Week 18, 2024: Hello World! It's been a while, I've been incredibly busy with other stuff going on but have some exciting new plans underway for my store and beyond so stay tuned A slightly light week on purchases for me so I've left out my regular weekly breakdown this time around

What I'm selling this week:

Blood Hunt: Red Band Edition #1 1:25 Leinil Francis Yu Bloody Homage Variant

Solicitation:  

THE BLOODIEST MARVEL EVENT EVER! The skies have gone dark, the sun hiding its face from the carnage to come. The children of the night, the vampires, have risen from the dark and hidden places of the world as one to drown the Marvel Universe in blood. Earth's final night has fallen — can even the heroes of this doomed world stem the tide of blood that is to come? Join the AVENGERS, BLADE, BLOODLINE, SPIDER-MAN, HUNTER'S MOON, TIGRA, DOCTOR STRANGE and CLEA as the dance of death begins in BLOOD HUNT #1!

THERE WILL BE (MORE) BLOOD! EXPANDED AND UNEXPURGATED — AND POLYBAGGED FOR YOUR PROTECTION — THE RED BAND EDITION OF BLOOD HUNT #1 CONTAINS ADDITIONAL PAGES OF UNEXPURGATED MATERIAL THAT ARE TOO EXPLICIT FOR THE REGULAR EDITION!

Additional Notes:

• 1:25 Incentive Variant cover art by Leinil Francis Yu 

• 1st team appearance of Bloodcoven: Smoke Eater, Bloodstorm One, Damascene, Megrim, Cruel, Unusual

• book is in Near Mint Condition, unopened, unread 

• images are high res scans of the copy for sale

• repeat buyers receive 1 mystery comic per order

• Firstly, let me say how excited I've been for this ever since it was announced what's more, a knock-out team of McKay and Larraz on art was more than enough to get me counting down the days. Secondly, the fact this is series will feature an ultra-violent red band version with entirely new panels and pages, my curiosity and anticipation was at boiling point. Add in that we will be getting a first appearance of the Bloodcoven, which if you've seen the character designs in advance of this will get you into a frenzy. Marvel have been quietly building their vamp-verse base in recent times and this will be a welcome addition since all you've really got in that area is Dracula... Given the success of The Marvel Zombies I see no reason why this couldn't go down as a hit, from my point of view the genuine threat to the heroes who feature in comics becomes much more acute when you incorporate a tried and tested horror genre that exists outside of the industry. With the increasingly sanitised, corporate, mainstream direction Marvel has been going in recent times, it's a real thrill to see them flirting with the hardcore side of action and if the aforementioned sea- change continues you can bet this comic will be sought after. Building on this, It does appear that the extra retail price for the Red-Band version may have put off some stores off, combine this with the appetite for a darker edge this has seemingly sold out already.  Lastly, it looks like the each Red-Band issue of this series will homage a famous horror cover from the days of yore. What a pick for issue one! Which references the brutal Crimesuspense Stories #22 from 1954 (a fan favourite, pre-code comic among collectors with a few quid to spare). This one has already caught the attention of the crowd with it sold out already on eBay and stores alike, prices for this book are looking like surging in the coming days          

• shipping & packaging* - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

        Shipping:

• free mainland shipping on orders of £35.00 or higher, Tracking option available on books £20.00 or higher (please contact me to let me know if you would like your item signed for, otherwise I will send discount) 

• Royal Mail 2nd Class delivery corrugated comic mailer, bound and taped with 2 calcium buffered comic backers  extra safe and secure!        

         Packaging:

• I use re-sealable sleeves to ensure that comic bags aren't ripped or damaged when opening, mitigating any potential stress to the book

• all new comics come with sleeves and boards that have been purchased in the last 3 months both new and older books have been stored cleanly and safely in short boxes   

• backing boards have been hand-cut to size and are calcium coated with a weight of 500g offering better protection than the standard boards sold

• any questions, additional info or images required then please do hit me up!  

• if you like what you're seeing check out what else I have on sale in my online store which is updated weekly