New Comics Every Wednesday @ Flying Colors Comics!

New This Week
for Wednesday March 11, 2026

Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff
1170 Concord Ave Suite 140  Concord CA 94520
925-825-5410 
Open Wed-Sat 11-7, Sun-Tue 11-6

 

NEW FROM MARVEL COMICS!

1776 #5

ALIAS RED BAND #1

BLACK CAT #8

IRON MAN AND HIS AWESOME FRIENDS ARMOR UP! DK SUPER READER PRE-LEVEL

DOCTOR STRANGE #4

HULK SMASH EVERYTHING #4

IMPERIAL GUARDIANS #1

SPIDER-MAN IN THE ARMS OF THE OCTOPUS!

IRON MAN #1 NEW PRINTING

LOGAN BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD #3

MAGIK & COLOSSUS #2

MARVEL GRAPHIC COMIC BOX SILVER SURFER

MARVEL GRAPHIC COMIC BOX X-MEN UNITED

PLANET OF THE APES VS. FANTASTIC FOUR #2

SPIDER-MAN: MEALS TO ASTONISH #1

STORM: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST MUTANT #2

THE END 2099 #4

VENOM #255

X-MEN UNITED #1

 

NEW FROM DC COMICS!

ABSOLUTE BATMAN #18

ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #12

ACTION COMICS #1096

ACTION COMICS #242 FACSIMILE EDITION

BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST TP VOL 08 20000 LEAGUES

BLEEDING HEARTS #2

DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL ALLWINTER TP

DC FINEST THE FLASH THE FASTEST MAN DEAD TP

DC X AEW #2

DETECTIVE COMICS #475 FACSIMILE EDITION

EMPEROR AQUAMAN #15

FLINCH THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TP (MR)

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14

HARLEY AND IVY LIFE AND CRIMES #4

SIRENS LOVE HURTS #2

SUPERGIRL #11

SUPERGIRL BIZARROGIRL TP

 

NEW FROM IMAGE COMICS!

BLOOD & THUNDER #11

DIE LOADED #5

FREE PLANET #10

GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #326

INVINCIBLE FOIL EDITION #1 NEW PRINTING

KING SPAWN #53

ROGUE SUN #33

SEASONS #9

SPAWN #373

TIGRESS ISLAND #1

TRANSFORMERS #2 NEW PRINTING GOLD FOIL

TRANSFORMERS #24 NEW PRINTING

TRANSFORMERS #25 NEW PRINTING

TRANSFORMERS #30

UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY #35

UNIVERSAL MONSTERS FRANKENSTEIN HC

WITCHBLADE #19

 

 

MORE NEW COMICS!

51 #1

ARCHIE X ARMY OF DARKNESS #2

BETTY AND ME #1 

BLACK MOON RITUAL

COMICS THE MAGAZINE #1

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #25 NEW PRINTING

CROWNSVILLE #5

CYBERPUNK 2077 CHROME #2

DICK TRACY ST PATRICKS DAY SPECIAL

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS THE FALLBACKS SERIES 1 #2

ELVIRA IN HORRORLAND TP

ELVIS TP OGN

ESCAPE FROM SKULL ISLAND #2

EYRIE MAGAZINE #8

EXORCISM AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE #1

GATCHAMAN #16

GODZILLA LIBRARY COLLECTION VOL 6

GODZILLA VS. AMERICA PORTLAND

HARLEY QUINN X ELVIRA #5

HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #4

HIGH STRANGENESS #5

IRON MAN AND HIS AWESOME FRIENDS ARMOR UP! DK SUPER READER PRE-LEVEL

LOVE AND ROCKETS VOL I #1 FACSIMILE EDITION

MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #9

MARVEL THE X-MEN 100 COLLECTIBLE COMIC BOOK COVER POSTCARDS

MASTERMINDS #4

NO PLACE #4

ORDAINED #2 

OTHER/HALF #1

QUIET PLACE STORM WARNING #1

SHUDDER #25

SHUDDER #27

SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #1 NEW PRINTING

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #85

SONJA REBORN #6

SPACE GHOST #9

STAR TREK LOWER DECKS #17

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #16

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES NYC VS. TMNT

TMNT JOURNEYS #7

USAGI YOJIMBO KAITO '84 #1

VALIANT BEYOND ALL-NEW HARBINGER #5 

VAMPIRESS CARMILLA #29

VAMPIRESS CARMILLA #30

VAMPIRESS CARMILLA #31

Fantastic Four in Stockton: 40 Years ago this week!

Want to hear something fantastic?

In the years before there even was a Flying Colors Comics in Concord, I was on staff at KJOY-AM Radio in Stockton CA. I worked there from 1978-1988.

In late 1985, when the 25th anniversary of Marvel Comics was just ahead, Marvel published their "official history of the Marvel Universe" in a series called MARVEL SAGA.


Reading that first issue, I was reminded Marvel placed the Fantastic Four's rocket base in a place called "Central City California" --- and a crazy thought popped in my head.

"Why is Marvel using a fake city name when they used real city names in so many other comics?"  Most of the Marvel heroes were based in New York City. Peter Parker lived in the NYC borough of Queens. The West Coast Avengers were based in Palos Verdes CA, fer crying' out loud! 

That's when I thought to ask Marvel to fix that continuity glitch by naming California's most central city, Stockton, as the real home of the Fantastic Four.

I had a feeling this would be a good thing for several reasons--- first, it gave the city of Stockton some much-needed positive recognition. Second, it was a boost to Marvel's 25th anniversary happenings. And third, it was a publicity boon for KJOY Radio at a time the competition among Stockton radio stations was fierce.

So on my weekly trip to Al's Comics on Pacific Avenue in Stockton, I asked Mike (aka Al Jr) if we could place a petition for fans to get behind my idea.

We gathered nearly 400 signatures and then I took the bold move to attend a Stockton City Council meeting to ask the local politicos for an official city resolution joining my campaign.

The Stockton City Council meetings were televised... and soon after my appearance there, the media started to call me. TV and radio stations, newspapers... all did stories covering this peculiar super-human interest story.

A stalwart and respected reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Charles Hillinger, interviewed me and then talked with Marvel's Stan Lee, who at that point didn't have much to do with comic books as he was trying to take Marvel into other media from his Hollywood office.

But Stan sure knew a good story especially when he could be part of one, so he got behind the Stockton campaign with enthusiasm.

Once Marvel editors and creators found a way to alter their storyline to include Stockton, an event on the steps of Stockton's City hall was planned for late February 1986.

And so, 40 years later, here we are. 

* I believe the proclamation Stan delivered in 1986 is once again hanging in City Hall.

* The Fantastic Four are still included every year in Stockton's annual city plan!

* Al's Comics on Stockton's Pacific Avenue is still going strong (since 1978) with 97 year-old Al Sr behind the cash register five days a week (go see Al's!)
 
* Fans still talk about this story... and some even have found a way to match the cover of the original Fantastic Four #1 with the Pacific Avenue Al's location.

* More than that, outside Al's is a huge Fantastic Four mural. Super cool! Go see it!

* And this weekend (Feb 28-Mar 1)is StocktonCon, the big comic book convention run by my old KJOY friend Mike Millerick. (I'd love to be there, but life got in the way).  

In a real way, this is my 40th anniversary of getting into the comics business.

After the FF campaign, Stan Lee hired me to do a bit of free-lance public relations work for his wife Joanie's first novel. That was a fun gig!  

From there, I was hired to run promotions and advertising for a then-new comic book convention in Oakland which became WonderCon.

And two and hall years after that February 1986 afternoon when Stan Lee stood on the steps of Stockton's City Hall to proclaim the city as the "Official Birthplace of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff opened in Concord CA.

So far so good?
Nah... so far, so FANTASTIC!!