Weekly Comics Post - February 4th

Big News of the Week

Hey guys, first off we've had another shipping error this week, and unfortunately that means that we didn't get Saga #25 today, but we will hopefully get them in Thursday the 5th. Now on to next week. Just in time for Valentine's Day we get the Harley Quinn Valentine's Special, so make sure you keep an eye on that one.  We also get the newest entries of the Spider-verse (in Amazing Spider-man #13) and the newest issue of the Walking Dead (#137).

What the Duck?!?

The mystery has been solved of what Marvel's WTD themed variant covers will be in April. Originally it was thought that the D would stand for Deadpool, but instead it stands for duck, more specifically, Howard the Duck.  Howard will be gracing the variant covers of several Marvel books in April and they're to celebrate Howard getting his own book within the same general time. I can't speak for how many standard covers I'll have to order for the WTD books, but I will attempt to get some for anyone who's interested!  Here's a link to a Bleeding Cool article with the released covers thus far.

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach

Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den

Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier Top 8 Deck Lists - Jan 31, 2015

Here are the Deck Lists in Standard Format from the PPTQ held January 31, 2015, at Gamer's Gambit in Danbury, CT. Congratulations to our top finishers!

1st Place – Austin Mansell Abzan Midrange Creatures: 4x Sylvan Caryatid 4x Courser of Kruphix 3x Anafenza, the Foremost 4x Siege Rhino 2x Wingmate Roc 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang Instants/Sorceries: 3x Thoughtseize 3x Abzan Charm 2x Hero’s Downfall 1x Utter End Enchantments: 1x Citadel Siege Planeswalkers: 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes 1x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon Lands: 4x Temple of Silence 4x Temple of Malady 2x Llanowar Wastes 2x Caves of Koilos 4x Sandsteppe Citadel 4x Windswept Heath 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 2x Forest 2x Plains Sideboard: 1x Thoughtseize 2x Glare of Heresy 2x Read the Bones 2x Drown in Sorrow 2x Reaper of the Wilds 2x Nissa, Worldwaker 1x Liliana Vess 1x End Hostilities 1x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 1x Duneblast	2nd Place – Mark Webb Abzan Aggro Creatures: 4x Elvish Mystic 4x Heir of the Wilds 4x Fleecemane Lion 4x Anafenza, the Foremost 2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang 4x Siege Rhino 4x Wingmate Roc Instants/Sorceries: 4x Abzan Charm 2x Hero’s Downfall 2x Bile Blight Planeswalkers: 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor Lands: 4x Windswept Heath 2x Plains 1x Forest 4x Mana Confluence 4x Sandsteppe Citadel 3x Llanowar Wastes 1x Caves of Koilos 3x Temple of Malady 2x Temple of Silence Sideboard: 3x Thoughtseize 1x Read the Bones 2x Drown in Sorrow 2x Back to Nature 1x Hero’s Downfall 3x Glare of Heresy 1x Nissa, Worldwaker 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor
3rd/4th Place – Erik Pin Abzan Midrange Creatures: 2x Rakshasa Deathdealer 4x Fleecemane Lion 2x Brimaz, King of Oreskos 4x Anafenza, the Foremost 4x Siege Rhino 4x Wingmate Roc 2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang Planeswalkers: 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor Enchantments: 1x Whip of Erebos Instants/Sorceries: 3x Bile Blight 2x Valorous Stance 3x Abzan Charm 2x Hero’s Downfall 1x Utter End Lands: 4x Sandsteppe Citadel 2x Temple of Malady 2x Temple of Silence 2x Temple of Plenty 3x Caves of Koilos 3x Llanowar Wastes 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1x Mana Confluence 2x Windswept Heath 2x Plains 1x Forest 1x Swamp Sideboard: 1x Back to Nature 2x Drown in Sorrow 2x Glare of Heresy 4x Thoughtseize 2x Hunt the Hunter 1x Silence the Believers 1x Hero’s Downfall 1x End Hostilities 1x Reclamation Sage	3rd-4th Place – Matt Rotunda Mardu Midrange Creatures: 4x Goblin Rabblemaster 3x Seeker of the Way 3x Butcher of the Horde 4x Stormbreath Dragon Instants/Sorceries: 4x Thoughtsieze 2x Valorous Stance 4x Lightning Strike 4x Hordeling Outburst 4x Crackling Doom Enchantments: 2x Outpost Siege Lands: 2x Mana Confluence 2x Caves of Koilos 4x Battlefield Forge 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 3x Bloodstained Mire 1x Temple of Silence 2x Temple of Triumph 4x Nomad Outpost Sideboard: 1x Whip of Erebos 1x Utter End 1x Glare of Heresy 2x Erase 2x Anger of the Gods 2x Hushwing Gryff 3x Mardu Charm 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor 2x Thoughtseize
5th-8th Place – Ryan Peck Jeskai Aggro Creatures: 4x Mantis Rider 3x Seeker of the Way 1x Soulfire Grandmaster 4x Goblin Rabblemaster 2x Stormbreath Dragon 2x Ashcloud Phoenix Instants/Sorceries: 4x Lightning Strike 2x Magma Jet 2x Jeskai Charm 4x Stoke the Flames 3x Valorous Stance 2x Dig Through Time Planeswalkers: 1x Chandra, Pyromaster 1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker Lands: 4x Mystic Monastery 4x Temple of Triumph 3x Flooded Strand 2x Island 2x Plains 3x Shivan Reef 3x Battlefield Forge 2x Temple of Epiphany 2x Mountain Sideboard: 1x Negate 3x Disdainful Stroke 1x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 1x Chandra, Pyromaster 2x End Hostilities 2x Glare of Heresy 2x Wild Slash 1x Anger of the Gods 2x Arc Lightning	5th-8th Place – Murray Panzer Jeskai Tokens Creatures: 4x Monastery Mentor 2x Seeker of the Way 2x Soulfire Grand Master Instants/Sorceries: 4x Dig Through Time 4x Stoke the Flames 4x Jeskai Ascendancy 2x Lightning Strike 4x Hordeling Outburst 4x Raise the Alarm 1x Ephemeral Shields Enchantments: 1x Monastery Siege Lands: 2x Island 2x Plains 4x Flooded Strand 4x Mystic Monastery 1x Temple of Enlightenment 2x Temple of Epiphany 3x Temple of Triumph 3x Shivan Reef 3x Battlefield Forge Sideboard: 2x Annul 1x Monastery Siege 2x Erase 1x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 3x Glare of Heresy 2x Soulfire Grand Master 2x Disdainful Stroke 2x Hushwing Gryff
5th-8th Place – David Haass R/W Tokens Creatures: 4x Goblin Rabblemaster 4x Monastery Mentor 2x Seeker of the Way 2x Soulfire Grand Master Instants/Sorceries: 4x Hordeling Outburst 4x Raise the Alarm 4x Lightning Strike 4x Stoke the Flames 4x Wild Slash 2x Outpost Siege 2x Valorous Stance Lands: 4x Temple of Triumph 4x Battlefield Forge 2x Wind-scarred Crag 9x Mountains 5x Plains Sideboard: 2x Arc Lightning 2x Wingmate Roc 2x Brimaz, King of Oreskos 2x Hushwing Gryff 2x Erase 2x Glare of Heresy 2x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 1x Valorous Stance	5th-8th Place – Eric Cote Abzan Aggro Creatures: 4x Rakshasa, Deathdealer 4x Fleecemane Lion 3x Anafenza, the Foremost 3x Courser of Kruphix 3x Wingmate Roc 2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang 4x Siege Rhino Instants/Sorceries: 2x Bile Blight 4x Abzan Charm 3x Hero’s Downfall 1x Murderous Cut Planeswalkers: 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor Lands: 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1x Temple of Plenty 2x Temple of Silence 3x Llanowar Wastes 3x Caves of Koilos 3x Temple of Malady 4x Sandsteppe Citadel 4x Windswept Heath 2x Forest 2x Plains Sideboard: 2x Erase 3x Thoughtseize 1x Bile Blight 2x Drown in Sorrow 1x Glare of Heresy 1x Silence the Believers 1x End Hostilities 1x Nissa, Worldwaker 1x Liliana Vess 2x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion

This Week In Comics - January 28th

Big News of the Week

First off due to "Snow-maggedon 2015" our books this week have either not gotten here yet or have just been put out. As of writing this post at 10:30 AM on the 28th they have yet to arrive. I apologize for the inconvenience this may cause some of you. The books will be available either later today or at some point tomorrow.

On the bright side the Harley Quinn variant covers for the DC books starts next week! We're also set to get in the next Squirrel Girl issue and the sequel to the superhero/zombie book Night of the Living Deadpool, with Return of the Living Deadpool #1 next week so keep an eye out for that one!

Who Ya Gonna Call?

Well we now officially/unofficially have our all female cast for the Ghostbusters reboot directed by Paul Feig of Bridesmaids fame.  Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones will be the roster for the reboot ghost hunters. Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy aren't huge surprises because their names have been more or less attached to the project since it was announced, but the surprises are Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones (both are current cast members on SNL). I'm definitely looking forward to the reboot just to see how they pull this off. As far as the villains of the movie go, there's yet to be any definitive casting, but they have a wish list for actors. For the Walter Peck-like human antagonist Feig said he'd like to have Peter Venkman himself step into the role, which is very meta-textual seeing as how Bill Murray's relationship with any Ghostbusters related movies have been of late. The other villain, which naturally will be a ghost, would hopefully go to Game of Thrones stand out Peter Dinklage. If you'd like to read a little more, here's an Ain't It Cool News Article on the big announcement.

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach

Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den