Hi All!
Newbie to the boards here (though a long time collector). Had to throw in with slym on this topic though:
With much love to the amateur statisticians on the board, I'm sorry guys, but there is nothing "rare" about black label Walking Dead #1's. The mere fact that you can find 7-10 of those available for sale online, on just one site alone (ebay) at any given time bears this out. As of writing this, there are nine available for sale on ebay, each seller calling it "rare" on their listing, which, frankly, just looks a little silly. It really doesn't even matter what the actual proportions are of white-to-black, there are more than enough of either floating around at any given time that they are both readily available, and thus no price difference is warranted. I do believe that there was a brief blip in time recently when, yes, black labels did seem to get a slightly higher auction price. But people no longer seem to be drinking the "black is rarer" Kool-Aid as tons of the black labels have flooded to market, or sellers are at least now making it a point to point them out in their listings, that slight price difference seems to have evaporated since the summer, and whites and blacks have both settled into the same price range when they are up for auction. And the sellers who are offering theirs at exorbitant "buy it now" prices are disappointed as their books are sitting there with no takers, regardless of the label color. I think slym is also right to take Kirkman at his word when he (Kirkman) made his statement on this issue. The man just has no reason to joke around about such an innocuous issue, and he certainly is more in the know than any of us. I think in the end, we can all agree that it's a great book to own as a collector and a reader, and those of us who have one of either label color (or both!) should feel proud to have such a great book that has so quickly become an integral part of modern pop culture.
On another note.....can anyone tell me or refer me to a link that explains how to set up a signature line? I have searched and not been able to find any instructions on how to do that.
Thanks in advance!
-J.