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Remembering Harlan Ellison

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by Benn Ray Twenty five years ago, I worked for Gemstone Publishing on a magazine called Overstreet's FAN . It was a competitor, for those who remember such things, of Wizard Magazine and Hero Illustrated . It was a job that brought me and my friends who worked there into regular contact with a number of our heroes. There would be arguments in the editorial pool over who was going to do the Alan Moore interview, who was going to call Frank Miller to let him know of a changing deadline for his artwork, who got to see KISS with Todd McFarlane (I won that one), who was going to proof a Neil Gaiman story after it went through layout, etc. One day, the phone on my desk rang and the receptionist said, "Benn, Harlan Ellison is on the phone for you." I was not a science fiction fan. I was not a Star Trek fan. But I still knew the name Harlan Ellison and his reputation as a particularly difficult and argumentative person. So I answered the phone with a cheery, "

Comics - New This Week And Coming Next Week - 06/27/18

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New comics coming to Atomic Books  this week . Most new comics are available on Wednesday AM. Quantities are limited. Some titles go fast. NEW COMICS THIS WEEK 2021 LOST CHILDREN #2 (Titan) - $5.99 ALISIK: FALL (Titan) - $16.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY BUSINESS (Marvel) - $19.99 ASTRO CITY #52 (Vertigo) - $3.99 BATGIRL #24 (DC) - $3.99 BATMAN PRELUDE TO THE WEDDING HARLEY VS JOKER #1 (DC) - $3.99 BATTLE ANGEL ALITA DELUXE ED VOL 04 (Kodansha) - $29.99 BEANWORLD OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 (Dark Horse) - $24.99 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA OLD MAN JACK #10 (Boom) - $3.99 BLACK PANTHER #2 (Marvel) - $3.99 BLACKWOOD #2 (Dark Horse) - $3.99 BLASTOSAURUS #0 (Golden Apple) - $3.99 BLOODSTRIKE #23 (Image) - $3.99 BREATHLESS #3 (Black Mask) - $3.99 BROTHERS DRACUL #3 (Aftershock) - $3.99 BUBBLE HC BOARD BOOK (Drawn And Quarterly) - $12.95 CAPTAIN AMERICA BLACK PANTHER FLAGS OUR FATHERS (Marvel) - $12.99 CAULDRONS AND CASSEROLES (Andrea Kalfas) - $8.00 CHARLIE'S AN

New Comics This Week: 06/20/18

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New comics coming to Atomic Books  this week . Most new comics are available on Wednesday AM. Quantities are limited. Some titles go fast. NEW COMICS THIS WEEK A STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL SOUND HC (IDW) - $19.99 ABANDONED SACRED BEASTS VOL 06 (Vertical) - $10.95 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #801 (Marvel) - $3.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN WORLDWIDE TP VOL 08 (Marvel) - $15.99 ANT-MAN AND THE WASP #2 (Marvel) - $3.99 AVENGERS #3 (Marvel) - $3.99 BARBARELLA #7 (Dynamite) - $3.99 BATMAN #49 (DC) - $2.99 BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS TP VOL 06 FALL OF THE BATMAN (DC) - $19.99 BATMAN PRELUDE TO THE WEDDING RED HOOD VS ANARKY #1 (DC) - $3.99 BATMAN THE DARK PRINCE CHARMING HC BOOK 02 (DC) - $12.99 BATWOMAN #16 (DC) - $3.99 BEAUTY FOUND IN DARKNESS (Nix) - $25.00 BEEF #5 (Image) - $3.99 BLACK HAMMER AGE OF DOOM #3 (Dark Horse) - $3.99 BRAVE AND THE BOLD BATMAN & WONDER WOMAN #5 (DC) - $3.99 BTVS SEASON 12 THE RECKONING #1 (Dark Horse) - $3.99 CAPTAIN AMERICA #704 (Marvel) - $3.99 CATERPI

New Comics - 06/13/18

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New comics coming to Atomic Books  this week . Most new comics are available on Wednesday AM. Quantities are limited. Some titles go fast. NEW COMICS THIS WEEK AMERICAN GODS MY AINSEL #4 (Dark Horse) - $4.99 ANALOG #3 (Image) - $3.99 BATMAN PRELUDE TO THE WEDDING BATGIRL VS RIDDLER #1 (DC) - $3.99 BEAUTY VOL 04 (Image) - $16.99 BERSERKER VOL 01 (Fantagraphics) - $14.99 BLOKE'S PROGRESS GN (Knockabout) - $34.95 BLOODSHOT SALVATION #10 (Valiant) - $3.99 BLOODSTRIKE #0 (Image) - $3.99 BPRD DEVIL YOU KNOW #7 (Dark Horse) - $3.99 BEAUTY FOUND IN DARKNESS (Nix) - $25.00 CLAUDINE (Seven Seas) - $13.99 CLOUD HOTEL (Top Shelf) - $19.99 CODA #2 (Boom) - $3.99 COMPLETE FUTURE SHOCKS TP VOL 01 (2000AD) - $25.00 COPPERHEAD #19 (Image) - $3.99 DEAD HAND #3 (Image) - $3.99 DEADPOOL ASSASSIN #1 (Marvel) - $4.99 DEATH OF LOVE #5 (Image) - $3.99 DEEP ROOTS #2 (Vault) - $3.99 DEFENDERS VOL 02 KINGPINS OF NEW YORK (Marvel) - $15.99 DETECTIVE COMICS #982 (DC) - $2.99

New Comics - 06/06/18

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New comics coming to Atomic Books  this week . Most new comics are available on Wednesday AM. Quantities are limited. Some titles go fast. NEW COMICS THIS WEEK ABOUT BETTYS BOOB HC (Boom) - $29.99 ANGLOID (Kilgore) - $12.00 ANT-MAN AND THE WASP #1 (Marvel) - $3.99 ANT-MAN AND WASP ADVENTURES DIGEST (Marvel) - $9.99 ANT-MAN AND WASP LIVING LEGENDS #1 (Marvel) - $3.99 ARCHIE #3 (Archie) - $3.99 ARMS OF THE MAGUS (self-published) - $10.00 ASTONISHING X-MEN #12 (Marvel) - $3.99 BASELINE BLVD (Kilgore) - $8.00 BATMAN #48 (DC) - $2.99 BATMAN PRELUDE TO THE WEDDING NIGHTWING VS HUSH #1 (DC) - $3.99 BATTLE ANGEL ALITA MARS CHRONICLE VOL 03 (Kodansha) - $10.99 BEAUTIFUL DEATH HC (Statix) - $24.99 BLACK SCIENCE #36 (Image) - $3.99 BLAMMO #9 (Kilgore) - $8.00 CAPTAIN AMERICA #703 (Marvel) - $3.99 CAPTAIN HARLOCK CLASSIC COLLECTION (Seven Seas) - $24.99 CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED SC HOUND OF BASKERVILLES (Classics Illustrated) - $9.95 CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED SC ILIAD (Classics Il