Contest Of Challengers

If we were to start naming every episode after Dokken song titles, how long would it take you to notice?

It’s like 3 episodes in one this week! The usual Patrick/Dal biz talk, then Kent Challenger takes us thru this week’s books, and finally artist Zach Lehner, pitches us his new book, JUNIOR BRAVES OF THE APOCALYPSE.

Patrick solves a puzzle that’s been plaguing him for 2 years. Also, personnel changes at Diamond, 2 other Patrick interviews and more.

All the news out of this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con, and what it means to our business… especially our October 2015 business.

Not only do we go over the Image Expo announcements and talk about all 44 (so far) upcoming Marvel titles, but we start off with a little shop talk… Email Newsletters, Bagging Graphic Novels, other Podcasts, Plastic Bags, and more.

A few behind-the-scenes changes from both Marvel and DC impact how we’ll do business in the future. And as San Diego draws near, lots of new announcements are rolling out…

Dal is away at Bot-Con this week, so filling in for him is a fellow comics retailer from *gasp* a store other than Challengers! Patrick and his guest cover the gamut of current comics retailing, being a fan AND being an employee, and all good stuff in-between.

All-New All-Different Marvel, more Secret Wars, New DC titles/Divergence, We Stand On Guard, Heck, all-ages single issues. Rest in Peace, Dream.

Secret Wars a-plenty! Literally, like half the episode, and this one is almost 2 hours. Also, DC writers vs Marvel writers, Convergence, pre-Botcon, the 606, and bunches more. 

You know what happened this episode? No one brought us ice cream, that’s what. 

A new song from Adam WarRock. Secret Wars #1. The Star Wars. Barry Allen. A quiz. Podcasting is fun and also bitter.

It’s everybody’s favorite annual episode… the Free Comic Book Day post mortem! And some Batman #40 talk, too.

Patrick and Dal were both at C2E2 at the same time! This was their day. And this is long. Sorry?

It’s not just comics this week as the guys talk about Daredevil on Netflix and both the Force Awakens and Dawn of Justice trailers. But, you know, comics, too.

Free comic books, surveys, KickStarters, selling that which is free, Kaijumax, Gene Ha, and more.

Patrick is a rude jerk. A Turtle “died.” Paste Magazine’s 12 Women that have helped Transform the Comics Industry. Our Graphic Novel racking Survey. And more.

A (very long) Publisher’s Weekly Retailer Survey. 10 years of (new) Doctor Who. New customers means a brief new comic imbalance. 

We’re KickStarting our latest t-shirt! Is Marvel cancelling 33 title? Nope. And we do NOT Talk about that Joker Batgirl cover. You’re welcome.

It’s a potpourri of comic topics this week and Patrick and Dal run ‘em all down, including the post Convergence DC costume changes, Marvel pulling out of SDCC, Gift Bag services and how they inflate sales numbers, and maybe, just maybe, the ROH return of Saoma Joe!    

Spider-Woman #5 is SO GOOD. Wizard Fan Fest? Not so much. And we recap recent events. Plus, robots!