Lets see your books that have 50 or fewer copies on the Census 15 15

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Only 8 total census. 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Only 2 in census. 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Only 5 total in census. 

 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Only 13 total in census.  Also this is one of the Printers Proof of which they only made 50. 

 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

37 total ninth print in census 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Only 12 total in census 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Only 7 total in census 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

24 total in census 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

21 total in census 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Only 6 total in census 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

32 total in census 

[Iconic1s]

On 8/17/2021 at 4:54 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Only 6 total in census 

Beautiful books!  Here’s a nice companion, Centennial Park during inclement weather!  Only this one in the census 

[C. Spaulding]

8 copies

[tbshay]

First appearance Richie Rich and Little Lotta.  Only 38 in census!  Bought this in the 90s from an Australian seller...

 

[JazzMan]

13 in the census.  This one if part of Otto Binder's collection - has his typed name and notes inside including "Story from cover not in magazine" or something to that affect.

[JazzMan]

There's 65 total in the census of this edition but 23 SS.  With how actors are charging these days, can you imagine the small fortune it would cost these days to get all these people (11 in total) to get it signed and witnessed?

 

[Qalyar]

I have a lot of slabs with under 50 copies on the census. Some, like the various issues of Midnight Nation, are there because they have essentially zero FMV, so saner people don't consider slabbing them. But here's one (that I have probably posted about before) that's worth a bit more... and is kind of interesting.

After completing Black Hole, Charles Burns partnered with comic/art publisher Alvin Buenaventura to put out this wonderfully weird book. It's basically an artist's sketchbook rather than a comic book, strictly speaking. There's no plot or story or dialogue, just reproductions of the sketches Burns used while creating Black Hole. It's absolutely a prestige piece, though. Sort of the coffee table art book of comics. The cover is a high grade translucent vellum, and the pages are a heavyweight archival paper. It isn't stapled either, but bound together with hand-strung black linen thread.

This book is number 22 of 400, stamped in blue ink and signed by Burns on the inside back cover. There exists a separately numbered run of 100 books that are hand-numbered and have an extra unique sketch by Burns tipped in.

Burns is really, really popular in the European art-comic scene, and a ton of these disappeared into that circle of collectors. Copies are not regularly available for sale online at all. When they do appear, prices in the $150-200 range for the series of 400 aren't unreasonable (I've seen some cheaper ones, but with considerable cover damage). Copies from the series of 100 go for quite a bit more than that because prices for Burns OA -- even tiny unpublished ones -- have gotten crazy over the past few years.

This 9.4 copy is the top of the census. And the bottom of the census. It's ... the only one on the census!

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 8/17/2021 at 10:33 PM, Qalyar said:

top of the census. And the bottom of the census

Met a girl who was like this once...

 

 

 

Spoiler

Awesome book btw.

 

[Kerdese]

[HotKey]

Only 4 on census, scarce final issue. 1 9.8 exists.