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Chicago/Bucktown 📚 Striving to prove the best thing about being in a comic shop, is being in a comic shop! ✏️ And if you can't come in, shop online: http://challengerscomics.com 👔 WIth your dapper hosts, Patrick and W. Dal!
X-MEN UNITED 1! TIGRESS ISLAND 1! And plenty more! NEW RELEASES for 03/11/26!
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One show. Infinite Adventures. Join the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise as they discover new civilizations, test their resolve and dive into thrilling adventures. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 is now available to buy on 4K Steelbook, DVD, Blu-ray and digital.
Wooooo! Thanks, Andrew!!
In this fun, high-octane thrill ride, one man turns a deadly game show into the ultimate spectacle by outrunning hunters, dismantling the system, and becoming the hero of a nation addicted to chaos. The new The Running Man movie is now available to buy on 4K, DVD, Blu-ray and digital.
Wooooooo! Thanks, David!!
New Releases for 03/04/26! So many Absolute reprints! Plus an incredible Joker story starts in Batman!
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Challengers NEW RELEASES for Wed 02/25/26!
SPIDER-MAN/VENOM DEATH SPIRAL! PUNISHER 1! BRUTAL DARK (AN EZRA CAIN MYSTERY) 1! ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN 17! ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER 9!
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Sunday! Feb 22! Noon! @thearchangelo.bsky.social @jmiah720.bsky.social ASHES Signing!
FUN FACT! If you preorder my new book Let's Make Cocktails! from @challengers.bsky.social by March 9, you will get a FREE exclusive art print by me. This is what it looks like!
More info on the event and the preorders:
challengerscomics.com/pages/event-...
In its February issue, CHICAGO Magazine features @chicagocomics.bsky.social and @challengers.bsky.social in its "Store vs. Store" feature
February is for Lovers… of COMICS! Look at all these lovely New Releases for 02/04/26! DC K.O. BOSS BATTLE! DC x AEW #1! BATMAN #6! STORM EARTH’S MIGHTIEST MUTANT #1! MAGIK & COLOSSUS #1! And SO much more!!
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While our name was not derived from this, we take a moment to remember the crew of the Space Shuttle CHALLENGER. 40 years, never forgotten. We literally have a very small piece of a heat shield from the Challenger (from a previous flight) hanging in our shop.
Be the first to watch the hilarious action thrill ride ANACONDA at home! Starring Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn and Thandiwe Newton. Get it on Digital Today!
The battle for Chicago rages ever on!
(We actually love being in the same industry as our @chicagocomics pals and will share the spotlight with Eric & Co. anytime!)
From Chicago Magazine, Feb 2026. Thanks to Tom K!
It’s a MASSIVE list NEW RELEASES for 01/28/26! Absolute Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash AND Martian Manhunter! Joshua Williamson takes over IRON MAN! And SO MUCH more!!
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Sal Buscema, you will be sorely missed. Please say "Hi" to John for us. Thank you for everything.
I trimmed 2/3 of it off at Thanksgiving and it looks so tiny to me now!
HIGHEST POSSIBLE CHALLENGERS RECOMMENDATION!
Orders for END OF LIFE #1 close tomorrow (1/26/26) so add it to your Pull List right now!!
You will thank us for it, as we thank Kyle Starks, Steve Pugh and Vertigo!!
I assure you, we’re open.
Cold can’t stop Comics!
Comics will warm your soul!
Open normal hours all weekend.
Matt. This is the first thing everyone always asks. If this worked, at all, we’d do it. There are MANY reasons to not do this, but the most basic is… the cards of delinquent subscribers never go thru.
We’re now selling C2E2 tickets!
You KNOW Saturday is going to sell out and we’ll get dozens of phone calls for Saturday tickets, so don’t procrastinate this year!
Tickets can be purchased on our website, but cannot be shipped; local pickup only.
Next Month! ASHES #4 Signing with Jeremiah Wolffe & Archangelo Crelencia @ @challengers.bsky.social 2/2/26
Here’s Challengers’ NEW RELEASE WALL for 01/21/25!
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The BIGGEST SpongeBob movie ever is now on Digital! SpongeBob and Patrick dive into the deepest darkest depths of the underworld where no sponge has gone before. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is now available on digital.
Here’s Challengers’ NEW RELEASE WALL for 01/14/25! So pretty!!
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This is a wonderful review of Challengers from MSN's "The 15 best comic book shops across the United States that fans swear by" www.msn.com/en-us/health...
A reminder that while this is a comic book account, comic books are absolutely political because they ALWAYS have been.
Here are the official first NEW RELEASES for 2026! 01/07/26
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This week on Off Panel, retailer Patrick Brower of Chicago's @challengers.bsky.social returns for his annual visit to the podcast to talk about the year that was for his comic shop, what worked, Absolute heat, what didn't, Marvel's struggles, how he's feeling about 2026, and more.