Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #174

Lots and lots of books worth buying this week, kids, so don’t expect more than a sentence or two each on the later ones — and let’s get started: Casanova #1 — Writer: Matt Fraction;  Art: Gabriel Ba (plus a back-up story by Fabio Moon) The lead story’s four years old, but it was originally a 16-page, monocolored comic; now it’s been remastered (meaning recolored and relettered), with a backup story by Moon added, making it worthwhile even if you’re one of the few people who have the originals. It’s a superspy romp with tons of narrative tricks (Fraction lists … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Read and Put Back #174

Shadowland #1 (of 5) — Writer: Andy Diggle;  Pencils: Billy Tan;  Inks: Batt This is the kickoff to yet another crossover event, one stretching over the next five months, although the only regular titles involved seem to be Daredevil and Thunderbolts (depressingly, there will be 18 “extra” books with “Shadowland” in the title that readers will be expected to buy too). It looks like a “Dark DD” riff, sort of like DC’s Arsenal (but, sadly, without any dead-cat weapons or heroin use), involving DD, who’s now the leader of the Hand (don’t ask) against most of the NYC heroes, like … Continue reading

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Early Run of Amazing Spider-man and Daredevil Just In!

As the old saying goes, when it rains, it pours! In the last week, we acquired a nice run of Amazing Spiderman, from issue #9 and up, and Daredevil, from #17 and up. A selection of these early issues are currently being featured in our “as seen on our online shop” display case in the west end of the store! The majority of these books are in the G/VG “affordable” range. The day after acquiring this collection, we also purchased a Giant Size X-Men #1, and an early Silver Age X-Men #3! We’ll be purchasing many more early books from … Continue reading

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X-men SALE/PARTY/PROMOTION Thurs. 7/8/10

Tomorrow is our X-men SALE/PARTY/PROMOTION featuring X-men #1! We’ll have several special exclusive X-men Party Variants, and the X-men Party Exclusive Limited Edition Medina Cover Print, while supplies last! And for this one day only we’re offering 20% off ALL X-men BACK ISSUE Comics,  20% off ALL X-men Hardcover Books and 10% off ALL X-men TRADE Paperback Books! One Day Only! Thursday, July 8th! Open 10 AM to 7 PM.  See you at the shop! Marsha, Alan and the AABC Staff www.AllAboutComics.com Continue reading

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25% OFF July 4th SALE!

Don’t miss our annual 4th of July SALE this Sunday, July 4th, from 11 AM to 5 PM! * If you can’t make it to the shop you can shop online for back issues all day and get 25% off with promo code JULY4th.  Why stop at the shop?  You can also get 100 comics from our discount comic room for only  50.00!  The discounts apply to almost everything in the store, new comics, back issues, supplies, statues, t-shirts, posters, action figures, gifts and cards! Don’t miss the biggest sale of the year! Continue reading

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