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Talk & Tweet: 2013 FREE-COMIC-BOOK-DAY CELEBRATION is on SATURDAY MAY 4th details below & MORE coming soon!  [Till then: "May the 4th be with YOU!" ]

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Oh, WOW, It's YOU!!!....Great to see YOU again!  We thought you'd make it back here eventually :o)...

WELCOME to IMAGE COLLECTIONS' crazy little place on the web.  We may NOT have the most 'fantabulous' website on the 'net, but at least we...er,...try??  Do we intentionally make it look like this?...Only 'The Shadow' knows for sure...This new site morphs almost daily, bursting with goodness, or something close to it,...or far... Thanks for taking time out to visit us, as we hope YOU are able to do IN PERSON one day also @ our 21 YEAR OLD STORE in Streetsville, Mississauga [Near Toronto, Ontario, CANADA] ...

....AS SEEN BELOW...[and on the OTHER pages here]...We DO UPDATE this,....eventually!... ;o)

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UPCOMING @ Image	Sailor Moon... yes, SAILOR MOON is Back!......and so's THE JOKER! [see BELOW!] CALL for details!
	FREE COMIC BOOK DAY is...... SATURDAY MAY 4th	"May the 4th be with YOU!"
BEST of COMICS	--BEST READING---Great time to be a fan of panels on a page, as EVERY COMPANY has some EXCELLENT READING CHOICES in a variety of genres and art styles! [...Point:THIS LIST has Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Heroic, Horror, & Crime!..]#1.BATMAN---#2.Saga---#3.B4'Watchmen'---#4.Daredevil---#5.Swamp Thing --#6.Valiant Titles---#7.Walking Dead---#8.Thief of Thieves ---#9.Archie:Married Life---#10.Fables ---#11.Amazing Spider-man --#12. ANYTHING by Mark Millar
Fri. FEB 1st	MAGIC Card Game GATECRASHER release TOURN Friday Night --- MTG 'M-14' July 19th
	...COME ON IN....and VISIT-US again....it's BEEN AWHILE, yes?....

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HOCKEY CARD BUYING HEATS UP IN SPRING

 

 

.........It's ALWAYS A PARTY when everyone knows Stanley is coming to town [...or at least a city...] especially when it's YOUR FAVORITE TEAM who ends up playing hostess... HOCKEY CARDS buying & selling enjoy a SPIKE in sales during this special time of year...

 

TRADING HOCKEY CARDS of both winning & losing players are FUN-TIMES... [...astute collectors know you can get more of the latter for the former in Springtime... :o] &....

 

......it also give your special someone a great reason to get off the couch.....

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.........BEST COMIC READING of 2013:........

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  Marvel's unique 'Indy-Feeling' out-of-tights realist 'HAWKEYE'...the Romeo & Juliet meets STAR WARS inspired 'SAGA'  ....... & Brian M. Bendis written 'X-MEN' titles are all attracting tons of attention...... Robert Kirkman's  AMC darlings 'THE WALKING DEAD' & 'THIEF OF THIEVES' [also coming soon to TV] continue to IMPRESS NEW READERS.......while Mark Waid's 'DAREDEVIL' builds steady like all Valiant's titles............as Scott Snyder's 'BATMAN' & his creepy RETURN-OF-THE-JOKER storyline domiinates all heroic comic artistry by-far!

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.....ALL-AGES COMICS are having a surge in popularity as next-generation-rug-rats are quickly learning READING IS FUN!....

.....for MORE on KIDS COMICS, see our 'FUN-STUFF' & 'ALL-AGES' Pages  [on the side ;o].......

 

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COME ON OUT for...

 

    FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2013  

 

at IMAGE COLLECTIONS in Mississauga & Help Us....

 

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CELEBRATE COMICS

SATURDAY MAY 4th 2013 from 9:30am - 6:00pm

[...groovy 'FAN-Line-Up' starts @ 7am...with prizes]

 

9:30am - 6:00pm -- 8+ Hours - Over 100 Comic-Related Interactive Activities,
Live-In-Person Debates, Discussions, Jams, Presentations, Showcases,
Showdowns, Teachings, Workshops, Games & more!

 

 

 

     ACTIVITIES start @ 9:30am 

 

  Image Collections [Store] opens @ 10:00am 

 

    FREE COMIC BOOKS begin @ 10:30am 

SAVE BIG $$$.....up to 90% OFF!!!

4 LARGE version of what's happening click 'FCBDay'-'2013' link page

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On Saturday May 4th IMAGE COLLECTIONS will host their 13th ANNUAL 'FREE COMIC BOOK DAY' <link>

As one of the Oldest, Largest, and Most Popular Events of its kind in CANADA, our famous PARKING-LOT of activites

not only provides excitement for the long-time-reader, but also is a perfect jumping on point for the NEW & WANTING...

  COME ON OUT  as we provide an accessable 'ground-floor' to DISCOVERING, LEARNING ABOUT, APPRECIATING &

even CREATING COMICS, GRAPHIC NOVELS, & other forms of SEQUENTIAL ART.....

....details below & MORE coming....

MUCH MORE COMING.......link below

Thanks for reading b4 [ :o) ] clicking....

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HOCKEY CARDS [and Hockey] are back for the 2012-13 Season, and here's a quick look-see for you.....

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----2013 SCORE HOCKEY have cool new subsets like 'FIRST-GOAL', 'NET-CAM', & 'THE FRANCHISE" with 'HOT ROOKIES'!

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---2013 O-PEE-CHEE HOCKEY have a clean, crisp, classic design, with 'LEGENDS', 'ALL-STARS', 'Team-Retro-Logo-PATCHES' & more!

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..VANGUARD leading a new VANGUARD of C.C.G.s* ?......

The newest of the seemingly steady line of Collectible Card Games

[...wow, THAT took awhile [see near TOP of this page] to explain what-the-sheep "*" meant..."thanks for nothing" says reader-in-flux....dang'd acronyms!! :o]

 which have appeared ever since MAGIC [the 1st] debuted back in 1993 has longtime players seeing some interesting developments in this relatively recent release.... 

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..... IT'S BACK..... I.C.'s 6TH ANNUAL....

NATIONAL HOCKEY CARD DAY @ IMAGE COLLECTIONS

is on....SATURDAY FEBURARY 17th [11am-6pm] 

with plenty of FUN STUFF PLANNED, including get your very own FREE PACK OF UPPER DECK CARDS featuring the top NHL Stars of the past 35 YEARS!!!.....

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.....MAGIC [the trading card game] GATECRASHER [2013] comes out early FEBURARY....

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......THINGS ARE A'CHANGING in the LAND OF PETER PARKER!! [For best results read AMAZING #698,#699, & #700].... While SPAWN #227 has a familiar look to it..... One of MARVEL's BEST READS lately is the GIANT-TRIPLE-SIZED, 100-PAGES-LONG, all ONE STORY  [a rarity today] FANTASTIC FOUR #600....INCREDIBLE HULK #600 also has SPIDEY kicking around in it........FOR MORE of I.C.'s comics meanderings, check out our 'Reading Comics' Page.....

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Superior Spi.#1 - Amazing Spi.#300 - Spawn#227 - Amazing#700 - Amaz.#698 - Amaz.#583 - Fantastic Four #600-Hulk#600

 

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It May Seem Like 'THE WALKING DEAD' Is Over-Rated, As It Balances A Monthly Series From IMAGE COMICS, NOVELS, Video Games, & One Of The Highest Rated TV Shows Of The Season...

......But,  IF YOU'VE EVER READ THE ORIGINALS, YOU KNOW ......

Drama, Shocking Twists, & Page-Turning Suspense, Mixed With True Emotional

Highs & Lows, There Is Much MORE To This,

 THE BESTSELLING GRAPHIC NOVEL For 3 Straight Years!!!...

[.....The TV SHOW is almost 50% NEW Content From The Darker Comic, or Vice-Versa.....]

[........so YES, you CAN ENJOY [and not ruin] BOTH......]

Volume One is The Beginning   --   Volume 3 is approx When Season 3 Begins

Volume 5 Introduces 'The Governor' [much differently]

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Try 'WALKING DEAD #1' for only $1 @ , and also READ 'Thief Of Thieves'[$1], also by Robert Kirkman!

......FOR MORE about Image's 'THE WALKING DEAD', check out our 'Reading Comics' Page.....

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Keep Your Eyes On DC COMICS New-52 Smash 'BATMAN'.....

...as stated [WAY] below & on our 'READING COMICS' Page:...

...The RETURN OF THE JOKER storyline, mixed with the crafty, modern-noir, horror-like Scott Snyder story texture is SURE to pull in some WALKING DEAD READERS while, once word got out [of his ideas] to other DC writers they wanted in, the elongated  format should only expand 'BATMAN's readership to heights unseen in decades!!!

....'BATMAN' is TRULY again a Knight of the Dark now....

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...If you thought Heath's version was a landmark..

[which it was], then you owe it to yourself to try Scott Snyder's with the DC-New-52...

WARNING: Not for the Squeamish! 

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come CELEBRATE COMICS on SAT MAY 4th

 

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On Saturday May 4th IMAGE COLLECTIONS will host their 12th ANNUAL 'FREE COMIC BOOK DAY'

 

As one of the Oldest, Largest, and Most Popular Events of its kind in CANADA, our famous PARKING-LOT of activites

 

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..has some pretty cool stuff upcoming, like the NEW ALEX [Marvels] ROSS painted project 'MASKS'...

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The soon-to-be out 'MARVEL NOW' [think mini NEW-52] re-launched 'IRON MAN' title is looking quite spiffy.....

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[for MORE details, click on our READING COMICS page [on the SIDE]  ;o]

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2012-13 PANINI NHL HOCKEY STICKERS & Stickerbooks are now available....

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Here @ Image Collections, we're all falling for DAREDEVIL, the newly re-launched [ugh, yeah we know you all, like us, could do without hearing THAT word as much ;o] Mark ['Kingdom Come, 'Irredeemable'] Waid written throwback title....

....PERFECT for a little 'fresh air' in a sometimes stuffy...

........READING PILE!

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24-HOUR-COMIC-BOOK-DAY in CANADA Strikes Again @ Image Collections.....

 

          "PREVIOUSLY........................on 24"......

 

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-----Jack Bauer: "I'm Federal Agent Jack Bauer,.....and today is the longest day of my life."----[Repeated introduction. from '24' TV SHOW]      "Your own creations are your own children;...you gave life to them,...so you’ll always have,... if not more passion to them,... more connections to them." ----Brian K.Vaughan [..talking about working on 'creator-owned' projects..]     [He would KNOW, as he has extensive-experience writing his own 'Y-the-LAST-Man', 'Ex-Machina', and th/new 'Saga']

 

MORE on our '24's: < http://sundayartist.wordpress.com/tag/24-24/ >

 

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****BREAKING NEWS**** "Breaking-The-Hearts-Of-So-Many...In Different Ways...It Is Now Official!!!.............. Perfect For The Two Distict Markets Of Both 'Fawning' & 'Foddering',....We Amicably Pass Along The News That... YES!!!...THERE WILL-BE A 'JUSTIN BIEBER-SERIES-2-TRADING-CARD-SET'!!!......

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BIG NEWS: VENOM IS BACK in a FLASH!!!

...Why, oh why is THAT both funny & PUNny at the same time?...

.....guess you'll have to READ IT!.....Check out the NEW 'VENOM' monthly

ongoing series....

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....... NEWS.......JIM LEE , industry superstar & currently the main artist on 'JUSTICE LEAGUE', will be headed to 'SUPERMAN' along with current BATMAN writer SCOTT SNYDER in a NEW ONGOING SERIES to begin this spring!!!.....

BATMAN #13 SALES better than WALKING DEAD #100?...

DC NEW 52 BATMAN #0 ISSUES TELL NEW PRE-BATMAN ORIGIN ONE-SHOT TALES...

ZOMBIES INVADE ARCHIE COMICS?!?!....

....ZOMBIES invade!!!!!.....ARCHIE COMICS?!?!....

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...ARCHIE COMICS will be host to a RIVERDALE invasion in which some 'REAL-LIFE smootchers' will help out...

5 Drive-In Dark Knight Rises, Batmobile added to Image Collections BAT-FEST Event

              BATMAN-FEST is this SATURDAY!!!

       .....come join-in as we celebrate the 75+YEARS of Bruce Wayne & the arrival of some tiny movie...

                                   FIRST OFF.....The BIG NEWS is some EXTREME-added-value to our 'BATMAN- FEST' @ The 5 DRIVE-IN for the 'DARK KNIGHT RISING' movie upcoming up this weekend [SAT.JULY 21st]...

How about seeing a REAL-LIVE-BAT-MOBILE??....Remember 1989's smash-hit 'BATMAN'?.... Want to see one?.....If not, don't come out SAT....

 

                Lots of ARTISTS to meet........ Daniel Wong - Adonis Howard - Mark Chetcuti - Derek Tse ....MORE

  THANX for spreading the word [you tweeter, you! ;o] , we can't do it all...it takes YOU to make an event, especially an exciting one like this!

With Lots of FRIENDS, FUN, FREEBIES, DRAWS & PRIZES, TRIVIA, Free Sketches, Amazing BAT-READING, COMICS-MOVIE-TV-REMEMBRANCES, Learn 2 Draw BATMAN & BANE (...even if you can't draw :o), SKETCHING DUELS, BAT-TALK CHAT, VOTE for THE BEST of everything BATMAN, and Learn about  BANE's big 'KNIGHTFALL' storyline involving the 'Breaking of the BAT'!

           

 LAST YEAR DC Comics shockingly cancelled ALL of their long-running heroic titles, relaunching an ENTIRE UNIVERSE, for more info, including an illuminating review of the acclaimed NEW BATMAN title [...see above #1-6, below artwork..]   Read about DC COMICS 'NEW-52 Reboot' here:   http://www.imagecollections.ca/reading-comics

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DC COMICS ongoing BATMAN is turning lots of heads and is widely held as the BEST TITLE of all the 'NEW-52's!