Moving into Valentines Day with Love – Wednesday, February 9th, 2022

DC has at least one entry in the Valentine’s Day tie-in derby, Strange Love. Actually, that’s all I could find.

Democracy is under siege! Read future Banned Books! We’ve got a few.

The speculative market has invaded sleepy Livermore again. Marvel surprised us, or, at least, we were surprised by learning that Mandalorian and Grogu make their first appearance in the comics on the Lucasfilms 50th variant cover of SW: Darth Vader #20, so ask Bob for that one. Also Black Panther gets a new uniform in Avengers #53, and people are holding that up for a premium price, so ask Bob. Otherwise a small week. Maybe  they think we’re all about something else coming up this weekend. Not me.

More comics. More Pops. AND we’re continuing to organize the books. Closing in on  the Marvels and we’ll move on from there. A couple more weeks should do it.  Please, help us out and put it back where you found it.

If you are a regular weekly new comic buyer, you will find we tweaked the arrangement on the shelves again. All the Marvels are still on the left wall, as they have been for months now, but the DCs are all together on the right, and then the Not Marvels and Not DCs start on the second comic shelf and continue down the wall. There was a good reason at the time, and Bob says he likes it, so it will probably stay that way, unless we get a bunch of complaints.

Thanks to League Of Comic Geeks for this week’s images, which are in some unusual, non-alphabetical order, and 8 across. So it’s a somewhat random sample. I’ll keep searching. Use the list, and MAYBE the pictures will be useful.

We are enforcing a Mask Rule. We are concerned and frankly afraid of the Desantis Variant’s effectiveness and apparent success in younger people and children. So, please, take one for team America and get a vaccine.

Wednesday is Normally New Comic Day, no matter what you read on the internets. We can’t clear the new rack to just have 10 DC’s  surrounded by empty space.  We do it once, Wednesday morning. We encourage everyone to be careful, make your trip to our store quick and efficient, and try to come in to shop in smaller groups, and reduce your own exposure to ALL public places indoors, including ours. Watch this space and our Facebook page for latest news about the rest of the month, season, year, millenium, etc. (And text messages from 5-Star.) The complete list is found below. If you want to know about the next sale or store event, or whether or not WE ARE EVEN OPEN click here. Sign in here to get an email reminder for ALL sales and other events. Also, you can go to     fb.fantasybooksandgames.com and you’ll be taken to our Facebook page. We also use our in-store 5-Star Rewards system to text similar announcements to your phone.

DC Comics Retail $
BATGIRLS #3 CVR A JORGE CORONA $ 3.99
BATGIRLS #3 CVR B KIM JACINTO CARD STOCK VAR $ 4.99
BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #11 (OF 12) $ 2.99
BATMAN CATWOMAN #10 (OF 12) CVR A CLAY MANN (MR) $ 4.99
BATMAN CATWOMAN #10 (OF 12) CVR B JIM LEE & SCOTT WILLIAMS VAR (MR) $ 4.99
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DETECTIVE COMICS #1052 CVR A IRVIN RODRIGUEZ $ 4.99
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WONDER GIRL #7 CVR A MATTEO SCALERA $ 3.99

Not Marvel or DC Retail $
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NO ONE LEFT TO FIGHT II #5 (OF 5) CVR A OSSIO $ 3.99
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NORSE MYTHOLOGY III #1 (OF 6) CVR A RUSSELL (MR) $ 3.99
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RADIANT BLACK #12 CVR A KUBERT $ 3.99
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REDNECK #32 (MR) $ 3.99
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RICK & MORTY VS DUNGEONS & DRAGONS MEESEEKS CVR B LITTLE $ 5.99
SEVEN SECRETS #14 CVR A DI NICUOLO $ 3.99
SPAWN SCORCHED #2 CVR A BARENDS $ 2.99
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STAR WARS ADVENTURES (2021) #14 CVR A FRANCAVILLA $ 3.99
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TMNT BEST OF JENNIKA $ 5.99
VAMPIRELLA VALENTINES SP ONE SHOT CVR A SOZOMAIKA $ 4.99
VAMPIRELLA VALENTINES SP ONE SHOT CVR B LI $ 4.99
VAMPIRELLA VALENTINES SP ONE SHOT CVR C COSPLAY $ 4.99
WHITE #6 2ND PTG (MR) $ 3.99

MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #88.BEY $ 4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #88.BEY BAZULDUA VAR $ 4.99
AVENGERS #53 $ 3.99
AVENGERS #53 ROMERO X-GWEN VAR $ 3.99
AVENGERS #53 SWAY BLACK HISTORY MONTH VAR $ 3.99
BLACK PANTHER #3 JUSKO MARVEL MASTERPIECES VAR $ 5.99
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DEVILS REIGN #4 (OF 6) COLA X-GWEN VAR $ 4.99
DEVILS REIGN #4 (OF 6) SWAY BLACK HISTORY MONTH VAR $ 4.99
DEVILS REIGN #4 (OF 6) YU VAR (1/25) $ ???
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #2 FACSIMILE EDITION $ 3.99
HAWKEYE KATE BISHOP #4 (OF 5) $ 3.99
HAWKEYE KATE BISHOP #4 (OF 5) CARNERO STORMBREAKER VAR $ 3.99
MAESTRO WORLD WAR M #1 $ 4.99
MAESTRO WORLD WAR M #1 (OF 5) LUBERA VAR $ 4.99
MAESTRO WORLD WAR M #1 (OF 5) PERALTA DESIGN VAR (1/10) $ ???
MAESTRO WORLD WAR M #1 (OF 5) RON LIM VAR $ 4.99
MOON KNIGHT #8 $ 3.99
MOON KNIGHT #8 LAND VAR (1/25) $ ???
MOON KNIGHT #8 NAUCK X-GWEN VAR $ 3.99
NEW MUTANTS #24 $ 3.99
NEW MUTANTS #24 MOMOKO VAR $ 3.99
SECRET X-MEN #1 $ 4.99
SECRET X-MEN #1 DANIEL VAR $ 4.99
STAR WARS DARTH VADER #20 $ 3.99
STAR WARS DARTH VADER #20 IENCO VAR $ 3.99
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STAR WARS HIGH REPUBLIC TRAIL SHADOWS #5 (OF 5) $ 3.99
STAR WARS HIGH REPUBLIC TRAIL SHADOWS #5 (OF 5) BALDEON VAR (1/25) $ ???
STAR WARS HIGH REPUBLIC TRAIL SHADOWS #5 (OF 5) LOPEZ VAR $ 3.99
X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE #2 $ 4.99 (Whoops! Maybe next week.)
X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE #2 ANDREWS OMEGA WOLVERINE SPOILER VAR $ 4.99
X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE #2 BAGLEY TRADING CARD VAR $ 4.99
X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE #2 MOMOKO STORMBREAKERS VAR $ 4.99

COMIC SHOP NEWS #1799 $ FREE

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JUSTICE LEAGUE BY SCOTT SNYDER DELUXE EDITION HC BOOK 03 $ 39.99
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CREMA TP $ 19.99
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MY HERO ACADEMIA WV2 5IN AF ASST $ ???
POCKET POP BATMAN THE RIDDLER KEYCHAIN $ 5.99
POP ANIMATION AVATAR OZAI VINYL FIG $ 12.99
POP BOXING JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ VINYL FIG $ 12.99
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