Brock

This has always been my strategy - it's left me with 3 NM copies Devil Dinosaur #1, and 5 of Eternals #1 - plus 3 copies of Nova #1, 7 copies of She-Hulk #1, and 11 copies of Ms. Marvel #1. "Be greedy when others are fearful..."

There's a very detailed thread on these books in the Copper section.

It's mostly text stories, but there are a number of Gulacy pages (some are NSFW). Here's a couple of examples:

Here's a more obscure one by Don McGregor (Sabre) and Paul Gulacy.

I think the series is still flying a little under the radar, though the television PR machine is starting to ramp up now. Some of Rucka's past work (e.g. Whiteout) hasn't really benefited from moving to other media, and some other TV shows haven't cased much back issue action for older indie books (e.g. Wynona Earp). Having said that, I'm pretty bullish about Stumptown. It's one of my favourite comics of all time, but it definitely didn't get much notice as it was coming out. If the series is half as good, the very low print runs on this books could send it through the roof. Plus, with the rise in price for back issues of The Boys and Umbrella Academy, there could be a bit of a FOMO effect.

Looks like this thread is making a comeback... Let me add a few cool books:

Nice books! Welcome to the Boards.

DCCP 22 is still definitely the hardest, though high prices are starting to bring more copies out. I think Action 508 is not that hard, and Flash 286 is fairly easy. Legion 264 seems to be very easy at the moment. In terms of the current market, I think JLA 179 is the toughest. As always, DCCP 1, 2 and 3 are the easiest Whitmans.

I saw some remaindered CrossGen TPBs at a Dollarama n Niagara a few years ago, but that’s the only time I’ve seen comics.

I think this may be getting confused with DC Comics Presents #22, which many didn’t believe existed until about 5 years ago. For awhile, there were only a handful of known copies of that book, though we must be up to 40 or so by now (which is still very scarce). In my mind, Sgt Rock 329 is also a tough book, but not to the same degree as DCCP 22. I would say there are likely a few hundred copies out there. I would also say that this book is EXTREMELY difficult in high grade. However, I do think that Sgt Rock 329 is tougher than several of the so-called big 8 Whitman variants. Please note that these are my impressions, and I have no hard evidence to back this up... just that I’ve been watching them for about 15 years.

I see that quite a bit... Of course, that might be what it takes to get CGC to label the books correctly. I have 4 or 5 where CGC has assigned them the wrong number. Sometimes, it’s not that big a deal. Like I have a Wonder Woman #250 labelled as #251. But that’s OK, because I also have a #251 labelled as a #250.

I’ve also seen Keanu Reeves mentioned for this...

Gotham Comics is a publisher in India, as reflected by the cover price in rupees. i’m not Familiar with this title or issue, but they published some Cartoon Network comics in the 2004-2006 period that I’m aware of. There’s not much demand for these though... maybe $3-$4 for a NM copy as a curiosity?

My recollection is that they reprint #94 up sequentially, with new backup stories that expand on some element of the original story.

There’s an Absolute Carnage variant coming out this week, IIRC.

It was referenced a couple of times by CBSI this week, so some may be looking for it specifically.

I would say there’s a couple of earlier posters who have some apologizing to do...

I assume that there at least a couple of folks watching this thread that are working on a Dave Stevens Cover registry set (me too - I'm currently at #7). Recently, there's been some request in the "I want this to be added to a set" thread asking for several new titles to be placed into the set because they have an ad on their back cover for a separate comic with a Dave Stevens cover. Here's an example from Twisted Tales #4: I guess I'm interested in people's reactions on this. In my mind, it seems a little odd, but maybe I'm over-thinking it... It's almost like this is a picture of a Stevens cover instead of an actual Stevens cover. and I feel like it probably doesn't belong in the registry set as a result. Ultimately, I think this would add about a dozen books to the Stevens registry set, and I think they mostly have the same ad with the same Stevens image from Alien Worlds #4. What are your thoughts on this?

A fun couple of hours of bin diving... about $10 for all 12 books. Some Hughes books, some Bloodstones and a tough Promethea issue, among others. The Green Lantern has a (direct edition) sticker for the UPC code... Does anyone know what's up with that? Maybe @RockMyAmadeus?

Hi Mollie - Thanks - as always - for all the work you do on these sets! Could you add the following book to the Adam Hughes Cover Set? Barb Wire #v2 #7 (Dark Horse Comics, 1/16) For an example, see certification number 2038266012. Brock

Maybe that’s why my post count is so low...

Had you rushed out to buy some and listed them, he likely wouldn’t be getting $75 sales of Spider-Woman #2. Sometimes, selling what no one else is can be a solid strategy in itself.

Followed by Legion of Super-Heroes #38 in 1992.

Hi Mollie - Could you add the following books to the Adam Hughes cover set? Sabrina: The Teenage Witch #v3 #1 (Archie Publications, 5/19) Certification example: 2031149002 Thank you!

Some of us theorize that they were predominantly (though not exclusively) distributed in Canada. There’s no actual evidence of this aside from the apparent distribution of extant copies, but that's pretty good circumstantial evidence. Of this lot, Superboy, Superman and the purple Legion (EEOOOOOO) are the toughest. The Action book is widely held to be a hard-to-find book, but in my experience it is somewhat more common. These should fetch a good price on ebay, but if you’re looking to sell here, PM me... I’m always buying high grade Whitmans.