Discuss Hard To Find Or Currently Hot Comics Of Any Era

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:07 am

Draco wrote:
maraxusofkeld wrote:Is that Albedo someone's here?

??????

link?

Closed at 910.00. Crappy economy!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0496704457+

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:59 pm

I think that was high for an ungraded copy, with the corner nick, it most likely will not grade higher than a 9.2 which would sell for around that price.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:33 pm

Sweet book though

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:21 pm

Wonder if that sold to a general comic book collector or a TMNT collector?

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:25 pm

IMJ wrote:Wonder if that sold to a general comic book collector or a TMNT collector?

No way to tell, but I would like to think it was the finishing touch for a TMNT collector.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:48 pm

xodacia81 wrote:
IMJ wrote:Wonder if that sold to a general comic book collector or a TMNT collector?
No way to tell, but I would like to think it was the finishing touch for a TMNT collector.

Yeah, hard to believe someone would spend that kind of money on the first Usagi Yojimbo if he or she didn’t have a nice Mirage vol. 1 TMNT run.

If I had that kind of extra money I would be buying the last book I need—a TMNT #1 first print. Only after would I be trying to track down the first Usagi Yojimbo.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:01 pm

sanman wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
IMJ wrote:Wonder if that sold to a general comic book collector or a TMNT collector?
No way to tell, but I would like to think it was the finishing touch for a TMNT collector.
Yeah, hard to believe someone would spend that kind of money on the first Usagi Yojimbo if he or she didn’t have a nice Mirage vol. 1 TMNT run.

If I had that kind of extra money I would be buying the last book I need—a TMNT #1 first print. Only after would I be trying to track down the first Usagi Yojimbo.

Yep. Speaking of 1st prints, I saw and held both editions of the 1st issue of The Tick, yesterday.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:03 pm

xodacia81 wrote:
sanman wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
IMJ wrote:Wonder if that sold to a general comic book collector or a TMNT collector?
No way to tell, but I would like to think it was the finishing touch for a TMNT collector.
Yeah, hard to believe someone would spend that kind of money on the first Usagi Yojimbo if he or she didn’t have a nice Mirage vol. 1 TMNT run.

If I had that kind of extra money I would be buying the last book I need—a TMNT #1 first print. Only after would I be trying to track down the first Usagi Yojimbo.
Yep. Speaking of 1st prints, I saw and held both editions of the 1st issue of The Tick, yesterday.

Cool

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:07 pm

sanman wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
sanman wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
IMJ wrote:Wonder if that sold to a general comic book collector or a TMNT collector?
No way to tell, but I would like to think it was the finishing touch for a TMNT collector.
Yeah, hard to believe someone would spend that kind of money on the first Usagi Yojimbo if he or she didn’t have a nice Mirage vol. 1 TMNT run.

If I had that kind of extra money I would be buying the last book I need—a TMNT #1 first print. Only after would I be trying to track down the first Usagi Yojimbo.
Yep. Speaking of 1st prints, I saw and held both editions of the 1st issue of The Tick, yesterday.
Cool

What was even cooler was holding the entire 6-issue set of The Hulk, about a year or so prior. Since sold, but that guy always gets the coolest books.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:17 pm

xodacia81 wrote:
sanman wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
sanman wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
IMJ wrote:Wonder if that sold to a general comic book collector or a TMNT collector?
No way to tell, but I would like to think it was the finishing touch for a TMNT collector.
Yeah, hard to believe someone would spend that kind of money on the first Usagi Yojimbo if he or she didn’t have a nice Mirage vol. 1 TMNT run.

If I had that kind of extra money I would be buying the last book I need—a TMNT #1 first print. Only after would I be trying to track down the first Usagi Yojimbo.
Yep. Speaking of 1st prints, I saw and held both editions of the 1st issue of The Tick, yesterday.
Cool
What was even cooler was holding the entire 6-issue set of The Hulk, about a year or so prior. Since sold, but that guy always gets the coolest books.

The original 6 Hulks, very cool indeed.

The best book I’ve ever seen in a New Orleans LCS was a VG Amazing Fantasy #15.

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:33 pm

cool

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:15 am

spiff for sure

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:28 pm

Image's 27 #1 has been consistently selling below the $10 mark.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:30 pm

sanman wrote:Image's 27 #1 has been consistently selling below the $10 mark.

There is something i noticed about some of the recent hype IMage books being Shadowline?
Think someone is playing around here on a reporting/review level?

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:04 pm

Draco wrote:
sanman wrote:Image's 27 #1 has been consistently selling below the $10 mark.
There is something i noticed about some of the recent hype IMage books being Shadowline?
Think someone is playing around here on a reporting/review level?

If not, great marketing

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:45 pm

sanman wrote:
Draco wrote:
sanman wrote:Image's 27 #1 has been consistently selling below the $10 mark.
There is something i noticed about some of the recent hype IMage books being Shadowline?
Think someone is playing around here on a reporting/review level?

If not, great marketing

Any form or media hold power, it's how they use or abuse that power that makes or breaks them and the people they are spreading the news about.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:17 pm

Draco wrote:
sanman wrote:
Draco wrote:
sanman wrote:Image's 27 #1 has been consistently selling below the $10 mark.
There is something i noticed about some of the recent hype IMage books being Shadowline?
Think someone is playing around here on a reporting/review level?

If not, great marketing
Any form or media hold power, it's how they use or abuse that power that makes or breaks them and the people they are spreading the news about.

True, and under-delivered hype may kill a book faster than one needing a little time to develop but with realistic fan expectations

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:09 pm

i got 8 for my 3 copies of 27 still good considering i paid 3 each

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:42 pm

superman-prime wrote:i got 8 for my 3 copies of 27 still good considering i paid 3 each

Bought two, kept one and gave the other to a cousin who was actually looking for a copy. Glad to hear you were able to move yours.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:35 am

I got 4 copies, sold 2 at £12.50 but still have the other 2. Need to get around to listing them. I think they're going around the £8 mark over here now tho.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:21 am

depluto wrote:So this next FF is going to involve a major character being killed. And the mainstream media will probably pick up on this. And it could be sold out everywhere in a day, like the Obama Spidey or Cap Dead.

Shouldn't it be possible to pick up a stack of these through pre-orders and then just flip them that week? Is that seedy? Shady? I have no intention of doing this, I was just wondering.

I asked for a couple of extra copies for people in my office who were interested, but I haven't flipped any comics like that since Superman died (I pre-ordered 20 for $2 each, the guy at the comic shop bought them all back from me for $20 each the day it came out ... I still don't have a copy, haha).

I got an email from my LCS last night that they're still taking pre-orders and people who order at least 5 copies get a 10% discount.

There are already some auctions on eBay (some completed) on pre-orders near cover price. So far, there doesn't seem to be that much momentum. Nothing like the high prices for the recent Image #1s before they hit the shelves.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:34 am

iggy101us wrote:
depluto wrote:So this next FF is going to involve a major character being killed. And the mainstream media will probably pick up on this. And it could be sold out everywhere in a day, like the Obama Spidey or Cap Dead.

Shouldn't it be possible to pick up a stack of these through pre-orders and then just flip them that week? Is that seedy? Shady? I have no intention of doing this, I was just wondering.

I asked for a couple of extra copies for people in my office who were interested, but I haven't flipped any comics like that since Superman died (I pre-ordered 20 for $2 each, the guy at the comic shop bought them all back from me for $20 each the day it came out ... I still don't have a copy, haha).
I got an email from my LCS last night that they're still taking pre-orders and people who order at least 5 copies get a 10% discount.

There are already some auctions on eBay (some completed) on pre-orders near cover price. So far, there doesn't seem to be that much momentum. Nothing like the high prices for the recent Image #1s before they hit the shelves.

Interesting ... but really it's the way things should be. I guess the only thing that could cause some weird frenzy is if it's a slow news day and the mainstream media picks up on it.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:35 am

iggy101us wrote:I got an email from my LCS last night that they're still taking pre-orders and people who order at least 5 copies get a 10% discount.

Don't shops get some kind of super-limited edition if they sell a certain number of books?

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:58 am

depluto wrote:
iggy101us wrote:I got an email from my LCS last night that they're still taking pre-orders and people who order at least 5 copies get a 10% discount.
Don't shops get some kind of super-limited edition if they sell a certain number of books?

Yeah, I think there's some 1:50 variant and possibly more.

BruceReville · Post by **BruceReville** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:15 pm

iggy101us wrote:
depluto wrote:
iggy101us wrote:I got an email from my LCS last night that they're still taking pre-orders and people who order at least 5 copies get a 10% discount.
Don't shops get some kind of super-limited edition if they sell a certain number of books?
Yeah, I think there's some 1:50 variant and possibly more.

http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/ul ... 87-/Detail

1:50 Variant