Manifest Destiny - Skybound - Chris Dingess, Matthew Roberts 1 1

[the authority]

That's true. Comics are fairly unpredictable. If I had to, I would bet on this title staying hot but you're right. Who knows ?

[the authority]

I just did a quick ebay count. I was surprised by how few #1s are available overall. There are currently 35 1st print regular covers and 9 Ottley variants. There are currently 5 LBCC covers available. I would have thought there were more. People are scooping them up.

 

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Comics-/63/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=Manifest+destiny+1+-x+-wolverine+-Otto+-space+-marvel+-xmen+-carbongrey&_pgn=2&_skc=50&rt=nc

[SharpComics.com]

I might say 2 to 1

 

Based on what has been already discussed here in the past month regarding the last minute solicitation for the Ottley, i would say no way on the ratio being 2:1. I would say 4:1 at best.

New title with a relative unknown creative team, late in the year release( peeps saving/spending dough for Xmas instead of maybe trying a new book), ANOTHER IMAGE VARIANT?

Purely speculation, but I doubt the majority of retailers even ordered the Ottley.

Edited February 25, 2014 by SharpComics.com

[Lonzilla]

I kept buying #1s at several shops until they ran out. Some got no variants, and a couple got more variants than the regular covers

[Mr. Solo Dolo]

I really wish we had some way to know the ratio of Ottleys to the regular cover.

 

Heard from the guys at Skybound during LBCC that it was less than 2,500 for the Ottley Variant. Because of the short lead time for ordering.

[Vikingreed]

I really wish we had some way to know the ratio of Ottleys to the regular cover.

 

Heard from the guys at Skybound during LBCC that it was less than 2,500 for the Ottley Variant. Because of the short lead time for ordering.

 

Nice.

[the authority]

I really wish we had some way to know the ratio of Ottleys to the regular cover.

 

Heard from the guys at Skybound during LBCC that it was less than 2,500 for the Ottley Variant. Because of the short lead time for ordering.

 

Nice.

 

Thanks for the info. (thumbs u

[ZaCrew]

I really wish we had some way to know the ratio of Ottleys to the regular cover.

 

Heard from the guys at Skybound during LBCC that it was less than 2,500 for the Ottley Variant. Because of the short lead time for ordering.

 

I would LOVE to confirm this, if so I am holding on to my last four 9.8s

[krighton]

yeah, now I need to not sell any more of the Ottley, just get them graded.

[ZaCrew]

yeah, now I need to not sell any more of the Ottley, just get them graded.

 

I actually yanked a 9.8 off Ebay just now. I had the only one CGC ottley listed but if those numbers are right that is a lot lower than I thought.

[krighton]

I sold a couple cgc and a couple raw...that's it for me.

[Dmac538]

So would it be from low to high.

1 LBCC

2 Image Expo

3 Ottley

4 Regular cover

[krighton]

Image expo was issue 3....unless you're just talking overall lowest number of copies per issue.

[Dmac538]

That's true, then we would have to put in # 2 2nd print before the Ottley cover. So LBCC, Ottley and Regular.

[the authority]

So would it be from low to high.

1 LBCC

2 Image Expo

3 Ottley

4 Regular cover

 

1. 250 copies

2. ?

3. 2500 (estimated)

4. 14800 (estimated)

 

Pretty low all the way around for a good book. The LBCC seems to be bringing more raw than the EOW RRP which is staggering to me while CGC 9.8s are reversed so far. The Ottleys are bringing roughly the same raw as the EOW Forbidden Planets but in CGC 9.8 the Ottleys are killing it.

 

This series has definitely opened my eyes and changed my expectations.

Edited February 26, 2014 by The Authority

[Conan_Aficionado]

I could have sworn that when midtown comics had these on the rack, they had them 1:1 with the regular cover. I grabbed one of the regular covers liking it more than the variant. The bunker was also on the rack on a 1:1 ratio at midtown comics, sometimes its hard to tell there variant, let alone short printed.

[the authority]

I don't remember the ratio here. I do remember that both this and the Bunker sold out the variants on Midtowncomics.com before the regular covers and in the case of Manifest Destiny there was a lot of time in between the sale out.

Edited February 26, 2014 by The Authority

[Conan_Aficionado]

They sellout online before they sell out in-store. The manifest destiny, at least the regular cover was on the rack for what appeared to be weeks. I don't think they put out all the stock at once for their heavily ordered books, because the following week you'll see even more stock then they had of a particular book the week before.

 

people where saying the bunker variant was sold out at midtown, but a full week later they still had the variant and still at a 1:1 ratio to the regular. If I hadn't started reading the modern comics subforum I wouldn't have known the variant was a short print.

[the authority]

That's interesting. They are already limiting Revenge #1 to 3 per person which probably won't be an issue due to it being a mini. Do they still have Mercenary Sea ? It's been sold out online for a little while.

[Conan_Aficionado]

A full week after release, they still had plenty mercenary sea on the racks, I'll be at midtown at 8am open for new releases tomorrow, I'll let you know if they have more.