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BOOM! Studios Comics Shipping for July 9, 2025

BOOM! STUDIOS

Hello Darkness #12 (Cover A Miguel Mercado), $5.99
Hello Darkness #12 (Cover B Jenny Frison), $5.99
Hello Darkness #12 (Cover C Martin Morazzo Full Art Variant), $5.99
Hello Darkness #12 (Cover D Dan Panosian BOOM 20th Anniversary Variant), $5.99
Hello Darkness #12 (Cover E Dan Panosian BOOM 20th Anniversary Full Art Variant), AR
Uncanny Valley #10 (Of 10)(Cover A Dave Wachter), $4.99
Uncanny Valley #10 (Of 10)(Cover B Tony Fleecs), $4.99
Uncanny Valley #10 (Of 10)(Cover C Dave Wachter Full Art Variant), AR
Zombie Tales Complete Collection TP, $19.99

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DC Comics Shipping from for July 9, 2025

DC COMICS:

Absolute Batman #3 (4th Printing Cover A Nick Dragotta), $4.99
Absolute Superman #3 (2nd Printing Cover A Rafa Sandoval), $4.99
Absolute Superman #9 (Cover A Rafa Sandoval), $4.99
Absolute Superman #9 (Cover B Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Superman #9 (Cover C Gerald Parel Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Absolute Superman #9 (Cover D Dustin Nguyen Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Superman #9 (Cover E Lesley Leirix Li Full Art Card Stock Variant), AR
Absolute Wonder Woman #3 (3rd Printing Cover A Hayden Sherman), $4.99
Absolute Wonder Woman #4 (2nd Printing Cover A Hayden Sherman), $4.99
Action Comics #1088 (Cover A Ryan Sook), $4.99
Action Comics #1088 (Cover B Leonardo Romero Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1088 (Cover C Karl Kerschl Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1088 (Cover D Skylar Patridge Card Stock Variant), AR
Aquaman #7 (Cover A Gleb Melnikov), $3.99
Aquaman #7 (Cover B Edwin Galmon Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Aquaman #7 (Cover C Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Aquaman #7 (Cover D Ozgur Yildirim Card Stock Variant), AR
Aquaman #7 (Cover E Mark Spears Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman And Robin #23 (Cover A Carmine Di Giandomenico), $4.99
Batman And Robin #23 (Cover B Juan Ferreyra Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman And Robin #23 (Cover C Rafael De Latorre Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman And Robin #23 (Cover D Jay Anacleto Gotham City Sirens Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman And Robin #23 (Cover E John McCrea Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman And Robin (2024) Volume 1 Memento TP, $19.99
Batman Dark Patterns #8 (Of 12)(Cover A Hayden Sherman), $4.99
Batman Dark Patterns #8 (Of 12)(Cover B Martin Simmonds Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman Gotham By Gaslight A League For Justice #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Leandro Fernandez), $4.99
Batman Gotham By Gaslight A League For Justice #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Sebastian Fiumara Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman Gotham By Gaslight A League For Justice #1 (Of 6)(Cover C Bill Sienkiewicz Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman Gotham By Gaslight A League For Justice #1 (Of 6)(Cover D Christopher Mitten Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Finest Justice Society Of America The Plunder Of The Psycho-Pirate TP, $39.99
DC W.I.P. All Star Superman #1 (Cover A Frank Quitely), $14.99
Fire And Ice When Hell Freezes Over #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson), $3.99
Fire And Ice When Hell Freezes Over #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Jessica Fong Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Flex Mentallo Man Of Muscle Mystery Deluxe HC (2025 Edition), $29.99
Gotham City Sirens Unfit For Orbit #2 (Of 5)(Cover A Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson), $3.99
Gotham City Sirens Unfit For Orbit #2 (Of 5)(Cover B Noobovich Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Gotham City Sirens Unfit For Orbit #2 (Of 5)(Cover C Guillem March Connecting Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Gotham City Sirens Unfit For Orbit #2 (Of 5)(Cover D Guillem March Connecting Kalanorian Foil Variant), $6.99
Gotham City Sirens Unfit For Orbit #2 (Of 5)(Cover E Helen Mask Card Stock Variant), AR
Green Lantern Corps #6 (Cover A Fernando Pasarin & Oclair Albert), $3.99
Green Lantern Corps #6 (Cover B Edwin Galmon Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Lantern Corps #6 (Cover C Rian Gonzales Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Green Lantern Corps #6 (Cover D Natacha Bustos Card Stock Variant), AR
John Constantine Hellblazer By Jamie Delano Omnibus Volume 2 HC, $99.99
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume 1 HC The Absolute Edition (2025 Edition), $100.00
Poison Ivy Volume 5 Human Botany HC, $24.99
Poison Ivy Volume 5 Human Botany TP, $19.99
Supergirl #3 (Cover A Sophie Campbell), $3.99
Supergirl #3 (Cover B Stanley Artgerm Lau Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Supergirl #3 (Cover C Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Supergirl #3 (Cover D Joelle Jones Card Stock Variant), AR
Supergirl The New 52 Omnibus Volume 1 HC, $125.00
Superman The Last Days Of Lex Luthor HC, $29.99
Superman Treasury 2025 Hero For All #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Bruno Redondo), $14.99
Superman Treasury 2025 Hero For All #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Dan Jurgens), $14.99
Superman Treasury 2025 Hero For All #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Scott Koblish Wraparound Variant), $14.99
Superman Treasury 2025 Hero For All #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Superman Movie Photo Variant), $14.99
Superman Treasury 2025 Hero For All #1 (One Shot)(Cover E Bruno Rendondo Foil Variant), $19.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Belen Ortega), $3.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Ben Oliver Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #2 (Of 6)(Cover C Ejikure Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #2 (Of 6)(Cover D Tula Lotay Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #2 (Of 6)(Cover E W. Scott Forbes Card Stock Variant), AR
Trinity Daughter Of Wonder Woman #2 (Of 6)(Cover F Paulina Ganucheau Card Stock Variant), AR

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Image Comics Shipping for July 9, 2025

IMAGE COMICS

Blood Squad Seven #9 (Cover A Paul Fry), $3.99
Blood Squad Seven #9 (Cover B Jim Rugg), AR
Farmhand #23 (Cover A Rob Guillory), $3.99
Free Planet #3 (Cover A Jed Dougherty), $3.99
Free Planet #3 (Cover B Jed Dougherty Ladder Variant), $3.99
Free Planet #3 (Cover C Jed Dougherty Foil Variant), AR
I Hate Fairyland #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Skottie Young), $3.99
I Hate Fairyland #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Skottie Young Foil Variant), $4.99
I Hate Fairyland #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover C Blank Variant), $3.99
I Hate Fairyland #42 (Cover A Derek Laufman & Jean Francois Beaulieu), $3.99
I Hate Fairyland #42 (Cover B Derek Laufman Black & White Variant), $3.99
I Hate Fairyland #42 (Cover C Skottie Young), AR
Invincible Universe Battle Beast #1 (3rd Printing Cover A Tom Reilly), $3.99
Madi Once Upon A Time In The Future TP, $19.99
Power Fantasy #10 (Cover A Caspar Wijngaard), $3.99
Power Fantasy #10 (Cover B Luana Vecchio), $3.99
Radiant Black #35 (Cover A Marcelo Costa), $3.99
Radiant Black #35 (Cover B Riccardo Robaldo), $3.99
Radiant Black #35 (Cover C Rose Besch Foil Variant), AR
Revival #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Jenny Frisson), $3.99
Revival #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Jenny Frisson Foil Variant), $4.99
Revival #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover C Blank Variant), $3.99
Savage Dragon #277 (Cover A Erik Larsen), $3.99
Savage Dragon #277 (Cover B Erik Larsen 70s Trade Dress Variant), $3.99
Transformers #22 (Cover A Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer), $3.99
Transformers #22 (Cover B Jorge Corona & Mike Spicer), $3.99
Transformers #22 (Cover C David Nakayama Connecting Variant), AR
Transformers #22 (Cover D Manabu Yashiro), AR
Transformers #22 (Cover E Pye Parr), AR
Transformers Worst Bot Ever Meet Ballpoint GN, $12.99
Unchosen #1 (Of 4)(Cover A David Marquez), $3.99
Unchosen #1 (Of 4)(Cover B David Marquez Aida Variant), $3.99
Unchosen #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Peach Momoko), AR
Unchosen #1 (Of 4)(Cover D Peach Momoko Full Art Variant), AR
Unchosen #1 (Of 4)(Cover E Blank Variant), $3.99
Witchblade #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Michael Turner), $3.99
Witchblade #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Michael Turner Foil Variant), $4.99
Witchblade #1 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover C Blank Variant), $3.99

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Marvel Comics Shipping for July 9, 2025

MARVEL COMICS

Amazing Spider-Man #4 (2nd Printing Cover A Pepe Larraz), $4.99
Amazing Spider-Man #4 (2nd Printing Cover B Mark Chiarello Full Art Variant), AR
Conquest 2099 TP, $17.99
Daredevil Cold Day In Hell #2 (Of 3)(2nd Printing Cover A Steve McNiven), $6.99
Daredevil Cold Day In Hell #2 (Of 3)(2nd Printing Cover B Frank Miller Full Art Variant), AR
Deadpool Epic Collection Volume 7 TP Agent X TP, $54.99
Doctor Strange Of Asgard #5 (Of 5)(Cover A Geoff Shaw)(One World Under Doom), $3.99
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover A Humberto Ramos), $4.99
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover B Alan Davis), $4.99
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover C Lorenzo Pastrovicchio Disney What If? Fantastic Four Homage Variant), $4.99
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover D Alex Ross), $4.99
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover E Jeehyung Lee), $4.99
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover F Cliff Chiang), $4.99
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover G Blank Variant), $4.99
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover H Ryan Meinerding Marvel Studios Variant), $4.99
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover I Mahmud Asrar Foil Variant), AR
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover J John Buscema Remastered Variant), AR
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover K Lorenzo Pastrovicchio Disney What If? Fantastic Four Homage Black & White Variant), AR
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover L Jerome Opena), AR
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover M Jeehyung Lee Full Art Variant), AR
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover N Leonardo Romero Retrovision Variant), $4.99
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover O NetEase Games Marvel Rivals 2-Part Connecting Variant), $4.99
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover P Claudio Castellini Wraparound Variant), AR
Fantastic Four #1 (Cover Q Skottie Young 5-Part Connecting Variant), $4.99
Fantastic Four #7 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Jack Kirby), $4.99
Fantastic Four #7 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Jack Kirby Foil Variant), AR
Fantastic Four #7 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover C David Yardin), $4.99
Fantastic Four First Steps #1 (Cover A Phil Noto Movie Costumes Variant), $4.99
Fantastic Four First Steps #1 (Cover B Phil Noto Classic Costumes Variant), $4.99
Fantastic Four First Steps #1 (Cover C Mark Buckingham), $4.99
It's Jeff Infinity Paws #1 (Cover A Nao Fuji), $6.99
It's Jeff Infinity Paws #1 (Cover B Chrissie Zullo), $6.99
Laura Kinney Wolverine #8 (Cover A Elena Casagrande), $3.99
Laura Kinney Wolverine #8 (Cover B Nogi San), $3.99
Laura Kinney Wolverine #8 (Cover C Stephen Segovia), AR
Magik #7 (Cover A Pablo Villalobos), $3.99
Magik #7 (Cover B Joe Quinones RetroVision Variant), $3.99
Magik #7 (Cover C Yasmine Putri), AR
Marvel Knights The World To Come #1 (Of 6)(2nd Printing Cover A Dan Panosian), $5.99
Marvel Knights The World To Come #1 (Of 6)(2nd Printing Cover B Joe Quesada Black & White Full Art Variant), AR
Marvel Studios' Captain America Brave New World The Art Of The Movie Slipcase HC, $100.00
Marvel Swimsuit Special Friends Foes And Rivals #1 (Cover A Adam Hughes Wraparound Variant), $5.99
Marvel Swimsuit Special Friends Foes And Rivals #1 (Cover B Russell Dauterman Wraparound Variant), $5.99
Marvel Swimsuit Special Friends Foes And Rivals #1 (Cover C Taurin Clarke), $5.99
Marvel Swimsuit Special Friends Foes And Rivals #1 (Cover D Pablo Villalobos), $5.99
Marvel Swimsuit Special Friends Foes And Rivals #1 (Cover E Terry Dodson), $5.99
Marvel Swimsuit Special Friends Foes And Rivals #1 (Cover F Lucas Werneck), $5.99
Marvel Swimsuit Special Friends Foes And Rivals #1 (Cover G Mark Brooks Wraparound Variant), $5.99
Marvel Swimsuit Special Friends Foes And Rivals #1 (Cover H Russell Dauterman Full Art Variant), AR
Marvel Swimsuit Special Friends Foes And Rivals #1 (Cover I Pablo Villalobos Full Art Variant), AR
Micronauts Epic Collection The Original Marvel Years Volume 1 They Came From Inner Space TP, $49.99
Miles Morales Spider-Man #35 (Cover A Federico Vicentini), $3.99
Miles Morales Spider-Man #35 (Cover B Logan Lubera 5-Part Connecting Variant), $3.99
Miles Morales Spider-Man #35 (Cover C Pere Perez Retrovision Variant), $3.99
Miles Morales Spider-Man #35 (Cover D Paco Medina), $3.99
Miles Morales Spider-Man #35 (Cover E Simone Di Meo), AR
Predator Black White And Blood #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Simone Di Meo), $5.99
Predator Black White And Blood #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Mahmud Asrar), $5.99
Predator Black White And Blood #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Paolo Villanelli), $5.99
Predator Black White And Blood #1 (Of 4)(Cover D Federico Vicentini), AR
Predator Black White And Blood #1 (Of 4)(Cover E Simone Di Meo Full Art Variant), AR
Predator Vs. Spider-Man #2 (Of 4)(2nd Printing Cover A Paulo Siqueira), $4.99
Predator Vs. Spider-Man #2 (Of 4)(2nd Printing Cover B Ed McGuinness Full Art Variant), AR
Psylocke Volume 1 Guardian TP, $17.99
Red Hulk #6 (Cover A Paulo Siqueira)(One World Under Doom), $3.99
Red Hulk #6 (Cover B Mike Allred Retrovision Variant)(One World Under Doom), $3.99
Red Hulk #6 (Cover C Dan Panosian)(One World Under Doom), AR
Sentinels Necessary Monsters TP, $17.99
Spider-Man By Michelinie And Bagley Omnibus Volume 2 HC (Cover A Mark Bagley Hulk Book Market Variant), $125.00
Spider-Man By Michelinie And Bagley Omnibus Volume 2 HC (Cover B Mark Bagley Enemies Direct Market Variant), $125.00
Star Wars Ewoks TP, $17.99
Star Wars Legacy Of Vader #6 (Cover A Derrick Chew), $3.99
Star Wars Legacy Of Vader #6 (Cover B Chris Sprouse The Force Awakens 10th Anniversary Variant), $3.99
Star Wars Legacy Of Vader #6 (Cover C Simone Di Meo), $3.99
Star Wars Legacy Of Vader #6 (Cover D Josemaria Casanovas), AR
Superior Avengers #4 (Of 6)(Cover A R. B. Silva)(One World Under Doom), $3.99
Superior Avengers #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Kyle Hotz)(One World Under Doom), $3.99
Ultimate Spider-Man Incursion #2 (Of 5)(Cover A Sara Pichelli), $4.99
Ultimate Spider-Man Incursion #2 (Of 5)(Cover B Cafu), $4.99
Ultimate Spider-Man Incursion #2 (Of 5)(Cover C Sanford Greene), $4.99
Ultimate Spider-Man Incursion #2 (Of 5)(Cover D Giuseppe Camuncoli), AR
Ultimate Spider-Man Incursion #2 (Of 5)(Cover E Cafu Full Art Variant), AR
Uncanny X-Men #17 (Cover A David Marquez), $4.99
Uncanny X-Men #17 (Cover B Ron Frenz Retrovision Variant), $4.99
Uncanny X-Men #17 (Cover C Ejikure Mutina), $4.99
Uncanny X-Men #17 (Cover D Ejikure Mutina Full Art Variant), AR
Uncanny X-Men #17 (Cover E Rod Reis), AR
Wolverine And Kitty Pryde #4 (Of 5)(Cover A Alan Davis), $3.99
Wolverine And Kitty Pryde #4 (Of 5)(Cover B Jan Bazaldua), $3.99
X-Men Onslaught Aftermath Omnibus HC (Cover A Adam Kubert Book Market Variant), $100.00
X-Men Onslaught Aftermath Omnibus HC (Cover B Steve Epting Direct Market Variant), $100.00

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Comic Books, Magazines and Books Shipping for July 9, 2025

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

MAY251556 ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #4 CVR A NICK WINN $4.99
MAY251557 ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #4 CVR B HICKEY $4.99
MAY251558 ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #4 CVR C MARCELINE GRAY SKETCH $4.99
MAY251060 ARCHIE MEETS JAY & BOB ONESHOT CVR A RUIZ & KOSLOWSKI (MR) $7.99
MAY251061 ARCHIE MEETS JAY & BOB ONESHOT CVR B RUIZ GREYSCALE (MR) $7.99
MAY251062 ARCHIE MEETS JAY & BOB ONESHOT CVR C FRANCAVILLA (MR) $7.99
MAY251063 ARCHIE MEETS JAY & BOB ONESHOT CVR D PHIL HESTER (MR) $7.99
MAY251064 ARCHIE MEETS JAY & BOB ONESHOT CVR E DAN PARENT (MR) $7.99
MAY251065 ARCHIE MEETS JAY & BOB ONESHOT CVR F TY TEMPLETON (MR) $7.99
MAY251068 ARCHIE MEETS JAY & BOB ONESHOT CVR I RUIZ FOIL (MR) $11.99
MAY251069 ARCHIE MEETS JAY & BOB ONESHOT CVR J FRANCAVILLA FOIL (MR) $11.99
APR251317 BLOWTORCH BURY THE PAST SPECIAL COLLECTORS ED CVR B (C: 0-1- $19.99
FEB251891 MEAT EATERS GN (C: 0-1-2) $24.99
APR250837 NEVERLAND SANDS OF ETERNITY CVR A VITORINO $5.99
APR250838 NEVERLAND SANDS OF ETERNITY CVR B TARRAGONA $5.99
APR250839 NEVERLAND SANDS OF ETERNITY CVR C RIVEIRO $5.99
MAY251562 PLAGUE HOUSE #4 (OF 4) CVR A CHISHOLM $4.99
MAY251563 PLAGUE HOUSE #4 (OF 4) CVR B ASH JON $4.99
MAY251292 SIX SHOTS #1 (OF 2) (C: 0-1-1) $4.99

DARK HORSE COMICS
Assassin's Apprentice III #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Anna Steinbauer), $3.99
Blue Book Library Edition Volume 1 HC, $49.99
FML #5 (Of 8)(Cover A David Lopez), $4.99
FML #5 (Of 8)(Cover B Jill Thompson), $4.99
God Of War 20th Anniversary Retrospective, $99.99
God Of War 20th Anniversary Retrospective (Deluxe Edition), $199.00
GWENT Art Of The Witcher Card Game Volume 2 HC, $54.99
Magic Order 5 #6 (Cover A Matteo Buffagni), $4.99
Magic Order 5 #6 (Cover B Matteo Buffagni Black & White Variant), $4.99
Real Ghostbusters A Visual History HC, $54.99
Real Ghostbusters A Visual History HC (Deluxe Edition), $109.99

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
Lilo And Stitch Volume 2 Ohana HC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $19.99
Lilo And Stitch Volume 2 Ohana TP, $14.99

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Hate Revisited TP (per Lunar Distribution), $19.99

IDW PUBLISHING
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees Rite Of Spring #1 (Cover A Patrick Horvath), $4.99
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees Rite Of Spring #1 (Cover B Tony Fleecs Movie Homage Variant), $4.99
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees Rite Of Spring #1 (Cover C Riley Rossmo Storybook Variant), $4.99
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees Rite Of Spring #1 (Cover D Skottie Young), $4.99
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees Rite Of Spring #1 (Cover E Patrick Horvath Full Art Variant), AR
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees Rite Of Spring #1 (Cover F Tony Fleecs Movie Homage Full Art Variant), AR
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees Rite Of Spring #1 (Cover G Riley Rossmo Storybook Black & White Variant), AR
Godzilla Here There Be Aliens #2 (Cover A Fero Pe), $4.99
Godzilla Here There Be Aliens #2 (Cover B Angel Hernandez), $4.99
Godzilla Here There Be Aliens #2 (Cover C Fero Pe Ful Art Variant), AR
Neal Adams' Classic DC Artist's Edtion HC (Cover A Neal Adams Batman Variant), $150.00
Neal Adams' Classic DC Artist's Edtion HC (Cover B Neal Adams Green Lantern Variant), $150.00
Star Trek Lower Decks #9 (Cover A Vernon Smith), $4.99
Star Trek Lower Decks #9 (Cover B Jack Lawrence), $4.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Nation #8 (Cover A Fero Pe), $5.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Nation #8 (Cover B Max Dunbar), $5.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Nation #8 (Cover C Patricio Delpeche), AR
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Last Ronin II Re-Evolution HC, $34.99

KODANSHA COMICS
A Sign Of Affection Omnibus 3 TP (Volumes 7-9)(per Penguin Random House), $22.99
Medalist Volume 9 GN (per Penguin Random House), $13.99
My Noisy Roommate The Roof Over My Head Comes With Monsters And A Hottie Volume 3 GN (per Penguin Random House), $13.99

ONI PRESS
Blood Type #2 (Of 4)(EC Comics)(Cover A Miguel Mercado), $4.99
Blood Type #2 (Of 4)(EC Comics)(Cover B Andrea Sorrentino), $4.99
Blood Type #2 (Of 4)(EC Comics)(Cover C Albert Monteys EC Homage Variant), AR
Blood Type #2 (Of 4)(EC Comics)(Cover D Andrea Sorrentino Black & White Artist Edition Variant), AR
Blood Type #2 (Of 4)(EC Comics)(Cover E Patricia Martin EC Archive Edition Variant), AR
Dark Regards #3 (Of 4)(Cover A Artyom Topilin), $4.99
Dark Regards #3 (Of 4)(Cover B Noah Bailey), $4.99
Dark Regards #3 (Of 4)(Cover C Noah Bailey Full Art Variant), AR
Dark Regards #3 (Of 4)(Cover D Brian Level Album Cover Variant), AR
Meat Eaters GN, $24.99
Rick And Morty Vs. The Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Dave Bardin), $4.99
Rick And Morty Vs. The Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Juan Gedeon), $4.99
Rick And Morty Vs. The Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Troy Little), $4.99
Rick And Morty Vs. The Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover D Blank Variant), $4.99
Rick And Morty Vs. The Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover E Flops Interlocking Variant), AR
Rick And Morty Vs. The Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover F Tom Fowler Event Variant), AR
Rick And Morty Vs. The Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover G Jarrett Williams Prime Variant), AR
Rick And Morty Vs. The Universe #1 (Of 4)(Cover H Rian Gonzales Wedding Variant), AR

SUBLIME
Ask And You Will Receive Volume 2 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $12.99
Therapy Game Restart Volume 5 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $12.99

TITAN BOOKS
Black Panther Panther's Rage Prose Novel HC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $18.99
Conan City Of The Dead Prose Novel HC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $18.99
Fantastic Four The Coming Of Galactus Prose Novel SC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $18.99
Ultraman Ultraseven The Official Novel Of The Series SC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $18.99

TITAN COMICS
Conan The Barbarian #22 (Cover A Dan Panosian), $3.99
Conan The Barbarian #22 (Cover B Riccardo Federici), $3.99
Conan The Barbarian #22 (Cover C Valerio Giangiordano), $3.99
Conan The Barbarian #22 (Cover D Jason Shawn Alexander), $3.99
Conan The Barbarian #22 (Cover F Dan Panosian Full Art Variant), $3.99
Death Sentence The Complete Collection TP (Cover A Martin Simmonds Book Market Variant), $49.99
Minky Woodcock The Girl Called Cthulhu HC, $24.99
Return To Skull Island #1 (Of 4)(Cover A InHyuk Lee), $4.99
Return To Skull Island #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Christopher Jones), $4.99
Return To Skull Island #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Christopher Jones Kong Headshot Variant), $4.99
Return To Skull Island #1 (Of 4)(Cover D Logo Full Art Variant), $4.99
Return To Skull Island #1 (Of 4)(Cover E InHyuk Lee Foil Variant), $14.99
Return To Skull Island #1 (Of 4)(Cover F Color Blank Variant), $5.99
Return To Skull Island #1 (Of 4)(Cover G InHyuk Lee Full Art Variant), $4.99
Savage Sword Of Conan #9 (Cover A Neal Adams), $6.99
Savage Sword Of Conan #9 (Cover B Alex Horley), $6.99
Savage Sword Of Conan #9 (Cover C Neal Adams Full Art Variant), $6.99
Solomon Kane The Serpent Ring #4 (Of 4)(Cover A Jessica Fong), $4.99
Solomon Kane The Serpent Ring #4 (Of 4)(Cover B James Castillo), $4.99
Solomon Kane The Serpent Ring #4 (Of 4)(Cover C Patrick Zircher), $4.99
Solomon Kane The Serpent Ring #4 (Of 4)(Cover D Jessica Fong Full Art Variant), $4.99

TITAN MANGA
Atom The Beginning Volume 11 TP, $12.99
Cosmic Censorship Volume 1 GN, $12.99
Dopeman Volume 2 GN, $12.99
Outsiders Volume 1 GN, $12.99

TOKYOPOP
Emma And Capucine Volume 2 GN (per Penguin Random House), $14.99

TOKYOPOP - LOVE X LOVE
You Can't Live All On Your Own Volume 1 GN (per Penguin Random House), $13.99

VIZ MEDIA
Beyblade X Volume 3 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Case Closed Volume 94 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Destroy All Humans They Can't Be Regenerated A Magic The Gathering Manga Volume 4 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $14.99
Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Manga Book Of Octavinelle Volume 1 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $14.99
Firefly Wedding Volume 3 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Kirby Manga Mania Volume 8 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Sleepy Princess In Demon Castle Volume 28 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Spider-Man Kizuna Volume 1 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Tsumiki Ogami's Not-So-Ordinary Life Volume 1 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Ultraman Along Came A Spider-Man Volume 1 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Yaiba Samurai Legend Volume 1 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $16.99

MAGAZINES

MAR251276 COMIC SHOP NEWS (100CT BUNDLE) #1977 (NET) $18.99
APR251336 G FAN #147 (C: 0-1-2) $8.95

MERCHANDISE

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Sunday, July 6, 2025

Review: Tyler Perry's "STRAW" Gets the Best of Taraji P. Henson

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 29 of 2025 (No. 2035) by Leroy Douresseaux

Straw (2025)
Running time:  105 minutes (1 hour, 45 minutes)
Rating: not rated by the MPA / TV-MA
WRITER/DIRECTOR:  Tyler Perry
PRODUCERS:  Tyler Perry, Angi Bones, and Tony L. Strickland 
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Justyn Moro (D.o.P.)
EDITOR:  Nick Coker
COMPOSER:  Dara Taylor

DRAMA/CRIME

Starring:  Taraji P. Henson, Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor, Sinbad, Rockmond Dunbar, Ashley Versher, Mike Merrill, Glynn Turman, Shalet Monique, Diva Tyler, Derek Phillips, Tilky Jones, Katrina Nelson, Justin James Boykin, and Gabby Jackson

SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW:
-- Taraji P. Henson gives a tour-de-force performance in Straw, the third Tyler Perry film in which she has been the lead and her fourth Perry film, overall. It is a treat to watch so skilled and talented an actress in this film

-- However, as good as it is, Straw is very sad and mournful. Straw is not a tear-jerkier. It is a python of sadness that will squeeze the tears out of you, dear readers.


Straw is a 2025 psychological drama and crime film from writer-director Tyler Perry.  The film is a “Netflix Original,” and it began streaming on the service June 6, 2025.  Straw focuses on an African-American single mother who is forced by a series of unfortunate events into inadvertently taking hostages at a local bank branch.

Straw introduces Janiyah Wiltkinson (Taraji P. Henson).  She is a single mother living in a dilapidated apartment with her frequently ill daughter, Aria (Gabby Jackson).  Janiyah has been able to hold things together, but one particular day, everything starts to fall apart.  Aria's school is demanding $40 for lunch money, and the landlord at her apartment complex is threatening to evict Janiyah if she does not come up with the rent money.

Janiyah's mean boss, Richard (Glynn Turman), at the “Super Center” grocery store is also threatening to fire her over being late for work and for often having to leave work early.  Then, the unthinkable happens, and Janiyah finds herself at “Benevolent Bank & Trust,” where a misunderstanding becomes a major incident.  Now, the bank's manager, Nicole Parker (Sherri Shepherd), and a female police detective, Detective Kay Raymond (Teyana Taylor), may be the only ones who can save Janiyah from more tragedy.

Straw is the fourth Tyler Perry in which actress Taraji P. Henson has appeared, and the third one in which she has been the lead.  I have seen 2009's I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Henson's first starring role in a Perry film, but I have yet to see her second Perry lead, 2018's Acrimony.  Straw is very different from I Can Do Bad All By Myself, which also has Henson play a desperate single mother, but that film was nowhere near as heavyhearted as Straw.

Straw is so gloomy and mournful that it would not be much of an exaggeration to say that I could cut the sadness with a knife and make sandwiches out of it.  I don't want to spoil the film because as crazy as it seems that everything starts to fall apart for Janiyah on the same day, an even crazier or perhaps surreal ending to the film is in the works the entire time.

For all that is unbelievable about his film's plot, Tyler Perry has made Straw into a statement about and indictment of a system that makes it really expensive for poor African-American women to be poor.  Henson, in another sterling performance, makes Perry's eccentricities in Straw convey both his melodramatic goals and socioeconomic messages.  If people think a film like Straw is beneath Henson's talents, they would be wrong.  The very least one can say is that Tyler Perry is not under-utilizing Taraji P. Henson's talents the way the broader... film industry is.

Once again, I can say of a Tyler Perry movie that there is nothing like Straw.  It is one of Perry's better directorial efforts because for all its intensity, Straw's is less melodrama and more cinema verite-ish.  Perry and Henson make me feel that Straw is reality and that its possibilities and speculations are realistic.  Sure, the film doesn't so much as jerk the tears out of the viewer as it squeezes the tears out of the viewer.  Still, Straw reveals that in the lives of certain Americans, the last straw really has many other straws coming behind it.

7 of 10
B+
★★★½ out of 4 stars

Sunday, July 6, 2025


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Saturday, July 5, 2025

Review: Ken Colley's "GREETINGS" is Small, But Big on Chills (R.I.P. Ken Colley)

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 28 of 2025 (No. 2034) by Leroy Douresseaux

Greetings (2007)
Running time:  72 minutes (1 hour, 12 minutes:
Rating: Not rated by the MPAA / TV-MA
WRITER/DIRECTOR:  Ken Colley
PRODUCER:  Ken Colley
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Denis Cullem
EDITOR: Andy Coughlan
COMPOSER: Darren Miller

HORROR

Starring:  Mel Stephenson, Matthew Reynolds, Kirsty Cox, Ben Shockley, John Rackham, Henry Dunn, Maria Long, and Kenneth Colley

Greetings is a 2007 British supernatural horror film from writer, producer, and director, Ken Colley.  The film apparently received some kind of limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom because the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) does not list it as a television movie.  In the United States and Canada, the film was released on DVD.  Greetings focuses on a group of friends who gather for a birthday party and find strange things starting to happen after they play with a Ouija board.

Greetings opens in a English flat where a group of eight friends and acquaintances have gathered for a special occasion.  It is the one-year anniversary of the couple, Cathy (Mel Stephenson) and Matt (Matthew Reynolds), and it is also Cathy's birthday.  Cathy and Matt have been in the flat for about a year.  Also in attendance are another couple, Kirsty (Kirsty Cox) and David (Ben Shockley), and friends Alan (John Rackham), Henry (Henry Dunn), Maria (Maria Long), and Ken (Kenneth Colley).

At some point during the festivities, one of the guys realizes that a small end table in the apartment is actually part Ouija board.  Four of the friends start playing with it, and right from the start, they get a message.  The friends all think that one of the group is playing a prank.  The boys are out for some harmless fun, but when strange things start to happen, they blame each other.  Soon, however, it all starts to seem like a joke that has gone too far.  Then, they realize this isn't a joke because something is with them in the flat.

Recently, the English film and television actor, Kenneth “Ken” Colley (1937-2025), died at the age of 87, Monday, June 30, 2025.  He was part of the repertory of actors who appeared regularly in the works of the late English director, Ken Russell (1927-2011), such as 1971's The Music Lovers.  Colley also played “Jesus” in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979).  Colley may be best known for the role of “Admiral Piett” in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983).  Piett is the only “Imperial officer” to appear in two films in the original Star Wars trilogy and be played by the same actor.

While recently reading Colley biography and filmography, I learned that he directed three films, two short films and one feature film, 2007's Greetings.  I became curious enough to want to see the feature.  I found that Greetings was available via the “Tubi” streaming service, so I gave it a viewing.  The few viewer reviews of the film that I came across on the Internet generally panned the film, but I like it a lot.  Greetings is a micro-budget film – reportedly produced for about ten thousand pounds, but it scares and thrills are not at all small and insignificant.

The setting, apparently a flat, gives the sense of claustrophobia.  Even when the focus is down to four characters, the flat seems too small to hold even a quartet and the unseen menace that is harassing them.

I don't find Greetings as talky as some do because I think the the conversations are what make the actors seem like real friends.  The performances are tight so that the conflicts between the friends have a sense of genuineness; their feelings of offense have a bite to them.  Conversely, their various bonds of friendship also come across as bona fide.  Also, I really like both the cast and the characters they play.  I could watch them all again in another production.

I'm impressed that Mr. Colley got so much out of his small budget.  The film is good, but not great while still managing to be quite entertaining.  I think Colley's screenplay for Greetings could easily be adapted into a larger and pricier horror film.  I generally avoid movies about Ouija boards and seances, because they scare me and make me uncomfortable.  Greetings did exactly that, so I will recommend it to fans of spirit boards and spirit mediums.

6 of 10
B
★★★ out of 4 stars

Saturday, July 5, 2025


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