GeeksAreMyPeeps

The Death of Superman was ridiculous. It was precisely the type of story aimed at 8 year old boys, with 8 year old reasoning. Nothing was explained, there was no buildup, there was no backstory, this guy just decided to show up and wallop Superman, and 7 issues later, Supes is dead?

 

Stupid.

 

If I was 8, I would have thought it was the greatest thing ever, just like I thought the Poseidon Adventure was the greatest movie ever when I was 8.

 

The only clever part was the decreasing number of panels per book. That was kinda cool.

The bigger problem with the story is that Superman would find a way of winning that doesn't constitute just walloping Doomsday.

Thanks. It seems to the general audience, a 9.8 is "perfect" and a 9.9 or 10 must be hand-assembled by Benedictine monks or something.

For shame! That might result in fingerprints.

Turok #1 sold 1.75 million copies to the Direct market...and it was only the SIXTH highest selling book of 1993 (MOS #22, Supes #78, Action #687, Adventures #500, 501.)

And the 5th for the month it was released (same month as launch of Reign of the Supermen)

By the way...the first no-contest "second printing" based on sellout demand that Marvel ever did?

 

Ghost Rider #1, 1990.

What constitutes this being "no-contest"? While I'm not informed about the G.I. Joe reprints, the first issue of The 'Nam quickly went to a second printing due to demand in 1986. (I first started collecting right around this time, and the reprint was on sale around the same time as issue 3 or 4.)

walking dead 127 still above 10-9 dollars.. Outcast is a good pick.. Kirkman:) when more news comes out for the show.. it should get to a better level.

Considering that there was news of a show before the issue released, and it's a Kirkman #1, I can't imagine that the print run isn't huge due to people speculating when placing orders. (Didn't the '90s teach us anything?) Even if the show is decent, I can't see #1 being a particularly pricey book long-term. (Subsequent issues, which will have a much lower print run, might be a different story.) And if the show doesn't take off, there are going to be a lot of people with a lot of copies.

My LCS scans the bar codes.

This would probably be the quickest way for an LCS to complete sales, and also ensure that no one tries to get a variant at the normal cover price.

Anyone else going in on the Rai #2 Recalled Mask Variant???

 

I'm figuring awesome artist+awesome writer+pretty good comic so far+limited numbers=huge potential.

 

Do I have something here, or am I being ridi-culous???

 

I wouldn't hold your breath on Rai; the overwhelming sentiment on the VF boards is that the recall error was quite abundant in a number of shops. That, and I don't think a lot of people will care....if the VF regulars don't care about this, then few people will.

 

This. The people that should care don't.

Hello all. I'm new here but a regular on the Valiant Fans boards. I can't speak for all Valiant collectors, but personally I'd pick up one of the recalled books if I could get it at cover price, but I have no intention of paying any more for it. Some people might, and it if Valiant's fan base grows, there might be higher demand, but I don't see it for now.