Ssalefish GSO First Look #345 for 12.13.23
I’m so truly impressed by the excitement that the Energon Universe (G.I. Joe & Transformers at Image’s Skybound imprint [owned & overseen by Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman]) is generating, especially without any direct or immediate movies or TV shows to tie in. Six months since the first title was announced, and new readers getting on every day!
A-List creators telling incredible stories with a genuine appreciation and innovation for properties that are or are almost forty years old, it feels like would should be an easy formula for a genre with so many iconic characters. Transformers #1-3 have been my three favorite issues of the year, Duke’s introduction in #2 has me pumped for his new series out December 27th in a way I never would have imagined, and we sold four times more copies of the 301st issue of Larry Hama’s Real American Hero epic as we did of the latest Avengers (but that will change with Avengers Twilight in January).
If you haven’t tried Transformers or Void Rivals or haven’t pre-ordered the new G.I. Joe titles, make that your gift to yourself this holiday season!
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, December 13th (Tuesday, December 12th for DC) excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
Action Comics #1060 - “Titans Beast World” tie-in.
Addams Family Charlatan’s Web #1
Alice Cooper #3
American Psycho #2
Antarctica #6
Arcade Kings TP vol. 1 - if you missed this gem from cartoonist Dylan Burnett in oversized single issues, it’s a hell of a deal in paperback (five $5.99 issues now just $19.99) and it’s a perfect high-energy story for fans of Dragon Ball, Street Fight, or Scott Pilgrim!
Batman #405 Facsimile Edition - “Batman Year One” part 2.
Batman #428 Robin Lives One-Shot - reprinting the game-changing final installment of “Death in the Family”, in which readers that called into a hotline determined the fate of Jason Todd at the hands of the Joker! Even though the world overwhelmingly voted for the second Robin to meet his end at the bottom of a crowbar, DC had to be prepared for either eventuality, so printed here for the first time is the conclusion of the story if we’d all had a little more love in our hearts for the boy that would go on to become the Red Hood!
Batman & Robin #4
Batman City of Madness #2
Batman Gargoyle or Gotham #2 - the long wait to witness the master Rafael Grampa continue his epic battle against Noir is over!
Batman/ Santa Claus Silent Knight #2
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees #2 - as well as a reprint of the nationally sold-out first issue positing a serial killer amidst the Busy World of Richard Scarry!
Birds of Prey Uncovered #1
Blade #6
Bloody Dozen Tale of the Schrouded College #1 - “breaking vampires out of a cell that’s orbiting the sun”, how’s that for an elevator pitch?
Captain America #4
Captain Ginger Last Feeder #2
Damn Them All #11
Danger Street #12 - final issue.
Daredevil Gang War #1
Dark Knights of Steel HC vol. 2
Dark Spaces Dungeon #2
Dark X-Men #5 - “Fall of X” tie-in.
DC’s ‘Twas the Mite Before Christmas #1
Demon Slayer Kimetsu Academy TP vol. 1
Detective Comics #1079
Earthdivers #13
Enfield Gang Massacre #5
Faceless & the Family #2 - Matt Lesniewski’s art on this book is incredible, like King City’s Brandon Graham meets the Incal’s Moebius!
Green Lantern #6
Guardians of the Galaxy #9
Haunted Girl #3
House of Slaughter #20
Immortal Thor #5
Invasive #1
Junior Baker Righteous Maker #4
Kill More #3
Luke Cage Gang War #2
Madness #5
Man From Maybe #3 - final issue.
Marvel Zombies Black White & Blood #3
Masterpiece #1 - from the Eisner award-winning team of Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev, teammates on Daredevil, Moon Knight, Leviathan, and Dark Reign: The List!
Miles Morales Spider-Man #13 - “Gang War” tie-in.
Minor Threats Alternates #4
Moon Knight #30 - final issue!
Multiversity Harley Screws Up the DCU HC
Operation Sunshine #3
Outsiders #2
Phantom Road #7
Punisher #2
Quick Stops 2 #1
Radiant Black #27
Radiant Black #27.5
Rick & Morty Presents Rick in a Box #1
Rogue Sun #17
Scrapper #6 - there’s still time to pick up a Ssalefish Comics Gift Card, good at all three locations, applies to everything in the stores, and never expires, on our of our Ssalefish Exclusive Scrapper #1 variants featuring Lois!
Seasons Have Teeth TP
Sheena Queen of the Jungle #4
Silver Surfer Rebirth Legacy #4
Sonic the Hedgehog Winter Jam #1
Space Usagi Death & Honor #1
Spawn Scorched #24
Speed Force #2
Spider-Gwen Smash #1
Star Wars Bounty Hunters #41
Star Wars High Republic Shadows of Starlight #3
Star Wars Hyperspace Stories #12
Street Fighter Masters Kimberly #1
Superman Lost #9
Titans Beast World #2
Titans Beast World Tour Gotham #1
Underheist #1
Vampirella/ Dracula Rage #4
Waller vs. Wildstorm #4 - final issue.
Wesley Dodds Sandman #3
Wheel of Time Great Hunt #2
Where the Body Was HC - Brubaker. Phillips. ‘nuff said!
White Widow #2
Witcher Wild Animals #3
World’s Finest Teen Titans #6 - final issue.
Wrong Earth We Could Be Heroes #2
X-Men Red #18 - “Fall of X” tie-in.
Zawa #2