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The Canadian newsstand editions/price variants will be the least common of the regular editions of books available due to the low print runs. Add in the spinner rack/news stand damage, and they are very tough to snag in 9.6 and above. The 1986-1988 Canadian editions (95cent or $1.00 Canadian cover price) are the hardest to find in high grade. Almost all of the 9.8 Canadian newsstand editions I have slabbed personally have come from one collection I snagged three years ago. The OO would visit several 7-11s for "perfect copies" and just bag and board them.

Looks like the pre-pack version in 9.4 likely sold for a decent premium last year: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Batman-357-CGC-9-4-Pre-Pack-VERY-RARE-1-of-only-2-on-Census-1st-Killer-Croc-/281766843877 Based on past Canadian newsstand variant sales, there should be a premium for this one:

Really? The 8.0 ended up at $19K and the 7.5 at $16K on Heritage. Those were softish prices, but DCs tend to do better on Heritage based on what I have followed the past few years. I like to buy DC SA keys on Clink as I have found more deals there over the years.

They seemed to be a bit below GPA on the CGC slabs, and well below on the other grading company's 4.5 that looks like a 3.5........

So, does this series end after season one or are they looking to keep it going after they plant the new tree?

The B&B #28s did not do very well in the Clink auction last night. I thought that sellers would have figured out by now that Heritage tends to be a better venue for selling DCs?

Final price of $650 is a nice bump from the last GPA sale.

+1 You can also add in the fact that Image continues to put out new #1s which bump up initial sales and see a quick fall off as the quality of most is average at best (with some being unreadable). Image is producing too many sub-standard titles that fall off fast once the #1 speculative hype fades.

WRT WD 150, it depends on what you consider the Ottley, Latour and Moore variants that were announced late to be. Sure, they were print to order, but aren't they still variants?

Two years later, same period of time.... Nov-Dec 2013 + Jan 2014 Black Science #1 40,873 Manifest Destiny #1 17,371 Protectors Inc 16,434 Alex + Ada #1 14,292 Umbral 14,536 Saviors #1 17,894 Dead Body Road #1 16,840 Krampus #1 9,078 A Voice in the Dark #1 10,230 Deadly Class #1 34,572 Minimum Wage #1 7,003 TOTAL: 199,123 Nov-Dec 2015 + Jan 2016 Huck #1 35,299 Goddamned #1 33,809 Monstress #1 30,041 Jupiter’s Circle V2 #1 18,175 Citizen Jack #1 15,075 Ringside #1 14,205 Limbo #1 10,289 Symmetry #1 17,522 Violent #1 11,751 Black Jack Ketchem #1 8,022 Cry Havoc #1 20,677 TOTAL: 214,865 I was thinking more along the lines of 2012 through East of West #1 when the speculative bubble was in full swing. Everyone was chasing Image #1s in the hopes of hitting the next ToT or Saga #1 (or Panzerfaust #1 ). Basically, every Image #1 was speculated on and sold out in the LCSs within a day or two. Now they sit for a while.

Yes. My daughter spotted them this past weekend and was impressed with them. If it was regular Dr. Pepper instead of Diet I would have bought them......

How high will this 9.8 Batman #357 go? http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAuctions%2Fsearch%2Easp%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dbatman%26GO%3DGO%26ItemType%3DCB%26pg%3D2%23Item_1102246&id=1102246

So the take home message from all of this is simply that if you do not do a full out relaunch of #1s your sales will suffer? That is essentially what is happening here. Take out the mass speculative effect of the latest group of #1s and Marvels numbers are not looking as healthy either. You can say the same for Image as well, but add in the fact that their new #1s are selling at lower levels than in the past as the speculators have moved on. It will be interesting to see how the DC "Rebirth" relaunch plays out, but my guess is that it will not work as well as the New 52 relaunch did.

This movie should top $1B easily if the mess/steaming pile that was AoU could do it.

Wow. Still has a couple of days left. NM #98 CGC 9.8 pricing here we come.

Looks like NM #87 in 9.8 is a solid $500+ book now. Wow. Glad I snagged two nice raw copies that came back as 9.8s late last year before the spike.

Is the Spider-Gwen vol 2 #1 exclusive starting to heat up a bit? I had a copy go right away for my BIN and it looks like others are hitting $40 now instead of the $25 - $30 they had previously been selling for.

Nice to see NM #87 in 9.8 settling into the $500 range now.

Let's see it march up to $2K per grade point now.

I am very impressed with the price on the 3.5 copy.

That would explain a six plus foot Australian playing a short Canadian ? He looks the part as far as I am concerned. That being said, the Wolverine I grew up reading as a kid in the late 80s through early 90s seemed taller in the comics than he was supposed to be.

I know why I am pessimistic about this movie, and it comes down to my wife, kids, and friends reactions. I live in a "we love" superhero movie house, we see just about every hero movie that comes out ASAP. From my wife, and almost a direct quote, "Batman vs Superman, that sounds stupid like something a five year old would have come up with while playing with toys. I have no interest in that." This is a girl that has read comics, seen all the movies, and even done some cosplay (limited to Halloween, but she has worn it to work on Halloween). My kids agree with her, and jump on the bandwagon and start bashing when she says it. My friends are also big movie people, and have seen the trailers and basically shrugged. I have many people at work that love these movies also. They are usually at the theater on the "midnight" showing. They are even showing little excitement. There is buzz on the comic forums and comic sites, but I have seen none of it outside of here. And in my household it is the opposite reaction. My wife and daughter want to see this movie because of Wonder Woman, and my son wants to see Batman and Superman battle as I explained the DKR story to him. He thinks it will be cool. Everyone I have talked to at work wants to see Deadpool and BvS, but are lukewarm on X-Men Apocalypse (I keep telling them it will be good......) and Captain America Civil War. The AoU dud has done some damage to the Avengers franchise, and most people I know think the Captain America vs. Iron Man in Civil War is a dumb idea. They would likely change that view if they had read the Civil War arc, but these are movie goers and not comic book fans. Wonder Woman will be the big draw for BvS IMHO. My daugther said all of her friends at school want to see the movie because of her. My wife is in the same camp. If Gadot shows well in BvS it could set the solo WW woman up for a big box office. I think there is another facet which comes into play here, and is affecting how my wife and I are looking at BvS. Neither of us liked Man of Steel all that much, in fact my wife almost fell asleep during several parts. So even if BvS is not a sequel it still has the same cast (with additions), same director, many of the same writers, and a similar feel. So for us there is no goodwill based on the first movie. How are people that did not care for MoS going to view this movie? Are they going to see it as a sequel, and skip it? Lets look at how Marvel made The Avengers massive. On rotten Tomatoes: Iron Man = 94%, Iron Man 2 = 72%, Thor = 77%, and Captain America = 79%. Those are fairly solid ratings. That is the definition of goodwill, and it paid off big time. Now MoS stands at 56%, lower than all the movies that lead into The Avengers, and it is the only lead in movie. Yes, Nolan's Batman has goodwill, but WB is distancing the DC movie universe from those movies, and they do not tie in. So this in my opinion is the big wildcard. How much of Avengers success was related to goodwill, and how will the decidedly mixed reaction to MoS play into BvS success. I think MoS will have zero impact on this movie. My son and I liked it, but my wife and daughter were about it. It was okay, but not great. However, my wife liked the Nolan Batman trilogy so that will work in its favor. The big draw, however, is Wonder Woman for bother my wife and daugther. That is the big difference between the Marvel CU and DCU. Marvel has secondary female characters while DC has Wonder Woman. WRT the Marvel movies, the goodwill is waning. No one I know outside of comic fans is really amped up about Civil War. Like I said, my co-workers think it is silly. Add in the fact that the non-comic collectors I know thought AoU and Ant-Man were both and it is a bit of a problem for Marvel. The only upcoming Marvel flick that my non-comic collecting friends/co-workers are looking forward to is GoTG 2. Don't get me wrong, I think the Marvel franchises will do great numbers if even a weak flick like Ant-Man can turn in such a strong showing, but I think the "wow" factor is gone from most of the Avengers related properties now. That being said, since I was a big X-Men fan when I started reading/collecting comics as a kid I am hoping that Fox is able to do that franchise justice.

I know why I am pessimistic about this movie, and it comes down to my wife, kids, and friends reactions. I live in a "we love" superhero movie house, we see just about every hero movie that comes out ASAP. From my wife, and almost a direct quote, "Batman vs Superman, that sounds stupid like something a five year old would have come up with while playing with toys. I have no interest in that." This is a girl that has read comics, seen all the movies, and even done some cosplay (limited to Halloween, but she has worn it to work on Halloween). My kids agree with her, and jump on the bandwagon and start bashing when she says it. My friends are also big movie people, and have seen the trailers and basically shrugged. I have many people at work that love these movies also. They are usually at the theater on the "midnight" showing. They are even showing little excitement. There is buzz on the comic forums and comic sites, but I have seen none of it outside of here. And in my household it is the opposite reaction. My wife and daughter want to see this movie because of Wonder Woman, and my son wants to see Batman and Superman battle as I explained the DKR story to him. He thinks it will be cool. Everyone I have talked to at work wants to see Deadpool and BvS, but are lukewarm on X-Men Apocalypse (I keep telling them it will be good......) and Captain America Civil War. The AoU dud has done some damage to the Avengers franchise, and most people I know think the Captain America vs. Iron Man in Civil War is a dumb idea. They would likely change that view if they had read the Civil War arc, but these are movie goers and not comic book fans. Wonder Woman will be the big draw for BvS IMHO. My daugther said all of her friends at school want to see the movie because of her. My wife is in the same camp. If Gadot shows well in BvS it could set the solo WW woman up for a big box office.

I have always liked it. That price is

She strikes me as the type of Asian that currently sells better to a widespread audience. It'd be tough to find another Asian actress with her notoriety that likes comics as much and is as physical as her, and speaks English, whom a mainstream audience find as attractive. Fanboys love her and have loved her for a while. The type of 'more Asian' actress you're talking about doesn't exist at Olivia Munn's level yet, outside of maybe Lucy Liu, who is probably two old for this sort of thing now, as well as being too diminutive. Although I think Maggie Q would have been fine, though her age might be an issue for sequels (note that neither Munn nor Q are japanese, although Munn grew up there and speaks Japanese). I have more questions about what should be a British accent. She strikes me as a more accurate portrayal of what would happen when you send a conservative British telepath through a magic mirror and have her come out the other side a few issues later as a new Asian telepathic/telekinetic ninja warrior.