July's charts, landing at 12th place with an estimated 80,000 sale Nerd Block usually can bring in 50-60,000 of those… While Nerd Block's Arcade Block came with[...]

Nerd Block are issuing free Welcome Blocks to any of their new subscriptions I've just been sent one, as part of a promotional drive, so let's have an unboxing, and see what's in the box? [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRl6WcJAmlA[/youtube]   Nerd Block are issuing free Welcome Blocks to any of their new subscriptions[...]

Visuals by Eve. Nerd Block will be getting an exclusive variant cover of Sonic: Worlds Unite: Battles #1 from Archie Comics at some point in th near future… …as well as pushing a British themed box for June… with Mr Bean Oh dear. June is Cyber month for market leaders Loot Crate Discount if you subscribe here… and[...]

and part of their Marvel special… Where else? The Marvel Collectors Corps? Loot Crate? Nerd Block? There will be plenty to add to that comic's half million plus print run….   It's clear that there are going to be a lot of Secret Wars #1 variants out there Including in the monthly subscription boxes[...]

Monthly subscription box Loot Crate is pushing an exclusive T-shirt for their Unite box in May, and suggesting with the name and the below visual that it might have something to do with the Avengers… Just a guess. Get an added discount with the BLEEDINGCOOL code if you want it. Nerd Block has launched a comcis-only-plus-a-t-shirt box called Comics[...]

Shades of Heroes World? Zavvi are in on the Marvel game too, with a Marvel themed ZBox for this month, promising 3 exclusive Marvel items, a Pop vinyl and £35 worth of content for £19.99 with free postage in Europe, and an extra 99 pence postage for the rest of the world. Loot Crate has announced the[...]

Recently advertising on Bleeding Cool, their May box has a "cinematic theme"  Kevin Smith will be curating  the next Classic Nerd Block . 15% discount with the code SPRING15. After all, they did just include this…   While there are only 175 boxes left for the next Arcade Nerd Block. And the Horror Block is getting a Ghostbuster vinyl figure. While Zavvi's April ZBox is an Animation special,[...]

Nerd Block is one of the groups that sends out a box of random goodies to their subscribers on a monthly basis that could have just about anything in it along a set theme This group has overall themes like Nerd Block, which they call a comic con in a box, Arcade Block, Horror Block,[...]

Here is the unboxing of one of the items, appearing in the next Nerd Block subscription packages…. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS4tix1rYr0[/youtube] Yes, a cuddly plush Crab Louse, though I understand that Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis are also being sent out in Nerd Blocks as well They're courtesy of GiantMicrobes.com which aims to educate people about good sexual health through… collectible[...]

Subscripton collection boxes, they are all this rage! And this is what August's LootCrate got you. An exclusive Groot Funko Pop, a TMNT toy, TMNT

Nerd Block announced that there us a surprise Doctor Who package in this month's subscription box, and used it to increase subscribers for the month. We reported that Titan Comics had orders of over 100,000 for each Doctor Who #1 comic, but even after all manner of jiggery pokery could only confirm 70,000 were sold to[...]

Marvel T-Shirt from the current Nerd Block block.   And from RIPT on The Shirt List… But of course, from the comics…   In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to make that[...]

We also noted that Loot Crate told publishers this was carried out through Diamond Comic Distributors, which means the resulting orders will show up on the monthly charts. Well, it might also go some way to explaining some of the reported 700,000 pre-orders of Amazing Spider-Man. That the many subscribers to Loot Crate rival Nerd Block received[...]