GRAVEDIGGERS UNION #3 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Wes Craig (A) Toby Cypress & Various (CA) Wes Craig
What is the key that will release the Dark Gods?
Desperate to prove herself as the true prophet of the apocalypse, Morgan embarks on a darkly mystical journey that may tear her apart. Meanwhile, to find the location of Morgan and the Black Temple, the Gravediggers have to do battle with one of the strangest creatures they've ever encountered: the Yuppie-Vampire!
ROGUE & GAMBIT #1 (OF 5)
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Pere Perez (CA) Kris Anka
Ring of Fire Part 1
Everybody's favorite X-couple is reunited! And boy, are they not happy about that... Kitty Pryde must send Rogue and Gambit on an undercover mission to find a group of kidnapped mutants. What they discover on this mission will shock them. But will it also bring them closer together...? It's a high-stakes adventure caper that only the two hottest X-Men can deliver!
Rated T+
Team CSSG is here with your final transmission for 2017! We hope everyone had a great holiday and be safe out there on the streets of the city on New Year's Eve. People get stupid. Be smart. Think. Enough life lessons, the future is just around the bend, kids--keep it weird! Thank you all so so much for your support this year! It means everything to us here at the MIGHTY ZANADU!
New Comic Book Day releases for comics shipping Wednesday, December 27th! Be sure to watch the new episode of Comics Should Smell Good on Wednesday morning for a full breakdown of this week's best books by your favorite comic monkeys in all of Internet Land!
(W) Bryan Hill (A/CA) Rhoald Marcellius
"THE MASK IS WHO YOU ARE"
In a near future, a sprawling megalopolis sees the rise of "Boneheads" parkour-gangs that use neuro-linked helmets to augment their abilities and live for the thrill of physical risk. As a gang war threatens to tear the city apart, a mysterious Bonehead rises, a man with no past that might be the key to saving the city's future. From writer BRYAN HILL (POSTAL) and artist RHOALD MARCELLIUS ( Marvel's Contest of Champions ) comes a story about technological and human revolution.
(W) Kurt Busiek (A/CA) John Paul Leon
In a world where Batman is only a comic book character, young Bruce Wainwright is starting to feel a surprising strength and power grow inside him...and after years of mourning the loss of his parents, that power feels good--intoxicating, even! The question is, to what use will he put it?
RATED T+
(W) Matthew Rosenberg (A) Leinil Francis Yu
She will return, like a Phoenix from the ashes.
Years ago, Jean Grey died and the X-Men mourned her. Since then, the world has changed, her teammates have lived without her and died without her. And now, when strange events start happening all over the world, those teammates can only come to one conclusion - the one true Jean Grey is back!
Rated T+
(W) Tom Scioli, John Barber (A/CA) Tom Scioli
Earth makes contact with an alien race-and G.I. JOE is on the front lines! But, when the Transformers arrive-well, let's just say you've never seen Transformers vs G.I. JOE like this! This oversized deluxe hardcover collects all 13 issues, including commentary and extras by creators Tom Scioli and John Barber! What happens if you let Tom Scioli design a massive hardcover collection of his insane, genre-bending, license-smashing, Hasbro-blessed epic? Buy and find out.
(W) Sholly Fisch (A/CA) Dario Brizuela
The Legion of Super Heroes' clubhouse is haunted-and the only one who can crack the case is that so-called "legendary ghost-hunter from history," Scooby-Doo. It's up to Scooby and the gang when the 31st Century heroes whisk them back to the future to solve the mystery of "The Ghost of Ferro Lad!"
RATED E
(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Gary Frank
DC and Watchmen characters collide at last! The story that began in DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1 comes to a thrilling and unexpected crescendo in the pages of this titanic twelve-issue series by the all-star team that brought you BATMAN: EARTH ONE and SHAZAM!
In this second chapter: The Dark Knight discovers another relic from the Watchmen world. Lex Luthor pays a devil's bargain. And killer clowns trek through Gotham seeking a madman.
RATED T+
Time is running short for all you last minute holiday shoppers out there in the Emerald City, but never fear, the mighty ZANADU has got your back! Our CLOSING SALE is still going on, which while unfortunate, means YOU get to save some money and find these comics a good home before it's too late! Hurry in today and find that special someone that special something! Even if it's yourself!
Full sale details on our event page
Buy local this Holiday season and thank you all for your support these past 42 years!!
Christmas has come early this year, baby!! Today sees the release of a gamma powered double punch of pure comic perfection in the form of NIGHT BUSINESS by Benjamin Marra and X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN by Ed Piskor!! First, get ready to cruise a neon wave of sleazy, 1980s themed hard core street walking sequentials in the NIGHT BUSINESS hardcover from Fantagraphics, (complete for the first time!) Then ready yourself for the hallowed recordings of the Watcher as he lays down time and space at your feet to give you the history of Marvel's mutants through pure cosmic knowledge in X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN! Of course there are all sorts of other good stuff this week, but new Marra and Piskor is true cause to celebrate!
Finally, may all our CSSG viewers have a great holiday season and thank you so much for watching the monkeys rant all year. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL FROM THE MIGHTY ZANADU!
New Comic Book Day releases for comics shipping Wednesday, December 20th! Be sure to watch the new episode of Comics Should Smell Good on Wednesday morning for a full breakdown of this week's best books by your favorite comic monkeys in all of Internet Land!
(W/A/CA) Ed Piskor
From Eisner award-winning creator Ed Piskor (Hip-Hop Family Tree) comes a thrilling new series chronicling all of X-Men history! X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN stitches together the most important moments in mutant history, creating a comprehensive narrative celebrating the X-Men's past, present, and future. The first in a trilogy, GRAND DESIGN returns to Charles Xavier's assembly of Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel, and Beast! A must for fans looking to brush up on their X-Men lore or as jumping-on point for Marvel's merry mutants.
Rated T+
This is gonna be the mother f'n mike drop on Marvel's Mutant world. Ed Piskor, the funkiest white man to ever come out of Pittsburgh, turns his talents to honoring the legacy and impact of one of the most enduring and popular franchises to ever come out of the House of Ideas. Perfect for new and old fans alike, prepare yourself for an adamantium laced love letter with undertones of optic blasts!!
(W/A/CA) Benjamin Marra
Night Business is a tale of street justice from the author of The Terror Assaulter. A killer is committing extreme acts of violence on exotic dancers and only one man has a will powerful enough to stop this psychopath: Johnny Timothy. 1980s trash culture is refracted through
Marra's brain to become a nasty brew about serial killers, vigilante strippers, and dangerous men raining street justice upon their enemies. This is the long-awaited collection of Marra's career-launching cult comic book series, including the never-published conclusion!
(W) Tini Howard (A/CA) Gilbert Hernandez
Dominic Prince and the Semester Abroad, Part 1 of 6. Dominic Price is a college-age kid who just wants to spend the semester making out with his boyfriend, Taylor, in between rounds of TurboLight Fighter and maintaining a solidly passable 3.2 GPA. His mom, Octavia, formerly a badass action-movie-quality bounty hunter, didn't pay his tuition, because she had to get back in the business and spend 40K on black market weapons and body armor. And she's bringing Dominic with her, because the alternative is making lattes for a semester, and he'd rather die. Good thing in mom's line of work, dying is an option.
• "It's a Kill Bill story in a Venture Brothers world! or better yet: Fun Home taking place on a backdrop of The Expendables."-Tini Howard, co-creator/writer
• Modern Family. Retro Sass. Highly Trained. To Kick your Ass. ASSASSINISTAS
• Eisner Hall of Fame Artist Gilbert Hernandez teams up with rising star writer Tini Howard (The Skeptics, Magdelena, Rick and Morty) for a full-octane action & family drama assault!
• Letter columns, interviews, previews, behind-the-panel-borders secrets & more!
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A/CA) Jim Cheung
The Fate of the Four Part 1
THE FOUR ARE NO MORE, SO TWO MUST DO! Something is very wrong with THE HUMAN TORCH and only THE THING can help him! It's the Marvel Universe reunion you've all been waiting for (well, HALF of it, at least!). Plus: What monumental secret has DOOM been hiding since the end of SECRET WARS, and how will it completely change the lives of Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm? PLUS: Includes 3 bonus MARVEL PRIMER PAGES!
Rated T
(W/A/CA) Matt Smith
The critically acclaimed Jim Henson's The Storyteller celebrates four mythic tales of fairies inspired by folklore from around the world and told in the spirit of Jim Henson's beloved television series.
In this first issue, rising newcomer Matt Smith (Lake of Fire, Barbarian Lord) reimagines the "The Elf Queen and the Shepherd," a tale of elven fairies in Iceland.
When a Fairy Princess is cursed to the human realm and cursed to bring death with her, Grettir the Strong must discover the source of the trouble and break her curse.
Upcoming issues will include stories by Benjamin Schipper, Tyler Jenkins, and Celia Lowenthal.
Praise for Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Giants: "An enjoyable read, nicely adapting both the classic show and folk tale, with very solid artwork." - Multiversity Comics
(W) Daniel Kibblesmith (A) Kano (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco
THE WORLD'S WORST SUPERHERO TEAM RETURNS IN AN EXPLOSIVE NEW ONGOING SERIES! This December, deeply alarming and untrustworthy writer Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and eyepopping artist Kano (Daredevil) give the Valiant Universe the adjective-worthy superheroes it deserves: QUANTUM AND WOODY!
Sometimes...you embrace your destiny. And sometimes...you and your troublemaking adopted brother find yourselves trapped in a scientific lab explosion that grants you $@&%ing awesome superpowers. As a result of their accident, Eric and Woody Henderson - aka Quantum and Woody - must "klang" their wristbands together every 24 hours or both dissipate into nothingness. Which makes superhero-ing pretty awkward when you're not on speaking terms at the moment. See, Eric has been keeping a pretty big secret: He knows who Woody's birth father really is...and where he's been hiding all these years.
With great power comes great sibling rivalry! This winter, you'll believe two men and one goat can split a one bedroom apartment and still be a credible threat to evil and injustice everywhere when QUANTUM AND WOODY make headlines and take names!
For four years, Zanadu has been hosting a monthly meeting of all things comic books entitled, "Discussions from the Longtable." Customers and employees would sit around the table and rant an rave about this or that while verging on sugar overdose from all the free candy. We did it as friends...as a family.
Tonight, this tradition comes to an end.
I forgot exactly who had the bright idea to start this thing where I work an extra 90 min on an already long day, but truly, when it comes down to it, I love nothing more than bullsh**ting about comics. I love connecting with customers on another level and sharing nto only our mutual joy of comics, but the energy that lies behind the covers. The joy of discovering that next big story that will linger in your memory forever.
It has been my absolute pleasure to share what knowledge I have onto those who were just starting their journey into the bizarre world of funny books and to develop these connections into friendships that will last long outside the doors of Zanadu. Thank you to everyone who hung out even when it was sometimes just three of us... and to Perry for providing us with mounds of sugar!
So be there TONIGHT at 6:30 for one more chance to eat lots of candy and rant an rave about comics!! Bring a friend!
-CASEY!
Located in the very heart of downtown Seattle, WA, we are full service comic book store with 46 years experience in not just selling comics, but finding stories that will live with you forever.
In January of 2018, Zanadu Comics closed the doors of its retail shop after 42 years. Please browse our selection of comic books and graphic novels digitally through our online storefront. Thank you to everyone who has supported the mighty Zanadu since 1975.
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