Illusive's Weekly Newsletter
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK
READ YOUR PREVIEWS
Previews catalogs the items that are releasing in two months.

Subscribers, please look through Previews and let us know of anything you'd like to add to your list.

Not all items are able to be reordered and the more popular items tend to sell out the week they release. But if you can tell us what you want ahead of time, we can order that much better.
GET FREE STORE CREDIT
Through the end of August bring in friends to become Subscribers, and you'll each get $10 in store credit! Maybe you know people who used to shop at Legends that need a new comic shop. Bring 'em on by!

Folks can also sign up online.
PERRY IS BACK IN ACTION!
Perry's usual sardonic, argumentative self has returned. C'mon down and prepare to laugh, enjoy and celebrate!
KIDS' D&D: AUTUMN SESSION
We have changed the time for the Monday and Thursday sessions of the upcoming season to fit parents' schedules better. Monday and Thursday will take place at Illusive (instead of Isle) and run from 5p-7p.
DONATE TO REBUILD IN REDDING
Many of us have loved ones living in the Redding area, whose houses were damaged or completely burned down.

We are collecting Home Depot and Lowe's Gift Cards to give to directly to affected families, as they work to rebuild. Please drop off Gift Cards and we will make sure they're delivered directly into the hands of folks who truly need them.
ISLE OF GAMERS SPECIAL EVENTS
Check-in starts at 11am and the event begins at 11:30am. This is a Sealed Deck Tournament using Core 2019 product. The top 8 players will play a Draft and the winner of the PPTQ earns an invite to a Regional PTQ. Top finishers at the Regional PTQ earn a berth on the Pro Tour. 2 packs of Core 2019 will go into the prize pool that will be doled out among the top players.
THIS WEEK'S NEW COMICS
AUGUST 15TH HIGHLIGHTS
STAFF SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS WEEK
Patrick: Extermination #1
Perry: Infinity #2

Subscribers, don't forget once you have 10 ongoing titles on your list, you get 10% off all New and Current Comics and Trades.

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COMIC HIGHLIGHTS
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ASTONISHING X-MEN ANNUAL #1 (W) Matthew Rosenberg (A) Travel Foreman (CA) Rod Reis
Jean Grey and the original X-Men reunite! Following her resurrection, Jean Grey can no longer make sense of her life since becoming an X-Man. Who better to relate to this than Hank McCoy, Warren Worthington III and Bobby Drake? But this reunion will prove bittersweet when they're joined by an unexpected guest...the former Professor Charles Xavier, X! Why has X revealed himself to his former students? And what strange mission does he want to send them on?
BATMAN #53
(W) Tom King (A/CA) Lee Weeks
"Cold Days" continues! The jury in the Mr. Freeze trial is hopelessly deadlocked because one man won't vote guilty-and that man is Bruce Wayne. Freeze's defense is that Batman used excessive force, making his arrest illegal, and Bruce is the one man who actually knows for sure what went down between Batman and his ice-cold nemesis. And if Bruce is right, that means everything he's devoted himself to as the Caped Crusader is a lie; he is hurting more than helping. With Dick Grayson putting the Batsuit back on to keep Gotham City safe while Bruce is sequestered, could this be the out Bruce needs to discard the cape and cowl forever? 
The Eisner Award-nominated team of Tom King and Lee Weeks reexamine the relationship between hero and foe, as Batman relives not just that one violent night when he took down the King of Cold, but every time the two have come to blows.
CROWDED #1
(W) Christopher Sebela (A/CA) Ro Stein, Ted Brandt
SERIES PREMIERE! Ten minutes in the future, the world runs on an economy of job shares and apps, including Reapr: a crowdfunding platform to fund assassinations. Charlie Ellison leads a quiet, normal life until she's suddenly targeted by a million-dollar Reapr campaign. Hunted by all of Los Angeles, Charlie hires Vita, the lowest-rated bodyguard on the Dfend app. As the campaign picks up speed, they'll have to figure out who wants Charlie dead before the campaign's 30 days-or their lives-are over.
From Eisner-nominated writer CHRISTOPHER SEBELA (Heartthrob, We(l)come Back, Harley Quinn), RO STEIN & TED BRANDT (Captain Marvel, Raven: The Pirate Princess), TRIONA FARRELL (Runaways, Mech Cadet Yu), and CARDINAL RAE (BINGO LOVE, ROSE).
EXTERMINATION #1
(W) Ed Brisson (A) Pepe Larraz (CA) Mark Brooks
Cyclops. Iceman. Angel. Beast. Marvel Girl. The original team of teen mutants brought together by Professor Charles Xavier many years ago have been shunted through time to find a world they barely recognize but were determined to help. Now, finding themselves targeted for death, the future of mutantkind lies squarely in the hands of its past. Writer Ed Brisson (OLD MAN LOGAN, CABLE) and artist Pepe Larraz (UNCANNY AVENGERS, AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER) answer the biggest question of all: can the fate of the X-Men be changed?
NEW GAMES & SPECIAL PREORDERS
NEW THIS WEEK
At Illusive:

Arkham Horror LCG: Heart of the Elders Mythos Pack

Legendary Marvel Studios 10th Anniversary Deck Building Game

Kodama Duo

Smash Up: The Bigger Geekier Box
Additionally at Isle:

Grifters: Nexus

Scythe: My Little Scythe

Red Dragon Inn: 7 - The Tavern Crew

Scythe: The Rise Of Fenris

Tiny Epic Defenders: 2nd Ed.

Tiny Epic Defenders : The Dark War

Star Wars RPG: Age of Rebellion - Cyphers and Masks Hardcover
PREORDERS
POPS
NEW IN STOCK Order in-stock items online and pick up in-store, or have us ship to you!
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS
LEGEND OF KORRA: TURF WARS, PART 3
Irene Koh will be returning August 22nd to sign Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part III from 6p-9p! Be sure to place an order for Volumes 1, 2 and/or 3 so we are not sold out by the event (we order more each time, and still sell out). Can't attend? No problem! order your copies and we'll be sure to get them signed and personalized for you. We can hold them for you to pick up or have them shipped to you.
I WAS FLESH GORDON SIGNING
Wednesday, September 19th, 6-9p hobnob with writer Derek McCaw (a long-time Subscriber of Illusive Comics since Brian's Books Days). We will have the books available for pre-order for pick up. Stay tuned for more details!
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.