Recently I was in a LCS, looking for an issue that I had somehow inadvertently missed. (Starlord #4, really good series) Anyways, I scrolled through the wall and there were no annihilation issues on the wall at all. I asked the counter jockey. He procedes to snort in disgust at me and walk over and thumb through the back issue bin. He pulls out the issue (with this stores standard $ .50 back issue markup) I mentioned that the week came out less than a month ago. Annihilation Conquest #1 wasn’t even out yet. He says it’s been 2 weeks, so it goes in the bin.

Does this seem right to you guys? how long before an issue goes in the bin? the other somewhat local store waits until the week after the next issue comes out (so roughly 5 weeks for most issues) with exceptions like 52 where I don’t think they ever moved the issues to the back issue bin. So, what does you Local Comic Shop do? What do you prefer?

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I tried posting preview pages for a couple weeks. Then didn’t this week. I haven’t received feedback either way, it does require a bit of work to post. If you guys want them back, I’ll bring them back. If not, I won’t. So please, let me know.

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With the recent release of the fifth Harry Potter film and the imminent release of the 7th book, it made me start thinking. I read the first Harry Potter novel, but it didn’t really grab me.

It seems like most people that read the book become enthralled for some reason. (Ostenstibly JK Rowling’s worships a dark lord who empowered her books) But for me it was a bit meh.

and I just started thinking today, why?

Why did this one property that everyone seems to love hold no sway over me? Was it just my natural aversion to whatever is popular at the moment or something more? Suddenly, I realized it was because I’ve already read this story a hundred times. Boy finds he has powers beyond those of the mortals that surround him and learns to make use of the powers for altruistic powers. Because that’s what the story really boils down to. And I’ve read this. Superboy, Spider-man, any number of superheroes. And the story is almost always the same, there’s a betrayal, an enemy turns out to be a friend and a final confrontation that ultimately seems to resolve everything but leaves a hint towards more. But, I wondered am I the only comics fan that has this issue, because if I’ve read this over and over, surely others have to. So I’m asking the other comic fans, are you a Harry Potter fan?

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These are the options as of right now. Also, there’s always the option to leave a comment about what you would like to see reviewed outside of these 5 choices. Did your choice not win? Contact me if you would be interested in doing your own review and letting everyone know about your favorite comic under the radar

yes, that means new episodes this week. Until then, vote for what you want to hear reviewed next.

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