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Santa Packed The Boxes. We Packed This Week's FOC! 🎅
Ho Ho Holy Smokes why did I ever agree to write the newsletter for the Christmas week?‘Twas the night before Christmas at Walt’s comic shop,The team was abuzz – no chance yet to stop;Boxes were packed and stacked wall to wall,Full of comics and care, bagged, boarded, and all;Amid all... more »
TOP 50 Best-Selling Single Issues in November 2025
Single Issue Bestsellers & Chart Notes(Commentary by Walt)Welcome to the November ’25 sales numbers for single issues!These sales are counted up to December 10, which is when most pullboxes invoiced for the previous month have been paid off — and thus officially turned into sales. Also,... more »
Urasawa Fanclub Roll Call And Other Manga FOC You Cannot Miss This Week! 🐺🌀🐒
3 Highlights from this Week's FOCWHAT SHOULD YOU NOT MISS THIS WEEK?Hello fellow Manga readers,2026 is closing in fast and although I always get emotional at the end of the year, I have the best medicine for that now: 3 amazing manga that you and I can be excited for in 2026 (and that are on FOC... more »
Spider-Man #33, But Make It Gigantic And Other FOC's You Shouldn't Miss This Week! 🕷️
5 Highlights from this Week's FOCWHAT SHOULD YOU NOT MISS THIS WEEK?The year is almost over!Everything is slowing down, but we here at Walt’s are still very much all in the action(Says the guy eating ice cream and writing about Spider-Man while my colleagues in Berlin are probably packing... more »
5 Manga You Somehow Missed in 2025 (It’s Fine, You’re Not Late Yet)! 👀
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The 2025 Debuts That Left a MarkIt’s the last newsletter of the year, and honestly, I couldn’t think of a better way to wrap up 2025 than by looking back at the new manga that stuck with me. And let me tell you… choosing was not easy.My first list had more than fifteen titles.... more »
The Last Open Warehouse of 2025! 😭
Hello Berliners!We’ve officially reached the last Open Warehouse of 2025! 😭What a year it’s been. We went from 15 visitors to 70+ per Open Warehouse. That’s overwhelming in the best way. Thank you so much!This Open Warehouse isn’t on the last Saturday of the month, but this... more »
Reprints at Marvel and DC and Other Singles FOC Not to Miss! 👀
WHAT A SUPERGIRL TRAILER YESTERDAY— WOW!(I’m actually writing this before the trailer released, but I’m not letting you future people receiving this on Friday leave Thursday-morning Math out of the conversation.)I love the part where she goes BANG, and then the other part where Krypton... more »
Ghost in the Shell, Sentai Chaos & a Smoky Romance In This Week's Manga FOC! 👻🤖😮💨
3 Highlights from this Week's FOCWHAT SHOULD YOU NOT MISS THIS WEEK?Hello fellow Manga readers,after November was such a positively surprising month in terms of pre-orders, we are approaching the last FOC’s of this year (mind-blowing, right?)! 🤯And although we are leaving a great year of... more »
MCU what? The Real Iron Man Is In This Week's FOC! 👀
3 Highlights from this Week's FOCWHAT SHOULD YOU NOT MISS THIS WEEK?SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY OMNIBUS VOL. 3How about we start this week’s Newsletter with a somewhat controversial statement: I think One More Day is the best thing that could have happened to Spider-Man. Why? For one, because... more »
Your 2025 Graphic Novel Wrapped is actually insane! 🤯
What a year it's been.And it’s not even over yet. Rumour has it the rulers of the universe won’t let us slide into 2026 until we finish picking and packing all those Black Friday orders. Help!Wanna know which day was the craziest? The day the Graphic Novel deals went online, because you... more »