Arkham Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Off topic but love your batman covers in your sig man.. My local comic shop had 5 copies of the Detective cover I sold all but one at $25 a piece. I kind of wish I saved a few more actually.. Thanks Neo! Do you mean the Vol 1 #880? I love Joker covers and I love Jock's artwork... that 880 is But, the Daniels Vol 2 #1 is unreal as well... Not real sold on Bat's face, but the Joker face on the sea of doll's heads is very, very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkham Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 PS... anyone who wants to flip me a Betty variant. I'd be forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarrysComics Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) I'm curious to learn the various print runs for this issue along with the 3 variant covers. The retailer variants are interesting too. I reread the story again this weekend as I was shocked how much I enjoyed a modern book. I have to admit. I did pick up multiple copies in hopes that this book went under the radar and wasn't printed too heavily, especially since it was only direct market. Heck, I think we all wish to find the next piece of "The Walking Dead" pie. Now that I've punched my "speculation" ticket I'm sure this will crash faster then the Wright brother's first flight attempt. Well, we can do some rough math. There was something like 50 different stores that participated in the variant program at 200 - 400 copies each. (Larry or someone can verify that the maximum allotment was 400 per store?) If you figure the average amount of copies per store was 300, then the Store Variant alone comes out to around 15,000 copies. Pre-ordered Archie issues tend to be, what, 7500 or so copies at most, and that would usually include the non-Direct market, which was not the case here as this is a Direct Market-only series. So, adding all that up, all the various covers, I would estimate the total print run for Issue 1 is somewhere between 20,000 - 22,000? Does that sound about right for you store owners out there? Larry? I have no EXACT idea of total print run. I would guess that it can't be over 25k for everything. Comichron will tell the tale soon fairly accurately as this series is NOT available on newstands. ( Comichron reports Diamond sales NOT newstand, overseas or publisher stock ) The shop variants were minimum order of 200, but you could order as many as you like. ( I know a few shops did 500 ) Some might have done more. The NYCC variants are just shop variants IMHO. Ski at Archie told me last Thursday that a Diamond restock was en route. They then sold out of remaining stock at NYCC. Life with Archie 23 variant seems like the book to buy. NOBODY saw that coming. Edited October 15, 2013 by LarrysComics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Chaos Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Orderd mine today and I doubt 200 people dressed as Archie zombies for the variant. I saw a couple of them at the signing but I doubt there was anywhere near 200 even though the whole convention was mobbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.D. Kennedy Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Orderd mine today and I doubt 200 people dressed as Archie zombies for the variant. I saw a couple of them at the signing but I doubt there was anywhere near 200 even though the whole convention was mobbed. They were selling them off at the end of the show on Sunday. So I'm gonna say that you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the authority Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 What do you think happened to the rest of the copies ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Bohn Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 The Archie store has the Francavilla Life with Archie #23 cover available in a couple bundles... http://archiecomics.stores.yahoo.net/archieweddings.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion HQ Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I'm curious to learn the various print runs for this issue along with the 3 variant covers. The retailer variants are interesting too. I reread the story again this weekend as I was shocked how much I enjoyed a modern book. I have to admit. I did pick up multiple copies in hopes that this book went under the radar and wasn't printed too heavily, especially since it was only direct market. Heck, I think we all wish to find the next piece of "The Walking Dead" pie. Now that I've punched my "speculation" ticket I'm sure this will crash faster then the Wright brother's first flight attempt. Well, we can do some rough math. There was something like 50 different stores that participated in the variant program at 200 - 400 copies each. (Larry or someone can verify that the maximum allotment was 400 per store?) If you figure the average amount of copies per store was 300, then the Store Variant alone comes out to around 15,000 copies. Pre-ordered Archie issues tend to be, what, 7500 or so copies at most, and that would usually include the non-Direct market, which was not the case here as this is a Direct Market-only series. So, adding all that up, all the various covers, I would estimate the total print run for Issue 1 is somewhere between 20,000 - 22,000? Does that sound about right for you store owners out there? Larry? I have no EXACT idea of total print run. I would guess that it can't be over 25k for everything. Comichron will tell the tale soon fairly accurately as this series is NOT available on newstands. ( Comichron reports Diamond sales NOT newstand, overseas or publisher stock ) The shop variants were minimum order of 200, but you could order as many as you like. ( I know a few shops did 500 ) Some might have done more. The NYCC variants are just shop variants IMHO. Ski at Archie told me last Thursday that a Diamond restock was en route. They then sold out of remaining stock at NYCC. Life with Archie 23 variant seems like the book to buy. NOBODY saw that coming. Awesome! Thanks, Larry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinky Lee Zepplin Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Life with Archie 23 variant seems like the book to buy. NOBODY saw that coming. I don't know about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion HQ Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 The Archie store has the Francavilla Life with Archie #23 cover available in a couple bundles... http://archiecomics.stores.yahoo.net/archieweddings.html Thanks for that! Now let's see if they actually come through.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emezy360 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 What do you think happened to the rest of the copies ? I have them all I wish.lo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaCrew Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I wonder how CGC is going to be on this book because after going through about 60 of them I am noticing every little tiny blemish on them. While a clean cover looks amazing, they really do show flaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelTufnel42 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 The Archie store has the Francavilla Life with Archie #23 cover available in a couple bundles... http://archiecomics.stores.yahoo.net/archieweddings.html I just ordered some but it just has that Forbidden Planet feel to it. Where u order something that they show "In Stock" and then two weeks later u find out they were "Out of Stock" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emezy360 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 True due to the paper stock I think the will all have little minor blemishes but Cgc will be forgiving on grading I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill1 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 True due to the paper stock I think the will all have little minor blemishes but Cgc will be forgiving on grading I hope. Uhhh yea that's what we want! CGC should randomly overlook flaws since they all have it.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 True due to the paper stock I think the will all have little minor blemishes but Cgc will be forgiving on grading I hope. Uhhh yea that's what we want! CGC should randomly overlook flaws since they all have it.....? Depending on the situation, they may or may not hold a production defect against a book. That's nothing new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emezy360 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 yup all just hopes and wishes we shall see and this set will look amazing after being submitted to CGC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the authority Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 What do you think happened to the rest of the copies ? I have them all I wish.lo Bwahahahaha. Let me send you my address again so you know where to send half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarrysComics Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 (edited) Re-Orders pouring in today... Edited October 16, 2013 by LarrysComics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuff Ghost Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Second printing! With a cool cover http://www.comicosity.com/archie-announces-second-printing-for-afterlife-with-archie-1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
