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I think if Disney collectors ever decide to branch out into the early GA era comics there could be a huge spike in value for them. I agree, Im always surprised how relatively affordable a Disney "first" comic is... Pre-Code Horror doesn't seem all that cheap!

along those lines I think Beast Boy could be big when some of these Teen Titan Go fans get into comics...

apparently giving strikes in the GA forum!

Whats the story on these? Were they only produced as complimentary copies to be sent to the armed forces branches? Is it possible that there was some production (or maybe censor/approval) problem forced them to pull #12, and since it was free they just decided to move on to #13 (or maybe that one was already "in the pipes" too) rather than fix the problem and reissue? they were free after all (Im assuming)...

and if you are going to have your own metas, why "recruit" bad guys? why not recruit good guys? (you know, the whole "for country" thing like Captain America)... they should have more explicitly pitched the team as the guys "willing to do things that Superman would say no to" (a'la Gail Simone's Secret Six, which should have been the blueprint for the movie, but instead we got this hot mess.)

this was one of the logic problems to me with the movie. Waller says with the advent of metas that the government needs their own metas... but they build a team that is only 1/2 metas (Diablo, Croc & Enchantress)... the other half Deadshot, Harley and Boomerang are just people.... yeah they're killing machines, but they'd be useless against Superman or Wonder Woman... it doesnt make sense...

I agree about Kubo, it could surprise... but here's the caveat. It's a 3D Stop Animation movie, those have never done anywhere close to as well as any of the the more traditional (Disney) or more modern (Pixar) styles. Best ever open was Chicken Little at $17m. And the last 5 wide releases in this style did: $11m, $14m, $11m, $17m and $4m opens. I think the style of animation will keep it down... maybe it gets in the upper teens, but it could just as easily be in the low teens. I think most of the 50% drop assumption is in comparing the movie to Man of Steel which had a 65% drop after week one, and then followed it with a 50% drop in week 3. It kept almost all of its theaters, but it probably lost screens and screenings (which isnt tracked) . So Suicide at your typical multiplex with 10-12 screens will go from having 2-3 screens showing the movie every hour (staggerd) in prime time to one screen showing it in a more traditional 2 hr rotation. So same number of theaters, but fewer showings... And remember 2016 is proving to be the most front loaded year ever, so while Superman did a 50% drop 3 years ago, we might see higher drops due to more front loading of the total Suicide Squad audience (and end up closer to 55% like BvS)

Ah Major Inapak... that will live on eBay forever... It's a dollar bin book forever...

So here's my question... Suicide Squad is a success from the standpoint of DC took an unknown property and had it perform like a blockbuster. Up until now they've dealt in IP giants like Superman and Batman, but now they've equaled the success (Im comparing to Man of Steel) with a far less known quantity. But here's my question. Do they owe part of their success to Marvel? I cant help but think that Marvel's wide ranging movie success trained audiences to "believe in" Superhero movies as a genre, so there is now a built in (and very large) audience. Nolan's Batman series also helped, but again Batman is a far better IP than say GotG or Antman. Also I have this theory of "cultural currency" and everything in the cultural zeitgeist is either creating currency (currying favor, increasing buzz/support) or spending currency (essentially using up currency that was built up previously)... once the balance is zero the thing gets rejected by popular culture... Did Suicide Squad create currency or spend it?

Yeah this weekend is a dumpster fire. There's better than a coinflip chance that the best performing new movie wont finish better than 3rd, and Pete's Dragon might hold well in it's second weekend...

Saw it this weekend... As many others have said: Will Smith and Margot Robbie were the high points. The weak plot, inconsistant tone, and lack of developed motivation were the low points. And if you look about 30 feet down below the low points you'll see Jarrod Leto's Joker, even lower than low. It was better than Superman vs Batman, but just a smidge and certainly didnt create a new trajectory for the DC Movie-verse. Can I say I'd watch a Deadshot/Harley buddy dark comedy? Something like Midnight Run in tone? With Justice League in post-production and Flash and Aquaman already in the works I just dont know if the audiences will stick around long enough for a course correction.

1. Parkin doesnt have a "unique style", he has a method. That method is light boxing. 2. I guess light boxing the image of the actor is slightly better than stealing another artists work, though one could argue that if the image he used to light box the Thor was a professional photo from an actual photographer, many of those photographers own the rights to the image they took. And if someone is grabbing screen caps from movies, well the studios own those rights. Either way he has a history of lightboxing other artists work and not attributing it (a'la "after Kirby" or "after Ross" and even then those are usually done when someone is trying to replicate a style vs just trying to make a cheap knock off of the image... 3. You say obviously a tracing. You dont know everyone, and to someone else they might think this is an original composition from the artist. The best thing to do is for an artist to be up front about his method. Plenty of artists use body model reference, but the legit ones create original body model references (I've seen plenty of pictures of artists doing the pose they're trying to sketch, taking a photo of it, and then using it as reference, which is cool, cause its all original). 4. You say you bought it "full well knowing how it was made"... how? Did the artist tell you? 5. I get that when somethings cheap ($15), then it seems like stealing, misrepresentation and so on seem like nit-picky things, but there are plenty of artists out there refining their craft, trying to break into the hobby and creating original content that better deserve even $1 from you rather than another tracing mis-representer...

considering you just described my last three purchases... yep!

I think Will Smith is far to savvy to say he hates anyone. Even Leto.

if someone starts a sales thread with the subject "CGC IT" I will leave this board! .................................................................................................................................................................................ok not really.

ugh and nothing makes me feel like I need to take a shower more than reading some hard sell from some fly by night ebay seller... gross dont sell me on the growth potential of the book, just sell me the book... just comes off too smarmy.

That's one of my sig line favorites! Very strong colors on your copy.

BvS fell harder (33.5%)

Looks like the weekday summer audiences are going to cut into the weekend. Comparing vs BvS, Suicide Squad made more on it's first Tuesday than BvS (which didnt have the kids out of school advantage). But does that mean it's pulling from it's second weekend audience early (more front loading!) and we're more likely to see an increase in the drop vs weekend 1?

Dont know about tape , but I used to go to a store in georgia that got old dealer and distributor stock by the longbox in great shape. Theyd mark the box as $1/book and run a marker down the top of the long box leaving a little mark atthe top of every book (so some jerk couldn't just unbag a $20 book and say it came from the $1 bin).

In a large flat-rate box there's plenty of room to protect three slabs, and they can also be double-boxed with that setup. as the OP says a "flat rate box for $15" which would not be a large flat rate box that would be a medium flat rate box.

You didnt say how the books were ACTUALLY shipped.... I could package 3 slabs in such a way that it cost $27 to ship them. If he just crammed 3 slabs into a flat rate box, and that's what you got, neg him.

Im wondering if it wont even make it out of the first weekend before the drop starts... Typical 1st weekend breakdown for the big superhero premiers is... 43/31/26 Summer behavior breaks down as 40/34/26 (so a little better on Saturday) but it wouldnt surprise me if SSq matched BvS or even was more Friday weighted. BvS broke down its $166m first weekend 49/31/20. Maybe SSq breaks 50% of its first weekend on Friday... Right now we're looking at a 48/29/23 breakdown... So pretty darn close to the frontloading like BvS (even though it didnt get as much of a push as BvS). Amazing considering this was the summer and usually those breakdowns are MORE even, not less. So that means we'll be looking for another high 60% drop off for week two...

DC knew they had a stinker, who do you think paid for all those Fandango free tickets?

IM2, IM3 and AoU sucked large Im a huge marvel fan, and I 100% agree!