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I don't blame you. Now he can't use 'sore arm' anymore as an excuse for not helping set up at shows.

It'd be an even more valuable addition for Playboy subs.

 Sorry, which comic was that post about? Sounds like Seinfeld.

I have a comment. I did it too.

Disney's stand alone streaming service will help with this.

I love that cover.

In our echo chamber here, there’s some possibility of that. I can assure you that at shows, the general collecting population hasn’t taken this view. The long held view of what is a first appearance still rules the day. The preview appearances are seen as what they are - cool ancillary items.

John Byrne’s back up story in Superman 9.

New Mutants 45.

Disagree, for the reasons stated above. Possible, I suppose, if Superman was having nearly 900K copies printed. Kirby to DC was a big deal back then. The Krause data probably won't be helpful; it's likely to give an average print run of several months to a year of FP, and the run for #1 will be buried in the average. Did DC overprint/overdistribute for an event book(s) like this?

It'll be a tricky issue to suss out, due to returnability. No, it's unlikely over 1M copies of FP 1 were printed. It's likely more copies than JO 134 were printed. The question that really affects extant supply now is this: what was the sell through of the book? What was printed and distributed doesn't necessarily proportionately reflect what's out there. Returnability allowed for latitude in ordering.

No. Looks like a guy, who, due to art style and personal viewpoints, isn’t cut out for monthly comic book work.

Next on my list! <cue maniacal laughter> Not a bad idea. Two 9.8 run collectors = a big sale.

Greg bought from our side of the booth. Didn’t seem too interested in your Mom.

You will maybe, but I have no need to look back.  I always look back. Good way to gain insight going forward.

Says the arbiter of good taste and marketplace frenzy . . . I guess you were caught empty-handed on this one?  The ultimate arbiter will be time. Sell quickly is good advice. We’ll revisit this down the road.

 I certainly disagree with you, but hey? WTF do I know about comics???  He’s right. It’s a stretch. I don’t expect customers at shows down the road to be clamoring for this book. ‘The book where Cap first picks up Thor’s hammer’? - greater fool theory book. Flip now. Reading comprehension 101, Dave. Red Hood makes two statements; the only one followed up upon was ‘it’s a stretch’. You ought to consider yourself fortunate none of your critics took you up on your question.

Pack your coats. Forecast is for snow.

Yeah, exactly. Flip now. Strike while the iron is hot.

It's revealing the gaping cracks in the "speculation" community when they grasp at the most tenuous of straws. Even if there was an entire movie based on Cap picking up Thor's hammer, and that movie inexplicably did $1.3 billion at the box office, I doubt this book would ever be more than a novelty. "Picking up Thor's hammer"...euphemisms aside...doesn't quite carry the panache, of, say, first time Jason Todd puts on the Robin costume, or first time Superman and Batman meet. ‘First time Thor polishes Cap’s shield’, anyone?

 I certainly disagree with you, but hey? WTF do I know about comics???  He’s right. It’s a stretch. I don’t expect customers at shows down the road to be clamoring for this book. ‘The book where Cap first picks up Thor’s hammer’? - greater fool theory book. Flip now.

You’ve got to admit, his timing is pretty good, what with this week’s Action 1002/Naomi fiasco, perpetuated by Key Collector Comics. What horse are you backing? You seem to take offense to any comment calling out these sites.

X-Cruciating. I like 'The X-Pletives', though.

Yeah, that was my initial gut feeling. The X-ENTIAL? Really?

I suspect it would.