How else could we start this e-mail other than
by thanking everyone that helped out and came out to the Quarter Sale!
It's impossible to count the number of hours that Matt, Christina,
Carly, Jermaine, and Jay put into organizing all of those books! In the
end we sold nearly 13,000 individual comics! And good ones too as some
message board testimonials will attest to. We really and truly do not
plan on doing anything like that again so thanks to everyone who came
out and braved the heat to get some great comics!
And without further ado, on to the news!
And without further ado, on to the news!
THE LETTER OF THE WEEK IS "C"!
Acme 365 Day 50% OFF Backstock Sale: July 16-22*
Acme 365 Day 50% OFF Backstock Sale: July 16-22*
Getting on top of the Backstock Sale has never been more important than now, in the wake of the Quarter Sale. Go back over the bundles of book you picked up, figure out what holes you have in the runs, and fill them for half the price!
- Captain America - much of volume 1, Mark Waid and Ron Garney's launch of volume 3 (with Skrulls!), John Cassaday and Jae Lee's launch of volume 4 and Dave Gibbons and Lee Weeks' "Cap Lives" there-in, and every single issue of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's volume 5!
- Catwoman - maybe you were once like me and thought, "why would I ever want to read Catwoman?" Well, because Ed Brubaker wrote it, and he launched volume 2 with Darwyn Cooke and Mike Allred and went on to blow the doors off it with Cameron Stewart and fill-ins by Scott Morse. Everything is gold into the 30's when Paul Gulacy comes on!
- Civil War - Cap's still dead. The Initiative is still churning out registered heroes. Iron Man is still Director of SHIELD. It's obvious at this point that the effects of Civil War were much more than a flash in the pan, and though you may have picked up the 7 issue limited series, you might have missed one of the tie-ins! Paul Jenkins (Sentry) takes Sally Floyd and Ben Urich to the streets in Frontline. Captain Marvel comes back before his limited series in the Return. Iron Man says a private goodbye to Cap in the Confession. Cap and Iron Man duke it out one on one in Casualties of War. Marc Guggenheim and Leinel Yu set up Warren Ellis' Thunderbolts, Robert Kirkman and Phil Hester set up Irredeemable Ant-man, Brubaker, Fraction, and David Aja set up Immortal Iron Fist, and Mike Oeming and Scott Kolins set up Omega Flight ALL in Choosing Sides (you don't have the full story of any of these books without their origins in this one!).
- Criminal - you miss out on so much by just picking up the trade, including commentary by Brubaker, reviews and essays about the nature of crime noir, and some of the most appropriate and enticing ads you've ever seen!
*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.
- FINAL CRISIS ROGUES REVENGE #1 (OF 3) - The Flash's Rogues gallery shunned Libra's Society of Villains which is a no-no. They also killed Bart Allen, which broke another unspoken Rogues rule. Now they're on the run from pretty much everyone including one of their own! Don't miss out on this mini series that reunites Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins with the villains they helped breath new life into on their Flash run!
- INCREDIBLE HERCULES #119 SECRET INVASION - "Sacred Invasion - God Squad part 3!" If the humans are eradicated by the Skrulls there will be no one to worship and remember Earth's gods! Hercules and his band have been charged with the task of taking out the Skrull's pantheon of gods in order to strike at the heart of the enemy! There will be battles and betrayals before the end! You will believe a god can die! Don't miss out on one of the most surprising stories to come out of Marvel's latest event!
- MIGHTY AVENGERS #16 SECRET INVASION - A question that has been on the minds of fans for years now is finally answered! Who hired Electro to assault The Raft prison? Also, we know that Elektra was replaced but, when did it happen and how much of a fight did she give before it was over? If you're doing Secret Invasion, you don't want to miss a single issue of New or Mighty Avengers!
- X-FORCE #5 DIVIDED WE STAND - X-force has learned the hard way that the work of Apocalypse can never truly be undone! And all is not well within the Purifier camp. If you're not reading X-force by now, well we don't know what to tell ya.
- CEMETERY BLUES TP VOL 01 UNEARTHED - Check out the first Image Comics tpb from "Friends of Acme" Ryan Rubio and Thomas Boatwright! Collecting Haunting of Hernesburg, Curse of Wallace Manor, The Inconvenice Store, and Let's All Die in the Lobby! You only have those if you were at Acme Comics on various Free Comic Book Days over the years so make sure you grab up this volume by local fellas!
ACME NEWS
- Check the website daily! Living Wednesday to Wednesday goes up Mondays, This Week's Comics are up by Tuesday, the Acme E-Mail Update gets re-posted on Wednesday, the Bought/Thought Discussion Thread starts Thursday on the Message Board, and the Acme First Look gives you your first taste of what's coming for the next week on Friday morning!
- Living Wednesday to Wednesday #16 - the Acme Nicholas Gurewitch Interview! Stephen hands over the questions his friends and steps behind the camera as they interview the creator of the Perry Bible Fellowship comic strip at HeroesCon!
- There's evidence popping up that the format of our e-mail updates and the notion to archive them on our website are a great ideas! If you know someone that would like to get the weekly e-mail, just have them shoot us an e-mail and we'll put them on the list! Acme customers are informed customers!
- Our drawer box numbers are dwindling to just about 20-25. Remember, this is your last chance to get in on the introductory price of 5 or more for $11 a piece! Scoop them up while you can! After this, we'll return to the regular retail price of $12 for all orders!
- Acme First Look #36 - Stephen's So-Called Emo Life - The Real Cancun, There Will Be Blood, Venture Bros. Season 2, Movie Night, and Hellboy II: the Golden Army.
- Acme Comics Message Board - 5,000 posts and counting!
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This concludes our broadcast day. I trust that everyone is excited
about Batman Dark Knight. Expectations and anticipations have not been
this high since the Star Wars prequels so hopefully everyone will be
happy with the movie. When you're in the shop check out our new Batman
display (do you own the Killing Joke?) and take a look at selections of
great covers from the various Dark Knight series over the years up on
the Great Wall of Comics in the backstock room.
