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Why are you sorting by highest listed? Very misleading, like someone pulling up a chart of NFLX stock 6 months ago. Not highest listed, highest sold, and not 6 months, 90 days. The most important sales are the highest ones, not the ones that fall through the cracks or poor listings. I'd say the most important sales are the mode, or what passes for it, as anyone can get a deal or made a poor purchasing decision. If you really think the high results are what's important, then the recent sales of Turok #1 at $6 and $4.50 means that the speculators from the '90s are actually going to make money on that, and we know that that isn't going to happen. What's a "mode"? And have you ever sold books? It's a pretty common mathematical term. Thanks! (Although not at all applicable here.) Depending on what you're trying to figure, I would say it is. The most common value that a book has sold for is going to provide a good guide as to what you should expect to get for it, or pay for it. Now, if you're very patient and don't particularly care whether a book actually sells, then maybe the highest price point matters in that it provides a guide as to what someone who is not paying attention to average prices might overpay for a copy. But I imagine one would make more money (from selling more books), by referencing not only the highest price (paid by one person who now has his book), but rather the prices that people are commonly willing to pay. I'm sorry, but this is driving me crazy, divad is right The mode is not at all applicable here. If 2 books sold for 12 shekels and the other sales were 6, 16, 17, 19, 20 ,21, 22, 24, 28, 37, and 49 shekels. The most common value of 12 shekels, ie:, the mode, does not really represent what you would expect to sell at. What you are interested in is the median sale. The one that falls squarely in the middle of all other sales. In the example: 20 shekels. This reduces the effect of outliers on both the high and low sides and is a good predictor for additional sales. The reason I said "…the mode, or what passes for it…" was because I realize that exact prices are not going to be duplicated very often, so considering close prices to be the same would probably suffice. But your suggestion of the median works as well. It's certainly better than weighing the highest price more heavily than other prices paid, unless you're going to be adamant that you're not going to sell the book unless you make more than anyone else has.

Newsarama got it right. Spot on. My prediction is Kamala Khan will be in the Captain Marvel movie. Eventually to become Ms. Marvel in the Inhumans movie. The movie is still four years away. I imagine they might have the major plot ideas in mind, but anything regarding setup for phase 4 probably will depend to some extend on what ends up working in the comics world over the next few years.

Why are you sorting by highest listed? Very misleading, like someone pulling up a chart of NFLX stock 6 months ago. Not highest listed, highest sold, and not 6 months, 90 days. The most important sales are the highest ones, not the ones that fall through the cracks or poor listings. I'd say the most important sales are the mode, or what passes for it, as anyone can get a deal or made a poor purchasing decision. If you really think the high results are what's important, then the recent sales of Turok #1 at $6 and $4.50 means that the speculators from the '90s are actually going to make money on that, and we know that that isn't going to happen. What's a "mode"? And have you ever sold books? It's a pretty common mathematical term. Thanks! (Although not at all applicable here.) Depending on what you're trying to figure, I would say it is. The most common value that a book has sold for is going to provide a good guide as to what you should expect to get for it, or pay for it. Now, if you're very patient and don't particularly care whether a book actually sells, then maybe the highest price point matters in that it provides a guide as to what someone who is not paying attention to average prices might overpay for a copy. But I imagine one would make more money (from selling more books), by referencing not only the highest price (paid by one person who now has his book), but rather the prices that people are commonly willing to pay. Assuming they had a bottomless inventory of said books. It doesn't have to be "bottomless"; you just have to have the desire to actually sell books

Huh? There's only one cover for #6. My fault I thought there was a second cover for it. Maybe its just issue 1 V3. I haven't looked for a long time. Issue 2 has the limited The Good, the Bad, the Ugly cover.

does anyone know the issue where peter and mjs baby was born? ASM somewhere in the 4-teens I think. http://marvel.wikia.com/Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_1_418 What if 105 has always been a hot issue, pulling 2-4x the issues around it. It heated up long ago and stuck. It could blow up of course, just letting you know this book always had interest. ASM vol2 # 30 has always had hype , but it has never really done anything. There have been 2 cgc 9.6 copies that sold for under $25 each this month alone. This one could blow up for sure, but im bored of hearing about it. I just read ASM 418 again could barely get through Skroce's pencils. Anyhow, Did they ever name their baby? They had a nursery and everything. I didn't see a name given in 418, MJ just kept saying " my baby". Whatever happened with the baby anyways? I know Norman Osborn took the remains, but what happened with it, I don't recall. Spider-Zombie

I have seen the CEO of one comic company make a deal to purchase key appearances of characters from a competing company on these boards.

I never understood why famous people with money try to use that as leverage to get freebies. We all know you have money. Now I could understand a situation where it was Joe Dimaggio or someone from that era, as salaries hadn't gotten ridiculous, but Reggie has money

He does love his comic books. I used to be on the committee of a convention that he would come to every few years.

Why are you sorting by highest listed? Very misleading, like someone pulling up a chart of NFLX stock 6 months ago. Not highest listed, highest sold, and not 6 months, 90 days. The most important sales are the highest ones, not the ones that fall through the cracks or poor listings. I'd say the most important sales are the mode, or what passes for it, as anyone can get a deal or made a poor purchasing decision. If you really think the high results are what's important, then the recent sales of Turok #1 at $6 and $4.50 means that the speculators from the '90s are actually going to make money on that, and we know that that isn't going to happen. What's a "mode"? And have you ever sold books? It's a pretty common mathematical term. Thanks! (Although not at all applicable here.) Depending on what you're trying to figure, I would say it is. The most common value that a book has sold for is going to provide a good guide as to what you should expect to get for it, or pay for it. Now, if you're very patient and don't particularly care whether a book actually sells, then maybe the highest price point matters in that it provides a guide as to what someone who is not paying attention to average prices might overpay for a copy. But I imagine one would make more money (from selling more books), by referencing not only the highest price (paid by one person who now has his book), but rather the prices that people are commonly willing to pay.

Like an insufficiently_thoughtful_person, just after I dropped off my books for CGC (including 2 ASM 361s), I realized that Bagley was signing a few dozen feet from the CGC booth.

does anyone know the issue where peter and mjs baby was born? ASM somewhere in the 4-teens I think. http://marvel.wikia.com/Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_1_418

does anyone know the issue where peter and mjs baby was born? ASM somewhere in the 4-teens I think.

Why are you sorting by highest listed? Very misleading, like someone pulling up a chart of NFLX stock 6 months ago. Not highest listed, highest sold, and not 6 months, 90 days. The most important sales are the highest ones, not the ones that fall through the cracks or poor listings. I'd say the most important sales are the mode, or what passes for it, as anyone can get a deal or made a poor purchasing decision. If you really think the high results are what's important, then the recent sales of Turok #1 at $6 and $4.50 means that the speculators from the '90s are actually going to make money on that, and we know that that isn't going to happen. What's a "mode"? And have you ever sold books? It's a pretty common mathematical term.

It may matter to some people, but probably not enough, especially at this time, to make a significant difference in the hobby. The question is whether it will make a difference to people down the road, and my guess is no.

Why are you sorting by highest listed? Very misleading, like someone pulling up a chart of NFLX stock 6 months ago. Not highest listed, highest sold, and not 6 months, 90 days. The most important sales are the highest ones, not the ones that fall through the cracks or poor listings. I'd say the most important sales are the mode, or what passes for it, as anyone can get a deal or made a poor purchasing decision. If you really think the high results are what's important, then the recent sales of Turok #1 at $6 and $4.50 means that the speculators from the '90s are actually going to make money on that, and we know that that isn't going to happen.

I *would* have purchased more than one NYCC variant if there wasn't a limit. How could one go wrong at 2/$5.

Here's the thing: unless Manara had previously created the art and subsequently Marvel decided they wanted to use it for a cover (an unlikely scenario, I think), then Manara, as a professional artist with a commission, needs to understand the specs of the end use. This is commercial art, not fine art. (That's not an opinion on the quality, it's clarifying the end use, which involves the addition of elements other than the art in the final product.) I would think that any professional cover artist should understand that anything in the top third or so of the art is subject to being covered up by those other required graphics, unless some prior discussion with the client to move those elements elsewhere gives the artist clearance to use the area. I won't pretend to know what actually transpired here, but Manara didn't really leave much space to work with. I suppose they could have just plastered the logo over her face, because we know that's not the focal point he intended for the piece.

FTFY

Frankly, this is just fanboy porno . . . This isn't quite the F-me pose that the Spider-woman cover is.

I think people expected marvel to accommodate the artwork properly. Marvel has been very liberal with where they put the title logo recently, either having the artwork go " over" the title, or making the logo smaller, or shifting it to one side, even at the bottom at times. In some cases making the artwork slightly smaller so its shown fully. It's not like it use to be where the logo stayed in the exact same spot for years on end. They made no attempts to accommodate the art. All they had to do was shrink the image by 10% shift the title up and to the right, like they did on the Oyum variant and you would get most of the art. The could have also shrinked the art 10% and just threw the title to the bottom, they have done this before. They did none of this and planted the title right on top of the " controversy". Looking at the milo variant, it's pretty darn obvious they were trying to cover up her rear. Its so obvious its laughable. I imagine the person in charge of the overlays just floating the title around saying things like " oops, too much crack, a little to the left" Suggesting that it could be shrunk 10% assumes that the piece was not created with the final dimensions of a comic book in mind. If you shrink it, then the art doesn't reach the trim This is the digital age. They could have made it happen, that's all im saying. I'm glad you're not one of my clients. The computer is not a magic box. You can only work with what you have to work with. It's highly unlikely that the artwork was created with a significant amount of bleed, so shrinking it down 10% would leave a gap at the edges. So unless Marvel is going to invest the time to extend the image digitally so fanboys can ogle Spider-woman's , this is not a realistic course of action.

DC overprinted There's still 1,500+ copies in the Diamond system. Cool AH! cover. I bit. Bought an extra 50 to rack w Finch's WW tomorrow. My LCS had plenty of them today so I grabbed 10 copies. Ebay here we come! Why does she have a hoof?

I think people expected marvel to accommodate the artwork properly. Marvel has been very liberal with where they put the title logo recently, either having the artwork go " over" the title, or making the logo smaller, or shifting it to one side, even at the bottom at times. In some cases making the artwork slightly smaller so its shown fully. It's not like it use to be where the logo stayed in the exact same spot for years on end. They made no attempts to accommodate the art. All they had to do was shrink the image by 10% shift the title up and to the right, like they did on the Oyum variant and you would get most of the art. The could have also shrinked the art 10% and just threw the title to the bottom, they have done this before. They did none of this and planted the title right on top of the " controversy". Looking at the milo variant, it's pretty darn obvious they were trying to cover up her rear. Its so obvious its laughable. I imagine the person in charge of the overlays just floating the title around saying things like " oops, too much crack, a little to the left" Suggesting that it could be shrunk 10% assumes that the piece was not created with the final dimensions of a comic book in mind. If you shrink it, then the art doesn't reach the trim

When do you suppose one might expect books back that were submitted at NYCC without Fast Track?

Does the first appearance of Master Chief in comics have any value? Does the first appearance of Tyrion have any value? It's a cool book, I owned a copy and I love Harley(who doesn't.) IMHO when a comic creates and introduces a character is a lot more important then when a comic book adapts a character who was created elsewhere. When a common book with an adaptation of a cartoon character goes for 4 figures, it is a little crazy to me. I wonder what percentage of fans don't realize she was created for Batman:TAS before BA12? More important? Really? I understand these are gold/silver, but first Buck Rogers, first Thor, First Tarzan, first Doc Savage are all keys and had "first appearances" elsewhere. Marvel's Thor (which is the Thor I assume you're referring to), is a specific take on a mythological figure that very much first appeared in comics.