DC's Villain Month 3D Covers

[TrinityComics]

I got what I wanted this week. Got a doubles of all the Bat Villains because I like the covers and am a Batman fan Im going to frame Batman's Rogue's Gallery.. Has been fun hunting for these..

[Taco]

I noticed that all the Green Arrow staples were damaged bending the cover at my LCS. I don't know if it was handling because the rest of the titles were fine. They had them in two different locations, so it couldn't have been customer damage either.

[SuperbeastCraig]

I've had to do a lot of hunting and purchasing from a boardie, but I'm almost done getting week one titles just in time for week two to come around. I only need:

 

Green Lantern #23.1

Batman: The Dark Knight #23.1

Justice League of America #23.1

 

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

Just came from my LCS, they only had 2 3D covers left on the selves which surprised me as I figured they'd be gone on Wednesday, the Justice League of America Darkseid and Action Comics Cyborg Superman.

[CANMACH]

I just ordered Justice League of America #7.1 today. That completes the first week, now I have to wait and see what books I get next week.

[TJ325]

Action Comics 23.1 seemed to be the most available 3D cover in my area. Even stores who thought they were getting very small allocations had plenty of this cover.

[Comicfollower101-migration]

All I got this week at my LCS was forever evil 1 and bats 23.1 but will be pre-ordering a few more in coming weeks online, way to much hassle at store

[WDfan13]

One of the local shops here in Vegas charged $9.99 for the 3D covers on the day of release. They still have a ton of covers since most people went to other shops to get them at cover.

[jszczerman]

surprisingly I saw more 3D villain covers today than 2D. I am wondering when the 2D are going to start heating up....if at all, I have a feeling that some of them will.

[TJ325]

This week and the whole DC Villain month will be a good indication of which shops are looking for long term customers vs short term profits. The prospect of not being able to get hot comics at cover price might entice more customers to become subscribers.

[Iceman399]

Of the 2 shops I went to on Wed (one is the shop I subscribe to) they were at 3.99 and the non sub was 5.00.

 

On Thursday the other shop bumped their price to 7.99...needless to say they still have a bunch.

[blockedshot]

I was able to pick off one of each of the books at my local watering hole, just for the heck of it.

[rjrjr]

Hearing about how retailers are charging more than cover for these new comics makes me remember Atomic Comics in AZ. That store lost my patronage due to this. Not surprisingly, they are out of business and a small part of me hopes I helped contribute to their demise when I quit shopping at their store for this practice.

 

It looks like the allocations is going to turn out to be a hidden blessing for DC. I doubt these comics would be garnering this much attention if the comics were plentiful and weren't proceeded by the allocation news. It just goes to show you any news is good news!

[ranx]

news is the speculators bread and butter........

 

I wonder if the real news will pick this up soon...'brand new 3d covers for comic books...'

[ComixEmpire]

I don't know if anyone has noticed but the Batman 23.1 2D cover is different than the 3D cover. And I'm not just talking about the motion. Might be worth picking up both covers.

[TJ325]

Yeah, the gun and the fake set of teeth are in different hands on the standard cover as opposed to the 3D cover for Batman 23.1. Only thing is the retailers I know who have standard covers had about 100 of them. They were not allocated and they are plentiful. It was wise of DC to make them different though.

[Legion HQ]

Reporting from the Baltimore Con on Saturday....

 

You could tell dealers just had no idea from table to table what to charge for these. Generally, they were at least $6-8 each. Some dealers differentiated between them, charging more for the Poison Ivy and Ventriloquist, between $10-15. If you were patient, you could probably find the issue(s) you wanted at $6-8.

 

Relic appeared to be the least common on the floor, only seeing it with a handful of dealers. Cyborg Superman seemed the most plentiful, or maybe the least in-demand? Scarcity per issue definitely seemed to be a store-by-store thing, some scarce on one issue yet plentiful on another, and then vice versa for the dealer next to them.

 

The 3-D Forever Evil 1 was priced at an average of $200 or so. I was able to pick one up for $125, and submitted it to CGC along with Poison Ivy, Ventriloquist, Joker and Bizarro.

[TJ325]

The Ventriloquist seems to be selling frequently but from what I see online and in stores the Bizzaro Superman and The Relic Green Lantern are the least available.

[fastballspecial]

I think almost all the first week books are going to show up harder to get in the end. This is just the 1st week of this with many weeks to go.

 

Lower sales books should be the ones tough to find except your popular ones like Harley which has broad support. What will be a tough combination is a popular villain on a low selling book. Find one of those and you got a hit. Poison Ivy will be another one that will garner popularity as the weeks go by as well I think. Lot of Ivy collectors just like Harley.

 

 

 

[Bill1]

Because of the stiff covers, these should be plentiful in high grade, 9.9 and 10.0. A 9.8 should bring what a 9.6 normally does, and the 9.9 and 10.0's what a 9.8 usually does. In this case, this will be a book to buy already graded, in about 4 months.