Disappointing trip to the LCS - re: Bloodshot 1 & Harbinger

[GGSAE]

Had a great trip to my LCS! I bought all 4 Bloodshots and both Harbingers.

Bloodshot 1:50 = $20
Bloodshot 1:20 = $12
Bloodshot Pullbox = $3.99
Bloodshot Regular = $3.99
Harbinger 1:20 = $10
Harbinger Regular = $3.99
Tax = $4.25
Discount for spending more than $25 = -$5.40
Total = $52.82

Wow, that is a great price! Keep buying from that retailer until he goes BK, haha.

[R Daneel]

I bought both at Comixology this morning, and it seemed like their racks were endlessly full with these issues.

When I logged in, they still had copies of both as well. I got both ... was expecting X-O #3 as well but not seeing it, it is a week behind the others now??

[Heath]

Wait... what? The number of digital copies that Comixology can sell is limited??

[grendeljd]

Wait... what? The number of digital copies that Comixology can sell is limited??

Yeah, what?! I'm assuming someone is making a joke with a great poker face at this point...

[dbngaa]

Wait, I thought digital downloads counted as part of the print run. You mean, that in ADDITION to the 42,000 copies of X-O 1 there are an unlimited number of digital copies available?!! Our collections will soon be worthless if every couch potato in the world can read Harbinger #4 (with coupon) just by DOWNLOADING IT! We all know it's the CONTENT of a comic, and its availability, that drives value; which is why every issue of every comic that has been reprinted or collected over and over again has little or no value as a collectible. And why Solar #9 should be much more valuable than it is.

Fake rant over.

Although I DO think Solar 9 is a bit undervalued as a Unity prelude that has never, and may never, be reprinted. X-O 5 and Harby 5 & 6 are both covered by the new HCs, and Rai 5 should be forthcoming in a HC edition, but it may be awhile for Solar 9. PLUS, it has a darkly wonderful, mass-murdering energy baby cover! By Barry Windsor Smith!

Real rant over.

Ok, Magnus 13 & 14 are also rather important pre-Unity books that may never be reprinted, but I'd put them behind Solar 9.

What was the topic of this thread?

[GGSAE]

Just did a run around town checking out 4 shops, so far out of the 6 I've visited only one has ordered any real quantity of Valiants (and I think SnotDrip is responsible for that), I grabbed my BS and Harby (the BS was VF+ but whatever I like this shop), and I grabbed 3 X-O second prints for cover minus the discount!

[dbngaa]

Great pick-up on those 2nd prints.

[GGSAE]

Great pick-up on those 2nd prints.

Thanks SnotDrip for leaving me his scraps, lol! I wonder how many he snagged if he left three behind?

[dbngaa]

Great pick-up on those 2nd prints.

Thanks SnotDrip for leaving me his scraps, lol! I wonder how many he snagged if he left three behind?

What a wuss if he couldn't carry those last 3 copies to the register.

[GGSAE]

Great pick-up on those 2nd prints.

Thanks SnotDrip for leaving me his scraps, lol! I wonder how many he snagged if he left three behind?

What a wuss if he couldn't carry those last 3 copies to the register.

Yup, a true Valiant fan would hoard them all!

[cjv]

I couldn't wait until the end of the month, and went to my store to buy Bloodshot 1 and Harbinger 2.

No variants, just the regular issues there. Probably about 4 or 5 Harbingers and about 10 to 12 Bloodshots.


Chris

[deway81]

My LCS where I have a pullbox doesn't order enough to get the variants. However, I've been able to pick up some of the variants from a shop near my work. I was able to get the 1:20 for Harbinger #2 and Bloodshot #1 but the shop didn't order enough to get the 1:50 Bloodshot #1, even though they had the 1:50 for X-O #1 and Harbinger #1. I'm hoping the store will be able to keep ordering enough to get the variants. I'm a bit concerned though due to seeing a bunch of copies (maybe 15+) of X-O #2 and Harbinger #1 still on the shelves.

[drmirage]

I'm still seeing a pile of XO1 and Harby 1 on the shelves in my LCS. Ill be looking around tomorrow at others since I'm out of town.