awakeintheashes Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) Creating a thread for this book before it launches next month, and to discuss story instead of market trends. Looks like the book cracked 70,000 sales according to the article below and the writer’s newsletter. So, there appears to be some interest err...hype err...both for it, so figured why not. BC keeps hyping the shared superhero universe idea at Image, as you’ll see in the article, but I have no idea how this would work nowadays. Either way, food for thought. Also, there looks to be virgin variants for issue #1 limited to 50 and 100 copies respectively available through the newsletter. Not sure if there are any still available. Radiant Black #1 by Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa Tops 70,000 Orders Newsletter I never read his Power Rangers or Ultraman, but thought COWL was pretty cool. Thoughts? Edited January 23, 2021 by awakeintheashes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnexus Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I think this series is going to be fire. The previews of it and the endorsements are all pretty solid. It does have the downfall of it being not a sleeper hit, but at 70,000 copies, there's going to be a lot of people buying in and pumping this up for their own gain. There's a handful of other exclusive variants besides the ones in that newsletter, but I think the 50/100 limiteds are going to be ones to get. People are already trying to sell them for $1500. (Which is nuts.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 12 minutes ago, Tnexus said: I think this series is going to be fire. The previews of it and the endorsements are all pretty solid. It does have the downfall of it being not a sleeper hit, but at 70,000 copies, there's going to be a lot of people buying in and pumping this up for their own gain. There's a handful of other exclusive variants besides the ones in that newsletter, but I think the 50/100 limiteds are going to be ones to get. People are already trying to sell them for $1500. (Which is nuts.) Yeah, that’s a huge number. It looks cool, but not sure if 70,000 sales cool. Who knows. When did Image start doing store and ratio variants again? I’ve seen a lot of newer image books getting the store exclusive treatment and this one also has a 1:10, 1:25, and a 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carter3175 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 15 minutes ago, awakeintheashes said: Yeah, that’s a huge number. It looks cool, but not sure if 70,000 sales cool. Who knows. When did Image start doing store and ratio variants again? I’ve seen a lot of newer image books getting the store exclusive treatment and this one also has a 1:10, 1:25, and a 1:50 I'm going in on this book. I'm not going to lie, I still suffer from Image abandonment. I'm up to 5 copies of 1:50 and maybe 6 of the 1:25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, carter3175 said: I'm going in on this book. I'm not going to lie, I still suffer from Image abandonment. I'm up to 5 copies of 1:50 and maybe 6 of the 1:25. hey, if they are doing the shared universe and pull it off, it will satiate the appetite for a lot of nostalgic folks who grew up with the early Image stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnexus Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 23 minutes ago, awakeintheashes said: Yeah, that’s a huge number. It looks cool, but not sure if 70,000 sales cool. Who knows. When did Image start doing store and ratio variants again? I’ve seen a lot of newer image books getting the store exclusive treatment and this one also has a 1:10, 1:25, and a 1:50 They've done a couple in the past, but I don't think they're that common. I think Image is banking on this series heavily to complete with Marvel and DC's superhero universes, so they're pulling out all the stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tnexus said: They've done a couple in the past, but I don't think they're that common. I think Image is banking on this series heavily to complete with Marvel and DC's superhero universes, so they're pulling out all the stops. Seems that way. Is Eric Stephenson still in charge over there? This seems like the antithesis of what his vision for Image was 5-6 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Bain Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 For those interested, the limited signed foil edition 100 copy is selling over $300 on eBay in auctions and the 50 copy has been selling over $500. These are the raw copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygogolak Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 On 1/23/2021 at 8:19 PM, awakeintheashes said: Seems that way. Is Eric Stephenson still in charge over there? This seems like the antithesis of what his vision for Image was 5-6 years ago. Stephenson is still Publisher. They started doing them again with Reborn. Probably b/c of the creative team on that and realized that they could be making more money with variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 13 minutes ago, ygogolak said: Stephenson is still Publisher. They started doing them again with Reborn. Probably b/c of the creative team on that and realized that they could be making more money with variants. It makes sense, and with Boom stepping up its game, Image will probably rethink some of its previous stances on things like this to compete, if that’s what they want to do. Radiant Black sold around 70K copies of its first issue, Crossover has broken the 100k sales mark, and it’s looking like Nocterra will cross 100k with its first issue. Crazy times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bob Bain said: For those interested, the limited signed foil edition 100 copy is selling over $300 on eBay in auctions and the 50 copy has been selling over $500. These are the raw copies. Not bad for the $35 and $50 buy-in...I think that’s what it was. Wonder what the CGC SS copies will sell for when they come back. Edited February 4, 2021 by awakeintheashes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Bain Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 I know one copy of the SS CGC (100 copy) variant sold for $500 and that a 50 copy variant sold for $800 on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnexus Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 5 hours ago, Bob Bain said: I know one copy of the SS CGC (100 copy) variant sold for $500 and that a 50 copy variant sold for $800 on eBay. The fact that the person is guaranteeing 9.8s is suspect. The listing to slab it never promised a grade. Bob Bain, Second Blight and awakeintheashes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Bain Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Tnexus said: The fact that the person is guaranteeing 9.8s is suspect. The listing to slab it never promised a grade. Agreed. Although there is the chance he paid extra for the guaranteed 9.8 slabs-which I do believe was an option. I bought mine with the non 9.8 guaranteed CGC slab, but I think there was a more expensive option for that 9.8. Edited February 5, 2021 by Bob Bain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygogolak Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 14 hours ago, awakeintheashes said: It makes sense, and with Boom stepping up its game, Image will probably rethink some of its previous stances on things like this to compete, if that’s what they want to do. Radiant Black sold around 70K copies of its first issue, Crossover has broken the 100k sales mark, and it’s looking like Nocterra will cross 100k with its first issue. Crazy times. Are these all returnable though? Also, BRZRKR is reportedly over 600k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 48 minutes ago, ygogolak said: Are these all returnable though? Also, BRZRKR is reportedly over 600k. No idea. I just didn't think I'd see an Image book sell 100K a month as often as we are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnexus Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Bob Bain said: Agreed. Although there is the chance he paid extra for the guaranteed 9.8 slabs-which I do believe was an option. I bought mine with the non 9.8 guaranteed CGC slab, but I think there was a more expensive option for that 9.8. Apparently the guy bought half the stock. So 25 copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Looks like Higgins now has his own imprint at Image. Maybe this sets up for the shared universe BC and others were talking about. Kyle Higgins' Black Market Narrative, With New Comic With Mat Groom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Just finished issue #1. Good stuff. Good way to set things up, and I thought the dialogue was well written and pretty funny in some parts. I'll be getting #2. carter3175 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carter3175 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 I can't wait until I get my copies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
