Survey of XO #6 availability

[jedimarley]

Had a free day last Wensday so I was able to hit five LCS

Store #1 had 25 Harbinger #5 and NO CD and 25 XO #6 no Zircher and one CD (Cover price)

Store #2 had 10+ Harbinger #5 and no CD and 10+ XO #6 one Zircher (cover price)and no CD

Store #3 had one Harbinger #5 CD and no XO #6

Store #4 had five Harbinger #5 no CD and five XO #6 no CD or Zircher

Store #5 had 10 Harbinger #5 half were the CD and 10 XO#6 half were the Zircher cover (cover price) and no CD

Five stores and 6 Zircher covers. (I bought all of them )

[iwantvaliant]

Finally got a chance to go to some stores.

My LCS: Small store, they don't have the buying power for the higher end variants. My box had both a regular cover and a Zircher cover. No CD.

Newbury Comics (chain): On the shelves they had only one Zircher cover.

[pixierosa]

Talked to my LCS today (we're a small market.). He only received one of the character design and gave that to me. No more zirchers on the shelves, just the regular cover.

[kjjohanson]

Lack of CD covers seems to be affecting sales of the regular version (in a good way).

I was in Jim Hanley's Universe (one of the bigger stores in Manhattan) a few days ago. They had 5 copies of the Zircher on the shelf at $25 each and no copies of either of the regular or CD.

When I was in Midtown's Times Square store last Friday they had plenty of the regular but none of the CD. There was a sign that said the Zircher was available behind the counter. Was in again today and there were no copies of the regular version on the shelf (and they tend to leave them out for a few months; A&A #1 and Bloodshot #1 are still available as "new" issues); no CDs, but Zircher was on the wall for $60.

BTW, all of the Harbinger #1 2nd prints on the shelf has some sort of print defect at the top of the back cover; a sort of wrinkling across the entire thing; so that might be tough to find in a really high grade. #2 2nd print looked fine.

[Elveen]

This thread is interesting.

[drmirage]

Whats interesting to me is Midtown is selling the Zirchers for $51 on their website. I dont understand why would they sell books this way? I assume there is a discount of 15% at the store.

Midtown Comics is one of the largest Valiant supporters. We can assume that VEI has good relations with Midtown. Isnt their office just across the street. If someone buys the 1:50 variant at $60. They would be upset if these books are selling for cover price.

Zircher is going to be the most popular name among all cover artist of VEI.

[kjjohanson]

If you shop regularly at Midtown (as I do), they keep a running tally of your purchases and you get $20 back when you spend $100, which amounts to a 16.66% discount.

They're not quite "across the street" but they're not far. Walking distance. The employees that I asked about X-O 6 didn't seem to know much about the issue, so I assume they just priced the variant based on the stated ratio.

[grendeljd]

I went in to my lcs today to talk about the price for the Zircher Variant held for me [they wanted $50]. I described what was going on to the store manager, she had a look at current ebay BIN's and offered to sell it to me for $20. I'm okay with that, and a happy owner of one now

[etos45]

This thread is interesting.

I'd say. TBH, the way the other thread made it sound, there were thousands sitting on the shelf, none of these make it seem that way at all. It's still curious how wide spread the distribution is...

[Elveen]

This thread is interesting.

I'd say. TBH, the way the other thread made it sound, there were thousands sitting on the shelf, none of these make it seem that way at all. It's still curious how wide spread the distribution is...

Like I said. Interesting.

[GGSAE]

This thread is interesting.

I'd say. TBH, the way the other thread made it sound, there were thousands sitting on the shelf, none of these make it seem that way at all. It's still curious how wide spread the distribution is...

I think they're pretty wide-spread...like I said, I passed on purchasing multiples for cover. I had one in my pullbox at my LCS, and I'm happy to have one, but I don't think they should be selling even more than $10/piece.

[Man Of The Atom]

I was hoping that my LCS would have the X-O #6 CD cover in today, and that it just was going to show up a week late like the A&A CD cover. Alas, it was not there.

[kevinbastos]

This thread is interesting.

I'd say. TBH, the way the other thread made it sound, there were thousands sitting on the shelf, none of these make it seem that way at all. It's still curious how wide spread the distribution is...

Like I said. Interesting.

I am excited about the new OTV podcast.

Do you know something?

[etos45]

This thread is interesting.

I'd say. TBH, the way the other thread made it sound, there were thousands sitting on the shelf, none of these make it seem that way at all. It's still curious how wide spread the distribution is...

Like I said. Interesting.

I am excited about the new OTV podcast.

Do you know something?

He knows something is... interesting...

[Mark Fuller]

Fascinating set of replies. It seems that while the Zircher cover isnt quite the rarity we expected, it is still not out there in the same numbers as a regular cover, Meanwhile the CD is genuinely hard to find (for now).

Do you know what though? It's a bloody good book regardless of what's on the front!

[grendeljd]

Fascinating set of replies. It seems that while the Zircher cover isnt quite the rarity we expected, it is still not out there in the same numbers as a regular cover, Meanwhile the CD is genuinely hard to find (for now).

Do you know what though? It's a bloody good book regardless of what's on the front!

+1!!! Great issue, maybe the best XO yet.

[iggy101us]

I went on Monday to the following stores:

Castro Valley, CA
1 Zircher, 1 regular, no CD

Dublin, CA
3 Zircher, 1 regular, no CD

San Leandro, CA
no X-O 6s at all

EDIT: All the Zrichers have some spine damage.

[greg]

If you shop regularly at Midtown (as I do), they keep a running tally of your purchases and you get $20 back when you spend $100, which amounts to a 16.66% discount..

Do you mean you get $20 store credit when you spend $100?

[kjjohanson]

If you shop regularly at Midtown (as I do), they keep a running tally of your purchases and you get $20 back when you spend $100, which amounts to a 16.66% discount..

Do you mean you get $20 store credit when you spend $100?

Sorry, yes. At least that's how it worked last time I checked. But since I just recently started picking comics back up again (with the Valiant relaunch) they may have changed it a bit. When I picked up a batch of books a couple weeks ago, I got some seemingly random amount discounted (not $20) from my purchase, and didn't inquire about it.

[mrwoogieman]

If you shop regularly at Midtown (as I do), they keep a running tally of your purchases and you get $20 back when you spend $100, which amounts to a 16.66% discount..

Do you mean you get $20 store credit when you spend $100?

Sorry, yes. At least that's how it worked last time I checked. But since I just recently started picking comics back up again (with the Valiant relaunch) they may have changed it a bit. When I picked up a batch of books a couple weeks ago, I got some seemingly random amount discounted (not $20) from my purchase, and didn't inquire about it.

What may have happened is that you reached the $100 with some of your purchases and they may have started to give you store credit for the remainder. You may find next time you go that you still have $15 in store credit to use up.

At least, that's how I found out I hit the $100 mark last month...



Of course, I couldn't help but laugh when I gave the guy my code and he puts it in, does a double take looking at the screen, and says that it was the first purchase I've made there in over 5 years!

[Beware Cyclops]

BTW, all of the Harbinger #1 2nd prints on the shelf has some sort of print defect at the top of the back cover; a sort of wrinkling across the entire thing; so that might be tough to find in a really high grade. #2 2nd print looked fine.

The last two pages also have the same defect. Same spot, right along the top.

[Matesamo]

Cranston, RI

The Time Capsule (probably one of the busiest comic book shops in RI)

About 12-15 Total copies when I got there at 5pm

around 6 to 8 reg cover

around 4 or 5 Zircher

and 2 CD covers held at the counter for me "The Valiant Guy..."

So you are the guy who takes all the good covers, lol.

[Elveen]

I was at a place today, 4 XO #6 reg, that's it.

[LABRADORIAN]

I can pick up to 8 Zircher covers not counting the one on my account, the other store only had regular covers.

[nonplayer]

This thread is interesting.

I'd say. TBH, the way the other thread made it sound, there were thousands sitting on the shelf, none of these make it seem that way at all. It's still curious how wide spread the distribution is...

Like I said. Interesting.

Defedently