Midtown Comics Archives

Midtown Comics is looking for a new hire, for their back issue department in their Long Island warehouse in New Hyde Park All sorts of people started out in comics working for Midtown, and right now the added pressure on the employment market might make this quite the desired position As Midtown Comics launched DC[...]

What would have been the problem with rolling this out throughout the summer and working out the kinks? Why give this business to two of the biggest competitors comic shops have to already compete with (DCBS and Midtown Comics)? So, what to do? If you are a shop that has seen itself decimated by the pandemic,[...]

Bleeding Cool spoke with Gerry Gladston of Midtown Comics, the comic store behind DC Comics' new East Coast distributor UCS Comics Distributor The move has seen DC Comics leave Diamond Comic Distributors, who are in shut down to receiving new comics for at least another month Instead two new distributors have set up, UCS run by[...]

How they are distributing comic books to stores that are still open, through their two new distributors Lunar and UCS, or rather DCBS and Midtown Comics We also noted that these included a number of titles that were supposedly being held by Diamond Comic Distributors warehouses. Did DC Comics get the comics back from Diamond? Or[...]

New York comic book store Midtown Comics has launched what may be one of their biggest sales to date Over 600 recent-ish comic books reduced to 99 cents Bleeding Cool has picked out a few of the bigger bargains offered by the store, on-line Though we are reminded that it is only for the weekend,[...]

Please stay safe and make sure you have enough reading material for your time indoors! We love you all. Midtown Comics told customers that they were running temporary opening times, but were also remaining open, with sales and charities in mind. We here at Midtown Comics are proud to team up with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to[...]

Midtown Comics' New York's most prominent comic book store, is opening a new one this weekend, which they are dubbing 'Perhaps the first-ever comic book outlet store' What does that mean? The Midtown Comics' Astoria Outlet Store grand opening at 32-11 41st Street, Astoria, Queens, New York is intended to be reminiscent of the popular weekend[...]

Midtown Comics has canceled tonight's planned signing for their retailer-exclusive Bloodshot #1 variant because artist Francesco Mattina is unable to travel from Italy to the United States due to travel bans put in place to attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease COVID-18, the comic shop announced on Twitter. Hey Midtowners – Just a reminder[...]

But if you're planning on being around the New York City area on Saturday, June 1st, you might not have to wait that long – and walk away with an autograph or two from none other than Ennis himself. To celebrate the series' release, Midtown Comics Downtown is hosting Ennis for an open signing from 1[...]

Thankfully, Shazam! star Zachary Levi (Chuck) had truTV's "The Legion of Impractical Jokers" by his side as he made his way to NYC's Midtown Comics for an autographing session. Under the brave team leadership of Joe "Captain Fatbelly" Gatto, Sal Vulcano, Brian "Q" Quinn, and James "Murr" Murray are taking the fight to the likes of… The[...]

Spotted in Midtown Comics today by Bleeding Cool's own Adi Tantimedh, it's bagged and boarded copies of the book for just $20. Sure, that's a markup of $13 higher than the cover price, but isn't it worth it to own this small… okay, adequately-sized piece of history? Head to Midtown comics to grab your copy fast[...]

The interview took place at Midtown Comics and covered everything from Gadot first getting the role, whether she is a feminist, if she's worried about comic fans embracing her as the character and if her own personal heritage and history shaped who she is. Wonder Woman opens in theaters tonight. Katie Couric chatted with Gal Gadot[...]

May the 4th is quickly approaching, so it's about time we think about celebrations! Midtown Comics in New York City is ahead of the game with their contest to win tickets to visit the Star Wars and the Power of Costume exhibit in Times Square. For those of you who don't know what the exhibit includes… "Star[...]

The cover is a retailer exclusive for Midtown Comics which you can order here Brooks has been taking his fans on a step by step process including explaining most of the steps. Here is what Brooks had to say and show: Have to pause Han Solo this weekend to do my cover for Black Panther #1 for[...]

So there's no way you'd be able to get to New York for this  Frank Miller, Brian Azzarello, Andy Kubert, and Klaus Janson signing of Dark Knight III: The Master Race at Midtown Comics from 4pm to 6pm on Saturday, December 19th. That's even if you could get a ticket. Midtown Comics is running a contest for line[...]

Scott Campbell has been tapped to do a retailer exclusive cover for Secret Wars #9… the retailer in questions is Midtown Comics in NYC How do we know? Because Campbell just tweeted out the colored art for the cover… though it does say "Not final cover". Color art for @MidtownComics new #SecretWars #9 Exclusive Variant by[...]

Sunday September 20th, Midtown Comics Downtown 10am Your last chance to by public tickets to New York Comic Con. They say "that overnight "camping" is strongly discouraged" but that is clearly for wimps.   Here is what it will set you back Remember to add the cost of getting up early, very early… 4-Day (Includes Super Week Card): $105 +[...]

Here's Midtown Comics variant cover for Invincible Iron Man #1 by John Tyler Christopher, the artist that does all the Marvel action figure variants. Except this isn't Except it is kinda. After the Boba Fett cover issues, could it be that Marvel won't let retailers do an exclusive in that style of his? Available for preorder here! [...]

Colorist turned cover artist Nei Ruffino has been is a bit of a favorite her at Bleeding Cool, and now with this new Midtown Comics Exclusive cover for Dynamite's Swords of Sorrow #1 we get to see not only the finished work, but we also get to see her pencils in the black and white[...]

Announcing at Midtown Comics right now… something Let's all find out what… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7L6mDjQHNs[/youtube] Warning, insightful comments in the thread below may be quoted in updates… Tom talks about how Jonathan Hickman has been planning this for sometime and how it has grown in the planning as others joined in, "it is difficult to imagine something that would be[...]

Eastern, we're hosting the ground breaking SECRET WARS LIVE KICKOFF! Streaming live from New York City's own Midtown Comics next week, fans can head to Marvel.com/secretwars to get their very first Secret Wars info straight from Marvel's Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso and SVP, Executive Editor Tom Brevoort! Prepare for the coming of a new Battleworld and learn the[...]

  This is your first look at Midtown Comics's colour version of their Darth Vader #1 retailer variant There probably won't be a hundred different ones of these. Probably. This is the second of a three part connecting image by Mark Brooks along with Star Wars #1 and Princess Leia #1. Here's how they line up together so far…   I[...]

Midtown Comics is offering a 3 part vertical connecting variant cover set by Mark Brooks for the release of Marvel's Star Wars #1, Darth Vader #1, and Princess Leia #1 Available in color and black & white Below is the black and white art for Star Wars #1 The other two covers will fit above[...]

Were these necessary changes for production cost or to meet changing consumer demands? Neither of those companies were present, but we did have on hand Jon Roman (Nickelodeon Consumer Products), Steve Forde (Go Hero), Joe Ahearn (Captain Action) and Gerry Gladston (Midtown Comics) The discussion of scale was wrapped up in about 5 minutes with[...]

By Ian Mageto Comics and Cosplay host and Senior Cosplay Correspondent at Bleeding Cool, Ian Mageto, announces the New York Comic Con Cosplay Scavenger Hunt / Bingo Contest sponsored by Midtown Comics The first person to tweet 5 pictures of the 10 characters listed will win a gift certificate from Midtown Comics. Contest Rules: 1 You have to[...]

In this episode Ian introduces a new partnership with Midtown Comics in NYC, as well as reviewing his top 10 comic books of 2014, which include Moon Knight, Ghost Rider, Cyclops, Batman Eternal, and many more. Follow Comics and Cosplay: TWITTER › https://twitter.com/ComixNCosplay TUMBLR › http://satmorncosplay.tumblr.com/ FACEBOOK › https://www.facebook.com/satmorningco… INSTAGRAM › http://instagram.com/satmorncosplay DEVIANTART › http://satmorncosplay.deviantart.com/ Subscribe to the Comics and Cosplay channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c… [...]

Sikoryak (graphic novel: "Masterpiece Comics") and more!" Tickets are $12 (advance), $15 (at the door) $10 (students/seniors) or TDF Info can be found at www.dixonplace.org (212) 219-0736. Wednesday, September 3rd Midtown Comics Downtown at 64 Fulton Street in New York will host a signing with Charles Soule for The Death of Wolverine #1 from 6:30 to 8PM They say: "We[...]

Here are Midtown Comics' four interconnecting retailer exclusive covers for Death Of Wolverine #1-4, with art by J Scott Campbell and colours by Ula Mos. They feature a retrospective of Wolverine's past loves, going from bottom left corner, counter-clockwise: #1 Rose, #2 Silverfox, #3 Mariko, and #4 Jean Grey. Art is still in progress, but should be complete in[...]

Valiant Entertainment use digital delivery service Dropbox a lot, it seems, to ferry files around the work, from creator to the office to the printer, to an open server in Miami were we can download the lot. Sorry, sorry, I was getting them mixed up with the BBC. Anyway, they were happy to be the subject of a[...]

But that's okay as Valiant's new partnership with Oren's Daily Roast and Midtown Comics isn't for coffee this time… it's for tea. Beginning Friday the 13th of June… always great to launch a new endeavor on Friday the 13th… the three companies are doing a three month-long celebration of Valiant's flagship hero[...]