Magnus VS. Predator TPB

[rai4ever]

Was finally able to secure a copy for $25.
Been looking for one for years for the right price.
Looks like the price guide has it for $80-100

Anyone else has it?
At what price did you pay?

Why is it the a TPB can be worth so much?

The V.V.S.S. are really hard to find for a good price.

Rai4ever

[slack]

Awesome price!

I guess there weren't many printed, only 3500 if I recall. I have a couple, I think I paid around thirty and around 45-50. There was also one that was in a lot with some random tpbs I had no interest in that went for super cheap because it was poorly listed on eBay, that one may have actually been a profit after I offloaded the remainder.

[Phoenix8008]

I've got the individual issues, not the TPB. Great story!

[Elveen]

Mag v Pred TPB has always been a price book since I knew what it was.

[greg]

The trade is worth so much because so few were made. Why were so few made? There were lots of unsold single issues of #1 and #2, probably cheaper than the trade itself. Like $1 single cheeseburgers with an option for a $4 double-cheeseburger. No one wanted to order the trade.

[Daniel Jackson]

Good deal. Definitely a hard book to find for a decent price.

[mkb28]

I have had the good fortune of finding two of these trades in the wild. I paid $30.00 for my last one, but the first one I found, I scooped it up for $4.00.

Mkb28

[nycjadie]

The TPB also has that amazing Dave Dorman cover. Dorman collectors covet the TPB as well.

[magnusr]

The TPB also has that amazing Dave Dorman cover. Dorman collectors covet the TPB as well.

Very good point. I love that cover.

/Magnus

[Intrepidxc]

I have had the good fortune of finding two of these trades in the wild. I paid $30.00 for my last one, but the first one I found, I scooped it up for $4.00.

Mkb28

Good Sir, do you have a copy you'd sell?

[chriskay99]

Also, I think part of it could be that crossovers typically get reprinted once in a TPB and never again. The TPBs for the Amalgam (Marvel/DC) crossover go for 40 bucks and up. Marvel and DC worked together for that event, made their TPBs and it's done. They don't want to go back to it and reprint it again and again. Obviously the original Valiant/Magnus rights no longer exist anyway, too.

[mkb28]

I have had the good fortune of finding two of these trades in the wild. I paid $30.00 for my last one, but the first one I found, I scooped it up for $4.00.

Mkb28

Good Sir, do you have a copy you'd sell?

Sorry, Chris. Those have been sold or traded long ago.

mkb28

[OhioValiantNut]

This book is next up on my radar ... just snagged a 2nd print Rai trade (the blue one) for $16 ...

[myron]

I've had multiple copies...all found in the wild, never paid more than $5...still have at least 2 copies stashed away somewhere

[mrwoogieman]

This book is next up on my radar ... just snagged a 2nd print Rai trade (the blue one) for $16 ...

The blue variant tpbs aren't second prints, they're variants from the distributors, Diamond or Cap City, I can't remember who sponsored them initially actually.


As far as the Predator v. Magnus tpb, it's far and away better than just having the two single issues, that Dave Dorman cover is superb! I've owned around a half dozen of these over the years. There is also a great Spanish language version as well that has the Dorman cover.

One time, I saw a whole backpack filled with nothing but these tpbs....but if I said more on that subject the Valiant Mafia will hurt me.

[Daniel Jackson]

I've had multiple copies...all found in the wild, never paid more than $5...still have at least 2 copies stashed away somewhere

I have two copies as well. I managed to snag a deal in an ebay lot of other Valiant books years ago. I remember the pic not being the greatest, but you could make out the corner of the Magnus tpb under some other books, if you looked real hard. Can't remember how much I won the lot for, but I know it wasn't much over 20 bucks and it had a few other fairly rare books as well, so it made a nice bonus.

Wonder how many copies magnusr is up to now?