whetteon Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 (edited) This might JUST be out of the Copper Age but it feels very copper to me... Does anyone else have really fond memories of one of the wackiest and yet interesting comics from the early 90's to ever surface? A robot assassin that becomes self aware of his own termination. Not only was the original issue brilliant but the characters introduced over time were just as enduring. Drywall for example was totally awesome and Oswald was... well a robot that looked very much like Matt Groening first creation from the "Life is Hell" comics. I believe Oswald even mutters the line once before running into battle! What really kept me interested all those years was the crazy villains and the eventual romance between Scud and Sussudio. Oh, and the stories. You could always count on Rob to make the next issue to be completely unlike the ones that came before it. Second best was the covers of things I wanted to buy but were only fictitious like the Scud action figure on Issue 9 with a human hand or the Scud lunch box. Couple of quick questions to anyone who knows the series better that I do; what was the print run for issue 1 and are there any known variants of any issues other than the first issue and are not from Image? For example a color variant for issue 5 or something? And finally, does anyone know how I could get a hold of some of the original art work? Edited October 7, 2010 by whetteon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinAddict Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 There is a Special Edition for #18. Not sure of the print run on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socktopi Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Very cool book. Creator Rob Schrab went on to co-create the Sarah Silverman Program, and his co-writer on some of the later Scud spin-offs titles, Dan Harmon, is the creator of NBC's excellent new show Community. I own a version of the cover art to Scud Tales From The Vending Machine #5 I bought it from the artist at SDCC and he explained it wasn't quite the version that got used - he couldn't remember if he redrew it based on Schrab's input, or if they fixed it in Photoshop 1.0 You can see the published version is slightly different, mainly with the addition of a cut and paste bee swarm! This poor Scud unit is trying to commit suicide. This was actually the last Scud book published until Image printed 4 issues in 2008, and it had the smallest print run of any of the Scud books. I don't really want to sell the original art. That's why I'm asking $400. Mighty Hal and whetteon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socktopi Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 There is a Special Edition for #18. Not sure of the print run on it. I think an ebay listing mentioned 500 copies. Maybe for sale at a convention or on their late-90s website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 That's some awesome artwork Socktopi! And thanks for the extra information. Hopefully soon I'll have an entire run of Scud CGC'ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Speaking of Scud artwork... This seems like an interesting aution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 (edited) Here's a list of the print runs I've managed to pull from various sources (special thanks to Comichron.com) Scud 1 2nd print 2860 ? Scud 6 2321 Scud 14 8892 Scud 15 9673 Scud 16 10243 Scud 17 10534 Scud 18 10842 Scud 19 10707 Scud 21 6851 Scud 22 6122 Scud 23 5967 Scud 24 5977 Scud The Disposable Assassin The Whole Shebang (Firepress) 2713 Scud The Disposable Assassin The Whole Shebang (Image) 704 Scud tales from the vending machine #1 10398 Scud tales from the vending machine #2 8720 Scud tales from the vending machine #3 8106 Scud tales from the vending machine #5 6492 Wizard #60 mentioned the book in their magazine around August 1996 which is why you start to see a jump in subscription numbers. But looking at this minuscule print run for issue 6 I would tend to believe the earlier issues were well below the 5000 print run. Possibly even below the 2500 numbers. Edited November 18, 2010 by whetteon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socktopi Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 But looking at this minuscule print run for issue 6 I would tend to believe the earlier issues were well below the 5000 print run. Possibly even below the 2500 numbers. That's fascinating, thanks for sharing this info. Maybe Tales #5 isn't the lowest print run afterall. I can't believe those early issues had such low distribution. I certainly feel like I encounter copies of the 1st printing of #1 way more often than other aprox3k print run titles from this period (Bone, Strangers in Paradise, JTHM), but #2-6 may indeed be that scarce - I hardly ever come across them in bins. Very interesting numbers, if accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr 9.8 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Anyone else have the ''Scud: The Disposable Assassin'' action figure Shockertoys put out last year? It's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschmidt Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Here's a list of the print runs I've managed to pull from various sources (special thanks to Comichron.com) Scud 1 2nd print 2860 ? Scud 6 2321 Scud 14 8892 Scud 15 9673 Scud 16 10243 Scud 17 10534 Scud 18 10842 Scud 19 10707 Scud 21 6851 Scud 22 6122 Scud 23 5967 Scud 24 5977 Scud The Disposable Assassin The Whole Shebang (Firepress) 2713 Scud The Disposable Assassin The Whole Shebang (Image) 704 Scud tales from the vending machine #1 10398 Scud tales from the vending machine #2 8720 Scud tales from the vending machine #3 8106 Wizard #60 mentioned the book in their magazine around August 1996 which is why you start to see a jump in subscription numbers. But looking at this minuscule print run for issue 6 I would tend to believe the earlier issues were well below the 5000 print run. Possibly even below the 2500 numbers. CBG shows CapCity orders for issue #8 at 2,400 - I have a feeling that your 2,321 figure for issue #6 is a CapCity order number as well, which would put the print run at probably triple that ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 (edited) Edited November 18, 2010 by whetteon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Sent an email to Rob asking if he remembered the print runs of those earlier issues. Even a guestimation would help us understand what we're dealing with here. Let's hope he responds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 expecting a reply any day now. FloridianDemon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 5:37 PM, whetteon said: expecting a reply any day now. I'll check back in 2030 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Prices have been rising on this title over the year, which is definitely nice to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) On 10/9/2010 at 4:47 PM, CoinAddict said: There is a Special Edition for #18. Not sure of the print run on it. http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/594/scud18sekw5.jpg Finally got a copy of this. Freaking cool cover. Re-read the entire series and it held up well. It gets really... weird in places but for a self published title it was pretty damn solid. It a shame their aren't more issues being published today. Fresh stories and characters would be a breath of fresh air in a super-heroed stuff market that takes itself too seriously. Time to get to cgc'ing! Edited December 24, 2020 by whetteon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/18/2020 at 12:28 PM, Wolverinex said: I'll check back in 2030 Don't push it bub. 2044 is the earliest I suspect I'll hear from him. Maybe he will mention circulation and print run numbers in his eulogy at his funeral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLeagueCHEW Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 2:37 PM, whetteon said: expecting a reply any day now. Only been 10 years, did you send a letter via snail mail? Happy 10 year anniversary to your post! whetteon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLeagueCHEW Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, whetteon said: Don't push it bub. 2044 is the earliest I suspect I'll hear from him. Maybe he will mention circulation and print run numbers in his eulogy at his funeral. You are locked to replying every decade, I’ve asked the mods to lock you out Edited December 24, 2020 by BigLeagueCHEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 1:32 PM, BigLeagueCHEW said: Only been 10 years, did you send a letter via snail mail? Happy 10 year anniversary to your post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
