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X-O Manowar discussion, arriving May 2

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DougC

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I can confirm that these did come out last Wednesday, I ordered 3 through my LCS and picked them up. Unfortunately these were the only three ordered as my LCS doesn't believe is "other" prints of books.

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valiantman

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Unfortunately, dying has never been easy for Archer’s target – the hard-drinking year-old immortal known as Armstrong.

 

I wonder if they meant "centuries-old" in the announcement.

Probably meant "hard-drinking 10,000-year-old"...

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Unfortunately, dying has never been easy for Archer’s target – the hard-drinking year-old immortal known as Armstrong.

 

I wonder if they meant "centuries-old" in the announcement.

Probably meant "hard-drinking 10,000-year-old"...

 

Even bettter (and more accurate)!

 

:applause:

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Just found two copies of xo 1 2nd print at a little comic shop. Guy would only let me buy 1 at cover, or I could buy both for $10.

So you smiled and said, "Here's $10", right? :cloud9:

 

Nope. I didn't want to give him the pleasure of making an extra two bucks off me. He should've had them up for $10 before I picked them off his shelves.

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Just found two copies of xo 1 2nd print at a little comic shop. Guy would only let me buy 1 at cover, or I could buy both for $10.

So you smiled and said, "Here's $10", right? :cloud9:

 

Nope. I didn't want to give him the pleasure of making an extra two bucks off me. He should've had them up for $10 before I picked them off his shelves.

Silly, you should have said, "Here's $10, I'll take both... I sold my only other copy yesterday for $12."

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Just found two copies of xo 1 2nd print at a little comic shop. Guy would only let me buy 1 at cover, or I could buy both for $10.

So you smiled and said, "Here's $10", right? :cloud9:

 

Nope. I didn't want to give him the pleasure of making an extra two bucks off me. He should've had them up for $10 before I picked them off his shelves.

Silly, you should have said, "Here's $10, I'll take both... I sold my only other copy yesterday for $12."

 

Honestly after the way he handled it, I didn't want him to have any of my money.

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No offense, but there was a massive OVER PRINT of issue #1

 

Not the 2nd print... ;)

 

2nd print is what - 1,500 copies? Heard several dealers didn't even get their orders of 2nd print and here I go into podunk nowhere and find two copies in a little shop.

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I don't know if it's accurate to call it an "OVER PRINT". What they printed was all sold to retailers. It's not going to a fourth printing if Diamond isn't getting orders.

 

Do certain shops have a ton of #1s sitting around? Yes. Other shops do not and re-ordered, which is the reason for the third and fourth prints.

 

 

The second print was only 1500 copies (although I'm wondering if it's a bit closer to 1K) and is a wrap around cover and is awesome!

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Do certain shops have a ton of #1s sitting around? Yes. Other shops do not and re-ordered, which is the reason for the third and fourth prints.

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No but the point is this. # 1 first prints (regular and pullbox) are available via eBay in bulk for wholesale rates of roughly half cover (i.e. ~$20 for 10 copies).

 

Given that that is the case, why the need for 2nd-4th prints?

 

And the book is still (purportedly) "hot." Usually it takes 6-12 months for new books like that to hit the $2 or $1 boxes, not 100 days.

 

X-O was (by far) my favorite Valiant character 20 years ago and Valiant still comprises the bulk of my 90s collection.

 

But the needless variants for _every_ book has turned me off from the whole line. What's the fun incollecting if it's either a) impossible to reasonably collect a publisher even it's only got four titles out, or b) be forced to spend $30 per issue or $125 per title every month to afford the ridiculous variants?

 

To be clear, I'm fine with the mulitple covers on the # 1s, but for Bloodshot 2, Harbinger 3, X-O 5, etc.? Especially when the variant structures means ~1,000 copies each? Not even Ultraverse did that.

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