Welcome to the 8th week of #NewComicBookDay on Geek with Style, woot! Some people have #WordlessWednesdays, and then some of us have way too much to say. This week we’re celebrating The Collector’s Edition, as comic fans in and around the GTA get ready to play at Toronto Comicon this weekend! I cannot wait to check out all the awesome cosplay costumes; I almost feel like there should be a Bingo game or scavenger hunt for collecting cosplay character photos at these cons. Or even a “guess how many” game, like guess how many Batmans and Deadpools will be seen. I think last year’s FanEXPO had at least five different Deadpools (three of which were a family.) And while New Comic Book Days are exciting, I’m entirely torn this week! Attempting to not spend too much this week, while I save up to go do the crazy spending spree in my search for wanted comics this weekend. There are some great issues to splurge on at the comic shop today though. #Decisions
Certain comics can be hard to find. The longer you wait, the harder it might be to find those special issues, and well, they’re gonna cost you more too. There are a few comics that I know will cost me a pretty penny once I finally find them. Last year’s “big” purchase for me was spending $20 on Hawkeye #3. That’s just #3! I still need #1 and #2, so I know those two are gonna cost me much more when I find them.
I’m also holding out hope to one day eventually find Skottie Young’s A-Babies Vs X-Babies at a price that I can say yes to. Think Muppet Babies, but as Avengers and X-Men. It’s a sickeningly uber-cute comic that was the catalyst for Young’s multitude of variant baby covers that launched with every key comic issue for the past couple of years (of which I have many. Baby Hulk makes me laugh each and every time, OMG.)
And there will be a new five issue story, both written and drawn by Skottie Young, of crazy baby Avengers vs X-Men shenanigans, starting this June 2015! Oh, the cuteness of Giant-Size Little Marvel: A vs X might end me.
What’s a comic convention without its own comic exclusives? As much as I love Star Wars in movie format, I’m not the biggest fan of the comics. Apparently that doesn’t stop me from wanting the limited-edition Star Wars #1 FanEXPO variant cover that will be sold for a whopping $20! I enjoy picking up a couple show exclusive items every year, but at $20, this might be the one and only purchase for me from the Toronto Comicon Store.
In the meantime, here are the comics from my #PullList for this week.
I realised while creating this list that I haven’t yet read #15, so today will be double the fun! 🙂 If you remember, #15 had a variant cover that I just had to have, and I had no clue how limited it was. Most stores in Toronto didn’t carry it, and the ones that did, sold out pretty quickly, so I ended up purchasing a copy online instead. Ebay? Yeah, those peeps wanted over $50 for that cover, but I was lucky to find it elsewhere for just under $20, woot. It’s a good thing that I’m not a fan of this issue’s variant cover… I’m still not over having looked everywhere for the last one!
So far, I’m enjoying this comic series, and this particular issue has me curious. Remember the Guardians of the Galaxy movie from back in August? Yep, that one. Remember the hardcore villain, Ronan the Accuser, that had no qualm of being a weapon of mass destruction with his own special hammer (even without the Infinity Stone(s)? TBH, the movie version of Ronan freaked me out more than Thanos.) Well… in this comic, the Guardians team-up with that BAMF. Whoa.
If you haven’t figured out yet, this is a happy Deadpool zone. Have you seen my new Pinterest board dedication?? So I might just pick up this comic for the cover art, ’cause right now, I can’t seem to get enough of Deadpool (and he’s slated to have a similar fate to the other much loved Canuck, Wolverine, on April 1st… I’ve never hoped so hard for an April Fool’s joke, yo.)
EW. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Nah, seriously. Yuck. I WISH there was a variant cover for this one, ’cause that whole eating entrails thing? Not for me. Not even a little bit. Except, zombies. BUT, I’ve been sucked into this series, and its not like I could just skip one of them. Bad Loki. Stop… eating yourself? Ew.
Are you working on a comic collection? What epic issues are you looking for? Love to here what’s in your pull list for this week too!
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Ohh have fun and share lots of pictures this weekend! I loved reading comics as kid, I wonder if my mom still has them in her basement.
I'm entirely looking forward to picture taking this weekend! :) And you should definitely check to see if you still have comics in your mom's basement. You never know if they could be worth something! I'm still kicking my backside for letting my mom sell all my Archie comics at a garage sale years ago. I know there were a few that would have got much love on ebay today, instead of the 25 cent bin they found themselves in, lol.
Wow. This looks like something my husband would drool over. I have learned to appreciate his fondness for all things comic books that he has somehow passed on to our kids.
I'm definitely forwarding this post to my husband. He would absolutely LOVE to go to this comicon - especially with the marvel releases. When we lived in LA, he went to comicon in San Diego, and New York every time it came. Nice to know there's a convention in Toronto when we'll be in the area. Yay! Thank you for posting!!
My hubby would love to attend! He's such a huge fan of comic books and we have boxes full from when he was a kid! Great post ;)
Sounds lil you are going to have a ton of fun this weekend. I cant Wai to follow along. My boys are just starting to get in to comic books. They would love those baby super hero.