Saga of the Swamp Thing Hardcovers

[warburger]

Hello fellow boardies,

 

How come the last three hardcover volumes (vol. 4-6) of Alan Moore 's Swamp Thing are so expensive? Do these have a lower print run compared against the first three volumes?

 

Thanks!

[pmpknface]

That's likely part if it, but they are likely also out of print too.

[warburger]

Thanks for the response.

 

When you say OOP, you mean it isn't reprinted anymore in any format?

 

Unlike Sandman, which might have classic first printing hardcovers, but its stories are constantly reprinted in SC, HC, Omnibus, Absolute, etc?

[roach04]

Those are still available in soft cover but both Marvel and DC seem to stop producing the HCs as soon as the TPBs are available. It's irritating if you miss something in HC on release b/c your only method of finding it (via retail) is the old fashioned way - hit a bunch of local comic shops and see who still has one on the shelf.

 

(Or see if you can find one on these boards!)

 

 

[Bronty]

What do they go for?

[revat]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=swamp+thing+hardcover&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc

 

book 4 sold for $69 on ebay in vg condition.

 

That's a spicy meatball.

 

Worth every penny though.

[JasonDaTwit]

I bought these when they originally came out as I heard great things about the stories but never read them before.

 

After reading the whole set, I can understand why everyone talks about how great this run is. I lucked out getting them when I did.

[Loukayza]

eBaying my set this weekend i think. Read it and loved it, but I don't think I'd re-read.

 

Thanks for the heads-up......

 

 

[warburger]

I finally completed them hardcovers.

 

[Brandon Shepherd]

Congratulations, they look soooooo good together in hardback!

[Ken Aldred]

I read the run again a short while back. Consistently excellent gothic horror.

[warburger]

Thanks guys!

[SquareChaos]

Nice work - finished my set a few years back, it's one of the few I know I'll never get rid of.

[MediumLover]

 

[warburger]

Nice SC and ML!

[MediumLover]

Thanks!

[Brandon Shepherd]

This thread almost makes me want to hunt down the hardbacks, I have all the soft covers.

[SquareChaos]

After I finished my set, I kept running into available copies of the two volumes that I had originally had trouble finding

 

Maybe there were new printings, or maybe that's just how the world works, but it's a nice set of hardcovers all things considered, and they look nice on the shelf.

 

Also, there's a nice surprise under the dust jacket of the first volume - it's a shame they didn't continue this on the other four volumes with different art work.

 

[Mr. 10%]

After I finished my set, I kept running into available copies of the two volumes that I had originally had trouble finding

 

Maybe there were new printings, or maybe that's just how the world works, but it's a nice set of hardcovers all things considered, and they look nice on the shelf.

 

Also, there's a nice surprise under the dust jacket of the first volume - it's a shame they didn't continue this on the other four volumes with different art work.

 

 

im torn between getting these HCs or a nice run of the individual books #20-60 roughly?

[Martin Sinescu]

This thread almost makes me want to hunt down the hardbacks, I have all the soft covers.

 

I'm still missing one or two of the later ones, but I checked within the last month or so and it seems like prices on the HC's have gotten a little more reasonable, so this might not be a bad time to upgrade. Are the softcovers also on the newsprint-like paper? That's one thing I really love about the HC's is that they still present the interiors like the original format.