Plantman

If he's talking about the comic store in Belleville, then they sold out Day 1. If he's talking about another store, then I think the print run on this issue is over 10,000 because I know Need A Hero Comics ordered over 100 copies.

You seem to have a good idea of what people buy at shows, kimik. If you don't mind my asking, how many copies of Scooby-Doo Team-Up #12 have you picked up to sell later at shows? Do you think this issue has legs in 2016?

there's a pinup with shatterstar in the book, the pinup is a team that looks A LOT like the new x force. Think of it like the Wolverine ad in DD 115. I disagree about the look. Over half the characters in the pinup were not members of the original X-Force team, unless the standing woman is supposed to be Copycat/Domino and not Skids or Magma. Even with a stretch like that, there's no Feral or Warpath.

New Mutants Annual #6 has been moving on eBay for the last two days after not moving very much during the rest of August. Some sellers are claiming it's the first appearance of Shatterstar, but why that would cause copies to move is a mystery.

AUG140839 HAWKEYE #22 $4.99

That's a very good question, but we don't know that the $5.95 single price was published after the dual price 4th printing. Remember: there are no single price variations for MGN #1 or 2, even though #2 was supposedly published only a month before #3. Why not? And we know that all printings from #5 on have dual pricing, so any single prices would have to have been printed before #5. We know that the MGN #4s identified as second printings have dual pricing... Were the $5.95 single prices for #3 and #4...afterthoughts...? And if that's the case, wouldn't they be...later printings? Why did MGN #1 go through 3 printings, but never had a single $6.95 price? Was the $5.95 acceptable to the Canadian market for the meantime? The Canadian market clearly had demand for these later printings...hence the dual pricing...but why is there not any "single price" Canadian versions for the first 3 printings? The 4th printing is a dual price, but with those "mixed fonts" (the original fat, frumpy font for $5.95, combined with the sleeker $6.95 price.) Perhaps Carol Kalish (or Peter David or whoever) did some research that showed Canadians were unwilling to pay, in 1982 Canadian dollars, $6.95 for a Marvel Graphic Novel. Or perhaps it was too costly to make a second cover for, presumably, a smaller print run of the 2nd and 3rd printings of MGN 1. Whereas for MGN 3 and MGN 4, they each get an initial print run of about, say, 25000 copies each. In this case, printing off 2500 or 3000 Canadian covers is worth the cost of making a second cover. I would lean towards the latter explanation. Also, if the $5.95 single prices for #3 and #4 were "afterthoughts" (2nd printings), then wouldn't all MGN #4's with dual prices actually be 3rd printings? Yet, as you said, "We know that the MGN #4s identified as second printings have dual pricing..."

It's a fairly reasonable opinion....but I take the opposite side. I won't believe it is until it is proven so. Three copies does not a conclusion make.... 13 out of 18 (including ones I've pulled from my boxes) single priced copies have the $5.95 price in Canada. 4 out of around 200 single priced copies have the $5.95 price in U.S. If the "$5.95 single price" MGN 3 was published after the dual price 4th printing, why did they go back to the old font for "No." yet keep the new font for "$"?

Okay, I just checked eBay.ca for Marvel Graphic Novel 3 (Dreadstar!) and found zero "$5.95 single price" copies either available or sold in the last three months in the U.S. There are three "$5.95 single price" copies located in Canada. All are for sale from Doug Sulipa. Curiously, he is not listing these as "Canadian Variants". Until I see evidence to the contrary (and I would love to see proof either way), I now believe the "$5.95 single price" copies of both MGN 3 and MGN 4 are first printings meant to be distributed in Canada.

Can someone just email/tweet/facebook Doug Sulipa, Randy Sauve, or some other person who has been running a comic store in Canada since at least 1982? Maybe they can prove their initial order contained all "$5.95 single price" covers.

I apologize in advance if I'm misconstruing this section of your post, but, according to Louise Simonson, MGN 4 did have deadline issues:

This was the 4th "5.95 single price" copy from Canada. It doesn't show up on eBay.ca for me either.

For there to be a "Canadian version", they would be understandably rare. Put it this way: there are 125 or so Spidey #252s. Of those, only 5 are Canadian versions, or 4%. There are 44 copies of MGN #4 currently listed (I counted)....and there are FOUR supposed "Canadian versions" listed for sale...? (I didn't count the "$5.95 single price" ones, I'll take your word that there are four.) Nearly 10% of the listings are these "Canadian versions"...? And, while there are LATER editions that have UPC codes....the 6th printing, for example...those early supposed "Canadian versions" do NOT have UPC codes...and, again, the "Canadian versions" for REGULAR books were intended solely for the Canadian newsstand. Soooo.... Not conclusive, for sure, but there's too much that doesn't add up yet. I counted 137 completed listings on eBay using the search team "marvel graphic novel 4" (not in quotation marks) between Mar. 1, 2015 and May 24, 2015. Two listings had no image of the book but two other listings had two books each. There were at least two re-listings, so let's say the total number was between 130-135. Of those, I counted 7 "5.95 single price" ones. 4 were from Canada, 3 were from the U.S. So about half the completed listings from Canada are "$5.95 single price" ones. And about 2.5% of completed listings from the U.S. are $5.95 single price" ones. Hmmm...

I think they were tinkering with different fonts at the time. Note the change in "No." and "$" between MGN #3 and MGN #4.

I can only find three active listings for MGN #4 in Canada. All three are single priced $5.95 copies. I quickly looked through the active, single priced U.S. listings and found 1 $5.95 copy and 22 $4.95 copies. Hmmm...

Am I the only scrub here whose single copy has its coupon removed?

New Mutants #18 (first appearance of Warlock) seems to be heating up. People are starting to appreciate The Demon Bear Saga again, hurrah!

I may have found something on that Copyright Records website about which you told me: I bolded the salient text. So I am guessing The New Mutants was delayed (but already had the cover printed), and Marvel decided to print off a small portion of Canadian price covers instead of trashing a bunch of single-price covers.

Somebody (not me) bought 6 copies of Captain Carrot & His Amazing Zoo Crew #9 from Mile High Comics earlier today. Other than those sales, the issues aren't moving at all. New Teen Titans #16 is doing okay, but I thought CC was going to get more of a Harley bump.

Really sucks for whoever shelled out $700 for the final splash page of original art. Good for Cory Smith, though. I completely disagree, no matter what happens in future issues he DIED in this issue. It was confirmed by the character Angel Bridge in the dialogue, not to mention every single news outlet that has printed a story about the events. Turtles die in real life when their shells are compromised, and that's exactly what Bebop and Rocksteady did to Donny. Will a serum/mutagen/ooze bring him back?..... probably. Wolverine will be back, but that doesn't mean he didn't die in Death of Wolverine 4 This will be an iconic panel forever in my opinion. $700 was a steal. Except in the preview art for the future issue posted by Adonis the dialogue reads "he very nearly lost his life" It would appear that you have some amount of money tied up into this and are desperately clinging to the idea that he is dead. Your assumption is incorrect ...... No, I would believe its pretty accurate. You were saying? 1. Why are you a member of the google plus groups if you hate it so much? 2. What is the name you use on google+, I want to make sure I'm not following you. Because despite the idiocy of the owner, plenty of good information gets posted there and 98% of the users seem like perfectly fine individuals? Also not a member there. Speaking of the owner, I point out that he was monetarily invested in TMNT 44, which he denied and now I've been made aware that he put a bounty on my personal information? This falls somewhere between being creepy and scary. Its also pathetic. So who did 8802 send after you? Dengar? Bossk? Jimmy Linguini in a Boba Fett costume? Keep up the great sleuthing, darkstar. I, for one, appreciate it.

I knew something was up when you picked a cover song, Robot Man. These answers really do say a lot about you!

Here's a store that believes in Marvel Age Annual #3 more than I do: Mile High Comics!

Based on the "Coming Attractions" feature in Marvel Age #94, I strongly suspect that you are wrong about the release dates. Marvel Requirer #9 was scheduled to ship a week later than Marvel Age #95. It would follow that Marvel Requirer #11 went on sale a week later than Marvel Age #97. I know! Let's look at the US Copyright info! Sadly, #11 isn't recorded... But #10 is! v. 1, no. 10, Dec90. Created 1990; Pub. 1990-12-11; Reg. 1990-12-31; TX0002976891 And here's Marvel Age #96 and #97: v. 1, no. 96, Jan91. Created 1990; Pub. 1990-11-20; Reg. 1990-12-26; TX0002966375 v. 1, no. 97, Feb91. Created 1990; Pub. 1990-12-25; Reg. 1991-03-05; TX0003025123 Since Marvel Requirer was ALSO a monthly title, it follows that.....drumroll please.... #11 came out AFTER Marvel Age #97! Thank you for doing that research. Case closed.

Based on the "Coming Attractions" feature in Marvel Age #94, I strongly suspect that you are wrong about the release dates. Marvel Requirer #9 was scheduled to ship a week later than Marvel Age #95. It would follow that Marvel Requirer #11 went on sale a week later than Marvel Age #97.

eBay is still littered with affordable copies, but there has been a few sales of Tales of the New Teen Titans #1 over the past two weeks in the $6-10 range.

Orrrrrr....some understand the use of the language, and don't see any need to change the language to accommodate people who want to change meanings for no valid reason, and the worst reason of all: personal gain. Nothing is "changing." There are simply people who don't understand what the term "first appearance" means, and/or want the definition of a "first appearance" to change so they can make money. There's no great sea change to redefine what "first appearance" means. Honest. And, if on the extremely remote chance that the idea of a "first appearance" being a PREVIEW gains ANY traction in the comics market, there will be a grand backlash by thinking, rational people... I doubt that. Remember the frenzy (chronicled in this very thread) over Superman Adventures #5? Was that not started over Livewire appearing in a single panel of a New 52 comic? She hasn't even appeared since Yet SA #5 is still a $30+ book on eBay. Maybe you'd get a clamor.