Cryer from the Castle

 Cryer from the Castle for the Week of June 30, 2026

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July 18th New GW Releases

 The new Warhammer: The Old World Core Set offers customers the perfect way for two players to start playing games of Warhammer: The Old World right out of the box. Featuring a force of 22 brand new miniatures for the Warriors of Chaos pitched against an army of 31 Grand Cathay miniatures, this game-in-a-box also contains the Core Rulebook (revised edition) and all the essentials and accessories needed.

The new Battle March General's Companion expands on the core rules and allows customers to play smaller 400-750 point “Battle March” games - a fast-paced and accessible way to play.

FCBD 2027

 Please Universal and Penguin Random House, have your people talk with their people and make one consistent brand for the day.  The industry has spent some 20 years working to brand the day as Free Comic Book Day. Tossing   in Comic Giveaway Day just works to dilute that branding. Granted, most customers do not care. They just care about getting free comics and do not care if it is Free Comic Book Day, Comic Giveaway Day or Make Your Annual Appearance to Get Free Stuff Day but it certainly makes it easier on the stores and precludes the distributors from having to make different posters showing the books offered from each one. Give us one poster showing the top books or the books publishers are willing to pay to have appear on the poster.

New comics for 7//26

 100 BULLETS THE US OF ANGER #1

2000 AD PROG #2487

ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #16

ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #12

ADVENTURE TIME QUADRUPLE FEATURE #1

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN BOOK OF EL #10

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #32

ARCHIE COMICS CELEBRATES AMERICAS 250TH

AVENGERS JLA #2 (OF 4) FACSIMILE

BABYLON COVE #2

BATGIRL #21

BATMAN #11

BATMAN #127 FACSIMILE

BATMAN GREEN ARROW THE QUESTION ARCADIA #4

BLADE RUNNER TOKYO NEXUS TO LOSE IS TO WIN #3

CHALLENGES OF DOOM: MR. FANTASTIC #1

COMICS THE MAGAZINE #5

DC W.I.P. SUPERGIRL WOMAN OF TOMORROW #1

DC X SONIC THE HEDGEHOG THE METAL LEGION #3

DEAD ACRE #1

DEAD SAMURAI #8

DEADMAN #2

DICK TRACY #18

DOCTOR STRANGE #8

EC CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #12

EVENT HORIZON: INFERNO #3

EYRIE MAGAZINE #11

FANTASTIC FOUR #13

FAR CRY: CULL THE HERD  ISSUE #6

FRANKENSTEIN: NEW WORLD–THE SPEED OF DARKNESS #3

GATCHAMAN RED IMPULSE #3

GHOST MACHINE THE OFFICIAL GUIDEBOOK #4

GODZILLA [KAI-SEI ERA] #12

IRON MAN #7

JADE WARRIORS #1

JSA #21

KILLER INFLUENCES #1

LAST STARFIGHTER #1

LILO AND STITCH 626 #2

LION KING #4

MADAME TARANTULA MAGAZINE #1

MALEVOLENT #5

MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL: BRAND NEW BEACH DAY #1

MINOR ARCANA #16

MORTAL THOR #12

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH #3

ORDAINED #3

POISON IVY #46

POWER RANGERS UNLIMITED #1

PUNISHER #6

RADIANT BLACK #43

RED SONJA NOIR THE PLUNDER AND THE PRINCESS #1

RED SONJA SHE DEVIL WITH A SWORD #3

RIPCORD #4

ROYALS #4

SHAOLIN COWBOY: STAYING A.I.LIVE #1

SHE-SPAWN #3

SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT DARK WINTER #1

SPAWN #377

SPAWN SCORCHED #52

STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE – SAW GERRERA #1

STARHENGE BOOK TWO A KISS FOR ATTICUS #1

SUPERGIRL SURVIVE #2

TEAM AMERICA RACING FULL THROTTLE EDITION #1

THE BEAST OF BORIKEN #1

THE CITY BENEATH HER FEET #3

THE DOGSITTER #1

THE OTHER/HALF #3

THE TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION #2

TMNT: JOURNEYS #11

VAMPIRELLA SUMMER SPECIAL 2026 #1

WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL #6

WALKING DEAD DELUXE #140

WHAT IF…? SECRET WARS #1

X-MEN UNITED #5

YOUNG HELLBOY: THRILLING SKY ADVENTURES #2

ZORRO #2

Games Workshop New Releases for July 11th

 here is what we have coming from GW for release on July 11. A couple of items have already been spoken for 

47-92) ASTRA MILITARUM: CIAPHAS CAIN: 4

(47-57) ASTRA MILITARUM: HIPPOGRIFF AFV: 4

(47-45) ASTRA MILITARUM: CENTAUR RSV: 4

(47-48) BATTLEFORCE: ASTRA MILITARUM PLATOON: 2

(51-36) BATTLEFORCE: TYRANID SWARM: 1

(71-44) BATTLEFORCE: CHAOS S/MARINES WARBAND: 1

(49-71) BATTLEFORCE: NECRON HOST: 1

(31-176) LEGIONES ASTARTES: MAXIMUS BATTLE GROUP: 0

(31-175) JOURNAL TACTICA: ZONE MORTALIS: 0

(31-156) LEGIONES ASTARTES:WHIRLWIND MISSILE TANK: 1

(BL3338) THE SABBAT WORLDS CRUSADE (A4 HB): 0

(BL3329) CIAPHAS CAIN:FOR THE EMPEROR (ILLUS. HB): 0

(BL3322) KRAKENBLOOD (PB): 1

(BL3332) VAGABOND SQUADRON (PB): 1

(BL3348) STARSEER'S RUIN (PB): 1

Packing slips

 

1.      This is one I have asked for before  I doubt I will see any change.  With every new release, Wizards of the Coast and, to a lesser extent, Konami and The Pokemon Company send us a boxful of promotional materials to use promoting that set. Pokemon sends us dice sets, stickers, promotional cards, and activity cards but no indication as to how they want us to use them.  Similarly, Wizards sends us a box filled with assorted promo cards, posters, pins and this time dice and dice bags with the list of items in the kit and their assorted uses posted on the Wizards website. For pity’s sake, put a list in the box that we can use when we open it to see what we are supposed to get and how Wizards wants us to use it. If that is not feasible (and it should be given that whoever packages the kits manages to get the correct items into it almost all of the time), then how about putting a slip of paper with a QR code printed on it taking us to the page listing the items. If it is too much trouble to change the QR code each time, then keep the link static and change the listing of promotional items on the page as each new kit releases.

Allocations

 

1.      Every brick and mortar retailer with which I have spoken reports getting allocated on Pokemon product while online retailers and streamers seem to have plenty of booster boxes to crack open on camera and to sell. Given that the brick and mortar locations are the ones running events which keep people playing, maybe making sure they have the product which their records indicate they can sell. Given the amount of demand for each new product release, getting new product into the hands of influencers instead of into the hands of stores selling the product would seem to take precedence. I doubt I will see any change