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Qu’est-ce que ca fait si je write in two languages en meme temps?

Dude, I just gotta say that when you have fun, I think we all have fun. Some people's excitement is infectious.

As I think about this thread, there's one title that fits the bill better than any others. Scooby Doo Team-Up ran for 50 issues from 2013 to 2019 and is chock full of surprising IP crossovers. I think I might have to put a set together...

Here's an interesting one... the 1970's crossover between Marvel's Kull the Conqueror and Gold Key's Dagar the Invincible. At that time, Don Glut was writing both titles, and figured that neither of his editors was paying attention to what he was doing, so he put Kull and Dagar into the same world, and then had them fight the same monsters (as seen on some covers here). Then the supporting cast starts to cross over between books. In Dagar #15, Dagar's girlfriend Graylin leaves him, and she next pops up in Kull #22 where she becomes Kull's love interest.

Gen 13 and Bone, also starring Beanworld, Madman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

It's a tough call... I buy any of the 8-12/80 Whitmans and any of the 75 cent variants pretty much on sight. However, I still don't think the market really values these as much as it could. They are slow movers on eBay, for example, with a few exceptions (Uncle Scrooge 179, etc.). If they're in really high grade, they sell a bit better, but even then the price isn't always what one might expect. Given that context, I'm less inclined to go big on the more common issues. If the true rarities struggle in the market, why scoop the more common stuff up? I do think the situation will eventually change, but how long will that take? Maybe 5 years, or 10? Do I really want to sit on large volumes of lower grade materials that is a marginal seller, waiting for "the day"? In the meantime, I put together sets of what I like, focus on the tougher books, and scoop the occasional high grade copy if the price is right. I spent years amassing a massive collection, but now I focus more on curating what I acquire, with an eye to those books with the highest potential (whether that be the highest potential enjoyment or the highest potential value).

I was only in Alberta for about 12 hours, but I'll be around a fair bit in 2024... I'm in Grande Prairie in February, and in Edmonton in June and October. Maybe I can but you a drink on one of those Edmonton visits...

Ok, I’m losing track of this thread… is it bad movies or good pickles that are killing comic book stores in 2023?

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/105-comic-book-stores-doing-black-friday-sales-today/

Here's an Underground book that isn't well known...

Welcome to the Boards, mate! Those are very cool books. The print run and survival rate numbers you mention drive some people around here a little squirrelly, if I'm permitted a Canadianism. I think you might say it "makes them mad as a cut snake" or "makes them go off like a frog in a sock". Don't let the drama put you off! Basically, print run numbers are hard to verify, and survival rates are impossible to verify, so some people want to remind us that anything we say about this stuff is really just a guess. Having said that, I agree with you - Australian variants are harder to find than regular editions, and their survival rate is undoubtedly lower than their print run. It's a tough call for books in the 8.0 to 9.0 range - they're nice, but not spectacular, Still, if I was in your shoes, I might send them for third party grading (like CGC) and try them on eBay. I think your market will likely be stronger outside Australia than inside... I hope that helps!

This fits the theme, but this one is also all Marvel, crossing over with the imaginary Ace Comics from the 1992-93 CBS sitcom Bob. You can read the backstory here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_(TV_series)

How about Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Spawn? With Savage Dragon, Shadow Hawk and the Maxx thrown in for good measure...

Does this count? Marvel, DC, Archie & Jughead, Casper the Friendly Ghost and (inside) even Richie Rich.

Here's a classic... Spider-Man crosses over with Saturday Night Live. It's got the first comic appearances of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and John Belushi, but that's just for starters. Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson are audience members, while Stan Lee is the guest host and Rick Jones (from Incredible Hulk and Captain Marvel) is the musical guest. It even has SNL cast member Garrett Morris as the first black Thor.

Sonic the Hedgehog and Sabrina the Teenage Witch

He’s done a fair bit, including last year’s Becoming Frankenstein miniseries.

Yes, sorry - I'm poaching your territory. It was Snap, though I did visit Treasure Cove as well. I paid more than I'm usually comfortable with for them, but they were pretty nice copies.

Here's my latest finds from this week, and more circumstantial evidence that the 8-12/80 Gold Key Whitmans had stronger distribution in Canada. These are all tough 10/80 books. The Flash Gordon and Looney Tunes book (there it is again!) were found in Moncton, New Brunswick on Wednesday, and the others just outside of Calgary, Alberta ion Thursday.

Yes, I think for the DC Whitmans the registry set is the best at the moment. I worked a bit with them last year to clean that list up, and I think it's pretty good. For others, it's much harder. Doug Sulipa's retail website has a tone of good information, but it's super hard to navigate. He basically just keeps adding to it over time, with no real though to navigation or readability. This general approach also means that errors and opinions get embedded alongside fact, and are never really removed. I like the comicspriceguide.com site for the Gold Key Whitmans. They separate Whitman and Gold Key out as distinct publishers, so you can search titles under Whitman for quick access to variant lists. However, this site is largely crowd-sourced - that means it gets more accurate over time, but it is also incomplete. Basically, if a book is there it pretty much proves that it does exist, but if it's not, you can't take that as evidence that no Whitman version exists. For Marvels, I'll defer to someone else who may know more... My own (personal) opinion is that they aren't actually Whitmans, so I have paid less attention to them over time.

That’s 1.3 million for a single Pilkey comic. If he could produce them quickly enough, I’m sure they’d sell… and he’ll typically sell a few hundred thousand of it the following year. Raina Telgemeier has what, 7 or 8 comics she made, and 18 million copies sold? That stacks up pretty well to 8 monthly issues selling 8-12 million copies a year. But my point is that the whole idea of monthly comics is an anachronism, and a failed business model - in the context of the massively successful American comics market, monthly floppies are virtually unknown, and their publishers - like DC and Marvel - are bit players in the industry. of course, I’m part of the tribe here… I like my monthly superhero floppies. That’s why I’m here… But I’m not so enamoured of them that I believe my own little micro-niche of obscure and old-fashioned collectibles is indicative of where the industry is at as a whole.

Dav Pilkey's top 9 comics sold more than 3.3 million copies in 2022, and the "long tail" of his lesser selling books added another 400,000 copies. His top comic in 2021 sold 1.3 million copies. That's not far off the circulations of peak issues in the 1940s. And yes, the fact that one of his comics sells for 100 times what a comic did in the 1940s is relevat. In looking at a typical online inflation calculator, something that cost $0.10 in 1940 should cost about $2.21 today (see https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm). That mean's Pilkey's stiff is about 450% more profitable than those Golden Age books. I can't speak for @justadude but it sometimes feels on these boards that we are complaining about the impending "collapse" of an industry that hasn't existed as we imagine it for more than 50 years, except in these strange little countercultural hidey-holes scattered across the hollowed out downtowns of America. We're wearing vintage superhero t-shirts and discussing wokeness, variant covers and the Previews catalogue for the umpteenth time, while the real comics industry is massive, and having a party with all the cool kids in a different part of town.

Do you mean Gold Key Whitmans, DC Whitmans or Marvel "Fat Diamond" Whitmans?

8.5 to 9.0

9.6