Hunt for Valiant Black

pixierosa · Post by **pixierosa** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:31 pm

Bleeding Cool has a nice little article about the Valiant Black, demand, and going prices on current and pre-Unity books:

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/09/18/ ... ant-black/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm so excited for Shadowman to come out!

drmirage · Post by **drmirage** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:39 pm

and most of us are still hunting.

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:28 pm

Yeah I'm patient...

-Brian

grendeljd · Post by **grendeljd** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:20 pm

Good little article... I like the bit near the end that mentions a qualitative difference with Valiant, in that their relaunch is actually generating enough interest in the 90's back issues to cause an increase in value.

cjv · Post by **cjv** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:28 pm

I do not anticipate getting my grubby paws of a Shadowman black.

Chris

MarkRoseHFX · Post by **MarkRoseHFX** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:34 pm

I gave up on it the day after it came out. Now I don't care which probably means a copy will just fall on my lap

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:14 am

thanks for the sharing the link.

FormerReader · Post by **FormerReader** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:52 am

betterthanezra wrote:Yeah I'm patient...

-Brian

Me too. I'll get it when the interest subsides some.

jmatt · Post by **jmatt** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:11 pm

My LCS has the Black set aside for me, retail price $100, with my discount $75. I pointed out that many of the variant covers go for much less a month or two after the book is released and would they consider $50.

He instantly pulled up recent Ebay sales and said they usually determine the asking price by monitoring Ebay. He said he'd hold the book in my name for another week or two to see if the price settles down.

I guess that's something. I'd like the book but it's kinda pricy...

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:03 pm

I got one today

I paid 1 penny for it.

-Brian

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:34 pm

Wow, doesn't get any better than that.

drmirage · Post by **drmirage** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:22 pm

Got mine today. Paid $37.50 including my discount. Not too bad. Glad that I waited. Hope those who haven't gotten one can get one. Some LCS' are greedy and charge $200. Wait for the price to go down.

pixierosa · Post by **pixierosa** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:12 pm

betterthanezra wrote:I got one today

I paid 1 penny for it.

-Brian

kjjohanson · Post by **kjjohanson** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:52 pm

betterthanezra wrote:I got one today

I paid 1 penny for it.

-Brian

It's crashing! SELL SELL SELL!!!

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:02 pm

kjjohanson wrote:
betterthanezra wrote:I got one today

I paid 1 penny for it.

-Brian
It's crashing! SELL SELL SELL!!!

The amount of Valiant books I have bought from my retailer he was more then happy to give it to me. But scanning it into his register he had to charge me Something...

-Brian

FormerReader · Post by **FormerReader** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:03 pm

drmirage wrote:Got mine today. Paid $37.50 including my discount. Not too bad. Glad that I waited. Hope those who haven't gotten one can get one. Some LCS' are greedy and charge $200. Wait for the price to go down.

Check the completed listings for today. It appears they are dropping in price already.

drmirage · Post by **drmirage** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:13 pm

I believe prices for the Valiant Black will be somewhere below by auction $50 in a couple of weeks. The X-O Manowar #1 Gold, it was going for $150 before X-O #5 was out, now they are at $60 BIN + Shipping. http://www.ebay.com/itm/X-O-Manowar-1-G ... 337bfddc5b" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Autions of the X-O Gold are going for less than $50. I'm starting to see a trend.

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:38 am

Yesterday my LCS received their copy of the Shadowman black and sold it to me for $40; I couldn't believe that they got a copy. It also seems that it was a good price as well, yes? While I cannot afford to get every variant that Valiant is releasing, I am thankful for the opportunity to have been able to purchase this. And with the foster challenges yesterday, this gift was something positive that I needed...LOL

Captain_Nemo · Post by **Captain_Nemo** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:01 am

That's the lowest price I know of for a Shadowman: Black. Good score!

Here's hoping for more positive stuff in your future.

FormerReader · Post by **FormerReader** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:55 am

I agree. Nice score Jonesy!

kjjohanson · Post by **kjjohanson** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:37 pm

cjv wrote:I do not anticipate getting my grubby paws of a Shadowman black.

Chris

Nor do I. If I get my hands on one, they would have been thoroughly cleaned first, as to not leave messy fingerprints.

grendeljd · Post by **grendeljd** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 3:59 pm

kjjohanson wrote:
cjv wrote:I do not anticipate getting my grubby paws of a Shadowman black.

Chris
Nor do I. If I get my hands on one, they would have been thoroughly cleaned first, as to not leave messy fingerprints.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:10 pm

With what would one clean a Valiant Black? Wonderbread?

Newton · Post by **Newton** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:33 pm

I don't normally get special issues like this, so i feel comfortable bragging that my LCS gave me a Black for zero dollars this week! Was very surprised!

jmatt · Post by **jmatt** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:52 pm

drmirage wrote:Autions of the X-O Gold are going for less than $50. I'm starting to see a trend.

I might post something about this in the auction forum, but I just picked up X-O #1 regular, pullbox, Aja and QR covers on eBay for $53 plus $8 shipping. That would put the QR at around $35, the Aja at $12 and the other 2 at $3 each.

All listed as NM from a very reputable seller. On a Saturday evening with lots of people available to bid, presumably.

I might wait on the Black, there seems to be no shortage of the rares even months after they debut.

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