The Runaway Princess

January 29, 2020, 4:35 am

A new graphic novel imprint from a major publisher is something to be celebrated – comics and graphic novels certainly need the investment and promotion. The Runaway Princess marks the first release from Random House Graphic which will focus on books for kids and younger teens.

It’s worth pointing out that despite the title and the slightly fearful look of the central character on the cover of the book, the story and mood within its pages is entirely fun and offbeat – the princess is running towards adventure rather than away from something fearful. She soon meets a small group of boys who remain her friends throughout the book. The fairy-tale world is full of impossibilities (mermaids in bubbles, floating baths, little pumpkin people) and the three stories have an air of aimless whimsy told in child-like art like a far-flung offshoot from the Dungeon series by the great Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar. The colouring is almost neon in its vividness which heightens a sense of the alien to the familiar shapes of castles, giants and fish floating through the air.

Importantly, the characters are all charming. Princess Robin is eternally curious and good-natured – I particularly loved how, even when she is kidnapped, she helps her kidnappers write ransom notes and convinces them to put on a musical show for the people that turn up with the ransom so that they will feel that they have got value for money.

The format is quite short and chunky, which may be a challenge for little fingers, but there are some nice pages of interactivity such as mazes, spot-the-character-in-a-crowd, or even a request to the reader to close the book and shake it!

There have been plenty of studies about the benefits of reading with with regards to social and cognitive development, whether thru traditional novels or sequential art. The key is in recognising the variety within the medium, from story genre to art style, which is why it's so important when a publisher like Random House enters the market because the more books on the market, the more chance people have of finding something that their kids will love.

You can check out an interview with the creator Johan Troianowski on The Beat here.

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Year of the Rabbit

January 29, 2020, 8:22 am

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Maybe you have only the vaguest awareness of the events in Cambodia from 1975 when an uprising by the collective known as the Khmer Rouge seized power from the Government, if only for the name of its leader Pol Pot, a name that became infamous among ruthless dictators in history. Essentially, the regime set about evacuating all major cities and instigated a brutal version of Communism that resulted in the deaths of some two million of its own people, making it one of the worst mass killings of the 20^th century.

Although Year of the Rabbit (Drawn & Quarterly) keeps the reader aware of the political context, the book is more concerned with the civilians-eye view of events, and the general populace were told very little about what was happening to them. Author and illustrator Tian Veasna was born three days after the Khmer Rogue took control. The book tells his father’s story as he desperately tries to look after his extended family while they are stripped of possessions and shipped out to work in rural villages which were nothing more than labour camps. He learns to lie about his previous life (the educated were ‘removed’ and never seen again) and walk a narrow tightrope of not offending the guards or infringing the strict laws of behaviour where even the most minor misdemeanour was punished with death. Children were separated from parents and taught to spy on them and people were kept on the verge of starvation, working on the land to grow food that they weren’t allowed to eat.

With delicate, loose line-work, Veasna captures a feeling of immediacy, as if the sketches are being drawn at the time, like a diary. The style also reflects the constant state of uncertainty the characters are living with - the book is filled with frightened eyes and sweaty, nervous expressions. There is little attempt to heighten tension with dramatic devices but there is no need to do so as it would only add melodrama to such a naturalistic style of storytelling.

Year of the Rabbit is a perfect example of how the graphic novel can be an important way of telling such a horrific true story; an easily digestible format, which still manages to lose none of the power to appal or act as a testament to human resilience.

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The Girl From The Other Side volume 7

February 5, 2020, 3:52 am

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There's always that dilemma with reading a graphic novel, particularly if it's one that has less text; often they can be devoured in one long sitting, but does that dilute the experience? Should you savour that first reading by restricting your reading time with them? In the case of The Girl From The Other Side (Seven Seas Entertainment), the artwork demands closer inspection, whether you whizz through the story and return afterwards, or you take your time with each page.

A mixture of blocks of black, but also fine delicate line-work, there's something both timeless and ancient about artist Nagabe’s work – like Victorian photographs of a medieval fairy tale. The Outsiders in the story are cursed with the appearance of blackness that has twisted their shape to varying degrees so that they resemble skeletal goats, or deer as if they were slowly transforming into barren winter trees. The affect is not quite scary, but certainly unsettling.

There is a dream-like quality to both story and art. In this most recent volume, Shiva, the sought-after little girl who is in the care of an Outsider known as Teacher, runs from pursuers in a nightshirt looking like Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo. In the way that dreams veer between the enchanting and disturbing, crows watch events and speak to each other like the chorus in a play, but they have also sharpened their beaks to resemble teeth.

As is sometimes the case with translated work, the dialogue can be a little stilted (in one panel a soldier cries mid-battle; “The monster is unmistakably trying to kill me!”), but on the whole it adds to feeling of other-worldliness that lingers long after reading and invites a return to its pages.

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Pass Me By: Gone Finshin'

February 5, 2020, 7:36 am

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On first glance,Pass Me By Book One: Gone Fishin’ (Renegade Arts Entertainment) appears to be a quietly affecting account of an old guy in a small northern Canadian town coming to terms with the early stages of dementia. Ed goes fishing with his lifelong friend – which we know through flashbacks and their shared recollections – hangs out in diners, talks about his daughter, struggles with shopping and remembering where he parked his car, and almost gets into a fight in a bar when he becomes confused during a game of pool.

There’s no dramatic resolution to the story, because there doesn’t really seem to be a dramatic narrative drive to resolve. But there is more going on here. This is only book one in a planned five book series and the blurb on the back of the book describes it as a coming of age story about understanding queer identity; this, despite there being no mention of homosexuality in the story except for when Ed loses his temper with a Sheriff who has been waffling on, just at the moment when he makes a disparaging passing comment about a gay couple. There are also hints of something more within the panels: a lipstick falls out of Ed’s old biker jacket; there are marks on the wall of missing framed photos amongst the ones of his wife and daughter and fishing with his friend; and the kitchen table is littered with notes which look like messages of love.

Pass Me By has been brought about through Kickstarter funding. Illustrated by Kyle Simmers and co-written by Simmers and Ryan Danny Owen, the pace is slow and measured, focusing on detail, like the drawing on a cigarette and a character retelling a seemingly unimportant piece of gossip. The style is ever-so-slightly cartoony – the characters have little white circles for eyes – and nicely expressive, and coloured with different shades of two colours; pink and turquoise, with the pink acting a signifying colour, drawing attention to items and potential themes.

A book that feels very much like its protagonist, surrounded with an air of mystery and depth.

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Glass Town by Isabel Greenberg

February 12, 2020, 6:59 am

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Desolate moorlands have such a strong association with the works of Bronte sisters so it’s fitting that Glass Town (Jonathan Cape), a biography of sorts, should begin with Charlotte Bronte out alone amongst them. Charlotte is approached by a gentleman she appears to know who wants her to talk about her past, and so begins her recollections of childhood when she and her siblings – Branwell, Emily and Anne – created a fictional world; The Glass Town Confederacy. It soon becomes apparent that the man she is talking to is actually a character from this long-neglected world, and so we are introduced to a major theme of the book, about how the attention and affection put into creating a fictional world can impede on reality. Charlotte Bronte recalls how she succumbed to what she called “scribblemania” and began to lose sight of what was important around her and the characters from the world began to bleed into her real life. For her, the fairy tale-like world they created is actually something to be cautious of and avoided.

There are three narratives at work in the story: the present, involving the conversation between the older Charlotte Bronte and the character she created; the past, showing the Bronte siblings creating the world and the affect it has on their relationships with each other; also the fictional world of Glass Town, which focuses on a compelling tug-of-love story between five characters which manages to escalate to the point of war. This is the area where author-illustrator Isabel Greenberg had to employ some creative licence, not because there is so little that exists from the Bronte siblings work on Green Town, but because there is so much. Greenberg has spoken of (in an interview with The Guardian here) "Tolkien levels" to the quality and scale of world-building, which she had to shape into something a little more straightforward for the purpose the book.

The artwork is charming and evocative – rough, child-like drawings in pencil and charcoal, in what Greenberg has referred to as a scratchy finish. The small hands and feet draw attention to heads and therefore expressions, and the overall affect makes them look like cardboard characters in a Victorian toy theatre; as if they were actually all part of a fiction created by children. The backgrounds have the impression of wood cut prints and the colouring contrasts the brightness of the fictional world with a more monochromatic depiction of reality.

Incidentally, Jonathan Cape have done a great job with the production of the book; an appropriately sized hardcover with a red ribbon page marker and gold embossed lettering for the title to accompany the bold cover illustration.

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BAD ISLAND by Stanley Donwood

February 19, 2020, 3:47 am

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Recalling how Earth looks like a marble from space, Bad Island (Hamish Hamilton) begins with a ball divided into three parts, recognisable as sea, earth and sky. Over eighty images, artist Stanley Donwood chronicles the evolution of a world, from the swirling lines of sea, the rising of land and the eventual formation of life. The stark monochromatic art resembling lino-cut prints are simple and emotive capturing the violence and harshness of nature, leading to the destruction mankind brings upon itself and the world. The book is called Bad Island for a reason; it feels like a restless dark spiral, punctuated with periods of equilibrium and symbiosis. On closer inspection, we find the presence of black shadow forms with tiny white eyes which are present in the early stages and in the end of days. Do they represent dark spirits, or the original sin that will always be the root of our undoing? Or maybe they are a reminder that all things will come to an end carrying us towards the cycle which returns the world to the state it was initially found in.

Having produced all the artwork for Radiohead’s albums, Stanley Donwood is adept at producing unsettling images and this book feels like an expression of frustration mankind’s natural instincts to destroy. While animals and birds feature, humans do not except for their buildings, bombs, war planes and industrial smoke filling the skies. There are however, two illustrations which feature the back of a naked bald-headed man as if he is spying on events, once on village huts, but also earlier due the Jurassic era. Is the Donwood inserting himself into proceedings as the chronicler?

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THE PLAIN JANES by Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg

February 26, 2020, 5:29 am

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Teenage life graphic novels have been a growing genre recently so it’s nice to see Plain Janes (Little Brown) make a reappearance after the first two graphic novels were released in 2007 and 2008. This compendium includes both stories, plus a third previously unpublished. The book starts in the most dramatic way. Jane Beckles is walking through her home city when a bomb explodes leaving her pulling herself off the ground near an unconscious man laying with his pad on which the words ‘Art Saves’ is written. It’s a beautifully elegant way of capturing the theme of the book.

Jane’s parents relocate the family to the suburbs where she feels out of place and alone until she meets a group of loners (if that isn’t an oxymoron) who barely even talk to each other. Jane talks them into secretly decorating the town with art and from there they form friendships.

While keeping the pace quick and the tone quite light, writer Cecil Castellicci manages to cover not only the changing dynamic between friends over the years – including arguments, romances, and problems with adults – but also touches on modern anxieties of big issues such as terrorism, all while providing an inspiring meditation on the importance and benefits of art. At one point Jane says: “I’m constantly reminded that the world can be a dangerous place and that things can change in an instant.” But what comes through is that change can be neither wholly positive or negative but merely bring new opportunities and challenges.

Recent teenage graphic novels have often exhibited a slightly more cartoony style of art that reflects the influence of Manga and animation. Jim Rugg’s more grounded artwork feels entirely appropriate here, showing that just because teenage emotions can be volatile, it doesn’t mean that they’re always expressed that way. It’s interesting to see how his style has developed in the interim years of the original novels to softer, more confident line-work.

Fans of the original books may be a little narked to have to buy them again to get the new story, but the price presents excellent value for money and there’s the nice touch of having each story in a different monochrome. For the target audience this is a great way to read the read the series because for a character-led tale, the longer you spend with the characters, the more attached you become to them.

Incidentally, Jim Rugg hosts an excellent You Tube channel entitled Cartoonist Kayfabe which explores the minutiae of the comics world which can often be heard playing in our shop.

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SNUG by Catana Chetwynd

March 4, 2020, 3:44 am

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There is a long tradition of short one-to-three panel comics about the nuances of love and relationships, such as the Love Is… series created by Kim Casali inspired by the love notes she used to leave for her future husband. They tended to feature serious observations about what makes love work along with a drawing of a cute couple always shown in the nude bizarrely (well it was the 1960’s). Snug (Andrews McMeel Publishing) collecting work from Catana Chetwynd’s popular webcomic as well as 50 percent new material, beautifully follows this tradition in its own way. Instead of the lessons, we get recreations of cute moments between her and her boyfriend John.

Chetwynd’s self-taught artwork is confident and appealing with cute exaggerated renditions of herself and her boyfriend (forget Baby Yoda, here we have Baby Admiral Ackbar) which is the secret to the how affecting they are.

Whether or not you’re in a position to recognise the feelings and your own variations of those moments, it’s difficult not to feel inspired to give in to any goofy romantic notions you have. Maybe they all point to one important lesson: it doesn’t matter how love is expressed or experienced as long as it is. Fight complacency folks!

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SECOND COMING by Mark Russell & Richard Pace

March 4, 2020, 7:29 am

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The main headline here is that this is the series that DC succumbed to pressure to cancel before the first issue was released. Ironically, the DC imprint Vertigo was eventually closed and Second Coming (Ahoy Comics) found a new publisher.

The story that religious campaigners took issue with involves a very human God – with volatile temper and ego – who feels that while he knows how to use his own power, his son Jesus wastes his by rejecting it for his belief in non-interventionist peace and forgiveness. Initially reluctant to send Jesus to Earth again for his education (given how things turned out the last time, some 2000 years ago) God spots the activities of Earth’s mightiest hero Sunstar and asks him to allow Jesus to move in with him so that he can teach him to make use of his power.

This conceit has mismatched couple comedy written all over it but writer Mark Russell doesn’t indulge in it too much beyond an early outing when Jesus accompanies Sunstar on a raid of a villain’s lair. While this is a humorous book, Russell has plenty of serious points to make in his exploration of religion and the responsibility of power. As we’ve seen from other examples over the years (Garth Ennis has been there with The Pro and Preacher), normalising superheroes or grounding religious deities can be comical and thought-provoking. With Second Coming, Russell has mixed the two which adds depth to the idea of mythology and parables and how they can be misinterpreted and manipulated to suit our own purposes or teach us universal truths about life.

Artistically the book is excellent. For the sections involving just God or Jesus, we have Richard Pace’s sketchy-looking artwork ably capturing both a tone for both human forms and flashbacks of religious events. With the sections involving Sunstar, superhero comic regular Leonard Kirk finishes Pace’s art to give it that recognisable superhero comic look. At once it captures the way two worlds are colliding, but ones which seem to belong together.

For all the complaints DC received about the idea behind Second Coming I thought the final product is refreshingly clean-cut, wrapping insightful philosophical debate with a delicate mix of absurd humour and drama.

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DEAD EYES by Gerry Duggan & John McCrea

March 11, 2020, 6:11 am

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“I got pajama-piercing bullets!”

Modern day Robin Hood’s are a great theme for the action genre addressing the frustrations of the wealth divide while having the all fun of a villain. Dead Eyes (Image) was one such righteous renegade who, we are told, was labelled as a masked criminal during a spree of robberies in the 1990’s. Then he disappeared, seemingly after one last job where he stole millions of dollars from a mob boss. Except he wasn’t responsible on that occasion and had actually given it all up to look after his wheelchair-bound girlfriend. Now he’s forced out of retirement due to a moment of moral obligation and, more importantly, he’s not earning enough in his regular job to cover the mounting medical bills. Both reasons feel real and relevant enough to ground the story as well as affording the central character just enough sympathy as he punches shoots his way through anyone that gets in his way.

Artist John McCrea worked on Garth Ennis’s Hitman series in the 90’s, and he brings a loose kinetic style which captures the pace and action. The simple but effective design for Dead Eyes will surely have TV and movie commissioning editors sniffing round for their next project. Although the book is essentially serious, Gerry Duggan was a writer for Marvel’s Deadpool and when Dead Eyes pulls on the mask, his dialogue is shot-through with the same humour – minus the nihilistic craziness. However, Duggan doesn’t lose sight of the moral argument here: Who are the villains: Dead Eyes’ victims? Dead Eyes himself for choosing violence? The Hospital company for overcharging its patients?

There are only four issues in this opening collection, but it has dramatic punch, humour and heart.

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THE GOLDEN AGE by Roxanne Moreil & Cyril Pedrosa

March 18, 2020, 5:49 am

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“You can’t change the natural order of the world.”

It’s rare for a book to be truly for all ages, striking a balance between making the characters and plot for younger readers to relate to, but also edifying for older readers and for any action sequences to feel dramatic without being explicit. The Golden Age: Book One (First Second) achieves this balancing act along with glorious levels of comics artwork. Set in a fictional version of the medieval era, The Golden Age refers to a Utopian society of fairness and equality that was long ago replaced by a more familiar system of class structure and subjugation. When the young Princess Tilda is on the verge of inheriting her late father’s kingdom, she is usurped and banished with just two allies for company. Whilst in the forest, Tilda is struck by a vision of herself dressed as warrior – she decides it’s her destiny to reclaim the throne and free the populace from oppression.

But what version of leadership would that entail? This is the theme that drives the book alongside the moments of danger and intrigue – Tilda’s ideas of simply ruling better are challenged, testing the loyalty of one of her companions which reflects the concerns of the reader. This is where the book differs from the archetypal fairy story, in it's posing of philosophical questions.

Although The Golden Age is writer Roxanne Moreil’s first graphic novel, she comes from a background that is steeped in the French comics scene as a bookseller and as part of comics collective in publishing. The art by Cyril Pedrosa is stunning. The detailed linework feels as if it has been etched into stone tablets but the extraordinary colour palette is used not only to fill the space, but also of the linework itself, sometimes giving it the apearanc of coloured thread in a tapestry. The opening pages following characters talking in a forest is ablaze in reds and oranges making it feel as though we’ve joined a world on fire. Pedrosa has worked for Disney in the past and there’s a beautifully flowing expressiveness to his characters that brings to mind old Disney cartoons of The Sword In The Stone and Jungle Book era.

That’s not to say the book feels like a storyboard for a movie. The use of panel sizes and framing are exemplary and the frequent double page spreads (suitably displayed in the large hardcover format) of characters travelling through the land give the story an epic sense of scale. They’re also brilliantly employed to heighten the wordless denouement, leaving a suitably dramatic cliff-hanger for the second and final volume. If it’s as good as this one, the series deserves to be hailed a modern classic.

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March 20, 2020, 5:41 am

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^20th March 2020

Hello beloved comic connoisseurs!

Strange Days indeed!

These are super unsettling times for you & your families us & our loved ones and we have been mindful of how best to provide a service to you while conscientiously ‘doing the right thing’.

In my opinion and in my heart ‘doing the right thing’ is all about dissuading people from leaving their homes at this unprecedented moment in time.

Yesterday the Government announced the closing of schools from Friday and helped make the following decision a little easier to make.

We are going to TEMPORARILY close both of our shops on Sydney Street to the general public from 6pm this Friday 20^th March through until the Friday 3^rd of April
As a courtesy to all who miss our social media postings
We will have a limited opening in Dave's #3 Sydney Street tomorrow Saturday 21st 10 am - 4 pm
#5 Sydney Street will be closed to the public
but Standing Order customers will still be able to pick up their comics.
Just pop into #3 (please respect social distancing etiquette) and we will open up #5 for you.

Did I mention TEMPORARILY?

As in for a LITTLE BIT

As in NOT PERMANENTLY

As in BRIEF HIATUS

As in WE OWN ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, EVEN IF YOU SECRETLY WANTED US TO!

COMICS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE DURING THIS TIME IN A MYRIAD OF WAYS

We will cover that separately down below**

I mean we LOVE THEM and YOU that’s never going change but Diamond UK is having its own set of problems to navigate.

That means the next New Comic delivery will be delayed but more on that later.

LET’S ALL TAKE A LONG, DEEP BREATH AND CHILL OUT!

That’s how we all feel and trust me we’ve consulted with the best!

That’s you, our wonderful thoughtful courteous customers and our fantastic staff.

Ifwe open our front doors at 9.30 Saturday morning, we will be undoubtedly be visited by some who will respect social distancing and be exemplary in behaviour and manner.

But we will also be visited by A LOT of young families, groups of kids, exotic tourists, the curious and the like who may not have your health or your loved ones guidingtheir behaviour.

WE ARE NOT JUST PART OF THE PROBLEM, WE ARE THE PROBLEM!

We have spent Four Decades trying to tempt you incredible people in to browse, touch and fall in love with this medium or buy a toy or a game or a whatever, and we Thank you thank you thank you for it and if I could I would elbow bump the lot of you!

But now is the time NOT to visit us (temporarily) for a bit.

FLATTEN THAT CURVE TOGETHER!

We all have a collection of rapidly increasing images and stories of PANIC! buying and unfortunate examples of undisciplined civic acts, whether in the Supermarkets or on the streets.

Which is why we are responsibly sitting this out until people CHILL OUT and acclimatize to this (temporary) new world.

FINANCIAL SELF-INFLICTED FLESH WOUND!

Yes, it will hurt us a bit, but we’ve saved our pennies for unpredictable rainy days and this certainly fits the bill.

*SO THAT’S ALL NOBLE, BUT WHEN IS NEW COMIC DAY AND HOW DO I GET THEM?

Diamond Comic Distributors in the UK have had to make alternative arrangements in the air freighting of goods into the UK because of the ever tightening restrictions currently being enforced.

The latest news from Diamond came last evening 18^th March and I’ve included part of it below

Dear Retailers,

Our shipment for new product due for release on Wednesday 25th March is now likely to arrive two days later than our normal shipment would have, this will undoubtably have a knock on effect as to when we can get this product shipped and into your hands. We have spoken to our shippers and delivery agents/couriers who are all prepared and ready to make the same pre-booked deliveries on the earliest day possible next week, all being well we can confirm this day to you before the end of this week.

I guess MAYBE THURSDAY 26TH OF FRIDAY 27^TH but MAYBE NOT.

When we have a confirmed fixed date, we will update on DAVESCOMICS.CO.UK and all the social media.

We will be VERY accommodating to your needs regarding the collection of Standing Orders on the designated day of release.

More details to follow.

We have always offered a mail order service, so if you want to go down that route just drop us a line. If you want to pay in advance to speed up the checkout process, we can do that too.

If you are currently not a Standing Order customer, please email us at orders@davescomics.co.uk with your comic requirements from the week’s shipment and we will prepare your order.

DON’T WORRY I’VE ALMOST FINISHED

So in closing

I’m SO SORRY if this seems totally selfish & ludicrous & unfair.

It’s going to certainly be an inconvenience to anyone coming to the front doors and seeing them shuttered come Saturday morning, for sure.

But I hope if that’s you

And you read this after that wasted trip

You understand that’s it’s because we really do care about you and everyone in this city more than we care about profits.

(Although don’t get me wrong we LOVE profit too!)

And what’s the point of being an INDEPENDENT

If we can’t just once in a while

Silence the sound of the till

And listen to our dumb deep hearts

‘Do the right thing’

‘Nuff said

xxx

Disclaimer!

We are in no way casting shade on any part of the retail community who, lacking our privileged position as freeholders or financial position, HAVE to stay open during these fairly grotty times.

We love you all xxx

Stephen and the Dave’s family

David’s Books & Comics Ltd

^20th March 2020

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March 23, 2020, 1:50 pm

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Monday 23rd 2020

COMIC DELIVERY UPDATE

Hello everyone

We had hoped to provide a standing order service on Thursday but that will no longer be possible.

All non essential shops are now shut for at least 3 weeks so we won't be reopening until the middle of April at the very earliest I'm afraid to say.

Let me assure you that your subscription will be saved for you regardless of the length of this grotty situation.

All our orders are confirmed and we have just placed our comic orders for titles shipping in May but we fully expect publishers to cancel release dates.

The immediate future looks a little rough for comics as the supply chain of Canadian printers to road haulage to Distribution centers to Air Freight has been disrupted.

Diamond UK is the last link in this chain and they no longer have Air Freight available to them.

So that’s where the industry is as I’m writing.

It will bounce back it just may be a slightly different shape.

So I guess we all have a bit of time on our hands.

I'll be keeping you updated with any news regarding Diamond etc & you can write to us at orders@davescomics.co.uk or Twitter or on Instagram.

We have had people asking about mail order but without new product to ship out its not really an option.

We have some ideas to float and as soon as they are a little more solid I'll let you all know.

My promise to you wonderful standing order customers

is that when we can reopen safely

your comics will be waiting for you

with a healthy layer of discount sprinkled on top.

Please stay safe

We hope to see you all very soon

Stephen and The Dave’s Family

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March 29, 2020, 2:01 am

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Sunday 29th March

Hello

Well that was week one of the lock-down out of the way.

I hope that between the uncertainty and anxiety you

dived into some exquisite sequential treasures.

Wednesday felt very odd

without shelves of fresh comic temptations

but this is but a wee pause.

In the meantime why not check this out

Diamond contacted us this morning with FREE links to the complete Previews magazines that

I'm allowed to share with you all.

So take a peak into the future for product that was scheduled to ship in June.

In all likelihood I would imagine these titles will be pushed forward into the year to ship August or September.

https://joom.ag/q8WC Previews (US Edition)

https://joom.ag/T8WC Previews (UK Pages)

https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/238475-Digital-PREVIEWS-Catalogs DC, Image & Marvel Previews.

If you would like to add any of these title to your standing order

drop me a line at

orders@davescomics.co.uk

Keep Safexxx

Stephen

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April 1, 2020, 2:26 am

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Hello

Once upon a time this would of course be New Comics Day
&
WILL be again one day
In the meantime...

Hope your as anxiety free as one can be in this new reality.

Everyone here is doing fine and we are all in touch,

healthy and keeping our social distance from the world.

The Comics Industry?

Hmm that's a different matter all together.

There is A LOT of moving pieces in the industry at the moment from publishers to distributors

and its impossible to predict what the outcome will be.

The big not great news came out that Diamond have decided to withhold payment to Comic
and Game suppliers.
In case you didn't know Diamond have a sister company Alliance that distributes Board games and collectible card games such as Magic the Gathering.
This is not a great situation what with Marvel and DC accounting for 80% of all new comics sold.
You can read about over at the very level headed ICv2 site
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45534/diamond-alliance-suspend-regular-payments

Where this all lands is anyone's guess but we have seen similar turmoil in the industry and survived it.

For fans who were collecting in the 90's this is familiar ground with the 'Distributor Wars' between Capital City

Heroes World and Diamond-who eventually emerged victorious.

Here is a brief timeline of those events from the fantastic https://www.comichron.com/comicstimeline.html

April 5, 1980: Capital City Distribution incorporates in Madison, Wis.

Feb. 1, 1982: Steve Geppi founds Diamond Comic Distributors.

1984: Capital City Distribution begins publishing indexed preorder figures in its Internal Correspondence newsletter. Diamond Comic Distributors would follow much later, in its Diamond Dialogue magazine.

1987: DC comics stops sending subscription copies Second Class, so it stops printing circulation figures.

1988: Diamond purchases Bud Plant Inc., a major West Coast distributor, giving it a national reach for the first time.

Sept. 18, 1992: Diamond announces the acquisition of Titan Distributors, the United Kingdom's largest comics distributor.

May 29, 1994: After Marvel breaks ties with regional distributor Comics Unlimited following that distributor's public criticism of Marvel's mail order "Marvel Mart" circular, Diamond acquires the assets and liabilities of Comics Unlimited.

Aug. 1, 1995: Marvel begins exclusively distributing comics to comics shops through its own distributor, Heroes World Distribution.

July 1996: Diamond Comic Distributors absorbs Capital City Distribution. Its reports now covered most of the non-Marvel comics shop sales.

April 1997: Marvel folded Heroes World and returned its sales to Diamond. Diamond's sales reports thereafter covered most of the comics ordered by comics shops.

We really are just spectators as these ancient Kaiju bloody the waters.

We are probably a good while off from regular shipments

of new comics into the UK I'm afraid to say-

but we will keep you posted.

Stay safe

Stephen

The Dave's Family

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First up…

WE MISS YOU!

Snoopy heart... | Snoopy quotes, Snoopy, Snoopy pictures

Now you may have read about the current state of the comic market but just to bring everyone up to date here is the statement that Diamond UK put out recently.

Take a read and I’ll give you my thoughts.

Dear Retailer

17/04/2020

We can today announce that we are making plans to release the product that should have been released 6 weeks ago (25th March) for
Wednesday 13th May.

We have taken into account and considered as many factors as possible and fully understand that we cannot be sure what the UK governments guidance is likely to be on 7^th May when the current lock down is reviewed.

However, we feel that we need to prepare for what will hopefully be a re-start of some semblance of normality especially based on the knowledge that NEW releases are hoping to be released by Diamond US and publishers mid/end of May. This will hopefully enable us to catch up with US/Worldwide releases as quickly as possible.

29/04/2020

Diamond Comic Distributors is working toward the distribution of new, weekly product in mid- to late-May. We have had many exciting conversations with our publishing and retailer partners and are pleased to take the next steps toward that goal.

While we know that the pace and process of reopening stores will be different throughout the country, we have set a target on-sale date of
Wednesday May 20^th.

As all of you are aware, however,
we find ourselves in a fluid situation and there are many factors including quarantine measures, what services retailers are able to offer and the volume of orders that have the potential to effect whether we are able to meet this date.
That said, we have heard your concerns and agree that taking these steps toward resuming distribution is a positive, important step in our collective move forward.

We are providing this target date to allow you as much time as possible to communicate with your customers and gather the information you need to order appropriately for your store and customer base.

Kind Regards

Diamond Comic Distributors UK

Ok well on the one hand

HOORAY!
NEW COMICS SOON!

On the other hand...
we want to absolutely follow the Government’s lock down recommendation.

In regard to your peace of mind and all of our safety the following measures are being implemented.

We will be fitting what are known as ‘Sneeze screens’ in both stores at our 3 main counters.

All the staff will be wearing customized fabric face masks in store which is in line with our European counterparts.

1 or 2 customer’s maximum will be allowed in store to maintain responsible social distancing.

All counters shelves general surfaces will be wiped down and as squeaky clean as possible.

Limited opening days (to be confirmed)

Limited opening hours with a tentative plan of

10am - 11am for the vulnerable.

11am- 3pm

The BIG question as we take these baby steps back to trading is just what will be the scale of business that we can expect in this very unique trading environment.

Just in case you didn’t know the financially riskiest product that we stock
(risky defined by time sensitive and non returnable )
Is the periodical COMIC.

If you have a standing order with us THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Your support and loyalty is the back bone and bulk of each weeks new comic delivery.

To everyone who is reading this and comes in each week to browse the shelves instead of committing to a standing order (for whatever reason -I get it) this is the time to set up a standing order if you want to guarantee getting the comics you want.

Why?

We have had to tweak our shelf copies of new releases down to a lower level in anticipation of a drop in business.

So as I said PLEASEthis is the time to drop us a line at

orders@davescomics.co.ukwith your standing order requirements.

You can use the new release check boxes on the blog that cover incoming comics for the week

http://davescomics.co.uk/thisweek.html

and for the following week

http://davescomics.co.uk/nextweek.html

The longer notice you give us the increased likelihood that we can place advance reorders so that you receive your desired comics on release week as opposed to the following week.

I say all this at this point in time because it is very likely thatif we reopen on Wednesday 13^th and Wednesday 20^th it will be against the Government’s guidelines.

Consequently we willonly be open for Standing orders and pre-orders on those two days.

Hours to be confirmed.

The weekly shipping lists will be updated on the blog as soon as we get confirmation from Diamond.

I’ll update our opening plans after we get the next Government lock down review on the 7^thMay.

In closing I must thank every one of you who offered to prepay for orders, buy vouchers or dropped us a line with concern and support-it really meant so much to us all.

Stay safe!

Keep reading comics & we hope to see you at a social distance soon

XXX

Stephen & Family Dave’s

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Well what can I report after yesterday’s Government roadmap recommendations?

Well we now know that June 1^st is the earliest that retail will have a phased opening and I would expect that larger chain stores will be first, followed by smaller non essentials like ourselves a week or so later.

So that’s at least a goal post to aim after this way long sales sabbatical.

Now on to the comic news.

As I mentioned in our last post Diamond are hoping to start receiving new product as of the 20^th BUT only of DC comics and a few late IMAGE titles.

Every company (with the exception of DC) have drastically scaled back production and have totally revised (tentative) shipping dates and are only releasing a fraction of the amount of titles that would normally ship across a month.

Marvel will begin to ship new comic product EVERY OTHER week starting from 27^th May (bit weird that)

I’ve included the TENTATIVE SHIPPING DATES below for the next 6 weeks but until we see invoices we can’t confirm 100% but it’s going to be pretty accurate.

We were considering opening for standing order and pre-order pick up and postulated the 13^th or 20^th as potential dates. Thanks for everyone who dropped me a line regarding this and the general consensus was that you would rather wait a little longer before venturing out and now in light of the latest recommendations from Government we are in full agreement.

So what happens to the comics that are shipping between now and when we reopen?

Well Diamond just basically sit on them until we ask them to deliver to the store which is what they are currently doing with the boxes of comics that should have been release on the 25^th March. Now here is what I CAN do in regard to comics until we reopen in Brighton.

First of all here’s a bit of background on why just popping to open up is not an option.

1 All the staff are furloughed and cannot by law undertake any work for the business so that totally rules out opening currently. If the Governments advice had been different we would have taken a part time local member of staff and un-furloughed them.

2 As the only Director of the business who isn’t classed as vulnerable I AM allowed to undertake minimal tasks as stated by the furlough scheme so that’s how all the background stuff has been covered over the past 7 or so weeks. I would have worked the store with our un-furloughed staff member on the 13^th and 20^th.

A lot of you will be aware that I’m based in Hastings and use public transport for commuting so I can’t just pop down to the shop and with the Government’s advice still in place to avoid non-essential journeys it’s not an option and a bit scary on the safety scale.

3 We are still waiting for 2 of the acrylic sneeze screens for our counter tops to be delivered and for all our sakes we need to ensure that the store is as safe as we can make it before we attempt to open. On the positive side I have received our printed Dave’s Comics masks in medium large and extra-large and they ROCK! Likewise the largest of the sneeze screens, my ‘Social distancing’ floor tape what a new world yeah?

Now what I can do is have the Diamond deliveries sent to me here in Hastings where I can process the standing orders ready for pick up when we reopen.

That would at least mean that if you drop me an email and request a list of what comics are waiting for you I can confirm what we physically have in hand.

Some of you have inquired if you can pay in advance for your standing orders and with the comics actually in hand that would be possible.

Very simply that would work by you contacting me for contents of your standing order, me sending you a list of the titles,

you confirming or adding/subtracting to it,

me sending you a Paypal invoice link for the cost of the comics.

So when we reopen it will speed up the whole check out process for you.

Now the only problem with this is I won’t have access to any comics that you have yet to pick up that are sitting in our standing order department in the shop.

This only applies to customers who did not visit the store by the close of business on Saturday 21^st March to clear their standing order.

So later this week I should be receiving the VERY late March 25^th comic delivery.

And then every Wednesday starting from the 20^th May through to when we reopen our doors (early to mid-June) I would receive deliveries here in Hastings and pull standing orders.

Now some of you may be mulling the mail order possibilities of this scenario but again I stress I can only process the current deliveries not anything sitting in Brighton. Below I’ve listed the tentative shipping lists and you can see just how slim the new releases are on the weeks Marvel are shipping let alone the weeks they aren’t.

Mail order is super expensive and super slow at the moment but if you really, really, really want comics sent out to you it can be arranged just don’t say I didn’t warn you about the cost…

So there are some possibilities for you to at least know what’s going to be waiting for you when we reopen I hope that’s some sort of consolation.

Anyway with no further fanfare here is the super odd TENTATIVE shipping dates for MARVEL,DC & IMAGE over the next 6 weeks:
All other publishers are a little up in the air so they are not included check out the shipping this week/next week tabs on the blog from next week to get a hopefully full 100% accurate list of everyone.

WEDNESDAY 20^TH MAY

DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Batman #89 3rd Ptg.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Batman and the Outsiders #12 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Batman Giant #4
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Daphne Byrne #4 (MR) Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	DC Super Stars #17 Facsimile Edition
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	DCeased: Unkillables #3 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Dollhouse Family #6 (MR) Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Dreaming #20 (MR)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Flash #753 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Flash Giant #4
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Green Lantern: Season 2 #3 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Hawkman #23 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	House of Whispers #20 (MR)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Joker
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Justice League #44 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Nightwing #70 2nd Ptg.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Plunge #3 (MR) Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Red Hood: Outlaw #45 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Wonder Woman #755 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/20/20	Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #3 3rd Ptg.
IMAGE COMICS	05/20/20	BIRTHRIGHT #43
IMAGE COMICS	05/20/20	BOG BODIES OGN (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	05/20/20	Deadly Class #44
IMAGE COMICS	05/20/20	OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #45 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	05/20/20	Savage Dragon #248
IMAGE COMICS	05/20/20	SNOTGIRL TP VOL 03 IS THIS REAL LIFE
		WEDNESDAY 27^TH MAY
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Aquaman #59 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Basketful of Heads #7 (MR) Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Batman Beyond #43 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Books of Magic #19 (MR)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Flash #754 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Harley Quinn #72 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	He Man and the Masters of the Multiverse #6
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Justice League #45 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Lois Lane #10 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Low Low Woods #5 (MR) Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Metal Men #6 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Our Fighting Forces Giant #1
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Suicide Squad #5 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Teen Titans #41 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Terrifics #27
DC ENTERTAINMENT	05/27/20	Wonder Woman Giant #4
IMAGE COMICS	05/27/20	20XX #4 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	05/27/20	EXORSISTERS #6 CVR A LAGACE & PANTAZIS
IMAGE COMICS	05/27/20	FARMHAND #15 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	05/27/20	MIRKA ANDOLFO MERCY #1 (OF 6) 2ND PTG (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	05/27/20	MIRKA ANDOLFO MERCY #2 (OF 6) CVR A ANDOLFO (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	05/27/20	OUTER DARKNESS CHEW #2 (OF 3) CVR A CHAN (MR)
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	05/27/20	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #43
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	05/27/20	AVENGERS #33
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	05/27/20	MARAUDERS #10
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	05/27/20	STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA #1
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	05/27/20	VENOM #25
		WEDNESDAY 3^RD JUNE
BOOM! ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Buffy: Every Generation #1 Cvr. A Main
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Action Comics #1022 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Batman Superman #9 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Birds of Prey #1 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Catwoman #22 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Catwoman 80th Anniv. 100-page Super Spect. #1 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Detective Comics #1022 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Event Leviathan: Checkmate #1 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Far Sector #6
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	John Constantine: Hellblazer #6 (MR)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Justice League Dark #22 Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Last God Sourcebook #1
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #104
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	SHAZAM! #12 (RES) Std.
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Swamp Thing Giant #4
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/03/2020	Wonder Woman #756 Std.
IMAGE COMICS	06/03/2020	COPRA #6
IMAGE COMICS	06/03/2020	NAILBITER RETURNS #1
IMAGE COMICS	06/03/2020	PAUL IS DEAD OGN
IMAGE COMICS	06/03/2020	REAVER #8 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	06/03/2020	NOVEMBER HC VOL 02
IMAGE COMICS	06/03/2020	POSTAL DELIVERANCE #8
		WEDNESDAY 10^TH JUNE
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	AMETHYST #3 (OF 6)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	BATMAN #92
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	BATMAN #92 1 25 PUNCHLINE JIMENEZ CARD STOCK VAR ED
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	BATMAN #92 CARD STOCK ARTGERM VAR ED
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	BATMAN SECRET FILES #3
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	BATMAN THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE #1 (OF 6)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	BATMANS GRAVE #7 (OF 12)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	DC Classics: The Batman Adventures #1
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #7
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	FLASH #755
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	HARLEY QUINN #73
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	HARLEY QUINN & THE BIRDS OF PREY #2 (OF 4) ARTHUR ADAMS VAR
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE SUPER SPECT #1
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE #1 1940S ARTHUR ADAMS
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE #1 1950S DAVID FINCH V
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE #1 1960S F MATTINA VAR
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE #1 1970S JIM LEE VAR E
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE #1 1980S SEINKIEWICZ V
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE #1 1990S G DELLOTTO VA
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE #1 2000S LEE BERMEJO V
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE #1 2010S JOCK VAR ED
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	JUSTICE LEAGUE #46
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY #21
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #6
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	LOIS LANE #11 (OF 12)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	NIGHTWING #71
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	NIGHTWING #71 ALAN QUAH VAR ED
DC ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	SUPERMAN GIANT #3
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT	10/06/20	Boys: Dear Becky #1 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	10/06/20	ADVENTUREMAN #1
IMAGE COMICS	10/06/20	BITTER ROOT #8 CVR A GREENE (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	10/06/20	DECORUM #2 CVR A HUDDLESTON (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	10/06/20	DIE DIE DIE #10 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	10/06/20	ICE CREAM MAN #19 CVR A MORAZZO & OHALLORAN (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	10/06/20	KILLADELPHIA #6 CVR A ALEXANDER (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	10/06/20	REDNECK #27
IMAGE COMICS	10/06/20	SONATA #10 CVR A ANACLETO & HABERLIN (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	10/06/20	STEALTH #2 (OF 6)
IMAGE COMICS	10/06/20	UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY #6 CVR A CAMUNCOLI (MR)
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	10/06/20	BLACK CAT #11
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	10/06/20	DAREDEVIL #20
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	10/06/20	DEADPOOL #5
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	10/06/20	EXCALIBUR #10
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	10/06/20	MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN #17 OUT
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	10/06/20	NEW MUTANTS #10
		WEDNESDAY 17^TH JUNE
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	AQUAMAN GIANT #4
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #13
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	DAPHNE BYRNE #5 (OF 6) (MR)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	DARK NIGHTS DEATH METAL #1 (OF 6)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	DETECTIVE COMICS #475 FACSIMILE EDITION
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	FLASH ANNUAL #3
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	GREEN LANTERN SEASON 2 #4 (OF 12)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	HAWKMAN #24
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	MAD Magazine #14
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	METAL MEN #7 (OF 12) BRIAN BOLLAND VAR ED
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	NIGHTWING ANNUAL #3
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	QUESTION THE DEATHS OF VIC SAGE #3 (OF 4)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	STRANGE ADVENTURES #2 (OF 12)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	STRANGE ADVENTURES #2 (OF 12) EVAN SHANER VAR ED
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	SUPERMAN #22
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	WONDER WOMAN #757
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	WONDER WOMAN DEAD EARTH #3 (OF 4) (MR)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	YOUNG JUSTICE #15
DC ENTERTAINMENT	17/06/20	YOUNG JUSTICE #15 BEN CALDWELL VAR ED
IMAGE COMICS	17/06/20	AFTER REALM #2
IMAGE COMICS	17/06/20	BIRTHRIGHT #44
IMAGE COMICS	17/06/20	FAMILY TREE #6
IMAGE COMICS	17/06/20	GIDEON FALLS #22 CVR A SORRENTINO & STEWART (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	17/06/20	HARDCORE RELOADED #5 (OF 5) (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	17/06/20	MOONSHINE #18 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	17/06/20	OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #46 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	17/06/20	TARTARUS #3 CVR A COLE
IMAGE COMICS	17/06/20	SAVAGE DRAGON #249
		WEDNESDAY 24^TH JUNE
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	AQUAMAN #60
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	BATGIRL #46
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	BATMAN #93
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	BATMAN BEYOND #44
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	BATMAN THE SMILE KILLER #1 (MR)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	BOOKS OF MAGIC #20 (MR)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	FLASH #756
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	GREEN LANTERN 80TH ANNIV 100 #1 1940S VAR E
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	HARLEY QUINN & THE BIRDS OF PREY
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER #7 (MR)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	JUSTICE LEAGUE #47
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #23
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	LOW LOW WOODS #6 (OF 6) (MR)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	PLUNGE #4 (OF 6) (MR)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	RED HOOD OUTLAW #46
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	SUICIDE SQUAD #6
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	SUPERMANS PAL JIMMY OLSEN #11 (OF 12)
DC ENTERTAINMENT	06/24/20	TEEN TITANS #42
IMAGE COMICS	06/24/20	DEAD BODY ROAD BAD BLOOD #1 (OF 6) (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	06/24/20	DIE #11 CVR A HANS (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	06/24/20	MIDDLEWEST #17 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	06/24/20	MIRKA ANDOLFO MERCY #3 (OF 6) CVR A ANDOLFO (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	06/24/20	MONSTRESS #28 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	06/24/20	NOMEN OMEN #6 (OF 15) CVR A CAMAGNI (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	06/24/20	OUTER DARKNESS CHEW #3 (OF 3) CVR A CHAN (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	06/24/20	SEX CRIMINALS #29 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS	06/24/20	SPAWN #307 CVR A MCFARLANE
IMAGE COMICS	06/24/20	THAT TEXAS BLOOD #1
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	06/24/20	2020 RESCUE #2 (OF 2)
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	06/24/20	CAPTAIN AMERICA MARVELS SNAPSHOT #1
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	06/24/20	EMPYRE AVENGERS #0
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	06/24/20	IMMORTAL HULK #34
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	06/24/20	IRON MAN 2020 #4 (OF 6)
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	06/24/20	SPIDER-HAM #5 (OF 5)
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	06/24/20	STAR WARS BOUNTY HUNTERS #3
MARVEL SHIPPING UPDATES	06/24/20	THOR #5

There we have it then.

Please don’t hesitate to drop me a line after Wednesday if you want to know about your order or to prepay or just a chat.

Stay safe we miss you all

All the love Stephen & The Alert Dave’s Family

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Hello again

Hope your all safe and ALERT! as we creep towards our reopening and the UK supply chain for new comics back to some semblance of normality.

Since I last posted Diamond have announced that they will start to ship new comics every TWO weeks as opposed to the weekly schedule we have known and loved.

So the first regular delivery will be shipping on the 27th May in the UK.

We have received the legendary 25th March delivery and I've processed all of your standing orders

and the full shipped product follows.

COMICS

2000 AD PROG #2174

2020 FORCE WORKS #2

ACTION COMICS #1021

ACTION SPECIAL 2020 ONE SHOT

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #42

AMETHYST #2

ANALOG #10 CVR A O SULLIVAN

ANGEL & SPIKE #10 CVR A MAIN PANOSIAN

ANIMOSITY #27

ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #308

BASKETFUL OF HEADS #6

BATGIRL #45

BATGIRL #45 TERRY & RACHEL DODSON VAR ED

BATMAN BEYOND #42

BATMAN BEYOND #42 FRANCIS MANAPUL VAR ED

BATMAN CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #8

BATMAN SUPERMAN #8

BATMAN SUPERMAN #8 CARD STOCK ANDY KUBERT VAR ED

BLACK PANTHER #22

BLADE RUNNER 2019 #7 CVR A MCCREA

BLADE RUNNER 2019 #7 CVR B MEAD

BOOKS OF MAGIC #18

CAT SHIT VOL 01 #1

CROWDED #12 CVR A STEIN BRANDT FARRELL

DEATH OR GLORY #10 CVR A BENGAL

DETECTIVE COMICS #1021

DETECTIVE COMICS #1021 CARD STOCK LEE BERMEJO VAR

DOLLAR COMICS JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 2011

DOLLAR COMICS JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 2006

DYING IS EASY #4

EDGAR ALLAN POES SNIFTER OF TERROR SEASON 2 #6

EVE STRANGER #5

FALCON & WINTER SOLDIER #2

FANTASTIC FOUR MARVELS SNAPSHOT #1

FAR SECTOR #5

FLASH #752

FLASH #752 JUNGEON YOON VAR ED

FOLKLORDS #5

FROM BEYOND THE UNKNOWN GIANT #1

GEARS OF WAR HIVEBUSTERS #5

GEORGE RR MARTIN A CLASH OF KINGS #3 CVR A MILLER

GIANT SIZE X-MEN #1 NIGHTCRAWLER

GIANT SIZE X-MEN NIGHTCRAWLER #1 CALDWELL VAR

GRUMBLE MEMPHIS & BEYOND THE INFINITE #1

HEATHEN #10

HELLIONS #1 DX

HIDDEN SOCIETY #2

IMMORTAL HULK #33

INCREDIBLE HULK #182 FACSIMILE EDITION

JESSICA JONES BLIND SPOT #6

JIM HENSON DARK CRYSTAL AGE RESISTANCE #7 CVR A FI

JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER #5

JUDGE DREDD FALSE WITNESS #1 CVR A ZAMA

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #21

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #21 CLAYTON CRAIN VAR ED

KILL LOCK #4

KILL WHITEY DONOVAN #4

KILLADELPHIA #5 CVR A ALEXANDER

LAST GOD #6

LAZARUS RISEN #4

LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #5

LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #5 CARD STOCK ALEX GARNER V

LOVE & ROCKETS MAGAZINE #8

LUCY CLAIRE REDEMPTION #4 CVR A UPCHURCH

MARVEL ACTION AVENGERS

MARVELS AVENGERS BLACK WIDOW #1

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #49 CVR A CAMPBELL

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #49 FOIL MONTES VAR

MONSTRESS #27

MOUNTAINHEAD #3

NO ONES ROSE #1 CVR A MAIN

NO ONES ROSE #1 CVR B GOODEN DANIEL

OLD GUARD FORCE MULTIPLIED #4

ON THE STUMP #2 CVR A PRENZY

ONCE & FUTURE #7

ONCE & FUTURE #7 THANK YOU VAR

POWER RANGERS TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #4 MIKE

PROTECTOR #3

PUNISHER SOVIET #6

QUANTUM & WOODY

RAT QUEENS #21

RAVENCROFT #3

RED HOOD OUTLAW #44

RED HOOD OUTLAW #44 PHILIP TAN VAR ED

RED SONJA VAMPIRELLA BETTY VERONICA #10 CVR A DALT

REVENGE OF COSMIC GHOST RIDER #4

RICK & MORTY #60 CVR A ELLERBY

RICK & MORTY #60 CVR B STARKS

RISING SUN #3

ROAD TO EMPYRE KREE SKRULL WAR #1

SCREAM CURSE OF CARNAGE #5

SEX CRIMINALS #28

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #27 CVR A WELLS & GRAHAM

STAR #3

STAR WARS BOUNTY HUNTERS #2

STRANGER THINGS INTO THE FIRE #3

SUICIDE SQUAD #4

SUICIDE SQUAD #4 JEREMY ROBERTS VAR ED

SUPERGIRL #40

SUPERGIRL #40 CARD STOCK DERRICK CHEW VAR ED

TAROT #4

TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #121 20TH ANNIVERSAR

TMNT JENNIKA #2

TMNT ONGOING #104 CVR A CAMPBELL

TMNT ONGOING #104 CVR B EASTMAN

TOMORROW #2

TRANSFORMERS GALAXIES #6 CVR A MILNE

TRANSFORMERS VS TERMINATOR #1 CVR A FULLERTON

TRUE BELIEVERS EMPYRE LYJA #1

TRUE BELIEVERS EMPYRE SHE-HULK #1

TRUE BELIEVERS EMPYRE VISION #1

VARKING DEAD #1

WITCHFINDER REIGN OF DARKNESS #5

WOLVERINE #2 DX

WOLVERINE #2 FINCH VAR DX

WONDER WOMAN #754

WONDER WOMAN #754 CARD STOCK RAFAEL GRAMPA VAR ED

X-MEN #9 DX

X-MEN FANTASTIC FOUR #3

X-O MANOWAR

GRAPHIC NOVELS

ART OF DOOM ETERNAL HC

ART OF JOSE GONZALEZ HC

BATMAN CREATURE OF THE NIGHT HC

BLACK HAMMER JUSTICE LEAGUE HAMMER OF JUSTICE HC

CAPTAIN AMERICA BY TA-NEHISI COATES TP VOL 03 LEGE

COFFIN BOUND TP VOL 01

COURAGEOUS PRINCESS TP VOL 02 UNREMEMBERED LANDS

DOCTOR DOOM TP VOL 01 POTTERSVILLE

EVENT LEVIATHAN HC

HARLEY QUINN TP VOL 04 THE FINAL TRIAL

HEAVY VINYL TP VOL 02 Y2K-O

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA THE NAIL COMPLETE COLL T

LOLA A GHOST STORY SC GN

MIDWINTER WITCH GN VOL 03

MY LITTLE PONY LEGENDS OF MAGIC OMNIBUS TP VOL 01

NEW MUTANTS BY HICKMAN TP VOL 01

NOW #8 NEW COMICS ANTHOLOGY

ONCE & FUTURE TP VOL 01

PIRATES A TREASURE OF COMICS TO PLUNDER TP VOL 01

ROY OF THE ROVERS VOL 05 ALL TO PLAY FOR TP

SPIRIT 80TH ANNIV CELEBRATION TP VOL 01

STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION CLONE WARS TP VO

THOR EPIC COLLECTION TP INTO DARK NEBULA

MAGAZINES

BACK ISSUE #119

DC PREVIEWS #24 APRIL

MARVEL PREVIEWS VOL 04 #33 APRIL

PREVIEWS #379 APRIL 2020

TOYS

DC COLLECTOR WV1 MODERN NIGHTWING 7IN SCALE AF

DOCTOR WHO GRAHAM O'BRIEN 5" ACTION FIGURE

DOCTOR WHO JUDOON CAPTAIN 5" ACTION FIGURE

DOCTOR WHO THE THIRTEENTH DOCTOR ACTION FIGURE

DRAGON BALL BLIND BAG 24PC CDU

MARVEL LEGENDS 6IN VENOM ACTION FIGURE

MARVEL LEGENDS BLACK WIDOW MOVIE 6IN DLX AF

MARVEL LEGENDS X-MEN WOLVERINE, JEAN GREY AND CYCL

MARVEL SELECT SPIDER-MAN VIDEO GAME PS4 AF

SW BLACK SERIES CLONE COMMANDER GREE 6IN AF

Thanks to everyone who has offered to pay in advance of reopening and in addition tweak add/subtract from their standing orders and a VERY special thanks to those who have set up new standing orders with us-it really means a lot.

Ok here is Diamonds memo on the changes to shipping

Taking each aspect into consideration we can confirm that we will be shipping new product fortnightly from May 27th until the end of June. At this point, we will reassess the situation for July.

With this revised schedule we are confident that we can provide the safety measures required for our staff and meet social distancing guidance whilst still ensuring a routine regular release of product to you. We also feel that this approach will greatly help with the proposed gradual easing of the lockdown throughout June.

Our dates for delivery/ UK Street date – on sale will be:

Wednesday May 27th

Wednesday June 10th

Wednesday June 24th

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Ok we are planning to reopen on that last date

so fingers crossed we will be here to safety facilitate

the purchasing of NEW COMICS & all that other wonderful stuff

WEDNESDAY JUNE 24th

11am - 5pm

More details early June regarding our new opening hours.

Jason will be updating shipping lists as and when we get the official nod from Diamond.

You can email any requests I'll get back to you asap.

Miss you all

Stay safe

Stephen and The Furloughed Family Dave's

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Hi everyone it's another Comic Delivery!

As mentioned last week Diamond UK are shipping every two weeks for the foreseeable future so below

are all titles that have been released and we have received today.

All standing orders have been processed and if you would like to add any titles or you don't have a standing order drop me a line at orders@davescomics.co.uk

I'll put them aside for you for pick up on or after our reopening date of

WEDNESDAY 24TH JUNE.

More details on opening hours and days soon.

Stay safe!

We hope to reunite with you in under a month!

All our love

Stephen & The Family Dave's

xxx

NEW RELEASES

FOR 27TH MAY 2020

DC COMICS

BASKETFUL OF HEADS #7 (OF 7) (MR)

BATMAN BEYOND #43

BATMAN BEYOND #43 FRANCIS MANAPUL VAR ED

BOOKS OF MAGIC #19 (MR)

DAPHNE BYRNE #4 (OF 6) (MR)

DOLLHOUSE FAMILY #6 (OF 6) (MR)

DREAMING #20 (MR)

HARLEY QUINN #72

HARLEY QUINN #72 FRANK CHO VAR ED

HE MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE MULTIVERSE #6 (OF 6)

JUSTICE LEAGUE #44

JUSTICE LEAGUE #44 NICOLA SCOTT VAR ED

JUSTICE LEAGUE #45

JUSTICE LEAGUE #45 DAN MORA VAR ED

JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY #20

JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY #20 SKAN VAR ED

LOIS LANE #10 (OF 12)

LOIS LANE #10 (OF 12) TULA LOTAY VAR ED

LOW LOW WOODS #5 (OF 6) (MR)

LOW LOW WOODS #5 (OF 6) JENNY FRISON VAR ED (MR)

METAL MEN #6 (OF 12)

RED HOOD OUTLAW #45

SUICIDE SQUAD #5

SUICIDE SQUAD #5 JEREMY ROBERTS VAR ED

TEEN TITANS #41

TEEN TITANS #41 KHARY RANDOLPH VAR ED

TERRIFICS #27

BATMAN GIANT #4

DCEASED UNKILLABLES #3 (OF 3)

OUR FIGHTING FORCES GIANT #1

PLUNGE #3 (OF 6) (MR)

WONDER WOMAN GIANT #4

IMAGE

BIRTHRIGHT #43

DEADLY CLASS #44 CVR A CRAIG (MR)

EXORSISTERS #6 CVR A LAGACE & PANTAZIS

FARMHAND #15 (MR)

LUDOCRATS #1 (OF 5) CVR B MCKELVIE (MR)

MIRKA ANDOLFO MERCY #1 (OF 6) 2ND PTG (MR)

MIRKA ANDOLFO MERCY #2 (OF 6) CVR A ANDOLFO (MR)

MIRKA ANDOLFO MERCY #2 (OF 6) CVR B BRAGA (MR)

MIRKA ANDOLFO MERCY #2 (OF 6) CVR C SANDOVAL (MR)

OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #45 (MR)

OUTER DARKNESS CHEW #2 (OF 3) CVR A CHAN (MR)

SAVAGE DRAGON #248 (RES) (MR)

OTHER PUBLISHERS

2000 AD PROG #2175

2000 AD PROG #2176

2000 AD PROG #2177

BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #282

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #14 CVR A MAIN LOPEZ

DOCTOR WHO 13TH SEASON TWO #4 CVR A ANWAR

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS INFERNAL TIDES #3 (OF 5) CVR A

FIVE YEARS #9

GO GO POWER RANGERS #31 CVR A CARLINI CONNECTING (

GO GO POWER RANGERS #31 CVR B MERCADO VAR (C: 1-0-

GOON #10 CVR A POWELL

JIM HENSON STORYTELLER GHOSTS #2 (OF 4) CVR A WALS

KILL WHITEY DONOVAN #5 (OF 5) CVR A PEARSON (MR)

KING OF NOWHERE #2 (OF 5) CVR A JENKINS

PREVIEWS #380-381 MAY JUNE 2020 (Net)

RED SONJA #15 CVR A LEE

TMNT URBAN LEGENDS #23 CVR A FOSCO (C: 1-0-0)

VENGEANCE OF VAMPIRELLA #7 CVR A PARILLO

YEAR ZERO #1 CVR A ANDREWS

YEAR ZERO #1 CVR B DEODATO JR

MARVEL

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #43

AVENGERS #33

MARAUDERS #10

STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA #1

VENOM #25

VENOM #25 RON LIM VAR

GN/TPS

BATMAN HC BOOK 12 CITY OF BANE PART ONE

BATMAN LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH HC

BOG BODIES OGN (MR)

FAMILY TREE TP VOL 01

FAMOUS FIRST EDITION NEW FUN #1 HC (RES)

SNOTGIRL TP VOL 03 IS THIS REAL LIFE

SWAMP THING BY NANCY A COLLINS OMNIBUS HC (MR)

NEXT DELIVERY
WEDNESDAY 10TH JUNE

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Hello again!

Well we are getting very close to our reopening so I think it's about time that you had our solid plans in one place so here we go!

(Wow! When we open it would have been 3 months almost to the day since we last opened our doors.)

WEDNESDAY

24TH JUNE

11am

DAVE'S COMICS #5

DAVE'S #3

SYDNEY STREET

REOPEN!

(Oh that felt soooooo good to write!)

So our new opening days and hours are going to look like this for the first month

until the official start of school Summer Holidays in Brighton & Hove

WEDNESDAY 11am - 2pm

(30 minute Staff mask siesta!)

2.30pm - 5pm

FRIDAY 11am - 2pm

(30 minute Staff mask siesta!)

2.30pm - 5pm

SATURDAY 11am - 2pm

(30 minute Staff mask siesta!)

2.30pm - 5pm

SUNDAY 11am - 2pm

(30 minute Staff mask siesta!)

2.30pm - 5pm

We are initially only accepting credit/debit card payments as opposed to cash.

As mentioned in the past few posts

You are more than welcome to pay in advance

of Wednesday 24th

Just let me know after Friday 19th June because at that point we would have seen the invoice for all stock shipping for the 24th and can give you an accurate total.

This would work by me sending you an itemised list of all comics that we are holding for you on standing order and once you confirm that it's correct or would like to add or subtract titles I'll send you a PayPal invoice link and once it's paid you can just come over to the store and pick up

without having to hang around in a queue-

the aforementioned will be short because we are limiting

3 CUSTOMERS MAXIMUM

in the store at any one time.

only 1 customer upstairs at a time.

I know it's a super pain but the layout/size of the shop dictates that and I hope you understand that's it's for everyone's safety to keep a 2 metre social distance wherever possible.

We will have a member of staff managing the door to make this new social awkward totalitarian dictate as stress free as possible.

We will all be sporting Dave's Comics masks and will be wiping down surfaces & shelves & doorknobs & just about everything throughout the day so please forgive the lemony zest that will be permeating within our walls and no doubt wafting down Sydney Street and beyond.

(We would LOVE to see your masks home made/shop bought whatever but your forgiven if you forget to pack one.)

OK That's enough to digest regarding a fortnight from today lets show you what shipped this week.

DC COMICS

ACTION COMICS #1022

AMETHYST #3 (OF 6)

AQUAMAN #59

AQUAMAN #59 TYLER KIRKHAM VAR ED

BASKETFUL OF HEADS #6 (OF 7) (MR)

BATMAN #92

BATMAN #92 1 25 PUNCHLINE JIMENEZ CARD STOCK VAR

BATMAN #92 CARD STOCK ARTGERM VAR ED

BATMAN SECRET FILES #3

BATMAN SUPERMAN #9

BATMAN SUPERMAN #9 MIKE MAYHEW VAR ED

BATMAN THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE #1 (OF 6)

BATMANS GRAVE #7 (OF 12)

BIRDS OF PREY #1

BIRDS OF PREY #1 VAR ED

DETECTIVE COMICS #1022

FAR SECTOR #6 (OF 12)

HARLEY QUINN #73

JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER #6 (MR)

JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE SUPER SPECT #1

JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE SUPER SPECT #1 1940S ART

JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE SUPER SPECT #1 1950S DAV

JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE SUPER SPECT #1 1960S F M

JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE SUPER SPECT #1 1970S JIM

JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE SUPER SPECT #1 1980S SEI

JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE SUPER SPECT #1 1990S G D

JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE SUPER SPECT #1 2000S LEE

JOKER 80TH ANNIV 100 PAGE SUPER SPECT #1 2010S JOC

JUSTICE LEAGUE #46

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #22

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #22 CLAYTON CRAIN VAR ED

JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY #21

LAST GOD SOURCEBOOK #1

LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #6

LOIS LANE #11 (OF 12)

NIGHTWING #71

NIGHTWING #71 ALAN QUAH VAR ED

SHAZAM #12 (RES)

SHAZAM #12 KEN LASHLEY VAR ED (RES)

SUPERMAN GIANT #3

SUPERMANS PAL JIMMY OLSEN #10 (OF 12)

SUPERMANS PAL JIMMY OLSEN #10 (OF 12) BEN OLIVER V

SWAMP THING GIANT #4

WONDER WOMAN #755 (ALLOCATED)

WONDER WOMAN #755 IAN MACDONALD VAR ED

WONDER WOMAN #756

IMAGE

ADVENTUREMAN #1

BITTER ROOT #8 CVR A GREENE (MR)

COPRA #6

DECORUM #2 CVR A HUDDLESTON (MR)

DIE DIE DIE #10 (MR)

ICE CREAM MAN #19 CVR A MORAZZO & OHALLORAN (MR)

KILLADELPHIA #6 CVR A ALEXANDER (MR)

NAILBITER RETURNS #1

OLD GUARD FORCE MULTIPLIED #4 (OF 5) (MR)

REAVER #8 (MR)

SONATA #10 CVR A ANACLETO & HABERLIN (MR)

STEALTH #2 (OF 6)

UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY #6 CVR A CAMUNCOLI (MR)

OTHER PUBLISHERS

2000 AD PROG #2178

2000 AD PROG #2179

ALIENATED #3 (OF 6)

BANG #2 (OF 5) CVR B KINDT

BLACKWOOD MOURNING AFTER #3 (OF 4) CVR A FISH

BOYS DEAR BECKY #1 (MR)

BUFFY EVERY GENERATION #1 CVR A MAIN

BUTCHER OF PARIS #5 (OF 5) (MR)

CIMMERIAN RED NAILS #1 CVR A CASSEGRAIN (MR)

CIMMERIAN RED NAILS #1 CVR B STEVE MORRIS (MR)

CIMMERIAN RED NAILS #1 CVR C KALVACHEV (MR)

COR BUSTER EASTER SPECIAL 2020

CRITICAL ROLE VOX MACHINA ORIGINS SERIES II #6 (OF

DEATH-DEFYING DEVIL #5 CVR A LEE

DEJAH THORIS (2019) #5 CVR A PARRILLO

FAITHLESS II #1 CVR A LLOVET (MR)

FRANKENSTEIN UNDONE #2 (OF 5) CVR A STENBECK

GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #271 CVR A ATKINS (C:

GO GO POWER RANGERS #32 CVR A CARLINI CONNECTING (

GO GO POWER RANGERS #32 CVR B MERCADO VAR (C: 1-0-

GO GO POWER RANGERS #32 WRAPAROUND FOIL VAR (C: 1-

JAMES BOND #5 CVR A RICHARDSON

JIM HENSON DARK CRYSTAL AGE RESISTANCE #8 CVR A FI

JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #419 (C: 0-1-1)

KILL LOCK #5 (OF 6) RAMONDELLI

NANCY DREW & HARDY BOYS DEATH OF NANCY DREW #1 CVR

RED MOTHER #5

VAMP #3 (MR)

VAMPIRELLA RED SONJA #8 CVR B YOON

MARVEL

BLACK CAT #11

DAREDEVIL #20

DEADPOOL #5

EXCALIBUR #10

MARVEL ACTION AVENGERS #10 SOMMARIVA (C: 1-0-0)

MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN #17 OUT

NEW MUTANTS #10

GRAPHIC NOVELS/

TRADE PAPERBACKS

20LONDON TP (MR)

GODZILLA COMP RULERS OF EARTH TP VOL 01 NEW ED (C:

LUTHER ARKWRIGHT TP (C: 0-1-2)

MARTIAN MANHUNTER IDENTITY TP

MEPHISTO TP SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS TP VOL 11 (C: 1-1-2)

PANORAMA TP (MR) (C: 0-1-2)

PAUL IS DEAD OGN

USAGI YOJIMBO TP VOL 01 BUNRAKU & OTHER STORIES (C

WE SERVED THE PEOPLE MY MOTHERS STORIES ORIGINAL G

WONDER WOMAN TEMPEST TOSSED TP

X-MEN BY JONATHAN HICKMAN TP VOL 01

YOU BROUGHT ME THE OCEAN TP

YOUNG JUSTICE HC VOL 02 LOST IN THE MULTIVERSEDC COMICS

If you would like any of the above added to your order drop me a line.

Now in closing you may have been aware of the news that broke over the weekend regarding

DC COMICS decision to stop using DIAMOND US&UK as a distributor.

Two new Distributors have got the exclusive distribution rights worldwide and we are currently in the process of applying for an account with Lunar Distribution.

Lunar are trying to figure out how they can best serve the UK with timely and most important of all

affordable shipping and hopefully the next time I post all of this will be sorted.

Ok next time you hear from me will be REOPENING EVE 23RD JUNE!

Stay safe all the love

Stephen and Family Dave's

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