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MARCH MADNESS
- ROUND 1 - SATURDAY, MARCH 6THÂ 10 AM - 7 PM!!! - signing with Matt Kindt (Super Spy, Pistolwhip, 2 Sisters, 3 Story), Ben Towle (Midnight Sun, Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean), Michael Watkins (Guardians), and Lyle Pollard (Tribulations)!
- ROUND 2 - SATURDAY, MARCH 13TH 10 AM - 7 PM!!! - signing with Chris Schweizer (Crogan's Vengeance, Crogan's March), Sean McKeever (The Waiting Place), and Len Wallace (Love Buzz)! UPDATE: There is one copy of Crogan's Vengeance HC left in stock here!
- SALE SALE SALE! - both Saturdays during March Madness, all independent trade paperbacks and hardcovers will be BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE! While this doesn't include companies like IDW or Boom! Studios, it does go for great pioneering publishers like Oni Press, Fantagraphics Books, Top Shelf Publications, and many MORE! This is a major opportunity so visit our impressive independent comics section to see what there is to see!
THIS WEEK'S COMICS
Click the link for a complete list- BATMAN AND ROBIN #9 BLACKEST KNIGHT PART 3 - Hoping to save a friend, Batman and Batwoman have unleashed something terrible! Can they end the threat in time to help Alfred all the way back in Gotham? Limited variant cover available, first reserved-first served!
- BLACKEST NIGHT #7 (OF 8) - Hal uncovers a dark secret of the universe as he discovers Nekron's true goal. Will it be more than Hal and the readers can handle? Find out here in the issue you've been waiting for! Limited variant cover available, first reserved-first served!
- FANTASTIC FOUR #576 PRIME ELEMENTS - Writing sensation Jonathan Hickman continues the FF's tour of exotic and unique locations around the Marvel universe! You've all heard about his run, now its time to check it out, especially if you're not an existing Fantastic Four fan. Limited Deadpool variant cover available, first reserved-first served!
- FLASH REBIRTH #6 (OF 6) - The conclusion you've been waiting for is finally here! Can the speedsters unite before Barry's ultimate enemy does any more damage to his life? What will be the fate of Wally West? Limited variant cover available, first reserved-first served!
- SECRET WARRIORS #13 - More layers are revealed as the story of Hydra's rebirth is told. If you're not reading Hickman's Secret Warriors, you're missing out on something real. The first tpb is available now! Limited Deadpool variant cover available, first reserved-first served!
- THOR #607 SIEGE - Norman Osborn's H.A.M.M.E.R. is about to fall on an unsuspecting Asgard and the town of Broxton! Will Siege be the end of the newly reborn gods? Limited Deadpool variant cover available, first reserved-first served!
- NEW AVENGERS PREMIERE HC VOL 12 POWER LOSS - The Hood's gang has been usurped and the new management hits the Avengers where they live with a power draining device! And Luke Cage is in dire straights that could spell the end for this founding member of the New Avengers! New Avengers #55-60!
ACME NEWS
- If you have an order in with ROWDY CUSTOM FIGURES, Rowdy would like to let you all know that he hasn't forgotten about you. He's been going through a family emergency of late and hopes to be able to fill all of your custom figure orders as possible. Rowdy and the rest of the Acme Crew thank you for your understanding in this matter.
- Be the first five subscribers to sign up for Comic Shop News and receive: A Free Star Wars Metal Vehicle! Only four spots left! Tick-tock, tick-tock!
- RE: Comics! #30 [Favorite Runs] - Stephen and Gregg dig through their boxes and paperbacks to recall their favorite long-form runs throughout the years!
- Free Comic Book Day 2010!!! - Saturday, May 1st 10 AM - 7 PM! Signings with Jeff Parker (Agents of Atlas), Chris Samnee (Siege: Embedded), Christos Gage (Avengers Initiative), Chris Giarrusso (G-Man), Jeremy Dale (G.I. Joe), Chris Fason (Hero Happy Hour), and Michael Watkins (Sonic the Hedgehog)!
- Items to think about adding to your subscription list!
- American Vampires - DC/Vertigo
- Black Widow - Marvel
- Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of Our Fathers - Marvel
- DoomWar - Marvel
- Girl Comics - Marvel
- Joe the Barbarian - DC/Vertigo
- S.H.I.E.L.D. - Marvel
- Turf - Image
- X-Factor Forever
- I Hunger! 2.17.10 - Ian provides his recipe for Risotto Parmigiana!
- Acme First Look #120 - Stephen's So-Called Emo Life! - raspberry sorbet in a waffle bowl, MLB.com Fantasy Baseball League, Ingrid Michaelson, and NOT Grimstone's full-size facehugger!
COMIC NEWS
COMIC PREVIEWS
TOY NEWS
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Finally, we want to thank everyone who saw fit to nominate Acme Comics for the Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailing Award last week. We genuinely appreciate it and hope that we can live up to that standard. For those who missed last week's email here is the link once again:
