What a Difference a week makes – We are still here, but Diamond Distribution is Not! – Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
The last of the Direct Market Distributors did not ship this week, at least not to us. DC, Image and a very few other Pubs came from Lunar, and Marvels came from Penguin Random House. (This has caused a one-day delay in getting the correct information to me.) There are no “toys” or “cards” or other miscellaneous products from the last general comics and hobby distributors that made the comics hobby explosion possible around 50 years ago. If Phil Seuling (brief bio here) had not started talks with DC and Marvel back in 1974(?) to sell non-returnable comics to him at a much cheaper price (less money up front, but no returns to process, meant more publisher profit), the 2 big publishers and the several lessers (Harvey, Archie, and maybe a couple others) might have closed shop in the 80’s. Diamond was one of many small companies that sprang up around the country to do the same thing – not the first, but the last. The company still exists, at least on paper and in bankruptcy court, but this is the first week in over 40 years that Bob didn’t get anything from them. Maybe they will rise again, like Phoenix in #101. But in real life, nothing lasts forever. S’why we need comics, right?
Thanks to League Of Comic Geeks for this week’s images, which are in some unusual, non-alphabetical order, and 6 across. Use the list, and MAYBE the pictures will be useful. Again, I do not have time to sort the images into publisher groups.
I have done what I can to maintain a semblance of resemblance to the past, just about 10 years worth of weekly continuity of continuity, since….I just checked – I missed the Website’s birthday, again! First post here was April 29, just 3 days before FCBD 2015! Happy 10 and 1/6th!
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DC Comics
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #2 5th Prt $ 4.99
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #4 CVR A JAHNOY LINDSAY $ 4.99
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #4 CVR B JULIET NNEKA CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #4 CVR C ALEX ECKMAN-LAWN CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #4 CVR D INC 1:25 NIMIT MALAVIA CD STK VAR $ ???
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #2 3rd Prt $ 4.99
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #2 4th Prt $ 4.99
BATGIRL #9 CVR A DAVID TALASKI $ 3.99
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BATGIRL #9 CVR C OTTO SCHMIDT GOTHAM CITY SIRENS CD STK VAR $ 4.99
BATMAN 89 ECHOES #6 (OF 6) CVR A JOE QUINONES & PAOLO RIVERA $ 3.99
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BIRDS OF PREY #23 CVR A ANNIE WU $ 3.99
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GOTHAM CITY SIRENS UNFIT FOR ORBIT #1 (OF 5) CVR A DODSON & DODSON $ 3.99
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GOTHAM CITY SIRENS UNFIT FOR ORBIT #1 (OF 5) CVR C KYUYONG EOM CD STK VAR $ 4.99
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS UNFIT FOR ORBIT #1 (OF 5) CVR D MARCH CONNECT CD STK VAR $ 4.99
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JSA #9 CVR A LEONARDO ROMERO $ 3.99
JSA #9 CVR B JORGE CORONA CD STK VAR $ 4.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE V GODZILLA V KONG 2 #2 (OF 7) CVR A DUCE $ 4.99
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JUSTICE LEAGUE V GODZILLA V KONG 2 #2 (OF 7) CVR E INC 1:25 K MAGUIRE CD STK VAR $ ???
RESURRECTION MAN QUANTUM KARMA #4 (OF 6) CVR A DEKAL (MR) $ 4.99
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SECRET SIX #5 (OF 6) CVR A STEPHEN SEGOVIA $ 3.99
SECRET SIX #5 (OF 6) CVR B LESLEY LEIRIX LI CD STK VAR $ 4.99
SECRET SIX #5 (OF 6) CVR C DAVID BALDEON CD STK VAR $ 4.99
TEEN TITANS GO #5 $ 2.99
Image Comics
ADVENTUREMAN FAMILY TREE #3 (OF 3) $ 3.99
ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS #1 4TH PTG (MR) $ 4.99
BITTER ROOT NEXT MOVEMENT #4 (OF 5) CVR A GREENE CONNECTING (MR) $ 3.99
GEHENNA NAKED AGGRESSION #1 (OF 4) CVR A ROSENZWEIG $ 3.99
GEHENNA NAKED AGGRESSION #1 (OF 4) CVR B RAMCHERON VAR $ 3.99
GEHENNA NAKED AGGRESSION #1 (OF 4) CVR C YAMAMOTO VAR $ 3.99
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GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #318 CVR A ANDY KUBERT & MARTIN $ 3.99
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #318 CVR B ANDY KUBERT B&W VAR $ 3.99
MEDIEVAL SPAWN #3 (OF 4) CVR A JONATHAN URIBE $ 3.99
MEDIEVAL SPAWN #3 (OF 4) CVR B FEDERICO SABBATINI VAR $ 3.99
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SISTERHOOD A HYDE STREET STORY #1 CVR C SNEJBJERG & KALISZ VAR $ 3.99
SISTERHOOD A HYDE STREET STORY #1 CVR D INC 1:20 RAYMOND GAY & JOHN KALISZ VAR $ ???
SPAWN BLOODLETTER #1 (OF 5) CVR B BLANK SKETCH VAR Replacements $ 3.99
SPAWN SAM AND TWITCH CASE FILES #15 CVR A MARCO FAILLA $ 3.99
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SPAWN SCORCHED #42 CVR A THADDEUS ROBECK $ 3.99
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TRANSFORMERS #18 2ND PTG CVR A HOWARD DECEPTICON CVR $ 3.99
TRANSFORMERS #18 2ND PTG CVR B HOWARD AUTOBOT VAR $ 3.99
TRANSFORMERS #2 8TH PTG $ 3.99
TRANSFORMERS #3 6TH PTG $ 3.99
WALKING DEAD DELUXE #116 CVR A DAVID FINCH & DAVE MCCAIG (MR) $ 3.99
Marvel Comics
ALL-NEW VENOM #8 $ 4.99
ALL-NEW VENOM #8 FANYANG VENOM VAR $ 4.99
ALL-NEW VENOM #8 SCOTT KOBLISH RETROVISION VAR $ 4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 $ 4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 LEE BERMEJO BLACK CAT VAR $ 4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 LEO ROMERO RETROVISION VAR $ 4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 DOALY VAR $ 4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 SIMONE BIANCHI VAR $ 4.99
AVENGERS #28 [DOOM] $ 3.99
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AVENGERS #28 ROD REIS VAR [DOOM] $ 3.99
AVENGERS #28 WES CRAIG RETROVISION VAR [DOOM] $ 3.99
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: GREEN GOBLIN #1 $ 4.99
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CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 $ 5.99
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CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 VALERIO SCHITI DESIGN VAR $ 5.99
DAREDEVIL #23 $ 4.99
DAREDEVIL #23 LEO ROMERO RETROVISION VAR $ 4.99
DAREDEVIL #23 RICKIE YAGAWA VAR $ 4.99
DAREDEVIL: COLD DAY IN HELL #1 STEVE MCNIVEN 3RD PRINTING VAR $ 6.99
DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE ONE LAST TIME #4 $ 3.99
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FANTASTIC FOUR #50 FACS ED $ 4.99
HELLVERINE #8 $ 3.99
HELLVERINE #8 JUSTIN MASON VAR $ 3.99
IMMORTAL THOR #25 $ 5.99
IMMORTAL THOR #25 DAN JURGENS RETROVISION VAR $ 5.99
IMMORTAL THOR #25 MARTIN COCCOLO DEATH OF THE IMMORTAL THOR 3-PART CONNECTING VAR $ 5.99
MARVEL ZERO [2025] #1 $ 6.99
MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #33 MARCO RENNA 2ND PRINTING VAR $ 3.99
SPIDER-GWEN: THE GHOST-SPIDER #15 $ 4.99
SPIDER-GWEN: THE GHOST-SPIDER #15 KRIS ANKA VAR $ 4.99
SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #1 DIKE RUAN 2ND PRINTING VAR $ 4.99
SPIDER-VERSE VS. VENOMVERSE #1 JAVIER GARRON 2ND PRINTING VAR $ 4.99
STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS #5 $ 3.99
STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS #5 DAN JURGENS CLASSIC HOMAGE VAR $ 3.99
STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS #5 IVAN TAO VAR $ 3.99
STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS #5 TAURIN CLARKE LIGHTSABER VAR $ 3.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #7 $ 4.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #7 FABRIZIO DE TOMMASO VAR $ 4.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #7 LUCIO PARRILLO VAR $ 4.99
WOLVERINES & DEADPOOLS #1 $ 4.99
WOLVERINES & DEADPOOLS #1 ANDREA DI VITO RETROVISION VAR $ 4.99
WOLVERINES & DEADPOOLS #1 TAURIN CLARKE VAR $ 4.99
X-MEN #19 $ 4.99
X-MEN #19 GODTAIL WARLOCK VAR $ 4.99
X-MEN #19 SCOTT KOBLISH RETROVISION VAR $ 4.99
X-MEN BY CHRIS CLAREMONT: PRELUDE TO A FUTURE PAST #1 $ 7.99
X-MEN BY CHRIS CLAREMONT: PRELUDE TO A FUTURE PAST #1 EDWIN GALMON VAR $ 7.99
X-MEN: HELLFIRE VIGIL #1 $ 7.99
X-MEN: HELLFIRE VIGIL #1 AKA VAR $ 7.99
X-MEN: HELLFIRE VIGIL #1 MATEUS MANHANINI VAR $ 7.99
X-MEN: HELLFIRE VIGIL #1 ROSE BESCH VAR $ 7.99
Other Comics
ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #4 CVR A NICK WINN $ 4.99
ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #4 CVR B BRENDA HICKEY VAR $ 4.99
ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #4 CVR C MARCELINE GRAY SKETCH VAR $ 4.99
ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #4 CVR D INC 1:10 SHELLI PAROLINE BRADEN LAMB INFINITE INTERLOCKING VAR $ ???
Arcbound #5 (CVR B) (James Stokoe) $ 4.99
Black Hammer: Spiral City #7 (CVR A) (Teddy Kristiansen) $ 3.99
Arcana Royale #3 (CVR A) (A. C. Zamudio) $ 4.99
COMICS OF THE MOVEMENT (1-SHOT) CVR A DOMO STANTON $ 9.99
POP KILL #1 (OF 4) 2nd Prt Cvr A Dave Johnson (MR) $ 6.99
DC Books
AUTHORITY RELENTLESS TP (DC COMPACT COMICS EDITION)(MR) $ 9.99
BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS (2024) HC VOL 01 MERCY OF THE FATHER $ 29.99
BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS (2024) TP VOL 01 MERCY OF THE FATHER $ 19.99
CATWOMAN (2024) TP VOL 01 WHO IS SELINA KYLE $ 17.99
DC FINEST WONDER WOMAN THE LEGEND OF WONDER WOMAN TP $ 39.99
DCEASED OMNIBUS HC $ 125
NIGHTWING (2024) HC VOL 01 ON WITH THE SHOW $ 24.99
NIGHTWING (2024) TP VOL 01 ON WITH THE SHOW $ 17.99
SUPERMANS GOOD GUY GANG HC BOOK 01 $ 12.99
Image Books
ART OF TOP COW LEGACY TP $ 39.99
ASTERIX COLLECTOR HC VOL 03 ASTERIX AND THE GOTHS $ 19.99
EC CRUEL UNIVERSE TP VOL 01 $ 19.99
INKBLOT TP VOL 01 $ 9.99
INKBLOT TP VOL 01 $ 9.99
INKBLOT TP VOL 02 $ 16.99
INVINCIBLE TP VOL 10 NEW EDITION $ 14.99
SPAWN MISERY TP $ 16.99
SPAWN SAM AND TWITCH COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 (MR) $ 59.99
WINX CLUB TP VOL 04 $ 14.99
Ordering and News
COMIC SHOP NEWS #1976 $ FREE
IMAGE SCENE #9 SEPTEMBER 2025 CATALOG $ FREE