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[MrWeen]

DKR has been rising steadily for a while now, steady and slow.

It's nice to see it start going up a bit faster now.

 

Both IG and DKR have to have huge print runs though, right...?

 

If there is demand I don't think the print run matters, see NM 98.

[Vikingreed]

I understand all of that.

Just throwing some conversation out there.

 

DKR is my favorite story of all time, and I love it immensely...

[HouseofComics.Com]

Don't be so sure DKR 1 has a big print run. The regular Batman title had a low print run at the time--the character wasn't very popular at the comic shops. It was expensive and when it came time for me to preorder I only had one image, a blocky weird pic of Batman and a female Robin...

[divad]

 

Getting Hot...

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suicide-Squad-48-1990-Joker-Batgirl-NM-Jared-Leto-in-upcoming-movie-/121640220563?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c52527793

 

 

Yep, this is sick! Suicide Squad 48 But what's a boy to do?

[JTLarsen]

Don't be so sure DKR 1 has a big print run. The regular Batman title had a low print run at the time--the character wasn't very popular at the comic shops. It was expensive and when it came time for me to preorder I only had one image, a blocky weird pic of Batman and a female Robin...

 

Plus, I'm guessing, the Ronin numbers and price point prompted some cautious ordering--which is why they ended up having second and third printings...

[Legion HQ]

For some reason, I have in my mind that the print run of DKR #1 (1st print) was only 5,000. I couldn't tell you where I would have seen that though. At the time, I was a kid and ordered it through Westfield Comics. (Still have that order form somewhere, heh.)

[HouseofComics.Com]

Yep. Ronin was basically a bust. DKR seemed like kind of a weird experiment from what I could tell. I ordered more than I did of Batman and Detective, but not a lot more. The first day I saw it I was in shock--the cover was amazing, the writing was amazing, I felt really tricked!

 

Print run was way more than 5000. But not like an issue of X-Men or like late 80s or early 90s print runs.

 

 

 

Don't be so sure DKR 1 has a big print run. The regular Batman title had a low print run at the time--the character wasn't very popular at the comic shops. It was expensive and when it came time for me to preorder I only had one image, a blocky weird pic of Batman and a female Robin...

 

Plus, I'm guessing, the Ronin numbers and price point prompted some cautious ordering--which is why they ended up having second and third printings...

[JTLarsen]

For some reason, I have in my mind that the print run of DKR #1 (1st print) was only 5,000. I couldn't tell you where I would have seen that though. At the time, I was a kid and ordered it through Westfield Comics. (Still have that order form somewhere, heh.)

 

Well, THAT ain't right.

[divad]

I'll give double-cover price for up to 1000 copies in any condition . . .

[Aweandlorder]

I would have to check on my records, I know it was mentioned somewhere as well..

I would assume the print run was low because the book went to $20-30 almost instantly and back in the 80s that wasnt a common thing with a modern book

[Vikingreed]

I had heard shops way over ordered on Ronin, which led to a way under order on DKR #1.

 

But 5,000 copies doesn't seem in the realm of possibility.

 

What about IG? That series was everywhere. It had to have had an enormous print run.

[boomtown]

Interesting that The Dark Knight Returns Signed & Numbered HC that came out in 1986 hasn't really had a price adjustment up. It used to sell for 4x to 5x of high grade raw Dark Knight #1's, now a graded 9.8 #1 sells for more than it does. Signed by Miller & limited to 4000 copies, it looks like the bargain now. The regular hardcover edition is also really reasonably priced.

[Vikingreed]

I would love to own one of those.

I don't think I've even ever seen one, but all of my eBay alerts for DKR are CGC listings only. I need to broaden my search details.

 

What is the cover? Just the regular #1?

[boomtown]

The signed & numbered hc looks like this:

 

 

The regular hardcover edition has basically the same cover as Dark Knight Returns #1.

[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

The signed & numbered hc looks like this:

 

 

The regular hardcover edition has basically the same cover as Dark Knight Returns #1.

You mean the same cover as the first trade, I think.

[valiantman]

I had heard shops way over ordered on Ronin, which led to a way under order on DKR #1.

 

But 5,000 copies doesn't seem in the realm of possibility.

 

What about IG? That series was everywhere. It had to have had an enormous print run.

DKR #1 had 24,100 Capital City orders, which was about 9.1% of the DC market in 1986 according to Standard Catalog of Comic Books.

 

That means the print run for DKR #1 was about 265,000 copies.

 

Infinity Gauntlet #1 was 118,600 Capital City orders, which was about 22.1% of the Marvel market in 1991.

 

That puts the print run for Infinity Gauntlet #1 around 535,000 copies.

[divad]

I had heard shops way over ordered on Ronin, which led to a way under order on DKR #1.

 

But 5,000 copies doesn't seem in the realm of possibility.

 

What about IG? That series was everywhere. It had to have had an enormous print run.

DKR #1 had 24,100 Capital City orders, which was about 9.1% of the DC market in 1986 according to Standard Catalog of Comic Books.

 

That means the print run for DKR #1 was about 265,000 copies.

 

Infinity Gauntlet #1 was 118,600 Capital City orders, which was about 22.1% of the Marvel market in 1991.

 

That puts the print run for Infinity Gauntlet #1 around 535,000 copies.

 

So print run has nothing to do with value for these two issues - it's all demand driven. The size of the market now is mind-boggling!

[Aweandlorder]

I had heard shops way over ordered on Ronin, which led to a way under order on DKR #1.

 

But 5,000 copies doesn't seem in the realm of possibility.

 

What about IG? That series was everywhere. It had to have had an enormous print run.

DKR #1 had 24,100 Capital City orders, which was about 9.1% of the DC market in 1986 according to Standard Catalog of Comic Books.

 

That means the print run for DKR #1 was about 265,000 copies.

 

Infinity Gauntlet #1 was 118,600 Capital City orders, which was about 22.1% of the Marvel market in 1991.

 

That puts the print run for Infinity Gauntlet #1 around 535,000 copies.

 

That sounds about right. And its true, the S&N limited HC was going for 600.00 almost right off the gate (thats 1986 $600.00 for ya, which translates as around 1300-1500.00 today).

[Lazyboy]

I had heard shops way over ordered on Ronin, which led to a way under order on DKR #1.

 

But 5,000 copies doesn't seem in the realm of possibility.

 

What about IG? That series was everywhere. It had to have had an enormous print run.

DKR #1 had 24,100 Capital City orders, which was about 9.1% of the DC market in 1986 according to Standard Catalog of Comic Books.

 

That means the print run for DKR #1 was about 265,000 copies.

 

Infinity Gauntlet #1 was 118,600 Capital City orders, which was about 22.1% of the Marvel market in 1991.

 

That puts the print run for Infinity Gauntlet #1 around 535,000 copies.

 

So print run has nothing to do with value for these two issues - it's all demand driven. The size of the market now is mind-boggling!

Print run isn't nearly as relevant to the back issue market as demand (including the current insane speculation) and marketplace availability.

[RockMyAmadeus]

You mean the same cover as the first trade, I think.

 

I sold my A/P S&N for $400 about 4 years ago, to some doosh in Ireland who hammered my DSRs because I wouldn't declare the item a "gift."

 

Damn it.