What is Local Comic Shop Day ®?
Local Comic Shop Day ® is a special annual day to call attention to locally owned independent comic book specialty stores, celebrating their vital role in being the primary fire-starters of pop culture.
Every participating shop is doing something a bit different, but most will have exclusive variant comics and volumes that you won’t find online or at any chain shops. You need to hit a participating local indy comic shop on the day to score these!
What items are being offered for sale?
The exclusive items for sale are listed below and also over at http://localcomicshopday.com/unique-items/
Some items will be super duper limited, so get in early to make sure you don’t miss out!!!!
We re going to have a massive back issue sale! Bring a wheelbarrow!
And we’ll have other specials on the day!
Can I ask for the exclusive items to be held or put aside for me to get on another day, or can I order online?
Nope, this day is all about rewarding you for getting into the comic shop. Any (if any) left over items will be available for online sales two days after the event.
LCSD 2019 KILLADELPHIA #1 IMAGE COMICS(W) Rodney Barnes (A/CA) Jason Shawn AlexanderSERIES PREMIERE! “SINS OF THE FATHER,” Part One-Featuring the show-stopping talents of SPAWN series artist JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER and the writer behind such hit shows as Wutang: An American Saga, Marvel’s Runaways, and Starz’s American Gods-RODNEY BARNES.When a small-town beat cop comes home to bury his murdered father-the revered Philadelphia detective James Sangster Sr.-he begins to unravel a mystery that leads him down a path of horrors that will shake his beliefs to their core. The city that was once the symbol of liberty and freedom has fallen prey to corruption, poverty, unemployment, brutality… and vampires.Welcome to KILLADELPHIA.
LCSD 2019 MMPR SHATTERED GRID BLIND BOXBOOM! STUDIOS(A) Various(LOW PRINT RUN – 500 COPIES)Lord Drakkon is taking over! The MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS SHATTERED GRID LCSD BLIND BOX will include (1) MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS SHATTERED GRID DLX HC, (1) MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #42 EXCLUSIVE LCSD VARIANT by Eleonora Carlini, and (2) randomized MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS or SABAN’S GO GO POWER RANGERS variants from past issues.
LCSD 2019 CROW HARK THE HERALD #1 SEELEYIDW PUBLISHING(W) Tim Seeley (A) Meredith Laxton (CA) Fei ChenEvery year a group of six people gathers for Christmas in a cabin in the far Northwoods of Wisconsin. But this isn’t your average bickering nuclear family. These are six of the most prolific killers in North America.Now, last year’s sins have risen from the grave, ready to deliver the gift of revenge. Guided by the Crow, Cecilia Rite will give six psychos a holiday hammer party.The Crow knows who has been naughty…
LCSD 2019 DCEASED HC – JOKER COVER(LOW PRINT RUN – 1400 COPIES)(W) Tom Taylor (A) Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Guadiano (CA) Francesco MattinaWhat happens to the World’s Finest if the world ends? With death spreading across the planet, who will live and who will turn in this apocalyptic tale of heroism, sacrifice and annihilation? Fighting time, each other and all of humanity, Earth’s greatest heroes must rally together for what may very well be their last chance to save the world from the most terrible plague humanity has ever seen. The Anti-Life Equation has been released and is ravaging the world at the viral speed of social media. Once exposed, victims lose their minds, violently attacking all around them. The heroes of Earth are fighting a losing battle to save the world… and themselves! Collects DCEASED issues #1-6 and DCEASED: A GOOD DAY TO DIE #1.
LCSD 2019 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #1DC COMICS(LOW PRINT RUN – 500 COPIES)(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Ryan Sook
LCSD 2019 ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #5 (OF 5) LCSD ARTIST VARIANTMarvelVenom and Carnage – To the Death!40 PGS./RATED T+DONNY CATESRYAN STEGMAN
LCSD 2019 NEW MUTANTS #1 ARTIST VARIANTMARVEL COMICS(LOW PRINT RUN – 1000 COPIES)(W) Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brisson (A) Rod ReisThe classic New Mutants (Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Mirage, Karma, Magik, and Cypher) get together with a few new friends (Chamber, Mondo) to seek out their missing member and share the good news… a mission that takes them into space alongside the Starjammers!
LCSD 2019 ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #5 (OF 5) VIRGIN VARIANT(LOW PRINT RUN – 600 COPIES)MarvelVenom and Carnage – To the Death!40 PGS./RATED T+DONNY CATESRYAN STEGMAN
LCSD 2019 INVADER ZIM TREASURY EDITIONONI PRESS INC.(W) Eric Trueheart (A) Maddie C. (CA) Krooked GlassesRelive the epic war of DarkPoop in this collection of issues 29 and 30 from the Oni Press comic series, Invader ZIM! After Dib spills Gaz’s limited edition DarkPoop Cola, he’s forced to find her a replacement. But every convenience store is sold out, and Dib gets involved in the gaseous world of Poopromancers, sworn enemies of the evil and terrifying Poopthulu. To defeat him, they’ll need the DarkPoop as well! (We say Poop a lot in this comic.)
LCSD 2019 MMPR YEAR ONE & TWO HC SETBOOM! STUDIOS(A) Various(LOW PRINT RUN – 750 COPIES)Limited to 750 units and back by popular demand, BOOM! Studios is reprinting both MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS YEAR ONE and YEAR TWO deluxe hardcover editions, featuring exclusive covers by fan favorite cover artist, Goni Montes. These exclusive hardcover editions will be shrink wrapped together as a bundle and can be sold together as a set or individually. They are the perfect gift for any Power Rangers fan and pair perfectly with the MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS SHATTERED GRID LCSD BLIND BOX
LCSD 2019 HAZEL & CHA CHA SAVE CHRISTMAS TALES UMBRELLA ACADEMYDARK HORSE COMICS(W) Gerard Way, Scott Allie (A) Tommy Lee EdwardsSPECIAL COVER BY BILL SIENKIEWICZHazel and Cha Cha-the bizarre assassins who first appear in Umbrella Academy: Dallas and blew audiences away in the Netflix series-track down a rogue time agent and cross paths with a plot to discredit Christmas!
LCSD 2019 SUPER DINOSAUR #1 SPECIAL EDITIONIMAGE COMICS(W) Robert Kirkman (A/CA) Jason HowardRobert Kirkman and Jason Howard’s SUPER DINOSAUR follows 10-year-old genius Derek Dynamo and his T-Rex best friend Super Dinosaur as they protect the planet against evil. This LCSD exclusive features characters from the animated show debuting on Amazon Prime Video October 6, and reprints SUPER DINOSAUR #1 and SUPER DINOSAUR ORIGIN SPECIAL.
LCSD 2019 OVER THE ROPES #1 (OF 5)MAD CAVE STUDIOS(W) Jay Sandlin (A) Antonello Cosentino (CA) Patrick MulhollandSNEAK PEAK – RELEASING EARLYHere’s your chance to catch Mad Cave’s Southern Fried wrestling story a month before the release with our Local Comic Shop Day exclusive variant by Patrick Mulholland!Step Over the Ropes and into 1990s wrestling. Set in a fictional world, Over the Ropes dives into sports entertainment’s biggest era. A young high-flyer named Jason Lynn goes off-script in a match to win the world title and sets the southern territory on fire as the face-painted wrestler, Phoenix.Jason’s battles between the ropes are only outperformed by his struggles outside the ring. First dates. Crooked promoters. Cage matches. Factions and families. No matter what problems smack him with a steel chair, Jason lives by his catchphrase: I. Will. Rise.
LCSD 2019 THESE SAVAGE SHORES TP VOL 01 GOLD EDITION VAULT COMICS(W) V. Ram (A) Sumit Kumar, Vittorio Astone (CA) Sumit KumarThis special Local Comic Shop Day exclusive collection comes with a special gold-foil filigree cover.Two centuries after the first European ship sailed to the Malabar Coast and made landfall at Calicut, The East India Company seeks to secure its future along the lucrative Silk Route, in the year 1766. An old evil now sails aboard a company ship, hoping to make a home in this new found land. But he will soon find that the ground along the Indus is an ancient one with daemons and legends far older than himself. Along These Savage Shores, where the days are scorched and the nights are full of teeth.
LCSD 2019 CATALYST PRIME SEVEN DAYS #1 (OF 7)ONI PRESS INC.(W) Gail Simone (A) José LuisCOVER BY BILL SIENKIEWICZ(LOW PRINT RUN – 1000 COPIES)DAY ONE: Lorena Payan was the first to realize a meteor was hurtling towards Earth two years ago. Now, she’s the first to realize the Earth is in danger once more from something equally cosmic but far more sinister. As dubbed by a mystery figure, the Obsidian Men begin appearing silently all over the globe, and our heroes Noble, Summit, and Accell join together to investigate.
SPECIAL #1TITAN COMICS(W) Jody Houser (A) Roberta Ingranata, Enrica Eren Angiolini1ST PART OF A CONNECTING COVERThis year we’re bringing the fans a Doctor Who Christmas Special… in comic form! Can the Doctor save Christmas? Is Santa a myth, a man, or a Time Lord? Are chimneys bigger on the inside?! Two-part festive fun from Jody Houser (Stranger Things, Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows).
LCSD 2019 DOCTOR WHO 13TH HOLIDAY SPECIAL #2TITAN COMICS(W) Jody Houser (A) Roberta Ingranata, Enrica Eren Angiolini2ND PART OF A CONNECTING COVERThis issue will be released a few weeks after Local Comic Shop Day®.This year we’re bringing the fans a Doctor Who Christmas Special… in comic form! Can the Doctor save Christmas? Is Santa a myth, a man, or a Time Lord? Are chimneys bigger on the inside?! Two-part festive fun from Jody Houser (Stranger Things, Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows).
THE WALKING DEAD: THE ALIEN – IMAGE COMICS -STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN -ART/COVER: MARCOS MARTIN -IN PRINT FOR THE FIRST TIME!Originally only available on PanelSyndicate.com, this special one-shot by Brian K. Vaughan (Saga) and Marcos Martin (The Private Eye, Barrier) features a story firmly set in THE WALKING DEAD comic book continuity.