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RRP issues

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Thank you very much for your answers.

 

@boozad: Thanks for clarification how to see if it’s a RRP or a Diamond Retailer Summit. How sure are you about this ?

 

I ask because I checked the issues below to see if they are “Not for sale” or if they have a barcode until I stumbled upon “All Star Batman” #8, where I found both editions, one with barcode and price and one without (I try to upload the images).

 

 

 

 

I did some research on the internet and came to the following conclusion. Please be aware that this is all speculation, I have no proof and please correct me if I’m wrong:

 

RRP: This is where DC Comics invites selected retailers to come at their own cost to a meeting, where they talk about if DC’s doing things right or not. As a kind of cost reduction the retailers get the RRP copies for free.

 

Diamond Retailer Summit: This is where Diamond gives free copies to dealers (probably only to those who actually are on the show and not just visiting) at their annual shows.

 

RRP meetings:

 

1992: the first meeting

 

1993 – 2001: ???

 

2002: Burbank, November 10th: Batman No. 608

 

2003 – 2007: no meetings

 

2008: xxx, February xxth: xxx

 

2009: ???

 

 

 

Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit:

 

New York ComicCon, October 8th to 10th, 2010: xxx

 

Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Grand Wayne Convention Center, October 8th to 9th, 2010: xxx

 

San Diego ComicCon, xxx, 2010: xxx

 

Baltimore ComicCon, August 28th to 29th, 2010: xxx

 

Chicago, April 14th to 16th, 2010: xxx

 

No show in Fort Wayne in 2009

 

Baltimore, October 11th to 13th, 2009: xxx

 

Ft. Wayne, Indiana, October 10th to 12th, 2008: Final Crisis: Legion of three Worlds No. 1

 

Bally’s Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, September 7-9, 2008: Final Crisis: Legion of three Worlds No. 1

 

Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Grand Wayne Convention Center, October 13 to 14, 2007: xxx

 

Baltimore Convention Center, Tuesday, September 9th to 11th, 2007: xxx

 

Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Grand Wayne Convention Center, October 14th to 15th, 2006, Justice League of America #1

 

Baltimore Convention Center, September 11th to 12th, 2006, Justice League of America #1

 

Ft. Wayne, Indiana, October 22-23, 2005: All-Star Batman #1

 

Baltimore Convention Center September 19th to 20th, 2005: All-Star Batman #1

 

September 12th to 14th, 2004, Baltimore: xxx

 

2004 UK Summit ???: xxx

 

Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, November 3-4, 2003: Superman/Batman #1

 

Ft. Wayne, Indiana, September 0xth. to 0xth. 2003: Superman/Batman #1

 

Las Vegas, October 8th to 9th, 2001: xxx

 

Baltimore, Maryland, September 22th to 23th, 2001 ---> cancelled

 

Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 8th to 9th, 2001: xxx

 

March 12th to 14th, 1999, Baltimore: All Star Comics No. 1

 

Diamond Retailers Seminar, Baltimore: June 12th to 14th, 1994: xxx

 

 

 

Issues to put in above:

 

Superman No. 204

 

Identity Crisis #1

 

Infinite Crisis #1

 

52 Week 52 with Diamond Star

 

All-Star Batman #6

 

Booster Gold No. 1

 

Blind Justice TPB

 

Air No. 1

 

Flash No. 231

 

Fables No. 6

 

Global Frequency No. 1

 

Unwritten No. 1

 

Battle for the Cowl No. 1

 

All-Star Batman #8

 

Green Lantern Corps No. ???

 

 

What issues are missing in this list ?

 

Who knows which issue was given out when ?

 

Does anybody know a comic book dealer who attended one of these shows and can bring some light into this ?

 

Regards,

 

Archi

 

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Boozad

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O.K., I found out about All-Star #8 myself: The issue with price is the normal variant, the issue without price then the ... whatever

 

Couldn't they a least make different covers for those other variants ...

 

There is a slight difference in the colour. The RRP has a blue hue to the sketch and the title header, whereas the standard variant has just a normal sketch with a white band to the title.

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MrBedrock

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RRP Editions, Diamond Retailer Summit Editions its all the same to me...

The RRP meetings are hosted by DC. There is a specific group of retailers invited by DC to attend these.

The Retailer Summits are hosted by Diamond. Any Diamond account, or prospective Diamond customer can attend these.

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Earl Davis

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For those wondering why it matters if a retailer giveaway is from from a Diamond Retailer Sumit (DRS Edition) or a Retailer Roundtable Program (RRP Edition) there are a lot less retailers invited to the latter and therefore the assumption is that the print runs of RRP's are much lower than RRP's.

 

Earl.

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