RockMyAmadeus Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Soooo... We know about Albedo #0 Yellow, and Gobbledygook... And we know that (almost) eveything published by Marvel/DC numbers in the 10s of thousands..... But what are the genuinely rare books that, either through low print run, or attrition, are simply impossible to find, anywhere, for any price? And we're off.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr 9.8 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Men In Black 1st volume Great covers & a Good series (at least I thought it was good) Jasonmorris1000000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 What about San Diego Comic Con Comics #2 (1st Hellboy) Most of these were ruined by employees stuffing them into the freebie bags they gave out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 The Amethyst price variants (just because it is the same as saying Flying_Donut three times in a mirror. He is guaranteed to show up.) The '85-86 Charlton books are not super tough, but they are pretty tough in grade. The last couple issues of the series in the Star line. Not sure about this one, but I bet the last couple issues of the New Universe line are tougher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Slam Bang volume 1 by Allen Freeman Raw magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFFROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 I sometimes think about print runs of some of the 80's b&w stuff. I don't mean the stuff that was hot at one time like The Adventures or the Fish Police for example but the more obscure stuff that never took off. Much of it was pretty bad but the print runs couldn't have been very high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 NIght Drive by Richard Sala - 200 copies signed and numbered. Magazine sized. 1st "Invisible Hands" I have a copy buried in a box, but I swiped this image from the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 If you get into mini-comics, some of the XEX graphics books (which were off-set printed, not photocopied, and frequently had color covers), had print runs of 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 I sometimes think about print runs of some of the 80's b&w stuff. I don't mean the stuff that was hot at one time like The Adventures or the Fish Police for example but the more obscure stuff that never took off. Much of it was pretty bad but the print runs couldn't have been very high. You would be surprised. B&W was HOT back then. I have comics that lasted only one issue and were completely amateurish and the editorial on the first page will mention a print run of 20,000-25,000. Mail order stuff is harder. It's extremely aggrivating when something completely undesirable and affordable is in your crosshairs, but it's impossible to find anywhere because only 200 or so copies were printed and nobody is collecting them or selling them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supapimp Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 What about San Diego Comic Con Comics #2 (1st Hellboy) Most of these were ruined by employees stuffing them into the freebie bags they gave out. not the 1st app of hellboy. hellboy song and dance thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 What about San Diego Comic Con Comics #2 (1st Hellboy) Most of these were ruined by employees stuffing them into the freebie bags they gave out. not the 1st app of hellboy. hellboy song and dance thread Please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 SDCC Comics #2 = not rare (and not 80's.) Men In Black = not rare (and not 80's.) There are a *few* Marvel/DCs that qualify (the aforementioned Amethyst 35s, for example), but they are a tiny handful. Even the Stars are not terribly rare (and all the NU is downright common.) Let's ignore issues of grade for the sake of the discussion. We can include the Whitman 3-Packs, some of which number in the teens for known copies. What else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 The other thread reminded me, fan club kits and newsletters. Oh what to give for some TMNT, Ralph Snart, and Elfquest fanclub materials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 Ehhhhhh....let's stick with comics for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayT Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Some of the So Much Funs Inc. variants are tough, especially in grade (most notably for me being G.I. Joe #63.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 This one isn't easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 What about San Diego Comic Con Comics #2 (1st Hellboy) Most of these were ruined by employees stuffing them into the freebie bags they gave out. not the 1st app of hellboy. hellboy song and dance thread Please Actually, I was showing in that Modern thread SDCC 2 is the 1st true full appearance of Hellboy. So Dave is right. (thumbs u And with only 1,500 copies printed for the SDCC, a nice book to have if you can get them in high grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit MIke Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 The other thread reminded me, fan club kits and newsletters. Oh what to give for some TMNT, Ralph Snart, and Elfquest fanclub materials I remember getting some Elfquest fan material in the 80s. I know there was a postcard but I can't remember the other items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 This one isn't easy. I have all four They were still in that weird brittle cellophane they were shipped in, unread and never opened until I got my hands on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 The other thread reminded me, fan club kits and newsletters. Oh what to give for some TMNT, Ralph Snart, and Elfquest fanclub materials I remember getting some Elfquest fan material in the 80s. I know there was a postcard but I can't remember the other items. I sent away for some but never got anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
