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When will/will the WALKING DEAD bubble burst?
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mintcollector

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1,666 total in universal grade with 617 in 9.8 and 17 in 9.9!

 

Now to be fair this book came out in 2003 so as expected more will be kept in high grade just due to pure speculation and the fact that comics are viewed as an 'investment' in this day and age.

 

That being said I will say something that will surprise most people on this forum. While I feel that this book is overvalued and due for a modest correction a few years after the show is cancelled (it will most likely always be a $1,000+ book in 9.8); I would much rather buy this than NM 98.

 

Still, it is hard to believe that there are 17 copies in 9.9!

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Mr 9.8

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1,666 total in universal grade with 617 in 9.8 and 17 in 9.9!

 

Now to be fair this book came out in 2003 so as expected more will be kept in high grade just due to pure speculation and the fact that comics are viewed as an 'investment' in this day and age.

 

That being said I will say something that will surprise most people on this forum. While I feel that this book is overvalued and due for a modest correction a few years after the show is cancelled (it will most likely always be a $1,000+ book in 9.8); I would much rather buy this than NM 98.

 

Still, it is hard to believe that there are 17 copies in 9.9!

Financially speaking TWD #1 is the safer bet, but I'd rather have the NM 98 simply because I'm a DP fan.
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Yah, I don't think TWD is experiencing any kind of bubble. This phenomenon is beyond any comic bubble.

I agree.

I would have to say TWD has brought in more new comic book readers and brought back more old time comic book readers, then any of the big blockbuster superhero movies ever did.

Proof?

Even though Iron Man and the Avengers movies did over 2 billion at the box office their comic books can`t even sell 35,000 copies a month,while the Walking Dead has sold over 100,000 copies and dominated the graphic novels chart.

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TWD TV show is unwatchable but that Sunday night blowout was worse.

 

Revel in this short-lived victory my friends and feel no shame when you are pretending to chop off zombie heads during your Monday morning coffee break because you beat football dammit.

 

Next week viewers will probably choose to watch SF vs Denver (*) rather than watching a virtual repeat of the show they watched last week.

 

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* maybe not if it's 20 to nothing before "your" show even starts :baiting:

 

Giants fan, eh?

:cry:

Nope.

 

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Nobody knows heartbreak like a Bills fan. Trust me, I feel your pain!

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Yah, I don't think TWD is experiencing any kind of bubble. This phenomenon is beyond any comic bubble.

I agree.

I would have to say TWD has brought in more new comic book readers and brought back more old time comic book readers, then any of the big blockbuster superhero movies ever did.

Proof?

Even though Iron Man and the Avengers movies did over 2 billion at the box office their comic books can`t even sell 35,000 copies a month,while the Walking Dead has sold over 100,000 copies and dominated the graphic novels chart.

 

I got out of the hobby in about 2000. In 2006 I was interstate and the thought occurred to me to check out a comic store. I got the urge to read some Batman, a character I had never read before (had been all about the Marvel).

 

Picked up a swag of the classics. Your 'Year One', 'Long Halloween'... all that stuff. Read them, enjoyed them and that was that. I saw all the super hero movies during my exile (except Spidey 3 of course :sick: ).

 

Fast forward to 2011 and I get the urge to catalog my comics. One thing leads to another and I buy a few new comics. I get the current Walking Dead on a recommendation and decide I need to read this from the start. Could not put that first compendium down! One of the best books I've ever read.

 

So the OCD begins to ramp up and now I have to own the first prints. And thus my quest to get every issue for cover price began.

 

So I have to put my hand up and say that, yep, Walking Dead played a major role in bringing me back into the hobby. Not 100% responsible but a big part. I don't read it anymore but I'll never forget reading that compendium for the first time.

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mintcollector

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Yah, I don't think TWD is experiencing any kind of bubble. This phenomenon is beyond any comic bubble.

I agree.

I would have to say TWD has brought in more new comic book readers and brought back more old time comic book readers, then any of the big blockbuster superhero movies ever did.

Proof?

Even though Iron Man and the Avengers movies did over 2 billion at the box office their comic books can`t even sell 35,000 copies a month,while the Walking Dead has sold over 100,000 copies and dominated the graphic novels chart.

 

It's a little too soon to declare that there is no speculative bubble surrounding The Walking Dead. As stated many, many times the true test of this book will come a few years after the television show is cancelled.

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Yah, I don't think TWD is experiencing any kind of bubble. This phenomenon is beyond any comic bubble.

I agree.

I would have to say TWD has brought in more new comic book readers and brought back more old time comic book readers, then any of the big blockbuster superhero movies ever did.

Proof?

Even though Iron Man and the Avengers movies did over 2 billion at the box office their comic books can`t even sell 35,000 copies a month,while the Walking Dead has sold over 100,000 copies and dominated the graphic novels chart.

 

It's a little too soon to declare that there is no speculative bubble surrounding The Walking Dead. As stated many, many times the true test of this book will come a few years after the television show is cancelled.

 

I think that TWD has done a great job going mainstream - the TV show has done its part by introducing the title to the masses. The key here is Kirkman - the comic book is thriving because it is consistently well written. I'm hooked on TWD mostly because of the comics not the TV show. I could care less on what happens on the show as it just kinda follows the comic book.

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It's a little too soon to declare that there is no speculative bubble surrounding The Walking Dead. As stated many, many times the true test of this book will come a few years after the television show is cancelled.

 

Shows like this don't get cancelled. They choose to end them.

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Mr 9.8

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It's a little too soon to declare that there is no speculative bubble surrounding The Walking Dead. As stated many, many times the true test of this book will come a few years after the television show is cancelled.

 

Shows like this don't get cancelled. They choose to end them.

BINGO!
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It's a little too soon to declare that there is no speculative bubble surrounding The Walking Dead. As stated many, many times the true test of this book will come a few years after the television show is cancelled.

 

Shows like this don't get cancelled. They choose to end them.

BINGO!

 

And with that being said...There is a lot of potential story to build on.

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I've never understood the allure of this TV show. But I admit I only watched two episodes of it, and I think that was during its first year on TV.

 

I just don't care much for zombies or anything similar. They bore me. Too slow and too easily defeated. I watched the "Night of the Living Dead" last night. For about ten minutes. Man, was that bad.

 

Now give me a good werewolf or vampire movie, and I'm there.

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