Jim Lee event updates

UPDATES:

* Jim Lee signing event tickets are STILL AVAILABLE!
* Tickets are only available in store at Flying Colors!

Tickets will surely sell out before the event day, so get in here soon!

Flying Colors is open
Wed-Sat 11AM-7PM
Sun-Tue 11AM-6PM

Additional Info:

* Bring your copy of BATMAN 158 to get it signed.

* In addition, you can get four additional items signed. If you don't bring in your copy of BATMAN 158, then you will only be allowed the four total signatures.
* Items can be no larger than 11x17.

* Items must be FLAT. If you choose to bring an action figure or Funko box, the boxes must be flattened with no figure inside.

All of these rules are in place to ensure things move smoothly and that everyone will be able to get through the line in the limited time we have.

Also, please watch Flying Colors social media (Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and this blog) for updated info.


Tickets will surely sell out before the event day, so get in here soon!
Flying Colors is open Wed-Sat 11AM-7PM & Sun-Tue 11AM-6PM

Late shipments this week

Please note: 

Many comics schedule for release on Wednesday April 2 will be late. Unfortunately, this week shipments have NOT shown up yet from two out of three of our comic distributors.

We will have some new comics on Wednesday, as usual, but it won’t be til Thursday until we have ALL of this week’s New Releases. Thanks for your patience!

New Comics Every Wednesday @ Flying Colors Comics!

New This Week at Flying Colors 
for Wednesday April 2, 2025

Visit the New
Flying Colors Comics 
1170 Concord Ave Suite 140
Concord CA 94520
925-825-5410
Open Wed-Sat 11-7, Sun-Tue 11-6

 Saturday April 5 Noon-3PM Author Matt Mikalatos "God With Us"

Saturday April 12 11AM-1PM Artist JIM LEE! This is a ticketed event!

NEW FROM MARVEL COMICS!

ALL-NEW VENOM #5

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 POSTER

CONCERT OF CHAMPIONS #1

DAREDEVIL COLD DAY IN HELL #1

DEADPOOL #13

DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE ONE LAST TIME #1

DEFENDERS EPIC COLLECTION WORLD GONE SANE TP

DOOM ACADEMY #1 NEW PRINTING

GHOST RIDER DANNY KETCH EPIC COLLECTION SIEGE OF DARKNESS TP

GODZILLA HEIST #2

HELLVERINE #5

IMMORTAL THOR #22

IRONHEART BAD CHEMISTRY #1

MARVEL 2-IN-ONE TP VOL 01

MARVEL GRAPHIC COMIC BOX AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

MARVEL GRAPHIC COMIC BOX MARVEL RIVALS

MARVEL RIVALS #1

MARVEL RIVALS #1 POSTER

MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN #32

MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1

MOON KNIGHT FIST OF KHONSHU #7

PSYLOCKE #6

SPIDER-BOY #18

SPIDER-MAN BLACK SUIT AND BLOOD TP VOL 01

SENTRY TP

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #1 NEW PRINTING

ULTIMATE X-MEN #14

VENOM WAR TP VOL 01

WEST COAST AVENGERS #6

X-MEN #14

 

NEW FROM DC COMICS!

ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #1

ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #6

BATGIRL #6

BATMAN 2022 HC VOL 04 DARK PRISONS

BATMAN & ROBIN YEAR ONE #6

BATMAN #614 FACSIMILE EDITION

BATMAN GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT THE KRYPTONIAN AGE HC

BATMAN OFF-WORLD TP

BIRDS OF PREY #20

DC FINEST PEACEMAKER KILL FOR PEACE TP

FROM THE DC VAULT DEATH IN THE FAMILY ROBIN LIVES TP

GOTHAM CITY YEAR ONE TP

JIMMY OLSENS SUPERCYCLOPEDIA TP

JSA #6

JUSTICE LEAGUE THE ATOM PROJECT #4

POISON IVY #32

PUNK ROCK JESUS TP NEW EDITION

RESURRECTION MAN QUANTUM KARMA #1

SECRET SIX #2

TEEN TITANS GO #2

TWO-FACE #5

ZATANNA #2

 

NEW FROM IMAGE COMICS!

GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO BEACH HEAD #1

GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO SILENT MISSIONS EDITION #21

HORNSBY & HALO #5

HYDE STREET #5

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JUVENILE #5

LUCKY DEVILS #3

MONKEY MEAT THE SUMMER BATCH #2

ROOK EXODUS TP VOL 01

SPAWN BLACK RITUAL THE BOOK OF NYX #1

SPAWN RAT CITY TP VOL 01

SPAWN SAM AND TWITCH CASE FILES #12

SPAWN SCORCHED #39

 

MORE NEW COMICS & OTHER COOL STUFF!

ARCHIE & FRIENDS LEVEL UP ONESHOT

BATTLE ACTION #5 

CARTOONISTS CLUB GN

COMIC SHOP NEWS #1963

CONAN BARBARIAN BATTLE BLACK STONE TP

EC CRUEL KINGDOM #4 

GOD WITH US GN 

GODZILLA HEIST #2

HELLO DARKNESS #9

JOJOS BIZARRE ADV SHINING DIAMONDS HEARTBREAK GN VOL 02

LET THIS ONE BE A DEVIL #2

MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 40

PAST TIME #1

PLAGUE HOUSE #1

POLIS ONE SHOT

POP KILL #2

POWER LORDS #3

POWER RANGERS PRIME #5

RED BEFORE BLACK #5

RIPPERLAND #3

STAR TREK LORE WAR #1

STAR WARS BAD BATCH GHOST AGENTS #2

STRANGER THINGS D&D RISE OF HELLFIRE #2

 

JIM LEE Event & Ticket Information

JIM LEE SIGNING EVENT & TICKET INFO

Who: Superstar Artist & DC Publisher JIM LEE!

What: Signing event to celebrate the release of the Batman "H2SH" story
Where: Flying Colors Comics, 1170 Concord Ave Suite 140, Concord CA
When: Saturday April 12 11AM-1PM

Due to the extremely limited time Jim Lee will be here, his signing appearance at Flying Colors is a limited ticketed event.  

To secure your ticket for the Jim Lee event:

* Starting Wednesday March 26 at 11AM, tickets will be available for a limited time to our Flying Colors Hero Society members for the member price of $50. Strict limit of ONE ticket per Hero Society member. (Please note: Hero Society memberships purchased after March 1 2025 are NOT eligible.)  

What's included:

* Ticket package will include a copy of BATMAN #158 (main cover), available with your ticket purchase. Also included in the ticket price, you'll receive copies of BATMAN #159-163 (main cover) to complete the H2SH storyline, as they are published and available for in-store pickup only at Flying Colors.

* Your ticket will include Jim Lee's signature on BATMAN #158, plus four additional signatures (flat items only) at the signing event.

* Tickets for the Jim Lee event will ONLY be sold in-store, not online or by phone.

Important Notes You Need to Know!
* If available, additional tickets for those not enrolled in Flying Colors Hero Society will go on sale Monday March 31 for $75 each with a strict limit of one.

Please Note:

1) Event tickets are not refundable, exchangeable or transferable. Lost tickets cannot be replaced. NO exceptions.

2) Tickets will be numbered. At the event, please line up in order of your ticket number.

 

3) On Saturday April 12, we ask all attendees to use the parking lot at 1200 Concord Avenue (with the T-Mobile high-rise office building), across John Glenn Drive from Flying Colors in Heritage Square.

4) There will be NO "meet and greet" photos. We will have a professional photographer here taking photos of the event.

Sat 3/22: Out of Alcatraz and into Flying Colors!

When: Saturday March 22 11AM-1PM
What: Signing for the first issue of OUT OF ALCATRAZ from ONI Press
Who: Author Christopher Cantwell and artist Tyler Crook
Where: Flying Colors Comics, 1170 Concord Ave (of course!)

Here's the set-up:

Born from one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century, this taut and breathtaking original limited series launches with a double-sized, 48-page debut from Eisner Award–nominated writer Christopher Cantwell (Plastic Man No More, Briar) and Eisner Award–nominated illustrator Tyler Crook (Harrow County, The Lonesome Hunters)!

Convicts Frank Morris and Clarence Anglin have washed ashore in San Francisco after surviving their infamous escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in June 1962. They soon meet their gruff and disappointed handler, a mysterious young woman who’s also running from something, and hope to quickly get their way north to the border—if they can even make it out of Modesto alive.

As a dogged federal manhunt and chance encounters threaten the desperate convicts, everyone involved is about to discover the same bloodstained truth: life on the run is an even more hellish prison than Alcatraz could have ever been!

Sat 4/5: Matt Mikalatos Debuts New Graphic Novel at Flying Colors

What: "God With Us" graphic novel signing and release event
Who: Best-selling author Matt Mikalatos
When: Saturday April 5 Noon-3PM
Where: Flying Colors Comics, 1170 Concord Ave Suite 140, Concord CA

Award-Winning Author Matt Mikalatos Explores 40 Beloved Stories in Scripture—from Creation and David and Goliath to the Resurrection—Through the Eyes of the Curious

WaterBrook is thrilled to introduce the captivating new graphic novel God With Us: Bible Stories on the Road to Emmaus (WaterBrook/Penguin Random House; release date 4/1/25) skillfully written by award-winning author Matt Mikalatos and wonderfully illustrated by David Shephard. 

Arriving a few weeks before Easter, God with Us will help readers young and old follow God’s story of love, hope, and rescue from Genesis to the Gospels—through 40 stories told by Jesus himself. This intriguing, funny, and heartfelt journey explores Scripture from Creation to the Resurrection through the eyes of the curious walking with Jesus on the Road to Emmaus.

God with Us also helps unveil the beautiful tapestry of Jesus’s loving presence throughout the biblical narrative. Mikalatos and Shephard effectively immerse readers in the culture and surroundings of first century Israel.

 

The long walk home after celebrating Passover in Jerusalem should be a joyful journey, but this year the travelers (including young Moshe and Rachel) are sad and afraid. Then a mysterious stranger shows up and starts telling stories—from many years ago all the way up to the recent death of Yeshua (Jesus) on the cross—and the friends can’t wait to hear more.

Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated, God with Us makes a perfect gift for Easter and throughout the year that families and readers of all ages will enjoy.

 

“Dave worked hard to make the land and trees and bushes, buildings, furniture, clothes (and toys!) look close to how they would have in those days," said author Matt Mikalatos. "Dave also did an amazing job bringing all the characters to life, and I enjoy seeing Yeshua as he eats and talks and laughs alongside the other people in this book…I love comics, and I love the Bible. I hope this graphic novel makes you love the Bible more too.”  

 

Flying Colors "God With Us" Facebook Events page is HERE!

(Photo at right: Matt Mikalatos on staff at Flying Colors Comics, circa 1996).

Sat 4/12: Jim Lee at Flying Colors... Again for the First Time!

Who: JIM LEE, mega-popular comics artist, DC Comics Publisher, cool dude
When: Saturday April 12 11AM-1PM
Where: Flying Colors Comics, 1170 Concord Ave
Why: Jim Lee's return to doing the art on BATMAN and his return to Concord where he did his first pro shop signing in 1988 at Flying Colors original location! 

We're thrilled to welcome our long-time friend and superstar artist Jim Lee to the new Flying Colors! Please note: this event is extremely limited so this will be a ticketed event.

We'll be announcing details soon, so please follow us on social media:
Facebook
Instagram
X/Twitter

Note: There will be NO online sales for this event. All sales to reserve your space at the signing will happen in-store at Flying Colors.

Special Events at Flying Colors Comics!

March 1 - 7
WILL EISNER WEEK!  

A week to remember and celebrate "the Godfather of the Graphic Novel"--- the late great Will Eisner. His career stretched from the dawn of the American comic book in the mid 1930s through all the ups and downs in the comics' biz over the next 70 years! 

Best way to celebrate the occasion? Buy and read a Will Eisner graphic novel! Come by Flying Colors for great suggestions and a section of bargain-priced graphic novels debuting for Will Eisner Week.

Wednesday March 5 11AM-1PM
Local self-publisher Joey McNaughton joins us for the beginning of New Releases Day. Joey is the creator of "The Witch Queen & the Curse of the Dragon's Heart" which you really need to see!

Saturday March 22 11AM-1PM
Special signing event. You must escape to Flying Colors for this one. Details coming very soon!

Saturday April 5 12PM-3PM
Award-winning author and long-ago FlyCo Retailing Brigade member Matt Mikalatos debuts his graphic novel "God With Us." A great pre-Easter event!

Saturday April 12 11AM-1PM
JIM LEE! Stay tuned for details about this very limited signing event!

Wednesday April 16 11AM-1PM

Another great New Releases Day signing with local comics creator Ben Ferrari. April 16 is the debut day for Ben's SON CHASERS Double Sized one-shot published by Red 5 Comics. How do you redeem your family's name when your ancestor is history's most notorious villain? One bullet at a time. But Henry Hitler (yes, that Hitler) must convince the Son Chasers he's on the side of good before it's too late. This one shot also features a Doc Odyssey adventure with the Abominable Snowman!

Monday April 21 5PM-6PM
Meet writers Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss and get the first issues of their new Image Comics' series--- "We're Taking Everyone Down With Us" and "You'll Do Bad Things." 

Yeah, we know it's only an hour and on a Monday afternoon, even so, it should be an easy deal for anyone who can make it. We'll also be discussing how to fix the Comics Market... don't miss it.

Saturday May 3 11AM-7PM
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! 
Hey, look! It's Flying Colors' first FCBD in our new shop... it's also the 24th annual event. FCBD is the World's Largest Comic Book Related Event and it was founded right here in Flying Colors!  We'll be giving away thousands of FREE comic books all day long and it's a fun community party. Don't miss it! 

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Holiday happenings at Flying Colors Comics!