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It is extremely unlikely that demand will ever be greater than supply for this book. I'm not surprised that people would be willing to pay $4 or $5 for an issue as this has become the cover price for most new books. To give you an idea of how many books should be available, I took a look at early comichron.com numbers.

 

There were a lot of people that said that about the Doomsday books as well.

 

I'm one of them. I'm not complaining as I had a lot of that stuff and X-Force #2 as I literally bought long box after long box of off X brand stuff from a local dealer a few years ago. I just don't understand it. There would seem to be, to me at least, more than twice the supply than there are current collectors. I find the situation akin to 80's sports cards. I would love to be wrong again as it keeps my head from swelling and causes me to lean when I sit down. lol

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I have no idea how some of these books (MOS 17 especially) go for the prices that they do - I have no idea who is buying them but clearly someone is.

 

Why are you spending time worrying about this instead of doing research on where to buy cheap or what the next book could be?

There seem to be an abundance of posters who are concerned with "who is buying these?". A redundant question I might add.

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What issue does Deadpool first appear in that isn't a New Mutants/X-Force comic?? Anyone know?

 

 

Nomad Vol 2 #4 - DEAD MAN'S HAND storyline that crossed over a number of other titles. http://marvel.wikia.com/Dead_Man%27s_Hand

 

Could be Silver Sable 23?

 

The Nomad 4 definitely came before the Sable 23.

 

February 1991:

The New Mutants (1983) #98 - 'The Beginning of the End Part One'

 

September 1991:

X-Force (1991) #2 - 'The Blood Hunters'

 

November 1991:

X-Force (1991) #4 - 'Sabotage Pt. 2'

 

December 1991:

X-Force (1991) #5 - 'Under the Magnifying Glass'

 

May 1992:

X-Force (1991) #10 - 'X-Tenuating Circumstances Part 3: Questions (and Answers)'

 

June 1992:

X-Force (1991) #11 - 'Friendly Reminders'

 

August 1992:

Nomad (1992) #4 - 'Neon Knight'

 

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SteveoSupremeo

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Why would it heat up ? I haven't followed it.

 

1st Gwen Stacy in an Alternate Universe and well reviewed.

 

I don't follow marvel anymore, but this story is well reviewed. It also crosses over with the new Spider-Man Animated Series.

 

I also didn't see stacks of it in my LCS. MCS and TFAW are sold out on the variant. I expect a low print run.

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What was the print-run of ASM 361?

 

halfway down:

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7806919

 

i think i agree with rma's analysis. if there had been 750K sold we'd be tripping over copies of this book. it had a healthy early 1990s big marvel title print-run, no doubt.

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Wow. Makes me laugh looking at the length of Nomad's mullet. What editor gave the thumbs up on that design? :facepalm:

 

The same guy who was giving Bishop and John Romita Jr.'s Archangel the okay.

 

And on the subject of hair, how did the Scalplock (bald/short hair with long pony tail at the top), become a 90's comic hairstyle???

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Wow. Makes me laugh looking at the length of Nomad's mullet. What editor gave the thumbs up on that design? :facepalm:

 

The same guy who was giving Bishop and John Romita Jr.'s Archangel the okay.

 

And on the subject of hair, how did the Scalplock (bald/short hair with long pony tail at the top), become a 90's comic hairstyle???

 

And what where those headpiece thingys that X-Men and X-Force loved so much (Gambit, Havok, Shatterstar, etc etc etc)??? I mean, they're sort of cool, but what kind of actual garment are they??? I'd love to see the real life version.

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I have no idea how some of these books (MOS 17 especially) go for the prices that they do - I have no idea who is buying them but clearly someone is.

 

What happens, I think, is:

 

1) They print millions.

 

2) After the initial hype, they become worthless.

 

3) People don't take care of them since they're worthless (ex. longboxes full of them, jostled around, getting bent, no boards, thrown out or given away, etc.)

 

4) The number of high grade copies decreases until those become more scarce.

 

5) When the demand for the issue starts rising, people realise that it's worth something.

 

6) The 3 milion high grade copies that once existed is down to 800,000 high grade copies.

 

Although the remaining good copies of the comic still exist in huge numbers, a lot of the extreme excess that speculators bought (ex. 100+ copies per person) has effectively been ruined.

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Or forgotten about. I have seen two new small local shops open up in the last 6 months and it's dealers who left in the late 90's who are back because comics are hot now. Trust me that stock is still out there in great shape.

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