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Not sure why he isn't hyped his art/storytelling is amazing. Still can't believe I found a #1 Avatar at a Coliseum of Comics location about 6 years back. Was just sitting in the back-issue bin for like $4-no backing board just a bag. Stuck it in the stack of books, went to counter and the employee paused for one nanosecond when she saw it and just rang it up. Never have I gotten any stealth find like that in a COC shop before, or ever since.

Eric Powell does,

I also bought the 1st TPB of SIKTC and was not impressed. That said, I had at least 6-8 in my cart for pre-order at DCBS, and like a lot of other times, my order was already getting too pricey and I start dumping indies especially for whatever reason (no track record etc.?). Kudos to those that did buy in as even if you don't like the book it is liked by many in the market, speculator or otherwise, as seen by the prices for #1A especially.

I wouldn't hold my breath on ever getting that. Diamond still has damage replacement copies of that book waiting to be shipped to retailers? No fng way

I'm in the same boat with #1 2nd prints from TFAW. I swore them off for years but recently have been using them more over DCBS as they send me nicer books consistently. But anyhow, I ordered 10 copies of 2nd print before FOC and my next order is being processed now with 0 shipping in my quantity for that book. They have done this with other books I have ordered only to put them in the next order, but I don't think this will happen since the book came out like 3 weeks ago now. Being that Boom ordered 100K from the printer pre-FOC there is no way I shouldn't at least get a few or half my order. I have held off on messaging them as I know what wildly_fanciful_statement response I will probably get. I also have 10 of the 3rd prints on order with M&M to hedge my bets....probably won't see a single copy of that either.

Batman/Fortnite!?! I literally figured absolutely no one was going to care about this book and ordered 0. MM comics had great bundle deals and I just figured it would be super over-ordered or like I said first, no one would care. You can't ever figure out this market!

doesn't matter which way it is oriented on the bed as far as the removal. Still, always use something to slide under the spine side to lift the book gently. If you don't you risk trying to grab the book straight from the bed with your hand and you could cause a cover rumple/indents/edge bend etc. Again, with higher priced moderns especially Marvel books with their rice paper thin covers, trying to take book in and out by grabbing without something to prop it up first, or just sliding it over the edge, is going to cause damage that I can guarantee. I sweat a little every time I'm handling 9.6+ raw moderns with higher values as I have damaged some books in my day even using these techniques. At the end of the day it is a learning process, and mistakes probably will happen.

Use a softer business card or something similar to always slide under the spine side of book to prop it up enough to grab and flip over/remove from the scanner bed. This mitigates handling stress when dealing with higher priced books. I wear gloves when handling most books as well because many modern comics are very susceptible to finger printing/smudging, especially. Have the backing board for the book at the ready when you remove comic from the bed so you immediately have it on a sturdy base to transport away from the scanner and into the bag. I also suggest using some darker piece of construction paper or the like to place on top of the book when scanning. This gives the book a better contrast versus the white scanner lid background, and keeps the lid from making direct contact with the book.

I just got my one copy 1st print and it is borderline 9.9. I have slabbed a few 9.9 comics that I called as being such and this copy is very close. I would not doubt that we should see a fair number hit that mark.

Just a heads up on this one as it seems no one ordered this book for whatever reason. Even those without Diamond accounts should have their copies by now depending on who they order from and the shipping frequency they choose: God of War Fallen God #1 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=god+of+war+fallen+god+1&_sacat=63&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=63&_odkw=god+of+war+fallen+god&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1

I've been trying to buy these for years without luck...they are always missing from back issue boxes around my area. I think I have 2 copies.

This^ Spawn even early issues now in high grade newsstands sell much higher than direct editions. I would BIN only as auctions are too much of a gamble on who is looking at the right time of the auction, then you get pennies on the dollar for something. Truthfully, even some borderline drek in a CGC 9.8 Newsstand might be pretty good returns in this market.

Funny, I thought the book was pretty good myself. A good little detour from Superhero books for me when it was coming out. The eye of the beholder.

Not sure but that seller drewbizz has just about every variant to every comic ever made in that store it seems.

https://www.papermart.com/p/brown-corrugated-sheets-pads/4652 Unfortunately they are out of the smaller sizes, and have been for a couple months. I get the 8.5 x 11 from them and am hoping they come back in soon as I'm getting low.

agreed Papermart cardboard sheets are the best out there by far. I have been using them for over a decade. Other suppliers I have tried have really bad sheets in my experience.

funny i thought I had a copy of that for sale, went and saw that I did, and now it has been sold

#1 comes out this week I think. I thought about ordering some but dumped them last minute. I have too much mess right now.

so the 1st print from the information I saw about this tpb on a Youtube (accurate?) video is this-the 2nd print according to the indicia came out before the 1st print as it was a print error in the indicia. The 2nd print is the 1st print, the 1st print is actually the 2nd print, and the rest of the prints are accurate. Here is a link to a listed 2nd print copy, which if the info I saw is correct, is the 1st true print: https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOVE-IS-LOVE-NMINT-IDW-DC-2016-1st-Comic-Appearance-of-HARRY-POTTER-2nd-PRINT/303865693391?hash=item46bfce84cf:g:JrUAAOSwX2RgFGpk

Uhh yea that is kinda crazy for that book. What even made it get on peoples radar in the first place? They have done 100 movies already and the book series is over as well, right? Anyhow, that may be a unlicensed cameo or whatever but this is his 1st licensed appearance in a "comic book". https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=love+is+love+tpb&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

A Comic Shop is the one with the bar in the old run down strip mall next to Full Sail University. Funny, I did not know they kept any back stock to go through in the back you said? They deal in new comics only and even when I used to go there quite often and talked with the clerks, they never told me they had backstock even though they knew I'm a spender. I've been to the small shop I think your talking about with Stabbity Bunny. It is in the Winter Garden/Claremont area which is where the creators of that book are from. I had seen it during my travels when working a pool job that took me to that area often and I stopped in one day to check it out. I too grabbed some Stabbity books of which I just sold one of the #1's just the other week. I believe they were new books only for the most part with very little if any back issues. I can't remember really. So there are some smaller shops here and there, but many have little to no back issues and most are quite a drive from where I am in Maitland. Sucks to drive an hour in any direction to come up totally flat.

BCW, but everything is constantly on back-order right now. If you spend $200+ shipping is free, which is worth it as the shipping is the killer from these sites. Before the pandemic you only had to spend $90+ I believe to get the free shipping. If you are looking to put in a decent sized order I would go with them as I think BCW's quality and tolerances are way better than Ultra Pro etc. https://www.bcwsupplies.com/

Yep, it's obscene. I wish I had a couple right now for sure, though.

I left them out as I was just summing up the main comic outlets around here. Yes, I have gone to BAMF many times and gotten some decent finds there, but not much as the back issue section is pretty small as you already know. I actually live about a 10 min drive from there. Cool shop and owners for sure.