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Ultimate Comics Live Giga Q&A with Alex Paknadel and John Le

Ultimate Comics is partnering with Vault Comics to celebrate the launch of their biggest book yet (pun intended), Giga #1, with an exclusive Q&A with creators Alex Paknadel and John Le!

Join the Ultimate Comics Live Show on October 27th at 7 PM Eastern for this one of a kind fan event. We’ll be chatting Giga #1, Vault Comics, giant robots, the creative process, and more! And you’ll have the chance to ask the creative team behind one of the hottest creator-owned series of 2020 your questions!

We’ll also be debuting not one, but two exclusive Giga #1 “Giga Glow” variants, two of the first Glow-in-the-Dark covers done by Vault Comics! Tim Daniel and Nathan Gooden’s homage to Marvel Comics’ Shogun Warriors #1, these covers come complete with a vintage trade dress. Collectors can pick up the original colored glow variant or the Blacklight glow variant for just $14.99 each or grab the set for just $24.99! Both covers glow in the dark as shown in the mock-ups below. Pre-order today at www.ultimatecomics.com or grab your set live during the show!


You can enter to win a FREE set of these exclusive variants by sharing the linked giveaway post and hitting going on the Facebook event.  

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Ultimate Comics Live Show Toy and Comic Bonanza!

Sunday, September 27th get ready for a giant Ultimate Comics Live Show special!

Join your host Siena for a 4 hour show featuring the hottest toys and comics with the amazing deals you’ve come to expect from Ultimate Comics Live! Special guests, retro toy commercials and more, this one is going to be a fun one. It’s the only place you’ll be able to pick up super cool toy & comic sets like these! We’re prepping everything from retro toys, old school Toy Biz, Marvel Legends in package and loose, and more! Don’t miss out!

Click here for show page

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Dollar Comic, Blowout Toy, and Graphic Novel Super Sale

We’re hosting another Ultimate Comics Super Sale with
BRAND NEW stock at our massive 20,000 square foot
location at O2 Fitness next to our Durham/Chapel Hill Store!

All New – All Different Toys and Goodies

We’re keeping things socially distant with only 60 people in at a time! We’ve restocked with thousands of new comics from our super secret warehouse, all $1.00 Each! Fill a Diamond Box (over 200 comics) for ONLY $95. That’s right, a bulk deal on all new stock! Graphic novels, Toys and Action Figures ALL 50% OFF marked prices! We require masks and only allow 1 person at a table at a time. Admission is free, first come first serve!
We’re restocking each day so you will find great stuff every day no matter when you make it over! 

Friday Sept 18th 5PM – 9PM

Saturday Sept 19th 10AM – 4PM

Sunday Sept 20th 10AM – 4PM

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Batman Day Special Facebook Live Show

Saturday Sep 19th 12 PM to 5 PM

Our first ever Ultimate Comics Live Show Batman Day Bat-Tacular! We’re celebrating all things about everyone’s favorite Caped Crusader as we trundle through the streets of Gotham with Bat-Jeremy, Harrison the Boy Wonder, and Bat-Grace! Will they be donning cool Bat-looks? Tune in to find out!

Tune in for a Bat-tacular 5 hour Special on Facebook Live where you can buy the hottest Batman comics and toys from the comfort of your living room. We’ll have hot key issues, full runs, action figures, statues and more! Bat-fans can expect comics from the Golden Age of Batman to Batman Joker War and everything in between, (including but not limited to: Dark Knight Returns, Batman Years 1-3, Scott Snyder’s run on Detective Comics, a full run of Batman Rebirth, classic Neal Adams Batman issues, and more)!




We’ll be giving away a Batman Black and White statue SIGNED by Gerard Way during the show! Head to the event linked below to find out how you can win.

Batman Day Facebook Live Show

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What’s New at Ultimate? 9/9

First appearances, Ultraman’s Marvel debut, Alex Ross’s Timeless Variants and big Ultimate Comics Live Show events!

This week at Ultimate Comics!
Ultraman in his Marvel Comics debut, penned by Kyle Higgins of Boom’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fame and acclaim. If you’ve been digging MMPR or you’re a fan of Ultraman, pick it up!
Web of Venom Wraith #1! A Venom space cowboy story?? Yes, please!
A special oversize issue for Superman #25 with a brand new first appearance! First appearance of who? We’re not telling! You’ll have to read it to find out.

Hot Books to Pick Up this Week!

Pick Up the First of the Alex Ross Timeless Variants! Then Collect Them All!

Alex Ross is doing a series of incredible portraits of all of your favorite characters in the Marvel Universe! Pick up the first cover, Alex Ross’s Namor, this week with Empyre Fallout Fantastic Four #1. Then be sure to collect them all! And yes, you can add all covers to your pull, just let your local Ultimate Comics know!

Don’t miss our upcoming Facebook Live Events!

Ultimate Comics Live Show Batman Day BAT-TACULAR!

We also have some exciting Ultimate Comics Live Show Specials coming up! Like our first ever Ultimate Comics Live Show Batman Day Bat-Tacular! We’re celebrating all things about everyone’s favorite Caped Crusader as we trundle through the streets of Gotham with Bat-Jeremy, Harrison the Boy Wonder, and Bat-Grace! Will they be donning cool Bat-looks? Tune in to find out!

Saturday Sep 19th 12 PM to 5 PM
Ultimate Comics Live Show Batman Day Celebration

Sep 19th Batman Day Bat-Tacular!

Ultimate Comics Live Show Toy and Comic Bonanza

Sunday, September 27th get ready for a giant Ultimate Comics Live Show special! Join your host Siena for a 4 hour show featuring the hottest toys and comics with the amazing deals you’ve come to expect from Ultimate Comics Live! Special guests, retro toy commercials and more, this one is going to be a fun one.
(Siena is digging around the depths of the Super Secret Warehouse to make sure we’re showcasing only the coolest of the cool comics and toys. Don’t miss out!)

Sunday Sep 27th 12 PM to 5 PM
Featuring new and vintage toys, comics and more!

Sep 27th Toy and Comic Bonanza

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Ultimate Comics Live Show!

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY

Three days of Ultimate comics live shows with more comics, toys, graphic novels and more pulled from the Ultimate Comics Warehouse!

Tuesday night (7PM – 10PM): Collectible Comics – MOSTLY single issue comics priced from $1 to $1,000.

Wednesday afternoon (3PM – 5PM): $5 Bargain Bin – Everything on the spot is $5! Comics/Toys/Trades

Thursday night (7PM – 10PM): Reader’s Corner – Graphic novels, full sets and comic runs!

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Ultimate Outlet Dollar Book 💲ale March 28th & 29th!

THE ULTIMATE DOLLAR BOOK SALE IS BACK SATURDAY MARCH 28th & SUNDAY MARCH 29th!
We’re at it again with our Ultimate Comics Outlet Dollar sale! This time fill a diamond box for just $80!
This sale is located at the old Burlington Coat Factory at South Hills Mall across the paring lot from our Ultimate Comics Cary store. 1213 Buck Jones Rd. Raleigh, NC 27606
Free admission Each Day 10 am to 5 pm

Click here for more information.

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Oak City Comicon May 30th & 31st

Raleigh’s premiere locally owned & operated comic book party is returning to the Raleigh Convention Center, May 30th & 31st, 2020, for two HUGE days, and at only 40 bucks for the entire weekend plus FREE for kids 9-and-under, it’s affordable for the WHOLE family!

We’ve got something for everyone! Comic book superstars like X-Men writer Chris Claremont, Justice League writer Robert Venditti and award-winning artist Afua Richardson! Or how about Bob Camp, the creator of Ren & Stimpy! And William Stout, the iconic illustrator and concept artist for such films as the Return of the Living Dead, Men in Black, Pan’s Labyrinth, & Masters of the Universe!

All this and SO MUCH MORE including toys, video games, exclusive art and our fan-favorite cosplay contest make this our GREATEST show ever!

Click HERE to get your early bird tickets and bring your family, friends and comic book freaks for a weekend of Comicon FUN! All advanced ticket purchases get a special edition print by Chris Giarrusso!

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Dollar Comics Outlet Sale!

DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!! It’s the largest ULTIMATE Dollar Comic Sale ever!
TWO Big Days! March 14 &15, 2020 Free admission 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day
Over 500 Long boxes. So many comics we needed to rent out a BIGGER Building!
Located at the old Burlington Coat Factory at South Hills Mall near our Ultimate Comics Cary store.
Early Entry Saturday $10 (includes free Graphic novel ) 7am to 10am

UPDATE: If you feel sick or have had symptoms in the last 48 hours, please do not attend the sale. This is especially true if you have a fever, cough, sneezing, or shortness of breath or if you have traveled in the last two weeks to a high risk area affected by the corona-virus. We will have a hand-washing area at the back of the hall and we ask that before going through boxes you wash your hands and use the hand sanitizer that we provide. We are going to limit the total number of people at the sale to a max of 100 inside at a time. Thanks for your understanding and we can’t wait for you all to see what we have at the Comic Outlet store! We love all our customers and if you have any questions or concerns you can call Alan Gill directly at 919-357-6401.