These have been a blast. Lots of conversations coming out of them, so let’s continue.
Make sure you let us know your pick ups this week. Anything new and any drops.
Also for an open forum conversation starter, Do you collect anything else?
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Will post my pick ups tomorrow morning.
I have been getting the Funko Reaction action figures. 12 total on my shelf at work now. All horror figures which freaks out my staff a little.
I have been out of toys for a long while and sold off most of my action figures, but between these and blind pack vinyl mini figures, I pick one toy up a week for my shelves.
I picked up the original blue carded Alien Reaction figures when they came out. The $100 Alien Reaction playset was a bit overpriced for something I thought should have been no more than $40. The last toys I bought before that was a Masterpiece Soundwave and an Iron Giant figure.
Ok, My pick ups I said I would cut back but man….
Wicked and Divine #5
Stray bullets Killers #8
Five Ghosts #13 Third Eye Kyle Strahm Variant
Five Ghosts #13 Blank Sketch Variant (Chris Mooneyham is coming to town this weekend and hoping to get a sketch done and submit it for grading
Haunted Horror #13
Letter 44 #11
Southern Dogs #2
Night Breed #6
Edward Scissorhands #1 Sub Variant
Colder: The Bad Seed #1 (glad to see this back)
Zero #11
Sheltered #12
Walking Dead #133
Goners #1 Phantom
Revival #24
Memetic #1
Creeps #1 (A Warren Style horror Mag. I think these could get some heat as they are very similar to creepy from warren)
Copra 9,10,11 (Just because)
Anyone speculating on Static # 1 ? New live action series was announced officially….not as easy to find as you may think….
Not yet but will dig into it now.
I picked up some from Atomic Avenue today..still some left,not many though….
Amazon has a few at 9.95 plus shipping. Midtown had some, but not anymore. ?
I collect comic book writer’s and artist’s first works. Hellboy’s Mike Mignola in Comic Book Reader. Saga’s Brian K Vaughn in Tales of Apocalypse. Rat Queen’s Kurt Wiebe in Beautiful Creatures. Prophet’s Brandon Graham in October Yen. Orc Stain’s James Stokoe in Rival Schools. I get a lot of books signed at conventions.
I do a lot of signings as well. Keep ine from every signing i do. Did an impromptu J Scott Campbell signing at NYCC. Had the Midtown Sabrina JSC varianta signed and they sild like crazy. I have seen the Comic Book Readers with Mignola covers and the first one that featured a barbarian chick on the letters page or in the midst of an article. They are hard to come by and his style is still so raw in them. It was hard to tell it was him. They are cool and rare.
I buy/sell a lot of video games, mostly vintage – especially Nintendo
The Portland Retro Video Game Convention was this weekend. Half sales floor/half arcade. Had to miss it due to a cold. Watched Video Games: The Movie on Netflix instead.
Whats up everyone it’s Mel here with your morning report… rainy day here in Gotham so the lines going into the store were light.. and so were the copies of wool #4 maybe like 8 on the shelf.. surprise that there were copies of enormous second print still on the shelf.Saw one guy who might be a reader here lol pick up like 5 Meme .town called dragon #2 were also scarce
.I love the art on this book and the cover is sexy. Speaking of covers.. I had no idea there was a 3rd sneaky cover for Edward scissor hands could be something to look into.. 13 coins also had a sweet incentive cover.. deadpool and ghostrider cover looked cool also but for 25 asking price I choose to pass. Well till next week happy speculating
My week’s pulls/pickups:
Edward Scissorhands #1 (Cult classic, if you are in your late twenties or thirties, I know your picking this one up)
Five Ghosts #13 (Fun fun read. Pick it up if you haven’t already)
Revival #24 (Still hanging on to this drama, it still grabs my interest each issue)
Sheltered #12 (Underrated if you ask me, too bad it’s ending soon, I would have loved more character development and build up with more issues)
Starlight #6 (The only Millar I’m reading and it’s ending, of course he jacked the price up a few bucks to end it)
Walking Dead #133 (Duh!)
ASM #8 (Edge of Spider-Verse tie in)
Avengers #37 (I’m an Avengers junkie)
Wool #4 (Scarce at the local shop today, only about 4 copies and none at my usual shop. Good read, last issue left build up continues in this issue)
Town Called Dragon #2 (Good stuff, I really enjoyed the first issue, a modern day Dragon story)
Oh and I also picked up God Hates Astronauts #1 2nd printing.
Nope, passed on Starlight, no matter how much i enjoyed it. Will get out of the dollar bin later
Haha, yeah, if I did that I’d forget about it and never finish the story. 😉
Millar will not get another extra dollar off me again.
I think after this one I’m gonna avoid any new stuff from Millar. I’ll just wait until I can get them all for cheap or get the TPB for cheap off TFAW when they have a nick and dent sale.
Going to the Peral Jam concert tonight, so I won’t be getting my pulls until tomorrow…but I got Five ghosts #13, Walking dead, and the Flash Ottley monster variant becuase it looks so cool. oh, and a couple ghost rider/deadpool variants in the mail.
I was pretty hard into collecting star wars a few years back. I started with the hasbro, but then their release schedules became jacked up and I couldn’t find anything new on the shelves. Going to Walmart in the middle of the night when they were unpacking their fresh toys was not my idea of fun either.
Then I jumped into the big leagues and started collecting Gentle Giant mini busts, Sideshow sixth scale, and bought a couple Sideshow mythos statues (Kenobi and Fett mythos are my prized possesions). I still have them all, they are super cool, but got so expensive. and of course their release schedules were always being pushed back. ended up diverting all my collectible funds into comics instead. I have a couple more sideshow sixth scales on payment plans, but that may be the end of it unless something super cool comes out. wish we could post pics here!
Comments accept html code i think. Random posts pics and videos all the time
(Edward Scissorhands #1) x1 Retailer incentive variant, 10 or 12 regular covers left. It’s a very sweet story and I’m glad to see someone doing something with such a great character.
(Wool #4) x2 , There were maybe 4 left.
(13 Coins #1) x2 Phantom variant, large stack of these available at my local. Bought this to see what Simon Bisley is doing now and was satisfied. Good action, seemless exposition, basically read like, as many comics do now, an action movie. Left me leaning toward picking up the next issue but not lown away.
(Southern Dogs #2) x2, Sold out at my shop and a compelling read so far.
(Letter 44 #11), The great story and satisfying pace hasn’t disappointed me yet.
(Zero #11), The title which just continues to strike a chord with me in terms of style and presentation – it’s unlike anything out there.
Always waiting on a Waterworld ongoing… until then Zero and Rat Queens are hands down my favorite books.
Ah yeah, I forgot to list Letter 44 myself which yes, I’ve been enjoying this one as well.
LCS trip – Five Ghosts 13, Walking Dead 133, 3x EoSV 2 (i thought these had all dried up?), Catwoman 35
EoSV 2 are gone in my area. Checked today
Arkaham Manor (which I can’t even talk about the premise without laughing.)
Butterfly
Five Ghosts
Goners
Letter 44 (one of my faves, right there with:
Lazarus
Multiversity (though you wouldn’t know it by the cover)
Southern Dog
ASM
and Wool (heads up 5 of 6 and the trade ship next week)
This week will be a good week to catch up on some reading.
I grew tired or Wicked + Divine with issue 3, and I was never a big fan of Mr. Scissorhands in the first place.
And no other real collecting. Used to collect books, records, and assorted nicknacks, but one good hurricane put an end to those days.
The Trade has been available at Walmart.com for a while. And saw them at my LCS last week.
D’oh! Forgot Secret Avengers – I love that book.
Yeah, I dropped Wicked + Divine after issue 2, not enough to keep me buying.
Afternoon early evening report 13 coin gone in almost all mom and pop stores the bigger chains had a few left
For those that picked up Memetic, how was it? Sat on the fence for this one and decide not to pick it up and grabbed another copy of TWD 132 instead.
Very cool and well written. Really made me think.
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I’ll have to swing by the LCS and grab a copy then
Today I picked up:
ASM 8
wool 4 x2 ( still about 6 copies left LCS)
Harley Quinn 11( for the wife)
arkham manor ( just to see what it will be all about)
Memetic #1
Edward scissorhands #1( one of my wife’s favorite movie)
Couldn’t get any 13 coins #1 no one had them and the LCS that did ordered them got damaged ones so that sucked.
My local comic book store is selling EoSV 2 for $8 should I get some copies?