Fanboy Comics Newsletter for 08/18/2026
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Fanboy Comics Newsletter for Tuesday August 18th, 2026
It’s bigger than the X-men. It bigger even than just mutants. If this madness isn’t stopped… and soon… It’ll spread until the whole planet is engaged in The Fanboy Comics Weekly Newsletter! - X-men #66, 1997
Welcome back to UNCW and Cape Fear students! Glad to see so many new and returning faces over the last few days! Don't forget that Fanboy Comics offers a subscription service so you don't have to worry about missing books and with a discount that saves you a little money. And there are never any fees other than buying your comics! We also do weekly specials every day with new specials on Tuesdays. Now open 7 days a week too!
WEEKLY SPECIALS
*33 RPM Records (12 inch) Buy One, Get One 50% off
*45 RPM Records Buy One, Get One Free!
*CD and DVDs Buy One, Get One 50% off
All specials exclude new release items and all other discounts. Some restrictions may apply. New Specials Every Tuesday! Check our Facebook page for more deals throughout the week.
RECENTLY ACQUIRED/MUSIC MONDAY
Open on Monday for Music Monday! Almost every Monday we will be putting out Recently Acquired Comics, Vinyl 12 inch records as well as 7 inch records! CDs, Books on Music and film, movies, and much more. You never know what treasures from the vault might show up as we clean out our storage room!
Recently Acquired Records: Fanboy Comics just put out a ton of 45’s! Some sampler sets of Disco, Bluegrass, and more! Also also put out a huge stack of singles like Green Day, Rick James, The Beegees, Lou Reed, Black Crows, Flatt and Scruggs, Ray Charles, KC and the Sunshine Band, Cat Stevens, 10,000 Maniacs, The B-52s, Right Said Fred, Meatloaf, Van Halen, Robin Hood (the soundtrack to the Disney cartoon), and lots more!
BATMAN DAY 2026
Saturday September 19th is Batman Day 2026 at Fanboy Comics! And this year it will also be the release of a new issue with both main universe Batman and Absolute Batman!
Batman of Two Worlds #1 features an all-new Batman story by writer Matt Fraction and artist Javi Fernández, with colors by Tomeu Morey and letters by Clayton Cowles, alongside an all-new Absolute Batman story by writer Scott Snyder and artist Nick Derington, with colors by Frank Martin and letters by Tom Napolitano. Just $2.99 so it is also a great place to try out both books if you are somehow not currently reading them!
There are a few other exclusive items besides Batman of Two Worlds! Batman (2025) Vol. 1 Hardcover: Features a special variant dust jacket by Nick Dragotta and a Batman '89 Hardcover Special Edition: Variant dust jacket collection. We will also be giving away free Batman masks matching four distinct costumes (Absolute Batman, Jorge Jiménez design, Hush, and The Dark Knight Returns) while supplies last!
There will of course be some great Bat-Specials going on all day too!
THIS WEEKS HOT NEW RELEASES
Fresh from the movie Marvel is releasing another delightful Spider-man Hulk crossover in Spider-man/Hulk Brimstone. A great one shot for people who just like a good story with the Hulk! DC has some great books as well with Absolute Flash #18 and Absolute Green Arrow #4 both are well worth it. The book I am most excited about this week is Last Driver #1. This new Sean Murphy title has the interesting story and great art you have come to expect. All this and more this week at Fanboy Comics.
Avengers Armageddon #3, Bishop #3, Captain Marvel Dark Past #5, Daredevil #5, Inglorious X-force #8, Punisher vs Spider-man #2, Queen in Black #3, Spectacular Spider-man Brand New Day #4, Spider-man/Hulk Fire and Brimstone #1, Thor #800, Uncanny X-men #34, Absolute Flash #18, Absolute Green Arrow #4, Batman/Superman World’s Finest #54, Batwoman #6, Dark Knights of Steel II #2, Deathstroke The Terminator #6, Lobo #6, New Titans #38, Nightwing #141, Wonder Woman #36, Talespin #1, TMNT #21, TMNT Shredder #11, Bug Wars The Coming of the Wardoom #1, Darkness #7, GI Joe #25, If Destruction Be Our Lot #4, Invincible Universe Battle Beast #12, Last Driver #1, Adventure Time #16, and more!
Subscribers, let us know if you would like any of these pulled for you or added to your subscription! Give us a call or send us a Facebook message anytime on Monday so we don’t miss your request when we start pulling books Tuesday morning for Wednesday's release. Www.facebook.com/fanboycomics
COMING THIS WEEK AT FANBOY COMICS! 08/19/26!
Below is a list of just a few of the big new releases scheduled for this Wednesday! Please let us know if you are interested in any of these titles. Pre-order today and don't miss any upcoming titles! As always you can check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fanboycomics for pictures of these books and tons of other great info! We have a weekly newsletter on Tuesday with all this information and more! Don't hesitate to contact us if you need anything.
ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #4 (OF 6)
DC Comics $4.99
(W) Pornsak Pichetshote (A/CA) Rafael Albuquerque
BORN ON A MONDAY…
RISES ABSOLUTE SOLOMON GRUNDY! Dinah's search for the Green Arrow Killer has led them both to discover the truth behind the Island--a place far more horrifying than either of them could ever dream. But most disturbing of all is who they discover there--as Absolute Green Arrow debuts the first appearance of a new Absolute take on a classic DC character.
LAST DRIVER #1 (OF 5)
IMAGE $3.99
(W) Sean Murphy (A) Sean Murphy, Simon Gough (CA) Sean Murphy
AMERICA, THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE—NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE...EXCEPT FOR HIM!
As technology in America advanced, cities began creating the GRID—a robotic transportation system that not only made cars obsolete, it made them illegal. But an outlaw named “Clutch” has no choice but to get behind the wheel one more time. What starts out as a race to save his granddaughter's life quickly turns into a rebellion against technology, fascism, and the future of a divided America.
Superstar artist and longtime gearhead SEAN GORDON MURPHY (Batman: White Knight, TOKYO GHOST, Punk Rock Jesus, The Wake) writes and draws this highly anticipated ongoing series.
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