Marvel cosplayers at the Marvel Cake Boss event. Photo by Ron Gejon.
This Monday, February 18th, at 9/8c, TLC’s hit series Cake Boss celebrates over fifty years of Spider-Man with a one of a kind super heroic cake that is nothing short of amazing!
In this special episode, Buddy, the Cake Boss himself, is summoned to Marvel Entertainment’s headquarters and takes on the ultimate super heroic challenge- create a cake worthy of Spider-Man 50th Anniversary for a special rooftop celebration brought to you by Marvel and Midtown Comics! It’s a battle of super heroes and super villains as the team struggles to complete one of their most complicated cakes ever—but just what does that mean for everyone’s favorite Friendly Neighborhood Super Hero?
Don’t miss a moment of this historic event—check out TLC’s Cake Boss on Monday, February 18th at 9/8C!
Midtown Bloggerinos! Raph here, having just left Toy Fair. What’s Toy Fair you ask? It’s a show where the toymakers of the world meet and show off their wares to the retailers of the world. It’s not just action figures though: statues, play sets, kids’ toys, accessories and dolls, board games and so much more!
Hurricane Sandy did tremendous damage to the New York and New Jersey area and now Midtown Comics, with the help of writer Brian Wood, is giving back! We’re making available limited quantities of the 1st printing of Star Wars #1 SIGNED by writer Brian Wood from Dark Horse Comics! These books are available online for $20 and we will be donating 75% of the proceeds of the sale of these books to K.I.D.S. – Kids In Distressed Situations, a charity that provides relief to the young victims of Hurricane Sandy and their families in NY and NJ.
Kids in Distressed Situations strives to minimize the impact of poverty and tragedy on the well-being of children and teens and to maximize their self-esteem and dignity through the agency partner distribution of kid-essentials made possible by the donation of product and funds from companies, foundations and individuals.
We hope you’ve enjoyed our Midtown exclusive My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic covers so far, because we’re keeping the ball rolling with issues 4 and 5, featuring crystallized ponies in the Crystal Kingdom! Both covers are available for pre-order now!
We also have exclusive covers for MLP #1, MLP #2 currently available, and MLP #3 will be landing In stores soon!
Bloggerinos! Raph here, this time with an interview with Ed Brisson, writer of my favorite new miniseries Comeback. Comeback is published by Image Comics and has a simple premise: in the recent future, there’s a company that will save someone you love from death, for a steep price. What would you pay to save someone you loved? What are the consequences when the mission goes wrong? The series is answering those questions in an amazingly awesome way.
Star Trek helmsman and internet sensation, George Takei comes to Midtown Comics! Check out our interview with actor George Takei and creator Dan Parent about the all new Kevin Keller #6 from Archie Comics!
Meet artist Edwin Huang at our Grand Central store! Edwin will be signing his new Image Comics book, All-New Secret Skullkickers #1 on Thursday June [...]
