Second Blight

6 hours ago, FlyingDonut said:

Five DC books shipped this week - my LCS (which is shockingly not closed) emailed me and said they've gotten them:

• Batman Giant #4
• Daphne Byrne #4
• The Dreaming #20
• Nightwing #70 2nd print
• Batman #89 2nd Print

I figure for $25 this is an interesting speculative play. What happens if these books are not sent with a Diamond shipment in May/June? I'd have to believe that the amount of these five books (and whatever comes out in the next couple of weeks) printed will be really small. 

You do realize that Diamond already has these books at their warehouse.....for the past month......

5 hours ago, lighthouse said:

Diamond sent out a survey to retailers yesterday. Ostensibly to help them plan for what the restart will look like. 

It asked about the current local situation (are you forcibly shut down, can you do curbside, can you do mail order, are you selling gift cards online, etc). 

It asked about what percentage of your revenue comes from comics and trade paperbacks, then separate questions for statues/toys and for games. Was really odd to me that if they were bothering to ask for breakdowns they would lump comics and trades together. 

And it asked (open ended response) what assistance would be most helpful when things do restart. 

I take it as a good sign that they’re trying to get feedback. Though you can tell a lot by what questions get asked and which ones don’t.

For the record, my response was 61% comics and trades, though in the essay section I explained that was 28% new books, 20% back issues, and 13% trades. Don’t want Diamond thinking they supply 75% of my inventory when you add in statues and toys, when it’s really around 60% total. 

In the open ended section I reiterated the same feedback I’ve given all three reps I’ve talked to. Don’t send us 8 weeks of books all at once. Pretend a couple months didn’t exist and just roll everything forward. That’s far more important to me than Marvel increasing my discount to 70% or all the small publishers making everything returnable. Don’t bury me with 3300lb of comics the first week I’m back. 

Cant send 8 weeks of books if the printers aint open......

1 hour ago, Rayhock said:

I have Generation gone #1 binary variant. I have not been able to find much information about except it is limited to 500 copies.  Can someone let me know what it is worth? I am thinking I should probably get it graded. It seems to be high grade.

store variant from Scorpion Comics 

4 hours ago, Iconic1s said:

Hello, just wondering if anyone has any insight as to why there is such a high ‘asking’ price on this book?  I got my copy several years ago and think I spent about $115.00 for it and am always surprised to see these listings.  Was there a low print run, etc?  Or, are these actually just crazy prices? The census doesn’t indicate anything special. Appreciate any info.

 

sellers being stupid. 1st appearance of Doomsday's hand

49 minutes ago, NWOslave said:

I got this in the mail yesterday

I dont see the newsstand barcode

13 hours ago, BobBain said:

That is an assumption.
Just because other sellers have it for less and an auction is above your threshold does not mean they are scamming the system.
I'd rather deal with facts and not conspiracy theories. Show facts or it probably is not happening outside of your own little perspective.
 

Not an assumption. Hard cold fact. It's definitely being shilled.

The seller even has ANOTHER listing for 9.8s as a BIN....FOR LESS !  https://www.ebay.com/itm/Year-Of-The-Villain-Hell-Arisen-3-CGC-9-8-Cover-A-1st-Full-Punchline-FAST-PASS/193342648020?hash=item2d041eaed4:g:wZIAAOSwUrZeSEH2

Stay away from this seller.

17 hours ago, BobBain said:

No actual way to tell.
But right now it's over $300.

There is a way to tell:  Other sellers have it for much less.

Another shilled auction, same seller as before:  https://www.ebay.com/itm/Year-Of-The-Villain-Hell-Arisen-3-CGC-9-8-Cover-A-1st-Full-Punchline-Pre-Order/193347939600?hash=item2d046f6d10:g:wZIAAOSwUrZeSEH2

Shilled ?   https://www.ebay.com/itm/Year-Of-The-Villain-Hell-Arisen-3-Cover-A-1st-Full-Punchline-Appearance-Presale/193352552920?hash=item2d04b5d1d8:g:U4kAAOSwgNZeT178

Bad Idea was only formed to generate some comics and IPs for Hivemind to make into movies. Seems that's what these indie publishers do these days.

Bad Idea is trying to create artificial scarcity. Demand > Supply.

This is not the way to grow a business.

3 hours ago, James_ny1 said:

They got their information directly from the distributor, so.........

Distributors dont give out that information....

58 minutes ago, James_ny1 said:

They got their information directly from the distributor, so.........

bull freaking crappppp

23 minutes ago, showcase4 said:

Here are mine - no crystal ball for this type of speculation !  let’s see Yours! Only 2 Criteria:

1. Had to be printed in 2019

2. You were partly, if not mostly thinking with your Wallet - not just your ‘what you like’ button!

Oh how the mighty have fallen.  It's like you buy the CBSI TOP 10 books after the list comes out.....    

1 hour ago, 1Cool said:

Nope - it’s been a rough month.  You know it’s rough when key collector has a tough time finding anything spiking.

KeyCollector is a person_who_is_obnoxiously_self-impressed . Dont rely on him for info

3 hours ago, Colin Nash said:

As a new collector of new modern age comics, I have noticed that the trend is to release signature artist variant covers with limited issue to say 600 or 1000 worldwide. I would be grateful for any constructive comments, from more experienced collectors, on whether its worth investing in such comics. Thanks

Dont buy into the marketing. Being "limited" is not the same as "total print run". When a webstore mentions a variant being "limited", it means the print run is much higher.Its all marketing gimmicks to sway noobs into buying their variant.

1 hour ago, oldmilwaukee6er said:

My moderns are pretty much down to Spawn, Usagi Yojimbo & Dr. Aphra...

The last 6 weeks have been maddening for Spawn     I started ordering with Things From Another World, joined a Facebook group, and still miss so much of what's released.

Ross B&W exclusive.  Also have the Crain virgin exclusive coming in ~2 weeks. 

 

The 302 d & e covers were solicited late & not avail for preorder on TFAW. Had to buy these off the Fb group.

Seems like about half of collectors missed these. 

 

Bought a nice lot of 40 NM Marvel Angela books off FeeBay (85c shipped each). Digital downloads unpopped.

Also included Original Sin 5.1-5.5, Asguardians ot Galaxy 1-10, Asgard's Assassin 1-6

Only buying books from TFAW is your first mistake.  There's Westfield, Graham Cracker, Midtown, Ebay....I could keep going....

1 hour ago, williamblood said:

Future Fight Firsts White Fox #1 1:100. recent ghost pick up

 

6 hours ago, Iqc23 said:

Spider verse 1 Wal-Mart variant seems hot for now.

It's not.  Ebay is flooded.   https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=spider-verse+1+walmart&_sacat=0

34 minutes ago, showcase4 said:

@SecondBlight , did you ever think .......... ( that should keep him in bed for the next 4 days with a migraine  )

For the rest of you .... familiar with the ‘iceberg theory’? You see the 10% above water - if you saw the other 90%, an iceberg would take on a completely different size, shape, SOPHISTICATION and complexity. A peak at me “below the water line”. I collect ( in part / with passion! ) factory sealed Comics, and Sportscards - all either key issues, Rookies, Origins, etc etc - all with limited / preferably  loooooow production numbers. Over time, this population of sealed items will ALWAYS get smaller, as Collectors can’t wait to tear open that packaging, and grade those items. Well... you can open a sealed bag to grade a comic, but you can never “ungrade” it, and seal it back in the bag! Now... I ALSO collect some pretty sweet, non-bagged, KEY Moderns that I DON’T post here — only post a small percentage ~~ iceberg!
Pics- some of my recent “factory sealed” eBay purchases ...

Oh great, now we can see what sellers you pissed off with all those returns

I get the feeling you like blowing money...alot of money....on "hot" "hyped" modern books, without a grasp on how the modern market works.

14 minutes ago, showcase4 said:

Why?   9.6/9.8’s ( non Walmart) sell for about $60 now. This is at best ( from auction pics ) a 9.0/9.2

and yes, I’m familiar with the law of supply and demand! Guess what’s throwing me here is the “demand” part...

Buyers are stupid. Sleeper is now a cat so this book has no more relevance. The book to get is Venom 165

There's a 2nd print now