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If those print run numbers are correct, then yes it would be more "rare", but probably not more valuable. For instance, you rarely see a second print of TWD #2, but when you do see it, it sells for a fraction of the much more common first print. Stranger things have happened though.

People are pushing it as such. In reality, it's a preview. If this is considered the first appearance, then Savage Dragon 102 would be considered the first appearance of Invincible and not Noble Causes Family Secrets 3. If people want to consider it a first app, that's fine with me as I still have a few I could sell.

I would if it wasn't on my sub. Damn good story in #1.

Layman has said it's going to be the same cover with a different logo color.

True, but a few copies sold before that slabbed copy at $50. I'm sure that seeing that 9.8 out there listed at 300 helped though.

Holy mess. These are going for $50 now. Wow. What happened?

Nothing in the story. It was the issue right after the 8th trade which was the exciting ending of the huge prison arc. Since many people followed that story, they switched over to singles to pick up where the 8th trade left of. The number of regular issues put out stayed the same while the number of monthly readers increased. Therefore, demand on that issue bumped up while supply was the same as previous singles.

In the long run, I don't think that the preview will have any effect on the value of TWD 61. Savage Dragon #102, the Masters of the Universe book, and isn't there another one with the Invincible #1 preview??? None of those have any value. With that being said, I'm hoping it will have some added value because of the insert in the short term because I've got a copy up on ebay for $12.99. I bought 4 extra copies of #61 because there's a new character and it's the first issue after a trade. #49 was tough to find, #55 is not.

For a first issue, it's damn good. Art is really good too.

That's my thoughts as well, but of course, it's too early to tell. The concept is pretty far out there as far as being a long term smash hit comic book, but then again, so was a zombie comic when it first came out. IMO, one thing that this book does have over TWD in the beginning is better art.

Ah, gotcha.

Where is that? I've never even heard of it. Greenshift is awesome.

Are you sure Viking 1 sold for that much? I've always seen them at $2.99. I never noticed a spike at all. The difference between this book and Viking is that this book is well-written where Viking had some writing problems in the first few pages. With Chew, I've heard nothing but praise while the reviews on Viking are below average. With that being said, I doubt the price will remain as high as it is now on Chew. BTW, what store do you go to in Tampa? None of the stores here seemed to order any (like usual on new Image books). My copy of Chew I think was the only one that Demolition ordered.