Illusive's Weekly Newsletter
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK
I WAS FLESH GORDON SIGNING
Tomorrow evening from 6-9p hobnob with writer Derek McCaw and get his autograph!

Derek is the editor of FanboyPlanet and is also a journalist, author, teacher, and brainiac.

In this book he brings you the story of one of the most infamous cult films from the 70's.

You do not need to be present to get your copy autographed.
SEPTEMBER PREVIEWS DUE SOON
September's Previews Orders are due by next Wednesday. Remember, this is for items arriving in November, so if you're starting your Holiday shopping now, be sure to look through the catalog in-store, or check out this link online.
GUILDS OF RAVNICA PREORDERS
The newest set of Magic: the Gathering is Guilds of Ravnica. Prerelease Events are next weekend, and the set formally releases 10/5. You can preorder a Booster Box now, and can pick up it during Prerelease weekend (you don't have to play in an event for this offer) or wait until 10/5. Each box comes with a special Buy-A-Box promo card (while supplies last).

Also, if you plan on playing in the Prerelease Events, be sure to preregister now . Gamers must select which Guild to play in for each event, and we have capped the number available per event so they're even. Also, the preregistration discount will end in a few days.
ISLE OF GAMERS SPECIAL EVENTS
LEARN TO PLAY MAGIC: THE GATHERING
SUNDAY NOON-7P
This free event is timed perfectly for new or rusty players to learn the game. Each new player will receive a free Demo Deck to learn with and take home! The wonderful South Bay Lady Planeswalkers will be helping teach players. Drop in at any time 12p-7p to play. Participants will receive a special foil promo while supplies last.
LEARN TO PAINT MINIS, SUNDAY 12-2P
Bring your own supplies or use ours and learn to paint miniatures.
WHAT YOU MISSED
Welcome to our new segment where we highlight new #1 issues that you probably missed out on last week but are still in stock.
MCMLXXV #1 Writer:  Joe Casey
Artist / Cover:  Ian Macewan
Age Rating: T+
Meet Pamela Evans. Much more than a typical Manhattan cab driver, she also happens to be a badass monster-fighter who wields an enchanted tire iron. Welcome to the year of her greatest adventure. JOE CASEY and IAN MacEWAN team up for MCMLXXV: modern mythology for a new generation.
Cemetary Beach #1
Writer: 
Artist / Cover: 
Age Rating: M
From the creators of the acclaimed TREES graphic novels, which are currently being adapted for television, comes something completely different. A professional pathfinder, his only ally a disaffected young murderess, breaks out of a torture cell in pursuit of his worst extraction scenario ever: escaping on foot across a sprawling and secret off-world colony established a hundred years ago and filled with generations of lunatics. WARREN ELLIS & JASON HOWARD ignite a high-speed new action serial.

THIS WEEK'S NEW COMICS
SEPTEMBER 19TH HIGHLIGHTS
STAFF SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS WEEK
Anna: Return of Wolverine #1
Patrick: Rick & Morty Presents Sleepy Gary #1
Perry: Burnouts #1

Subscribers, don't forget you have a Guarantee on all regular cover #1 issues! If you're not satisfied, return it.

Not able to pick up your Subscription?  We ship everywhere! Contact us for details.
COMIC HIGHLIGHTS
TM & © DC Comics
BATMAN #55
(W) Tom King (A/CA) Tony S. Daniel
The KGBeast lives! The Russian super-assassin is back-but under whose orders? Does he have a specific mission, or is this simply some leftover Cold War mayhem? Nyet, comrade-it has to do with Bruce Wayne's recent court case involving Mr. Freeze. Something is rotten in Gotham, and you can still smell it, even if it's on ice!
CAPTAIN AMERICAN ANNUAL #1
(W) Tini Howard (A) Ron Lim (A/CA) Chris Sprouse
During an advance scouting mission in World War II, Captain America and Bucky come across an old farmhouse where a group of concentration camp escapees are fending off recapture. If they can hold the line, the Allies will come to the rescue. But it's going to be a long night... 
DESCENDER VOL 6 WAR MACHINE
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Dustin Nguyen
The climactic chapter of DESCENDER is here! All the various factions who have been hunting Tim-21 finally converge around the ocean planet Mata, just as the robots launch their galaxy-wide revolution... But nothing can prepare the young android Tim-or the readers-for what happens next. The DESCENDER saga comes to a startling climax and sets the stage for the next mind-bending adventure. Collects DESCENDER #27-32
OLIVIA TWIST #1
(W) Darin Strauss, Adam Dalva (A/CA) Emma Vieceli
To save a boy she barely knows, teenage orphan Olivia Twist joins THE ESTHERS, a rag-tag girl gang of thieves running free in a dangerous future. Olivia's life in this imminent London of internment camps and strange technology gets even more complicated when she discovers that she has more power and wealth than she's ever dreamed of. But it comes with a great cost.
NEW GAMES
NEW THIS WEEK
Most Items are only available at Isle, but we can transfer any that you are interested in to Illusive.
  • 5 Minute Marvel $24.99
  • Brass Birmingham $59.99
  • Dinosaur Tea Party $19.95
  • Dragon Ball Super World Martial Arts Tournament #2 Booster $2.99
  • The Lady and the Tiger $19.95
  • Lost Expedition Fountain of Youth & Order Adventures Expansion $20.00
  • Magic the Gathering Creature Forge Overwhelming Swarm Gravity Feed $3.49
  • Marvel Hail Hydra $29.99
  • Munchkin Red Dragon Inn $9.95
  • Munchkin Starfinder $24.95
  • Pathfinder RPG Flip-Mat Wizard's Dungeon $14.99
  • Pokemon TCG Dragon Majesty Elite Trainer Box $49.99
  • Spring Meadow $59.95
  • Starfinder RPG Adventure Path Escape from the Prison Moon $22.99
  • Welcome to Your Perfect Home $24.95
SPECIAL PREORDERS
POPS
NEW IN STOCK Order in-stock items online and pick up in-store, or have us ship to you!
These aren't actually new, but we haven't gotten the latest shipment yet. It'll arrive at the end of this week.
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS
Seanan is returning Wednesday, October 24th for the release of Spider-Gwen AKA Ghost Spider #1 . The week prior is the release X-Men Black Mystique #1 which she is also writing. You can still obtain copies of X-Men Gold Annual #2 , the other comic Seanan wrote.

Also, Caitlin Seal (a longtime gamer at Isle of Gamers) will be signing her new novel Twice Dead .
Subscribers , let us know which covers you will want added for this signing.

Non-Subscribers , contact us to purchase the comics you wish to order.

You do not need to be present for the signings. We can get your comics autographed for you and hold them for pick up, or ship them to you.

X-Men Black Mystique #1 J. Scott Campbell Cover
X-Men Black Mystique #1 Larroca Mugshot
Spider-Gwen Ghost Spider #1
Spider-Gwen Ghost Spider #1 Artgerm Variant
Spider-Gwen Ghost Spider #1 Kim Marvel Battle Lines Variant
There will also be a Blank Cover Variant for Spider-Gwen Ghost Spider #1
PRIVATE ROOMS FOR PODCASTS & EVENTS
Our Pirate themed Private Gaming Room at Isle of Gamers holds 10 gamers comfortably. This is the perfect room for a game-themed birthday celebration!
Padded for sound dampening, Illusive's Podcast room is available for recording (we'll provide the microphones, you provide the software and humans). It seats 5 comfortably. Use it to record, game or hold a small party. This room is free to reserve.