Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Queen & Country: The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1

Listeners of the SPIDER HAM RADIO (produced by our friends the Bros. Kent) will recall the third of the Kents, Rob.

Rob is at a fancy school for doctors who don't cut people (except by the powers of their minds!) and has quite the affinity for the oppressive over lords our fore fathers shed 240 years ago.

Don't believe me, check out some of his Queen Elizabeth II renactments:

SANDRINGHAM, NORFOLK: Her Majesty returned today to Buckingham Palace at the conclusion of her Christmas and winter visit to East Anglia.
Posted by Rob Kent on Monday, February 9, 2015
and

BUCKINGHAM PALACE--An important message from Her Majesty The Queen
Posted by Rob Kent on Tuesday, August 19, 2014
and

HÔTEL DE CHAROST, RUE DU FAUBOURG ST. HONORÉ, PARI: 7 June 2014--The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, concluded Her Majesty's fifth State Visit to France and returned to Buckingham Palace.
Posted by Rob Kent on Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Loving the home of our former taxing-sans-representing oppressors as he does, and being the curators of cool that we are, might we suggest the graphic novel series by one of our favorite crime novelists and comic book writers, Greg Ruka, Queen & Country: The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1:

 Queen & Country, the Eisner Award-winning and critically lauded espionage series from acclaimed novelist and comic book author Greg Rucka, is back in a new series of definitive editions collecting the entire classic series in just four affordable soft covers. In this first collection, readers are introduced to the thrilling and often-times devastating world of international espionage as SIS field agent Tara Chase is sent all over the world in service to her Queen & Country all the while Director of Operations Paul Crocker walks a narrow tightrope between his loyalty to his people and the political masters that must be served!
Just $19.99 via Amazon Prime
or for the same price (but slower - thought more helpful to us) 
buy it right here, right now via Death Ray Comics

TWO FURY: Hello 626 vs The Spirit of Ohana

Hello 626 by JBaz

The Spirit of Ohana by Latvilous

Sale ends at 9:59 PM (MST) - TODAY - Wikiwiki!

Monday, March 30, 2015

Sage #24 - OUT OF PRINT

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SAGA #24 (MR)
  • IMAGE COMICS
  • (W) Brian K. Vaughan (A/CA) Fiona Staples
  • 1st PRINTING
  • DCD AVAILABILITY: OUT OF PRINT
  • UPC: 70985301166802411
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Hey, it's The Brand and Sweet Boy!

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Saga #23 - OUT OF PRINT

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SAGA #23 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A/CA) Fiona Staples
1ST PRINTING
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Betrayal.

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OPERATION: S.I.N. #1

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OPERATION SIN #1 (OF 5)
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Kathryn Immonen (A) Rich Ellis (CA) Michael Komarck
MSRP: $3.99
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Tying into the explosive events of ORIGINAL SIN, see an untold story from the origins of the Marvel Universe!

After an alien energy source is discovered in Russia in the early 1950's, it's up to Peggy Carter and Howard Stark to find out what happened. But a newly-risen terrorist group going by the name Hydra also happens to be on the hunt for their own nefarious purposes! It's only when a mysterious operative going by the name of Woodrow McCord enters the picture to aid Peggy and Howard that they realize just how far some people are willing to go to keep the Earth safe!

Megawatt writer Kathryn Immonen (JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY) is joined by rising star artist Rich Ellis (SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN) to tell an all-new tale featuring AGENT CARTER!

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Friday, March 20, 2015

Auctions Ending Today!

We are always adding new items to our eBay store. This is just a slice of the graphic novels that have auctions ending today (most of which are selling for less then our cost)! Get on it!

Friday, March 13, 2015

Diamond Final Order Cutoffs (FOC) 3/16/14 - Complete List

To order and of these comics (even if it is past the FOC date) CONTACT Death Ray Comics.

PUBLISHER ITEM NO. TITLE & ISSUE FINAL ORDER DATE ON THE RACK DATE Price
ANTARCTIC PRESS OCT140988 VICTORIAN SECRET STEAM HUNTERS #1 (ONE SHOT) 3/16/2015 4/8/2015 3.99
ARCHIE COMIC JAN150995 FOX (DARK CIRCLE) #1 FARINAS & HILL VAR CVR 3/16/2015 4/8/2015 3.99
ARCHIE COMIC JAN150994 FOX (DARK CIRCLE) #1 MACK VAR CVR 3/16/2015 4/8/2015 3.99
ARCHIE COMIC JAN150996 FOX (DARK CIRCLE) #1 PITILLI VAR CVR 3/16/2015 4/8/2015 3.99
ARCHIE COMIC JAN150992 FOX (DARK CIRCLE) #1 REG CVR 3/16/2015 4/8/2015 3.99
ARCHIE COMIC JAN150993 FOX (DARK CIRCLE) #1 SAMNEE & WILSON VAR CVR 3/16/2015 4/8/2015 3.99
ARCHIE COMIC JAN151003 JUGHEAD & ARCHIE COMICS DOUBLE DIGEST #11 3/16/2015 4/8/2015 4.99
ARCHIE COMIC JAN151009 SONIC SUPER SPECIAL MAGAZINE #14 3/16/2015 4/8/2015 9.99
ARCHIE COMIC JAN151012 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #271 ARCADE VAR CVR 3/16/2015 4/8/2015 3.99
ARCHIE COMIC JAN151011 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #271 REG CVR 3/16/2015 4/8/2015 3.99

Final Order Cutoff's (FOC) Explained

This is the definition of FOC and OIC via Diamond Comic Distributors:

Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) Date

This is the date -- normally a Monday, except under special circumstances like holidays -- on which some Vendors commit to a print/production run for a title/product. Initial Orders and Reorders for items carrying an FOC date may be increased or decreased by this date. FOC dates are subject to change; such changes (and subsequent adjustments to the affected item's ship date) are regularly announced in all Diamond publications.

LOCAL COMIC SHOPS may adjust orders for all items from participating Vendors on the Final Order Cut-Off section of the Retailer Services Website’s FOC Weekly Adjust or Monthly Adjust pages in the Orders section. Premier Vendor titles are color-coded by publisher (DC=blue, Dark Horse=grey, IDW=red, Image=gold, Marvel=yellow, Other publishers=green) for easy reference.

The deadline for placing FOC orders via the Diamond website is Monday by 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. LOCAL COMIC SHOPS also have the option of placing FOC orders with their Diamond Customer Service Representative by Monday at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.


Order Increase Cut-Off (OIC) Date

Specific dates – printed in each issue of the PREVIEWS Retailer Order Form next to items from vendors (such as BOOM! Entertainment, Dynamite Entertainment, etc.) – by which LOCAL COMIC SHOPS can submit Order Increases to Diamond and be virtually guaranteed that the additional quantities will ship with your Initial Orders. It differs from the Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) Date in that you may not decrease or cancel your orders for OIC-dated items.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Final Orders Due Monday, March, 9th

Final Orders Due Monday, March, 9th

BATMAN ANIMATED NBA ROXY ROCKET DLX AF
Publisher: DC COMICS

The fan-favorite line of 6" action figures from the Emmy Award-winning animated series continues with Roxy Rocket! For the first time ever you can own Roxy and her famed rocket in this deluxe figure pack. Figure comes with show specific accessories, display base and rocket with working lights!

ROXY ROCKET - 5.5" (ROCKET MEASURES 12.25" LONG)
In Shops: 8/26/2015
MSRP: $39.95



RICK & MORTY #1
Publisher: ONI PRESS INC.
(W) Zac Gorman (A) CJ Cannon (CA) Ryan Hill

Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's hilarious hit Adult Swim animated show RICK & MORTY now has its own comic book series from Oni Press! Join degenerate superscientist Rick Sanchez as he embarks on all-new insane adventures with his awkward grandson Morty, his teenage granddaughter Summer, his veterinary surgeon daughter Beth, and his hapless son-in-law Jerry.

In this issue: Part One of "The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street"!
In Shops: 4/1/2015
MSRP: $3.99

ADVENTURE TIME FIONNA & CAKE MATHEMATICAL ED NYCC HC
Publisher: BOOM! STUDIOS
(W/A) Natasha Allegri (CA) Leslie Hung

Previously only available at 2014 New York Comic Con, here's your chance to pick up the limitededition Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake Mathematical Edition hardcover featuring a wraparound cover by Leslie Hung.

In Shops: 4/1/2015
MSRP: $49.99



SONIC BOOM #6 #6 REG CVR
Publisher: ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
(W) Ian Flynn (A) Matt Herms & Various (CA) Tracy Yardley, Matt Herms

When Dr. Eggman sponsors a go-kart race around Sonic's Island home, you know that dude is up to no good. The rules are as follows: no special powers, no weapons, and everyone has to drive a kart to keep things fair. Since when does Eggy care about "fair"? What will happen to throw this race into a SPIN? How many rhetorical questions can we ask in one paragraph of solicit text?? Find out in this hyperbole-packed issue! Featuring cover art from Sonic comic extraordinaire Tracy Yardley, plus a new BOOM-Crew Sega art variant!

In Shops: 4/1/2015
MSRP: $3.99

UNCANNY INHUMANS
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Charles Soule (A/CA) Steve McNiven

The industry's best-selling artist comes to the Inhumans!

The prelude to one of Marvel's biggest launches of 2015 is here!

Think you know Black Bolt? Think again, as the men who killed Wolverine show you a side of the Inhuman King you've never seen before!

In Shops: 4/1/2015
MSRP: $4.99


TRUE BELIEVERS AGE OF APOCALYPSE 1
STK669418 Image
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W/A) Various (CA) TBD
What can you get for a dollar? How about the Marvel Universe? Marvel is proud to present TRUE BELIEVERS - special introductory comics for the low price of only $1 each.

Coming this April your window into the biggest stories in Marvel history costs only a buck! Enter the world of Civil War, Age of Apocalypse, Old Man Logan, Planet Hulk, the critically-acclaimed ICON series Powers and many more with the first chapters of these top-selling, critically-acclaimed collections. Just in time for Secret Wars (maybe you've heard of it? Secret Wars - the biggest Marvel event ever!), catch up on some of the most celebrated stories in Marvel histories before their appearance in the biggest comic event of 2015!

Reprinting material from X-MEN ALPHA.
In Shops: 4/1/2015
MSRP: $1.00

THANOS: THE INFINITY RELATIVITY OGN-HC
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W/A/CA) Jim Starlin

Annihilus, lord of the Negative Zone, makes a renewed assault on the positive universe, searching for a source of infinite power. To stop him, a fragile alliance of cosmic protectors forms. The Guardians of the Galaxy. Gladiator, Majestor of the Shi'ar. And Adam Warlock - whose complex cycle of death and rebirth has left him more confused than ever about his true nature. With Adam reunited with his Infinity Watch comrades Gamora, Drax and Pip the Troll - and joined by newer friends like Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon and Groot - they hold the potential to end Annihilus' threat once and for all...if only they knew how! But the answer lies in the dark mind of another. A Titan, whom some would hold as mad. Could the fate of everything rest in the hands of...Thanos? Cosmic maestro Jim Starlin's infinite odyssey continues!

In Shops: 6/3/2015
MSRP: $24.99

SPIDER-VERSE HC
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W/A) Various (CA) Olivier Coipel

When the evil Inheritors begin exterminating spider-characters throughout the multiverse, every single Spider-Man ever is needed to save the day! An interdimensional spider-army gathers to fight Morlun and his deadly family, but none of them is safe as the Prophecy comes to fruition! What will this brutal war for survival mean for Peter Parker and the rest of the spiders? Starring the Superior Spider-Man, the Ultimate Universe's Miles Morales and Jessica Drew, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Woman, Silk, Kaine, Scarlet Spider, MC2's Spider-Girl, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man 1602, Spider-Ham, Spider-Monkey, Lady Spider, Spider-Punk, Spider-UK, a spider-powered Gwen Stacy...and hundreds more, from the beloved to the obscure!

Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2014) #7-15, SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #32-33, SPIDER-VERSE #1-2, SPIDER-VERSE TEAM-UP #1-3, SCARLET SPIDERS #1-3, SPIDER-WOMAN (2014) #1-4, SPIDER-MAN 2099 (2014) #6-8 and material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2014 (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY) #1.

In Shops: 4/29/2015
MSRP: $75.00

SECRET WARS #1 (OF 8)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Esad Ribic (CA) Alex Ross

Time Runs Out. Everything Ends. The Secret Wars commence in May 2015 from Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic!

In Shops: 5/6/2015
MSRP: $4.99





ORIGINAL SIN TP
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Ed Brubaker & Various (A) Javier Pulido & Various (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco

Who killed the Watcher? Uatu, the mysterious space-god who observes mankind from the moon...is dead. Thus begins the greatest murder mystery in Marvel history! As Nick Fury leads Marvel's heroes in an investigation, other forces marshal and other questions arise. Who is the Unseen? What was stolen from the Watcher's lair? Why is Black Panther gathering a secret team of his own - including Emma Frost, the Punisher and Doctor Strange? Fury's cosmic manhunt leads to the far corners of the universe, but just when the Avengers think they've cornered their murderer...everything explodes, unleashing the Marvel Universe's greatest secrets and rocking the heroes to their core! What did the Watcher see? Who pulled the trigger? What was the Original Sin? Find out here! Collecting ORIGINAL SIN #0-8 and material from POINT ONE.

In Shops: 4/29/2015
MSRP: $34.99

KANAN LAST PADAWAN #1
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Greg Weisman (A) Pepe Larraz (CA) Mark Brooks

Kanan Jarrus--in STAR WARS REBELS, he's a cocky, sarcastic renegade fighting against the Galactic Empire alongside the rag-tag crew of the Ghost...but years before, at the height of the Clone Wars, he was known as Caleb Dume, Jedi Padawan under the instruction of Jedi Master Depa Billaba. Neither master nor apprentice ever suspected that the Clone Troopers they commanded would turn on them upon the issuing of Order 66-the order to execute all Jedi. How did Caleb Dume survive? How did he learn to survive on his own? And how did he become the man we know as Kanan Jarrus? Writer Greg Weisman (writer/executive producer on STAR WARS REBELS, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN) and artist Pepe Larraz (DEADPOOL VS. X-FORCE, THOR, INHUMAN) bring us a tale bridging the years between the Clone Wars and Rebels!

In Shops: 4/1/2015
MSRP: $3.99

UNCLE SCROOGE #1
Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING
(W) Jonathan Gray, Rodolfo Cimino (A) Romano Scarpa (CA) Giorgio Cavazzano
Wak! Disney's richest epic hero returns! In "The Wrath of Gigabeagle," the McDuck Money Bin meets a monster-sized Beagle Boy mech!

In Shops: 4/22/2015
MSRP: $3.99

On The Rack 033 - 3/4/15


On The Rack March 4, 2015

This week ON THE RACK in your local comic shop "Descender" #1, "Neverboy" #1, "Halogen" #1, "Big Man Plans" #1, "All-New Hawkeye" #1 and more! Also, Trent covers the comics, collected series and graphic novels with final order dates of Monday, 3/9/15.

Descender #1
Publisher: IMAGE COMICS
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Dustin Nguyen
One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. A rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of Trillium, Sweet Tooth, and Little Gotham.

Extra-sized first issue. 30 story pages for only $2.99!
Click to read PDF preview.



Neverboy #1
Publisher: DARK HORSE COMICS
(W) Shaun Simon (A) Tyler Jenkins (CA) Conor Nolan
Most people take drugs to escape reality. Neverboy, a former imaginary friend, does the opposite. He's found a loophole that allows him to stay in the real world. As long as he stays medicated, everything's perfect. But when the drugs wear off and reality fades, the forces that guard the borders between the real and the imaginary will be ready to drag him back to where he belongs.

Click to read PDF preview.




SHAOLIN COWBOY HC
 Publisher: DARK HORSE COMICS
(W/A/CA) Geof Darrow
The Saga of one man's fight against The Walking Dead as you've never seen it before! The action never lets up as a chainsaw of events pits the comic world's favorite Shaolin Cowboy against a legion of gourmets from the fourth level of hell, intent on turning America's finest youth into an endless Shemp buffet. Strap on your six-guns, gas up your chainsaw, and hang on, 'cuz you aren't in Downton Abbey anymore.





GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #1
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Arthur Adams
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and THE AVENGERS!

 Launching directly out of Guardians of the Galaxy comes the new ongoing series bringing the Guardians to the Marvel Universe's grandest stage for an opening arc of out-of-this-world adventures with some of the biggest hitters Marvel has to offer. Kicking off with a cosmic threat so massive, it'll take more than just the Guardians of the Galaxy to stop it! Assembled side by side with the mighty Avengers, prepare for two titanic teams to unite like you've never seen before!

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HALOGEN #1 (OF 4)
Publisher: BOOM! STUDIOS
(W) Josh Tierney (A/CA) Afu Chan
WHY WE LOVE IT: We've published four books thus far in Josh Tierney's Spera series because we simply love his characters and storytelling. Now, he teams up with fellow webcomic creators Afu Chan (Spera) and Giannis Milonogiannis (Old City Blues, Prophet) for a new creator-owned, sci-fi adventure.

 WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: Having first collaborated on the Eisner Award-nominated Spera series, the creative team behind HaloGen is no stranger to kickbutt ladies, epic world-building, and sweeping adventures. This time they're strapping on their sci-fi boots for a series perfect for fans of Prophet, Rocket Girl, and The Fifth Element. WHAT IT'S

ABOUT: There's a rumor on Cityship Q that the gigantic body of a dead god was found floating in space. Rell, an agent woking for the HaloGen organization, is tasked with finding the location of the god and retrieving it by any means necessary. Using her ability to form hyperrealistic holograms, Rell is about to take on the first mission she might not be able to finish.

Click to read PDF preview.

BIG MAN PLANS #1 (OF 4) (MR)
Publisher: IMAGE COMICS
(W) Eric Powell, Tim Weisch (A/CA) Eric Powell

From ERIC POWELL (Eisner award-winning creator of The Goon) and TIM WEISCH (a guy who used to be a bricklayer) comes BIG MAN PLANS, a brutal crime drama with a shocking mystery at its heart. Even the most marginalized in society can exact revenge if they don't care how they do it.

Click to read PDF preview.




SHERMAN'S PICK OF THE WEEK  

ALL NEW HAWKEYE #1
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Ramon K. Perez

Hawkeye returns in an all-new series featuring superstar writer Jeff Lemire in his Marvel debut and Eisner Award-winning artist Ramon Perez, as they bring you a fresh new look into the life of everyone's favorite Avenger. With Kate Bishop, his trusted ward and protégé back at his side (not titles she would use), Team Hawkeye is thrown into an all new adventure spanning two generations of avenging archers. Past and present lives collide as Kate and Clint face a threat that will challenge everything they know about what it means to be Hawkeye.

But no one puts Hawkeye in a corner.

Click to read PDF preview.

Monday, March 2, 2015

SCOTT PILGRIM GRAPHIC NOVEL VOLUMES 3, 4, 5, 6

SCOTT PILGRIM GRAPHIC  NOVEL - VOLUMES 3, 4, 5, 6

"Scott Pilgrim is the best book ever. It is the chronicle of our time. With Kung Fu, so, yeah; perfect." - JOSS WHEDON

Just $25 from Death Ray Comics!

SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 03 INFINITE SADNESS
ONI PRESS INC.
(W/A/CA) Bryan Lee O'malley
PAGES: 200
MSRP: $11.99
Ramona's 3rd evil ex-boyfriend, Todd Ingram, is currently dating the former love of Scott Pilgrim's life! Envy Adams broke Scott's heart a year and a half ago. Now she and her evil art-rock band are back, and they're getting Scott's band to open a show two days from now! That's just enough time for Scott to fight Todd, keep Ramona happy, fend off demented ex-girlfriends, and practice that new setlist. Right?

SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 04 GETS IT TOGETHER
ONI PRESS INC.
(W/A/CA) Bryan Lee O'malley
PAGES: 200
MSRP: $11.99
A couple months have passed since we last caught up with Scott, but what could change in a few months? Well, not much has. He's still living with Wallace and playing in a band. Most importantly, he's still dating the lovely Ramona and dealing with the gaggle of superpowered, superstylish, superevil ex-boyfriends determined to take him down. But something *is* different. Don't look now, but Scott might actually be getting it together, just in time to confront Ramona's most intimidating ex yet!

SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 05 VS THE UNIVERSE
ONI PRESS INC.
(W/A/CA) Bryan Lee O'malley
PAGES: 192
MSRP: $11.99
Scott Pilgrim is at the top of his game: he just turned 24, he moved in with the girl of his dreams, and he defeated at least half of The League of Ramona's Evil Exes. But life at the top is treacherous and if things can't possibly get any better for Scott, it means they can only get infinitely worse! Scott's band is in total turmoil, his own exes have all boarded the train to crazy town, and Ramona's evil exes have started appearing in pairs! And what's up with Ramona, anyway? She's been acting kinda weird ever since she and Scott moved in together. It's the second-to-last volume of the Scott Pilgrim series and it looks like Scott's precious little life has come back around to bite him in the butt!

SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 06 FINEST HOUR
ONI PRESS INC.
(W/A/CA) Bryan Lee O'malley
PAGES: 248
MSRP: $11.99
It's finally here... Six years and almost one thousand pages have all led to this epic finale! With six of Ramona's seven evil exes dispatched, it should be time for Scott Pilgrim to face Gideon Graves, the biggest and baddest of her former beaus. But didn't Ramona take off at the end of Book 5? Shouldn't that let Scott off the hook? Maybe it should, maybe it shouldn't, but one thing is for certain - all of this has been building to Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour!