Frank Miller Ronin Question

[mr_highgrade]

Does anyone know if there was ever a second printing with any of the first 6 issues?

Also, why is the last issue scarcer?

[VintageComics]

The series was a bomb and issues #4-6 were not ordered in nearly the same quantity as the much anticipated issues #1-3....i liked the run but most people were dis-appointed with Miller's work as it was so far away from what he did on DD.

[heartened]

The series was a bomb and issues #4-6 were not ordered in nearly the same quantity as the much anticipated issues #1-3....i liked the run but most people were dis-appointed with Miller's work as it was so far away from what he did on DD.

 

Unfortunately, it was a bomb back then because it was leagues ahead of its time! Only now is it more fully appreciated. The art is also spectacular, with both pencils AND inks by Miller (try finding Miller inks! Not that easy!). I highly recommend it to those who have not read it.

 

Best,

[mr_highgrade]

Thanks for the info.

The reason that I asked about the second printings, is because my 1-3 issues have Vol. 1 on the inside cover, while 4-6 have Vol. 2 inside.

[VintageComics]

The series was a bomb and issues #4-6 were not ordered in nearly the same quantity as the much anticipated issues #1-3....i liked the run but most people were dis-appointed with Miller's work as it was so far away from what he did on DD.

 

Unfortunately, it was a bomb back then because it was leagues ahead of its time! Only now is it more fully appreciated. The art is also spectacular, with both pencils AND inks by Miller (try finding Miller inks! Not that easy!). I highly recommend it to those who have not read it.

 

Best,

 

You are absolutely correct in saying it was ahead of it's time (by 20 years!!)...I was just typing too quick to put everything down...look at Sin City now...people eat it up. I really did love the Ronin run but most of the pblic could not get into it. Did Miller do the colours too, or was that his wife Lynn?

[VintageComics]

oh yeah...."tachi"

[the blob]

mm, i thought ronin was pretty cool at the time. very different. never thought of it as a "bomb", but I wasn't really in the loop, being a kid or in junior high or whatever I was. There are gadjillions of #1 and #2 out there, so from that perspective, DC certainly made some money even if comic shops couldn't sell them all.

 

I think the $2.50 cover price had more to do with it than anything else. That was huge money back then for a younger collecting audience. You REALLY had to dig it to keep on shelling out $2.50. It really hurt my wallet hard.

[shadroch]

I'm guessing the V1/V2 are because of the books being published different years. DC used to change volumes by the calender years,although I thought they stopped that practice by the Direct Era.

[shadroch]

Issue 6 came out months behind schedule.It was solicted/canceled/solicted/canceled so many times I think a lot of people just gave up on it and shop owners didn't order it.In addition,several distributors were in the process of going belly-up that year,so that may have made it even less available. Not that that really mattered.Ronin and Thriller were two of the biggest dogs of the early 80s.

[Sal]

The series was a bomb and issues #4-6 were not ordered in nearly the same quantity as the much anticipated issues #1-3....i liked the run but most people were dis-appointed with Miller's work as it was so far away from what he did on DD.

 

Unfortunately, it was a bomb back then because it was leagues ahead of its time! Only now is it more fully appreciated. The art is also spectacular, with both pencils AND inks by Miller (try finding Miller inks! Not that easy!). I highly recommend it to those who have not read it.

 

Best,

 

100% agree. pretty sure the talented Ms. Varley did the colours

[ashrael]

That was a great series. I actually think I have about 3+ sets of the mini for some reason...time for eBay I guess

[sckao]

 

It was a great series... but unfortunately, they're commonly found in the dollar bins nowadays.