Straights (of Hormuz) to High Prices – Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
Sorry you have to pay the highest gas prices. Try to drive less, I guess.
Big week with over 189 covers showing, including Absolute Batman #18, X-Men United #1, another reprint of Invincible #1 (4 foil versions!), and Tigress Island #1 from Image.
With temps in the 50’s, I started slow, walking 1.25 miles Sunday and 2.1 miles Monday. My legs have weakened with almost 4.5 months off. But we are getting snow and expecting more, so back to working 24/7. Our new store is open and we have TWO local shows this weekend, so I’ve got to go.
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.
Wednesday is still New Comic Day, for at least one more week. Watch this space and our Facebook page for the latest news about the rest of the month, season, year, millennium, 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.
Marvel Comics
1776 #5 $ 3.99
1776 #5 PHIL JIMENEZ HOMAGE VAR $ 3.99
ALIAS: RED BAND #1 [BAGGED] $ 4.99
ALIAS: RED BAND #1 ELENA CASAGRANDE VAR [BAGGED] $ 4.99
ALIAS: RED BAND #1 JEEHYUNG LEE VAR [BAGGED] $ 4.99
ALIAS: RED BAND #1 VECCHIO MARVEL MONSTER VAR [BAGGED] $ 4.99
BLACK CAT #8 $ 3.99
DOCTOR STRANGE #4 $ 3.99
DOCTOR STRANGE #4 NETHO DIAZ MARVEL MONSTER VAR $ 3.99
DOCTOR STRANGE #4 STEPHANIE HANS VAR $ 3.99
HULK: SMASH EVERYTHING #4 $ 3.99
HULK: SMASH EVERYTHING #4 STEPHEN MOONEY VAR $ 3.99
IMPERIAL GUARDIANS #1 $ 4.99
IMPERIAL GUARDIANS #1 TALAVERA COSMIC GHOST RIDER VAR $ 4.99
IMPERIAL GUARDIANS #1 NETHO DIAZ VAR $ 4.99
IRON MAN #1 GERARDO SANDOVAL 2ND Prtg VAR $ 5.99
LOGAN: BLACK WHITE & BLOOD #3 $ 5.99
LOGAN: BLACK WHITE & BLOOD #3 PHIL NOTO VAR $ 5.99
MAGIK & COLOSSUS #2 $ 3.99
MAGIK & COLOSSUS #2 DOMENICO CARBONE VAR $ 3.99
MAGIK & COLOSSUS #2 YASMINE PUTRI DOOM HOMAGE VAR $ 3.99
PLANET / APES V FANTASTIC FOUR #2 $ 4.99
PLANET / APES V FANTASTIC FOUR #2 PAGULAYAN VS VAR $ 4.99
PLANET / APES V FANTASTIC FOUR #2 DAVI GO MOVIE HOMAGE VAR $ 4.99
PLANET / APES V FANTASTIC FOUR #2 RON FRENZ HOMAGE VAR $ 4.99
SPIDER-MAN: MEALS TO ASTONISH #1 $ 5.99
SPIDER-MAN: MEALS TO ASTONISH #1 CAMUNCOLI VAR $ 5.99
SPIDER-MAN: MEALS TO ASTONISH #1 MOMOKO VAR $ 5.99
STORM: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST MUTANT #2 $ 3.99
STORM: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST MUTANT #2 FANYANG STORM VAR $ 3.99
STORM: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST MUTANT #2 CLARKE DOOM HOMAGE VAR $ 3.99
THE END 2099 #4 $ 3.99
THE END 2099 #4 KEN LASHLEY BATTLE VAR $ 3.99
THE END 2099 #4 KENDRICK LIM VAR $ 3.99
VENOM #255 [DS] $ 4.99
VENOM #255 ANDREI BRESSAN DOOM HOMAGE VAR [DS] $ 4.99
VENOM #255 GERMAN PERALTA VAR [DS] $ 4.99
VENOM #255 IBAN COELLO 9-PART CONNECT VAR [DS] $ 4.99
VENOM #255 MARK BAGLEY CLASSIFIED TARGET VAR [DS] $ 4.99
X-MEN UNITED #1 CONNECT COVER A $ 4.99
X-MEN UNITED #1 CONNECT COVER B $ 4.99
X-MEN UNITED #1 DERRICK CHEW VAR $ 4.99
X-MEN UNITED #1 EMA LUPACCHINO VAR (1/25) $ ???
X-MEN UNITED #1 VECCHIO VAR $ 4.99
X-MEN UNITED #1 MATTEO LOLLI FOIL VAR $ ???
X-MEN UNITED #1 MIKE DEL MUNDO VAR $ 4.99
X-MEN UNITED #1 MOMOKO VAR $ 4.99
X-MEN UNITED #1 SKOTTIE YOUNG VAR $ 4.99
X-MEN UNITED #1 TIAGO PALMA GRAYMATTER LANE VAR $ 4.99
X-MEN UNITED #1 W. SCOTT FORBES VAR $ 4.99
DC Comics
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #18 CVR A NICK DRAGOTTA $ 4.99
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #18 CVR B MAHMUD ASRAR CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #18 CVR C SHALVEY CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #18 CVR D CAMUNCOLI CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #18 CVR E INC 1:25 DI GIANDOMENICO CD STK VAR $ ???
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #12 CVR A LINDSAY $ 4.99
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #12 CVR B MARCH CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #12 CVR C HAINING CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #12 CVR D GREENE CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ACTION COMICS #1096 CVR A DAN MORA $ 4.99
ACTION COMICS #1096 CVR B RYAN SOOK CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ACTION COMICS #1096 CVR C ETHAN YOUNG CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ACTION COMICS #1096 CVR D SYMBOL CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ACTION COMICS #1096 CVR E PATRIDGE CORNER BOX SPOT FOIL VAR $ 7.99
ACTION COMICS #1096 CVR F ACO REIGN / SUPERBOYS CONNECT CD STK VAR $ 5.99
ACTION COMICS #242 FACS ED CVR A CURT SWAN $ 3.99
ACTION COMICS #242 FACS ED CVR B BLANK CD STK VAR $ 4.99
ACTION COMICS #242 FACS ED CVR C CURT SWAN FOIL VAR $ 6.99
BLEEDING HEARTS #2 CVR A STIPAN MORIAN (MR) $ 3.99
BLEEDING HEARTS #2 CVR B ALEX ECKMAN-LAWN CD STK VAR (MR) $ 4.99
BLEEDING HEARTS #2 CVR C DILLON SNOOK CD STK VAR (MR) $ 4.99
DC X AEW #2 (OF 2) CVR A SERG ACUNA $ 4.99
DC X AEW #2 (OF 2) CVR B RICARDO LOPEZ ORTIZ CD STK VAR $ 5.99
DC X AEW #2 (OF 2) CVR C GIAN GALANG CD STK VAR $ 5.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #475 FACS ED CVR A ROGERS (’26 ED) $ 3.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #475 FACS ED CVR B BLANK CD STK VAR (’26 ED) $ 4.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #475 FACS ED CVR C ROGERS FOIL VAR (’26 ED) $ 6.99
EMPEROR AQUAMAN #15 CVR A JOHN TIMMS $ 3.99
EMPEROR AQUAMAN #15 CVR B NATHAN SZERDY CD STK VAR $ 4.99
EMPEROR AQUAMAN #15 CVR C KYUYONG EOM CD STK VAR $ 4.99
EMPEROR AQUAMAN #15 CVR D SYMBOL CD STK VAR $ 4.99
EMPEROR AQUAMAN #15 CVR E JIMENEZ CORNER BOX SPOT FOIL VAR $ 6.99
EMPEROR AQUAMAN #15 CVR F MARQUES CD STK VAR $ 4.99
EMPEROR AQUAMAN #15 CVR G MARCH CD STK VAR $ 4.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14 CVR A PASARIN & ALBERT $ 3.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14 CVR B WILL CONRAD CD STK VAR $ 4.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14 CVR C GONZALES CD STK VAR $ 4.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14 CVR D SYMBOL CD STK VAR $ 4.99
HARLEY & IVY LIFE & CRIMES #4 (OF 6) CVR A HENDERSON $ 3.99
HARLEY & IVY LIFE & CRIMES #4 (OF 6) CVR BL L LI CD STK VAR $ 4.99
HARLEY & IVY LIFE & CRIMES #4 (OF 6) CVR C ANDOLFO CD STK VAR $ 4.99
SIRENS LOVE HURTS #2 (OF 4) CVR B DERRICK CHEW VAR (MR) $ 5.99
SIRENS LOVE HURTS #2 (OF 4) CVR C LOTAY CONNECT VAR (MR) $ 5.99
SUPERGIRL #11 CVR A DAN MORA $ 4.99
SUPERGIRL #11 CVR B TERRY DODSON CD STK VAR $ 4.99
SUPERGIRL #11 CVR C JEFF DEKAL CD STK VAR $ 4.99
SUPERGIRL #11 CVR D SOPHIE CAMPBELL CD STK VAR $ 4.99
SUPERGIRL #11 CVR EL L LI INT’L WOMEN’S DAY CD STK VAR $ 4.99
SUPERGIRL #11 CVR F SYMBOL CD STK VAR $ 4.99
SUPERGIRL #11 CVR G PATRIDGE CORNER BOX SPOT FOIL VAR $ 6.99
SUPERGIRL #11 CVR H ACO REIGN / SUPERBOYS CONNECT CD STK VAR $ 4.99
Image
BLOOD & THUNDER #11 CVR A EJ SU & MSASSYK (MR) $ 3.99
DIE LOADED #5 CVR A STEPHANIE HANS (MR) $ 3.99
DIE LOADED #5 CVR B KEVIN WADA VAR (MR) $ 3.99
DIE LOADED #5 CVR C INVINC TEAM UP CHLOE BRAILSFORD VAR (MR) $ 3.99
DORC #2 CVR A BRETT BEAN $ 3.99
DORC #2 CVR B RILEY ROSSMO VAR $ 3.99
DORC #2 CVR C BRETT BEAN INVINCIBLE TEAM UP VAR $ 3.99
FREE PLANET #10 CVR A JED DOUGHERTY $ 3.99
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #326 CVR A WEEKS & HOLLINGSWORTH $ 3.99
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #326 CVR D MOONEYHAM INVINC TEAM UP VAR $ 3.99
INVINCIBLE FOIL EDITION #1 REPRINT CVR A WALKER & CRABTREE FOIL $ 4.99
INVINCIBLE FOIL EDITION #1 REPRINT CVR B WALKER & DAVE MCCAIG VAR $ 4.99
INVINCIBLE FOIL EDITION #1 REPRINT CVR C OTTLEY & FAIRBAIRN VAR $ 4.99
INVINCIBLE FOIL EDITION #1 REPRINT CVR D BLANK SKETCH VAR $ 5.99
KING SPAWN #53 CVR A FRANCESCO MATTINA $ 3.99
KING SPAWN #53 CVR B KEVIN KEANE VAR $ 3.99
SEASONS #9 CVR A PAUL AZACETA $ 3.99
SPAWN #373 CVR A FRANCESCO MATTINA $ 3.99
SPAWN #373 CVR B MARCO FAILLA VAR $ 3.99
SPAWN #373 CVR C BRETT BOOTH INVINCIBLE TEAM UP VAR $ 3.99
TIGRESS ISLAND #1 (OF 5) CVR A EPHK (MR) $ 3.99
TIGRESS ISLAND #1 (OF 5) CVR B EPHK VAR (MR) $ 3.99
TIGRESS ISLAND #1 (OF 5) CVR D KALADEN VAR (MR) $ 3.99
TIGRESS ISLAND #1 (OF 5) CVR C VECCHIO NSFW BAGGED VAR (MR) $ 9.99
TRANSFORMERS #2 10TH PTG CVR A D W JOHNSON & SPICER GOLD EMBOSSED $ 4.99
TRANSFORMERS #2 10TH PTG CVR B ANACELTO & FAJARDO JR GOLD EMBOSSED VAR $ 4.99
TRANSFORMERS #2 10TH PTG CVR C NGUYEN VAR $ 3.99
TRANSFORMERS #25 3RD PTG $ 4.99
TRANSFORMERS #30 CVR A NAKAYAMA $ 3.99
TRANSFORMERS #30 CVR B D W JOHNSON & SPICER VAR $ 3.99
TRANSFORMERS #30 CVR C CORONA & SPICER VAR $ 3.99
TRANSFORMERS #30 CVR D INC 1:25 CLARKE VAR $ ???
TRANSFORMERS #30 CVR E INC 1:50 MORA & JUAREZ VAR $ ???
TRANSFORMERS #30 CVR F CASSARA INVINC TEAM UP VAR $ 3.99
UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY #35 CVR A CAMUNCOLI (MR) $ 3.99
UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY #35 CVR B RUAN VAR (MR) $ 3.99
WITCHBLADE #19 CVR A CAFARO & PRIANTO (MR) $ 3.99
WITCHBLADE #19 CVR B ED BENES & FERDIAN VAR (MR) $ 3.99
WITCHBLADE #19 CVR E CAFARO & PRIANTO INVINC TEAM UP VAR (MR) $ 3.99
Other Publishers
51 #1 (OF 8) CVR A JOK (MR) $ 6.99
51 #1 (OF 8) CVR B MICHAEL AVON OEMING VAR (MR) $ 6.99
ARCHIE X ARMY OF DARKNESS #2 CVR A FRANCAVILLA $ 4.99
ARCHIE X ARMY OF DARKNESS #2 CVR B GALVAN VAR $ 4.99
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #25 2ND PTG (MR) $ 5.99
CROWNSVILLE #5 (OF 5) CVR A JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER $ 4.99
Cyberpunk 2077: Chrome #2 (CVR A) (Bennato) $ 4.99
DICK TRACY ST PATRICKS DAY SPEC (1-SHOT) CVR A BORGES MARK ENGLERT $ 6.99
ESCAPE FROM SKULL ISLAND #2 (OF 4) CVR A DIEGO YAPUR VAR $ 4.99
Godzilla Vs. America: Portland Cover A (Dewey) $ 7.99
Godzilla Vs. America: Portland VAR B (Yarsky) $ 7.99
HARLEY QUINN X ELVIRA #5 CVR A CONNER TENTACLES $ 4.99
HARLEY QUINN X ELVIRA #5 CVR B CHAD HARDIN VAR $ 4.99
HARLEY QUINN X ELVIRA #5 CVR C LINSNER VAR $ 4.99
HARLEY QUINN X ELVIRA #5 CVR D BEN CALDWELL VAR $ ???
HARLEY QUINN X ELVIRA #5 CVR H INC 1:10 CONNER JEWELS VAR $ ???
HARLEY QUINN X ELVIRA #5 CVR I INC 1:10 BEN CALDWELL VIRG VAR $ ???
HARLEY QUINN X ELVIRA #5 CVR M INC 1:7 LINSNER LINE ART VAR $ ???
HARLEY QUINN X ELVIRA #5 CVR N INC 1:10 LINSNER LINE ART VIRG VAR $ ???
He-Man & Masters / Universe #4: Sword of Flaws Pt 4 CVR A Williams II) $ 4.99
HIGH STRANGENESS #5 (OF 5) CVR A CHRISTIAN WARD $ 7.99
LOVE AND ROCKETS VOL I #1 FACS ED (MR) $ 7.99
MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #9 CVR A WE ARE ALL A LITTLE MAD $ 5.99
MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #9 CVR B LADY DRACULA VAR $ 5.99
MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #9 CVR C SEND IN THE CLOWNS VAR $ 5.99
MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #9 CVR D MONSTERS MATINEE 3-D VAR $ 5.99
ORDAINED #2 (OF 3) CVR A JORGE FORNES $ 5.99
ORDAINED #2 (OF 3) CVR B CHARLIE ADLARD VAR $ 5.99
ORDAINED #2 (OF 3) CVR C ALEX MALEEV VAR $ 5.99
Something is Killing the Children #1 ZAA 10th Pr Dell’Edera Dressed Foil Stamp $ 5.99
Something is Killing the Children #1 ZAB 10th Pr Dell’Edera Full Art Glow in Dark $ 5.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #85 Cover A (Arq) $ 4.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #85 VAR RI (15) (Fourdraine) $ ???
SONJA REBORN #6 CVR A STJEPAN SEJIC $ 4.99
SPACE GHOST (2025) #9 CVR A FRANCESCO MATTINA $ 4.99
SPACE GHOST (2025) #9 CVR B JAE LEE VAR $ 4.99
SPACE GHOST (2025) #9 CVR C MICHAEL CHO VAR $ 4.99
SPACE GHOST (2025) #9 CVR D BJORN BARENDS VAR $ 4.99
Star Trek: Lower Decks #17 Cover A (Smith) $ 4.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 Cover A (Williams II) $ 4.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 VAR B (Eastman & Bishop) $ 4.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 VAR C (Pizzari) $ 4.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 VAR D (Kim) $ 4.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 VAR RI (25) (Eastman & Bishop Full Art) $ ???
TMNT: Journeys #7 Cover A (Dooney & Lawson) $ 4.99
TMNT: Journeys #7 VAR B (Lavigne) $ 4.99
Usagi Yojimbo: Kaito ’84 #1 (CVR B) (Stan Sakai) $ 4.99
Valiant Beyond: All-New Harbinger #5–It Never Stops #2 Cov A (Ponce) $ 4.99
Witcher: Blood Stone #2 (CVR A) (Pius Bak) $ 4.99
Marvel Books
Avengers: No Surrender/No Road Home Omni Putri Cov HC $ 100
Fantastic Four Vol. 1: Save Everyone TP $ 17.99
In the Arms of the Octopus! (Marvel: Spider-Man)HC $ 5.99
New Avengers Vol. 1: Killuminati TP $ 17.99
Punisher Epic Collection: TP $ 49.99
Punisher: Welcome Back Frank [Marvel Prem Coll] TP $ 14.99
Red Hulk Vol. 2: Mission: Latveria TP $ 15.99
X-MEN MY MIGHTY MARVEL FIRST BOOK HC $ 12.99
DC Books
BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST TP VOL 08 20000 LEAGUES $ 19.99
CATWOMAN THE NEW 52 OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 $ 100
DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL ALLWINTER TP $ 19.99
DC FINEST THE FLASH THE FASTEST MAN DEAD TP $ 39.99
FLINCH THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TP (MR) $ 34.99
GREEN LANTERN THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR COMPENDIUM TP $ 59.99
Image Books
END LEAGUE COMPLETE COLLECTION TP $ 19.99
Other Books
Avatar Bioluminescent Coloring Book TP $ 14.99
BENJAMIN HC $ 24.99
ELVIRA MEETS HP LOVECRAFT TP $ 19.99
Godzilla Library Collection Vol. 6 TP $ 29.99
Godzilla Vs. America: Boston HC $ 12.99
Godzilla Vs. America: Chicago HC $ 12.99
Godzilla Vs. America: Kansas City HC $ 12.99
Godzilla Vs. America: Los Angeles HC $ 12.99
HIKARU IN THE LIGHT TP VOL 03 $ 11.99
Initial D Omnibus 9 (Vol. 17-18) TP $ 22.99
LEGEND OF KAMUI TP VOL 03 $ 40
LOCAS THE MAGGIE AND HOPEY STORIES HC (MR) $ 49.99
ROGUE TROOPER BLIGHTY VALLEY HC $ 26.99
SPIDER-MAN COSMIC CHAOS TP (A MIGHTY MARVEL TEAM-UP) $ 9.99
Stranger Things: Tales from Hawkins 2 (Graphic Novel) TP $ 19.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: NYC vs. TMNT TP $ 19.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures Vol. 7 TP $ 16.99
THE ENDS TP $ 19.99
Zines & News
COMICS THE MAGAZINE #1 $ 2.99
COMIC SHOP NEWS #2012 $ FREE
Posters
SPIDEY & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS POSTER $ 8.99