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Todd McFarlane prepares us for 2021: the year he expands the Spawn universe, starting with a four-chapter one-shot, finalizing three new monthly titles.

Sales for Spawn’s first issue release in 1992 set the record for most copies sold of a creator-owned comic book – and is still the reigning champ.   Get in on the ground floor for the expansion of one of the bestselling and longest-run comics: tell us you want it added to your pull list today!  Spawn Universe #1 is now available in-store.

Following the Spawn Universe one-shot, three new monthly titles are being released: King Spawn (August release), Gunslinger Spawn, and The Scorched.

McFarlane is very excited to the launching new monthly titles for the first time in almost 30 years.  He says, “I’ve waited almost 30 years to be able to get to this moment.  To deliver on ideas, I hope they will grow from this initial seed called SPAWN’S UNIVERSE #1 into a fully formed world populated with hundreds and hundreds of characters in the near future.  The stage will be set with this book, and soon I’ll be launching into new monthly titles for the first time since 1992.  I can’t wait to show comic readers all the crazy ideas in my head as well as opening up the floodgate to so many talented creators that have said they’d like to join me on this journey.”

Follow the story of a centuries-old immortal demi-god known as ‘B’ in BRZRKR, BOOM! Studios’ newest series written as Keanu Reeves’ first original comic book creation, and co-written with bestselling author Matt Kindt.

BRZRKR, cursed and compelled to violence, has been wandering the world for centuries. The story picks up in modern day, when he’s made an agreement with the US Government: do the jobs too dangerous and violent for anyone else, and in return, they’ll give him the truth about his existence.

The first of the twelve-part series will be released on February 24, 2021. You can reserve your copy or by contacting us to pre-order or add the series to your pull list!

Visit our online store to purchase copies of available variants.

Bad Idea is an unruly and experimental new comic book publisher who selected just 150 comic book shops to carry their first wave of comics, and New Wave is one of them! But what’s the deal with Bad Idea? Well, here’s everything you need to know:

• Their comics feature world-class creators including Matt Kindt, Robert Venditti, Doug Braithwaite, and Juan Jose Ryp just to name a few
• Every comic will come with extra-long page counts, deluxe matte laminate covers, and heavy-duty interior paper stock
• All issues just $3.99
• No variants, no trades, no digital releases
• No more than 2 issues released per month
• 1 Copy per customer
• It all starts with ENIAC #1, this March!

We are excited to help bring these great stories to you through a publisher whose ideas we truly believe in. If you want to sign up for any and all Bad Idea comics simply go to www.badideacorp.com, click pre-order, select United States, Pennsylvania, and New Wave Collectibles, and then chose which series you want pulled for you. Already do all that in the pre-pandemic days? Do so again just to be sure. Let us know by January 14 to reserve your copy of ENIAC #1! Below is the full release schedule for wave one of Bad Idea comics:

MARCH 2021

ENIAC #1 (of 4)
Matt Kindt (writer) ** Doug Braithwaite (art) ** Diego Rodriguez (colors) ** Lewis LaRosa with Laura Martin (cover)
FOUR ISSUES ** MONTHLY

APRIL 2021

TANKERS #1 (of 3)
Robert Venditti (writer) ** Juan Jose Ryp (art/cover) ** Jordie Bellaire (colors)
THREE ISSUES ** DOUBLE-SIZED ** BI-MONTHLY

MAY 2021

WHALESVILLE #1
Matt Kindt (writer) ** Adam Pollina (art/cover) ** Matt Hollingsworth (colors)
WHALE-SIZED ONE-SHOT

JULY 2021

THE LOT #1 (of 4)
Marguerite Bennett (writer) ** Renato Guedes (art/colors/cover)
FOUR ISSUES ** MONTHLY

JULY 2021

SLAY BELLS #1
Zeb Wells (writer) ** David Lafuente (art/cover) ** Ulises Arreola (colors)
SANTA-SIZED ONE-SHOT

I waited on the trade for Something is Killing the Children and I’m glad I did. This books is a slow-burn, horror comic written by James Tynion III with art by Werther Dell’Edera. What’s it about? A bunch of children have been disappearing in a small town and a lone survivor is left to hold the weight of the town’s fear and anger. He needs a supporter in and comes when we are introduced to Erica Slaughter, a mysterious young lady that drifts into town and says she knows ‘what’ is taking the disappearing children and that she can stop it. She’s a monster killer and part of an organization that appears to handle these types of situations. The story is great and the art is solid. If you want to check out the first issue, they are reprinting it for Local Comic Shop Day, so let us know and we can order you up a copy (release: 11/18). We also carry the trade paperback if you want to jump in and read the first 5 issues! (I found this the best way as each issue had me wanting to what happens next).

We are excited to announce a New Wave Comics & Collectibles exclusive variant cover from artist Khoi Pham for the upcoming X-O Manowar #1 from Valiant Entertainment!

Written by Dennis Hopeless with art by Emilio Laiso, X-O Manowar #1 releases 3/25 and cover artist Khoi Pham will be in the store to sign copies (stay tuned for times)! This first issue is the perfect jumping on point for the Valiant Universe.

We offer a few different options:

– Trade dress cover, $7.99, limited to only 600 copies

– Trade dress, $7.99 autographed by Khoi Pham!

– Virgin cover & Trade Dress cover set, both covers for $17.99, limited to just 200 copies

– Virgin cover & trade dress set, both for $17.99, both copies signed by Khoi Pham!

– Trade dress, CBCS 9.8 authenticated copy $55 (yellow label)

– Virgin copy, CBCS 9.8 authenticated copy $85 (yellow label)

Get your signed copy authenticated and graded by CBCS for an additional $34 (no guarantee on grades). This will be handled at the event.

If you cannot make the event on 3/25, but attend the shop, there is no need to order off our site, just comment on our Facebook or Instagram posts about the cover and we will reserve a copy for you. Be sure to let us know if you would like your copy signed and/or graded for CBCS as well. Copies can also be ordered on our website for those not in the area.

Local Comic Shop Day has been going on for 4 years & is an event not just to offer awesome, limited comics, but a chance to get people into the store so they can take advantage of a sale, ask questions about creating/maintaining a pull list, talking to other like-minded people, asking about cool books, etc. This will be an all-day event (11am-6pm), with a store-wide sale.

What issues will be available? Click on this link to see pics of all the books. If you are interested in Absolute Carnage, Walking Dead: The Alien, and Killadelphia, we have ordered larger numbers of these books, so let us know if you want a copy. We will have all the other books listed below at the start of the day.

LCSD 2019 THE WALKING DEAD: THE ALIEN

LCSD 2019 ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #5 (OF 5) VIRGIN VARIANT – 600 copies
LCSD 2019 ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #5 (OF 5) LCSD ARTIST VARIANT

LCSD 2019 DCEASED HC – JOKER COVER – 1400 copies
LCSD 2019 DOCTOR WHO 13TH HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1
LCSD 2019 DOCTOR WHO 13TH HOLIDAY SPECIAL #2
LCSD 2019 HAZEL & CHA CHA SAVE CHRISTMAS (UMBRELLA ACADEMY)
LCSD 2019 OVER THE ROPES #1 (OF 5)
LCSD 2019 KILLADELPHIA #1

LCSD 2019 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #1 – 600 copies
LCSD 2019 NEW MUTANTS #1 ARTIST VARIANT – 1000 copies

LCSD 2019 CROW HARK THE HERALD #1 SEELEY COVER
LCSD 2019 CATALYST PRIME SEVEN DAYS #1 (OF 7) – 1000 copies
LCSD 2019 THESE SAVAGE SHORES TP VOL 01 GOLD EDITION
LCSD 2019 SUPER DINOSAUR #1 SPECIAL EDITION

What’s going on for HCF 2019? How about free comics, free popcorn, huge store-wide sale and tons of FUN!

If you come dressed up you will have the option to get more free comics than the people that don’t dress up, so let’s see your costume! We’ll be randomly handing people gift certificates for cool, creative costumes.

We’ll be celebrating all day, 11am-6pm. We can only guarantee that we’ll have all available comics when the doors open, so if there’s a comic you want to check out, stop in as early as you can.

We are happy to introduce a Tom Whalen cover to Undiscovered Country #1 (written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule)! Not only is it a cover, it’s a wrap-around cover!

Undiscovered Country #1 is scheduled to release on 11/6 and we will have a signing of the book that day from 5pm-7pm. Tom will be in store to sign copies of the book and you have the option to get them slabbed if you want (We are a witness, so anybody that wants to get the copy graded will also get a yellow label from CBCS).

Did you pre-order a copy of #1 (regular or Jock cover)? If so, you can get this cover for a discounted price of $15.99 (regular price is $17.99)! Whether you did or didn’t pre-order a copy, you can reserve as many copies as you would like.

If you didn’t get in on our Facebook offering, feel free to buy a copy off of our website (cheaper than eBay) and we can hold the book for you if you want to attend the event. Let us know so we can refund your shipping (put it in the notes section when you check out that you will be attending the event). OR if you cannot attend the event you can buy a copy, we can get it signed and mail it out to you. Just buy the autographed edition from our store and we’ll mail it out to you.

This book is already sold out at the distributor level, so order a copy now!