When did you last go to a comic book shop?

I'm the same, I won't wait in crowds (even before the pandemic) but if I can get a better price on something I want that's good.

Made it to the comic book shop today and picked up:

DC Comics:
* Arkham City: The Order of the World #3 (of 6)
* Batgirls #1
* Batman #118 (first issue written by Williamson)
* The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #9 (of 12)
* The Joker 2021 Annual (written by Matthew Rosenberg & James Tynion IV, but art by Francesco Francavilla)

Dark Horse:
* Hellboy: The Silver Lantern Club #2 (of 5)
* Sir Edward Grey: Acheron (one-shot)

Finally made it to the comic book shop today (didn't make it previously because of weather / ice concerns) and picked up:

DC Comics:
* Arkham City: The Order of the World #4-5 (of 6)
* Batgirls #2-3
* Batman #119-120
* The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #10-11 (of 12)

Dark Horse:
* Hellboy: The Silver Lantern Club #3-4 (of 5)
* Hellboy & the B.P.R.D. 1957: Forgotten Lives (one-shot)

Stopped at the comic book shop today and picked up:
DC Comics:
* Arkham City: The Order of the World #6 (of 6)
* Batgirls #4
* Batman #121
* The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #12 (of 12)

Not sure if/when I may buy any more DC titles at this point. Arkham City: The Order of the World and The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries have ended; I dropped Batman because I have no interest in the Shadow War crossover with Robin and Deathstroke, and I also wasn't thrilled with Williamson's writing on Batman anyway.
As for Batgirls, the art is a bit annoying, and while in general I tend to like Barbara, Cass, and Steph, I really don't recognize them in this comic book.

Arkham City was a really good book, I thought. I'm amazed that someone actually made the Ten Eyed Man interesting, even if he was pretty much unrecognisable.

Made it to the comic book shop today (hadn't been there in about two months) and from my hold file I picked up:
Dark Horse:
* Hellboy: The Silver Lantern Club #5 (of 5)
* The British Paranormal Society: Time Out of Mind #1 (of 4)

IDW:
* The Rocketeer: The Great Race #1-2 (of 4)


And stuff I got off the shelves:
DC Comics:
* Earth-Prime #4 - Stargirl
(the "Earth-Prime" 6-issue series is tied in with the CW TV shows)

and I also got the magazine Alter-Ego #175

Earth Prime: Stargirl was a really nice little story. Out of the main continuity, of course, but the characters were spot on. And I was so glad to see Jerry Ordway drawing the Golden Age characters again!

tony ingram wrote:Earth Prime: Stargirl was a really nice little story. Out of the main continuity, of course, but the characters were spot on. And I was so glad to see Jerry Ordway drawing the Golden Age characters again!

They had a signed cover on at least one copy there, but I passed on that one so somebody else could get it. I believe Ordway still lives in the area.

Made my +/-bi-monthly visit to a comic book shop again and picked up:
Dark Horse:
* British Paranormal Society: Time Out of Mind #2-3 (of 4)
* Hellboy & the B.P.R.D: Night of the Cyclops (one-shot)
* Hellboy & the B.P.R.D: Old Man Whittier (one-shot)
* Hellboy & the B.P.R.D: Time Is a River (one-shot)
* Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death #1 (of 4)

IDW
* The Rocketeer: The Great Race #3-4 (of 4)

And, yes, I didn't buy any Marvel nor any DC titles.

Had a look in Forbidden Planet in Newcastle today and picked up a graphic Novel called Guantanamo Kid for £1.99.

It's been about three months since I last went to my comic book shop.
There were only two comics in my hold file (there should have been a third one, but they'll try to get me another copy).

Anyway, the two books were:
Dark Horse comics =
* British Paranormal Society: Time Out of Mind #4 (of 4)
* Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death #2 (of 4)

Off the racks I bought:
DC Comics =
* DC's Terrors Through Time #1 (one-shot) includes a Justice Society of America story
* Flashpoint Beyond #6 (of 6) only bought issue #6 because it leads into the upcoming The New Golden Age one-shot
* GCPD: The Blue Wall #1 will give it a try . . .

and from Dark Horse:
* Hellboy in Love #1 (of 5)

Was able to stop by the comic book shop today and got:
DC Comics:
* The New Golden Age #1 (one-shot)
* Stargirl: The Lost Children #1 (of 6)
* Justice Society of America #1 (of 12)
* Detective Comics #38 (facsimile edition; orig. 1940)

Dark Horse:
* Hellboy & the B.P.R.D. 1957: Falling Sky (one-shot)
* Hellboy in Love #2 (of 5)
* Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death #3 (of 4)

Archie Comics:
* Archie Christmas Spectacular #1 (January 2023 issue)

Just read Marvel's new Miracleman # 0 with bad short stories, no big deal, except, maybe, this one...

Barry_Allen wrote:Just read Marvel's new Miracleman # 0 with bad short stories, no big deal, except, maybe, this one...

I didn't buy / read this, bu for those of us who have trouble reading sideways, I found on line . . .

Thank you, I did the photo and it come that way.. luckily you are able to find everything online!

Other comics bought lately are these ones pictured above:
- Swamp Thing Green Hell # 1 (number 2 is late on this month Previews);
- Venom # 11 Miracleman cover;
- Fantastic Four # 45 Miracleman cover.

Went to the comic book shop back on Wednesday, January 18th and bought Stargirl: The Lost Children #2 & #3 (of 6).

Went there today and bought:

Justice Society of America #2

and


Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death #4 (of 4)

Stopped at the comic book shop today and bought

DC Comics:
* Justice Society of America #3
* Stargirl: The Lost Children #4 (of 6)

and
Dark Horse Comics:
Hellboy in Love #3 (of 5)

Last went to Central City Comics last Wednesday, but the forum for some reason has had me locked out for about the last two weeks. Today, my password worked again. Weird.

Is anyone else really enjoying Flash at the moment? Jay, Max and Jesse are back!

tony ingram wrote:Last went to Central City Comics last Wednesday, but the forum for some reason has had me locked out for about the last two weeks. Today, my password worked again. Weird.

Is anyone else really enjoying Flash at the moment? Jay, Max and Jesse are back!

Only issue of The Flash I've bought / read in a while was the one that guest-starred the Golden Age Ray and had Wally temporarily in Jay's body during WWII.
By the way, in case you hadn't heard, The Flash is due for a major change with issue #800 and a new writer taking over.
https://www.cbr.com/wonder-woman-flash-reboot-hawkgirl-dawn-of-dc/

MajorHoy wrote:

tony ingram wrote:Last went to Central City Comics last Wednesday, but the forum for some reason has had me locked out for about the last two weeks. Today, my password worked again. Weird.

Is anyone else really enjoying Flash at the moment? Jay, Max and Jesse are back!

Only issue of The Flash I've bought / read in a while was the one that guest-starred the Golden Age Ray and had Wally temporarily in Jay's body during WWII.
By the way, in case you hadn't heard, The Flash is due for a major change with issue #800 and a new writer taking over.
https://www.cbr.com/wonder-woman-flash-reboot-hawkgirl-dawn-of-dc/

Si Spurrier? That's great news!

Stopped at the comic book shop today and bought

DC Comics:

* Stargirl: The Lost Children #5 (of 6)


* Batman & Scooby-Doo! Mysteries #5 (of 12)
written by Sholly Fisch

and
Dark Horse Comics:

Hellboy in Love #4 (of 5)

Stopped at the comic book shop today and bought:
* Stargirl: The Lost Children #6 (of 6)
* Green Arrow #1 <"Dawn of DC">
* Batman & Scooby-Doo! Mysteries #8 (of 12)
written by Sholly Fisch

Stopped at the comic book shop today and got:
DC

* Justice Society of America #4


* Dawn of DC Primer <free>

Dynamite

* Rocketman & Rocketgirl (one-shot)

Stopped at the comic book shop today and got:
DC
* Justice Society of America #5

Dark Horse
* Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957 - Fearful Symmetry (one-shot)

* Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957 - From Below (one-shot)

I stopped at the comic book shop twice this month!

Back on September 6th I got:
DC
* Justice Society of America #6

Then I went again today (Friday, September 22nd) because I was in the area anyway and bought:
DC =
* Detective Comics #58 (facsimile edition; orig. 1941)
and
Marvel
* Captain America #1 (LGY #751), but just out of curiosity.

Stopped at the comic book shop today and got three books from DC:

* Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #1 (of 6)
NOTE: Had to get one of the varioant covers because there wasn't a copy of the regular cover in my pull file and there weren't any copies of the main cover left on the shelf.


* Jay Garrick: The Flash #1 (of 6)

and from the "new this week" books I picked up

* All-American Comics #16 facsimile edition
(originally printed in 1940)

I passed on Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #1 (of 6).
No interest in reading about his new past history.

MajorHoy wrote:Stopped at the comic book shop today and got three books from DC:

* Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #1 (of 6)
NOTE: Had to get one of the varioant covers because there wasn't a copy of the regular cover in my pull file and there weren't any copies of the main  cover left on the shelf.

Did they charge you extra for the variant cover?

Philip K Ditko wrote:

MajorHoy wrote:Stopped at the comic book shop today and got three books from DC:

* Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #1 (of 6)
NOTE: Had to get one of the varioant covers because there wasn't a copy of the regular cover in my pull file and there weren't any copies of the main  cover left on the shelf.

Did they charge you extra for the variant cover?

Yeah, I paid the extra buck.

It's all done by computers, anyway, so the guy at the counter just scans the bar codes on the comic books to get the prices. I didn't think it was worth bothering to ask if he could give me a break on the dollar. And part of the reason I might not have gotten that issue in my pull box is because they use a system that's based on / linked to Diamond Distribution, which would normally be efficient except DC no longer goes through Diamond (at least here in the U.S.). They did pull the Jay Garrick issue for me, so I'll have to wait and see what happens with the Wesley Dodds book for issue #2.

Stopped at the comic book shop yesterday and picked up:

* Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #2 (of 6)


* Detective Comics #140 facsimile edition
(originally printed in 1948)

I had hoped to also get Jay Garrick #2 and Justice Society of America #7 (which were released for Tuesday), but I found out the shop I go to doesn't make them available until Wednesday, the day Diamond Comics supplies books from publishers that still use them.  

MajorHoy wrote: (which were released for Tuesday), but I found out the shop I go to doesn't make them available until Wednesday

That's weird in two ways, that something was released on Tuesday, and that your shop wouldn't let you buy them then. That would have annoyed me to no end.
Anyway...

MajorHoy wrote:Stopped at the comic book shop yesterday and picked up:

* Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #2 (of 6)


* Detective Comics #140 facsimile edition
(originally printed in 1948)

I had hoped to also get Jay Garrick #2 and Justice Society of America #7 (which were released for Tuesday), but I found out the shop I go to doesn't make them available until Wednesday, the day Diamond Comics supplies books from publishers that still use them.  

I'm really enjoying JSA, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Jay Garrick: The Flash and Alan Scott: Green Lantern.

Mbast1 wrote:

MajorHoy wrote: (which were released for Tuesday), but I found out the shop I go to doesn't make them available until Wednesday

That's weird in two ways, that something was released on Tuesday, and that your shop wouldn't let you buy them then. That would have annoyed me to no end.
Anyway...

Well, as frustrating as it was, I can also see some logic to it.
Since the bulk of comic books (the Diamond Distributors shpment) don't get to the store until a day later, it might be easier to do all the pulling of new books for customers at the same time, and it may be easier to deal with putting out all the new comic books on display at the same time as well since the store I shop at has a separate shelving area for the new comic books for that week.
I also don't know what staffing is like for when the new DC comics come in. If there's only one person working the store at that time, you may prefer to have that person available at the front of the store instead of also trying to deal with pulling new books for customers who have pull lists.

tony ingram wrote:I'm really enjoying JSA, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Jay Garrick: The Flash and Alan Scott: Green Lantern.

JSA has been frustrating for me because of the ungodly delays and Johns' focusing more on his new creations and additions rather than on the characters I care more about: the previous members of the JSA. I would have probably just given up on this series in another issue or two, but since it was already announced Johns is leaving DC, I'll stick it out for now and see what happens next.

Wesley Dodds: The Sandman I'm luke-warm about, but I think my problem may be with the writer. Artwork for the two issues I've read has been working for me so far, even though Rossmo isn't an artist I usually like.

The issue of Jay's book I've read was good, but I've passed on Alan's series because I'm not happy with the decision to retroactively make him gay and all the other nonsense Johns has inserted into his past (like "Golden Age Red Lantern"). Plus, I haven't heard many positive things about the writer (Tim Sheridan) and the preview didn't do anything to change my mind about buying it.

MajorHoy wrote:Stopped at the comic book shop yesterday and picked up:
* Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #2 (of 6)
* Detective Comics #140 facsimile edition
(originally printed in 1948)

I had hoped to also get Jay Garrick #2 and Justice Society of America #7 (which were released for Tuesday), but I found out the shop I go to doesn't make them available until Wednesday, the day Diamond Comics supplies books from publishers that still use them.  

Went to the comic book shop this morning (well, I guess technically afternoon since it was closer to 12:00 p.m.) and this time I got Jay Garrick: The Flash #2 (of 6) and Justice Society of America #7.
Also bought Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #3 (of 6) and from Dark Horse Comics I bought Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat which was released last week.

Stopped at the comic book shop this morning and picked up:
* Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #4 (of 6)
* Jay Garrick: The Flash #3-4 (of 6)
and
* Justice Society of America #8, which came out the day after Christmas.
Looks like the next issue is currently scheduled for March 5th at present?
This book gives a whole new meaning to "published monthly", he said sarcastically . . .

Stopped at the comic book shop this morning and picked up:
* Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #5 and #6 (of 6)
* Jay Garrick: The Flash #5 (of 6)
and
* Justice Society of America #9

Well, not at the local comic book Shop but on newstands I have bought a Hugo Pratt reprinted war story from his Uk period, here's the cover and the back cover of this small Tpb (part of a long series, as you can see from its issue number) which contains also two other war stories from the long Uk war comics era!, mostly reprinted also in Italy for decades!   

Barry_Allen wrote:Well, not at the local comic book Shop but on newstands I have bought a Hugo Pratt reprinted war story

That looks really amazing, thanks for sharing!

I don't go to shops that often. Went a week or two ago and picked up random stuff. Often I order online, my local shops have gotten worse. Poor service.

Barry_Allen wrote:Well, not at the local comic book Shop but on newstands I have bought a Hugo Pratt reprinted war story from his Uk period, here's the cover and the back cover of this small Tpb (part of a long series, as you can see from its issue number) which contains also two other war stories from the long Uk war comics era!, mostly reprinted also in Italy for decades!   

Y'know, I never really thought about whether WWII-related comic book stories from the Allied / British perspective might be viewed in Italy (or even Germany).

Stopped by the comic book store yesterday (Tuesday May 7th, 2024) and got

Jay Garrick: The Flash #6 (of 6)

I didn't go to Free Comic Book Day on Saturday (May 4th), but I was able to pick up some leftover copies:

* Absolute Power Special Edition #1 (DC)


* Jonny Quest #0 - FCBD Exclusive (Dynamite)


* Snoopy Beagle Scout Adventures (Andrews McMeel)

Stopped by the comic book store this morning and got a couple of books that were released last month:

Our Army at War #81
facsimile edition; orig. released in 1959

and

Military Comics #1
facsimile edition; orig. released by Quality Comics in 1941

And, yeah, this is one day before he 80th anniversary of D-Day.
Made it seem more appropriate.

Stopped at the comic book shop this afternoon and got:

* Justice Society of America #10 (only two issues left in the series)

and from Mad Cave Studios,



* Dick Tracy #1 and #2

Stopped at the comic book shop this morning and got:

* Police Comics #1 facsimile edition
(originally published by Quality)

and from Mad Cave Studios,



* Dick Tracy #3 and #4