Third Week is the Charm – Wednesday, October 20th, 2021

Kind of a small week, luckily, as I overslept by almost 2 hours. Yet, we still opened on time, and I finished earlier this evening than usual.  Gunslinger Spawn was delayed, so that will be here next week, along with the Something is Killing the Children spin-off House of Slaughter, so the tonnage will be substantial. THIS WEEK, we have a bunch of comics, but not that many, and I’m too tired to try to feature any. It’s almost 2 am. But I already wrote this…

For the third week, Marvels were shipped to us from Penguin Random House Books. They are a giant, who previously shipped book books to stores where the words “Mint Condition” have never been uttered, where bags and boards are a mystery.  Originally ignorant and over-confident, they NOW have some knowledge of what comic retailers want and need. The first two weeks were disastrous with never before seen levels of damage to our Marvel Comics. This week, all of the smaller “one-stack” boxes were enclosed in larger boxes with padding on all sides. Damage was cut by about 90%, down to a level more or less comparable to what we get from Diamond historically. It still adds time to our handling, to check in shipments from 3 sources instead of 2, but it is manageable, finally.

We are enforcing a Mask Rule.  We are concerned and frankly afraid of the Delsantis Variant’s effectiveness and apparent success in younger people and children. So, please, take one for team America and get a vaccine. Wednesday is STILL 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. If you like, you can browse the list and make an order to [email protected] for a quicker pick up. It might also help to put in a time window when you would be in the neighborhood, to give Bob a chance to get them together, and include a phone number for good measure. 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.

Had to find a new source for images this week. (Still don’t have any for DC Comics.) Thanks to Time Warp for this week’s images, which include many of the comics and a few of the books and other items we received today, and may have pics of things we didn’t and/or won’t get. Use the list, and maybe the pictures.

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THE UNITED STATES OF CAPTAIN AMERICA 5 $ 4.99
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THOR 18 $ 3.99
THOR 18 JUSKO MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT $ 3.99
THOR 18 KLEIN VARIANT (1/25) $ ???
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WE DONT KILL SPIDERS #1 Second Printing $ 3.99
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X-MEN: THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO 3 $ 3.99
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BACK ISSUE #131 $ 9.95
COMIC BOOK CREATOR #26 $ 9.95
COMIC SHOP NEWS #1783 $ FREE

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BATMAN LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH TP (MR) $ 24.99
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CYBERPUNK 2077 WHERES JOHNNY HC $ 19.99
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I AM OPRAH WINFREY YR HC $ 15.99
IMMORTAL HULK: GREAT POWER TPB (Maybe Next Week) $ 15.99
JODOROWSKY LIBRARY ED MEGALEX HC (MR) $ 39.99
JUJUTSU KAISEN GN VOL 12 $ 9.99
JUST BEYOND MONSTROSITY ORIGINAL GN $ 10.99
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MANGA CLASSICS ROMEO AND JULIET TP MODERN ENGLISH ED $ 19.99
MARIE CURIE QUEST FOR LIGHT TP $ 17.99
MARVEL-VERSE: HAWKEYE GN-TPB (Maybe Next Week) $ 9.99
ONE PUNCH MAN GN VOL 23 $ 9.99
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SOMETHING IS KILLING CHILDREN DLX ED SLIPCASE HC BOOK 01 (C: $ 69.99
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MTG TCG INNISTRAD MIDNIGHT HUNT COMMANDER DECK CS (4CT) $ ???
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