The Big B Anniversary Sale is coming!
Posted 9/05/2009

Greetings once again, comic lovers! You're here with the Big B crew as we take a gander at some of the must read titles of the week. But before we get into that, the Big B Anniversary sale is coming! September 12-13th! Make sure to stop on by and check out some of our awesome deals. Back issues will be 50% off! Trades and Manga? Buy 3 and get the 4th free! We've even added 25 longboxes of prime grade comics to our $1.99 bins! Free BBQ! Many other great deals! Excessive use of exclamation points! So remember to stop in and sample the great deals. You may even see a superhero or two!

Also remember that Big B Comics will be closed on Monday September 7th for Labour Day.

Marvel may not have had the biggest week of the summer, but they more than make up for it in quality.The second issue of Ultimate Spider-Man dropped, with the title going even further beyond its original retelling of classic stories, with Spidey being liked for once by the public and continuing his relationship with Gwen Stacy over MJ. So not only is he no longer married to MJ in the 616 universe, he's not even dating her in the Ultimate one either! Tough luck, MJ. The Strange Tales miniseries came out of left field with an allstar cast of writers and artists; as the likes of Jason, Paul Pope and Johnny Ryan take a crack at the Marvel characters. This miniseries anthology was far better than expected and should be on every Marvel fan's pull list. Brubaker's Incognito series came to a conclusion as Zack Overkill finally learns his true origins and makes a decision on whether to be a hero or a villain. This miniseries could definitely be an amazing ongoing, but alas, Brubaker only has enough time to do Criminal or Incognito, but not both. And finally, the Marvel Zombies make their return in Marvel Zombies: Return in one of the more gutwrenching issues ever! A good read for all the zombie fans out there, though I am sure many of you are feeling the loss of Robert Kirkman as the writer from the first two series.

DC had a bit of a lowkey week as well. Two new miniseries kicked off this week; Red Tornado and Magog. Not exactly the A-list when it comes to characters, but for fans of the characters, these are pretty entertaining reads if not all that deep. Batman on the otherhand, was a great read as Dick continues to step into the role of Batman and sets us up for a classic encounter between Dick and Two-Face who was the first memorable villain for the boy wonder.

Image brought us the fourth issue of Chew, which took the crazy idea of a detective getting detectives by eating pieces of the crime scene and took it past 11. Chew is a great series that can't be recommended enough. Where else can you find a comic where a FDA agent eats the cremated ashes of a senator? Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire is a new series about a boy with antlers and deer ears being raised in the deep woods. An intriguing series and with the first issue only being a dollar, you can't go wrong.

Despite the small week of new single issues this week, trade readers got all they could ever want. DC readers got Baman Gotham After Midnight in softcover, Superman New Krypton HC and JSA Vol 5 HC. The New Krypton and Black Adam storylines are some of the best DC stories to come out as of late. Fans of 52 will be glad to see a conclusion to the sad story of Black Adam and Isis, while Superman fans get to see Superman in an all new way as he interacts with a growing Kryptonian population on Earth! Brian Wood's dystopian series; DMZ has its seventh volume hit the shelf as well. The surprise hit Wonderful Wizard of Oz had a hardcover release this week as well. Great writing with some amazing art that fits well with the setting make this series a can't miss.

Well, that's all the time we have for now. This is the Big B crew signing off reminding you that; "if you are running out of room to store your comics, find creative solutions, like using longboxes as furniture!"


Shipping this week 9/2
Posted 9/01/2009

AGENTS OF ATLAS #10
ARMY OF DARKNESS #24
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #18
AUTHORITY #14
BATMAN #690
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #33
BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #197
BLACK PANTHER 2 #8
BOYS #34 (MR) 
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #28 CHEN CVR
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #28 JEANTY CVR
CABLE #18
CARS RADIATOR SPRINGS #1 
CHEW #4 (MR)
DARING MYSTERY COMICS #1 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL
DEAD #4 KINGDOM OF FLIES (MR)
DEAD ROMEO #6 (OF 6)
DEADPOOL #15
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #3 (OF 24)
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #3
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #3 VIRGIN SMITH INCV
EXILES #6
FALL OUT TOY WORKS #1 (OF 5)
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH RUN #5 (OF 6)
GHOST RIDERS HEAVENS ON FIRE #2 (OF 6)
GOOD THE BAD & THE UGLY #3
GREEK STREET #3 (MR)
HERCULES KNIVES OF KUSH #2 (OF 5) A CVR MARKO
HOUSE OF M MASTERS OF EVIL #2 (OF 4)
I AM LEGION #5 (OF 6) (MR)
IMMORTAL WEAPONS #2 (OF 5)
INCOGNITO #6 (MR)
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #17
IRON MAN ARMOR WARS #2 (OF 4)
IRREDEEMABLE #6
JONAH HEX #47
JUSTICE LEAGUE CRY FOR JUSTICE #3 (OF 7)
LOONEY TUNES #178
LUKE CAGE NOIR #2 (OF 4)
MAGOG #1
MAGOG #1 VAR ED
MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN #1
MERCY SPARX #4 (OF 3) CHUCK BB CVR B
MYSTIC COMICS #1 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL
NORTH 40 #3 (OF 6)
NORTHLANDERS #20 (MR)
OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE #9
PROOF #23
RED TORNADO #1 (OF 6)
ROBERT E HOWARD THULSA DOOM #1
SAVAGE DRAGON #152
SCOURGE OF GODS FALL #3 (OF 3) (MR)
SOLOMON GRUNDY #7 (OF 7) (BLACKEST NIGHT)
STAR WARS INVASION #3 (OF 5)
STARR THE SLAYER #1 (OF 4) (MR)
STRANGE ADVENTURES #7 (OF 8)
STRANGE TALES #1 (OF 3) (MR)
SUPERGIRL ANNUAL #1
SWEET TOOTH #1 (MR)
TORCH #1 (OF 8)
TRANSFORMERS BEST O/T UK PREY #2 (OF 5)
TROJAN WAR #5 (OF 5)
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #2
VERONICA #196
WEDNESDAY COMICS #9 (OF 12)
WITCHFINDER IN THE SERVICE OF ANGELS #3 (OF 5)

YOUNG LIARS #18 (MR)

ABSOLUTE V FOR VENDETTA HC (MR)
ANGEL BLOOD AND TRENCHES TP VOL 01
BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT TP
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ORIGINS STARBUCK & HELO TP 
CARS ROOKIE TP
DC LIBRARY JLA BY GEORGE PEREZ HC VOL 01
DMZ TP VOL 07 WAR POWERS (MR)
ESSENTIAL SUB-MARINER TP VOL 01
GI JOE ORIGINS TP VOL 01
HULK GRAY PREM HC
INCREDIBLES FAMILY MATTERS TP
INVINCIBLE PRESENTS ATOM EVE COLLECTED ED
JSA HC VOL 05 BLACK ADAM AND ISIS
LETS FIND POKEMON RUBY & SAPPHIRE SC 
MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD TP HERO UP DIGEST HERO CVR
MARVEL ZOMBIES ARMY OF DARKNESS TP
NEW AVENGERS REUNION PREM HC
PATRICIA BRIGGS MERCY THOMPSON HOMECOMING HC
SPIDER-MAN 24-7 PREM HC
SPIDER-MAN SINISTER SIX PREM HC
SPY VS SPY TP DANGER INTRIGUE STUPIDITY
SPY VS SPY TP MASTERS OF MAYHEM 
SPY VS SPY TP MISSIONS OF MADNESS 
STAR TREK ARCHIVES TP VOL 06 BEST OF ALTERNATE UNIVERSES
STITCHES HC
SUPERGIRLS HISTORY OF COMIC BOOK HEROINES SC 
SUPERMAN NEW KRYPTON HC VOL 02
TEX ART OF MARK TEXEIRA DLX HC
WOLVERINE AND POWER PACK TP WILD PACK DIGEST
WONDERFUL WIZARD OZ HC
ZOMNIBUS GN VOL 01

BIG ADVENTURES OF MAJOKO GN VOL 02 (OF 5)
BLEACH TP VOL 28 
CAT BURGLER BLACK GN
FOUR EYED PRINCE GN VOL 01 (MR) 
GANKUTSUOU GN VOL 03 
GHOST HUNT GN VOL 10
GIN TAMA TP VOL 14 
HIGH SCHOOL DEBUT GN VOL 11 
HONEY & CLOVER GN VOL 07 
KUROHIME TP VOL 13 
LOVE COM TP VOL 14 
MAID WAR CHRONICLE GN VOL 02 
MIXED VEGETABLES GN VOL 05 
MONKEY HIGH GN VOL 07 
NANA TP VOL 18 (MR) 
NINJA GIRLS GN VOL 01 (MR) 
PASTEL GN VOL 14 (MR) 
PUMPKIN SCISSORS GN VOL 05 
RASETSU GN VOL 02 
SA GN VOL 12
SAND CHRONICLES GN VOL 06
SAYONARA ZETSUBO SENSEI GN VOL 03
SECRET SATURDAYS GN VOL 01 
SHAMAN KING TP VOL 24 
SILENT MOBIUS COMPLETE ED GN VOL 01
ST DRAGON GIRL GN VOL 04 
SUZUKA GN VOL 12 (MR)\
TEGAMI BACHI GN VOL 01 
WE WERE THERE GN VOL 06
WHISTLE TP VOL 23 
YOKAI DOCTOR GN VOL 02 (MR) 


It’s the weekend, where will you be going?
Posted 8/28/2009

The correct answer to that should be the Fan Expo in Toronto! The Big B Crew is setting up at the show, so drop on by and check out some of our fabulous deals. 50% off our bins! 10% off Mylars and don’t even think about not trying out our comics by the pound deal. But enough of conventions, let’s talk about what came out this week.

 Marvel had another massive week with titles coming from all over the Marvel universe. Some of the standout titles this week are Deadpool, Secret Warriors, Nova and New Avengers. Deadpool is being pushed out by Marvel at an incredible rate, even faster than Amazing Spider-Man. But despite coming out every week, the art and writing still remain topnotch for fans of action and comedy. Nova deals with the fallout of War Of Kings crossover and helps usher into a new era for the Nova corps as they rebuild. Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Warriors is still one of the best titles to come from Marvel, with this issue shaping up for a confrontation between the Nick Fury and Osborn. The Hulk family all landed this week as well, with Incredible Hulk, Hulk and Son of Hulk While Hulk and Son of Hulk are middle of the lane average, we’ve got high expectations for Greg Pak’s Incredible Hulk as Skarr and Bruce Banner team up to prepare the eventual fight with the Hulk. Fantastic Four kicked off this week with Dale Eaglesham as the new artist. With his Reed Richards more Indiana Jones than meek scientist, an interesting start to a very Reed Richards focused arc.

DC definitely brought the wow factor with them this week as well. Grant Morrison’s All-Star Batman #3 lead the charge with a fantastic issue by Morrison featuring an interesting pig man dance. But that’s not all the Batman love this week. Kevin Smith returns with a great first issue of Batman The Widening Gyre, set before the events of RIP. The return of the Flash continues as we get a nice battle issue between the Reverse Flash and the many Flashes. Green Lantern delivers another strong issue as the Sinestro Corps and Star Sapphires duke it out. And finally, Gotham City Sirens with its amazing art by Guillem March gives us a surprisingly good issue with the focus on the Riddler.

 Another surprise of this week was King City #1 by Tokyopop, which appears to be a reissue of the original first volume in singles.

 Great reads for trade fans as well this week. The fifth volume of the Iron Fist series makes a splash with its hardcover release. Covering the Eight City of Heaven arc, Duane Swa-ah I give up has done a great job of picking up where Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker left off. Mutant lovers got the second volume of X-Force in softcover while the complete Messiah War crossover has been collected into one hardcover volume. World of Warcraft fans get two doses of their favourite franchise as volume 1 hits in softcover and volume 2 hits in hardcover.

Well, that’s all the time we have this week. This is the Big B Crew signing off reminding you to drop by the Big B booth at the Fan Expo this weekend.


It’s the weekend, where will you be going?
Posted 8/28/2009

 

The correct answer to that should be the Fan Expo in Toronto! The Big B Crew is setting up at the show, so drop on by and check out some of our fabulous deals. 50% off our bins! 10% off Mylars and don’t even think about not trying out our comics by the pound deal. But enough of conventions, let’s talk about what came out this week.

 

Marvel had another massive week with titles coming from all over the Marvel universe. Some of the standout titles this week are Deadpool, Secret Warriors, Nova and New Avengers. Deadpool is being pushed out by Marvel at an incredible rate, even faster than Amazing Spider-Man. But despite coming out every week, the art and writing still remain topnotch for fans of action and comedy. Nova deals with the fallout of War Of Kings crossover and helps usher into a new era for the Nova corps as they rebuild. Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Warriors is still one of the best titles to come from Marvel, with this issue shaping up for a confrontation between the Nick Fury and Osborn. The Hulk family all landed this week as well, with Incredible Hulk, Hulk and Son of Hulk While Hulk and Son of Hulk are middle of the lane average, we’ve got high expectations for Greg Pak’s Incredible Hulk as Skarr and Bruce Banner team up to prepare the eventual fight with the Hulk. Fantastic Four kicked off this week with Dale Eaglesham as the new artist. With his Reed Richards more Indiana Jones than meek scientist, an interesting start to a very Reed Richards focused arc.

 

DC definitely brought the wow factor with them this week as well. Grant Morrison’s All-Star Batman #3 lead the charge with a fantastic issue by Morrison featuring an interesting pig man dance. But that’s not all the Batman love this week. Kevin Smith returns with a great first issue of Batman The Widening Gyre, set before the events of RIP. The return of the Flash continues as we get a nice battle issue between the Reverse Flash and the many Flashes. Green Lantern delivers another strong issue as the Sinestro Corps and Star Sapphires duke it out. And finally, Gotham City Sirens with its amazing art by Guillem March gives us a surprisingly good issue with the focus on the Riddler.

 

Another surprise of this week was King City #1 by Tokyopop, which appears to be a reissue of the original first volume in singles.

 

Great reads for trade fans as well this week. The fifth volume of the Iron Fist series makes a splash with its hardcover release. Covering the Eight City of Heaven arc, Duane Swa-ah I give up has done a great job of picking up where Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker left off. Mutant lovers got the second volume of X-Force in softcover while the complete Messiah War crossover has been collected into one hardcover volume. World of Warcraft fans get two doses of their favourite franchise as volume 1 hits in softcover and volume 2 hits in hardcover.

 

Well, that’s all the time we have this week. This is the Big B Crew signing off reminding you to drop by the Big B booth at the Fan Expo this weekend.


Shipping this week 8/26
Posted 8/25/2009

28 DAYS LATER #1
ANITA BLAKE LC NECROMANCER #4 (OF 5) (MR)
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #27
BART SIMPSON COMICS #49
BATMAN AND ROBIN #3
BATMAN AND ROBIN #3 VAR ED
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #8
BATMAN WIDENING GYRE #1 
BETA RAY BILL GODHUNTER #3 
BETTY & VERONICA #243
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #7
BLACKEST NIGHT TITANS #1
BLACKEST NIGHT TITANS #1 VAR ED
BONEYARD #28 
BOYS HEROGASM #4 
BUCK ROGERS #3
CITIZEN REX #2
DARK AVENGERS #8 BAINCHI VAR DAX
DARK AVENGERS #8 DAX
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #5 DKR
DARK REIGN SINISTER SPIDER-MAN #3 DKR
DARK TOWER THE FALL OF GILEAD #4
DARK WOLVERINE #77 DKR
DARK X-MEN BEGINNING #3 DAX
DARKNESS PITT #1 KEOWN CVR A
DEADPOOL #14
DETECTIVE COMICS #856
DOCTOR WHO COLD-BLOODED WAR
DYNAMO 5 #24
FANTASTIC FOUR #570
FANTASTIC FOUR #570 EAGLESHAM MR FANTASTIC VAR
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH INK #4
FLASH REBIRTH #4 
FLASH REBIRTH #4 VAR ED
FRANK FRAZETTAS SORCERER FRAZETTA CVR A
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #3
GREEN LANTERN #45
GREEN LANTERN #45 VAR ED
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #41 CVR A CAMPBELL
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #17
HALO HELLJUMPER #2
HULK #14
HULK #14 CHURCHILL VAR
HULK #14 MCGUINNESS RED SHE-HULK VAR
IMPALER #4
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #133
INCREDIBLE HULK #601
INCREDIBLE HULK #601 70TH FRAME GOLDEN VAR
INCREDIBLE HULK #601 MCGUINNESS VAR
INCREDIBLES #0
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #153
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #30
KILLAPALOOZA #4 (OF 6)
KING CITY #1
LAST DAYS OF ANIMAL MAN #4 
MADAME XANADU #14
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #54
MS MARVEL #44 DKR
MUPPET SHOW TREASURE OF PEG LEG WILSON #2
NEW AVENGERS #56 DKR
NEW MUTANTS #4
NOVA #28
PHANTOM GENERATIONS #4 
PREDATOR #2 
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS CHAPTER TWO #2
RED CIRCLE THE SHIELD #1
RED SONJA #47
REX MUNDI DH ED #19
RIFTWAR #3
RUNAWAYS 3 #13
SCALPED #31
SECRET WARRIORS #7
SHERLOCK HOLMES #4 
SKRULL KILL KREW #4 
SON OF HULK #14
SONIC UNIVERSE #7
SPIN ANGELS #1 
STAR WARS DARK TIMES #14 
STAR WARS LEGACY #39 
STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS CHUN LI #4 A CVR DOGAN
STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS CHUN LI #4 B CVR LEE
SUPERMAN #691
SUPERMANS PAL JIMMY OLSEN SPECIAL #2
TALES OF TMNT #61
TEEN TITANS #74
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 #4 
UNKNOWN #4
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #11 
USAGI YOJIMBO #122
WEDNESDAY COMICS #8
WILDCATS #14
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #18
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #39
WONDER WOMAN #35
X-FORCE #18
X-MEN FOREVER #6
ZERO KILLER #4 

ZMD ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION #5 

A D NEW ORLEANS AFTER DELUGE GN
AUTHORITY WORLDS END TP BOOK 01
AVENGERS INITIATIVE PREM HC DISASSEMBLED
CABLE TP VOL 02 WAITING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
GHOST RIDER TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS TP
IMMORTAL IRON FIST PREM HC VOL 05  ESCAPE FROM EIGHTH CITY
JENNIFERS BODY HC
MMW INCREDIBLE HULK TP VOL 01
MUPPET SHOW TP
NEW AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 11 SEARCH FOR SORCERER SUPREME
SECRET SIX UNHINGED TP
SHOWCASE PRESENTS ECLIPSO TP
SPARROW HC VOL 12 SERGIO TOPPI
STUFFED GN
TALES FROM WONDERLAND TP 
TRANSFORMERS BEST O/T UK OMNIBUS
TRINITY TP VOL 02
UGLYDOLL CHILLY CHILLY ICE BAT HC 
UNCANNY X-MEN SISTERHOOD TP
WORLD OF WARCRAFT HC VOL 02
WORLD OF WARCRAFT TP VOL 01
X-FORCE CABLE MESSIAH WAR HC
X-FORCE TP VOL 02 OLD GHOSTS

COLOR EARTH GN VOL 03 COLOR OF HEAVEN
DOMO GN
DOT HACK SIGN GU GN VOL 05
DRAGON BALL CHAPTER BOOK VOL 01 ADVENTURE BEGINS 
DRAGONBALL VIZBIG ED GN VOL 05
FUTURE DIARY GN VOL 03 
GANTZ TP VOL 06 
MARIA HOLIC GN VOL 01 
OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 33 
PONYO ON THE CLIFF BY THE SEA GN VOL 03
PONYO ON THE CLIFF BY THE SEA GN VOL 04
TAKERU OPERA SUSANOH SWORDS O/T DEVIL GN VOL 02
WARCRAFT LEGENDS GN VOL 05