MrWeen

Are there a ton of preview 9.8s out there? Issue 1 sure but the Preview seems to be pretty tough to find in 9.8. Also if you really want the Preview to be complete you are gonna need the Diamond issue it came with.

A first appearance happens when a character debuts. That can be in one panel or many. TT 12 sells for more because of the cover but actually appeared first in The Casting ( in shadow )

I remember bad writing and avoiding anything that said " collector's item " on the cover!

How do you know Tech came out on that specific date? Also the Masters of the universe Museum Edition has the preview and was limited to 50, with no street date how do we know it does not predate Tech and Masters and G.I. Joe 12? Here's my list of importance: Noble 3 variant ( first cover too ) Invincible 1 Masters Museum Masters GC Foil Masters GC Tech 1 Masters 2nd print Savage 102 G.I. Joe 12 newsstand Diamond Previews cover Comic Shop news 810

Thanks!

Well there is one Thrillkiller comic everyone should own!

Fair enough, I inquired about this some time ago and was told that the regular Walmarts ( those that do not have produce ) carry a select number of items in their collectible section which is at the front of their stores. I have checked upwards of 30 Walmarts from Conn to Maine and this has proven true. I have found no 3 packs in Walmarts that are not Super!

I'm surprised people haven't jumped at this one being that it's a Dell'Otto. This book is impossible to find without flaws.

Copperhead.

As far as I know all the Walmart DC 3 packs are only available at superstores.

They can only be purchased at Super Walmarts.

I don't PM, how about letting me use store credit to buy consignment items?

First Rictor is selling but damn there's a ton of these.... http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=x-factor 17&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

The first Thorn was in the Ohio State Lantern. ( sorry for the poor image )

I agree if the character doesn't blow.

Any time I can buy a Disney related property cheap I will. I just suggested another team to look at. The other guys ran with it. Hey, I still buy Scooby Doo books. What's wrong with me? I'm not doing this right. Yes, called Big Hero 7. No, I'm not kidding. disney tv show?

Which one? The sunfire one I don't see for less than $20 right now, although there have been some low sales recently. Or the alpha flight one? Or the big hero 6 series? Other than the obvious Sunfire mini I like these: The Nakayama variant for issue 1 of the mini series Alpha Flight 16 ( Honey Lemon appears with Big Hero 6 Logo ) Amazing Spider-Man 685 Dell'Otto variant ( Fredzilla appears ) Thunderbolts 25 Amazing Spider-Man Ends of the Earth ( Everwraith appears ) Alpah FLight 9 ( 2004 ) First Sunpyre, Ebon Samurai There are so few Big Hero appearances prior to 2005.

Like Harley Quinn, Catwoman and Poison and Ivy before Gotham City Sirens #1? Don't they call themselves the Sirens in issue 5 or something? I guess that's their first appearance if you don't like origins and need them to identify and say the name in the story!

I'm wondering, because of his popularity, if CGC should note baby groot's 1st appearance on the label. I would go with Groot 4,5. He is not really baby Groot in the Conquest issue or at least not the baby Groot we know. He's just a smaller Groot but nasty looking in every way and not childlike. http://comicvine.gamespot.com/articles/preview-groot-5/1100-153757/

I think the decimal point is too far right Well at least he/she doesn't have it listed as GCS first appearance.

I like the Bad Brains cover but damn there's a lot of variants for this comic.

No you are right, I must have confused it with Harbinger Files 1

Harbinger 1 had a print run of 80,000, issue 0 blue 130,000. But the pink 0 had a run of only 6000 or so. The print run for some early Valiant stuff may have been smaller than other books released by Marvel, DC or Image back then but 80,000 is 80,000. Eternal Warrior 1 had 150,000 printed vs 5000 for the gold logo variant. Today the variant game helps keep the industry a float and has spawned a boom in speculation but there's still a plethora of great content out there which I suspect is good for the industry. Back then was there anything that could have keep the market going? I can't remember anything. High end comics cost a lot of money so personally I'm not putting the no-honey-money into expensive variant of little substance. If I want the cover for Gamora 2 I'll just take the Marvel Diamond Previews book for that month, bag and board it and file it away, after all it's got a ton of other great art in it too. Then I can spend my money or worthwhile mess like all the Low comics I'm missing or completing my SCUD run.

My only problem with this is that those Valiant books had massive print runs and the high end variants of today do not. In fact the valiant books that continue to do well from that era are their own gold/ platinum variants and that is because they have much lower print runs. My issue with today's variants-substance. Most just have cool covers but for me to invest in a pricey book means that the content has to be just as good as the cover. That rarely happens. At least a lot of the early Valiant stuff was well written!

So then the narrative for their first appearance REALLY matters. Thanks. Says the Minister of Disinformation . . . Ah name calling....the last bastion of a man without an argument Divad I thought you of all people actually read the comics? Name calling? Mr. Teenie-Weenie would be name calling - I was being friendly. Of course I read them, and I read all three in question. I think there a VG argument for CW89, none for Tec850, and as to GCS1 (it's already cool enough). I should have included a wink, not trying to be meanween . I don't care if you disagree on tec850, if the actually story by Dini can't convince you then nothing can but Catwoman 89 is irrelevant.