THE PULL LIST: What I'll be buying in Nov. 2015

Well, kids, its that time of the month again, time to pore through the latest Previews catalog and place my pre-order at my local comics shop. As those of you who've read this blog for any length of time know, I get me comics from Zimmie's in Lewiston, Maine, where I get a 20 percent discount for pre-ordering my books. The advantage for Zimmie's is that pre-order help shop owner Dan determine with better accuracy what he should order from Diamond, helping to minimize the number of unsold copies he'll later have to dump in the discount bin. The advantage for me is, duh, 20 percent off! How

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Archie Comics, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Dynamite Comics, IDW Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, The Pull List,

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THE NEWSSTAND: September 1945 — 70 years ago this month

Since we last checked in on the newsstand, with books on-sale in September 1940, the comic book market has grown 35 percent from 48 to 65 titles, with a net gain of three publishers. We've lost Centaur and Worth Carnahan, but we've gained Street & Smith, Prize, Charlton, Harvey and Lev Gleason. And, it's worth noting, the market is actually a bit larger than this month would have us believe as some publishers experienced an temporary dip in output. Marvel/Timely, for example, only gets two titles to the stands this month, while it had published 16 in August 1945, and would churn out 13

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Archie Comics, Charlton Comics, DC Comics, Dell, Fawcett Comics, Fiction House, Harvey Comics, Lev Gleason, Marvel Comics, McKay Publ, Prize Comics, Quality Comics, Standard Comics, Street&Smith, The Newsstand,

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THE NEWSSTAND: September 1940 — 75 years ago this month

The big whoop of September 1940, hitting stands on the 9th of the month, was, of course, the debut of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories from Dell Publishing. While Disney may be the House of the Mouse in other media, in comics it's always been all about the ducks. In fact, the legend goes that after Dell took a look at how well Donald's solo outing in its "Four Color" series of one-shots sold back in January of this year, it decided to relaunch its monthly Mickey Mouse Magazine to include the irascible waterfowl. Thus, no surprise it's Donald, and not Mickey, who graces this first issue.&nbs

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Archie Comics, Centaur Comics, DC Comics, Dell, Eastern Color, Fawcett Comics, Fiction House, Fox Features, Harvey Comics, Marvel Comics, McKay Publ, Quality Comics, Standard Comics, The Newsstand,

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