Moderns that are heating up on ebay! 71 71

[fastballspecial]

GL 9 Variant is one of the few variant books that has never really lost any value and holds steady or in this case looks to be increasing. The ASM Venom book is the other off the top of my head.

[gradejunky]

Hey whetteon, wtf is up with that Supes #6?? $23.50 w/ 26 bids from a 0 feedback seller. Am I missing something ya'll??? Like the the new site layout as well.

[gradejunky]

GL 9 Variant is one of the few variant books that has never really lost any value and holds steady or in this case looks to be increasing. The ASM Venom book is the other off the top of my head.

 

I believe the Red Hulk deadpool variants are still $$$$$ as well.

[nikocb]

Books heating up in Modern Age that are currently $100 or more on eBay:

 

Superman Unchained #1 1:300 Sketch Variant @ $261 & 12 bids.

X-Men #297 Gold Pressmen Variant @ $150 & 6 bids.

Grimm Unleashed #1 Philly Nude Variant @ $130 & 28 bids.

Peter Panzerfaust #1 @ $110+ & 8 bids.

Amazing Spider-Man #700 Midtown Variant @ $102+ & 8 bids.

East of West Diamond Retail Variant #1 @ $102+ & 7 bids.

Scarlet Spider #1 Variant @ $100 & 14 bids.

 

 

Bonus:

 

Green Lantern #9 "Batman Variant" @ $61 & 8 bids.

 

That's not so great on the Zenescope unleashed.. I think retail was $125

[natevegas]

Good for the person selling but those are ridiculous numbers for that 1:300 superman unchained variant. Book is brand new and if the print run is 400,000 or higher its not really as rare as some of the modern variants that are out there.

[Jimmy Linguini]

I don't know why people care about superman unchained.

 

I think a strong argument could be made that it is a flop just based on the 1:300 variant not going for more than $280.

 

I'm make the comparison again - This title is another Before Watchmen.

[Jimmy Linguini]

Now this ASM Tron Variant - so glad I fished it out of a box. $85?!

 

I remember feeling like an insufficiently_thoughtful_person for paying $8 for the thing when it came out!

 

[natevegas]

I don't know why people care about superman unchained.

 

I think a strong argument could be made that it is a flop just based on the 1:300 variant not going for more than $280.

 

I'm make the comparison again - This title is another Before Watchmen.

I agree and its really not that rare. We'll all find out the print numbers next month but at 400,000 there are 1333 of the 1:300 variant, at 500,000 there are 1666. There are many variants out there right now with print runs of 500 so again its not that rare.

[Taco]

I don't know why people care about superman unchained.

 

I think a strong argument could be made that it is a flop just based on the 1:300 variant not going for more than $280.

 

I'm make the comparison again - This title is another Before Watchmen.

I agree and its really not that rare. We'll all find out the print numbers next month but at 400,000 there are 1333 of the 1:300 variant, at 500,000 there are 1666. There are many variants out there right now with print runs of 500 so again its not that rare.

 

Not every store is going to order 300 copies of the regular cover, so not every store is getting the incentive.

[mschmidt]

I don't know why people care about superman unchained.

 

I think a strong argument could be made that it is a flop just based on the 1:300 variant not going for more than $280.

 

I'm make the comparison again - This title is another Before Watchmen.

I agree and its really not that rare. We'll all find out the print numbers next month but at 400,000 there are 1333 of the 1:300 variant, at 500,000 there are 1666. There are many variants out there right now with print runs of 500 so again its not that rare.

 

That's not how it works with these large ratio variants - DC doesn't print up X copies of a 1:300 variant based on the total print run, it's based solely on how many stores actually order 300 copies of the regular issue.

 

If 3 stores all order 200 copies, none of them get a variant even though their combined order would be 600 copies.

[natevegas]

If this is really the case then no stores in my city or the midwest except maybe one or two stores in chicago will have one of these "incentives" as most small to medium sized comic shops are barely surviving. Shops like midtown will get them but they have the capital available. I really don't believe they are only printing one of these variants only if 300 is ordered

Edited June 17, 2013 by natevegas

[mschmidt]

If this is really the case then no stores in my city or the midwest except maybe one or two stores in chicago will have one of these "incentives" as most small to medium sized comic shops are barely surviving. Shops like midtown will get them but they have the capital available. I really don't believe they are only printing one of these variants only if 300 is ordered

 

You may not believe it, but that's how it works.

 

You'd be surprised how many small shops order 100-200-300 copies of a highly anticipated book in order to get a high-ratio variant - they know they can sell the variant straight away and basically make back the cost of all the regular issues. Anything after that is pure profit for the shop.

 

 

[ThoseBackPages]

Didnt Marvel have extra of the rare ASM 700 left over?

[comicsnyc22]

I know they sent them back to print for shops that ordered a ton of the 2nd prints (which i would've been SCREAMING about had I secured one of them originally).

 

 

[natevegas]

I think you'd be surprised how many shops are still on life support right now. I visited 3 shops last weds and all they had was the 1:50 and the !:25 variants and only one copy mind you.

[mschmidt]

Didnt Marvel have extra of the rare ASM 700 left over?

 

I'm sure they print some extras - comps, giveaways, etc. It still doesn't mean that the print run of a 1:300 variant is anywhere near the total print run divided by 300.

[awakeintheashes]

If this is really the case then no stores in my city or the midwest except maybe one or two stores in chicago will have one of these "incentives" as most small to medium sized comic shops are barely surviving. Shops like midtown will get them but they have the capital available. I really don't believe they are only printing one of these variants only if 300 is ordered

 

You may not believe it, but that's how it works.

 

You'd be surprised how many small shops order 100-200-300 copies of a highly anticipated book in order to get a high-ratio variant - they know they can sell the variant straight away and basically make back the cost of all the regular issues. Anything after that is pure profit for the shop.

 

 

+1 Ditto

[Lonzilla]

Peter Panzerfaust #11 1:20 variant, not every store ordered 20 copies so what do you think the print run was?. There can't be more than 600 or so of them out there

[songsaboutclouds]

If this is really the case then no stores in my city or the midwest except maybe one or two stores in chicago will have one of these "incentives" as most small to medium sized comic shops are barely surviving. Shops like midtown will get them but they have the capital available. I really don't believe they are only printing one of these variants only if 300 is ordered

 

You may not believe it, but that's how it works.

 

You'd be surprised how many small shops order 100-200-300 copies of a highly anticipated book in order to get a high-ratio variant - they know they can sell the variant straight away and basically make back the cost of all the regular issues. Anything after that is pure profit for the shop.

 

For DC maybe? But for Marvel that's not true.

Was at a Diamond UK open day some years back & needed a Wolverine Origins #2 for a customer. I was told they were sold out but could have a Canadian flag 1:100 variant instead which they then picked in front of me from 2 Longboxes of them (600 copies).

Marvel, Dynamite & IDW variants are always on the clearance list & multiples can be had for pennies

[slym2none]

If this is really the case then no stores in my city or the midwest except maybe one or two stores in chicago will have one of these "incentives" as most small to medium sized comic shops are barely surviving. Shops like midtown will get them but they have the capital available. I really don't believe they are only printing one of these variants only if 300 is ordered

 

You may not believe it, but that's how it works.

 

You'd be surprised how many small shops order 100-200-300 copies of a highly anticipated book in order to get a high-ratio variant - they know they can sell the variant straight away and basically make back the cost of all the regular issues. Anything after that is pure profit for the shop.

 

 

Well, when it comes to a smart business owner that runs two shops (and my example, not too far away from one another,) they will make one order and split the shops' comics delivered at one store and deliver the other part of the order to the second location themselves.

 

 

 

 

-slym