Introducing X-Men #1 (again)

Tricked? How, exactly, can you be "tricked" into buying X-Men? Believe me, if there was a way to trick you into buying X-Men, we'd totally be doing it. We'd have you subscribing to all the X-Books, just because.

But don't worry, I've read the new X-Men #1 (previewed here). I'm not usually a big X-Fan - most comic collectors go through their "X" phase at some point, and mine ended a long time ago. Still, the promise of Brian Wood's writing and Olivier Coipel's artwork (plus the gimmick of an all-female X-Team) was enough to get me to try the first issue. And now I'm going to try to trick you into buying it by telling you how it is.

JUST ARRIVED - Iron Maiden HeroClix

I assure you this is not a joke.
Iron Maiden HeroClix have been rumored for years.
They have finally arrived.

LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE !!

Free Comic Book Day Sets Attendance Record

Via ICv2:

On Saturday May 4th, an estimated 1.2 million comic book fans made their way to 2000 comic book shops around the world where they collected more than 4.6 million comic books. The event generated an estimated $2.2 million in free publicity for the industry as the event was covered by more than 240 TV news shows, over 460 news outlets, and more than 720 online sources. The event was also big on social media generating 66,000 tweets as the hashtags #FCBD and #FreeComicBook Day took the #1 and #2 spots on Twitter on May 4th between 9am and 4pm.

[...]

More than 40 comic book publishers provided the 52 free comics that provided the major attraction for this year's event. The next Free Comic Book Day, which is set for May 3, 2014, promises to be even more exciting as this industry-wide event continues to pick up steam.

Wow, that's pretty impressive, and you were a part of it! We had a ton of fun with this year's FCBD, and hope to see you again next year!

Summer Hours Now In Effect

During the summer months (June, July and August) we will stay open until 10pm on Friday nights. More gaming for everyone !!!!

Newest Man of Steel trailer re-created in Minecraft

Are you familiar with the popular videogame Minecraft? If you're reading our blog, yeah, you probably are. Nerd. Anyway, here's the third Man of Steel trailer, redone in Minecraft's distinctive blocky style:

HeroClix Fear Itself Month 1 Tournament Moved

Sorry guys,
We did not realize this weekend is Wizard World Philly. Since many of our players are going to be there (plus our judge) and since we have not yet received our prize kit for month 1 we will be moving this Sunday's HeroClix event to next Sunday, June 9.

Same bat time, 2pm

8-bit Cinema: Iron Man in 60 Seconds

New Comics On Sale - May 29, 2013

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CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY

Thanks to all that serve.

We will be closed MEMORIAL DAY, Monday - May 27.

Some more Captain America back issues available NOW !!

Most of the Captain America collection has sold already.
I just put the rest of the collection out, some in our statue display and some on our comics wall.

I have issues #120 - 133 left and they are in the same SUPER FANTASTIC condition.

Don't wait these will probably sell as quickly as the other one's from that collection.

Update: Quicksilver may not be as friendly as you thought

So yesterday we mentioned that Quicksilver was suddenly appearing in the X-Men First Class sequel as well as in Avengers 2. Well, according to movie site HitFix, it seems that this isn't a case of two studios working together, but two studios fighting.

You have to wonder why Fox would get in a pissing match with Marvel about this: is there any reason other than grabbing headlines about the fight? The First Class cast is huge - is Quicksilver really going to make that big a difference?


Here's the really crazy thing, though: superhero movies are so prevalent in 2013 that we've progressed to the point where major studios are fighting over the rights to Quicksilver. Freaking Quicksilver! Four years ago, Fox and Warner Brothers were fighting over the rights to Watchmen, and now it's down to Quicksilver? That's fast!

Did you ever in your life imagine that Pietro Maximoff would be a hot property?

Quicksilver runs into First Class sequel

Director Bryan Singer tweeted this earlier today:

Before he was an #Avenger, he was just a REALLY fast kid. Thrilled to say #EvanPeters is joining #XMen #DaysOfFuturePast as #Quicksilver.

— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) May 23, 2013

You may not recognize the name Evan Peters, but he was one of the friends in Kick-Ass, and is also the creepy kid on American Horror Story.

Now remember, a few weeks ago, Joss Whedon said he was using Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch in Avengers 2. And Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige said both studios could use the characters. So now the question is, is this an olive branch between the two competing studios, with Fox trying to get tied in to that heavy Avengers money, or are they trying to lay claim to a character before anyone else gets a crack at him? We'll have to wait to see who ends up playing Quicksilver in Avengers to know for sure.

Man finds copy of Action Comics #1 in his wall

Minnesota resident David Gonzalez was remodeling an abandoned house he'd purchased, and while pulling crumpled newspaper (used as insulation) out of the walls, found an original printing of Action Comics #1. Not the "New 52" version from 2011, the original Action Comics, from 1938. The first appearance of Superman. Just chilling in the wall.


The comic is currently available for auction, if you're feeling spendy (it ends on June 11, which may be just long enough for you to mortgage your house and secure a loan to buy it).

Remember that we've recently bought some older comics, so if you happen to find a copy of the world's most valuable comicbook in your wall, or behind the couch or beneath a rug or what have you, bring it on in. You can be famous!

Magic Modern Masters Draft Events

We have sign up sheets for both of our Modern Masters draft events. These are going to be very popular and fill up fast. We expect both events to be completely filled before the day of the events.

If you are going to want to play in one of these events, please stop in sign-up and pay early. This is the only way to guarantee your spot.

Saturday, June 8 at noon

Thursday, June 13 at 6pm

Comics Will Be Late On Wednesday, May 29

Due to the Memorial Day holiday, new comics will be LATE on Wednesday May 29. Comics will be available after 2pm.

Batman: Arkham Origins trailer

Patton Oswalt and Star Wars (again)

Remember Patton Oswalt's Star Wars filibuster from Parks & Rec? It's probably been a few weeks since you watched it, right? Well now's the time to watch it again, because someone has taken the rant and animated it:


Hey, if Angela can cross over to the Marvel Universe, why not this?

Magic 2014 Pre-Release and FAT Release Information

New Comics On Sale - May 22, 2013

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Who wants some blind-boxed Walking Dead minis?

We've gotten a few different kinds of blind-boxed figures in, and you folks have torn! Them! Up!

Portal turrets, Disney figures, Cthulhu (still available, if you come in soon)... okay, so the Smurfs and Hunger Games figures didn't exactly blow off the shelf like the others did, but blind-boxed releases do okay by us.

Anyway, here's some cool news from last night:

KABOOM! My Walking Dead blind box toys are officially announced! #dontmeantobrag #canthelpit twitter.com/ReisOBrien/sta…

— Reis O'Brien (@ReisOBrien) May 18, 2013

So, who's interested? Would you buy cartoony Walking Dead zombies? If that's something you'd like to see in the store, come in and let us know. It'll give us an idea of how many boxes to order!

Magic The Gathering - Modern Masters Draft Events

Sign-up sheets for our two SUPER MEGA Draft Events of Magic Modern Masters are now available.

Sign-up early to reserve your spot, these tournaments will fill up early.

Only $23 for early sign-ups (with payment).

Magic The Gathering - Theros Pre-Release / FAT Release Event

The sign-up sheets are available now for Magic Theros.

We are starting a new pre-registration policy.

Sign-up early and pre-pay to receive the SUPER LOW entry fee.

The FAT release event is limited to only 20 so sign-up soon.

JUST ARRIVED - T-Shirts, T-Shirts and more T-Shirts

We have all of the above t-shirts in stock.
If you don't see the size you need, let us know and we can have it here FAST !!

Coming Soon - GeekWear

Coming to your favorite local comic store soon.

JUST ARRIVED - Batman Arkham City Escape

Just arrived !!

As always you can TRY BEFORE YOU BUY.  We have a copy of the game on our demo shelf.

Vintage Captain America Comics

We recently bought a collection of old Captain America comics (Pre 1970) and these are in FANTASTIC condition ! In fact, I bet you won't believe how nice these books are (I know I still find it hard to believe).

We have some on display now in one of our glass displays. The rest are boxed up in our back room. If interested in any let us know, pictures of many of these follow.















(First appearance of the Falcon)

HeroClix - Fear Itself Scenario Pack

Just arrived.
Available now for a limited time.
$19.99

Justin Timberlake vs. Iron Man - "Suits that Fly"

MAN this is well done!

HeroClix - Sunday, May 19th at 2PM

This Sunday build a 300 point modern team and compete for Frankencastle.
During our regular 2pm HeroClix League.

No official HeroClix on Sunday, May 26.  Free play is welcome but you will be without an official judge and any prize support.

FREE RPG DAY is Quickly Approaching

Free RPG Day (or weekend for 2013) is quickly approaching and we still have a spot for 1 game on Saturday, June 15 and 1 game of Sunday, June 16.

Saturday's tentative games are from 4-9pm

• Dungeons and Dragons
• Pathfinder
• Mutant Epoch
• (to be determined)

Sunday's tentative games are from 2-6pm

• Pathfinder
• Star Wars
• Atomic Highway
• (to be determined)

Sign-ups will be available soon.
All players will receive 20% OFF any RPG related purchases on the day of the game they play in.
Game Masters will receive 25% OFF RPG related purchases on the day of the game they run.

Have fun and take advantage of the great sale, plus score a cool FREE RPG DAY book (limited quantity, while supplies last).

If you are a Game Master looking to run a game on either Saturday or Sunday, let us know and we will get you on the schedule.

When Batgirl married Nightwing

He grew up following Nightwing; she grew up obsessed with Batgirl. Together, they fight crime they planned the most epic comicbook wedding ever:


That's one sharp looking wedding party, isn't it? You've got to check out the full gallery to see all the other clever stuff they did, from the engagement photos to the reception.

If you were going to have a superhero-themed wedding, what characters would you go for? Jean and Scott (or Logan)? Clark and Lois? Tony and Pepper? Let us know down in the comments.

And if you do plan a wedding like this,let us know: not only can we help you find the comics you need for your decorations, but we'd love to see it.

Guaranteed Comic - Chin Music #1

Our latest guaranteed comic.
CHIN MUSIC #1

Find out more about guaranteed comics here.

More S.H.I.E.L.D.

Hot on the heels of the show's official announcement, here's the first cast photo and a synopsis:

Fresh from his role in the summer's box office smash, MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS, Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) returns to the worldwide law enforcement organization S.H.I.E.L.D. He puts together a small, highly trained, team of Agents to tackle the cases that haven't been classified yet—the new, the strange and the unknown. That team consists of straight arrow Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), an expert in combat and espionage; pilot and martial artist Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen); and brilliant if socially awkward scientists Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge). Their initial investigations lead them to civilian computer hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet).

Prepare for an epic adventure that showcases the hope and wonder of the human spirit. This is a world of Super Heroes [sic], aliens and the unusual—of action, spectacle and world spanning stories. The show will speak to the human condition through the lens of our very human, non-powered S.H.I.E.L.D agents—that together we are greater than we are apart, and that we can make a difference in the world.

And the first teaser for the show. Note that this isn't the "Rising Fire" Hulk footage that was leaked the other day (and swiftly taken down everywhere), but the bit that aired during tonight's broadcast of Once Upon a Time on ABC:


#CoulsonLives!

It's Official...

ABC has picked up Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D.

Together they investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown across the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson’s team consists of Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), highly trained in combat and espionage, Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) expert pilot and martial artist, Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker); brilliant engineer and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) genius bio-chemist. Joining them on their journey into mystery is new recruit and computer hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet).

From Executive Producers Joss Whedon (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” ”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”); Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” pilot co-writers (“Dollhouse,” “Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”); Jeffrey Bell (“Angel,” “Alias”); and Jeph Loeb (“Smallville”) comes Marvel’s first TV series. “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” is produced by ABC Studios and Marvel Television.

New Comics On Sale - May 15, 2013

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CORRECTION - HeroClix - No Man's Land Finale

I missed a valid expansion for Sunday's No Man's Land.
There are three valid expansions to build a 600 point team from.

They are:Batman, Streets of Gotham and No Man's Land.

See you Sunday

A live-action "Judge Dredd" fan film

I still haven't gotten to see the Dredd film that came out last year, but I do know that this half-hour fan film is better than the Sylvester Stallone one from 1995 (it has to be, because that one was awful).


If you want another dose of Mega-City One, IDW Publishing has an original ongoing Judge Dredd comic, as well as Judge Dredd Classics, which presents stories from Britain's 2000 A.D. magazine in color for the first time. Or, if you don't mind the black and white, there are tons of TPBs that we can order for you.

(Judge Minty, by the way, first appeared in 2000 A.D. #147 - and that's reprinted in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 03 along with a bunch of other cool stuff. Order yours today!)

Über #1 On Sale Tomorrow

You've all read the hype about this comic and many of you picked up issue #0 last month.
Issue #1 goes on sale tomorrow. We anticipate a sell out (even though we've ordered extras).
Also available issue #0 (second print).

Magic - Modern Masters

All pre-order spots for Modern Masters have been filled.
Please stop calling us to Pre-order.

The Fleet Grows with X-Wing Miniatures Expansions Wave 3!

Fantasy Flight Games has announced their next wave of expansions for X-Wing Miniatures and it's four brand-new ships to the game. The TIE Bomber and B-Wing were expected and the Imperial Shuttle was a definite maybe, but the HWK-290 was a little unexpected. These expansion ships are due the "3rd Quarter of 2013," meaning soonish.

The TIE Bomber, B-Wing, and Imperial Shuttle aka Lambda Class, are all from the Star Wars movies with HWK-290 being the first expanded universe vehicle to appear in X-Wing Miniatures. The HWK-290 is most famous for being piloted by Kyle Katarn, star of the Dark Forces series of videogames. No surprise they went EU over prequels, considering their target audience (die-hard Star Wars geeks).

So, who wants to see Dash Rendar's ship? Or how about the TIE Phantom, which is one of the coolest looking TIE Fighters of all time. Drop down to the comments section and tell us what ships you'd love to see make it into the miniatures game.

If you want to guarantee you get these ships, come in today and preorder: the sooner you do, the higher you are on the list.

It Was Close But We Hit Our Goal

The donations from Free Comic Book Day have been counted. Thanks to all of our customers from Saturday we will be donating $1000 worth of books to the York Martin Memorial Library.

It was very close and thanks to a few last minute donations for pushing us to the goal.

New Comics On Sale - May 8, 2013

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Congrats !!

The winning ticket was claimed Sunday morning.
I'm told the foosball table will go perfectly in a fellow Star Wars collector's game room.

Congrats to Doug and Teresa Kauffman.

The winning ticket is......

307270

Congratulations you just won the Star Wars foosball table.

Please notify us as soon as possible if you hold the lucky ticket.

Thanks for another great Free Comic Book Day.

Less Than 2 Hours Until the Star Wars Foosball Drawing

Less than 2 hours remain until we draw the ticket that will win the Star Wars Foosball table.
Get in to the store now and get your tickets.

Every $10 spent gives you 1 chance.
Donate $5 to the Martin Library Fund and receive another chance.

No limit to the number of tickets you can have.

We will announce winning ticket here and post at the store by 8:05PM tonight.

Good Luck !

FCBD Recap

Check out the first round of photos from our biggest FREE COMIC BOOK DAY ever !!
HERE

I opened an hour early this morning since we had a line at the door at 9AM.  It was non-stop until mid-afternoon.

We had 6 Ghostbusters show up with ECTO1 !!

Batman was even in the store (I missed him again).

Great fun for all, thanks to everyone that came out to see us.

Does bustin' make YOU feel good?

The back of the store is set up with the movie screen, and we're showing Ghostbusters movies and cartoons all day! In fact, I know we just swapped out the disc and started the first movie over, so come see it while you can!

Ecto 1 and the Ghostbusters at Free Comic Book Day

Thanks so much to the Ghostbusters for bringing Ecto 1 out today.
Check out Central PA Ghostbusters online.

Ready to Roll on FCBD

Ready to Roll for FCBD 2013.
Final set-up is done.

Since we had a line at 9AM, I opened early.

Free Comic Day is a GO !!!

No Need For Lines, We Have Plenty of Free Comic Books

No pushing, no shoving, there's no real need to even camp out at the store.  We've got plenty of FREE COMIC BOOKS to hand out tomorrow during our annual Free Comic Book Day Event.

If you feel the need remember the line starts to the left of the front door.

See you all tomorrow beginning at 10am.

Tomorrow! Tomorrow is the day!

You already know what Free Comicbook Day is: you're a fan, you get the idea. So this year, tell it to one of your friends or co-workers who doesn't know what FCBD is, and get them hooked on the hobby too. Your job this weekend is to bring in new fans: Wolverine commands it!

COMPLETE FREE COMIC BOOK DAY SCHEDULE

If you are looking for more then just a FREE COMIC BOOK this Saturday stop in and check out our awesome sales.

SALES

• WORLD EXCLUSIVE BACK ISSUES BY THE POUND.  Even though we just did it a month ago we will do the back issues by the pound sale again.  We are lugging all of the stockroom comics this time, so all back issue comics in the bins on the sales floor are only $5 per pound (actually since everything in store store is 10% off you get them for $4.50 per pound).  Spend $100 of more and the price drops to only $4.25 per pound.

• All comic bundles (yes the packs of usually 6+ issues that even the local stores purchase from us) are only $3 per pack.  Make sure you grab all you can, the next sale on these won't be until the fall.

• ALL VARIANT cover comics (except new ones from this week) are cover price !!  We have over 300 Marvel, DC, and Indy variant cover comics in stock.  These variant covers always hold their value and are very popular for that reason.

• EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS 10% OFF, better yet, if you spend $100 or more you get 15% OFF your entire purchase.  Saturday is the perfect time to stock up on your trade and graphic novel library.

COSTUME APPEARANCES

• Batman will be handing out goodies from NOON - 2PM.
• Appearances by members of the Ghostbusters who also have goodies to hand out.
• FREE Photo opportunities.

FREE PIZZA

• Beginning at about 11AM we will have free Pizza for everyone.

MOVIES IN THE CSW THEATER

• Ghostbusters
• Ghostbusters II
• Iron Man
• Avengers
• Enjoy FREE popcorn

COME MEET THE WHOLE CSW FAMILY

• Come meet our newest hire - Lauren Wright and the entire CSW family.  Everyone will be working Saturday afternoon.  Stop in and say HI.

IN HONOR OF STAR WARS DAY, WIN A STAR WARS FOOSBALL TABLE

How to win?
For every increment of $10 spent on Free Comic Book day you will receive a ticket.  At 8pm we will draw a random winner (you do not need to be present to win).  We ask that the winner please make arrangements to pick up the table within a week.

You can also get additional tickets by donating to the Martin Memorial Library Fund.  For every $5 donation to the library you will in turn receive another ticket.

There is no limit to the number of tickets you may have.

Magic FAT Pack Release Event

We have a total of 18 spots available for the FAT Pack Release event on Sunday at 2pm. Please get in to the store and reserve your spot soon. We probably won't have any spots available come Sunday.

Remember this is the best ways to guarantee yourself a FAT Pack (and the entry fee is even less then the FAT pack normally costs).

Check Out The New Website

I've been away from the store for awhile, but have still been keeping in touch with what's going on.  I've also been doing some work to keep myself busy.  Check out our newly revised website !!!!

I've tested the site on a number of devices and web browsers but if you have trouble viewing it please drop me an email at csw_webmaster@comcast.net and let me know what problem you are having and what device/web browser you are using.

If you are using an older PC with crappy resolution, you may not see all the awesomeness.
I'm using 1366x768 and it looks wonderful. It also looks great on all my Apple devices.

New Enhancements include:

• Meet the Staff Page
• Subscription Service Details Page
• Ability to Purchase Gift Cards Online and Have Them Shipped For Free Anywhere in the World

Anyway, I'm back in town this weekend.

I'm looking forward to seeing Batman at the store (some how I always miss him when he shows up) and I hear a member or members of the Ghostbusters will be on hand with free stuff on Saturday.  Then on Sunday I'll be at the store for the HUGE Pokemon Pre-Release Event followed by the MAGIC FAT PACK Release Event.

It's gonna be a crazy weekend at the store.

p.s.
Special thanks to Art for the emergency help with the logo graphic :)

ONLY 3 DAYS UNTIL FCBD !!

Only 3 days remain until FREE COMIC BOOK DAY.
We hope to see you this Saturday from 10am - 9pm.
FREE Comics
FREE Pizza
MEET Batman and Ghostbusters
MEET the entire CSW staff
AWESOME SALES !!

4 DAYS UNTIL FCBD !!

Only 4 days remain until FREE COMIC BOOK DAY.
We hope to see you this Saturday from 10am - 9pm.
FREE Comics
FREE Pizza
MEET Batman and Ghostbusters
MEET the entire CSW staff
AWESOME SALES !!