jonjesper

I'm going to assume this is for the newsletter subscribers! Glad to hear everyone is getting a copy!!!

I'll wait till this eve If they sell out oh well I'll buy for cost down the road

Hmmm There should clearly be a better combo pack rather then 35...no idea why that one would be hot

That's a great deal if he got it for less then $1400 GPA should be higher

But but I read it on the Internet... It must be true.

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Who said Court is a cool dude? This guy. He has a dry sense of humor (to anyone that has spent time with him) and 100% lovable and one of the smartest dudes in the hobby. I'm sure he meant nothing by it, but I will slap him for free if you so choose for free next time I see him?! Love ya Court!

That isn't even close to correct. That print is including the x retailer variants at 3000/1500 (plus whatever Midtown orders on those variants/10k/5k?) per store. Subtract those out and you have a general idea of the 1:25/1:100 variants. Furthermore, if a shop orders 74 copies, then they get 2 Ankas and 0 Hughes. The print run might be 100k in real orders, but only 500 or so Hughes and 3000 Ankas because of the way each shop orders. It isn't like Marvel just prints that amount because of the print run. I think people forget that a lot. This is incorrect. The variants' print run is indeed based on the print run of the main book. So 2000 for the Hughes is not out of the ballpark, as for every smaller mom and pop shop that didn't order enough to get even one, there are just as many big guys that order 200++ copies or more to get multiple variant copies. A book with a 200,000++ print run will have waaaaaaay more than 500 copies of a 1:100 variant out there, come on. There are what, 100+ on ebay alone right now? And at the end of the day, the print run of the variant is only part of what affects value. Scarcity on the market is the other. (thumbs u -J. I am going to have to disagree with you on this. Let me break it down for you: The stated print run was 200k copies or whatever. This figure INCLUDES the shop variants. Do you think Marvel sold 1million copies of Star Wars #1? That included the 100+ variants. That is where these numbers come from these days and that is part of the reason Marvel does them. They love to get the printing numbers higher and they also love to make money. Anyways, I think we had about 20 different retail variants that you have to subtract from that 200k number to get to the actual print run. Then you have to kind of guess what the shops would order. I know I have about 11 LCS/Diamond accounts within 30 miles of my house and I know of one store that would be getting a Hughes variant. I also don't think it is very out of the question that 100 out of 500 or whatever the print run may be of the Hughes Variant are up on Ebay the very day it is released. I am not sure why you think this isn't possible? For the record I am not saying the print run is 500..I was just showing examples. I would imagine the actual run on this variant is between 700-1300, but probably on the lower side of that figure and definitely not near 2000. You are free to disagree, you are still however, incorrect. There will be "at least" 2000 copies of the Hughes out there based on the print run. That's actually how variants work. By variant standards, it is not "rare", and if you really think 20+% of all copies of the Hughes variant in the world are up on ebay alone for sale right now, you may want to re-think the long term viability/popularity of this character and that book. None of the what if-Gwen stuff is "rare". Not even the Land variant of EoSV #2. This stuff is and will be slabbed and flipped left and right until the carcass is completely bled dry. (thumbs u -J. I am not sure if you are not listening or just do not understand. I will break it down one last time to see if you can grasp it. The stated print run was around 200k books. You have to subtract out the 20 shops (roughly) that ordered the variants from that 200k. They had to order at least 3k/1500 on those variants in order to do that and some shops did 3 variants (conquest) and some shops may have ordered more than 3k/1500 (Midtown probably does closer to 10k/5k). That leaves you with around 100k-125k regular covers. Of those numbers many, many of those books are going to shops that are not ordering enough to get the 100 book incentive (and that also doesn't include the Blanks as per JJ). Those copies all come right off of the top and will not be counted. This leaves whatever is left and in what groups of 100 they ordered. This would leave the print run around 700-1250 or so and probably on the lower end (as I stated earlier). The book came out yesterday and you have a hard time understanding why 20% of the potential print run would be on ebay now? That doesn't make any sense to me. I bet 75% of the Phantom print run was on ebay a few weeks ago. Were you able to grasp that part? I am fine with you disagreeing with me, but you just keep stating the print run is based on the initial print run and your facts and understanding of how this works are clearly not accurate. If you have any actual facts feel free to insert them wherever. Pretty much nails it. Very easy to see 20% or more on eBay right away. I think what has to be factored in (a stated above) are those regional variants, blanks and probably Young copies not counting towards the goal of 100 regular copies = 1 Adam Hughes As time goes on we will see if the market absorbs the AH! Variant or if it remains on eBay with shops trying to undercut each other. It's been out a day, let's give it a week or 2.

Also, someone was concerned about their Third Eye variants shipping. Remember these books came out this week. Odds are they were with Third Eye on Tuesday (weather has had an impact). Steve is one of the best in the business, so be patient everyone when it comes to shipping. Books are coming

Just as a side note to the discussion about print runs and the variant Ah! Cover... Blanks do not count towards incentives Store variants do not count towards incentives, so 3000 print run does not bring the shop owner 30 Ah! 1:100 variants Food for thought...

Wonder what a 9.9 Edge of Spider-Verse #2 Land Variant would go for... Hmmmm... Discuss

Yes, but there was a rumour about an issue #7 limited edition in the wild I guess it was wrong though I can pretty much guarantee you there is no limited edition #7 at this show.

It's a print A litho A poster Not a comic I think that's pretty clear wouldn't you all agree?

Looks to be a foreign variant (Mexico)?

No Not Bio-Rupp Chris Rupp long time dealer and runs many booths at shows and websites like Alex Ross, Udon and Aspen.

And I know it doesn't state this anywhere guys but I will go ahead and say it. I will be going through every copy and pulling all NM or better for mail order. No junk on my watch. It's the least I can do for Rupp and for all of you. So if you get any crappy copies in the mail you'll know who to complain to JJ

No all print runs are not the same. If you wanted to do 10,000 of a Marvel variant you can. There are minimums, not sure on maximums. If some of these covers had 3k and 1,500 print runs they wouldn't be available anymore

I will be assisting with the prescreening of this book for mail order and CGC for Rupps. We are really excited about it and the print run which is definitely the lowest JSC Spider-Gwen out there. From my understanding this book isn't being offered at wholesale, so this offer for the first XXX amount at a discounted price is going to be your best chance.

Just a teaser... Enjoy JJ

WWE 0 is the one to get... Jimmy did a nice feature on his site about it among other books!

The Hyundai book that everyone is talking about us exactly what the title in the registry says. 10th Anniversary Walking Dead...it reprints #1 And as James and I have discovered...never on eBay... Sigh

Congrats Court!

At the very least it's fun to think about and odds are they are semi-correct that only 25 have MADE their way to market. Amazing Spiderman had a similar book 'O' cover that was dumped and comic retailers or whomever were pulling them out of Marvels trash. The book was never distributed through normal channels but is available. I'm sure this will be the same case. Would I like to own one? Yes. Is it worth that much? No. But all it takes is one buyer to set a market. James stay away Love and peace to all of you!

I'm sure they only printed 25...