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In response to my decision not to have any further transactions with him. Food for thought. It sounds to me, that he no longer wants the book. Seems to me he knew what he wanted to do with it. Because its Hack Slash we cant have that. Arent you gone yet?

i bought a bunch of hastings variants of Avengers vs Xmen 12 and Doctor Who 1. My only speculative buys this week I think you will do very well on AvX 12 once the relaunch starts. Short term I dont think you can miss longer term I dont know depends how Marvel rolls it all out.

I think as a retailer you will do very well on the first issues. The back issue market didnt heat up for what 5 or 6 issues? Here anything on orders at all? What is the full amount of titles?

I disagree. When a show is successful, producers want to fill spots before and after the show with similar material to keep the fan base watching and boosting ratings. Just my 100% (thumbs u Aother 'interested party' - in confidence had stated he had also heard about an offer to Seeley about aquiring the TV rights. Tim S is on here sometimes Yo Tim! You the next Kirkman baby?? Walking Dead was up to about issues 40 was it not before it was optioned? In my opinion Revival has a long long way to go before it is even spoken in the same breath as The Walking Dead. I understand your point here, but WD also upped the ante for them to find the next one quicker. WD pathed the way the others that follow will optioned much quicker.

Here's the thing that bugs me a bit with Saga, and I am sure i will be blasted for saying it. I HATE when comic books have swearing and sex....without purpose. It's great to have indy comics, where swearing and sex can occur as the do in real life. But in Saga, especially the first issue, it really REALLY felt forced to me. Almost like, its obligatory to be "cool" or something. let the spoons flow naturally when they should, and it works. Jam it in there for its own sake, and it comes across childish and akward, forced. my but great story/world/book...just something that bugs me. + 1 turned me off as well.

Even if you cut out all the arguments and drama that would cut it to around 150 pages for a book that is 3 issues in. Your still talking about a book generating 150+ pages in a thread so far. Now are there hoarders only interested in increasing the value of their books? Sure and it ought to be obvious which ones they are. Beyond that the book is picking up fans with every issue. Its selling out every issue here locally in 3 stores. With issues 1 or 2 I would suspect speculators, but issue 3 was ordered more heavily and last time I checked there was only a couple of issues left on the shelf.

Always thought SS 34 is very under valued. I look for this book to increase in price as the movies get closer.

You usually dont see many copies for sale at any time due to low print run. Wasn't the art for that book done by some Ashley person that some love?

Thanos Final Threat has been selling very well. It reprints Marvel Avengers Annual 7 and Marvel Two In One Annual 2. It is an all time Starlin classic. I think one of my LCS's is sold out now and the other only has a few copies left. This book wont make huge money because its a reprint, but at least its a good sale thru for retailers and I think the first time those 2 issues have been reprinted together. One of the few times Marvel has had a good idea.

Your right it was dead. The small print run makes no difference. Only the BBC thing is pushing the price. It could explode or it could be a bad show that no one watches and the value will plummet. I side with the later and I say sell now while its hot.How much profit do you really need to make? Buy a book for $3 flip for $55 its a nice take. Or slab for $35ish and flip out for $100 or higher. There is nothing about that book that makes me think its a long or mid term hold book. But, yes the print run was very tiny. Reading the book was painful for me and after 3 issues I gave up. Its definetly got its niche of fans, but I just dont think there are enough of them. My two cents

Sticky the list and let it be updatable. That way I dont have to look thru several pages for an updated list. Very good idea.

Enjoyed the latest issue. Looks like Rick has an alternative in mind down the road. Some have been saying the writing is not as good lately, but Ive enjoyed the last two arcs and Negan really has brought back the Governor feel with a vengeance.

Specks and smudges will unaffect the grade most of the time. Some others can tell you more, but I cant think of a book that I have seen that was downgraded for something like that. Maybe Mike or Beach Bum can tell you more. I always like to use the Wolverine Origins 10 White Cover as an example. The book's coloration looks like due to poor printing, but it will still grade 9.8 or higher if its physical perfect.

I usually follow the same policy with variant covers, but some people are saying the Shadowman is limited to 500. I don't know how true that is, but if it is, then it might be an exception and go up in the long run. Sell both now while they are smoking hot you will do very well with either. You roll the dice if you dont sell in the next few weeks. I dont see either staying hot for too long. No one ever times it perfect, but right now you will make out very well.

Read issue 3 tonight and enjoyed it. Still fleshing out characters. Sister gets more depth and the basement intro was only let down have to wait till next issue.

It just going to take time to watch the saturation play out. 18K is more then I thought for 1st issue which is why its only $10 right now. I am dying for issue 3 to see where it goes. Seeley is not a known name yet(Other then Hack Slash fans and speculators.) and neither is the artist. They dont have the built in clientele like Vaughn does for Saga or ToT does with Kirkman. I suspect this book will be a slow burn to demand over time with readers. CBR's thread on it isnt very large which shows this is being overhyped by some here with monetary interests, but that tends to happen here alot anyway. Seeley is very accessible which helps as well. His track record for having books on or near time helps and he writes or did write a ton of crossovers to help out other books and draw in new audiences for his book. I hope he does both with this one. With DDP & other Companies he wrote or assisted crossovers in 7 books I can think of off the top of my head. (Evil Ernie,Chucky,Bomb Queen,Mercy Sparx,Zombie vs Cheerlearders,Sucide Girls,Living Corpse) Thats pretty impressive how many other writers you know that have done that? Not to mention all the one shots he did as well. The guy can write and impressingly enough he can churn out volume. My fear is that one of the Big 2 will figure it out and offer him a boatload of money to come work for them full time.

I gave you a bunch from thor, and thats just one movie. I can keep going for every other movie, than all the tv shows, then all the rumored tv shows, then the hot series with out shows, then the hot 1st appearances, and then the hot variants and low print one issues....phew I got a list of about 60+ books worth watching, and thats just off the top of my head. Gotta give people time to discuss, (though lots of them are already being discussed). Yes and others are more then happy to chime in with some books. Seems lately only a few are doing that.

Do you really believe that? Or is that the investor side of you talking your rational side out of being right?

Interesting sales pitch. I would put it next to any Hack Slash books you have and say "If you like this you might like this too" and have them next to each other.

I can be wrong here and you feel free to make me eat my words later if I am, but it aint going to be this book. I would take my money and run. I read this book and unless it got dramatically better after issue 3 it was ho hum. Its not reader interest pushing this book. Its the BBC series and low print run. Could be a monster overseas if everything aligns like maybe a new Doctor Who. I can understand betting on this book though I see the rationale.

havent seen much movement on it, but in general its a bit undervalued like most non-tv/movie modern keys. New comic series that launched in august maybe? Its not a difficult book to find and I think almost every comic shop has one VF or better every month. The gold variant Gambit 1 which languished as a $10 book forever has sold very lately too.

Thanks for this! It fascinates me to look at these numbers. I always wonder about 5-10 years or more down the line, how these numbers really don't seem like all that much if someone tries to go back and look for something. Pre-internets and especially before eBay came on the scene, many of these titles, with numbers like that, would have been very difficult to locate years after their release. I know people tend to blow off all Modern comics as being as common as dirt, and I'm not saying there's any possibility of these items ever going for GA or SA prices due to storing habits of the modern collector, but I just don't see them as common as people make them out to be. The big titles at the top, sure. But the great majority, not really. Maybe it's just me.... The rise of the tpb market has led to a decline in back issue sales. Digital copies will only whittle it away all that much more. A great deal of back issue collecting for many people started with a desire to be able to read an issue they missed. There's no reason to fear that anymore. All of these 'changes' or 'events' that take place, seemingly more and more often are simply forgotten or rewritten, creating a lack of any key issues that someone might want to search out. I mean really, is there a tremendous nostalgia for Marvel Knights issues, or Force Works, or Zero Hour or whatever... A bit maybe. But why not just buy a tpb? The interest isn't enough to make those issues 'valuable' down the line no matter how small the print run gets. It's a matter of demand. Or lack thereof. +1 - maybe something on that list will be in demand 10 years from now but the rest will be more valuable as landfill Dont forget time between issue and tpb. Thats your time to sell.

I can't believe anyone thought there was a variant. I'm a printer and I mentioned earlier that this was simply a quality control issue. Different print speeds do not allow different color saturation BTW. Anyone who says this has no idea what the printing process involves. It would be more than likely one of the printers incorrectly matching the color sample or getting their Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/Black percentages wrong. This was my take as well but I thought a poster a while back was intimating that CGC had noted a variant on the label. It will still sell for a premium. Its quirky and a die hard collector will eventually want it. I wouldnt sell those Reds for quite a while.

If raws aint selling them that should tell you something.

Got a note today in the mail telling my GL Annual 1 order is on back order now from a very large online site. Take it for what its worth.