FlyingDonut

When will we see the debut and first appearance of the DonutHole? Her special power is the ability to wake up adults in the middle of the night with simple phrases like "My tummy hurts, I threwed up," "I had a bad dream can I sleep with you," "Its very dark outside," (well no kidding, as it is 3 AM) and the classic "What are you guys doing?", directed at me and Mrs. Donut...

Here's the first Carl Barks artwork in WDC&S - for sale too!

Used in Seduction of the Innocent:

For our good friend SHIELD. $1000 and its yours, by the way!

If you are talking about a drop of 25X to X, ($1000 to $40), I can think of a couple comics, right off the top of my head: Fish Police 1, was selling for $40-50, now sells for MAYBE $1 Red Fox 1, was selling for $40-50, now sells for MAYBE $1 Elflord 1, was selling for $80, now sells for MAYBE $2-3 Troll Lords 1, was selling for $50, now sells for a quarter. On a good day. If you're lucky. Obviously these are all highly speculative BW explosion books, but they did sell for these insane prices (I made a pretty penny on Fish Police), and now they're deader than Marley (who was dead to begin with!).

Eerie 17 is, as you said, the only book in the run that wasn't warehoused. I have been looking for one for a year - I'm always getting outbid on them at scary stupid money prices. 10, 12, 15 times guide.

I know that DC Comics Presents 1 and 2 had Whitman variations, also the Superman vs. Muhammad Ali and Superman 1 "treasury" sized books. SuperFriends had a lot as well.

totally off context - did you get a new Hulk 1 book as a promo for ordering Hulk cards? Just saw one and have no idea what it is.

I don't think a list exists, but I've got a TON of Whitmans. I'll list the ones I have, but it is really a pain.

I leave feedback when I ship the book and delete the scan from my site. That way it is done and its over with. I really don't care anymore if I get feedback from buyers.

There is a pinball store in St. Charles, Illinois - I believe it is called Paladin, but I'm not sure. They would have the machine of which you speak. (trying for yoda)

Joanna Sandsmark...

Bill Watterson Alan Moore Neil Gaiman. BTW, read "American Gods" by Gaiman. A little slow at the beginning, but stay with it. You'll be drawn in - just outstanding. Steve Engelhart Doug Moench Mark Waid

1. Byrne/Austin - very important distinction 2. Mike Grell (early Grell) 3. Steranko 4. Neal Adams 5. Arthur Adams 6. Matt Baker 7. P. Craig Russell 8. Will Eisner 9. Lou Fine 10. Barry Smith

Well, I sold three raw for $500 each, so its not that outrageous. Wish I had slabbed mine!

Crime Suspenstories "15" is identical to #1. #15 is printed on the cover and blackened out on the inside front cover with Vol. 1, No.1 printed over it. Crime Suspenstories was going to take Vault of Horror's place, but "Evidently several of the No. 15 were printed before a decision was made not to drop the Vault of Horror and Haunt of Fear series. The print run was stopped on No. 15 and continued on No. 1. All of No. 15 were changed as described above." (courtesy Overstreet, p. 420)

But that Hardcover is a totally different comic and is actually worth significantly more, just from an aesthetic point of view. The Batman we're talking about is just a standard comic, but with a "special edition" cover limited to 200 geeks who'll foot the dealer tab. Why? Something is "worth" only what somebody will pay for it. The "limited" Dark Knight hardcover is exactly the same as both the hardcover trade edition and the soft cover trade edition, just with a different cover, had 4000 copies printed, and Overstreets for $250. (p 351). I think the much more cooler Dark Knight is the blue cover hardcover trade edition, which is tought to find in grade. But on a different, and more meaningful discussion, Vince - please tell me what books are OK with you to buy? I like you, buddy, but every single book that is discussed on these boards you slam as being spec-fodder. Perhaps, just perhaps, the Batman 608 RRP version is ("shudder") a legitimate book for investment? I don't know if its "worth" $600 - I don't know if it is "worth" $10. All I know is there has been a five month sales history with the price chart slowly and steadily moving upwards, there are only 200 copies of this book with this cover in existence, there are a zillion Batman collectors out there, and Jim Lee is the hottest artist on the planet. I don't know if I'd pay $500 for one, but I would (and have) paid $300 for one.

I disagree in that I don't think this is a "manufactured collectible". It is an incentive to get dealers to come to the summit, much like a stupid key ring you'd get at a trade show. What the dealer does with it is another thing entirely. I would be VERY surprised if this book does not have legs, given that there are a very low supply of them and a broad base of Batman people who want them. The argument is enforced by the absolute dog sales of the third book given out at the RRP, the Global Frequency 1 cover variant, which has story by fanfave Warren Ellis. That book you can't give away. The argument is also being reinforced because the number of these books that are being sold on eBay has steadily dropped - there were a bunch of them in January and February, but this is the first one I've seen in a while. They are going into BatPeople's private collections.

I don't know - I would imagine that most retailers have already flipped theirs once. I know that somebody at the RRP was trying to buy all of the copies up.

I didn't, but my local comic shop did (Blatant Plug: Phoenix Comics and Cards in Herndon, VA). I bought one from them and sold three others, and then decided that since I'd much rather have that supercool Crime Suspenstories 15/1 cover variant that popped up, I'd sell my 608.

Haters haters haters. There are only 200 copies of this book - note that the cover for Batman 608 RRP has been used elsewhere (most notably for the French edition) and will all but positively be used for the trade paperback. The Fables 6 book is also going upwards in price, and is, in my opinion, the better "investment". That cover has also been used elsewhere, for the trade: I don't think this is a manufactured "collectible" - this is an incentive to get dealers to come to the meeting. DC has given out alternate cover books at RRPs in the past, notably a very cool alternative cover to All-Star 1 at the Baltimore RRP in 1999 (which I have a nice 9.0 version, but my POS scanner is not working right). I think this book will in fact hold its value, as there are only 200 of them. This is akin to the Star Wars 1 35 center, I think this book has legs. I'd love to have the four back that I've already sold.

Thread from the LAST time you haters talked about this book... basically this is the RRP edition that was handed out ONLY at the DC retailer summit in Burbank. Only 200 of this, Fables 6 with a special cover and Global Frequency 1 with a special cover were printed.

ah, but I think you're missing the underlying gist of his argument. You started collecting books when you were a child and moved on to bigger and better things. The argument is, and I tend to agree with it, is that the base number of new comic book readers is dropping precipitously every year, and with the smaller number of readers, there will be a corresponding smaller number of comic book back issue buyers, and then an even smaller number of big spenders. This is already happening for comics that are no longer in the "mainstream" - look at the number of Fawcett books that sit unsold, for example. Nobody in their prime buying age read either them or their more contemporary counterparts, so there is no nostalgia to get the originals.

FIBs = F*cking Illinois B*st*rds. And the Packers. Blech.