Discord Server

 We finally have the store Discord server up and running.  Here is the invite link, should you so be inclined.

https://discord.gg/JK5dDdF7SD

Diamond Bankruptcy

 

The announcement of a settlement in the long running Diamond Comics bankruptcy case may bring a less than satisfactory ending to the affair (See “Settlement with Some Diamond Consignment Vendors Proposed”). Companies that consigned product with Diamond now get access to their products, Sparkle Pop has to charge reasonable fees to ship out companies consigned products or allow a third party company to do so but it appears the consigned products sold by Diamond are gone, leaving the owners of the consigned products missing some $800,000 in products.

Star Wars D&D

 

Choosing to publish a Star Wars version of Dungeons and Dragons is an interesting choice to put it mildly. Although WotC had significant success with its d20 Star Wars RPG and later the Saga Edition, both have been out of print for well over a decade, with the gap filled by Edge Studio’s set of Star Wars RPGs. Star Wars in the table top gaming field, with the exception of the Star Wars Unlimited trading card game, has seen a marked decline in interest over the past 5 or so years. Going up against an already existing product line using a brand that has seen a significant drop in engagement in recent years does not make a lot of sense so I hope WotC has done its research on this.  I do have high hopes for the announced Dark Sun and Greyhawk launches in 2027 though.

Conludo

 

Conludo—A strange choice for the name of a new boardgaming streaming series but I am already seeing a lot of interest from tabletop gamers about the announced return of Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton to a table top gaming series. I consider the pair’s TableTop series of a decade ago one of the most important events to happen to the gaming industry in the past fifty years (See “Talking About TableTop”) and while a lot of tabletop web series have launched since then, thousands of people credit TableTop with introducing them to the fun of boardgaming. Currently, it looks as if 10 episodes are planned and Wheaton and Day have the name recognition from Geek & Sundry, the Guild and TableTop to get people to watch.

Cryer from the Castle for 8/19/26

 Brandon with Cryer from the castle for 8/18/26

https://youtu.be/9A2pomaw0Xs

new Games Workshop

 Releasing Sept 5th 

Da boyz are back!

The hordes of Gork and Mork flood your shelves with amazing new rulz and models!

The new Codex: Orks is the first codex in 11th edition to hit the shelves. The new compact format is great for bringing your rulz to any tabletop. The code at the back of the Codex now unlocks regular updated content in more languages than ever before! Releasing alongside the new codex is the Command Pack: Orks.

Rulz are great, but what about all those amazing models! Blazing out of the telaportas comes an amazing range refresh. New Boyz, Bikerz, Trukks and Wartracks will be eagerly sought after in multiple numbers by all Ork collectors.

The boyz can never get anything done without a good ‘ead bashing from the bosses. The reimagined new Nazdreg, Warboss, Mek and Weirdboy will make sure the boyz stay in line.

new Comics for 8/19/26

 ABSOLUTE FLASH #18

ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #4

ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #16

ALADDIN #2

ALIEN: KING KILLER #5

ALTERED STATES WARLORDS #3

ARCADIA #7

AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #3

BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST #54

BATWOMAN #6

BISHOP #3

BUG WARS THE COMING OF THE WARDOOM #1

CALEXIT SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOOD #2

CAPTAIN MARVEL: DARK PAST #5

CATWOMAN #90

DAREDEVIL #5

DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL II #2

DARKNESS #7

DEAD ACRE #2

DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR #6

DISPATCHED #2

EC SHELLSHOCK #1

END OF LIFE #7

GI JOE #25

GUNSLINGER SPAWN #57

HORNSBY & HALO #15

IF DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT #4

INGLORIOUS X-FORCE #8

INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE BATTLE BEAST #12

JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #493

JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #494

JUNK PUNCH #3

KAYA #36

KILLER INFLUENCES #2

LADY MECHANIKA THE MECHANICAL MENAGERIE #4

LAST DRIVER #1

LAST STARFIGHTER #2

LAZARUS ORDER #1

LIMITED COLLECTORS EDITION #25

LOBO #6

LUCKY DEVILS #9

M1 MONSTER RACING LEAGUE #3

MAD MAGAZINE #601

MISTER NEMO #2

NEW TITANS #38

NIGHTWING #141

OLYMPUS SAGA MEGALITH #3

ONLY THE SAVAGE ARE LEFT #3

PHANTOM VS THE SINGH BROTHERHOOD

POOH BEAR ADVENTURES CHRISTOPHER ROBIN & HIS NEW FRIEND THISTLE #1

POWERS 25 #12

PUNISHER VS. SPIDER-MAN #2

QUEEN IN BLACK #3

QUEEN IN BLACK: DEFENDERS OF LIGHT AND DARK #2

REDCOAT #19

SILVER SURFER #6 FACSIMILE

SKATE ALI #3

SLEEPY HOLLOW: THE WITCHES OF THE WESTERN WOOD #4

SOLOMON KANE THE LION ERRANT #2

SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY #4

SPIDER-MAN/HULK: FIRE AND BRIMSTONE #1

STAR TREK: THE LAST STARSHIP #10

STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE – ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE #5

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES–PATHFINDERS #4

SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #16

TALESPIN #1

TANKERS VS ANCIENT ALIENS # 3

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #21

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: SHREDDER #11

THE HARROWERS FACSIMILE

THOR #800

ULTIMATE IMPACT: REBORN #4

UNCANNY X-MEN #34

VAMPYRATES! #2

WALKING DEAD DELUXE #143

WHAT IF…? RUNAWAYS #1

WITNESS POINT #2

WONDER WOMAN #36

Pokemon

 For those of you looking for boxed Pokemon sets, we still have a few First Partner St 3 in stock as well as several of the Battle Decks. Limit 1 per purchase please.  We also still have booster packs in stock as well.

Trades

 In order for us to process shipments and comic book subscritptions, we no longer take trades on Monday.  We will also no longer take trades before 2 p.m. on Weekdays. Saturday or Sunday or an hour before close.  We also strongly recommend you contact us before bringing items in so we can tell you if we would be interested in them .

Cryer from the Castle for 8/11/26

 Brando with Cryer from the Castle for 8/11/26

New Games Workshop

 We need orders for these by Noon August 11

Fed by their insatiable hunger, the Ogor Mawtribes continue fighting and feasting as they wreak havoc through the mortal realms.

This week sees reinforcements flood onto the battlefields of Age of Sigmar, led in their cravings by Morga the Mighty Overtyrant. This week's new releases fleshes out this reimagined army allowing collectors to expand their forces with a glut of new miniatures.

With everything that was in the Army Set also released individually it allows hobbyists to buy multiples of key units. Alongside this, units such as the Hunters on Saberfangs allow players to set cunning traps for unexpecting prey.

Last but not least the Battletome is now also available individually for collectors to start their Ogor collection.

New Comics for 8/12

 2000 AD PROG #2493

ABSOLUTE BATMAN #23

ACTION COMICS #1101

ADVENTURE COMICS #247 FACSIMILE

ADVENTURE TIME QUADRUPLE FEATURE #2

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #100 FACSIMILE

BARBARA GORDON BREAKOUT #4

BATMAN & ROBIN YEAR ONE DYNAMIC DUOS #1

BLEEDING HEARTS #7

CLAYFACE CELEBRITY DIRT #2

DEADLY TALES OF THE GUNSLINGER SPAWN #17

DICK TRACY #19

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT MIMI GREEN #3

DIE LOADED #8

DOCTOR STRANGE #9

DORC #7

DYING DAYS #3

EMPEROR AQUAMAN #20

ESCAPADES OF PONCHI PANDA #1

EXQUISITE CORPSES RASCAL RANDY #2

FIRE AND ICE DARKWOLF #2

FURY OF FIRESTORM #5

GARGOYLES (2026) #1

GASTRONOMIQUE #1

GENERATION X-23 #7

GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #331

GODZILLA’S MONSTERPIECE THEATRE PRESENTS: ROAR OF THE WORLDS

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #19

HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE #6

HELLO KITTY AND FRIENDS: HELLO WORLD! #1

HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #6

HONOR AND CURSE ETERNAL #5

INFERNAL HULK #10

INNARDS #3

JEFF THE LAND SHARK: SUPERSTAR #2

LAUGH #166 FACSIMILE

MALEVOLENT #6

MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #1

MURDER HOBO #2

NICE HOUSE BY THE SEA #11

OF THE EARTH #4

POWER RANGERS UNLIMITED #2

PUNISHER #7

QUEEN IN BLACK: THOR #1

REGICIDE #1

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN REFORGED #6

SEVEN WIVES #3

SHAOLIN COWBOY: STAYING A.I.LIVE #2

STAR WARS: THE FALL OF KYLO REN #1

STARHENGE BOOK TWO A KISS FOR ATTICUS #2

SUPERGIRL #16

THE BEAST OF BORIKEN #2

THE DOGSITTER #2

THE FOUNDRY #1

THE TWILIGHT ZONE #10

TRANSFORMERS #35

TRILLION DOLLAR KID #2

VENOM #260

WITCHBLADE #24

WOLVERINE #25

X-MEN #35

X-MEN ’97: SEASON TWO #3

X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE OMEGA #1

X-MEN UNITED #6

YUMI 00EX #1

World of Warcraft for D&D

 

Wizards of the Coast finally announced the third hardback release for Dungeons and Dragons this fall.  For Realm of Champions, WotC will release the first in what the company calls D&D Gameplay Expansions:  Dungeons & Dragons World of Warcraft. Following it up in 2027 with a revised for 2024 D&D Dark Sun, Greyhawk and most surprisingly, at least to me, Star Wars.

I do not play video games so I have no idea how much popularity World of Warcraft still has but, according to my much younger and video game playing staff, currently the game is playing on the nostalgia of players from 15 to 20 years ago by rereleasing classing WoW adventures targeted at those older player but updated to take advantage of the technology available today.  This, of course, is not the first time a tabletop RPG version of Warcraft or World of Warcraft has released.  Sword & Sorcery Studios, an imprint of White Wolf Publishing, released 3.5 edition versions of both under WotC’s OGL, which sold well but not enough for Sword and Sorcery to keep them in print for more than a few years but prices on them now range from cover price to well over $100 a book so there is demand. However, the store will order far fewer copies than it will the Arcana Unleashed books. Unverses Beyond works as a collectible card product for Magic the Gathering and pulls in a lot more collectors for the sets than they do players. With a book, you can get the most important item with one purchase and it does not generate any subsequent sales like TCGs do.

Cryer from the Castle

 Cryer from the Castle for the Week of August 3 2026

https://youtu.be/9wJ39a2qOAU

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.

New comics

new comics on the shelf including Terminal #1, TMNT #300, Action Comics #1000 and Uncanny X-men #32
 

new GW for 8/8

 

	Roaring onto the battlefield, Aeldari Exodites get their first ever miniatures in Kill Team: Exodite. Featuring 3 brand new Aeldari Dragon Masters defending a Maiden World from the Ork Beastsnaggas, this Kill Team expansion includes new missions and Exodite lore. The Astra Militarum Spectre Squad also gets their standalone release.

new Comics for July 22

 2000 AD PROG #2490

2026 STREET FIGHTER SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #1

A QUIET PLACE: STORM WARNING #5

ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #21

ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #22

ACTION COMICS #1100

ALADDIN #1 MYSTERY BLIND BAG

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #33

BAD THOUGHTS #2

BLOODLAND #5

BOYS #1 BLOODY BLIND BAG

CAPTAIN MARVEL: DARK PAST #4

CITY OF DEMONS #4

CORPSE KNIGHT #4

DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL HEIR TO THE SEA #1

DETECTIVE COMICS #1111

DOG TAG #3

DREAD THE HALL H 2026

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: TOTAL PARTY KILLERS #1

FINAL BOSS #8

FLASH #35

GAMBIT: WANTED #1

GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #117

GIANT ROBOT HELLBOY RETURNS #1

GIANT SIZE YOUNGBLOOD

GODZILLA CONQUERS THE MULTIVERSE #1

GODZILLA VS. AMERICA: SAN DIEGO

GREEN LANTERN #37

GUN HONEY DOUBLES DOWN #2

GUNSLINGER SPAWN #56

HARLEY QUINN #64

HELLO DARKNESS #23

HIDDEN SPRINGS #3

IMPERIAL GUARDIANS #5

INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE CAPES #9

JLA/AVENGERS #3 FACSIMILE

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #21

KING SPAWN #57

LITTLE ARCHIE #1 FACSIMILE

MARC SPECTOR: MOON KNIGHT #6

MARVEL ZERO [2026] #1

MIND MGMT NEW & IMPROVED #2

MOONSTAR #5

MURDER DRONES #5

NARCO #5

ODIN #3

POOH BEAR ADVENTURES TIGGERS THE ONLY ONE #1

POWERS 25 #11

SICKO #1

SKATE ALI #2

SOLOMON KANE THE LION ERRANT #1

SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #49

SPIDER-MAN: LONG WAY HOME #2

STAR TREK: RED SHIRTS–GHOST OF THE 21ST CENTURY #1

STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY–LOST CONTACT #4

SUPERMAN #40

SUPERMAN FATHER OF TOMORROW #3

SWAMP THING 1989 #4

TARZAN BEYOND #2

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #20

TERMINAL #1

THE BEAUTY (2025) #7

THE PERIL OF THE BRUTAL DARK AN EZRA CAIN MYSTERY #6

UNCANNY X-MEN #32

UNIVERSAL MONSTERS BLOOD OF THE WOLF MAN #2

USAGI YOJIMBO: KAITO ’84 #5

VAMPIRELLA (2026) #4

VOID RIVALS #32

WOLVERINE #24

WONDER MAN #5

X-MEN: THE HELLFIRE MURDER #1

ZATANNA (2026) #4

Tigger

 

While quantities last, buy a booster box of Disney Lorcana and get this Tigger card. The only way to get the card except for buying it on the card market.

Attack of the Vine

 Attack of the Vine goes on sale today. We have booster boxes and Troves and booster packs and will take payment on them for release on 7/24, unless we hear otherwise.. We will run a pre-release at 5:30 p.m. on the 24.  Entry fee is $45 but you may save $5 by pre-paying by July 21.

Update:  We heard otherwise so booster boxes and Troves are now on sale.

Proxies

 Just a reminder that proxies are not allowed in tournaments or any sanctioned events at the store.  They are forbidden by WOTC in any sanctioned Magic event and the same goes for Pokemon and Konami. You can play them in your own casual play but if we find you using them in tournaments, we will ask you to remove them from your deck.

GW Releases for August 1

 Here is what is releasing on August 1st from GW Let us know by Noon August 14 if you want any.

Product Name

OGOR MAWTRIBES ARMY SET (ENGLISH)

L/I:WARLORD TITAN+QUAKE CANNON & BEAM/EX

L/I: WARLORD TITAN W/VOLKITE & MACRO GAT

L/I: REAVER TITAN GRAV/OBL & VOLK/ANNH

new Comics for July15 2026

 2000 AD PROG #2489

A MISCHIEF OF MAGPIES #1

ABSOLUTE FLASH #17

ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #3

ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #15

ALIEN: KING KILLER #4

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: SPIDER-VERSITY #4

ARCADIA #6

ARCHIE X ARMY OF DARKNESS #5

ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS #9

AVATAR: LAST AIRBENDER–THE KYOSHI WARRIORS #3

AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #2

BADROCK #1

BANANA NUMBER ONE #1

BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST #53

BATWOMAN #5

CAPTAIN AMERICA #13

CATWOMAN #89

CYBERPUNK 2077: CHROME #4

DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL II #1

DARKNESS (2025) #6

DEADLY TALES OF THE GUNSLINGER SPAWN #16

DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR #5

DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #38

DISNEY TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: ALL HAIL THE PUMPKIN KING  ISSUE #1

DISNEY VILLAINS URSULA #5

DORC #6

DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL SPECIAL EDITION #0

DYING DAYS #2

EMPIRIA #2

END OF LIFE #6

EXQUISITE CORPSES RASCAL RANDY #1

FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #3

FANTASTIC FOUR #14

FAR CRY: CULL THE HERD  ISSUE #7

FEAR OF DEATH A RACHEL RISING STORY #1

FOUNDATIONS ONE-SHOT

GI JOE #24

GRENDEL: DEVIL’S CRUCIBLE–SEDITION #1

IF DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT #3

INFERNAL HULK #9

INGLORIOUS X-FORCE #7

INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE BATTLE BEAST #11

JUNK PUNCH #2

KILLSWITCH #3

KINGDOM OF EARTH #1

LADY MECHANIKA THE MECHANICAL MENAGERIE #3

LOBO #5

M1 MONSTER RACING LEAGUE #2

MAGIC: THE GATHERING: UNTOLD STORIES–JACE #3

MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #11

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS (2026) #2

MINOTAUR #1

MISTER NEMO #1

MURDER PODCAST #8

NEW TITANS #37

NIGHTWING #140

OF THE EARTH #3

OLYMPUS SAGA MEGALITH #0

PUNISHER VS. SPIDER-MAN #1

ROCKETFELLERS #13

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #15

SHOWCASE #4 FACSIMILE

SILVER SURFER #5 FACSIMILE

SLEEPY HOLLOW: THE WITCHES OF THE WESTERN WOOD #3

SMILE: FOR THE CAMERA #5

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG X GODZILLA #1

STAR TREK: THE LAST STARSHIP #9

STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE – ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE #4

STAR WARS: HYPERSPACE STORIES: THE BAD BATCH–ROGUE AGENTS #4

SUPER CREEPSHOW #5

SUPER MONDO MEGA MUTTS #1

SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #15

TANKERS VS ANCIENT ALIENS #2

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: SHREDDER #10

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN–TRAINING DAY

THE RING: THE MAN WHO BEAT THE MAN #2

TIGRESS ISLAND #5

VALIANT BEYOND: THE X-O MANOWAR #8–THE GOD HUNT #4

WALKING DEAD DELUXE #141

WATSON V HOLMES #1

WHAT IF…? JESSICA JONES #1

WONDER WOMAN #35

X-MEN #33

D&D and Microtransactions

 Wizards of the Coast is at it again, trying to figure out how to wring more money out of Dungeons and Dragons. Now, it appears the company plans to roll out microtransactions for new D&D products, something the company tried back in 2024 but ended pretty quickly due to the negative response from players (See “More MAP”). It looks as if WotC is revisiting the idea with D&D Beyond Drops. The company plans to release assorted new spells, feats, encounters, maps, etc. to D&D Beyond subscribers with a paid subscription. Subscribers can use this content with their characters and campaigns for as long as they have a paid subscription and lose access to their character additions if they end their subscription.  It does not appear that WotC will charge for each character addition as they will be included with the weekly drops of new content players will be able to access.  However, it also appears WotC wants to move Dungeons and Dragons to a "live service” wherein players subscribing to D&D Beyond will get access to all of the new feats, spells, etc. with WotC determining through the response on the platform which should be incorporated into physical books for later release.  I was bemused to see in one interview, Chris Cooks, CEO of Hasbro, referring to books as “a special totem you can collect” as if they were now cultural artifacts, rather than useful items in the game.  He also pointed out that it can take up to 18 months to move a book from concept to publication so players wanting more material for their game will get a steady diet of it, providing they keep their subscription up to date, rather than waiting for WotC to publish another book.

MSH PRe-release

 

Our Marvel super Heroes pre-release turnout was not nearly as abysmal as turnout was for our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pre-releases as we have done double those numbers so far, really surprising several of my staff members who expected a redux of the TMNT pre-release attendance but attendance is  far below the numbers we saw for Edge of Eternities or even Aetherdrift.  Several of the players at our event even commented they did not care for playing with the Universes Beyond sets, they just liked the opportunity to come out and play in a pre-release. Most of the Marvel Super Heroes buyers we have had so far did not show up for either pre-release event. People who play Magic generally prefer playing with the in-universe sets. Those who want to collect, rip packs for views on social media, and find valuable cards they can sell to someone else gravitate towards the Universes Beyond sets. Incidentally, cards, even graded ones, only have value as long as someone else is willing to pay you more for them than you paid and eventually this nostalgia driven boom will come to an end.