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Rarely has the title of an event so perfectly mirrored the world around us. Ryan North has been killing it on Fantastic Four (and literally anything else he's been writing) so I am expecting this to be the best version of Doom since Secret Wars.
From the solicit, "Six months ago, Doctor Victor Von Doom became Sorcerer Supreme - then disappeared behind Latveria's closed borders. For most, there's enough going on in the world that Doom's absence is not a priority, and some time without him feels like a blessing. Only a few recognize it for what it truly was...the calm before the storm. It is a storm that has now arrived. The world has woken up to a new reality: Doctor Doom, Earth's Sorcerer Supreme, has magically taken over every broadcast medium on the planet and declared himself Emperor of the World - the ruler of a new United Latveria! And shockingly, impossibly, all of Earth's leaders seem to be going along with this. Luckily, whether it's mind control or Doombots, whatever's affecting them hasn't affected Earth's heroes - and so they quickly form a strike team to stop Doom's machinations. But will they succeed? And what happens when some begin to welcome their new Emperor with open arms, clamoring for One World Under Doom?"
On Sale Wednesday!
For those of you who have taken us residence in the guest room under Patrick Star's rock we have moved! Saturday February 1 we opened at 9209 Midlothian Turnpike. We are 5.8 miles away from where we were which is basically Nebraska in Richmond miles but I can say as someone who has made the drive back and forth roughly seven billion times in the last six weeks; it ain't so bad! We are only 12-15 minutes from the old spot depending on traffic.
The second most question I've been asked over the past few weeks (right behind "where are you moving to?") is "What is going on with Diamond?" If you don't care about my thoughts on what's going on with Diamond please go ahead and skip down but not too far because this Diamond stuff is going to lead into some very important information about future ordering.
I'm going to start off by saying I am a fan of Diamond. I like the people I have met and I appreciate how hard Steve Geppi has worked for the direct market comic book industry for decades. Three times by my count Steve and Diamond saved a good portion if not the entirety of the direct market. The distribution collapse that lead to the formation of Diamond, Marvels bankruptcy and the backlash from pretty much everyone and in 2020 during the pandemic shutdown. People much smarter than me can wax poetic about those things but I was there to see the devastating effects that would have happened if not for Geppi. That's not to say I agree with everything they've done. It was a widely known secret that Diamond used shipping as a profit center but on the flipside of that they seemed to reinvest that money (five million dollars of it anyway) into a state of the art warehouse and pick system. Retailers will argue whether that was a positive or a negative but that isn't my point. Some shady business practices were done for decades but some of it resulted in positives. I'm not going to judge it but I understand the anger about it.
For anyone paying attention the bankruptcy wasn't really a surprise. Losing the five biggest publishers in such a short span had to have been devastating to their bottom line. The least amount of money per unit to be made is from distribution. That is true in any industry, not just ours. As much as I like the people at Diamond their business practices never really changed over the years. Being overcharged for shipping was annoying but when they were the only game in town there wasn't a lot I could do about it. When distribution split I did the math and it made more financial sense to move everything I could away from Diamond. Our margins are already pretty slim and losing up to 11% on every product just wasn't feasible. I hoped for Diamonds success but I also can't justify sabotaging my own success for theirs. I very much hope they survive this upheaval and wish them nothing but the very best.
All that being said, my confidence in the products we get from them is at an all time low. Books have been at least one week behind schedule for four months and that doesn't look to be getting any better. My big concern now is Pullbox and Comicsuite. The systems we use to place our orders and pull our books. Steve and I started talking about moving away from them even before he officially bought Richmond Comix. We are moving to a new POS system called Comic Shop Assistant. I will be posting more about that over the coming weeks but for now just keep ordering how you have been. If you've been using Pullbox just keep doing that.
Monthly catalogs have always been the backbone of ANY retail business. Even moreso for one like comics where we really rely on preorders to figure out how many extra copies we should order. Everyone has a digital version of their catalogs so I am going to start linking them in the booklist every week. Diamond does not offer a free online version of their catalog at this time.
Next week I plan to talk a lot more about preordering by FOC. I figure I have gone on long enough this week. And now...
...The Booklist!!
Catalogs
PREVIEWS #437 FEBRUARY 2025
DC CONNECT #57
TP/GN
DAREDEVIL BY SALADIN AHMED VOL. 3: LIVING HELL,15.99
DC Finest: Doom Patrol: The World's Strangest Heroes,39.99
DEN Volume 5: The Price of Memories,39.99
DISNEY VILLAINS CRUELLA DE VIL TP ,14.99
FANTASTIC FOUR: GRAND DESIGN,17.99
I HATE FAIRYLAND DLX HC VOL 03 (MR),34.99
JIM HENSONS LABYRINTH ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE ADAPTATION TP,12.99
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS UNLIMITED POWER TP VOL 01 ,24.99
POWER FANTASY TP VOL 01 (MR),9.99
PUNISHER KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE,19.99
Superman: Action Comics Vol. 3: Revenge of the Demon,19.99
YOUNG AVENGERS MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION: NOT WHAT YOU THINK,44.99
ALL AGES
DK Super Readers Pre-Level Marvel Spidey and His Amazing Friends Go Team Spidey!,4.99
Hilo Book 11: The Great Space Iguana,14.99
It's All or Nothing Vale,17.99
COMICS
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #1 Fifth Printing Cvr A Jim Lee,4.99
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #2 Third Printing,4.99
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #3 Second Printing,4.99
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #5 CVR A NICK DRAGOTTA,4.99
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #5 CVR B JOELLE JONES CARD STOCK VAR,5.99
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #5 CVR C IAN BERTRAM CARD STOCK VAR,5.99
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #5 CVR F CLAY MANN & SETH MANN CARD STOCK VAR,5.99
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #1 Third Printing Cvr A Jim Lee,4.99
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #2 Second Printing,4.99
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #1 Fourth Printing Cvr A Jim Lee,4.99
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #2 Third Printing,4.99
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #3 Second Printing,4.99
ACTION COMICS #1083 CVR A GLEB MELNIKOV,4.99
ACTION COMICS #1083 CVR B YANICK PAQUETTE CARD STOCK VAR,5.99
ALL-NEW VENOM #3,4.99
ALL-NEW VENOM #3 FEDERICO SABBATINI VARIANT,4.99
ALL-NEW VENOM #3 GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI CONNECTING VARIANT,4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #129 FACSIMILE EDITION [NEW PRINTING],4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #129 FACSIMILE EDITION FOIL VARIANT [NEW PRINTING],4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #67,4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #67 SKOTTIE YOUNG 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN VARIANT,4.99
AQUAMAN #2 CVR A JOHN TIMMS,3.99
AQUAMAN #2 CVR B MARCIO TAKARA CARD STOCK VAR,4.99
BATMAN #610 FACSIMILE EDITION CVR A JIM LEE & SCOTT WILLIAMS,3.99
BATMAN AND ROBIN #18 CVR A JAVIER FERNANDEZ,4.99
BATMAN DARK PATTERNS #3 (OF 12) CVR A HAYDEN SHERMAN,4.99
BLACK LIGHTNING #4 CVR A FICO OSSIO,3.99
BRONZE FACES #1 (OF 6) CVR A SHOF,4.99
BUG WARS #1 (OF 6) CVR A MAHMUD ASRAR & MATTHEW WILSON (MR),4.99
CABLE: LOVE AND CHROME #2,3.99
Christmas 365 #3 (CVR A) (Piotr Kowalski),3.99
CREEPSHOW IN LOVE (ONE SHOT) CVR A CHRIS BURNHAM & BRIAN REBER (MR),4.99
DC VS VAMPIRES WORLD WAR V DARKNESS AND LIGHT #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR A OTTO SCHMIDT,5.99
DEADPOOL #11 [DVS],3.99
DEADPOOL #11 MARK BROOKS ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT [DVS],3.99
DEADPOOL #11 SCOTT KOBLISH VARIANT [DVS],3.99
DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #5,3.99
DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #5 ROB LIEFELD VARIANT,3.99
DEADPOOL/WOLVERINE #2,3.99
DEADPOOL/WOLVERINE #2 ANDY PARK MARVEL STUDIOS VARIANT,3.99
DEATH OF COPRA #2 (OF 4) CVR A MICHEL FIFFE (MR),3.99
DICK TRACY VALENTINES DAY SPECIALÂ (ONE SHOT) CVRÂ A GERALDO BORGES,6.99
EDDIE BROCK: CARNAGE #1,4.99
EDDIE BROCK: CARNAGE #1 ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIO VARIANT,4.99
EDDIE BROCK: CARNAGE #1 BLANK COVER VARIANT,4.99
EDDIE BROCK: CARNAGE #1 CHRIS GIARRUSSO VARIANT,4.99
EDDIE BROCK: CARNAGE #1 HUMBERTO RAMOS WRAPAROUND VARIANT,4.99
EDDIE BROCK: CARNAGE #1 MARK BAGLEY FOIL VARIANT,4.99
EDDIE BROCK: CARNAGE #1 TODD NAUCK ICONIC VARIANT,4.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #2 FACSIMILE EDITION,4.99
FERAL #10 CVR A TONY FLEECS & TRISH FORSTNER,3.99
FLASH GORDON TP VOL 01 ESCAPE FROM PLANET DEATH ,17.99
GEIGER #10 2ND PTG,3.99
GEIGER #11 CVR A GARY FRANK & BRAD ANDERSON,3.99
GEIGER #11 CVR B JACOB PHILLIPS VAR,3.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #1 CVR A FERNANDO PASARIN & OCLAIR ALBERT,3.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #1 CVR D NATHAN SZERDY CARD STOCK VAR,4.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #1 CVR E BLANK CARD STOCK VAR,4.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #1 CVR F NATHAN SZERDY FOIL VAR,6.99
GRIM #21 CVR A FLAVIANO,3.99
HIVE #1 CVR A MIKE HENDERSON (MR),3.99
I HATE FAIRYLAND (2022) #20 CVR A BRETT BEAN (MR),3.99
I HATE FAIRYLAND (2022) #20 CVR B BRETT BEAN F*CK (UNCENSORED) FAIRYLAND VAR (MR),3.99
IMMORTAL THOR #20,4.99
IMMORTAL THOR #20 MARK BROOKS ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT,4.99
IT'S JEFF #1 GURIHIRU 4TH PRINTING VARIANT,5.99
IT'S JEFF: THE JEFF-VERSE #1 GURIHIRU 2ND PRINTING VARIANT,5.99
Jupiter's Legacy: Finale #4 (CVR A) (Lee Carter),4.99
LUCKY DEVILS #1 2ND PTG CVR A MARIA WOLF (MR),3.99
LUCKY DEVILS #2 (OF 9) CVR A RYAN BROWNE (MR),3.99
MAGIK #2,3.99
MAGIK #2 MARK BROOKS ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT,3.99
MAGIK #2 PABLO VILLALOBOS VARIANT,3.99
MARVEL MUTTS #1,6.99
MINE IS A LONG LONESOME GRAVE #1 (OF 4) CVR A CHRIS SHEHAN (MR),4.99
MINE IS A LONG LONESOME GRAVE #1 (OF 4) CVR C KELSEY RAMSAY VAR (MR),4.99
Monster High: New Scaremester #6 Cover A (Cola),5.99
MOON KNIGHT: FIST OF KHONSHU #5,3.99
NEW CHAMPIONS #2,3.99
NEW CHAMPIONS #2 DERRICK CHEW VARIANT,3.99
NEW GODS #1 Second Printing Cvr A Evan Cagle,3.99
ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #1,5.99
ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #1 CLAYTON CRAIN DOOMASAUR VARIANT,5.99
ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #1 JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER NEGATIVE SPACE VIRGIN VARIANT,5.99
ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #1 MIKE MIGNOLA HIDDEN GEM VARIANT,5.99
ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #1 ROD REIS VARIANT,5.99
PSYLOCKE #4,3.99
PSYLOCKE #4 MARK BROOKS ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT,3.99
RED BEFORE BLACK #4 (OF 6) CVR A SUDZUKA (MR),4.99
ROBOT TOD #1,4.99
SAM WILSON CAPTAIN AMERICA #2,3.99
SAVAGE TALES WINTER 2025 SP #1 CVR A SUYDAM,5.99
SPAWN #361 CVR A BJORN BARENDS,2.99
SPAWN #361 CVR B FRANCESCO TOMASELLI VAR,2.99
SPIDER-BOY #16,4.99
SPIDER-GWEN: THE GHOST-SPIDER #10,3.99
Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories-The Bad Batch--Ghost Agents #1 (CVR A) (Valeria Fa voccia),3.99
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #15 (CVR A) (Harvey Tolibao),3.99
SUPERMAN THE LAST DAYS OF LEX LUTHOR #1 (OF 3) 2ND PTG,6.99
SURROUNDED AMERICAS FIRST SCHOOL FOR BLACK GIRLS 1832 HC,24.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Nation #4 Cover A (Cizmesija),5.99
THE MOON IS FOLLOWING US #6 (OF 10) CVR A RILEY ROSSMO,3.99
Those Not Afraid #2 (CVR A) (Glenn Fabry),3.99
TRANSFORMERS #17 CVR A DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON & MIKE SPICER,3.99
TRANSFORMERS #17 CVR B JORGE CORONA & MIKE SPICER VAR,3.99
Welcome to the Maynard #3 (CVR A) (J. Bone),4.99
WHEN I LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON THEE #2 (OF 5) CVR A REBELKA,4.99
WITCHBLADE #8 (2024) CVR A GIUSEPPE CAFARO & ARIF PRIANTO,3.99
X-MEN #11,4.99
X-MEN #11 JOSHUA SWABY MAGIK VARIANT,4.99
X-MEN #11 MARK BROOKS ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT,4.99
FOC SPOTLIGHT
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #30 FACSIMILE EDITION CVR C BLANK VAR
$4.99
DC Comics
Writer: Gardner Fox, Artist: Mike Sekowsky, Bernard Sachs, Cover Artist: Blank
A mysterious (though temporary) vanishing of their various superpowers has the Justice League rattled! When a series of bizarre thefts begins, carried out using the pilfered powers of the League, can our heroes protect the next targets? The ingenious Professor Ivo makes his diabolical debut alongside his criminal creation, Amazo!
(Tommy's note: We don't often get PINK sketch covers!)
SECRET SIX #1 (OF 6) CVR A STEPHEN SEGOVIA
$3.99
DC Comics
Writer: Nicole Maines, Artist: Stephen Segovia, Cover Artist: Stephen Segovia
WHO WILL CONTROL THE SECRETS OF THE DC UNIVERSE? In the wake of Absolute Power, the Justice League has returned, the war criminal Amanda Waller is in prison, and things are finally getting back to normal...that is, until Dreamer, Jon Kent, and Jay Nakamura discover that Waller has somehow vanished into thin air from her cell! With seemingly no leads and nothing but questions (and enough trauma to fill a swimming pool), our three heroes are forced to team up with the bad guys--Deadshot, Catman, and Black Alice--to track down Waller, reclaim the infinite trove of secrets in her head, and uncover what the deal is with all these freakin' chess pieces they keep seeing around...all without letting their own individual secrets tear them apart from the inside. From acclaimed writer and actress Nicole Maines (Supergirl) and superstar artist Stephen Segovia (Spawn), the Secret Six are back in an all-new high-stakes, twist-filled limited series!
(Tommy's note: I read a preview of this and it is everything I want from an event follow up. Proof that the event has actual consequences along with the return of some characters I love that I haven't seen in some time.)
GODZILLA VS FANTASTIC FOUR #1
$4.99
MARVEL PRH
(W) Ryan North (A) John Romita Jr. (CA) Adam Kubert
THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY STARTS HERE!
The start of six sensational, action-packed issues with MARVEL HEROES battling THE KING OF THE MONSTERS from its many different eras! How will GODZILLA'S lore mix with the MIGHT MARVEL UNIVERSE? Find out as history is twisted when icons like the FANTASTIC FOUR, SPIDER-MAN, HULK, X-MEN and THOR go face off against one of the greatest monsters of all time!
This issue, witness a threat never before seen as KING GHIDORAH descends upon the Earth with the POWER COSMIC as GALACTUS' newest HERALD! Can the FANTASTIC FOUR stop him from destroying New York along with the rest of the planet? It's a CITY SMASHING SPECTACULAR as GODZILLA with the help of the SILVER SURFER join forces to stop the world from certain annihilation! A must for MARVEL and GODZILLA FANS!
ROUND 1 IN A SERIES OF 6 ONE-SHOT THROWDOWNS!
RATED T
TONGUES HC VOL 01
$35.00
PANTHEON BOOKS
(W) Anders Nilsen
Set in a version of modern Central Asia, Tongues is a retelling of the Greek myth of Prometheus. It follows the captive god's friendship with the eagle who carries out his daily sentence of torture and chronicles his pursuit of revenge on the god that has imprisoned him. Prometheus's story is entwined with that of an East African orphan on an errand of murder, and a young man with a teddy bear strapped to his back, wandering aimlessly into catastrophe (a character readers may recognize from Nilsen's Dogs and Water). The story is set against the backdrop of tensions between rival groups in an oil-rich wilderness. Tongues is both an adventure story and a meditation on human nature in our present fraught, historical moment.