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If only the ECCC 9.9 Blue label would show up at market....

The medium priority flat rate box isn't tall enough - you can fit the slabs in there, but you won't be able to protect the top & bottom of them properly. There's no substitute for the 1092 + 1095 combo when it comes to shipping slabs safely. I have stolen this packing method like a thief in the night from Michael and it has worked very well for me.

Books arrived :-)

Nick told me 300 on the RRP and 1000 on the FP. Jonathan confirmed the 300.

PM Nexus about getting a sketch.

My guess? New artist. If it's been this big of a struggle to get issue 6 out, I imagine that there will be a move to a faster artist.

Prediction: 6 comes out within the next 3 months. After that, changes in the book.

What's this reading you speak of?

Walking Dead SS for NYCC announced: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7025289#Post7025289

Haha. I don't think that Nick P. will be at NYCC. If he is going, I'll try to set something up.

Not yet. I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet. I plan on contacting him soon.

SPAM: Private signing with Jonathan Hickman at NYCC: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6984086#Post6984086

SPAM: Private signing with Jonathan Hickman at NYCC: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6984086#Post6984086

The dual signed RRPs were selling for $600 on the boards (and sold out) the evening that they got done at heroes.

Is that a good price? Haven't been paying attention to the rrp prices at all. not really, that's the same guy sell on the board for $400 shipped. then decide to sell on Ebay, now he only gets $389.7, and buyer had to pay $433 with shipping. clearly Ebay is only winner. Very good point that flew right over my head because of the fees (thumbs u This assumes that the guy would have been able to sell them on the boards for $400 shipped. I don't think that he was able to. In the end, he probably made about as much or even a tiny bit more by selling on eBay than the boards (he would have had to pay PayPal fees and for shipping if he sold on the boards). I think that the seller got a solid price.

That's a nice cover! Great get, Adonis.

Steve was not. Frank was packaging sets.

They could put Nexus or seanfingh on the cover and I'd still read it.

Jonathan and Nick have both told me 300.

No way. I think max, $85. Raw will be $15-20 This. The only thing I can see causing this to jump above these figures would be a tv/movie rumor or lots of nods for best comic of 2013. Think.. 'what is going to cause 20k + new readers to jump on in the next 4 months.' I don't think the books will be overly high in Nov/Dec but I also don't think it would take 20,000 new readers to drive prices on any book. Supply just has to be outweighed by demand and voila Here are some statistics for you! Saga is now selling 142% of the current issue compared to what it sold of #1. (#1 = 37,641. #12 = 53,339) Ignoring #4 of EoW because there was a variant that (probably) skewed numbers, and therefore using #3, East of West is current selling 80% of what it did for #1. (#1 = 49,518. #3 = 39,441) In order for East of West to get to Saga-level of demand-vs-supply (ie 142%), East of West would have to start selling just over 70,000 copies of current issues. That's almost 21,000 extra readers than it had with #3. If you're ignoring #4 because of variants, shouldn't you also account for variants of issue 1? It seems like issue 1 regular probably sold roughly 44,000 copies. I agree that it'll have to start selling many more copies for there to be an equivalent copies of current issue/copies of issue 1 ratio, but that sort of adjustment certainly makes the needed reader growth look somewhat more obtainable. Also, the book doesn't need to have the same ratio as Saga to still be a sought after book. That being said, I don't see regular #1s going crazy anytime soon. The FP variants I think will do well (and the Ghosts will do OK), but I agree with Brett's logic that there are a lot of copies out there just waiting to be brought to market. Still, given how many people out there bought quantity at discounted prices, raws rising to $20 each doesn't seem like such a bad outcome and seems possible (although not probable). Changing EoW to 44k means it would need just over 18,000 more readers/sales to get to the same % as Saga. Obviously there are other factors at play that make a book desirable. Print runs can go down on subsequent issues but still be a "hot" book. Just with the excessive hopefulness of EoW being a $50 book like Saga I felt this thread needed a little perspective. I don't see it being a $20 book any time soon either because sooooo many people bought multiple copies of this (and probably multiples of #2, 3 and 4 too) so who knows what the real readership number is. Saga increased readership by 16,000. Even if EoW falls a bit short of 18,000 new readers, demand for #1s will still be solid. I think that adding 10,000 new readers by issue 12 is very possible (Hickman releasing the TPB during infinity will not hurt). We'll see. With regards to demographics and saga- let's see. I think that people are trying to say that saga appeals to females more than EoW and that this helps Saga sell to people that EoW can't. I don't necessarily buy that yet. EoW features a bad woman who tamed Death, the Crow - who's rad, War - who's awesome, and a female president. There is a LOT of room for females (and just about any demographic) to latch on to this book (btw- love me some saga, but I think that both saga and EoW are great reads that, after 5 issues, are comparable).

It very well may. But Brett is right: there are a lot of people sitting on stacks of EoW 1. Brett's behavior isn't all that atypical with this book. What I find stunning about the book is that the sales numbers are still strong (38,000 ish) even though I imagine that most people are NOT speculating on issues other than #1 (although #3 - first Xio - and #5 - first you know what if you've read it - could be awesome books to have as the series goes on).

No way. I think max, $85. Raw will be $15-20 This. The only thing I can see causing this to jump above these figures would be a tv/movie rumor or lots of nods for best comic of 2013. Think.. 'what is going to cause 20k + new readers to jump on in the next 4 months.' I don't think the books will be overly high in Nov/Dec but I also don't think it would take 20,000 new readers to drive prices on any book. Supply just has to be outweighed by demand and voila Here are some statistics for you! Saga is now selling 142% of the current issue compared to what it sold of #1. (#1 = 37,641. #12 = 53,339) Ignoring #4 of EoW because there was a variant that (probably) skewed numbers, and therefore using #3, East of West is current selling 80% of what it did for #1. (#1 = 49,518. #3 = 39,441) In order for East of West to get to Saga-level of demand-vs-supply (ie 142%), East of West would have to start selling just over 70,000 copies of current issues. That's almost 21,000 extra readers than it had with #3. If you're ignoring #4 because of variants, shouldn't you also account for variants of issue 1? It seems like issue 1 regular probably sold roughly 44,000 copies. I agree that it'll have to start selling many more copies for there to be an equivalent copies of current issue/copies of issue 1 ratio, but that sort of adjustment certainly makes the needed reader growth look somewhat more obtainable. Also, the book doesn't need to have the same ratio as Saga to still be a sought after book. That being said, I don't see regular #1s going crazy anytime soon. The FP variants I think will do well (and the Ghosts will do OK), but I agree with Brett's logic that there are a lot of copies out there just waiting to be brought to market. Still, given how many people out there bought quantity at discounted prices, raws rising to $20 each doesn't seem like such a bad outcome and seems possible (although not probable).

I also can't edit because it has a bid.

It's my listing. I re-use my listings, most of which are for 9.8s, and missed that (although you'll notice that it does say 9.6 everywhere else in the actual posting). Sorry about the confusion.

I was actually surprised by the amount of action in this issue. I did not expect to see what we saw. Great issue. If you haven't read it, hurry up! Great read.