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Acme E-mail Update #6: New Comics on Thursday, Quarter Sale Saturday!

Posted July 8th, 2008 by stephen
We hope that everyone had a safe and festive Fourth! Remember, because of the holiday new books will arrive on THURSDAY, JULY 10TH!!! Whenever there's a delay like this, the actual arrival time of the shipment is up in the air, so give us until at least 2 PM to process everything! Once we're up and ready, we'll be here until 8 PM like every other new release day.  Ok?  Mmmkay.

Also, check out the second installment of the post-HeroesCon interviews, this time with Secret Invasion colorist Laura Martin.

And, of course, the big news of the week is...

ACME .25 CENT SUMMER SIDEWALK SALE!!!!!
Saturday, July 12th, 10 AM - 7 PM

It's almost here and it's bigger than we could have ever imagined. We're talking almost 60 long boxes! Do that math! 65 boxes X 300 books each =
almost 20,000 COMICS FOR JUST A QUARTER A PIECE!
OR
Fill a Diamond box (about 125 books) for just $15! That makes the book ..gasp...12 cents a piece!  Go in with a friend!

Speaking from Stephen's P.O.V., anyone that plans on participating in the sale, please give Matt, Jermaine, Christina, and Jay your utmost thanks when you come by this week. They've been in on Sundays, their days off, their vacations, and until absurd hours of the night putting this together for you guys. My own contribution to the process is a drop in the ocean compared to the force of nature that they've whipped themselves into. It's retail at it's best!

If you still have any questions or are confused about any facet of the sale, just shout it out on the message board and we'll get back to you promptly!
THE LETTER OF THE WEEK IS "B"!!!
Acme 365 Day 50% OFF Backstock Sale: July 9-15*

Folks came out in record numbers for the "A" sale, but as of 7:00 PM tonight, that will be the past! No time for love, Dr. Jones! On to "B"!

  • Batman - be it Year One, Long Halloween, Dark Victory, Hush, Death in the Family, Broken City, or Knightfall, it's all half off! Also on sale are Batman's crossovers with Daredevil, Spawn, Grendel, Judge Dread, Aliens, Predator, and Aliens and Predator! Elseworlds Adventures including legendary stories like Gotham by Gaslight, Batman/Catwoman: Trial of the Gun (early van Skiver), and Doom that Came to Gotham (also by Mignola)! The other Batman on-goings, Batman Chronicles, Batman and the Outsiders, and Batman Confidential! We're restocked through the Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul crossover, so get in there!  A lot of you just didn't know how this sale was working until it was too late.  We give you now...a second chance.
  • Black Panther - all three volumes of King T'Challa's adventures!
  • Battlechasers - for fans of Ultimates 3, see Joe Mad on his 90's creator-owned series!
  • Original Buffy - Buffy Season Eight is not the beginning of Buffy comics as the Buffy Omnibus tpbs should have made apparent! Get original photo covers and stories written by Joss Whedon, other members of the Buffy writing staff, and those entrusted with these continuity based stories!
Honorable Mentions: Batgirl (especially Year One by Marcos Martin), Battle of the Planets (Alex Ross), Battlestar Galactica, Birds of Prey, Black Widow (Greg Rucka and J.G. Jones), Blue Beetle, Booster Gold (Geoff Johns), the Boys (Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson), BPRD (Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, and Guy Davis), and Brave and the Bold (Mark Waid and George Perez).

*Backstock refers to back issues of comic series bagged and priced in the long boxes in the back issue room. This special weekly back issue sale does NOT apply to Silver Age comics, Back Wall comics, New issues on the shelf, Variant covers, Trade paperbacks, Hardcovers, Action Figures, or Statues.

THIS WEEK'S COMICS
Click the link for a complete list

  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #565 - Spidey faces off against a brand new foe and teams up with Daredevil for the first time since One More Day!  Let's see how good ol' Mephisto really is because it will be hard to fool Daredevil!
  • BATMAN AND SON TP - Key reading for anyone excited about Batman R.I.P.!  This is collects Batman #655-658 and #663-666 by Grant Morrison, Andy Kubert, and more!
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA WHITE #0 - Loeb and Sale, the creators behind Spider-man Blue, Hulk Gray, and Daredevil Yellow return to present a new untold story of Cap and Bucky!
  • SECRET INVASION #4 - Earth is falling to the Skrull Empire!  The Avengers and Initiative have failed!  But Fury is on the scene and two of Marvel's heaviest hitters finally get involved in the Marvel universe!
ACME NEWS
  • Just a reminder that we're now archiving the e-mails in Stephen's blog so that you can refer back to them throughout the week.
  • Acme First Look #35 - Stephen's So-Called Emo Life - My Chemical Romance "The Black Parade is Dead," Mad Men, Sleeper, and Podcast Archives
COMIC NEWS
COMICS PREVIEWS
TOY NEWS
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
That's all folks!  Do not miss the sale this weekend because it may very well be the last of its kind!  Remember, we do this because we can.  And because we like you guys. :)