Well Infinity War is out! (how about that movie, eh?!!?!!) We’re just a SINGLE WEEK from Free Comic Book Day! And you’re also curious what that First week of May’s comics will look like..well get to clickin’ on thru here people!
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THE WILLOW GROVE FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC SCHEDULE!
Our new schedule for FNM events has begun!
1st Friday of each month – Standard
2nd Friday of each month – Modern
3rd Friday of each month – Commander
4th Friday of each month – Pauper
5th Friday of each month (if it exists) – Conspiracy: Take the Crown booster drafts
FCBD IS SATURDAY MAY 5th!
This coming Saturday is Free Comic Book Day! We’ll have all sorts of stuff going on all day long once our doors burst open at 11am! Come on out grab some free comics and say hey. Who doesn’t like free?! (just be sure to take stuff you’d like to read…don’t just take it because it’s free) If you’d like more details about FCBD click on over here
We’ve got some incentives for you on Free Comic Book Day!:
(W) Dan Jurgens & Various (A) Will Conrad & Various (CA) Will Conrad
“The Last Will and Testament of Lex Luthor”! When Superman’s world was reborn, his greatest enemy became his most unexpected ally. But does that truly reflect Lex Luthor-or was it all a sham? Now, as Lex Luthor’s path toward righteousness reaches its apex, he finds himself involved in an adventure in which Superman stands to be destroyed. What choice will Luthor make? Will he save Superman or watch him die at the hands of a foe he could not possibly imagine? This oversized special also features stories from the acclaimed teams of Max Landis and Francis Manapul (in a story previously slated to appear in the DC UNIVERSE HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2017 #1) and Mark Russell and Jill Thompson!
AVENGERS #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Ed McGuinness
A NEW ERA DAWNS FOR EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES –
courtesy of JASON AARON and ED McGUINNESS!
Thor Odinson. Steve Rogers. Tony Stark. The Big Three of the Avengers are reunited at last! And just in time to save the world from total annihilation at the hands of their most powerful enemies yet: the 2000-foot-tall space gods known as Celestials.
Behold the coming of the Final Host.
Who will answer the call to assemble for a wild new era of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? Hint: one of them has a flaming skull for a head. And what strange, world-shaking connection exists between the Final Host and Odin’s ancient band of Prehistoric Avengers?
DAYGLOAYHOLE QUARTERLY #1 (OF 4)
SILVER SPROCKET
(W/A/CA) Ben Passmore
How’s your post apocalypse going? Enjoying the irradiated deserts, menacing clouds of sentient porn magazines, mutant police, and hipsters on some street art kick? No? This is the best the end of the world gets. Social and political commentary mixed with punk nonsense and gore drawn in vibrant florescent colors.
DC NATION #0
DC COMICS
(W) Tom King & Various (A) Clay Mann & Various (CA) Jorge Jimenez
These stories will appear only in this comic book and will not be reprinted in another comic book before each series’ collected editions. Only the first printing of this issue will have a cover price of $0.25. This issue will ship with four covers. Please see the order form for details.
Just in time for Free Comic Book Day, this special comic priced at just $0.25 US features three brand-new stories from a lineup of superstar talent-and each tale serves as a prelude to some of the biggest DC events of 2018!
First, find out how The Joker reacts when he discovers Catwoman has turned her back on crime and plans to marry his archnemesis. Can the Clown Prince of Crime stand to see Batman happy? Writer Tom King and artist Clay Mann set up the events that lead to BATMAN #50!
Then, DARK NIGHTS: METAL shook the DC Universe to its deepest foundations-now it’s time to rejoin legendary writer Scott Snyder, along with all-star artist Jorge Jimenez and co-writers James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, for the prelude to JUSTICE LEAGUE: NO JUSTICE! Discover what universe-shattering mysteries have emerged from the most wondrous and chaotic corners of the cosmos to hunt the Justice League in DC’s summer blockbuster event!
And get your first glimpse at Superman’s new world in this exclusive preview of the upcoming six-issue miniseries MAN OF STEEL, written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by José Luis García-López. With Truth, Justice and the American Way all under attack, both Superman and Clark Kent find there’s never been a more important time to stand up for what they believe in.
GOOD NEWS BIBLE DEADLINE STRIPS SHAKY KANE GN
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
(W/A/CA) Shaky Kane
This major retrospective of comics and illustration from essential British cartoonist Shaky Kane collects the entirety of his work from the classic ’90s magazine Deadline for the first time. Heavily influenced by the great Jack Kirby, Shaky produces comics that combine intensity and bombast with a psychedelic and unmistakably British cynicism.
HARLEY LOVES JOKER #1 (OF 2)
DC COMICS
(W) Paul Dini (A) Bret Blevins (CA) Amanda Conner
Paul Dini returns to the character he co-created to deliver the incredible two-issue wrap-up of the “Harley Loves Joker” flashback tale that ran as a backup in HARLEY QUINN last year! As far as The Joker’s concerned, the new headquarters Harley built for them is absolutely perfect…but only she knows the whole place is rigged to come crashing down around them-and she doesn’t know how to stop it!
HUNT FOR WOLVERINE WEAPON LOST #1 (OF 4)
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Charles Soule (A) Matteo Buffagni (CA) Greg Land
WOLVERINE MAY BE THE BEST THERE IS AT WHAT HE DOES… BUT SO ARE THEY!
As one of the biggest mysteries in the MARVEL UNIVERSE unfolds, DAREDEVIL assembles a squad of uncanny detectives to track down WOLVERINE – MISTY KNIGHT, FRANK MCGEE and the mutant known as CYPHER. Investigating recent sightings across the globe of a man believed to be LOGAN, the squad uncovers a deep conspiracy with huge ramifications for the RETURN OF WOLVERINE.
MANFRIED MAN GN
QUIRK BOOKS
(W) Caitlin Major (A/CA) Kelly Bastow
In this hilarious graphic novel, the roles of cats and humans are reversed, putting humanoid felines in charge of tiny, dimwitted little man-pets. Manfried is a stray taken in by Steve Catson, a slacker with a dead-end job and nonexistent love life. Soon Manfried becomes the Garfield to Steve’s Jon Arbuckle: lazy, selfish, and sometimes maddening in his weird human behavior. Yet the pair depends on each other to get through life’s troubles. When Manfried runs away, Steve musters his meager resources to find his best man-friend and bring him home safe. Ultimately, both Steve and Manfried realize they’re capable of so much more than they thought.
NIGHTWING THE NEW ORDER TP
DC COMICS
(W) Kyle Higgins (A/CA) Trevor McCarthy
Welcome to a near-future world where society has completely rejected super-heroes! Metahumans are now illegal, and none other than the former Boy Wonder heads a government sponsored task force to hunt them down. But what do you do when your own son is condemned by the very system you helped create? Collects NIGHTWING: THE NEW ORDER #1-6.
SHIELD BY HICKMAN AND WEAVER REBIRTH #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Dustin Weaver (CA) Gerald Parel
Delve deeper into the hidden past of S.H.I.E.L.D. – along with some of history’s greatest minds! Michelangelo has been pulling the strings for years, and is now becoming the prime mover. Can he keep Leonardo Da Vinci and Isaac Newton from killing each other and destroying the Brotherhood of the Shield? The battle for the Immortal City comes to a climactic conclusion! Leonid makes his choice between two fathers! Michelangelo and Nikola Tesla kick their plan into high gear! Galileo takes on Galactus – long before the Fantastic Four did! The truth behind Nostrodamus stands revealed! And Howard Stark lays the foundation for the espionage organization you know and love! Catch up on Jonathan Hickman and Dustin Weaver’s secretive S.H.I.E.L.D. saga – before the eagerly anticipated finale! Collecting S.H.I.E.L.D. (2011) #1-4.
STAR WARS TAG & BINK WERE HERE #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Kevin Rubio (A) Lucas Marangon, Zombo, Rick (CA) Lucas Marangon
They’re the most important Star Wars characters you never knew existed – until now! Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna were on Leia’s ship carrying the Death Star plans – when Darth Vader changed their lives forever! But as their true roles in this epic saga are revealed, whose side are Tag and Bink on, anyway? The hapless duo’s fateful adventures will take them all the way from Tatooine to Cloud City to Endor – and bring them face-to-face with Lando Calrissian, Boba Fett and more! But every great tale has a prequel – so what were Tag and Bink up to when the Clone Wars began? Prepare to discover their uncanny origin! We have a bad feeling about this! Collecting STAR WARS: TAG & BINK ARE DEAD #1-2, STAR WARS: TAG & BINK II #1-2 and material from STAR WARS TALES #12.
YOU ARE DEADPOOL #1 (OF 5)
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Al Ewing (A) Salva Espin (CA) Razzah
DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE DEADPOOL??? Now’s your chance! This weekly series is not JUST the most amazing comic book you’ve ever read…it’s also a role-playing adventure! YOU decide what choices Deadpool makes! YOU keep track of your scores issue by issue! YOU roll dice to combat various foes! Travel through Marvel history as Deadpool to meet Hulk in the swinging ’60s! To smell Man-Thing in the swampy ’70s! To be “seen” by Daredevil in the hard-boiled ’80s! And avoid the many BAD ENDINGS you could fall into…or suffer the consequences!
YOUNG FRANCES HC VOL 01 POPE HATS
ADHOUSE BOOKS
The long-awaited first collection from Pope Hats! After insomniac law clerk Frances Scarland is recruited by her firm’s most notorious senior partner, she seems poised for serious advancement, whether she wants it or not. But when her impulsive best friend Vickie decides to move to the opposite coast for an acting role, Frances’ confusing existence starts to implode. Hartley Lin has created comics under the pen name Ethan Rilly, an anagram of his real name, for a decade, winning several awards along the way. With his first major collection, Young Frances, he officially retires the alias.
NOW HERE’S THE LIST OF NEW STUFF!
If you want a full visual list of everything howabout you click on this link (tho the Diamond might not update til Monday or something)
(the following list of comics reflects ALL the comics coming into BOTH locations. If there’s something on this list that’s NOT IN STOCK at your favorite BNW location DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK FOR US TO ORDER IT FOR YOU!)
COMICS AND MAGAZINES
Action Comics Special #1
Astonishing X-Men #11
Avengers #1
Back Issue #104
Batman #46
Black Science #35
Bombshells United #17
Breathless #2
Captain America #701
Coda #1 (OF 12)
Come Into Me #2
Curse Of Brimstone #2
Cyborg #22
Dark Ark #6
Daygloayhole Quarterly #1 (OF 4)
DC Nation #0
Death Or Glory #1
Deathstroke #30 2nd Ptg
Deathstroke #31
Doctor Star & Kingdom Lost Tomorrows #3
East Of West #37
Exit Stage Left The Snagglepuss Chronicles #5
GI Joe A Real American Hero #251
Giant Days #38
Go Go Power Rangers #8 2nd Ptg
Go Go Power Rangers #9
Gravediggers Union #6
Green Arrow #40
Green Lanterns #46
Harbinger Wars 2 Prelude #1
Harley Loves Joker #1 (OF 2)
Highest House #1 2nd Ptg
Hillbilly #9
Hunt For Wolverine Weapon Lost #1 (OF 4)
Infinity Countdown #3 (OF 5)
Injustice 2 #25
Koshchei The Deathless #5 (OF 6)
Kull Eternal #3
Maxwells Demons #3 (OF 5)
Nightwing #44
Red Sonja #15
Red Sonja Tarzan #1
Rick Veitch The One #4 (OF 6)
Rise Of Black Panther #5 (OF 6)
Rogue & Gambit #5 (OF 5)
Scales & Scoundrels #9
Sex Criminals #24
Shade The Changing Woman #3 (OF 6)
Sherlock Holmes Vanishing Man #1
Shield By Hickman And Weaver Rebirth #1
Spawn #285
Spider-Man #240
Star Trek TNG Through The Mirror #1
Star Wars #47
Star Wars Tag & Bink Were Here #1
Stray Bullets Sunshine & Roses #34
Transformers Vs Visionaries #5 (OF 5)
Uber Invasion #13
Venomized #5 (OF 5)
Walking Dead #179
Weapon X #17
X-Men Gold #27
Xerxes Fall Of House Of Darius #2 (OF 5)
You Are Deadpool #1 (OF 5)
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