In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, we see a deep discount on this year’s Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel… not an everyday occurrence. Plus, Captain Marvel and The Oatmeal.

Where did the New Releases and Sale pages go?

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In case you’re having troubles with the new UIX (a LOT of people have been):

• The new releases page is here.  
• The “Comics Deals” page is here.
• The Kindle Deals comics page is here.

DC Housekeeping

The topic of DC’s departure from the deals page has been a very pointed topic of conversation in our circles for roughly 6 weeks. Yes, they technically had a Superman sale a couple weeks ago, but it was a decidedly weak offering and we have yet to meet someone familiar with that “sale” who wasn’t irate about the attempt to pass off a $17.99 digital edition of All-Star Superman as a bargain. DC may have created some integrity questions with that stunt.

As we type this, DC has failed to have a formal sale in May and we have not been able to locate any unannounced sales outside of some very random volumes in the $5 & Under section (which may be old listings and/or oversights on DC’s part) and we’ve been seeing those Superman discounts, such as they were, revert back to digital list price. We’re willing to give it one more week before declaring DC has sworn off discounts, but this is now the longest stretch we’ve seen DC abstain and it’s not looking good. They might not want our business.

Not A Big Red Cheese?

   

The Captain Marvel Sale runs through Monday, 5/12.

This would be the Carol Danvers sale (as opposed to the Mar-Vell sale).

OK… brace yourselves… this one has a ton of relaunches:

• Ms. Marvel (’77-’79) – Not included in the sale for no apparent reason, but this is where it really starts
• Ms. Marvel (’06-’10) – The Brian Reed era with a lot of rotating artists.
• Captain Marvel: The World’s Mightiest Hero (’12-’14; ’16) – The Kelly Sue DeConnick era – and the larger collections of this material.
• The Mighty Captain Marvel (’16-’17) – Margaret Stohl era
• And the last volume of Mighty Captain Marvel, not on the series page.
• Life of Captain Marvel (’18) – Stohl era continues
• Captain Marvel (’19-’23) – The Kelly Thompson run
• Captain Marvel (’23-’24) – Alyssa Wong / Jan Bazaldua

We think that’s the overly complicated chronology, anyway. For recommendations, we’re not really experts on this set of books, but we’re inclined to say go with the Thompson run. Kelly Sue DeConnick has a very dedicated fanbase, so maybe browse the sample pages there and see if that catches your fancy, too?

DC Buried Discounts

   

From the $5 & Under section: we’re not sure if these prices are soon to change or not.

• Aquaman/Suicide Squad: Sink Atlantis – Dan Abnett / Rob Williams / Joe Bennett / José Luís
• Batman: Kings of Fear – Scott Peterson / Kelley Jones
• Batman: Streets of Gotham Vol. 1: Hush Money –  Paul Dini / Dustin Nguyen
• Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 7: Anarky (’11-’16) – Francis Manapul / Brian Buccellato
• Green Arrow Vol. 8: The Nightbirds – Benjamin Percy / Patrick Zircher
• Hitman Vol. 1: A Rage In Arkham – Garth Ennis / John McCrea
• Justice League: Last Ride – Chip Zdarsky / Miguel Mendonca
• Wonder Woman Vol. 6: Bones (’11-’16) – Brian Azzarello / Cliff Chiang / Goran Sudzuka

Unannounced Sales

 

As usual, we’re not 100% sure how long this discounts will stick around.

• Arrowsmith Vol. 1: So Smart In Their Fine Uniforms  Kurt Busiek / Carlos Pacheco
• Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir – Tessa Hulls; 2025 Pulitzer Prize Winner
• How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You (The Oatmeal Book 2) – Matthew Inman
• Nemo: River of Ghosts – Alan Moore / Kevin O’Neill
• Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead – Bill Griffith
• The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America – David Hajdu

The Marvel “Maybe” Sales

The trend continues. New releases at lower than expected price points and discounted pre-orders. Is this the new normal? We’re not sure, but let’s run them down.

Dropping This Week

• Phases Of The Moon Knight – Jed MacKay / Manuel Garcia; $6.99

Still on Sale

• The Marvel Star Wars May the 4th Sale runs through Monday, 5/12
  
• Marvel’s Thor Sale runs  through Monday, 5/12
  
• The Marvel Thunderbolts Sale runs through Monday, 5/19
  
• The Kodansha Spotlight on – In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Sale runs through Monday, 5/12
  
• Zenescope Tales from OZ 99 cent Sale runs through Sunday, 5/25