A HUGE WEEK!
As always, the incentives can be viewed here - https://www.ecgce.com/collections/foc-incentives
SPEC RECS
Pinupocalypse #5 1:25 Sveta Shubina - People finally get it.
https://www.ecgce.com/pages/qualifiers?id=9058795651302
The above books are what will qualify you for a 1:25! Sveta is ON FIRE, and her last ratio still holds well over $150 in value, and this cover is likely going to be hot as well. For a series that has already had some crazy bangers. I am taking the dive and am getting at least ONE of these 1:25s. So glad to see Sveta getting the love she finally deserves.
Barbarella #5 - Akira
https://www.ecgce.com/products/barbarella-5-of-5-cvr-c-richard-pace-var
https://www.ecgce.com/pages/qualifiers?id=9098808852710
I already mentioned this, but it is up again now that Dynamite is with LUNAR. Anyone who slept on it, it might be worth looking into. Akira homages always seem to find a good secondary market. There are TWO, I have linked the CVR C, and the link for the qualifiers for the 1:15 (Virgin of CVR C and likely the more sought after if this finds any legs).
Exquisite Corpses #3 Poly Bag - No brainer, gotta get that foil!
https://www.ecgce.com/products/exquisite-corpses-3-cvr-c-michael-walsh-polybagged-var-mr
I have the foils for 1 & 2, so I am going for all of them! It seems like they are roughly 1:10, so that is how I am treating it. I am also collecting the series as I think this has legs after reading 1-2, and knowing there is VERY MUCH a bigger picture that Tynion and his team want from this series!
Look Into My Eyes #1 - An odd one
https://www.ecgce.com/products/look-into-my-eyes-1-of-5-cvr-a-ruben-cubiles
https://www.ecgce.com/products/look-into-my-eyes-1-of-5-cvr-b-maria-llovet-var
This is one I just have a gut feeling about, I have not read anything book wise yet. This just screams to me though, and I am gonna take the dive on it and hope my gut isn’t just irked from the spicy kimchi I just had! Worth note, Maria Llovet did a variant that is absolutely STUNNING!
Savage Wolverine #1 - HORROR
https://www.ecgce.com/products/savage-wolverine-1
Wolverine + Horror + Wild West + Krakoa, I am sold!
Something is Killing the Children #43 1:50 - This is likely the one
https://www.ecgce.com/pages/qualifiers?id=9059174744294
I have shared the qualifiers link above, the 1:50 is one of the more unique covers for the series and I think given it’s a late issue in the series that this might not be super heavily ordered.
Tama #1 Fleecs - No idea what this book is!
https://www.ecgce.com/pages/qualifiers?id=9059058352358
Qualifiers link above, Fleecss did a 1:10 pokemon homage. It is likely this finds a secondary market as I don’t think this book has been marketed much and Fleecs did a freaking pokemon homage. Low barrier with it being a 1:10. Not personally a huge fan, but I am getting at least 1.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Absolute Wonder Woman #10 - Always recommending this!
https://www.ecgce.com/products/absolute-wonder-woman-10-cvr-a-hayden-sherman
Not only is this cover insane, and Hayden seems to be unstoppable (seriously some of the best covers in comics PERIOD right now). BUT this issue looks to be setting up a pretty epic scenario. I don’t think it’s a turbo key issue, but likely one you don’t want to miss out on.
Absolute Martian Manhunter #5 - THE BEST
https://www.ecgce.com/products/absolute-martian-manhunter-5-of-12-cvr-a-javier-rodriguez
This is shaping up to be one of the best series out, not just for the Absolute run. As you l am heavily recommending all of these!
Archie vs Minor Threats #1 - Patton
https://www.ecgce.com/products/archie-vs-minor-threats-1-cvr-a-scott-hepburn
When Patton is attached to something, I pay attention. When it is Patton x Archie? Well I saw damn, I need this. So I am grabbing it, I am curious to see how this develops mainly. Patton has not let me down though, and Minor Threats is super fun, and Archie is just unstoppably iconic!
Goddamn Tragedy #1 3rd print - Allocations
https://www.ecgce.com/products/goddamn-tragedy-1-one-shot-third-printing-allocations-may-occur
This was a book I was pleasantly surprised by, so not crazy to see it get a third print. Any time I see later printings and the word “allocation” I am down to take a risk and nab 5.
Jeff The Land Shark #1 2nd print
https://www.ecgce.com/products/jeff-the-land-shark-1-rickie-yagawa-2nd-printing-variant
This is here because Jeff is here! Also this is one of the coolest covers in a while. Not sure it goes full send mode or anything, but I am nabbing some.
What If Goofy #1 - Scottie
https://www.ecgce.com/products/marvel-disney-what-if-goofy-became-spider-man-1-skottie-young-variant
These are all wild and fun, but the Scottie Young cover is the pick for me. I have been collecting all of these as they have come out!
MMPR/TMNT III #1 - We are back
https://www.ecgce.com/products/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-iii-1-a-main-dressed-zonno
Back for the 3rd adventure, this one is a toss up between honorable mention and books of interest, the fact it’s turtles and mmpr has it a peg up though!
BOOKS OF INTEREST
Spawn Sherlee Johnson #2 - #1 was such a good open!
https://www.ecgce.com/products/spawn-the-curse-of-sherlee-johnson-2-cvr-a-jonathan-glapion
Issue #1 hooked me, so I am super stoked for issue #2. Thus it making the list!
Blink and You’ll Miss it #1 - Looks fun
https://www.ecgce.com/products/blink-and-youll-miss-it-1-a-main-dressed-browning
This just looks fun, and has a great team behind it. This is on here because I am picking it up. Thus the “books of interest”. Not a spec play for me, just a good looking story/book!
Captain Planet #2 Jae Lee - Jae Lee duh
https://www.ecgce.com/products/captain-planet-2-cvr-b-jae-lee-var
It’s Jae Lee, nuf said!
Godzilla Escape the Deadzone [Kai-Sei Era] #1 - Something bigger?
https://www.ecgce.com/products/godzilla-escape-the-deadzone-kai-sei-era-1-cover-a-tunica
I can’t help that the Kai-Sei feels like IDW is building something much bigger. I am jumping in!
Hello Darkness #13 - This will be a permanent addition to my list
https://www.ecgce.com/products/hello-darkness-13-a-main-dressed-mercado
Hello Darkness will now be on this list always. I can’t help but think this will land on Netflix eventually, and the stories are just great. Not all of them are turbo mode A tier bangers, but everything has been fun and genuinely weird/creepy/down right gross.
Incredible Hulk #27 - Nic Kline is unstoppable.
https://www.ecgce.com/products/incredible-hulk-27
Nic is one of those artists that just somehow keeps on upping the game. This is here for his art alone. The Retrovision and Walsh covers are also amazing, but nic takes the cake!
Seasons #6 - Another, this will always make the list.
https://www.ecgce.com/products/seasons-6-cvr-a-paul-azaceta
This is one of my most highly recommended series for the year, so obviously it’s on the list. If you missed it, there is a Vol 1 Trade. Just drop me a line and we will gladly order it for you!
HARCOVERS & TRADES
Lilith Vol 1 - Finally
https://www.ecgce.com/products/lilith-tp-vol-01-mr-resolicit
What a nightmare this has been, but each issue has been worth the wait. Finally collected, I am grabbing this.
Magik Vol 1 - Another surprise hit
https://www.ecgce.com/products/magik-vol-1-unleashed
This is another book that outdid my expectations. I did have #1 on one of the OG spec listings, but the series is actually very good and I recommend anyone intrigued to get the TP!
Best of 2000AD 1-6 - It is Dredd Collected but NEW
https://www.ecgce.com/products/best-of-2000-ad-tp-volume-01-of-6-essential-gateway-to-the-galaxys-greatest-comic-previously-solicited-through-diamond
https://www.ecgce.com/products/best-of-2000-ad-tp-volume-02-of-6-essential-gateway-to-the-galaxys-greatest-comic-previously-solicited-through-diamond
https://www.ecgce.com/products/best-of-2000-ad-tp-volume-03-of-6-essential-gateway-to-the-galaxys-greatest-comic-previously-solicited-through-diamond
https://www.ecgce.com/products/best-of-2000-ad-tp-volume-04-of-6-essential-gateway-to-the-galaxys-greatest-comic-previously-solicited-through-diamond
https://www.ecgce.com/products/best-of-2000-ad-tp-volume-05-of-6-essential-gateway-to-the-galaxys-greatest-comic-previously-solicited-through-diamond
https://www.ecgce.com/products/best-of-2000-ad-tp-volume-06-of-6-essential-gateway-to-the-galaxys-greatest-comic-previously-solicited-through-diamond
https://www.ecgce.com/products/best-of-john-wagners-judge-dredd-hc-previously-solicited-through-diamond
Bonus John Wagner added in. The DREDD run has been one of the most iconic EVER, and I am trying to collect the entirety of it myself. So to see these new editions that have NEW stories, but also some classics and a crazy amount of other additions. I am both annoyed and further in love. This is such a wild universe and I honestly hope it goes for another century!
Worth noting, there is ALSO Judge Anderson 1-3 and Apocalypse War AND Dredd vs Death!
The Art of Invincible HC Season 2 - It’s Invincible
https://www.ecgce.com/products/art-of-invincible-hc-season-two
Invincible is just wonderful, and this is a look inside the show and how they brought it to life. Volume 1 was actually pretty damn cool.
FACSIMILES
Fantastic Four #8
https://www.ecgce.com/products/fantastic-four-8-facsimile-edition
https://www.ecgce.com/products/fantastic-four-8-facsimile-edition-foil-variant