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GREEN LANTERN NEW GODS GODHEAD #1
DC COMICS
(W) Robert Venditti & Various
(A) Pete Woods & Various
(CA) Francis Portela
"GODHEAD" Act 1, Part 1
 Highfather, leader of the New Gods, has long studied the infinite and infinitely mysterious Source Wall which surrounds the universe. Now, he has learned that during "Green Lantern: Lights Out," the ring-wielders broke through the Wall and stole secrets of cosmic importance. Determined to breach the Source Wall himself, Highfather must gain one of each colored ring in the emotional spectrum. But even mighty Highfather doesn't know all, and the forces he's about to unleash will have transformative effects on the whole DC Universe! Cosmic mystery, overwhelming odds, familiar and brand-new New Gods - This one's got it all! This issue also includes a special fold-out that will take you to the Source Wall like never before!

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BASED THIS WEEKS ORDERING

  1) DEATH OF WOLVERINE #3 (OF 4)
  2) UNCANNY AVENGERS #25 AXIS
  3) THOR #1
  4) GREEN LANTERN NEW GODS
      GODHEAD #1
  5) CAPTAIN AMERICA #25
  6) BUCKY BARNES WINTER
      SOLDIER #1
  7) GUARDIANS 3000 #1
  8) SPIDER-MAN 2099 #4
  9) BATMAN ETERNAL #26
10) GOTHAM ACADEMY #1

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CRITICAL HIT #1
CUTTER #1
DAMNATION CHARLIE WORMWOOD #1
DELINQUENTS #1 2ND PTG
FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1
FEARLESS DAWN EYE OF THE BEHOLDER ONE SHOT
FICTION SQUAD #1 (OF 6)
FLASH SEASON ZERO #1
GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2014
GOTHAM ACADEMY #1
GREEN LANTERN NEW GODS GODHEAD #1
GUARDIANS 3000 #1
HOLMES VS HOUDINI #1
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR TWO ANNUAL #1
LAST BORN #1
LIL DEPRESSED BOY SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TOO #1
LOBO #1
MASTERPLASTY ONESHOT
MEN OF WRATH  #1
MERCY THOMPSON #1 (OF 6)
PLUME V2 #1 (OF 4)
THOR #1
ZOMBIES VS CHEERLEADERS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1

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COMICBOOKMAN SEZ: So I'm talking to Bocepheus last week and as he's looking over his copy of the newsletter he sez to me: "This the best you could have done for the FIRST DAY SALE?" So I sez: "Huh?" (I can be verbose that way sometimes) and he says: "You've got a second issue on here (Justice Inc #2) and a third issue on here (Low #3)-I thought only first issues went up on the sale." As I've mentioned before sometime I pick a related series of issues for the sale, like say the first few issues of Image's Low up to #3 (#1 was 40% Off the first week of it's release and #2 was 40% Off on 082714) or the first two issues of Dynamites JUSTICE INC #2. Now last week specifically was not a particularly "sexy" week for the Sale. While a lot of great comics shipped, there weren't nearly enough quality first issues to round out the "Magnificent Seven" slots which make up the Sale each week. For that reason the aforementioned two titles plus the Avatar Trade ROVER RED CHARLIE TP VOL 01 we're also 40% Off last Wednesday to round things out. Sometimes I have to dig a little deeper for the pearls.

A VERY SEXY WEEK: What a difference seven days makes. This week there are an embarrassment of riches to choose form for the 1st DAY SALE. So many in fact that books which would have easily been our BOOK OF THE WEEK contender for last week (had they shipped then) get discarded for this week. For example: CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 is the first appearance of Sam Wilson as Captain America. A really hot book a lot of folks will be looking for and it DOESN'T MAKE THE CUT (sorry, you'll have to settle for 15% Off all week long). BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER #1 gets picked instead because it's the first issue of a new Marvel series spinning out of Original Sin and worth a look see. You'll pick up Cap because of the hype, at 40% OFF hopefully you'll give Bucky a try. THOR #1 isn't the BOOK OF THE WEEK (it is 40% OFF this Wednesday/15% Off the rest of the week). The first issue of the new female Thor that everyone is asking about-WHAT THE HECK? Well DC is coming off of their 3D FUTURES END event month and the Green Lantern family is starting their Godhead event in the GL books with GREEN LANTERN NEW GODS GODHEAD #1. The Corps and the New Gods are about to bump into each other for the first time and it doesn't look like it will be pretty. It's the first part of a big cosmic sprawling epic which if you think back to Final Crisis probably won't end well for the galaxy's police force. Plus it's got a $4.99 price point which is a bigger hurdle for a DC GL title than it is for a Marvel book with the word Avengers in the title. So if I make it 40% OFF that brings the price down to $2.99-a very doable price in today's market, and keeping it that price for a week gives the series maximum exposure.

Cap or Bucky, Thor or Godhead,  LOBO #1 or GOTHAM ACADEMY #1-when it comes down to the book you will buy vs the book you should buy-I always go for the latter.

THIS WEEK'S STANDINGS: Only one title more this week than last week but as mentioned above quite an up tick in content. DC goes off the hook and way out in 1st PLACE with 37 titles, up six from last weeks 31. With the FUTURES END event over editorial is just exploding new content and events that have been idling for the last thirty days. Image surges from 4th last week to 2nd this week with 22 titles. Marvel drops to 3rd Place with 18 titles (but what an 18). Dynamites back in the TOP 5 this week with 4th Place and IDW pulls in just behind them by 1 title for 5th Place. Indies are down a bit from last weeks huge 63 total but still a more that respectable 57 titles coming at you this Wednesday. And yes more than a few are courtesy of the "Variant Cover Divisions" of Avatar and Zenescope.
 TOP 5 FOR 100114 SHIPPED   COST 15% OFF  YOU PAY
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 IMAGE COMICS 22  $    79.86  $     11.98  $    67.88
 MARVEL COMICS 18  $    75.33  $     11.30  $    64.03
 DYNAMITE COMICS 15  $    60.85  $       9.13  $    51.72
 IDW COMICS 14  $    55.86  $       8.38  $    47.48
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TOTALS: 163  $632.50  $   94.88  $537.63
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS: As mentioned DC editorial explodes out of the gate this week now that the FUTURES END 3D MOTION COVER month is over. FLASH SEASON ZERO #1, GOTHAM ACADEMY #1, GREEN LANTERN NEW GODS GODHEAD #1 & LOBO #1 are all new series/events starting Wednesday. In addition to these books DC is also shipping a healthy sized week of titles many with the "Monsters" parallel variant covers which starts this week. While shipping less than half of DC 's total output, what's on Marvels line up is equally impressive. Their "Murder's Row" of first issues includes:  BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER #1, GUARDIANS 3000 #1, MEN OF WRATH BY JASON AARON #1, THOR #1 and the first appearance of Sam Wilson as Cap in CAPTAIN AMERICA #25. Additionally, the anxiously awaited DEATH OF WOLVERINE #3 and the AXIS tie in book UNCANNY AVENGERS #25 also arrive. Second place Image begins the new weekly series CUTTER #1 and brings back an old favorite with LIL DEPRESSED BOY SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TOO #1. Over at Dynamite the Dabel imprint may be in limbo but the literary properties are still being produced by evidenced by MERCY THOMPSON #1. Also look for the creator initiative title DAMNATION CHARLIE WORMWOOD #1 and the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle continuity implant HOLMES VS HOUDINI #1 (I'm betting this morphs from a fight to a team up). Huddling around the Indie Pit it's the return of....(wait for it)...HALLOWEEN! That's right Indies may not have multi-million dollar intellectual properties to fall back on but there are always the holidays. Zenescope leads off the holiday celebration this week with GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2014 with four parallel variants all at $5.99 each and ZOMBIES VS CHEERLEADERS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1 also with four covers but with a $3.99 cover price. Boom ships FICTION SQUAD #1 which has writer Paul Jenkins exploring his Fablewood Universe he introduced in Fairy Quest. Over at Oni Cullen Bunn continues his tales of Nordic Helheim with the BRIDES OF HELHEIM #1. Meanwhile, Black Mask Comics ships two first issues: CRITICAL HIT #1 and LAST BORN #1. Finally Valiant both ends the Armor Hunters event with ARMOR HUNTERS #4 and continues it with the epilogue series ARMOR HUNTERS AFTERMATH #1.

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  KIDZ CORNER BOOK OF THE WEEK
  FIGMENT #5 OF (5)
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jim Zub (A) Filipe Andrade (CA) John Tyler Christopher
This is it: The action-packed conclusion of the all-new steampunk fantasy story exploring the never-before-revealed first adventure of the inventor known as Dreamfinder and his famous dragon Figment! The streets of London are ablaze and overrun by the Singular and his Clockwork Control Army! The only thing standing between them and total domination: Dreamfinder, Figment, and their newfound friends!
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 CRITICAL HIT #1 (MR)  $     3.99  $      1.60  $       2.39
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 THOR #1  $     3.99  $      1.60  $       2.39
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CLOAKS #2  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
CONCRETE PARK RESPECT #2  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
CRITICAL HIT #1 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
CROSSED BADLANDS #62 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
CROSSED BADLANDS #62 FATAL FANTASY CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
CROSSED BADLANDS #62 TORTURE CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
CROSSED BADLANDS #62 WRAP CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DELINQUENTS #1 (OF 4) 2ND PTG  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #3 REG GLASS  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #3 SUBSCRIPTION PHOTO  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DREAM THIEF ESCAPE #4  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
FEARLESS DAWN EYE O/T BEHOLDER ONE SHOT (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
FICTION SQUAD #1 (OF 6) MAIN CVRS  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GARFIELD #30  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2014 A CVR  $     5.99  $    0.90  $       5.09
GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2014 B CVR  $     5.99  $    0.90  $       5.09
GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2014 C CVR  $     5.99  $    0.90  $       5.09
GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2014 D CVR  $     5.99  $    0.90  $       5.09
GFT MASUMI #3 (OF 4) A CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GFT MASUMI #3 (OF 4) B CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GFT MASUMI #3 (OF 4) C CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #21 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #21 CARNAGE WRAP CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #21 END OF DAYS CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #21 ICONIC CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
LAST BORN #1 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
MEGA MAN #41 MOVIE POSTER VAR CVR (NOTE PRICE)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
MEGA MAN #41 REG CVR (NOTE PRICE)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
MIGHTY TITAN #3  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
PLUME V2 #1 (OF 4)  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
REGULAR SHOW #15  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
REGULAR SHOW #15 SUBSCRIPTION MCDERMOTT VAR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ROBOCOP 2014 #4 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SALLY O/T WASTELAND #3 (OF 5)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #13  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SONIC UNIVERSE #68 REG CVR (NOTE PRICE)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SONIC UNIVERSE #68 TABLOID VAR CVR (NOTE PRICE)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SUICIDE RISK #18  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
UBER #18 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
UBER #18 PROPAGANDA POSTER CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
UBER #18 WAR CRIMES CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
UBER #18 WRAP CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
USAGI YOJIMBO SENSO #3 (OF 6)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
WOODS #6  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ZOMBIES V CHEERLEADERS HALLOWEEN SPL #1 A CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ZOMBIES V CHEERLEADERS HALLOWEEN SPL #1 B CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ZOMBIES V CHEERLEADERS HALLOWEEN SPL #1 C CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ZOMBIES V CHEERLEADERS HALLOWEEN SPL #1 D CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
NEW INDY COMICS TOTALS:  $ 232.96  $  34.94  $  198.02
     
 NEW  VARIANT COMICS-44  MSRP
ARMOR HUNTERS AFTERMATH #1 PEEPLES VAR  TBA
ARMOR HUNTERS AFTERMATH #1 SUAYAN VAR  TBA
BATMAN SUPERMAN #14 VAR ED  TBA
BLACK WIDOW #11 WU DEADPOOL 75TH ANN VAR  TBA
BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER #1 BLANK VAR  TBA
BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER #1 DEADPOOL 75TH ANN VAR  TBA
BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER #1 EPTING VAR  TBA
BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER #1 RUDY DESIGN VAR  TBA
CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 DEADPOOL 75TH ANN VAR  TBA
CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 HASBRO VAR  TBA
CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 HUGHES VAR  TBA
CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 MCNIVEN VAR  TBA
CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 STOMP OUT BULLYING VAR  TBA
CROSSED BADLANDS #62 RED CROSSED VAR  TBA
DAMNATION CHARLIE WORMWOOD #1 (OF 5) CHEE VAR  TBA
DEATH OF WOLVERINE #3 (OF 4) SANTIAGO VAR  TBA
DETECTIVE COMICS #35 VAR ED  TBA
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #3  FRASER VAR  TBA
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #4 (OF 5) LAND VAR  TBA
FLASH SEASON ZERO #1 VAR ED  TBA
GOD IS DEAD #21 GILDED RETAILER VAR  TBA
GOTHAM ACADEMY #1 VAR ED  TBA
GRAYSON #3 VAR ED  TBA
GREEN LANTERN NEW GODS GODHEAD #1 VAR ED  TBA
GUARDIANS 3000 #1 DEADPOOL 75TH ANNIV MOLINA VAR  TBA
GUARDIANS 3000 #1 SANDOVAL VAR  TBA
HOLMES VS HOUDINI #1 (OF 5) CASSADAY VAR  TBA
JUSTICE LEAGUE #34 VAR ED  TBA
LEGENDARY STAR LORD #4 HASBRO VAR  TBA
LEGENDARY STAR LORD #4 STOMP OUT BULLYING VAR  TBA
LOBO #1 VAR ED  TBA
MEN O/WRATH BY JASON AARON #1 (OF 5) DILLON VAR  TBA
MERCY THOMPSON #1 (OF 6) GARCIA B&W VAR  TBA
MOON KNIGHT #8 SHALVEY VAR  TBA
PETER PANZERFAUST #21 CVR B OEMING VAR  TBA
RAT QUEENS #8 10 COPY CVR B OEMING VAR  TBA
SPIDER-MAN 2099 #4 LAND DEADPOOL 75TH ANN VAR  TBA
THOR #1 PICHELLI VAR  TBA
THOR #1 RIBIC DESIGN VAR  TBA
THOR #1 ROBINSON VAR  TBA
THOR #1 ROSS 75TH ANN VAR  TBA
THOR #1 STAPLES VAR  TBA
UBER #18 BLITZKRIEG VAR  TBA
UNCANNY AVENGERS #25 DEADPOOL 75TH ANN PHAM VAR  TBA
 
 REORDER COMICS-27  MSRP
ALL NEW X-MEN #32  $     3.99
BATMAN #20  $     3.99
BATMAN BLACK & WHITE #6 (OF 6)  $     4.99
BATMAN SUPERMAN #1  $     3.99
BATMAN SUPERMAN #2 2ND PTG  $     3.99
GREEN LANTERN #21  $     2.99
GREEN LANTERN #22  $     2.99
GREEN LANTERN #23  $     2.99
GREEN LANTERN #24  $     2.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #27  $     2.99
HEXED #1  $     3.99
HIT-GIRL #4 (OF 5) (MR)  $     2.99
HIT-GIRL #5 (OF 5) (MR)  $     4.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICAS VIBE #3  $     2.99
KICK-ASS 2 #2 2ND PTG JRJR VAR (MR) (OF 7)  $     2.99
KICK-ASS 2 #2 YU TRIPLE VAR (MR) (OF 7)  $     2.99
KICK-ASS 2 #4 (MR) (OF 7)  $     2.99
KICK-ASS 2 #5 PHOTO VAR (MR) (OF 7)  $     2.99
KICK-ASS 2 #6 (MR) (OF 7)  $     2.99
KICK-ASS 2 #6 PHOTO VAR (MR)(OF 7)  $     2.99
KICK-ASS 2 #7 (OF 7) PHOTO VAR (MR)  $     4.99
RED LANTERNS #22  $     2.99
RED LANTERNS #24  $     2.99
RED LANTERNS #27  $     2.99
SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 ALIEN #2 (OF 4)  $     3.99
SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 ALIEN #3 (OF 4)  $     3.99
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #33  $     4.99
 
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 NEW ACTION FIGURES/MODELS/STATUES-12  MSRP
ARKHAM ORIGINS 3 PACK DEATHSTROKE JOKER COPPERHEAD  $   54.95
DC COMICS ICONS SUPERMAN 1/6 SCALE STATUE  $   99.95
DC SUPER HEROES TEAM 6 PACK FIGURINE BOX SET  $   19.99
DOCTOR WHO WEEPING ANGEL MEDIUM TALKING PLUSH  $   29.99
POP HANNA BARBERA BARNEY RUBBLE VINYL FIG  $   10.99
POP HANNA BARBERA FRANKENSTEIN JR VINYL FIG  $   10.99
POP HANNA BARBERA FRED FLINTSTONE VINYL FIG  $   10.99
POP HANNA BARBERA HONG KONG PHOOEY VINYL FIG  $   10.99
POP ROGER RABBIT JESSICA RABBIT VINYL FIG  $   10.99
POP ROGER RABBIT JUDGE DOOM VINYL FIG  $   10.99
POP ROGER RABBIT SMARTY WEASEL VINYL FIG  $   10.99
TMNT DONATELLO BUST BANK  $   22.99
 
 REORDER ACTION FIGURES-7  MSRP
BATMAN ARKHAM CITY PLAY ARTS KAI ROBIN VER  $   59.99
DC COMICS NEW 52 TEEN TITANS SUPERBOY AF  $   24.95
DC COMICS NEW 52 WONDER WOMAN ACTION FIGURE  $   24.95
MARVEL SELECT ELEKTRA ACTION FIGURE  $   24.99
POP ADVENTURE TIME CAKE VINYL FIG  $   10.99
POP DARK KNIGHT BATMAN BEYOND VINYL FIG  $   10.99
THUNDERBIRD 3 1/350 SCALE MDL KIT  $   59.99
 
 NEW BOOKS & TRADES-37  MSRP
ALL NEW GHOST RIDER TP VOL 01 ENGINES OF VENGEANCE  $   15.99
ALL NEW X-MEN HC VOL 01  $   34.99
BATMAN 75TH ANNIVERSARY TP COLLECTION  $   49.99
BATMAN TP VOL 04 ZERO YEAR SECRET CITY (N52)  $   16.99
BEN 10 CLASSICS TP VOL 03 BLAST FROM THE PAST  $   17.99
BLACKHAND COMICS HC (MR)  $   19.99
DEATHLOK DEMOLISHER TP COMPLETE COLLECTION  $   39.99
FABLES DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 09 (MR)  $   29.99
FAIREST TP VOL 04 OF MEN AND MICE (MR)  $   14.99
FBP FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS TP VOL 02 (MR)  $   14.99
FIVE GHOSTS TP VOL 01 HAUNTING OF FABIAN GRAY  $     9.99
FIVE GHOSTS TP VOL 02 LOST COASTLINES  $   14.99
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR TWO HC VOL 01  $   22.99
IRON MAN PREM HC VOL 05 RINGS OF MANDARIN  $   24.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND 2.0 POWER STRUGGLE TP  $   16.99
MAGENTA NOIR FATALE GN (MR)  $   11.99
MAGNETO TP VOL 01 INFAMOUS  $   17.99
MANHATTAN PROJECTS HC VOL 01  $   34.99
MOON KNIGHT EPIC COLLECTION TP BAD MOON RISING  $   39.99
MOON KNIGHT TP VOL 01 FROM DEAD  $   17.99
NAILBITER TP VOL 01 THERE WILL BE BLOOD (MR)  $     9.99
NEIL GAIMAN FORTUNATELY THE MILK SC  $     5.99
NEIL GAIMAN GRAVEYARD BOOK COMMEMORATIVE ED  $     9.99
NEW MUTANTS X-FORCE TP DEMON BEAR  $   24.99
NEW TEEN TITANS TP VOL 01  $   19.99
SAMURAI JACK TP VOL 02 SCOTSMANS CURSE  $   19.99
SKULLKICKERS TP V05 DOZEN COUSINS & CRUMPLED CROWN  $   16.99
SOUTHERN BASTARDS TP VOL 01 HERE WAS A MAN (MR)  $     9.99
SPIDER-MAN KRAVENS LAST HUNT PROSE NOVEL HC  $   24.99
TEEN TITANS GO TITANS TOGETHER TP NEW PTG  $   12.99
TMNT ONGOING TP VOL 09 MONSTERS MISFITS MADMEN  $   17.99
WALKING DEAD MMPB VOL 03 FALL OF GOVERNOR PT 1  $     7.99
WALKING DEAD POSTER COLLECTION VOL 02  $   24.99
WARHAMMER 40K FALSE GODS MMPB NEW ED  $     9.99
WARHAMMER GOTREK & FELIX KINSLAYER HC  $   24.99
WONDER WOMAN HC VOL 05 FLESH (N52)  $   24.99
WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 04 WAR (N52)  $   14.99
 
 REORDER BOOKS & TRADES-6  MSRP
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT TP VOL 03 BETTER TOMORROW  $   14.99
FLASHPOINT WORLD OF FLASHPOINT THE FLASH TP  $   17.99
FORBIDDEN WORLDS ARCHIVES HC VOL 01  $   49.99
MAGNETO TP VOL 01 INFAMOUS  $   17.99
RAGE AFTER THE IMPACT TP  $   10.99
SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE NEW ED (MR)  $   19.99
 
 NEW GAMES-5  MSRP
MTG: KHANS OF TARKIR BOOSTER PACK  $     3.99
MTG: KHANS OF TARKIR BOOSTER BOX  $ 109.95
MTG: KHANS OF TARKIR FAT PACK  $   39.99
MTG: KHANS OF TARKIR EVENT DECK-CONQUERING HORDES  $   24.95
MTG: KHANS OF TARKIR INTRO PACKS  $   15.95
 
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AMERICAS TEST KITCHEN BEST EVER SIDE DISHES  $     9.95
BARBIE 1114  $     4.99
BASEBALL AMERICA #1420  $     5.99
BELLVUE LITERARY REVIEW #14.2  $   10.00
BLEEDING COOL MAGAZINE #12 (MR)  $     4.99
CINEFEX #139  $   12.50
CLASSIC ROCK #201  $   11.99
DC BATMAN AUTO MAG #41 THE RETURN #1  $   20.00
DC BATMAN AUTO MAG #42 NEW ADV O/BATMAN ANI SERIES  $   20.00
DC BATMAN AUTO MAG #43 BATMAN ANI SERIES MARK II  $   20.00
ELLE 0914  $     9.99
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #1329/30  $     4.99
FILMFAX #138  $     9.95
FOUNTAIN #101  $     5.50
HEAVY METAL #270  $     7.95
IN STYLE 1014  $     4.99
JUXTAPOZ #165  $     5.99
MENS HEALTH 1014  $     4.99
MENTAL FLOSS #13.7  $     5.99
MODEL RAILROADER 1014  $     5.99
NON SPORTS UPDATE #25.5  $     5.99
PLAYBOY 1014  $     7.99
RUE MORGUE SPECIAL: HORROR MOVIE HEROES  $   14.95
SCARY MONSTERS #94  $     8.95
SCREAM MAGAZINE #26 (MR)  $     8.99
STAR WARS INSIDER #152 NEWSTAND EDITION  $     7.99
STRATEGY & TACTICS #289  $     6.99
W 1014  $     4.99
WORLD OF ARCHIE COMICS DIGEST #43  $     4.99
WWE MAGAZINE 1014  $     6.99
 
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 ACTION FIGURES/STATUES/MODELS    
Batman Black & White Statue: Zombie Batman/Adams 9/24/2014 10/15/2014
Batman Black & White: Harley Quinn 2nd Ed. Statue 10/1/2014 10/15/2014
Batman: Arkham City Batman ArtFX+ Statue 9/24/2014 10/15/2014
Breaking Bad: Jesse Pinkman PX Blue Hazmat 6' AF 12/31/2014 10/29/2014
BTTF: Time Machine Mark I Car   10/15/2014
DC Comics Cover Girls: Katana Statue 9/24/2014 10/15/2014
DC Comics-New 52: Earth 2 Hawkgirl AF 12/31/2014 10/8/2014
Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket Raccoon ArtFX+ Statue 10/29/2014 10/15/2014
Justice League Chess Set 10/1/2014 10/15/2014
Marvel Comics Avengers NOW: Hawkeye ArtFX+ Statue 9/24/2014 10/15/2014
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare AF Asst. 12/31/2014 10/29/2014
Sandman Overture Ltd. Ed. Patina Statue 9/24/2014 10/15/2014
Sandman: Overture Statue 9/24/2014 10/8/2014
Superman: The Man of Steel Statue by Shane Davis 9/24/2014 10/8/2014
TMNT: Donatello Bust Bank 9/24/2014 10/8/2014
Wonder Woman vs. Hydra Mini Patina Statue 9/24/2014 10/15/2014
   
 BOOKS & TRADES    
Absolute Batman: Haunted Knight HC 11/12/2014 11/26/2014
Batwoman TP Vol. 5: Webs (N52) 11/5/2014 11/26/2014
Guardians of the Galaxy Premiere HC Vol. 3: Guardians Disassembled 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
Original Sin HC 10/22/2014 10/29/2014
Punk Rock Jesus Deluxe Edition HC (MR) 11/5/2014 11/26/2014
Trinity of Sin: Pandora TP Vol. 2 (N52) 11/5/2014 11/19/2014
   
 COMICS    
Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #1 Oum Var. (RES) 10/15/2014 10/22/2014
Deathstroke #1 9/24/2014 10/22/2014
Doctor Who: 12th #1 Reg./Vars. 10/8/2014 10/15/2014
Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1 Reg./Var. 10/15/2014 10/22/2014
Harley Quinn #11 Reg./Vars. 10/15/2014 10/22/2014
Infinity Man and the Forever People #4 10/8/2014 10/15/2014
Infinity Man and the Forever People #5 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
Superman/Wonder Woman #12 (DOOMED) Reg./Var. 10/15/2014 10/8/2014
Wonder Woman #35 Reg./Var. 10/15/2014 10/29/2014
   
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