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Star Wars returns to Marvel Comics

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Vikingreed

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I just read #1 and I have to say, I'm a fan of both the story and the art. I've heard complaints about Cassaday but he is dead on in most cases and his Han Solo looks more like Harrison Ford than most other artist usually make him look. I love it and will keep coming back for more. (thumbs u

 

I'm a big Cassady guy, so this is great news!

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I just read #1 and I have to say, I'm a fan of both the story and the art. I've heard complaints about Cassaday but he is dead on in most cases and his Han Solo looks more like Harrison Ford than most other artist usually make him look. I love it and will keep coming back for more. (thumbs u

 

I'm a big Cassady guy, so this is great news!

 

Me too. Planetary and Astonishing X-Men were both awesome. lol

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After a Spectacular day in shop & online, I thought that I'd update:

 

I guess I did speculate.

My shop ordered 2,000+ Star Wars #1's.

The one million+ print run has me a bit paranoid, so I just reviewed my order.

 

My cost roughly $4,500.

Great product with "legs", ton of interest from civilian Star Wars fans & the LCS regulars alike. I actually have sold to shops that fell short as Diamond is already sold out. Most retailers in my circle are reporting big days.

 

The edge I'm getting is the incentive variants that the shops emptying their bank accounts for shop variants are going to for the most part miss.

 

I was dead balls right with this. Fans are hopping shop to shop looking for the best selection.

 

My gut:

 

STAR WARS #1 BLANK Variant ( no worries here, these will sell eternally in my show stock at $5-$10 depending on guest list. Money in the bank )

I sold them at cover today & moved 25+

 

STAR WARS #1 CHRISTOPHER ACTION FIGURE Variant. ( should sell great at cover price for a month then I can't see it not being an infrequent seller in the $10 range. )

Sold 40 copies at cover price day one. Have 60 left. Online it's slightly above cover.

 

STAR WARS #1 CHRISTOPHER HUMOROUS PARTY Variant. ( Humorous cover, will be lucky to sell at cover price. meh. )

I sold ALL 66 copies today at cover. I under-ordered. Cover is extremely well done & hilarious.

 

 

STAR WARS #1 1:20 PICHELLI Variant ( Dead weight. meh. Loss )

Minimal takers at $10. Sold 7. I'm stuck with a ton.

 

STAR WARS #1 YOUNG Variant ( I'm easily going to sell 50-100 at cover price. My customers adore SY ) This cover was a cover price beast. Sold 90 copies & have other shops begging to buy them.

 

Wrong listing: STAR WARS #1 ROSS SKETCH 1:500 Variant It's a 1:200 ( If my 3 copies are nm, I'll get $400 ea. I have existing customers ) sold three at $99 which is currently market price. It's damn ugly compared to the color masterpiece.

 

STAR WARS #1 ROSS 1:50 Variant ( I'm going to get $40 x 30 easily on this book. This is the most requested in my shop. ) SOLD OUT $30-$60 in shop or on Ebay or Amazon. Killer!

 

STAR WARS #1 QUESADA 1:300 SKETCH VARIANT Wrong data its 1:500 ( struggle to get 5 X $100 for this mediocre cover. ) Sitting online ay $299. NO takers day one

 

STAR WARS #1 QUESADA 1:100 color variant ( honestly lucky to get 15 x $10.meh ) This is a rock solid fifty dollar bill. Sold 8

 

 

STAR WARS #1 MOVIE Variant ( dead weight. loss )

Sold 26 at cover price. Still have 74

 

STAR WARS #1 1:25 MCLEOD Variant ( dead weight loss, I do not have a single copy on preorder ) Sold 7 at cover price. This seems to be the stink finger of the lot.

 

STAR WARS #1 CASSADAY 1:25 TEASER Variant ( another stink bomb. Loss ) Ok. This one sucks too. 7 at cover as well. Damn ugly.

 

STAR WARS #1 CAMPBELL CONNECTING VAR A ( ca$h money. NO problem moving 50 at cover price then 50+ $10+ ) This was a 1:50 and I sold out in shop & online at $30. JSC is a stud.

 

STAR WARS #1 regular 1st print cover. ( 1,500 copies will sell forever. Some at cover price, some at a dollar. Some at $10. This book will NEVER not sell. It's money in the bank ) Shops are ALLREADY out & begging for them at wholesale. I consider this a Quality purchase on my part.

 

 

 

I feel "ok" with my order. I'm glad that I did not go for the shop variant. ( I was VERY close to pulling that trigger )

I truly regret NOT commissioning a variant for my shop or Phantom. This was a missed opportunity.

 

It will be a year long grind, but there is ca$h to be made here for shops, but little meat on the bone for speculators.

( screening & signature series opportunities do abound for collectors though )

I'm profitable day one. Stellar job by Marvel!

 

 

There will be 5,000 "collectors" in for a penny, in for a pound on these. They will build sets.

 

Let's see how it plays out.

 

Good to see that it worked out for you. Some covers were better than others but the worst ones are the McLeod and Cassady (Back of Luke's Head wth two moons).

 

FORBIDDEN PLANET in Manhattan had a 20% off all STAR WARS merchandise sale yesterday so I picked up the J. Scott Campbell for $20 (normally $25). Picked up (2) reg covers to get signed at MIDTOWN COMICS DOWNTOWN tomorrow for the Jason Aaron / John Cassady signing. Picked up just (2) blanks as I'd love to get a Vader and Boba Fett sketch on each one.

 

The lithograph by Skottie Young was really cool, picked that up along with two of the three pins they had avaialble (couldn't find Vader).

 

Marvel, lately, can go crazy with the variants but, in this particular case, it was a gimmick that worked really well to reel in comic fans and people off the street.

 

BTW, Mile High Comics has STAR WARS #2 store variant cover by Humberto Ramos of Darth Vader currently for $15 and it looks so friggin' cool! It was listed on their Facebook site yesterday. Will most likely jump to $20 once the release date comes closer.

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JasonDaTwit

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MILE HIGH COMICS 6 BOOK STAR WARS SET BY HUMBERTO RAMOS!

 

Seems like they commissioned Humberto Ramos to do 6 covers that connect to make a huge piece.

 

They plan on raising their Boba Fett Variant up to $24.95 by Noon Saturday as orders are coming in like crazy for a book with a limited run of 3000 (some of which they plan to hold for future sets and single sales).

 

Here's the 2nd Cover: http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/nice.cgi?action=list&title=JAN159999

 

Here's what it looks like together so far: http://www.milehighcomics.com/images/email/starwars.jpg

 

It leaves Luke, Leia, Han and a final figure. Chewie? Lando? Emperor?

 

Guess we'll find out next month.

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Marvel, lately, can go crazy with the variants but, in this particular case, it was a gimmick that worked really well to reel in comic fans and people off the street.

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Agreed.

I think the overall Star Wars #1 thing was great for fans and comic shops.

Hopefully it keeps them coming back for #2 and #3, and #4, etc, etc.

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So should I buy a Campbell cover raw, or just wait until a CGC'd 9.8 comes out?

 

Depends on which one you're referring to. There's the regular version and the exclusive Han Solo / Jabba the Hutt cover (they have a color as well as a black & white copies available) by THE CARGO HOLD. Check it out here:

 

http://thecargohold.ecwid.com/#!/STAR-WARS-1-TCH-EXCLUSIVE-VARIANTS/c/11719060/offset=0&sort=normal

 

BTW, here's the Loot Crate Version coming this month (not a J Scott Campbell cover but still a cool image):

 

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/01/15/loot-crate-exclusive-star-wars-1-cover/

 

You have about 3 days left to join Loot Crate to get that cover and some other items tied to Donkey Kong and Voltron as part of their REWIND theme for January 2015. Plus you can save $3 off your first order with loot crate.

 

http://www.lootcrate.com/

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They're going variant for issue #2 and the covers (most) look great:

 

Han Action Figure Variant: http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/p-C123123.html

 

Leinil Yu Variant: http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/p-C123125.html

 

Howard Chaykin Variant (This could've been better, IMO): http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/p-C123126.html

 

 

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There were a lot of great variants for #1 and I was tempted to get several but just stuck with one cover figuring that I can get some cheaper in the not to distant future. As far as the story itself, I was impressed and even excited by the end. I love Aaron's work, but was a little afraid he would be somewhat hamstrung by writing well-loved characters and within a long explored canon, but he did a great job. Cassaday's work was superb too. Not only did he create a great likeness for Han, but some of the panels with Leia carried me back to ROTJ :cloud9:

 

Looking at the previews in the back and seeing the good crop of writers slated for the other series, I'm glad that Marvel is throwing some of the big guns at this universe. It should be a fun ride.

 

Well done Marvel :golfclap:

 

 

Edit - reason: misspelling

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They're going variant for issue #2 and the covers (most) look great:

 

Han Action Figure Variant: http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/p-C123123.html

 

Alex Ross Variant: http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/p-C120651.html

 

Leinil Yu Variant: http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/p-C123125.html

 

Howard Chaykin Variant (This could've been better, IMO): http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/p-C123126.html

 

 

Ross is killing it with these Star Wars covers...

Not that he doesn't usually kill it anyway, haha.

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They're going variant for issue #2 and the covers (most) look great:

 

Han Action Figure Variant: http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/p-C123123.html

 

Alex Ross Variant: http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/p-C120651.html

 

Leinil Yu Variant: http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/p-C123125.html

 

Howard Chaykin Variant (This could've been better, IMO): http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/p-C123126.html

 

 

Ross is killing it with these Star Wars covers...

Not that he doesn't usually kill it anyway, haha.

 

That is the cover for Dark Horse's Star Wars #2.

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I picked up the 1:50 JSC, I like it more than the Ross. Almost all the regular covers were damaged in some way, either spine dings or cover creases. I only found 2 that were somewhat decent. All of them had the same problem on the back cover, looks like every copy has a print/roller line going across the lower half. Anyone else in the same boat or was this just my shop?

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I picked up the 1:50 JSC, I like it more than the Ross. Almost all the regular covers were damaged in some way, either spine dings or cover creases. I only found 2 that were somewhat decent. All of them had the same problem on the back cover, looks like every copy has a print/roller line going across the lower half. Anyone else in the same boat or was this just my shop?

 

Same thing I saw. I think CGC is going to have to be liberal on grading these, especially for 9.8's.

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