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In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, Marvel applies a discount to Spider-Girl’s catalog. Plus, Barbaric, The Black Hammer, Monstress and Terminal Hero.

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):

It’s 8PM, Do You Know Where Your Spider-Daughter Is?

The Marvel Spider-Girl Sale runs through Monday, 6/2.

This would be the adventures of MayDay Parker, Peter Parker’s daughter in an alternate timeline. Tom DeFalco and (primarily) Ron Frenz had a roughly 12 year run on the character across the obligatory relaunches, which is a much longer run that most creators manage.

Spider-Girl ’98-’06 – Tom DeFalco / Ron Frenz / Pat Olliffe
- Also in Epic Collection format and Keeping the Faith picks up where the Complete Collections end
Amazing Spider-Girl ’06-’09 – DeFalco/Frenz
Spectacular Spider-Girl ’08-’09 – DeFalco/Frenz
Spectacular Spider-Girl ’10 – DeFalco/Frenz
Spider-Girl ’10-11 – Paul Tobin / Clayton Henry

Unannounced Sales

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

Dark Horse has the world of Black Hammer on sale this week, which probably needs a walk-through.

This would be — we think it’s OK to call it a superhero universe at this point — the indie superhero saga by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston and friends. There are a couple branches to how this saga unfurls.

The main Black Hammer series is here and that’s where you should start the journey. But, as with many long running titles, there are a few different editions to it and this is what we think the cheapest (if messy to sort) way to read the series is.

There are currently 7 volumes under the main series + a collection of specials + 2 volumes of “Visions” with guest creators playing in the Black Hammer standbox.

So what you want to do to cheap out is go to the omnibus page first.

The Omnibus and Library Editions are essentially the same thing with a different binding in print. If you stick with the Omnibus version, then you can pick up again with V.5 of the regular editions. Since there are three Library Editions, you’d pick up with V.8 of the regular editions.

Then you’ve got the World of Black Hammer collections, which are solo tales about the various heroes and villains like Barbalien and Sherlock Frankenstein.

Also on sale:

Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama – Alison Bechdel
Barbaric – Michael Moreci / Nathan C. Gooden
- V. 1 & 2
- V. 3 is apparently not discounted (don’t look at us)
- V.4
Elfquest – Wendy & Richard Pini
Monstress Vol. 1 – Marjorie Liu / Sana Takeda
Terminal Hero: The Death And Life Of Rory Fletcher – Peter Milligan / Piotr Kowalski

Additionally, it looks like most of the Thor, Hulk, Spider-Man Team-Up, Captain Marvel and Thunderbolts material from recent weeks is still on sale. The Under $5 Page has the lower priced volumes. Go back a couple columns for the links to find the Epic Collections.

Still on Sale

The Kodansha Catch up with Pass the Monster Meat, Milady Sale runs through Monday, 6/2
The Titan Comics MCM London 2025 Sale runs through Friday, 5/30
The Zenescope Wonderland 99 Cent Sale runs through Sunday, 6/1

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):

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.

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