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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.

That trailer made Apocalypse look much more bad-azz. Sweet.

I know, but I thought I would have a bit of fun with the two drops.

Looks like I picked the right one to speculate on so far. I snagged 50 copies at half cover since the Tec 31/Bats 227 swipe with Joker and Harley seemed like a good bet to me.

Looks like I have to dig the Gen 13 #1s and all of the Wizard/DF/etc. variants I had sitting in the dollar box section and put them up on eBay......

not until the movie at least Hasn't IM 55 already dropped? Not such an easy sell these days I believe it dropped two times already. Nothing that quick press can't handle!

Here is the thing that bugs me about episode 3 - you know you can't permanently kill him (supposedly), but why not take Vandal Savage's body with Hawkman's and just keep him imprisoned and sedated for eternity? Problem solved.

Cool!

I totally agree with the bolded part. Considering he has been average in most of the other roles he has had in his career, being cast as Thanos was winning a billion dollar Powerball for him.........

Looks like I will have to pick up a few Tec #49s from my LCSs and start listing while the market is hot!

If they keep this up there will be very little left to use as source material for a Superman show......

Do the news stand editions of New 52 Batman #1 1st prints fetch any type of premium to the regular direct copies? I found a copy while sorting a long box of miscellaneous books today.

Nice copy. I would not worry, just get it relabelled as it will still carry a premium to other versions.

That's because the Silver Age market is stagnant. The Modern market is where the action is. Well, if the number of thread counts, post counts, and members viewing are any indication, it would appear that the GA market is where all the action really is by a long shot. Looking at the titles of the threads in the GA forum it appears that the same people are posting in GA and Modern.

Wow, this thread is buried. Here are a couple of recent returns from Sarasota:

, I bet a bunch of folks are thinking this might be the "last" time for an upgrade. After March I'd say the buy in may be exceptionally more difficult to achieve unless you're Daddy Warbucks or the Monopoly guy.... My that this turns out to be the case. If the BvS cameos for other heroes go well then I hope that we will finally see the DC SA keys play catch up with their Marvel counterparts across the board.

That's because the Silver Age market is stagnant. The Modern market is where the action is.