New Comics come out on Wednesday as usual
Veterans Day has not caused a delay in delivery. We'll have the books for y'all Wednesday morning.
Veterans Day has not caused a delay in delivery. We'll have the books for y'all Wednesday morning.
Happy Halloween! With Halloween taking place Friday night, we know you’ve got plenty of big parties to attend over the weekend, but how about taking a practice run on that costume and joining us for our Wednesday night happy hour at Chadwick’s in Friendship Heights! The happy hour crowd is a lot of fun and Chadwick’s has great drink specials til 11pm.
See you tonight, and don’t forget to come in costume!
When: 8pm on Wednesday, October 29th (that's tonight!)
Where: Chadwick’s Friendship Heights
Changes in Subscriber Rewards: Starting next Wednesday, Fantom Comics will no longer offer a free Wizard to subscribers of 5 or more titles. The primary reason being, most people just don't seem to want Wizard! Some of you even refuse to take the free copy. We want our customers happy, so we've devised the following system instead:
Fantom Rewards: Everyone is eligible for Fantom Rewards. Starting on Wednesday, you can sign up for a Fantom Rewards card that will get you a $5 gift certificate for every $75 you spend. Ask the clerk at either store to sign you up.
Super-duper discounts: For you 5 titles or more subscribers, we're offering any item in the Diamond Catalog that sells for $39.99 or more for 35% off! Just let us know by the 20th of every month. November's catalog was supposed to be at the stores today, but due to a snafu we only have Marvel Previews. The big book will be here next Wednesday. We made sure to order plenty of extra. Pick one up (they're free), comb through it, and email us at subscriptions@fantomcomics.com by the 20th of each month with your requests.
Diamond doesn't consider Colombus worthy of a day off, which is good news for all of us. New books are being released this week on Wednesday, as usual.
Fantom Comics has set aside a section for discounted graphic novels. We plan on having several different discount tiers in future, but for now we've rounded up hundreds of graphic novels in both stores and set them aside at an across-the-board 50% OFF. So come on in and git while the gittin's good!
Fantom Comics Tenleytown just did some Fall Cleaning, as is our want, and discovered:
---a huge box of slightly to fairly damaged graphic novels;
---non-damaged GNs that we didn't order but that the distributor never asked us to return;
---toys and figurines nobody ever wanted
We decided to just give 'em away, starting tomorrow morning. So for this New Comic Book Day, come early to get your free stuff (limit 2 free items per person). The giveaway will last as long as there's stuff.
Sorry guys, while we listed this book as coming out this week - and while we actually DID get it in - we are not allowed to sell it and I have in fact shredded all the copies we received. Why? Because DC Comics censors were asleep on the job and a lot of bad, bad words that should have been blacked out were not. What mouths these characters have! Anyway, a safe, sanitized shipment will be released on September 24th. Check out the email I got from our distributor below for the scoop. If it's any consolation, I read a copy before we wiped them out and it was AWESOME! Actually, that may make you feel worse so please disregard that last comment.
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Dear Diamond Customer:
Please be advised that copies of DC Comics' ALL-STAR BATMAN & ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #10 (FEB080203-4D) may be included in your September 10 shipment.
At DC's request, please do not place this book out for sale to your customers. Instead, please destroy any copies that you receive. You will be credited for these copies on your September 17 invoice.
Diamond apologizes for any inconvenience this creates for you or your customers. If you have additional questions, please contact your Diamond Customer Service Representative. Thank you.
DIAMOND COMIC DISTRIBUTORS
Due to the Labor Day holiday, new comics will be coming out Thursday and not Wednesday this week. Please make note.
Fantom Comics management has cruelly forced its employees to go to work today. Why not give their sacrifice meaning and stop on in?
Due to the Independence Day holiday last weekend the books are delayed a day this week.
This Friday, the Fourth of July, Fantom Comics locations will be open from 10am - 1pm.
Look to your right. See that email list sign-up sheet? Sign up! Come on, you know you want to. We'll be providing updates on store news, new comics and our new monthy discounted book offers. BE SURE TO CHECK THE BOX OF EVERY UPDATE YOU WANT! If you don't check a box, you don't get that email. You can, of course, check multiple boxes.

Today is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY. All day today, from 10 to 9, at both the Tenleytown and Union Station store, several special comics will be made available for free. Included are all new Hellboy, X-men, and many other original works, as well as re-releases of recent hits, such as All-Star Superman. Make sure to get there early - because books will be going fast, the number per person may be limited.
In addition to the free comics, there will also be trivia contests at both stores throughout the day for the chance to win $10 gift cards, as well as periodic contests on the Wii for extra gift cards at the Tenleytown store.
Also, don’t forget that today is the day to vote for the DC and Marvel Primaries for the Presidential election. In case you haven’t been following the campaign on the website, check out the full list of candidates and rules here. You must vote in person at either location, and remember, polls close at 4:30pm, with the winner to be announced at 5:30pm.
It’s going to be an exciting day, so make sure to come out, get your free comics, and enjoy the festivities.
We are officially out of free passes to "Iron Man". We started giving them out earlier today and gave out the last one in the early afternoon. Sorry for all of you hopefuls out there.

The verdict is in, and Secret Invasion has been found TOTALLY AWESOME!! Marvel doesn't disappoint with the first issue of this 8-part series. It answers some question and raises more of them.
Fantom Comics sold out of #1 on the very first day, but have no fear! We will have lots more copies coming into both of our stores on Friday (that's Friday, April 4th...tomorrow!!)
Be sure to pick up a copy and check out Marvel's big event of the year. Heck, buy a couple copies in case you want to read it more than once.
Fantom Comics is open and ready for business today.
For the next few weeks Fantom Comics will be moonlighting as an art gallery, featuring the talented comic strip artwork of Jason Cox's 7th grade Art Class from the Sheridan School. Come and check out the work of such talented artists as: Josh Cohn and Natalie Goodman (see below).
Our huge sale continues this weekend!
We are offering:
50% off of nearly all non-super-hero graphic novels;
50% off of hundreds of super-hero graphic novels;
50% off of all Marvel Masterworks and DC Archives;
25% off of all DC Showcase and Marvel Essential volumes;
25% off of all Absolute Editions (including Batman: Hush, The Long Halloween, Sandman, and Kingdom Come)
Hurry up. You only have until Sunday evening!

Help us bring in the Leap Year this coming Friday, February 29th through Sunday, March 2nd at our Tenleytown location with our all weekend long 50% off sale and Wii contests!!!
All weekend long hundreds of our graphic novels (valued at around $20k) will be sold for 50% cover price, and EVERY SINGLE MANGA in the store will go for 50% off!
We'll host 6 Wii contests on our 48" flat screen over the course of the weekend, with $50 gift cards as prizes. You think you're good at Wii? Prove it!
Wii Contest Schedule:
Friday: 6:30pm
Saturday: noon, 4pm and 6pm
Sunday: 1pm and 3pm
Questions can be addressed to 202-362-5051 or info@fantomcomics.com
The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday will not affect the release of new comics this week, so come and get 'em!
Despite some potential misinformation you may have heard at Fantom (thanks to my stupidity), new comics and graphic novels come out on Friday the 4th, and NOT Thursday the 3rd.
That means you'll have to wait for Friday to get your Buffy fix, the newest Messiah Complex story or the next thrilling issue of Howard the Duck!
Again, I am incredibly sorry for the misunderstanding. But we'll see you Friday!
We'll be closing on New Year's Eve at 6pm and closed on New Year's Day.

We're waaaaay short on Angel After the Fall #2s. We had to order #2 before #1 hit the shelves and we had no idea how popular the book would be. Unfortunately even many of our subscribers will be shorted.
We expect to get a lot more copies next week (Friday 28th), and with issue #3 we'll be all caught up and prepared to meet demand.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Here’s how it works:
On the evening of Wednesday the 19th, starting at 5pm, we’ll be holding a Christmas Party at the Tenleytown store. It’ll be pretty casual, but lots of fun! All are welcome.
At the party we’ll play YANKEE SWAP (aka White Elephant, Thieving Elves, Miguel Sanchez, etc). The rules of the game are pretty simple (from Wikipedia):
All participants bring their gift to “the pile.” Gifts are wrapped, but are not labeled to reflect a sender or recipient. Everyone then draws a number, which determines the order of gift choosing. The person who drew #1 chooses a gift from the pile, and then shows it to everyone. It is now Person #2’s turn. They can either steal an item previously unwrapped or open a new gift from the pile. If a person's gift is stolen, that person can immediately unwrap a new gift or steal another person's gift. This process repeats until a gift has been stolen 3 times or until a person chooses to unwrap a new gift (as opposed to stealing a gift), at which point play proceeds to the next person. Owners of opened gifts must keep them visible for all to see and hold them up when requested.
Here’s how you get into the Yankee Swap pot: from now until Wednesday the 19th, you can buy ANY product or products in either Fantom store that fall between $9.99 and $24.99 for 50% off. We’ll wrap your present up and hold onto it for the game on the 19th. (Note: Yenkee Swap purchases are unreturnable/unexchangeable).
This is gonna be hella fun. I’ve already bought my gift for the pot.
...are thin on the ground. Subscribers are getting all of their books (Sensational S-M excepted), but we had a serious issue getting the comics for the shelves in today. We hope to restock all missing books next Wednesday.
Very sorry for the inconvenience.
Note to customers: when I ordered this comic 3 months ago, the amount seemed like plenty. But we've had our requests for the book more then treble in the last week, so unless you've been subscribing to this title for more than 3 months, do not expect a copy until next Wednesday (December 5) at the earliest.
Management apologizes for the inconvenience but did not predict just how much demand there would be for this issue.

Fantom Comics is celebrating its Union Station grand opening with a huge party!
WHEN
Friday, November 16, 6-10:30pm
6:00-7:30:
Pizza party
7:30-10:30:
The unbelievably funny stand-up of the GEEK COMEDY TOUR 3000 interspersed with trivia contests in which we award over $500 worth of Fantom Comics Gift Certificates!
WHERE
Our venue is the Union Station Phoenix Movie Theatre (located in the lower level of Union Station). We'll have a greeter at the entrance to send you to the right theater.
WHAT DOES THIS COST?
NOTHING! It costs you nothing! In fact, if you confirm your attendance now, we'll give you a $5 gift certificate! All you have to do is sign up with us before Friday the 16th. Here's what you need to do:
Email us at: fantomsignup@gmail.com
Tell us:
1) YOUR NAME
2) HOW MANY IN YOUR PARTY
3) HOW YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THE GRAND OPENING (ex: Ad in Wall Street Journal, word of mouth, etc)
When you show up, we'll check your name off our VIP list and give you your $5 gift certificate, good at any Fantom Comics (by which we of course mean either Fantom Comics).
Any questions can also be addressed to the email above. See you on the 16th!
Thanks to Chadwick's for hosting us and the crowd that came out.

The Fantom Comics crew will be celebrating at Chadwick's in Friendship Heights this coming Wednesday evening.
Starting at 7 and going on until after 11 (their happy hour extend to 11pm), we'll be partying the way only comic book nerds can.
So don't put that costume away yet. Put it on and join us! The manager of Chadwick's will pay the tab of the person with the best costume!
Call or email us with any questions. Excelsior!

We are proud to announce that Paul Karasik will be at Fantom Comics from 2-4pm on October 15th to sign his books for fans.
Following are just a couple of Karasik's recent achievements:
Karasik was co-writer of the graphic-novel version of Paul Auster's City of Glass, which The Comics Journal named one of the Top 100 Comics of the Twentieth Century.
Most recently, Karasik edited an anthology of comics by the bizarre Golden Age cartoonist Fletcher Hanks. Titled I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!, it includes not only 15 stories by Hanks but a 20-page afterward by Karasik (in comics form, naturally) detailing the shocking biography of Hanks himself.
Fantom will be sure to have plenty of Karasik's books in stock to be signed in case you haven't already got some of your own.
See you then!

Join fellow fans for Spaceballs: The Movie, at 9:30pm on Saturday, October 6 at Fantom Comics.
We'll be hosting the movie on our 42 inch TV. Snacks and soda will be provided. Anything stronger than coke you'll have to bring yourself.
Any questions, feel free to email us at fantomcomics@gmail.com.
See you then!
Just a reminder that due to Labor Day, we'll be getting our comic books in on Thursday, and NOT Wednesday.
Celebrate our countries Independence with some free trades!
Every week we get at least one or two damaged graphic novels from Diamond. Usually nothing too serious - a bent cover or something. We can't resell 'em, but we can give 'em away for free.
Any and all Gold Members are entitled to 2 free (damaged) trades all day Wednesday.
We'll be open from 10am - 3pm.
NOTE: New comic books come in on Thursday this week.
The $1 comic book sale Fantom Comics held a couple of weekends ago raised over $1,300 for Capital Hospice! Thanks to everyone who helped out.
Some of you may have known Fantom Comics customer Richard Bligen. One of the nicest people you've ever met, Richard passed away a few months ago from a brain tumor. He was 38.
This coming Saturday and Sunday, Fantom Comics will be offering thousands of Richard's comics for $1 a piece and donating 100% of the profits to Capital Hospice - which took care of him towards the end - in his name.
All the books are tax free and a tax write-off. Also, Fantom Comics will reward every $10 or greater purchase with a free gift!
The comics will be available all day this Saturday and Sunday (June 16th and 17th) during business hours (10-9 on Sat; noon-6 on Sun).
Cash or checks are preferred, as we're trying to keep the transactions entirely seperate from the Fantom Comics till, but if you buy enough, we can accept a credit card purchase (I'm thinking a $25 minimum).
Much like the unlocking of Al Capone's vault, the staff at Fantom Comics opened New Avenger's #31 with lots of excited anticipation.
And much like Geraldo and his millions of viewers that day in 1986, we were disappointed to find...absolutely nothing.
I'm not going to spoil the last few panels for you. Let me just say that if this ending was bigger than Captain America getting killed, as Marvel claimed, then the world's gone insane.
If you really want to spend your money on a comic book with an exciting, unexpected ending, then I recommend Archie & Friends #110. I left that issue feeling a lot more satisfied than I did with New Avengers 31. Ah, Reggie. When will you learn?!
Marvel has certainly lost a lot of credibility with this bogus hype.
PS: Of course, nobody wins the contest, because nobody guessed anywhere close to the correct ending. But take heart, contestants. That just shows you're brighter than the entire editorial staff at Marvel.

Marvel and the comic book pundits are hyping the hell out of the last panel of NEW AVENGERS #31 (to be released on June 13th). According to Marvel it'll be the "The most important last page of any Marvel comic this year!" In a normal year that might not mean much, but what they're saying is that it'll be more important than Captain America getting killed.
We at Fantom Comics are intrigued. So much so that we're holding a contest. The winner gets a $15 gift card to the store.
The rules:
Post a comment to this entry stating what you think will happen/be revealed in the last panel of New Avengers #31. The description can be as general or specific as you like, but be warned! If several people have roughly the same prediction, the award will go to the person who provided the most accurate detail and/or made the least mistakes. Let's see what you've got people!
To protect against multiple postings by the same person, please comment under your full name, or I won't post the comment and you won't be entered.
Judging might end up being a bit subjective, but maybe not. It'll depend on how close your guesses are to each other. In the end, the judge's decision (by which I mean mine) is final.
The last entries will be accepted on June 11th.
Fantom Comics employees are ineligible. As are Brian Michael Bendis, Leinil Francis Yu and Joe Quesada.
Good luck, everyone!
Fantom Comics customers congregate at Nanny O'Brien's in Cleveland park after seeing Spider-Man 3 at the Uptown.
Fantom Comics' next big outing: Transformers, of course!
Next time you're in the shop, ask about joining us for our movie going events.
Thanks for your support, everyone! It was great seeing you all on Saturday. We gave away a lot of free comics and a lot of other free swag...congratulations to all of you trivia question winners!

Don't forget that this coming Saturday, May 5, is National Free Comic Book Day! We'll be handing out free swag all day (10am-9pm).
Not only will we have tons of free comics to hand out, we'll also be giving away lots of other free stuff.
Every half-hour, at the 15, (10:15, 10:45, 11:15, etc...) we'll ask a pop-culture trivia question. Whoever is the first to get it wins a prize, some of which are valued at up to $100!
Fantom Comics will be open for our usual hours of noon - 6 pm.

We've finally got it. Come and get 'em!

Q: How do I enter?
A: Come in and place your name and phone number or email address into the raffle box.
Q: When is the drawing?
A: Sunday, March 25th. We'll get intouch with the winners.
So get in here and enter! You've only got 3 days left.
Fact: Fantom Comics needs more space for its graphic novels
Fact: Management has decided to eliminate the back issues to make that space
Fact: Because management has limited time, it does not want to waste it putting items up on ebay
FACT: You - the consumer - are the real winner! We are offering every single back issue (EVERY ONE, NO EXCEPTIONS) for 75% off their listed price. This sale ends when the last back issue leaves the store.
Also note that Fantom Dolars still count, in which case you're paying 12.5% for a back issue!
The Geek Comedy Tour 3000 will be playing at Comedy Spot (located on the top level of the Ballston Commons Mall next to the AMC movie theaters - 4238 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA) on Thursday, January 25th at 8 PM. Tickets are $5 and the show will be held in the uber-spiffy black box theater. Call 703-294-LAFF if there are any questions.
I've seen these guys before. They're very, very funny. At $5 this has got to be the best (legal) deal in town.
To sweeten this already sweet deal, Fantom Comics is offering four $20 gift certificates as prizes for attendees.
See you there,
Matt
On Monday, January 1, we'll be open from 1:30pm until our usual closing time at 9pm.
Due to the New Year holiday, new comic book day will take place on Thursday, January 4.
Sorry for the delay in posting this...the holidays have been pretty hectic.
Because of Christmas, tomorrow, Thursday, December 28th will be new comic book day this week.
On the bright side, we have some real fan favorites out this week! Observe:
Annihilation #5 (a real sleeper hit)
Astonishing X-Men #19
Boys #6 (finally...the dramatic climax to the first story arc)
Jack of Fables #6
Justice #9
Justice League of America #5
Christmas comes early this Wednesday! (Hanukkah, on the other hand, is just on time).
There are some exciting books coming out tomorrow. just a sampling:
Civil War Books:
Civil War Frontline #9
Civil War War Crimes One Shot
Fantastic Four #541
Iron Man #14
Iron Man/Captain America Casualties of War One Shot
New Avengers Illuminati #1
Other Books Worth Noting:
Fables #56
Fables Vol 8 Wolves TP
Teen Titans #42
Warhammer 40k #1
And subscribers, don't forget, we've got your free Wizards in this week!
Okay, here we go:
1) HOLIDAY HOURS
We all love family, but couldn't you use a break from the craziness for a few minutes on Thanksgiving? Fantom Comics thinks so, which is why we'll be opened on Thanksgiving from 12:00 - 5.
We will be opened Friday the 24th from 8AM - 10PM.
2) NEW BOOKS
The new shipment is coming in on Wednesday as usual. And what a shipment! Here are a few highlights:
-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #536 (Civil War X-Over)
-BOYS #5 (A management and fan favorite. This book is incredibly addictive)
-CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #8
-PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #1 (Civil War X-Over)
-WOLVERINE #48 (Civil War X-Over)
-WONDER WOMAN #3 (About fracking time!)
-Y THE LAST MAN VOL 8 KIMONO DRAGONS TP
3) FANTOM HAS TRIPLED ITS TRADE PEPERBACK STOCK!!
It's true. The books arrived Thursday morning and it took us 3 days to get it all on the shelves. Come on in and check out all this beautiful inventory!
Here are just some of the highlights from tomorrow's new books:
ASTONISHING X-MEN #18
BIRDS OF PREY #100
CIVIL WAR #5
GIRLS VOL 3 SURVIVAL TP
IRON MAN #13 (the 1st Iron Man Civil War crossover)
NEW AVENGERS #25 (Civil War crossover)
RANMA 1/2 VOL 36 TP (the very last Ranma volume of the series)