Cryer from the Castle

 Cryer from the Castle for the Week of August 3 2026

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New Comics for 8/5

We will not have all of the titles below.  Let us know what books you want and we will make sure you get them.

 100 BULLETS THE US OF ANGER #2

2000 AD PROG #2492

ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #17

ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #22

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN BOOK OF EL #11

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #100 FACSIMILE

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #34

BABYLON COVE #3

BATGIRL #22

BATMAN #12

BEN 10 #4

BLADE RUNNER TOKYO NEXUS TO LOSE IS TO WIN #4

BLUDWIRE #2

CAPTAIN AMERICA #14

CHACHU #1

CIVIL WAR: UNMASKED #4

COMICS THE MAGAZINE #6

CONAN AND DRAGONERO #4

DC X SONIC THE HEDGEHOG METAL LEGION #4

DEAD TEENAGERS #5

DEADMAN #3

DEATH VIGIL (2026) #1

DETECTIVE COMICS #27 FACSIMILE

DISNEY VILLAINS GASTON #5

ENDEAVOUR #3

EVENT HORIZON: INFERNO #4

FANTASTIC FOUR #15

FANTASTIC FOUR: 65 YEARS OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST COMIC COVERS! #1

FORT PSYCHO #1

FRANKENSTEIN: NEW WORLD–THE SPEED OF DARKNESS #4

GATCHAMAN RED IMPULSE #4

GHOST MACHINE THE OFFICIAL GUIDEBOOK #5

GOTHAM ACADEMY FIRST YEAR #6

IRON MAN #8

JSA #22

JUGHEAD PIEMAGEDDON

MARC SPECTOR: MOON KNIGHT #7

MARVEL TOKON: FIRST STRIKE #1

MARY JANE: FACE IT  TIGER #1

MASK #3

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: GENESIS #1

MEGA MAN X #5

MINOR ARCANA #17

MURDER DRONES #6

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH #4

OMEGA BOOK #1

ORIGINS OF THE HOOD: MARVEL RIVALS #1

POWER RANGERS GREEN #1

QUEEN IN BLACK #2

QUEEN IN BLACK: VENOM UNCHAINED #1

REALLIGATOR #1

RED SONJA SHE DEVIL WITH A SWORD #4

RIPCORD #5

ROYALS #5

SHE-SPAWN #4

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #88

SUPERGIRL SURVIVE #3

SUPERNATURAL SPECIAL CASTIEL #1

TANK GIRL SUMMER LOVE SENSATION

THE SMART DIVISION #1

TMNT: JOURNEYS #12

TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION #3

UNCANNY X-MEN #33

VAMPIRELLA VS RED SONJA RED CITY #1

WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL #7

WALKING DEAD DELUXE #142

WHAT IF…? CAPTAIN AMERICA #1

WHITE SKY #5

X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE OMEGA #1

Season of Magic

 Wizards of the Coast has provided details on what stores and players for the upcoming Season of Magic organized play program, designed to promote the Arcana Unleashed and Arcana Unleashed:  Deadfall books (See “Wizards of the Coast Offers New Deets on D&D ‘Season of Magic’ Organized Play”) Much like the Season of Horror, this one comes with a scenario taking players through 6 weeks of play as well as premiums for participating players.  Unfortunately, what it lacks, at least as far as I can tell from what I have read and based on what the Season of Horror kits contained, are any in store promotional materials for the event, signup sheets et cetera.  I know we can create these but it seems a missed opportunity for Wizards to send out materials promoting Arcana Unleased and encouraging customers to pre-order it from stores  in order to have it in hand before the start of the Season of Magic. 

DCC Day

 

The store hosted Goodman Games’ annual Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC) Day a couple of weeks ago and the results were underwhelming (See “DCC Day 2026 Retailer Kit is Currently On Pre-order”). We did have one person waiting to get in for the items when we opened the store and a second showed up within the hour for them as well but they were only interested in the free Adventure Pack and the foil etched adventure. As usual, we saw zero interest in the limited edition core RPG rules but usually we have some buyers for the annual adventure Goodman Games releases for the event but, as I am writing this, nothing. Not even players for the DCC Game we had scheduled for the day Not sure if it is the heat and air quality ( I know people in Wisconsin and Virginia staying inside during the day because of the smoke drifting into the area from Canadian wildfires) or if it was the lack of variety compared to last year’s offerings but those two customers were the extent of interest locally. Given that over 150 stores participated this year in both the US and overseas, the event is popular enough and I always want to emphasize that what happens in our store is not emblematic of retailers as a whole. I appreciate Goodman Games putting on DCC Day, wish more companies wanted to celebrate their product lines with events like this and will certainly sign up again next year.

Hobbit Pre-release

 Universes Beyond The Hobbit Pre-release starts Friday August 7th and we will take pre-payments for the boxes and bundles as well as entry into the pre-release tournament until the close of business August 2.  Entry into the prerelease. We expect to have collector boosters and Play boosters on sale on the 7th but may not have the bundles. WotC has informed us they may be delayed and there are no, for whatever reason, Commander Decks with this set.

This Week's Comics

 Comics releasing this week

2026 SHANTAE SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #1 ONE SHOT

ALIAS: RED BAND #5

ALICE FOREVER AFTER #5

BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST 2026 ANNUAL #1 ONE SHOT

BISHOP #2

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #33

CONCRETE: STARS OVER SAND #2

DCS HAWK-GIRL SUMMER #1 ONE SHOT

DEAD BY DAYLIGHT THE HILLBILLY #4

DETECTIVE COMICS 2026 ANNUAL #1 ONE SHOT

DIABLO DAWN OF HATRED #4

DIRT BENEATH THE DEVIL #1

• June Buckley’s father was a monster in life. In death, he may be something worse. Summoned alongside a group of treacherous heirs, June is forced to traverse the same brutal path that built her father's empire. But the trail reveals more than hardship—it exposes the rot in every soul traveling beside her. And at the center of it all is Hendido…a creature bound to her father’s past, and perhaps to something far older and much more wicked. As the tension simmers and night closes in, June begins to understand: Her inheritance comes at grisly price.

DOOMQUEST #3

EYE COLLECTOR #2

FERAL #25

GALACTIC #2

GATCHAMAN #20

GEIGER #24

GENERATION X-23 #6

GHOST PEPPER #13

GREATEST AMERICAN HERO #1

• He's back. The bumbling superhero from the hit '80s TV show returns to reconnect with his son—who only knows him as the "crazy man in red pajamas." Seven days. One suit. A final sacrifice. The Greatest American Hero gets the ending he deserved. 

HELLBOY IN LOVE: OBSIDIAN #2

HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: THE WINGS OF FATE #2

IN YOUR SKIN #4

JUSTICE LEAGUE KNIGHT VISION SPECIAL #1 ONE SHOT

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #200 FACSIMILE EDITION

LAND OF NEVER #2

MAD LIBS: FOR THE FANS: HARRY STYLES EDITION

MARK SPEARS MIDKNIGHT MAN #2

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: LEGENDS OF ETERNIA ISSUE #1

• A manga-styled tie-in to the Masters of the Universe (2026) film, we join the heroes of Eternia as they recount the last 15 years of strife and chaos before Prince Adam returned to save the kingdom. Over the course of a feast, a series of stories—and rumors—follow the adventures of Man-at-Arms, Cringer, Roboto, the Sorceress, Evil-Lyn, and even the vile Skeletor, as they lead up to the events of the film.

MINOR THREATS: THE LAST DEVIL LEFT ALIVE #5

MONSTRESS #63

MORTAL THOR #13

NANO #1

• Sana is a bad-ass operative of the underground organization The Order. She and her longtime comrade, Lukas, have been assigned to Nano, a mega-city run on prison labor and roiling from blackouts. While Lukas is tasked with infiltrating Nanocorp's secretive research facility, Sana's mission is something she's never trained for: playing the doting wife of Lukas's cover. In her guise as a middle school P.E. teacher, she's forced to cool her jets and teach 8th graders stretching, while Lukas puts himself in danger. But when the signs are unmistakable and Lukas's mission is clearly going sideways, Sana can no longer sit on the bench.

ONLY THE SAVAGE ARE LEFT #2

PREDATOR VS. THE PLANET OF THE APES #1

• When a deadly Yautja crash-lands on the legendary Planet of the Apes, two worlds will collide for the very first time! After a rescue mission gone wrong, astronaut Arch finds herself embedded in a hostile ape society where humans are subservient. But the hunters soon became the hunted when the apes find themselves being stalked by Predators! A three-way war is about to erupt between humans, apes and Yautja — who will reign supreme?!

PRETTY HATE MACHINE #4

QUEEN IN BLACK #1

• HEL ON EARTH! On the farthest edges of the solar system, KNULL, GOD OF THE VOID, builds a brand-new army to destroy Earth... but HELA OF ASGARD might have gotten there first — as she makes planetfall with a legion of the galaxy's deadliest symbiotes! Two of the most powerful evils in the galaxy are at war... and the SON OF VENOM is caught right in the middle!

QUEEN IN BLACK: DEFENDERS OF LIGHT AND DARK #1

• Beta Ray Bill is the only hero in Midgard who remembers Hela, the Goddess of Death... but does that mean he and his team can counter a Queen In Black? Meanwhile, Tony Stark's all-new Black Metal Armor is the ultimate weapon against Knull, God of the Void... but does he have command of his own defense squad? This all leads to the mission that'll decide the outcome of the Queen In Black saga!

QUEEN IN BLACK: HELA #1

• All the secrets of the Queen in Black — revealed! Why were Hela and Tyr in Midgard when the Rainbow Bridge fell? How did she cage Knull, God of the Void? And which Thor tried to stop her? Balder the Brave seeks the answers from Karnilla of the Norns... but will he live to tell anyone else?

RED ROOTS #4

ROCKET RACCOON: ROCKET REWIND #1

• Blast off into a cosmos of colossal adventure as MARVEL celebrates half a century of ROCKET RACCOON! This anniversary spectacular takes you on brand-new, star-spanning exploits, a jaw-dropping team-up with the one and only... ROCKY RACCOON? And re-presenting the historic first tale that launched our blaster-happy hero into legend! Packed with pulse-pounding action, cosmic calamity and enough firepower to make GALACTUS blink! Don't miss the milestone that proves big things come in small, furry packages! 'NUFF SAID!

SAVAGE DRAGON #281

SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY #3

SPEED RACER TALES FROM THE ROAD THE ROOK ONE SHOT

STREET FIGHTER VS. THE VALIANT UNIVERSE SPECIAL

SUPERMAN ANNUAL YEAR ONE THOUSAND #1 ONE SHOT

SUPERNATURAL #9

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: SATURDAY MORNING ADVENTURES #39

THE HORROR OF GODZILLA KAI-SEI ERA #1

• Tokyo, 1954. As the country begins to look toward its postwar future, two scientists start an experiment in the Pacific Ocean. It is meant to change everything…and it will. Come now, reader, and bear witness to the incredible horror of the King of the Monsters. There are no heroes. There are no survivors. There is only the wrath of Godzilla.

THE PATRON #1

• All the great artists have one thing in common...they’re dead. But why wait for a natural death when you can profit faster from murder?

TISENA #2

TOXIC AVENGER COMICS #10

ULTIMATE IMPACT: REBORN #3

WHAT IF...? SPIDER-MAN #1

• Leaving SPIDER-MAN broken, insane and vulnerable to the influence of an old enemy...and who better to fill the void left by the spider than KRAVEN THE HUNTER?! One way or another, both Kraven and Peter will become something more — and finally settle the score between them! The author of the greatest SPIDER-MAN story of all time, J.M. DeMatteis, returns for a bold reimagining of the aftermath of “Kraven's Last Hunt”!

X-MEN #34

X-MEN: OUTBACK #2

Appraisal

 Every once in awhile we get someone wanting us to look at a collection of something and tell us how much it is worth. If we are interested it in buying it from you, we will gladly do so.  However, in general the only things we are currently interested in purchasing are RPGs (role playing games) , boardgames, comics, and Magic cards and not bulk collections of the last two.  For Pokemon cards, we will only offer store credit.

If you want us to look over your collection and tell you what it is worth, we charge $50 per hour to do so.  Going through a collection and determining its value is time consuming and the time we spend doing so is worth something.

We will gladly look at a few cards or comics and tell you what, in our opinion, they are worth for no charge but collections are a completely different matter.