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Wow. 755 pages and still going strong.

True enough. I hope they do some different cover art on some of the reprints.

Interesting. Looks like the #1 1st prints should do well then.

Sounds like the 2nd prints of #1 for the relaunch are already in process. Interesting.

Thats good numbers for raw copies. I know. I was planning on sending the books to CGC but figured I would put them up at high prices to see if I could save the time and hassle of getting them graded. The funny thing is, the $250 copy sold but my slabbed 9.6 at the same price did not at that show.

Definitely. I only had a half dozen copies but hit a 9.8 and a couple of 9.6s with my first few subs. The others sold for $200 - $250 as raw copies at spring shows.

How many are 9.8 quality? There has been a recent spike in 9.8 prices.

There is always an ebb and flow to marketplace pricing. Nothing increases forever on a straight line, it just feels that way sometimes. In the case of a scarce book like this there are fewer sales (because of fewer books) and every sale is scrutinized versus a book like AF15. There are literally dozens of sales in almost every grade and they are not all new GPA highs... Your point is right though and there will likely be another surge once we start seeing Justice League trailers but probably a reduction post movie as well. If the movie does well it will likely set a new plateau post theater but the sales prices will likely be higherst (relative to the 6 month trend) before it releases. Such is the way of things. I'm not wondering about the post JLA movie pricing, I wonder about pricing 20-30 years from now. This has been discussed at length in many threads, but here is my top-line POV: I think when you look out that far you are bordering on largely guess-work (short of being a world-class economist and even they probably would not forecast the collectibles market - tied to popular culture and volatile in general). We will be experiencing full Baby-Boomer retirement for over a decade at that point. Many of them will be passed or passing-on and their collections will flood the market. Sure, between now and then collections and books will continue to come to market, but the Baby-Boomer generation at current represents the largest purchasing group of vintage comics. All the people that were young comic readers in the 50's and 60's are what drives the Silver age market today (perfect mix of nostalgia, current popular culture reinforcement and purchasing power). As their estates are liquidated (as most estates are) their comics along with other belongs will be brought en masse to market. Once they go, the market will correct - dramatically. Net, my recommendation wouldn't be to hold onto high value books more than 20 years (at most) if you are looking at maximizing your value. Of course the timeline largely varies by genre/character/book (Westerns, War, Crime, Romance, Sci-Fi Pop, Golden-Age only characters and such will go sooner), but in general current popular culture is not creating future vintage comic collectors. It is creating pop-culture junkies that jump from one fad to the next (retro, vintage, futuristic, superheroes, vampires, zombies, etc). Now if you just want to own the book, you have a variety of options and purchase timelines. Depending on how old you are, I bet in 20-30 years you will be able to find some of the mega key silver age books at a large relative discount versus today (and we know they will still be around thanks to companies like CGC). Just my . Some reading worth considering as a start to understanding why I drew my conclusions. Nothing definitive, but informed nonetheless. Money CRM Trends Generational Earnings: US and CA Forbes Comics books have been around for nearly 100 years and have been collectible for just about as long (hence why we see surviving copies of so many books). In another 20-30 years they will still be collectible and and still be valuable , factoring in whatever ebb and flows that occur within the overall economy. Even more so should all those mythical SA collections that countless Baby Boomers are sitting on fail to materialize either at all, or in any significant quantity (much as the once alleged housing "shadow inventory" was later shown to be a complete hoax). -J. With respect: Ignore the inventory one way or another. The base of collectors who are spending big money on SA and older books are going into retirement. We are not replenishing them both on a economical scale (Gen Y and younger will not have the spending power per capita that a Baby Boomer does) nor are we replenishing them via the hobby as die-hard collectors. The single biggest risk to paper hobbies is the transition to digital forums. As we move from paper to electronic communications we shift out of a large portion of the nostalgic value comics bring to current big spending collectors. Not to mention that current comic sales are not driving readership growth, nor are they necessarily driving the popularity of the mainstream hero books that garner the most value. Ignoring these trends with a rebuttal "comics have been collectible for 100 years" is not wise economically. You know nothing is popular forever, humans will eventually move on and comics be a thing of the past just like thousands of other collectible hobbies that are long since dead. I am just suggesting that a market pricing reset is likely to happen in our lifetimes. That is neither doom, nor gloom, but practical and very probable. FYI - it is contradictory to argue: "Comics books have been around for nearly 100 years and have been collectible for just about as long (hence why we see surviving copies of so many books)," but then to not concede that there are large quantities held in personal collections by Baby Boomers and older collectors... Not for nothing. I have posted this before, but at shows up here in Edmonton and Calgary the keys are being predominantly purchased by collectors in the 18 - 40 years old range, with the bulk going to people in the 25 - 35 yr old range. As expected, they pay top dollar for the late Bronze/Copper keys they grew up with first, but then they work their way back to older SA keys, including the big ones. There is only one boomer that is a regular buyer of keys from us. The rest go to younger collectors with decent disposable income. The future for comics is likely going to mirror that of pulps, stamps, coins, sportscards, etc. - the key items will be considered "investment collectibles" and continue to maintain or increase in value while the common issues will drop in value. We are already seeing this transition happen. Don't forget, the boomers will also be transferring an incredible amount of wealth to their children/grand children.Mid to late Gen Xers (a large cohort of the collecting community on the boards) and early Gen Yers should be in their peak earning years when this wealth transfer happens. It will be interesting to see where they decide to spend those funds.

Very interesting. I think I still have some very HG CDN newsstand variants kicking around someplace. Might be worth sending them in now.

For everyone comparing Preacher to TWD, my recollection of Season 1 of TWD is that it was slow and did not reel you into until halfway through. The friends I introduced the show to did not like it at first either. It takes time for even the most successful shows to build characters up.

Ask and ye shall receive: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/04/26/deblanc-and-fiore-come-into-focus-in-new-preacher-photos/ Yup, that's what I thought. Doesn't one of the two of them have the pleasure of waking the SOK? That'll be fun. If this season is supposed to end off where Preacher #1 starts, does that mean we have to wait until next season for SOK?

The 4.0 that sold for $3800 in the Clink auction looks decent from the front for the grade and the price. Too bad about that tear on the right side. http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAuctions%2FCGC%2Easp%3FFocused%3D1%26Graded%3DCGC%26pg%3D7%23Item_1119643&id=1119643#detail It looks like B&B #28 is pulling back a bit now after the BvS movie. Might be time to snag another copy or two soon?

That's insane. Movie hype or not. Agreed. Insane if it is a real sale.

This thread will not pop until the movie is actually in filming. Until then, it is a speculative project that may or may not see the big screen.

Not surprising. If it has any semblance of a decent story it will blow CW away.

How long will Civil War be in the theatres? Looking at how fast they are dropping screens here in Edmonton, I would guess it has another week before it is down to just one screen per day with a couple of showings. Last night the theatre was 1/4 full and the line for the next showing was even smaller - all of this on a Friday night with bad weather. Take out those of us with younger kids from the first showing and I bet that the later (9:30 pm) showing was maybe 15% full. There are so many movies coming out now that most big films will only last 4 - 6 weeks. Once X-Men Apocalypse hits next weekend I expect the attendance at Civil War to be even worse. Mind you, I am not sure how well the X-Men flick will do. There is likely some super-hero movie fatigue going on right now.

Fixed that for you. The last three big Marvel movies were horribly underwhelming as well despite all the studio manufactured buzz.

Agreed. So much potential being missed. Kind of like Marvel should give Loki his own movie,but they don`t. I may be wrong, but I don't think villains can carry a feature film on their own. The only one that might be able to is an origin story for the Joker, but even that would not do great at the box office. While people like their villains, they also want the heroes to take them down in a movie.

+1

It will be fine to right the ship midstream for DC with JL. Shooting just started so they can change things as needed. FWIW, can Marvel right the ship? We finally saw Civil War tonight with the kids and the theatre was one quarter full on a Friday night with rain. My wife and kids felt it was an okay movie, but not great. I agree. The action scenes were sped up so much it was horrible, and the story was very weak. My son said he was likely the first one in his grade 5 class to see the film. I asked how he knew and he said that nobody was talking about it at school. I asked him if they normally do and he said yes, everyone was talking about AoU last summer and BvS earlier this year (and a couple of kids that saw Deadpool bragged about it ), but there was nothing regarding Civil War.

Only if he wears the Bane mask and talks like he did in DKR.

He is trying to get a better deal than RDJ does with Iron Man. FWIW, Craig is the best Bond in my eyes. Watching Connery and Dalton in reruns is fun, but they are more representative of a different generation. The Craig Bond is what brought me back to the franchise after the failed Brosnan run. That being said, Dalton is doing a great job on Penny Dreadful right now.

Damnit, I should not have read this thread before watching the finale with my kids. We have to PVR it and catch up on weekends due to their sports every weeknight. On another note, this is awesome news!

The only question now is...................how many books do you hold onto for the longer run if it is a successful show?

I believe that was my #400. It came from a nice OO collection that has yielded a ton of 9.8 Canadian newsstands, BA #12, Bone #1 and other Copper keys.