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I'm with you for the most part but there will still be micro print run books that pick up steam because of great stories and/or movie deals.

Sweet books and great packing! Thanks

What's the deal with the Hernandez variant? I'm guessing it was a 1:1 ratio since there doesn't seem to be any hype around it. Found a couple variants today, but no regular.

That's the cover of the digital preview (i.e. the first 20ish pages of #1 as they were originally posted on comixology before the issue dropped). Edit: you guys are too fast

I was wondering when Seth would show up. Haven't seen him in this thread for a while.

WTF? He completely fell off the map.

Well, issue #1 is $250 raw and issue #8, which still has a super low print run is $25. Speculators see those numbers and go directly to dcb or midtown and place an order for 50 copies of whatever issue is currently up for Previews ordering. Preorders are going to explode for issue #10 based on spec buying. East of West is going to have a 30K+ print run only because of the aftermarket sucess of Saga, Nowhere Men and Manhattan Projects, among others. All of the jackazzes (myself included) are preordering the hell out of it, hoping for another $20 plus back issue. The increase in ordering is directly tied to the secondary market.

...and the #2 second print, and the last page of issue 1, and the Detroit variant... The 'Madder's mask in the background' motif is getting played out. I still love you, Bedlam

There were blues cracked for NYCC SS, so I'd bet at least 15 can come off that universal number.

I wish my name was Nick...personalized art (if its not my name) bums me out Framing does work but I do not have enough wall space to frame everything Buy some Banksy art then... I hear most of it comes with a wall. Too damn expensive! I've wanted an original since 06. Not happening.

Cats. Like 90 of them.

Even the TV property is alive - it just has to deal with a ripoff that may or may not materialize for another network.

How could you not dig this series?? I'm glad I hate cats. If it were puppies, Nick Spencer and I would have a problem.

Are there large Bedlam collections in the hands of major corporations and/or public institutions?

Issue 3 was friggin' great. Anybody else read it yet?

+1 Although it'll probably be viewed as a massive failure around here when the first issue isn't $20 in two months

Hope so!

WTF is going on? Seriously. Prices are getting a little nuts across the board.

I believe that's because Overstreet only uses sales information from comic shops, comic dealers and convention transactions. To my knowledge they don't included any auction transaction information. That's why Overstreet is obsolete as anything other than a catalog.

Wait, I thought Bedlam was already a dead failure of a book.

Why? It's not like those were pre-orders. He just recognized the book's potential faster than most and bought quantity while the book was still relatively cheap. You could go on ebay today and put together a similar stack (well, the RRPs may take a little longer), it would just cost a lot more.

Only if you like buying things that are worth 10x what youre paying. Otherwise, by all means, leave them there. Of course the first prints are worth significantly more than the later prints: 2nd print = blue tint 3rd print = brown tint 4th print = red version of the 1:10 variant

Probably a variant, unless Frazier Irving is off the book (which, by the way, would be awesome).

Yeah, I was going with the highest estimate to be conservative. Getting 9.6s looks even better if the raws are $20.