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Ummmm... when did NM 98 get so expensive?

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RockMyAmadeus

RockMyAmadeus

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Aren't there like 375K copies of this book?

 

No.

 

Never were.

 

I haven't seen empirical, but the estimated print run based on NM 97 is 253,000.

-T

 

That's about right. NM #97 had a substantially higher print run than #98....by about 15%.

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the blob

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Aren't there like 375K copies of this book?

 

No.

 

Never were.

 

I haven't seen empirical, but the estimated print run based on NM 97 is 253,000.

-T

 

That's about right. NM #97 had a substantially higher print run than #98....by about 15%.

 

I know you've laid out your analysis on that and that with x-tinction agenda ending they may have ordered less, and a 15% drop doesn't sound unreasonable, but when did that ever actually happen in the early 90s when a title was heating up like NM was? did x-men 297 drop off after the arc ended in 296? did asm drop from 380 to 381?

 

with that said, i have a bunch of 99s.

 

no 98s. my only 98 was snatched out of my hand by a shop owner (when it was probably a $20-$30 book a few years ago) who said "that shouldn't be in the 50 cent box".... probably for the better as I would have unloaded it that night.

 

grumble grumble.

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N/A

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Sell now

Buy raw

Grade

Repeat

 

except i see all these raw copies being offered by dealers for $250-$400...if they are 9.2s or 9.4s you maybe S.O.L.

 

lol

 

Never.

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rjrjr

rjrjr

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Don't ask questions. Take the money and say thank-you very much.

 

(thumbs u

 

It's kinda like going to Mardi Gras and wondering why girls are flashing everyone.. just enjoy it :)

 

Pictures or it didn't happen. :grin:

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HarrisonJohn

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Aren't there like 375K copies of this book?

 

No.

 

Never were.

 

I haven't seen empirical, but the estimated print run based on NM 97 is 253,000.

-T

 

That's about right. NM #97 had a substantially higher print run than #98....by about 15%.

 

I know you've laid out your analysis on that and that with x-tinction agenda ending they may have ordered less, and a 15% drop doesn't sound unreasonable, but when did that ever actually happen in the early 90s when a title was heating up like NM was? did x-men 297 drop off after the arc ended in 296? did asm drop from 380 to 381?

 

 

Maybe stores cut back because it was canceled?

 

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GeeksAreMyPeeps

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Aren't there like 375K copies of this book?

 

No.

 

Never were.

 

I haven't seen empirical, but the estimated print run based on NM 97 is 253,000.

-T

 

That's about right. NM #97 had a substantially higher print run than #98....by about 15%.

 

I know you've laid out your analysis on that and that with x-tinction agenda ending they may have ordered less, and a 15% drop doesn't sound unreasonable, but when did that ever actually happen in the early 90s when a title was heating up like NM was? did x-men 297 drop off after the arc ended in 296? did asm drop from 380 to 381?

 

 

Maybe stores cut back because it was canceled?

I imagine that stores may have cut back if people were pre-ordering batches of copies of the crossover, which I'm sure happened to some extent. How big a cutback? Who can say?

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the blob

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Aren't there like 375K copies of this book?

 

No.

 

Never were.

 

I haven't seen empirical, but the estimated print run based on NM 97 is 253,000.

-T

 

That's about right. NM #97 had a substantially higher print run than #98....by about 15%.

 

I know you've laid out your analysis on that and that with x-tinction agenda ending they may have ordered less, and a 15% drop doesn't sound unreasonable, but when did that ever actually happen in the early 90s when a title was heating up like NM was? did x-men 297 drop off after the arc ended in 296? did asm drop from 380 to 381?

 

 

Maybe stores cut back because it was canceled?

I imagine that stores may have cut back if people were pre-ordering batches of copies of the crossover, which I'm sure happened to some extent. How big a cutback? Who can say?

 

a badjillion 100s were ordered and there are a lot of 99s i think. purely anecdotal on the 99s based on my stack though. would they have known the series was cancelled when ordering 98? and it's not really cancelled, it was rebooted. series selling 250K were not cancelled.

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Jtwpantera

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Someone traded a NM 98 cgc 9.8 for a Mavel spotlight 32 cgc 9.6

 

the trade was made with a local comic store owner in his area.

 

YIKES... wut a bad trade..

Sometimes you just really need to get your hands on a cover where Nick Fury is holding a pink gun I guess.

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