Just like episode #177 from 4 years ago, Patrick is recovering from surgery so Dal has to work every day. That leads to asking if time away makes one like comics more or less than being at a store all the time?
If we become millionaires (outside of comics retail, of course) would Challengers still exist?
Trying to keep all-ages single issues in stock.
So far there are 2 Christmas gift-worthy graphic novels for the season.
There are so many Tillie Walden books available!
2 comics of note this week are Exorsisters #1 and Shuri #1.
If you like Monstress, do you want more books like Monstress? Or just more Monstress?
We held 3 events in the past week.
Dal recaps his Ace Comic Con experience.
Are you excited for DC’s new creative teams on some of their core characters?
Is John Byrne coming back to the X-Men?

This episode does not contain an interview with Aubrey Sitterson and Chris Moreno from The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling, and we tell you the unfortunate reason why.
Hopefully, the end of the continuing story of Challengers and our alarm company.
Paperwork and bureaucracy!
Ace Comic Con Chicago is happening. Great for celebrity photo ops! No so much for, you know, comics.
Jook Joint #1 is pretty brutal, but certainly worth the read.
It’s pretty ballsy of Marvel to pay tribute to Ghost Rider creator Gary Friedrich.

Good news-- we did not get broken into this week! So that makes 1 week in a row!
The continuing story of Challengers and our (for now) alarm company. Add that to our wonky A/C bent front door and we have 3 too many maintenance issues at the moment.
More security measures will be put into place.
The New York Comic Con was going on as we recorded this, so we talk about some of the announcements that had been made.
And then… things take a slightly dark turn as we’re not really excited by the slate of announcements. And by ‘not really excited’ we mean pretty much straight up angry.

Dark Matter has a new retail coffee shop right across the street from Challengers.
We got broken into and robbed… again.
We loved Heroes in Crisis #1 and don’t understand people that are so anti-Tom King.
Dal is looking forward to Gran Morrison’s Green Lantern. Patrick, not so much.
More love for Man-Eaters #1, now that it’s actually on sale!
Doctor Strange has been really good and just had a neat twist.
Batman Damned is now quarterly and #1 is not being reprinted at this time. We hope that decision changes…

It’s almost time for our health insurance plans to be cancelled!
An unexpected surprise from our gas company.
If you complain that comics cost too much, maybe reevaluate your buying choices.
What if a creator you love did something you have a serious moral objection to?
And yes, there is a comic that shows Bruce Wayne’s penis. If you want it for that reason alone, just own up to it.