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What, no Dawson's Creek?

True that. I want Tubb's shirt. Funny thing, if not for the blowup on Twitter, no one would even care. Mockingbird had already been cancelled prior to #8's release. Sell through was generally pretty bad but #8 sold out in under a week.

Heh, I want this and at least it's for a good cause. Wish I knew they were doing this variant. Would've preordered 5 copies. While I do have Mockingbird #8 (I seem to be one of the few who actually cared for that title), this homage is so much cooler. http://jasonlatour.tumblr.com/post/154226889403/dont-be-a--charity-variant-available-for

Interesting article on CBSI with some points that should be driven home. If this week's CBSI article is the first time you've heard of a specific comic, then you're probably already too late to the game. That said, I find reading months or years old articles to be pretty good for finding interesting stuff for the PC. The feeding frenzy by the site's avid followers would've already cooled off and prices are back to more sane levels in line with normal market demand. Excerpt from http://comicbookinvest.com/2016/12/14/subject-23-pump-dump-aka-pnd/

Just read that on Comixology Unlimited. Not my cup of tea.

Because a person, anchored in reality, has given their OPINION. I see.... Regardless of CBT's staunch anti-CBSI stance, I don't think you can ignore that being featured on the CBSI website does have quite a significant effect on a comic's availability and ebay pricing. Alas, there's no way to tell if the increase in demand and price is due to collectors, investors or speculators. If majority of the folks driving up prices are just investors/speculators and there's no genuine market demand to sustain high prices, then what you have is just a house of cards. I can say as a reader, collector, and genuine fanboy. I cannot keep up with what's hot and what's not. Sooooooo...I follow the site as a reference to what is out there. See, this is an interesting conundrum. If you care about what's hot and what's not and maintaining value/price, there's an element of investment in your collecting (just with a more buy and hold mentality). Nothing wrong with that but as with buying individual stocks, risk is higher and there are winners and losers (likely more losers than winners). I find there's a lot more posts in the moderns forum regarding what issues/variants are heating up or cooling down on ebay than there is discussion of what's actually good (to read).

Because a person, anchored in reality, has given their OPINION. I see.... Regardless of CBT's staunch anti-CBSI stance, I don't think you can ignore that being featured on the CBSI website does have quite a significant effect on a comic's availability and ebay pricing. Alas, there's no way to tell if the increase in demand and price is due to collectors, investors or speculators. If majority of the folks driving up prices are just investors/speculators and there's no genuine market demand to sustain high prices, then what you have is just a house of cards.

I do agree on Marvel Comic's creative void. There are some enjoyable titles (big fan of Waid/Samnee Black Widow and the Edmondson/Noto and Liu/Acuna runs before that) but for the most part, right now I find writing on DC Rebirth better. It's a bit sad what they've done to the X-Men. I'm a child of the 90s and have fond memories of the X-Men and Spider-Man cartoons. Then again, I liked WildCATS, too, so what do I know? Image probably has the best titles right now (at least ones that are readily visible without going through smaller publishers on Previews). My main problem with Image is not having enough funds to catch up on all the great stuff on their backlist. As for Marvel back issues, there is Marvel Unlimited. It may not be perfect but at less than $6/mo, it's darned cheap. Aside from keys/favorites and fancy deluxe editions, I'm not likely to buy Marvel back issues when I can just read them on Marvel Unlimited. I'd rather use majority of discretionary funds to buy Image TPBs and Deluxe Ed HCs. I will say this, Marvel Unlimited's extremely affordable pricing got me started reading American comics. Mostly just stuck to Japanese manga before.

Another title that's better read in collected form. The wait times between issues can be quite frustrating. That said, the TPB seems to be doing quite well. Monstress TP Vol 1 Jul 2016 11,489 Aug 2016 4,330 Sep 2016 3,446 Oct 2016 1,974 Nov 2016 3,431

Just received the Suicide Squad Extended Cut Blu-ray. Watched the movie for the first time today (was sick while it was showing in theaters ). For me, it was just okay. I liked BvS DoJ better. I think I prefer rewatching Batman: TAS "Mad Love" episode for my Harley fix and Batman: Assault on Arkham for Suicide Squad. Honestly, I felt like the kids cartoon version (Batman: TAS) had more depth than the movie interpretation of Harley's origins. I'd be more than fine watching Suicide Squad without Jared Leto's Joker.

I did this for Monstress #1. Not quite 9.8s but at least VF/NM copies of all printings as well as the Image Firsts version. I think it's pretty cool to have all versions and it was nice that the 2nd printing featured different cover art. Didn't spend a lot, though. Probably do the same for Kill Or Be Killed. This is pretty much my preference difference being I don't invest, I just spend.

Question, why would one buy from ebay for $100 when you can get it for $80 (I believe this is for a complete set of 3, Color/B&W/Ultra Rare Purple) direct from retailer? That said, I really do like the art on this one.

I think there may have been up to 6 issues worth of returnable stuff for many of the early issues like Flash and Batman. I got a bunch for 50% off just before my LCS sent theirs back (covers intact). Interesting. DCBS is actually offering a bunch of Rebirth Overstock this month. Wonder if those were all returns. Only started reading DC Rebirth recently and it has been a huge hit to the wallet. Comixology had the Rebirth one-shots and #1 issues on Black Friday sale so picked them up and ended up adding a whole bunch of titles to the LCS preorder/pull list so spending solely on single issues has just ballooned. Granted, my OCD needing to have both Covers A & B is partly to blame. I'm a bigger Batman fan than Superman but Tomasi and Gleason's current Superman run has got to be my favorite Rebirth title at the moment followed by Tec and Action. Hoping for another Comixology DC line-wide Christmas sale so I can marathon read Tomasi/Gleason Batman & Robin. *sigh* Wish DC would offer a subscription service similar to Marvel Unlimited.

If you'll be placing an order with DCBS for other books, save yourself the IST shipping costs and order the HC. If you wait until post release, IST usually doesn't exceed a 45% discount plus you pay another shipping fee. I've got a pretty long wish list of trades/collected volumes that I've been slowly chipping at monthly so should be easy to get free shipping on IST by adding some other books from the wish list. My main dilemma with DCBS is do I want to wait until end of the month before I get my book versus a lower discount but get it within a week via IST. Decisions, decisions... Edit: Did the math. It's a mere $2.50 difference if I get it from IST at 45%. Dunno why I didn't just do calculations in the first place. Think I'll just grab it from IST. Who knows, I may get lucky and IST offers it at 50% discount, too. I got my Fade Out Deluxe Ed HC at 50% off from IST via their new release weekly deals.

Hmm, Velvet Deluxe Edition HC is available for preorder on DCBS right now ($49.99 @ 50% off = $24.99). Wondering if I should preorder or would it be better to just wait and get it via InStockTrades when it's actually released?

There are 25 Image Firsts on DEC16 Previews including Walking Dead #1 shipping in February 2017. Reprints may see a price dip then? Walking Dead #1 Image First has been printed 4 times. The 2010 was the first time and it can sell from $4-10. If you are going to dip your toe in the water of selling these $1 reprints, you have to make sure you can sell in volume. For most people it's not worth there time to make a couple bucks selling a comic on eBay. Oh, I've never sold a single comic (unless you count my personal copy of Monstress vol 1 that I sold to a coworker at cost after he saw me reading it during break and was so impressed by the art). I'm more likely to operate at a loss than make a profit if I ever do dabble in it so I have no plans of doing so. However, I find the discussion and speculating quite interesting academically. P.S. I've never actually read or watched Walking Dead so I do have this on my preorder to figure if I might want to pick up the TPBs (along with a whole bunch of other Image Firsts). After preorder discount and free bag and board, I feel like my LCS is losing money on these $1 issues.

That's actually pretty interesting. Day trading (or in this case season trading) with comics. Isn't that already called Flipping? I guess I just view flipping as a quick one time deal. Buy a hot book from LCS, etc at a low price and then turn for quick profit on ebay. It seems comix4fun is buying/selling the same book over and over during predictable lows/highs which I find quite fascinating.

There are 25 Image Firsts on DEC16 Previews including Walking Dead #1 shipping in February 2017. Reprints may see a price dip then?

Not exactly... These 2 will be dead on arrival whereas there was good money on NM98 true believer when it hit since it was the 1st affordable replica of that book I think the 181 could be a $5 bill just because of the cover replication. Wolverine #1 is still fairly affordable. Just curious, why would anyone pay $5 for this when it can be had for $1 or less from LCS or online retailers such as Midtown? Or would the price increase occur after stock from normal sources have dried up?

I'm not sure, is this considered Copper or Modern?

That's actually pretty interesting. Day trading (or in this case season trading) with comics.

Anyone here buy the DC Rebirth Omnibus? Is it worth picking up if I'm mostly interested in bonus material?

I just got issue #3 plus reprints of issues #1 and #2 from my LCS. Been meaning to pick this up but I'm glad I didn't buy the 1st print #1 from ebay. The synopsis sounded interesting but it's just not my cup of tea.

Good point stressing how often these rare variants end up in the crapper. I reckon this is true of most variants regardless of whether it's publisher or retailer exclusive. It's probably quite rare for a variant to continue commanding high prices after initial release demand has died down. Granted, that's probably true of all comics in general. There are a select few that float to the top while most can be found in dollar or even quarter bins (except those might be $5-10 bins decades in the future with inflation). Betting if any of those variants get featured on CBSI, though, supply will probably dry up and price will go up. Not saying it's shilling or pump and dump. Just the effect of being featured on a site with a large following.

, quite likely. Non-#1s, too. Most probably because they'll be a person_without_enough_empathy to find particularly in high grade. While first print #1s are likely to get the Mylar treatment or even slabbing, I highly doubt subsequent printings are well taken cared of. Typical atrophy also means lower print numbers on later issues.