Coffee & Heroes Podcast

It was our absolute pleasure this week to sit down with Melissa Flores, the writer and creator of the upcoming Image Comics series, The Dead Lucky! We talk about her decade of success guiding Power Rangers across various forms of media, how it was Tom Taylor who helped get her into comics, joining Radiant Black and Rogue Sun in the Massive-Verse, what her favourite DC, Marvel and Indies are, and of course, everything The Dead Lucky (Spoiler - We were lucky enough to read the first issue, it was freaking amazing!) Out August 3rd, make sure to get The Dead Lucky on your pull list! You are not going to want to miss out!

Join Alan he takes you through the July 2022 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in September 2022! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know by July 15th 2022, as that's when final orders are due. This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles. Time stamps are below, in case there are only certain company's titles that interest you - DC - 4m 10s Marvel - 16m 35s Indie - 23m 32s www.coffeeandheroes.com

Join Alan and Keith as they cover 4 weeks worth of Picks of the Week, from 20th April - 11th May 2022 Releases. Spoilers will be aplenty so those helpful time stamps are just below! 6m 10s - 20th April Alan - Batman/Superman: Worlds Finest #2 Keith - Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines #4 22m 55s - 27th April Alan - Blood Stained Teeth #1 Keith - Amazing Spider-Man #1 46m 10s - 4th May Alan - Quests Aside #1 Keith - Once & Future #25 1hr 07m 50s - 11th May Alan - Grim #1 Keith - Eight Billion Genies #1

Join Alan he takes you through the June 2022 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in August 2022! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know by June 17th 2022, as that's when final orders are due. This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles. Time stamps are below, in case there are only certain company's titles that interest you - DC - 4m 01s Marvel - 17m 30s Indie - 27m 40s www.coffeeandheroes.com

Join Alan and Keith as they cover 4 weeks worth of Picks of the Week, from 23rd March - 13th April 2022 Releases. Spoilers will be aplenty so those helpful time stamps are just below! 3m 58s - 23rd March • Rogues #1 • We Have Demons #1 20m 15s - 30th March • Dark Ages #6 (this was easily the hardest week ever to just pick one title!) • Ghost Rider #2 34m 07s - 6th April • Flashpoint: Batman Knight of Vengeance #1 • West of Sundown #1 52m 10s - 13th April • Flashpoint Beyond #0 • The Rocketeer: The Great Race #1

This week we are delighted to present our interview with Torunn Grønbekk! What an absolute pleasure it was to chat with the writer of Warhammer: Sisters of Battle, Mighty Valkyries, and the upcoming Jane Foster & The Mighty Thor and Punisher: War Journal. We talk about her career so far, her love of war history and the comic series Crossed and the fact that two of her closest friends in comics are Norther Irish creators? A little pre warning - there may be some colourful language in this one! Make sure to check out her website -https://groenbekk.com - for details on all those upcoming titles, as well as self published web comics. We hope you enjoy this interview as much as we enjoyed the chat!

Join Alan and Keith as they catch up with one of the best artists in the game, and friend of the store, Clay Mann. We talk all things Bat/Cat, including why he took a break for 3 issues, what to expect from the final issue and how he was able to get the Coffee & Heroes store logo into the book! We also talk Batman movies including the recent The Batman, and differing views on Batman Returns, and of course a little Rob Liefeld… Hope you guys enjoy!

11m 05s - 16th February Pick of the Week (Spoilers): • ALAN - Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow #8 • KEITH - Iron Fist #1 22m 20s - 23rd February Pick of the Week • ALAN - Step by Bloody Step #1 • KEITH - Iron Man #17 35m 30s - 2nd March Pick of the Week (2 mins): • ALAN - Batman: Killing Time #1 • KEITH - Strange #1 46m 10s - 9th March Pick of the Week (2 mins): • ALAN - Punisher #1 • KEITH - Superman: Son of Kal-El #9 1hr 04m 15s - 16th March Pick of the Week (2 mins): • ALAN - Stillwater- The Escape #1 • KEITH - Avengers #54

Join Alan and Keith as we take you through the May 2022 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to, due for release in July 2022! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know by May 17th 2022, as that's when final orders are due. This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles. Time stamps are below, in case there are only certain company's titles that interest you - DC - 6m 32s Marvel - 28m 25s Indie - 52m 37s www.coffeeandheroes.com

Honourable Mentions (Minor Spoilers) – 3m 10s • Seven Secrets #14 • Daisy #3 • Devils Reign #4 • Superman: Son of Kal-El #8 • Life Zero #1 • I Am Batman #6 • Suicide Squad: Blaze #1 • King of Spies #3 • Radiant Black #12 • Moon Knight #8 Pick of the Week (Major Spoilers) – 40m 35s • Bat/Cat #10 for obvious reasons! • Avengers #53

Honourable Mentions (Minor Spoilers) – 3m 15s • Geiger 80-Page Giant • Nocterra #7 • X-Lives of Wolverine #2 • Batman #120 • Crossover #11 • Dark Knights of Steel #4 • Echolands #6 • Image Official Timeline #1 • Newburn #3 Pick of the Week (Major Spoilers): 29m 50s • New Masters #1 • Fantastic Four: Reckoning War #1

4m 02s - Quick Picks (Minor Spoilers) • The Death of Doctor Strange #5 • Superman/Robin Special #1 • X-Lives of Wolverine #1 • Deadly Class #50 • Avengers Forever #2 • Thor #21 • Amazing Spider-Man #87 • Devils Reign #3 • Devil’s Reign: Winter Soldier #1 • Robin #10 • X-Men #7 33m 15s - Pick of the Week (Major Spoilers): • Saga #55 • Batman/Catwoman Special

Honourable Mentions (Minor Spoilers) – 3m 10s Silver Surfer Rebirth #1 She-Hulk #1 Devil’s Reign X-Men #1 Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #7 Catwoman #39 Amazing Spider-Man #86 Nightwing #88 Death of Doctor Strange: X-Men/Black Knight #1 Seven Secrets #13- Excellence #12 Pick of the Week (Major Spoilers) – 32m 30s Batman: The Knight #1 Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines #1

Join Alan and Keith as we take you through the April 2022 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to, due for release in June 2022! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know by April 15th 2022, as that's when orders are due. This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles. Time stamps are below, in case there are only certain company's titles that interest you - DC - 7m 35s Marvel - 33m 16s Indie - 1hr 02m 22s www.coffeeandheroes.com

Honourable Mentions (Minor Spoilers) – 4m 20s • Hotell Vol. 2 #2 • What’s The Furthest Place From Here #3 • Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #1 • Daisy #2 • King Conan #2 • The Department of Truth #15 • Animal Castle #1 (2nd Print) • Star Wars #20 Pick of the Week (Major Spoilers) – 29m 45s • Joe Hill’s Rain #1 • Robin & Batman #3

Honourble Mentions (Minor Spoilers) – 5m 10s The Magic Order 2 #3 Marjorie Finnegan: Temporal Criminal #8 Nita Hawes’ Nightmare Blog #3 Detective Comics #1047 Inferno #4 Nocterra Special: Black Top Bill #1 Thor #20 Dark Knights of Steel #3 Captain America/Iron Man #2 Pick of the Week (Major Spoilers) – 31m 25s Keith - X-Men #6 Alan - Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus Volume 1

Join Alan and Keith as they chat to the one and only Christian Ward! We talk about his career so far, what got him started, choosing Nick Spencer over Jonathan Hickman, his favourite comics of all time, and of course chat about the incredible looking upcoming creator owned title at Image Comics - BLOOD STAINED TEETH, as well as working with Ram V on the upcoming AQUAMAN: ANDROMEDA. BLOOD STAINED TEETH is out on April 27th (after hearing this, you'll be wanting it on your pull list asap), with AQUAMAN: ANDROMEDA coming out on the 7th June! We hope you guys enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed chatting to him!

Join Alan and Keith as they review their favourite titles released on the 29th December 2021! Quick Picks (Minor Spoilers) – 2m 58s • Blood on Sunset #1 • Avengers Forever #1 • Task Force Z #3 • Once & Future #23 • Stray Dogs: Dog Days #1 • The Death of Doctor Strange #4 • Devil’s Reign #2 • Echolands #5 Pick of the Week (Major Spoilers) – 29m 30s • Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1 • Timeless #1 (Marvel)

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the March 2022 Previews Books, and recommend all of the titles they are looking forward to come this May! As ever, should anything appeal to you, get in touch with the store and we can get those titles added to your pull list. If you don't have one with us, we can get you set up easily! This is the best way to ensure you never miss a title and are able to pick it up on release day, a 1st print copy and always at cover price. www.coffeeandheroes.com

8m 30s - Quick Picks (Minor Spoilers) Eat the Rich #5 That Texas Blood #13 Catwoman #38 Newburn #2 Batman: One Dark Knight #1 Avengers #51 Nightwing #87 27m - Pick of the Week (Major Spoilers): Keith - King Conan #1 Alan - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #6