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Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – Can’t Wait For Superior Spider-Man

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Rich Johnston

The Bleeding Cool Best-Seller List measures the sales in a number of stores on the Wednesday and Thursday of each week. It tallies the comics that readers just can’t wait until the weekend to buy, they have to have them …

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Retailers, You Have One Week To Apply For Your San Diego Tickets

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Comic book stores with Diamond Comic Distributor accounts are able to visit the San Diego Comic Con for free, two tickets per store. The individuals in question have to have official buying power in the store and it’s seen as …

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British Columbia Retailer Break-In – Have You Seen These Stolen Statues?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Rich Johnston

This Tuesday, Central City Comix of British Columbia was robbed of a number of statues and comics. If you know anyone selling the items listed below, please get in touch with the store The following items are among those stolen …

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Collectors Cornered #40 – Collectors Con MD!

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Collectors Cornered is an occasional video column, filmed inside Collectors Corner in Baltimore. Join us every week as we discuss comic book news from a different point of view and get instant feedback from real customers on New Comics Day, …

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The Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – Ultron Ages Nicely

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Age Of Ultron #8 Iron Man #10 Batgirl #20 Nightwing #20 Wolverine & the X-Men #29 Wonder Woman #20 Cable and X-Force #8 Thunderbolts #9 Nova #4 Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #23 This is the top ten list for comics selling …

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Retailers, Watch Out For Southern Gentlemen Cleaning Out Estates

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Rich Johnston

A retailer writes; I just received an e-mail from someone claiming to have a Key Golden Age comic that they “found this cleaning out a estate in Virginia after the tenants passed”. The comic is slabbed, and a quick price …

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A Comic Show – Age Of Ultron Gets Crazier

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Florida writes; Hey Fandom! I’m back, still a little sick and not at 100%, but I’m on antibiotics. This week has so much more creator owned and licensed stuff I’m in to than …

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The Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – All About Batman

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Batman #20 Justice League Of America #3 Uncanny Avengers #8 Avengers #11 Batman And The Red Hood #20 Walking Dead #110 Thor God Of Thunder #8 Star Wars #5 Chin Music #1 Green Lantern Corps #20 This chart monitors the …

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John Mullins Of Collector’s Corner Vs The US Government

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Okay, sit back for this one. At the Auburn Council Chamber in Alabama, US Representative Mike Rogers talked about his current work and took questions in a town hall meeting. One local Carl Gagliano began to ask a series of …

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The Promotional Green Lantern Rings Are Back!

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Rich Johnston

June sees new creative teams on the Green Lantern books (not everyone they initially thought, but you know…) and the launch of the new Larfleeze comic. Which means, it’s time for a blast from the past and a return to …

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How Free Comic Book Day Will Change In 2014

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Yay! Free Comic Book Day! What a blast that was. Though there have been concerns. The guidelines for a comic book being published for Free Comic Book Day are rather strict, in terms of form and content. This year, the …

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The Comic Shop Is Still There, But Wayne Popelka Lost $10,000 And His 15%

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Rich Johnston

This is one of those stories where there are no winners. But there are losers. Wayne Popelka was a comic book fan who wanted to help out his local comic book store, Brainstorm Comics in Chicago. In 2010, they were …

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What A Comic Store Looks Like When It Opens For The First Time On Free Comic Book Day

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Spider’s Web in Yonkers, New York, open for the first time today… photographs from Jason Gonzalez It’s early hours yet…

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A New Comic Store Opens In Yonkers On Free Comic Book Day

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Rich Johnston

There’s a new comic store opening today in Yonkers, New York, on 887A Yonkers Avenue. It’s called The Spider’s Web, and I think it might possibly sell Spider-Man comics, among others. If you’re around, let me know what it looks …

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The Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – 3rd May 2013

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Rich Johnston

A weekly bestseller list for comics! Tracking the comparative sales of the bestselling comics on a Wednesday and Thursday in the comic book stores below. If you’d like to sign up, give me a shout. And this week… a little …

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Phantom Variants For Free Comic Book Day And Beyond – Adventure Time, Fabulous Killjoys, Black Bat And More

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Rich Johnston

  The comic retailer alliance around Larry’s Comics and Jetpack Comics has been commissioning and creating quite a lot of exclusive covers for a certain set of retailers. Here’s a few more recent ones, including those for Free Comic Book …

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Polarity #1 At Hastings – Would You Prefer To Pay $5 Or $25?

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Rich Johnston

The Hastings variant of Max Bemis’ Polarity #1 for Boom! Studios sells easily on eBay for $25 Buy It Now. On an Open Auction it has no trouble selling for $18. Except, and here’s the weird thing. Hastings themselves are …

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The First In Line For Free Comic Book Day

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Rich Johnston

At just after seven pm last night, Acme Comics in Greensboro, North Carolina, had its first guy quueing up in line for Free Comic Book Day. On Saturday. Blimey. If you pass by, give him a cookie, he’ll need the …

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