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.
So many #1’s this week! Try a bit of everything! Buy Strange Academy #1 A cover OR Marvel #1 A cover and you’ll get Spider-Man Noir #1 FREE! Offer good until 3/8 or while supplies last.
If you’re a customer at Ultimate Comics, then I’m guessing that we’ve met before. I’ve been lucky enough to work at the shops for the past four years, first managing Ultimate Comics Durham, then moving over to manage the Ultimate Comics Cary location, and most recently serving as the Operations Manager for all three stores.
I spent my days chatting with all of you about our favorite comics, the heroes we admired, the writers and artists who left an impact on us, and our love of such an amazing medium. I’ve had the chance to work with amazing people. Everyone who works at Ultimate has an unparalleled love for comics and for this business; it’s been a privilege to work alongside them. I’ve made lifelong friends with my coworkers and with some of the customers at the shop.
Working together, I’m so proud of what we’ve accomplished. We’ve given out thousands of comics at some of the biggest Free Comic Book Day events in the state. We’ve given back, partnering with amazing charities and nonprofits like Magic Wheelchair and the Hero Initiative. We’ve helped save hundreds of lives through the blood drives run by the Blood Connection. And perhaps most importantly, we’ve helped build an incredible community right here in the triangle. A community that embodies one of my core personal beliefs, that comic books are for everyone.
Looking back on all of this, it is with mixed emotions that I announce that I will be leaving Ultimate Comics in February. I have been given an exciting opportunity in the comic book industry (stay tuned for more news on that) and will be moving out of state.
While I am excited to make this big change, I will miss my family at Ultimate Comics greatly. I will miss the shops as well, shops I truly believe to be some of the best in the country. I know that everyone will continue the store’s mission of serving it’s community and promoting the comic book medium. My Assistant Manager Harrison will be taking the reigns at the Cary store and I’m so excited to see what he and the rest of the staff have in store for you in the coming year.
I want to thank Alan, the owner of Ultimate Comics for giving me some incredible opportunities during my time here. He has been such a positive force for comics in North Carolina and it’s been an honor working with him.
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be at Ultimate Comics Cary, so make sure to come by for one last comics chat!
Everything in the store Buy 2 Get 2 Free Mix and Match!
It’s the event you’ve been dying for, the Ultimate Comics Black Friday Super Sale, and it’s happening all weekend long! Spend Black Friday Weekend with your pals at Ultimate Comics!
This year we’re keeping things simple. We’re giving our customers a crazy good deal, all weekend long, no gimmicks! Everything in the store* is Buy 2 Get 2 Free all weekend long! And yes you can mix and match!
That means toys, statues, action figures, trades, back issues, and new comics (excluding that week’s new releases) will all be up for grabs. Get your Christmas shopping done early or snag whatever you’ve been eyeing, for one of the best deals of the year!
*Excludes holds, layaways, wall books, that week’s new releases
Come celebrate local comic shops with your pals at Ultimate Comics, Saturday November 23rd!
We’ll have a ton of exclusive comics, hardcovers, and merch! Including The Walking Dead: The Alien, a Walking Dead story written by Brian K. Vaughn (Saga)! It’s the first time this book is in print as a single issue, and it’s one you do not want to miss!
We’re doing a special Ultimate Comics promotion to celebrate the day! Spend $50 at the shop and get a free exclusive NC Comicon print! Spend $100 and get a free T-Shirt! We’ll have a variety of styles and sizes, so make sure to pick one up so you can spend the rest of the day in style!
Peach momoko Turtles 100 print
Tommy Lee Edwards The Crow print
At Ultimate Comics Cary, our friends from the Blood Connection will be set up right outside from 11 am to 4 pm. Come by and make a donation! By donating you’ll receive a $20 Visa Gift Card!
Come out to Ultimate Comics Durham on August 17th and help us celebrate the 16th anniversary of Ultimate Comics with an all our birthday bash! We’re going to have a huge tent sale, creator signings, a charity blood drive, and a visit from our friends Boom Studios!
Under the big tent we’ll have a huge selection of dollar books carefully curated from the Ultimate Comics Super Secret Warehouse. Make sure to check out our selection of discount graphic novels and toys out under the big top.
But we’re not stopping with just a tent sale. Special guest, Jeremy Whitley will be signing his new Marvel series Future Foundation #1! We’re also bringing out a bunch of indie comic creators who will be hanging out with all sorts of cool art for you to check out!
Need more cool comic book guests? Morgan Perry of Boom! Studios fame and acclaim is coming all the way out from LA to party with the Ultimate Crew. We’re hanging out and launching the new hit comic Once and Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora! We’ll have an exclusive cover and be doing a giveaway. We’ve read the comic, and man this is an event you do not want to miss!
Ultimate Comics is also teaming up with our friends the Ghostbusters of NC and the Blood Connection to host a blood drive to benefit the amazing charity, Magic Wheelchair! Come on down from 10 am to 3 pm and help save up to 3 lives by signing up to make a blood donation. The Ghostbusters of NC will be decked out with their proton packs and will be hanging out all day with the Blood Connection crew to take pictures with anyone who stops by to donate! There’s also been uncomfirmed sightings of a 9 ft Stay Puft Marshmallow Man who may be making an appearance!
Introducing the first Ultimate Comics live show this August 3rd and 4th! Hey comic fans, Aaron from A Comic Shop is excited to dig through about a million comics in the Ultimate Comics Super Secret Warehouse to get you your fix! We’re starting with a five hour live show on both Saturday and Sunday with vintage, new, variants, exclusives, runs, and even some FREE COMICS! There’ll also be graphic novels, toys, and statues!
More to be announced, but this will have something for everyone! Please check out the event page on the Ultimate Comics Warehouse FB page. RSVP as going and share the event page to win some exclusives, and check out A Comic Shop’s Facebook page for the LIVE SHOW on Saturday August 3rd at 7pm est (and again Sunday August 4th at noon)! So turn on, tune in, and get ready to shop till you drop!
We’ll be open from the start of business Friday morning until our normal closing hours on Saturday night. That’s right, we’re staying up all night long to talk comics with YOU! We’re having 8 different 4 hour-long sale blocks for the entire 32 hours! But that’s not it! For every $75 you spend you can choose something from our kicker table or a free ticket to Greensboro Comicon!
So come on and hang out! The UC Cary crew is here all night long and we’ll be hanging out in our pjs talking comics. Head to the store during our late night hours and we’ll have some snacks and coffee.
Sale Schedule:
Friday 7/26 11 am – 3 pm: Buy 2 Get 2 Free Toys, Games, and Statues 3 pm – 7 pm 25% off Trades 7 pm – 11 pm Buy 2 Get 1 Free Everything in the Store
Saturday 7/27 11 pm – 3 am Back Issues Buy 1 Get 1 Free *includes show books, not wall 3 am – 7 am Everything Buy 1 Get 1 Free…we’re serious 7 am – 11 am Trades Buy 2 Get 2 Free 11 am – 3 pm 25% off Toys, Games, and Statues 3 pm – 7 pm Buy 2 Get 1 Free on Everything in the Store
NOTE: Sales Listed Do Not Apply to Items on Hold or Layaway
Did you miss our last huge dollar book sale at the Ultimate Comics Super Secret Warehouse? Do you love comedy? Boy do we have an event for you! Ultimate Comics is partnering with Mettlesome in downtown Durham for a huge bash Saturday July 13th all day long! Dollar comics, and comic book-inspired events all afternoon in downtown Durham.
2:00 – 8:00 — Dollar Comics and Great Deals on Comic Books. Special guest Cliff Bumgardner of podcast Internet Picnic will be signing copies of his work Dreams 4 Sale!
3:00 – 4:30 — FREE Improv Comedy 101 Drop-In Spend 30 minutes with Mettlesome improv instructors playing games and learning the basics of improv comedy. (Three 30-minute sessions).
5:00 – 6:00 — Lickety Split Who’s comic book is it anyway? Join us for an hour of lightening fast, fun comedy games inspired by our favorite heroes and villains! This is show is appropriate for all ages.
7:30 8:30 — Super Readers Theater Settle in for a show where your favorite books jump from the page to the stage with a live reading by professional actors! For this special Ultimate Block Party Show, we’re choosing two of our favorite comic books to read aloud. Using the Comixology App, panels will be projected on a screen above while our actors embody the voices of some of our favorite comic characters below. This show is appropriate for all ages.
9:00 – 10:00 — Golden Age ft. Internet Picnic For the past three years the cast of Golden Age has been interviewing local artists and creatives about their work and transforming it into comedy magic. Our special guest this month is Cliff Bumgardner from the podcast “Internet Picnic.” He’ll be reading from his new work and sharing all his deepest darkest secrets.
10:00 – ??? — Improv Jam No experience necessary. Anyone who wants to do some improv comedy will get a chance to perform. Bonus points if you cosplay.
Mettlesome Address: Okay Alright, 401 W Geer St Suite A, Durham, NC 27701
This Free Comic Book Day, come to Ultimate Comics and be your own hero. We’ll be hosting a blood drive with the amazing organization, the Blood Connection from 10 am – 3 pm at Ultimate Comics Cary (1301 Buck Jones Rd, Raleigh, NC 27606). A single blood donation can help to save up to 3 lives!
All donors will receive a $10 Ultimate Comics gift certificate and be entered to win an exclusive Lyle Pollard Thanos sketch cover!
