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Outland Comics Newsletter: Outcries!
No.
67, Week of December 18, 2006
Welcome to another issue of Outcries! – I missed talking about this last week
– but you may have noticed a new face in the store in the past week or so –
Derek Peterson has joined the Outland Comics staff to give a hand during our
busier times for the next few weeks. Derek’s not a stranger to Idaho Falls or
to Outland Comics – so when you see him say hello or welcome him back!
There’s more Civil War titles arriving this week (highlighted
in Bold below) – plus the latest Lone Ranger #3, Ion #9, Punisher
#42 (MR), and Warhammer 40k #1!
Garrett Brinker’s back with more Magic
the Gathering reviews and insight, Clifton provides
his insight with another “pick of the week” – and there’s the usual
selection of Trade Paperbacks and Variant Covers! Let’s go:
Clif’s “Pick of the Week”: Justice League of America #4. It’s going
to be safe to assume that JL of A will be one of the big sellers for the next
while, but with issue #4 the party really starts getting good. We see some
great stuff from the would-be-leaguers (because they’re still not a full team
yet) that I haven’t seen done yet (Vixen flying with other birds? Didn’t know
her powers went that far) and we finally see who the big bad villain behind
everything is. And just to make you salivate more, it’s not Luthor
and it’s not what you would expect even if you did know who it was. So far,
this series has impressed me more than I thought possible and it’s only looking
up from here.
Magic the Gathering - Reviews and Insights! With Garrett Brinker: Welcome! This week we will delve into the realm of nature, treefolk, elves, and druids. Green is the color of choice
this week. Green is traditionally the realm of your consistent well costed creatures and, mana
acceleration. The typical strategies for green players are to hit hard with big
creatures very quickly or make your smaller creatures huge when they hit. This
is called “aggro”. Decks build around this
idea typically incorporate both acceleration and explosive growth on creatures.
For example one of my favorite first game plays is to play a forest and then
play “Lanowar Elves”, which is a 1/1 creature
that has the ability “tap: Add 1 green mana to your mana pool” this allows you to have 3 mana
on your third turn while your opponent will probably only have 2 available.
This gives you lots more options and weapons at your disposal early on. This
also allows you to cast your bigger creatures before your opponents can
effectively deal with them.
Green is the
most highly played “second” color in a deck because there are so many tools
available to get mana faster than your opponent and
to get the colors you need. Green usually allows you to draw mana from different color groups. For example “Birds of
Paradise” a 0/1 flying creature for 1 green gives you the ability “Tap: add
1 mana of any color to your mana
pool.” This gives you huge flexibility.
Traditional
green cards include “Regeneration”, “Rampant Growth”, “Giant
Growth”, “Grizzly Bears”. Some of my recent favorites are “Sakura
Tribe Elder” (which has been called one of the best creatures of all time) “Tooth
and Nail”, “Siege Worm” and “Utopia Sprawl”. Until next time!
Holiday
Gift Ideas! What
do the people on your Christmas list want? Why Comics of course! Or Statues,
Action Figures, Posters, T-Shirts, Trade Paperbacks, Hardcover and Graphic
Novels, and more! Get in early for the best selection!
What’s
New This Week: DrawerBoxes – we’ve
got another shipment of these durable, stackable comic storage units coming in
– hopefully by the end of the week!!
Looking
for that special stocking stuffer?
– How about a Giant Microbe? These unique plush dolls are based on
actual microbes only millions of times larger! Who wouldn’t love a little
Common Cold, Kissing Disease, Flu, or Athletes Foot for Christmas!
Stuff
on Hold – to all
customers who have placed items on hold – please make an effort to pick up all
of the items we have for you before the first of the year. Your efforts are
greatly appreciated.
Mailbox
Customers – If
you haven’t been in the store in the last few weeks – please stop by to pick up
the items in your box if possible. Thanks! We appreciate it!
Looking for some
Christmas Cheer? – Check out the Giant Outland Comics
Back Issue Blowout sale going on now! 100’s of BACK ISSUES at
60% OFF! 1,000 of BACK ISSUES at 75% OFF!! You won’t want to miss
it!!!
Plus - Check out the
attached Outland Comics Calendar of Holiday Specials! - Specially Selected ways to save
throughout December!
That’s about it for this
week Happy Reading! Don’t forget to visit us
at Outlandcomics.com
Attention: SPORTS FANS! - “Turn
back the Clock Card of the Week” promotion! Stop in each week
throughout the NFL season for an exclusive Topps rookie card of a different NFL
player. These are all limited edition cards and only available in
Southeastern Idaho and the surrounding area through Outland Comics with
any store purchase [limits apply!]. We also still have the
first five card “Topps Turn Back the Clock”
packs available! – for just 5 cents!
Also arriving this Week:
Trade
Paperbacks & Hard Covers!
300 HC $30.00
How To Self Publish Comics #1 (of 4) $4.95
Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 3 HC
$29.99
Wolverine by Claremont & Miller Premiere HC Variant
Edition $19.99
Batman Fortunate Son SC $14.95
Magazines!
Beckett Baseball Jan 2007 #262 $4.99
Beckett Basketball Jan 2007 #198 $4.99
Wizard Comics Mag Ramos Art Cover
#184 $5.99
Wizard Comics Magazine Spider-Man 3 Montage Cover #1 $5.99
Newtype English Edition Jan 2007 $12.98
Statues!
SWPM Darth Maul Mini Bust $50.00
Variant
Covers and One Shots!
Forgotten Realms Crystal Shard Seeley Cover A #3 $4.95
Forgotten Realms Crystal Shard Walpole Cover B #3 $8.95
Bakers Meet Jingle Belle (One Shot) $2.99
Civil War War Crimes One Shot
$3.99
Freshmen Vol. 2 Panoramic Cover $2.99
John Woos Seven Brothers Amano Cover #3$2.99
John Woos Seven Brothers Horn Cover #3 $2.99
Lady Death Shi Preview Attack Cover $5.99
Warhammer 40k PX Variant Cover #1 $2.99
Books Arriving Wednesday, December 20, 2006
52 WEEK
#33 $2.50 [Outland customers need to note that DC has
indicated there’ll be NO REORDERS and NO PLANS for a TRADE PAPERBACK with any
of the 52 titles! Check with us now if you want to make sure to get future
issues!]
AQUAMAN
SWORD OF ATLANTIS #47 $2.99
AVENGERS
EARTHS MIGHTIEST HEROES II #4 (OF 8) $3.99
BATMAN
LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #213 $2.99
BAKERS
MEET JINGLE BELLE (ONE SHOT) $2.99
BATTLESTAR
GALACTICA ZAREK #1 $3.50
BIRDS OF
PREY #101 $2.99
CABLE
DEADPOOL #35 $2.99
CATWOMAN
#62 $2.99
CHECKMATE
#9 $2.99
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #9 (OF 11) $2.99
CIVIL WAR WAR CRIMES ONE SHOT $3.99
CONAN #35
(MR) $2.99
CRIMINAL
#3 (MR) $2.99
DARKMAN VS
ARMY OF DARKNESS #2 (OF 4) $3.50
DARKNESS
LEVEL 0 $2.99
DEADMAN #5
(MR) $2.99
ELEPHANTMEN
#5 $2.99
FABLES #56
(MR) $3.50
FANTASTIC FOUR #541 CW $2.99
FORGOTTEN
REALMS CRYSTAL SHARD SEELEY COVER A #3 $4.95
FORGOTTEN
REALMS CRYSTAL SHARD WALPOLE COVER B #3 $8.95
FRIENDLY
NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #15 $2.99
FRESHMEN
VOL 2 #2 $2.99
FRESHMEN
VOL 2 PANORAMIC COVER $2.99
GHOST IN
THE SHELL 1.5 HUMAN ERROR PROCESSOR #3 $2.99
GI JOE
SPECIAL MISSIONS ANTARCTICA $4.95
HELLBLAZER
#227 (MR) $2.99
HIGHLANDER
#2 $2.99
ION #9 (OF
12) $2.99
IRON MAN #14 CW $2.99
IRON MAN CAPTAIN AMERICA CASUALTIES OF WAR ONE SHOT CW $3.99
JOHN WOOS
SEVEN BROTHERS AMANO COVER #3$2.99
JOHN WOOS
SEVEN BROTHERS HORN COVER #3 $2.99
LADY DEATH
SHI PREVIEW ATTACK COVER $5.99
LONE
RANGER #3 $2.99
MAINTENANCE
#1 (MR) $3.50
MAN CALLED
KEV #5 (OF 5) (MR) $2.99
MARVEL
ADVENTURES AVENGERS #8 $2.99
MS MARVEL
#10 $2.99
NEGATIVE BURN
#7 (MR) $5.99
NEW
AVENGERS #26 $2.99
NEW
AVENGERS ILLUMINATI #1 (OF 5) $2.99
OMEGA MEN
#3 (OF 6) $2.99
PIRATES OF
CONEY ISLAND #3 (OF 8) $2.99
PUNISHER
#42 (MR) $2.99
RAMAYAN
3392 AD #4 $2.99
RED MENACE
#2 (OF 6) $2.99
RED SONJA
#17 $2.99
SABRINA
VOL 2 #81 $2.25
SCOOBY DOO
#115 $2.25
SECRET SIX
#6 (OF 6) $2.99
SENSATIONAL
SPIDER-MAN #33 $2.99
SHADOWPACT
#8 $2.99
SHE-HULK 2
#14 $2.99
SIMPSONS
COMICS #125 $2.99
SPIKE
ASYLUM #4 (OF 5) $3.99
SUPERMAN
BATMAN #22 $2.99
TEEN
TITANS #42 $2.99
TEXAS CHAINSAW
MASSACRE #2 (MR) $2.99
THUNDERBOLTS
#109 $2.99
TRANSFORMERS
ESCALATION #2 $3.99
TRANSFORMERS
SPOTLIGHT SIX SHOT $3.99
ULTIMATE
SPIDER-MAN #103 $2.99
UNION JACK
#4 (OF 4) $2.99
URSA
MINORS #4 $2.95
WALK-IN #1
$2.99
WARHAMMER
40K #1 $2.99
WARHAMMER 40K
PX VARIANT COVER #1 $2.99
WASTELAND
#5 (MR) $2.99
WILDCATS
#1$2.99
X-MEN
FIRST CLASS #4 (OF 8) $2.99
Y THE LAST
MAN #52 (MR) $2.99
ZOMBIE #4
(OF 4) (MR) $3.99
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The Outland Comics Staff
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