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Comixology (at Amazon) Sales: More Unannounced Discounts

In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, it’s a new year and the new discounts have gone unannounced.

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):

Housekeeping: A lot of people seem to be simmering about the lack of a DC holiday sale. We’re not sure what to say. Something could drop at any moment, but we have no idea how likely that is. It seems like there’s a lot of A/B testing going on with pricing in recent weeks.

Marvel’s new sales from last week are still active. Links below or look to last week’s post. The Dark Horse sale also seems to be active, so we’ll keep our list up for now.

But I Really Wanted a DC Sale

OK, OK… we hear you. In the last day we did notice a price drop.

Action Comics (’11-’16) Vol. 2: Bulletproof – Grant Morrison / Rags Morales for $7.99.

We’ve mentioned over the last few weeks that there’s seemed to be an awful lot of A/B price testing going on. We think $7.99 is one of the price points DC is testing for discounted books. At various spots, we’ve noticed a $7.99/$9.99/$11.99/$13.99 spread. Considering DC’s been sporting what they possibly internally refer to as an “everyday discount” of $9.99 on a lot of titles on Amazon, you might call that “upward pressure.” We could be mistaken and things could also change, because it’s been a constant state of flux since April. But when the next DC sale comes, don’t be totally shocked if you see more $7.99 pricing.

Unannounced Sales

The Art of Harvey Kurtzman  G.I. Joe A Real American Hero Compendium Book One

And Dark Horse’s continuing holiday sale, which seems like it will be going at least a little longer.

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Comixology (at Amazon) Sales: Marvel and Dark Horse drop a pile of holiday discounts

In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, it’s time for Marvel and Dark Horse Holiday sales. Plus, another volume of Calvin and Hobbes.

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):

Housekeeping: We would remind you that Marvel’s normal December 8-sale spread for the month is still active and annotated here. We’ve got another batch of Marvel sales that are a little over-weighted with single issues – $0.99/$1.49/$1.99 and up. (We’re probably going to ignore most of the single issues over $2.) These are lasting through the beginning of January, which means… after a few months, someone at Marvel seems to have realized they were having a gap week without a sale. We applaud the arrival of a clue.

You’re probably asking “where’s the DC holiday sale?” We wish we could tell you. As of this typing, we’re not seeing any significant movement with DC. It could just be late arriving (as it was for Black Friday). We would caution you not to get your hopes up too high for a $1.99 tpb sale. All things are possible, but DC seems to have been doing a lot of A/B testing on higher prices in recent months. Perhaps we’ll be back with DC in a day or two. We’ll see.

Cobwebs

Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 5  Amazing Spider-Man Modern Era Epic Collection: Big Time  Spider-Man/Deadpool Modern Era Epic Collection: Road Trip

The Marvel Spider-Man Sale runs through Sunday, 1/4.

Lots of $0.99 single issues here, but this is the sale with the most omnibuses in it.

And the $0.99 singles and more conventional collected editions:

Hulk Smash Mistletoe

Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: To Hunt The Hulk  Immortal Hulk  She-Hulk By Rainbow Rowell Omnibus

The Marvel Hulk Sale runs through Sunday, 1/4.

There are fewer titles here than you’d think. It’s mostly single issues. Here are the highlights:

Some Assembly Required

Young Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection: Dark Reign  U.S.Avengers  Avengers: War Across Time

The  Marvel Avenger Sale runs through Sunday, 1/4.

Another one WAY overweighted with single issues. Highlights:

Fore!

Fantastic Four - The Coming of Galactus  Fantastic Four Epic Collection: The Name is Doom  Fantastic Four

The Marvel Fantastic Four Sale runs through Sunday, 1/4.

Ah! Finally a decent selection of Masterworks (and a few Epics). You’ll see some upward drift on the pricing (verily, we are in a fiscal quarter of A/B testing), but the collected editions are going to be better buys than the $0.99 single issues in most cases.

A couple prime cuts of Lee/Kirby goodness at good prices?  Fantastic Four Epic Collection: The Coming Of Galactus and Fantastic Four Epic Collection: The Name Is Doom 

Topmost

The Ultimates  Ultimate Black Panther Ultimate Invasion

The Marvel Ultimate Sale runs through Sunday, 1/4.

That’s right. The current Ultimate Universe:

We’d say Ultimate Spider-Man is the heart of the line and The Ultimates is the world-building engine.

Unannounced Sales

Adventures of Luther Arkwright  Baltimore Omnibus 1  From the World of Minor Threats: Barfly

As always, we really don’t know how long these discounts will last.

First up, Dark Horse doesn’t quite have a line-wide sale… but it’s close. Here are things we noticed with better pricing:

Recommendations? Sure.

If you’ve never sampled Bryan Talbot’s Adventures of Luther Arkwright, this is a good time. It’s a dimension hopping, psychic spy tale with not a small amount of rebellion in it. It’s also VERY appropriate for a Michael Moorcock introduction, too. A classic of the field.

Minor Threats is popular when it pops up, so if that’s your jam, have a look for fresh volumes in the From the World of Minor Threats link.

The Mignola-verse is quite reliable (and much of it is discounted right now). Something a little under the radar, relative to Hellboy, that we enjoyed quite a bit was Baltimore.  At the end of World War I, the vampire hoards are unleashed and one Lord Henry Baltimore enters into a bitter feud with them. Two omnibuses make for a nice ride.

Also on sale:

It's a Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

Two modern classics on the list – American Born Chinese and Saga

 

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Comixology (at Amazon) Sale: Unannounced Deals on Star Wars, Avatar the Last Airbender, Saga, Groo

In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, it’s a batch of unannounced Dark Horse discounts, plus Saga.

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):

Housekeeping: The Marvel “holiday” sale is over, but their normal 8-sale spread for the month is still active and annotated here.

Unannounced Sales

Avatar: The Last Airbender Saga  Star Wars Hyperspace Stories

As always, we really don’t know how long these discounts will last.

Also on sale:

Two modern classics on the list – American Born Chinese and Saga

A DC Maybe Sale

Batman and Robin: Year One

Remember several months back when Marvel was experimenting with having a quasi-sale price on one or two new releases each week? Well, DC may be dipping a toe into that. It isn’t always worth noting and this week’s “big” example really isn’t the price we’d like to see it at, but we’ll throw it out there and let you judge: Batman & Robin: Year One (Mark Waid/Chris Samnee) is listed at $16.19. Yes, that’s a bizarre price, but we seen it on one other site, so it appears to be intentional? That’s against a $29.99 digital list (and paperback) price. Would we like to see something a good deal cheaper to call it a sale? Certainly, but it’s a 12-issue collection and ~$1.35/issue isn’t horrible for a new release. Your call. We’ve heard nothing but good things about it and it’s in our reading pile.

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Comixology (at Amazon) Sales: The Dark Horse Black Friday Sale Arrives

In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, The Dark Horse Black Friday sale arrives, plus… Money Shot.

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):

Housekeeping: The Dynamite sale will be up through the end of the year, but the DC / Marvel cupboard is devoid of Black Friday sales at the moment. If the prices start changing, we’ll do an update. (OK, that would probably warrant a new post, not an update.)

Unannounced Sales

Blacksad  Money Shot  Scarlet

As always, we really don’t know how long these will last.

Dark Horse appears to have an unannounced Black Friday sale. They have a LOT of their collected editions on sale, but not the newest material and not the single issues.  Here’s a link that will *eventually* get you through their catalog in a very laborious way and with the single issues mixed in. (It’s not perfect, but we’re trying.)

Here are some direct links to various series:

Recommendations? Sure.

Scarlet by Bendis and Alex Maleev is a political thriller about a Portland woman rebelling against a corrupt police department/government. Bendis back in his original pre-capes Thriller mode and it might be having a Long Tail moment right now.

Nexus by Mike Baron & Steve Rude – It looks like a superhero comic, but it’s a science fiction epic about a man appointed as the executioner of mass murderers. A job he doesn’t want and can’t escape.

B.P.R.D. (mostly) by Mike Mignola / John Arcudi / Guy Davis is not as widely read as Hellboy, but it’s the real backbone of the Hellboy universe’s story.

Blacksad by by Juan Diaz Canales / Juanjo Guarnido is very good detective series in the Raymond Chandler tradition… except the characters are anthropomorphic. Nothing “kiddie” about it and the art is as good as it gets.

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Comixology (at Amazon) Sales: The Shadow, Red Rising, Flash Gordon, The Hedge Knight

In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, Dynamite kicks off the holiday sale season. Plus, The Black Hammer, Hedge Knight and unannounced sales.

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):

Housekeeping: This month’s Marvel sales are still active, but expiring on Monday. Something we found amusing. With Amazon starting it’s Black Friday promotions, you may see some of the Marvel and Kodansha comics marked as “Black Friday Deals.” They’ve been for a couple weeks and will be theoretically gone by the time the true Black Friday rolls around. How did Guns ‘n’ Roses put it… Use Your Illusion?

We are, however, happy to report that Dynamite has stepped up with what we consider the first Holiday Sale.

Starting the Holidays with a Bang

The Shadow  Flash Gordon  Green Hornet Year One

The Dynamite Year End Sale runs through  Wednesday, 12/31.

If this isn’t a line-wide sale, it’s awfully close, so let’s run through some of the interesting things that are less frequently on sale. We trust you can identity Red Sonja and Vampirella on your own after their recent sales.

The Shadow

Dynamite’s always had a feel for the pulp traditions that preceded comic books and they’ve got a bunch of interesting material featuring what was probably the pulp world’s most preeminent dark avenger of the night.

  • The Shadow (’12-’14) – Starts out with Garth Ennis / Aaron Campbell, then Victor Gischler tags in for Ennis,  then Chris Roberson / Giovanni Timpano finish it out
  • The Shadow: Year One – Matt Wagner / Wilfredo Torres; An origin tale
  • The Shadow: Midnight In Moscow – Howard Chaykin; Chaykin returns for a ’50s Cold War tale
  • The Shadow Now – David Liss / Colton Worley; The Shadow returns to NYC in 2015
  • The Shadow: The Death Of Margot Lane – Matt Wagner; Wagner goes deep into the pulps as writer/artist on this one
  • The Shadow: The Last Illusion – Cullen Bunn / Giovanni Timpano; This one might just be our favorite of the bunch. The Shadow crosses paths with the spirit of Harry Houdini as a secret society of illusionists seek to steal Houdini’s “Last Illusion” – an escape from death. We could have done with Bunn/Timpano getting a longer run

And then there’s some collections of pre-Dynamite Shadow material, which is all top notch:

  • The Shadow: Blood & Judgment – Howard Chaykin; Chaykin’s science fiction-tinged, mature reader revival of The Shadow for DC.
  • The Shadow Master Series – Andy Helfer / Bill Sienkiewicz / Kyle Baker / Marshall Rogers / Joe Orlando; Helfer followed up on the Chaykin series with a more subversive set of stories that grew increasingly absurdist with dark, dark humor. Conde Nast was said to have been repulsed by it, but we think it was straight up brilliant. Definitely not the traditional Shadow, but a real gem.
  • The Shadow 1941: Hitler’s Astrologer – Dennis O’Neil / Michael William Kaluta / Russ Heath; The team that originally brought The Shadow to comics at DC, returned in the late ’80s for Marvel Graphic Novel. O’Neil writing. Kaluta inked by Heath. The Shadow turning his .45s on a Nazi plot. What more do you really need to know?

Everything here is recommended.

Flash Gordon

Jeff Parker and Doc Shaner are an excellent pairing if you want a fun book. Flash Gordon Omnibus Vol. 1: The Man From Earth is their Flash Gordon run. Fun, action-forward Science Fantasy with a hearty endorsement.

The Spider

The Spider is a pulp contemporary of The Shadow. To be charitable, a rival publisher’s attempt to get a piece of The Shadow’s audience. To call it a more over-the-top Shadow would accurate as the originals tended to have more flamboyant villains and immense body counts. Novelist David Liss stepped in for a new spin on The Spider that we thought really captured the flavor and spirit of the original. “Terror of the Zombie Queen” is the opening act and that’s pure Spider. The art takes a hit when Colton Worley leaves, but the writing is strong throughout.

The Green Hornet

Technically a radio character that draws on the pulp hero tradition, you have some interesting options here:

  • Green Hornet: Year One – Matt Wagner / Aaron Campbell; This is a 1930s origin story
  • Green Hornet –Mark Waid / Daniel Indro / Ronilson Freire; A tale late in the original Hornet’s continuity as The Green Hornet starts to buy his own hype and it comes back to bite him. A particular favorite, although as we type this, Amazon is showing the wrong preview for V. 2, so keep an eye on that.
  • Green Hornet Omnibus Vol. 1 – Kevin Smith / Phil Hester / Jonathan Lau; Kevin Smith turned his Green Hornet screenplay – a modern affair with the Hornet as a legacy hero – into a comic w/ Lau and then Hester ran with format.

Project Superpowers

Project Superpowers is a little complicated to explain. This is Alex Ross show running a series that’s bringing back classic 40s characters like the original Daredevil, Black Terror, Green Lama and The Fighting Yank. At the time, this is what you read if you wanted a “classic Marvel” feel while Marvel was caught up in the extended “Dark Reign” storyline. Ross does covers, character design, art direction and co-plotting with Jim Krueger. There were a few different artists involved, including Doug Klauba, Stephen Sadowski, Carlos Paul and Edgar Salazar. There were also a few miniseries spinoffs that are collected in that omnibus set. Black Terror was the longest running, but we seem to recall having a jones for the Death Defyin’ Devil.

Quentin Tarrantino

Yes, Quentin Tarantino co-wrote a Django / Zorro crossover with Matt Wagner. It’s true.

Django/Zorro – Quentin Tarantino / Matt Wagner / Esteve Polls

Red Rising

Yes, Howlers, we see you. Pierce Brown’s Red Rising: Sons Of Ares is a 3 volume series by Mr. Brown / Rik Hoskin / Eli Powell / Kewber Baal

Garth Ennis

Mr. Ennis has a following and he’s done a wide range of work for Dynamite. Included in the sale:

Eduardo Risso

Borderline is a post-apocalyptic dystopian SF series Risso was doing with Carlos Trillo in Italy, prior to 100 Bullets. We liked it.

Plenty more to browse, including the usual suspects.

Unannounced Sales

Black Hammer Omnibus  The Hedge Knight  The Secret to Superhuman Strength

As always, we really don’t know how long these will last.

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 9 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. There are also Library Editions, but the pricing is a little higher per series in that format.

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Comixology (at Amazon) Sales – Unannounced Deals on Calvin & Hobbes and Kevin Smith

In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, it’s a week for unannounced deals with Calvin & Hobbes leading the way, along with Kevin Smith’s new Dark Horse imprint.

Where did the New Releases and Sale pages go?

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Housekeeping: It might be the calm before the holiday storm. All of last week’s Marvel sales are still active. We also have a few new unannounced sales to tide you over.

Unannounced Sales

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir  The Days Are Just Packed: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

As always, we really don’t know how long these will last.

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Comixology (at Amazon) Sales: Marvel drops 8 sales + Mark Millar @ Dark Horse

In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, Marvel drops another 8 sales: Thanos, Captain Marvel (all of the Marvel Captains), Doctor Doom, Gambit, Dani Moonstar, Marvel 2099, Sabretooth and Echo. Plus, Mark Millar’s Dark Horse titles and other unannounced sales.

Where did the New Releases and Sale pages go?

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The OG Marvel Cosmic Sale
Avengers Vs. Thanos Silver Surfer: The Return of Thanos Infinity Gauntlet

The Marvel Thanos Sale runs through Monday, 11/24.

Thanos has become a saga, at least with the Starlin-driven material.

Avengers Vs. Thanos is a meaty ~470 page collection of the original ’70s appearances that were centered in Captain Marvel and Warlock.  You could make an argument that this is where “cosmic” Marvel was born. (It’s one of a handful of candidates.) Recommended.

And then Thanos was mostly on the shelf for ~13 years until Jim Starlin started writing Silver Surfer (with Ron Lim drawing… oh yes, those two would do some collaborating). Thanos got VERY involved in things, starting with The Return of Thanos and continuing with Thanos Quest and Silver Surfer: The Infinity Gauntlet  (which isn’t included in this particular sale). And yes, the first two volumes absolutely set up the famous The Infinity Gauntlet miniseries (with art by George Perez and Ron Lim).  And both of those are recommended, too.

There were two more Infinity sequels:

And a ton of supporting material.  “Infinity” and Adam Warlock were practically a sub-imprint for a couple years.

And, for good measure, while not really part of the above – Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos by Roger Stern, John Buscema and John Byrne is a highly entertaining tale of Nebula (yes, the Granddaughter of Thanos who’d later be in Guardians of the Galaxy) attempting to conquer the Skrulls.

The most recent big blip on the radar was the Donny Cates / Geoff Shaw Thanos Wins and its spin-off, Cosmic Ghost Rider.

Plenty more of the more recent Thanos appearances if you care to browse. That original Starlin run starting in Captain Marvel? GOOD STUFF!

Not A Big Red Cheese?

Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin Captain Marvel Captain Marvel

The Captain Marvel Sale runs through Monday, 11/24.

Right. This one is a little goofy to define (and the beginning overlaps a bit with Thanos).

First off, the original Kree Captain Mar-Vell as Captain Marvel:

The pinnacle of the Mar-Vell run is the Jim Starlin run and the Steve Englehart / Al Milgrom run that followed it. (Englehart/Milgrom is often lost in the shuffle. Starlin was just a hard act to follow.)

The Starlin material can be grabbed a couple different ways and all but 3 issues of it are also in Avengers Vs. Thanos.

So, if you want to read one of the major starting points for Cosmic Marvel, you have 3 choices for how to pick up the Starlin material (or if you care about duplication of material) and then add Englehart after that.

Carol Danvers as Ms./Captain Marvel:

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

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 current 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?

Monica Rambeau as Captain Marvel

Currently renamed Photon, Monica’s mostly been an Avengers cast member, so the above is an anthology of Avengers issues and guest appearances. Note: there are plenty of Avengers volumes if you browse the sale page.

Then there’s Mar-Vell’s son Genis:

This one is a Peter David joint, through and through. We did read the ’22 version and enjoyed it. It has a little more going on than you might think at first.

Victor Von Doom Bows Before No Man!

Doctor Doom  Doom Treasury Edition  Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment

The Marvel Doctor Doom Sale runs through Monday, 11/24.

The top dog here is the Doctor Doom series by Christopher Cantwell and Salvador Larroca. Its an instant classic well worth your time. Doom has been framed. For now he’s on the run, but his vengeance will be terrible. Featuring Kang in a highly amusing frenemy role.

Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment by Roger Stern and Mike Mignola has Strange and Doom invading Hell to free Doom’s mother from the clutches of Mephisto.

Also of possible interest – Iron Man: Doomquest collects a famous pair of David Michelinie / Bob Layton tales (w/John Romita, Jr. on the first) that have a time travelling Doom clashing with Iron Man.

Doom Treasury Edition is built around the 2024 Jonathan Hickman / Sanford Greene tale of Doom seeking to end the threat of Galactus and the extreme lengths he must go to in that quest.

Was the original Secret Wars (’84) a Doom series? We could go along with that and the omnibus is included in the sale.

How about the 2015 Jonathan Hickman / Esad Ribic Secret Wars? A big yes to that. It’s honestly more Doom than the Avengers series leading into it.

If you want to scroll through the sale page, there are a ton of individual Fantastic Four volumes Doom turns up in, plus assorted Avengers, Doctor Strange, Iron Man and Spidey. Doom gets around a little.

Bayou Buys

Mr. and Mrs. X   Gambit Classic   Gambit: The Complete Collection

The Marvel Gambit Sale runs through Monday, 11/24.

More cajun than you can throw a card at!

And plenty of X-Men and X-Men adjacent books if you go for browse. Want a thick volume? X-Men Epic Collection: Dissolution & Rebirth is towards the end of the Chris Claremont era. It contains the transition from Marc Silvestri to Jim Lee on art, Psylocke’s transition to ninja, the Reavers and the debut of Gambit.

Was Her Codename a Mirage?

New Mutants: The Demon Bear Saga  New Mutants: Asgardian Wars  New Mutants by Zeb Wells

The Marvel Dani Moonstar sale runs through Monday, 11/24.

Yes, this is the New Mutant formerly known as Mirage for her ability to sling illusions drawn from her opponent’s fears. She’s getting a solo title soon, but she’s primarily been a team player, appearing in things like:

You can browse for more books, but we have specific two volume sequence to start you out with Dani:

  1. New Mutants Epic Collection: The Demon Bear Saga – Chris Claremont / Bill Sienkiewicz / Sal Buscema / Bob McLeod;  Sienkewicz brought out the best in Claremont and his tenure is a great run which starts with “The Demon Bear Saga,” which is both a classic and a consequential tale for Dani
  2. New Mutants Epic Collection: Asgardian Wars – Chris Claremont / Rick Leonardi / Steve Leialoha / Mary Wilshire / Keith Pollard / Butch Guice / Steve Purcell / Arthur Adams / Alan Davis; It’s a shame this doesn’t have X-Men / Alpha Flight, which sets it up, but the Asgardian Wars (drawn by Art Adams) is another classic that changes Dani’s status quo moving forward.

74 Years Away

Spider-Man 2099   Doom 2099   X-Men 2099

The Marvel 2099 Sale runs through Monday, 11/24.

Yes, 2099 was a line for Marvel in ’90s. Spider-Man  2099 was the flagship and longest lasting of the bunch. Peter David wrote it and Rick Leonardi is the artist most associated with it. Mind you, Spidey 2099 has had scrolling revivals over the years including (and currently discounted):

What else was in the line (that’s been collected and is on sale?)

  • Doom 2099 – This collection is the Warren Ellis run with Pat Broderick and Steve Pugh as the main illustrators
  • X-Men 2099 – The beginning arc with John Francis Moore and Ron Lim
  • Deadpool 2099 – What? You don’t remember this? Ha ha! Marvel is slipping in a collection of a few Gerry Duggan / Scott Koblish issues from the ’15 run of Deadpool!
  • Marvel Knights 2099 – Robert Kirkman / Steve Epting
  • Timestorm 2009  – Brian Reed / Eric Battle; 2009 crossover between “regular” Spidey, Wolverine and the 2009 universe
  • Secret Wars 2099 – Peter David / Will Sliney; Yes, Secret Wars had a tie-in for just about everything!

No Ravage 2099 / Punisher 2099 / Ghost Rider 2099 collections to be seen, if you were wondering, but plenty of volumes where the 2099 characters pop in for a storyline. (Especially Deadpool 2099.)

X-Flintstones?

Sabretooth  Sabretooth and the Exiles  Sabretooth: Open Season

The Marvel Sabretooth Sale runs through Monday, 11/24.

There was an excellent Sabretooth sequence recently, written by horror novelist Victor LaVelle.

Sabretooth leads a band of misfits and villains out of imprisonment on Krakoa in an anti-hero sequence before he breaks VERY bad and the situation is resolved in the exceedingly bloody “Sabretooth War” sequence collected in the final two volumes of Ben Percy’s Krakoa-era Wolverine series.

For older material (no, the Iron Fist appearances aren’t here), there’s the 2004 Sabretooth: Open Season by Daniel Way / Bart Sears and a ton of individual Wolverine volumes to sift through.

You Were Expecting a Cardiogram?

Echo

The Marvel Echo Sale runs through Monday, 11/24.

For Echo, what you’re looking for is Echo: The Saga of Maya Lopez, which collects both of her original Daredevil arcs by David Mack (who we don’t see enough of these days).

You can fill in around that with some of the other books listed, but go right to the source with Mack.

Unannounced Sales

Dune  The Magic Order  Nemesis Reloaded

As always, we really don’t know how long these will last.

Dark Horse is having and unannounced sale on their Mark Millar line of comics, including:

And the rest of the likely suspects:

Additionally, it looks like much of the Wolverine, Daredevil and Hulk material from recent weeks is still on sale. The Under $5 Page has the lower priced volumes

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Comixology (at Amazon) Sales: Dark Horse’s Unannounced Halloween / Horror Sale

In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, Dark Horse gets into Spooky Season mode with an unannounced Halloween / Horror sale.

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):

Housekeeping:  A reminder that all 8 of Marvel’s sales from a couple weeks ago are still running (see here for the breakdowns).

Unannounced Sales

Hellboy  Lobster Johnson Witcher Omnibus

As always, with no formal announcement, we can’t be positive how long these will last.

We have an unannounced Dark Horse sale on horror, or possibly Halloween. Here are a few things we noticed:

Also on sale:

Do not sleep on Lobster Johnson if you like pulp or fun comics (often simultaneously).

Additionally, it looks some of the Hawkeye and Red Sonja material from recent weeks is still on sale. The Under $5 Page has the lower priced volumes.

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Comixology (at Amazon) Sales: Unannounced Harrow County and Cyberpunk 2077 Sales

In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, we dip into the underworld of unannounced sales and find Cyberpunk 2077 and Cullen Bunn’s Dark Horse catalog getting discounts.

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):

Housekeeping: This is an unusually slow week for newly discounted sales. All 8 of Marvel’s sales from last week are still running (see here for the breakdowns). We’ve seen a lot of debate over whether DC was going to just be having a sale for the second half of a given month or was only participating in multi-channel event pushes (film releases, Batman Day, etc.). We’re not seeing a DC sale today, so if we had to place a wager, we’d be wagering on event tie-ins only. DC, of course, hasn’t been commenting on this any place we’ve seen.

Unannounced Sales

Cyberpunk 2077  Harrow County Omnibus 1  The Midnite Show

As usual, we’re not sure when these sales are ending, but here’s what we’re seeing:

Looks like there’s an unannounced sale on Dark Horse’s Cyberpunk 2077. A video game adaptation with an interesting award to its credit.

The first five collections can be found here  (although only 4 are discounted).

After which, the property went to the album format Dark Horse sometimes uses for titles with a higher bookstore profile, which are listed with the single issues:

Dark Horse also appears to have a Cullen Bunn sale in progress:

Also on sale:

Additionally, it looks like much of the Ultimates, Hawkeye, Nova and Red Sonja material from recent weeks is still on sale. The Under $5 Page has the lower priced volumes.

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Comixology (at Amazon) Sales: The Batman Day Sale, Avatar: the Last Airbender

In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, DC returns with a Batman Day sale. Plus, Dark Horse adds discounts on Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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):

Housekeeping: Much like last week, Marvel appears to be standing pat with the sales unleashed at the beginning of the month. They’re still hanging around. Meanwhile, DC returns to the fold.

The Dark Day Returns?

Batman: Death of the Family   Batman: Year One  

The DC Batman Day Sale runs through Tuesday, 9/30.

Yes, it ends on a Tuesday. (You were expecting a regular schedule in ’25? No, we didn’t think so.)

This is not quite as expansive as previous Batman Day sales. It’s by no means an across the board discount as we’re used to seeing. Whoever set up the sale seems to have something against Detective Comics, because not much of that is discounted. The thicker volumes are at higher price points, this time around. The “Legends”/”Tales of” volumes that are HC in print are excluded this time around. Hey, it’s not like we’re seeing DC sales every week — but we want to orient you to this new reality before diving in.

(Note: they only have the “deluxe” edition of Long Halloween in the sale and it’s still more expensive than the “regular” edition, so we won’t be linking it. Truth, Justice and the American Way!)

Let’s break down some of the highlights by series/volume.

Your classic / pre-New 52 material is largely going to be in:

  • Batman (1940-2011)
  • Detective Comics (1939-2011)… OK, for unknown reasons, the original Bat-title only seems to have a couple discounted volumes

Some more pre-New 52 ongoing titles:

  • Batman and the Outsiders  (’83-’87)- Mike W. Barr / Jim Aparo / Alan Davis; not the best pricing, but the normal HC-influenced pricing is up there
  • Batman: Shadow of the Bat – Alan Grant’s title, w/Norm Breyfogle, early on. (Get more of them in Dark Knight Detective/Caped Crusader)
  • Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight – standalone arcs by different creative teams, but consistently good
  • Batman & Robin (’09-’11) – Initially, a Grant Morrison title w/Damian in tow
  • Batman Incorporated (’10-’11) Vol. 1 – Grant Morrison / Yanick Paquette / Chris Burnham
  • Batman: Streets of Gotham – Paul Dini’s in-continuity series w/Dustin Nguyen
  • The Brave & The Bold – Batman team-ups. Bob Haney, Neal Adams and Jim Aparo were notable creators here. Haney/Aparo was the team on a LOT of comics. (Now if we could get a Nemesis collection…)

One-offs of note:

New 52 and forward, your main titles are:

Post-New 52 one-offs:

You say you miss $0.99 single issues? Surprise, they’re back. At least a handful:

There’s a bit more here if you browse the listing, too.

Unannounced Sales

Avatar: The Last Airbender  Tales From the Crypt  Money Shot

As usual, we’re not sure when these sales are ending, but here’s what we’re seeing:

Dark Horse Discounts Present:

There seems to be quite a bit of unannounced discount activity with Dark Horse this week.

Newly discounted:

Carrying over from last week (at least for now):

And the rest of the line-up:

  • Money Shot – Tim Seely / Sarah Beattie / Rebekah Issacs / Caroline Leigh Layne / Gisèle Lagacé; For some reason this isn’t all on the same page, so Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4

Additionally, it looks like many of the Superman and Red Sonja material from recent weeks is still on sale. The Under $5 Page has the lower priced volumes.

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