Popular Post Qalyar Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 Black Hole 12 was released 9 years after the series started, so needless to say, interest had waned a little bit. 4324 copies ordered per Comichron, but Fantagraphics did a lot of nonstandard distribution; still, total copies are probably in the ~5500 range at best. Pleased that CGC gave it the "last issue" notation. Another 12-issue run, but this one sadly didn't get a "Last issue" call-out. Also sad that I couldn't squeak out a 9.8 here. And, yeah, I know, literally no one else here cares about Midnight Nation, but it has a lot of personal significance for me. And hey, here's a thread where it's on-topic to post about it. Pirates of Dark Water was a 6-issue mini based on the under-rated cartoon series. This is issue 9 of 6. They apparently felt it sold well enough to warrant continuing the run past the original series end. This last issue inexplicably has a fantastic Charles Vess cover that doesn't match any of the artwork used anywhere else in the title. And yes, this series had both direct market and newsstand distribution; this newsstand 9 presents tolerably well despite a couple significant, unfortunate defects. These are surprisingly not-growing-on-trees for early '90s books. I have an Animaniacs 59 around here somewhere that I really wanted to post in this thread, but it's not where I thought it was, so there's going to have to be some box searching in my near future. Morganmi, the authority, Off Panel and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MAR1979 Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) Cover dated May 1979 was a bloodbath for Marvel Titles. Howard The Duck #31 was also cancelled that month but more than half a decade later would have 2 more issues as movie tie-in. Invaders #40 also another intended cancellation but 4 months later the final issue #41 was published which tied up many loose ends. Lastly John Carter was cancelled with issue #24 however due to contractual reasons the next 4 issues would see print starting with #25 two months later. After researching May 1979 cover dated Marvels, in my opinion it was their version of the DC implosion. Not pictured are Rawhide Kid 151 and Spotlight (Hanna-Barbera) 4. I don't have have scans of my raw's for those. Edited July 4, 2023 by MAR1979 musicmeta, BlowUpTheMoon, nmtg9 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MAR1979 Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) Placed a minimum $20 bid just for laughs. Joke was on me no one else bid.... Highest on census Edited October 21, 2022 by MAR1979 Off Panel, BigLeagueCHEW, electricprune and 5 others 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR1979 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Invaders #41 as mentioned earlier. jdandns and BigLeagueCHEW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MAR1979 Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 johnenock, Gonzimodo, jdandns and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MAR1979 Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 Last DC Western Book published for many years. Jasonmorris1000000, Brandon Shepherd, MisterX and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR1979 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 The cover blurb of "Collectors Item" is wrong! Originally on sale Oct 1980 and not really a collectors item even 42 years later Morganmi, jdandns and Gonzimodo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MAR1979 Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) There was a flip animation cut-out in this issue, given that and the low last issue production I'd expect High Grade Census Pop #'s to stay very tiny on this one. Found an animated gif of the cut-out on a blog many years ago. Edited April 23, 2023 by MAR1979 ADAMANTIUM, Browns81, Sillydiabetic and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MAR1979 Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) Don't want to monopolize the thread. After this one will hold off for a while. I love last/final issues and have a lot of them. Oddly enough never realized how many I had until I began scanning my stuff a year ago it was at that moment I realized i was a last issue collector. Adams Cover. Excellent interior art in this one. IMHO one of Staton's defining DC works. Edited October 22, 2022 by MAR1979 Doctor Dositheus, Browns81, Jesse-Lee and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ADAMANTIUM Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 I think for now, but may be more issues later? MAR1979, Off Panel, Mmehdy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Larryw7, Namtak, Raze and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jdandns Posted October 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2022 Awesome thread. I meant to start one like this some time ago and call it "Last Issue Special", a play on the short-lived 70's DC tryout series, "First Issue Special". I thought maybe one already existed, but I was too lazy to go back and check, so I never did it. Anyway, this one's just fine, and here's a few contributions: Jesse-Lee, Morganmi, ADAMANTIUM and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmeta Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 anybody have a "Flash Comics" #104 to post here. Now that's a last issue to me! 1950's war comics, ADAMANTIUM, MAR1979 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Readcomix Posted October 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2022 Morganmi, PeterPark, ADAMANTIUM and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Readcomix Posted October 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2022 Morganmi, Jasonmorris1000000, musicmeta and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jesse-Lee Posted October 22, 2022 Author Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 10/21/2022 at 6:11 PM, MAR1979 said: Don't want to monopolize the thread. After this one will hold off for a while. I love last/final issues and have a lot of them. Oddly enough never realized how many I had until I began scanning my stuff a year ago it was at that moment I realized i was a last issue collector. Adams Cover. Excellent interior art in this one. IMHO one of Staton's defining DC works. I love this book and have one raw, and I never realized it was the last issue! MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jonathan78 Posted October 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2022 Love collecting last issues. Here is a recent dollar box find jdandns, Jesse-Lee, Morganmi and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 10/22/2022 at 10:22 PM, Jonathan78 said: Love collecting last issues. Here is a recent dollar box find Words cannot express how awful that Eidolon armour looks. It was ugly back then, and time hasn't been any kinder to it. BigLeagueCHEW and Jonathan78 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Morganmi Posted October 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2022 Mmehdy, Larryw7, OtherEric and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
