Market report by comics historian Terry Hoknes – hoknes@hotmail.com of www.HoknesComics.com
Every month Diamond Distributors reports the top 300 best selling highest ordered new comic books of the month
Retailers order new products 2 months in advance and must predict how well new comics will sell for them.
What happens every month is some titles are over-ordered and some retailers under-order.
As a stereotypical rule most retail shops will order extra heavy on all DC and Marvel titles knowing they might have potentially longer shelf life. All other smaller publishers most retailers will NOT take the same risk with financially.
Therefore the best selling comics of the year are predictably from the “big 2″ publishers and the smallest print runs and books that sell out the quickest are from the smallest publishers.
Let’s analyze the best selling comics of the past month. In the following list I will make notes of any comics I believe stand out specifically for having higher or lower orders than might have been expected. This will strongly affect the future back issue prices of these comics.
Batman holds continuously as the best selling ongoing series but sales have been down and sales this month were so poor in comic shops that only 1 comic sold over 100,000 copies.
Harley Quinn sales stay decently strong and each issue has been selling out and going to 2nd prints. If popularity stays up the early issues could eventually become valuable for future collectors.
Walking Dead – same as Harley Quinn. Orders are quite high but issues do sell out and many go to 2nd prints. If the TV series continues for a few more years these issues are likely to see price increases for future collectors. Walking Dead has 2 issues in the top 10 – this is a first for the title ever!
2014 is the year that Marvel is restarting all their series with new #1′s. None of them had crazy high orders and since Marvel only prints whats ordered they all sell out and have 2nd prints immediately.
Some very major series debut with decent but definitely not impressive numbers: Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Punisher, Ms Marvel.
Ms Marvel had the most hype of the 4 and yet had the smallest order and sold out. Marvel debuted other titles with even smaller print runs yet so these are the ones to watch out for if the public enjoys them.
Batman Jokers Daughter #1 continued its popularity and decent 51,000 orders.
Most of DC’s issues hit #28 this month and many steampunk variant covers that are all the rage right now. With the regular covers having print runs of only about 35,000 the variants will be a lot less common than the big print books. Action / Wonder Woman etc.
Looking at the rest of the list with a quick overview I will mention titles that I think the print runs were too high or too low.
If the print runs were too high then those copies are just gonna sit on shelves.
If the print runs were too low it likely sold out immediately at Diamond and in comic shops and has the best chance of all new comics to go up in value quickly.
PRINT RUNS TOO HIGH ?
As usual most Marvel/DC/Dark Horse comics do not sell out and retailers take bigger chances making these books unlikely to ever go up in value.
PRINT RUNS TOO LOW ?
Devils Hopyard #1 – 2,200 from Arrden Entertainment sold out instantly and hit $15.00 already
Black Science #4 came in at a decent 26,000. This was the best selling Image comic of the month (not counting Walking Dead). Sales have only slightly picked up so its likely going to be another sellout for this issue which keeps going to 2nd prints.
Lazarus and Deadly Class are the only 2 other Image titles that still sell over 20,000 copies. Image sales overall keep dropping on almost all titles.
Manifest Destiny #4 13,200 – why is the hottest comic on Earth so underordered by retailers !?!?!??!
Revenger #1 17,300 / Fuse #1 15,900 / Undertow #1 #1 14,800 / Apocalypse Al #1 #1 14,000 / Mercenary Sea #1 #1 10,700 / One Hit Wonder #1 #1 9,700
Once again Image comics debuts a bunch of new series this month and the sales keep dropping month to month. Any quality books are selling out quickly in advance at Diamond and retailers are not taking any chances.
Here are the Image comics that sold less than 5,000 copies this month:
Bounce #10 4,900 / Drumhellar #4 4,500 / Minimum Wage #2 4,100 / Krampus #3 4,000 / Voice In The Dark #4 3,400 / Think Tank #12 2,900 /
Royals Masters Of War #1 – new DC title with great reviews small orders at 12,700.
Cryptozoic Man #4 11,200 – still fairly small orders for the last issue of this popular series
Bunker #1 10,300 – sold out instantly with talks of a new movie – instant price increases.
Steam Wars #4 – a new issue of Star Wars done steampunk style – small print run as usual at only 1,500 copies.
PRINT RUNS – TOSS UP ?
Turok Dinosaur Hunter #1 – many variant covers with print run of 30,000 – still a high number and it did sell out but the variants will have over inflated demand so hard to say the future of this one.
Vampire Diaries #2 – TV show from DC major publisher but print run only 6,000 – either demand is not there any longer or retailers are not taking any chances.
GI Joe Comics – there are a lot of new series released each month but most have print runs only about 5,000 – long run these books could be harder to find.
White Suits #1 – Dark Horse 5,000 – very safe print run
DC Villains Month 3D cover 2nd print complete set – only 2,200 sets at $199.99 were made making these 2nd print 3D covers very rare for a DC product. Demand could possibly grow for the more popular ones like Jokers Daughter and Harley Quinn.
Manifest Destiny #1 – 3rd printing – print run only 1,800 copies – demand is so high for this title that 3rd print might go up in value.
Best Selling comics of Jan 2014 – interesting books to note for high or low sales:
Comic-book Title Issue Price Publisher Est. sales
1 Batman 28 $3.99 DC 114,089
2 Forever Evil 5 $3.99 DC 92,014
3 Wolverine 1 $3.99 Marvel 88,923
4 Superior Spider-Man 27.NOW $3.99 Marvel 86,405
5 Justice League 28 $3.99 DC 80,901
6 Superior Spider-Man 28 $3.99 Marvel 75,477
7 Fantastic Four 1 $3.99 Marvel 65,775
8 Walking Dead 121 $2.99 Image 65,244
9 Walking Dead 122 $2.99 Image 64,810
10 All New X-Men 23 $3.99 Marvel 64,625
11 Harley Quinn 3 $2.99 DC 63,967
12 Avengers 26 $3.99 Marvel 59,775
13 Batman Superman 8 $3.99 DC 58,138
14 Detective Comics 28 $3.99 DC 56,619
15 Justice League of America 12 $3.99 DC 56,259
16 Uncanny X-Men 17 $3.99 Marvel 56,163
17 Guardians of Galaxy 12 $3.99 Marvel 55,454
18 Punisher 1 $3.99 Marvel 54,558
19 Origin II 3 $3.99 Marvel 53,640
20 Uncanny Avengers 17 $3.99 Marvel 53,181
21 X-Men 10.NOW $3.99 Marvel 52,486
22 Batman Jokers Daughter 1 $4.99 DC 51,066
23 New Avengers 14 $3.99 Marvel 50,668
24 Ms Marvel 1 $2.99 Marvel 50,286
25 Green Lantern Red Lanterns 28 $2.99 DC 49,200
26 Amazing X-Men 4 $3.99 Marvel 48,161
27 X-Men 11 $3.99 Marvel 47,498
28 X-Force 1 $3.99 Marvel 47,427
29 Wolverine 2 $3.99 Marvel 47,339
30 New Warriors 1 $3.99 Marvel 45,765
31 Superman Wonder Woman 5 $3.99 DC 44,847
32 Batman And Two Face 28 $2.99 DC 43,380
33 The Star Wars 5 $3.99 Dark Horse 42,686
34 Thor God of Thunder 19.NOW $3.99 Marvel 42,034
35 Loki Agent of Asgard 1 $2.99 Marvel 41,921
36 She-Hulk 1 $2.99 Marvel 41,894
37 Deadpool 23 $2.99 Marvel 41,204
38 Deadpool 24 $2.99 Marvel 41,130
39 Avengers World 3 $3.99 Marvel 39,999
40 Hawkeye 15 $2.99 Marvel 39,546
41 Kick-Ass 3 6 $4.99 Marvel 39,534
42 Serenity Leaves On The Wind 2* $3.50 Dark Horse 38,630
43 Night of Living Deadpool 3 $3.99 Marvel 37,974
44 Nightwing 28 $2.99 DC 36,940
45 Captain America 16.NOW $3.99 Marvel 36,534
46 Wolverine And X-Men 41 $3.99 Marvel 35,800
47 Earth 2 20 $2.99 DC 35,732
48 Forever Evil Arkham War 5 $2.99 DC 35,564
49 Batman The Dark Knight 28 $2.99 DC 35,455
50 Wolverine and X-Men 42 $4.99 Marvel 35,392
51 Action Comics 28 $3.99 DC 35,305
52 Aquaman 28 $2.99 DC 34,939
53 Batgirl 28 $2.99 DC 34,567
54 Superman 28 $2.99 DC 34,296
55 Flash 28 $2.99 DC 33,853
56 Captain America 17 $3.99 Marvel 33,312
57 Justice League 3000 3 $2.99 DC 33,308
58 All New Invaders 2 $3.99 Marvel 32,293
59 Punisher 2 $3.99 Marvel 31,709
60 Daredevil 36 $2.99 Marvel 31,494
61 Wonder Woman 28 $2.99 DC 31,464
62 Indestructible Hulk 19 $3.99 Marvel 31,192
63 Winter Soldier Bitter March 1 $3.99 Marvel 31,137
64 Star Wars 14 $2.99 Dark Horse 30,828
65 Turok Dinosaur Hunter 1* $3.99 Dynamic Forces 30,722
66 Justice League Dark 28 $3.99 DC 30,519
67 All New X-Factor 3 $3.99 Marvel 29,915
68 Iron Man 21 $3.99 Marvel 29,546
69 Green Lantern Corps 28 $2.99 DC 29,142
70 Black Widow 3 $3.99 Marvel 28,127
71 Green Lantern New Guardians 28 $2.99 DC 27,212
72 Mighty Avengers 6 $3.99 Marvel 27,195
73 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic 16 $3.99 IDW 26,942
74 Wake 6 $2.99 DC 26,843
75 Batman Black & White 6 $4.99 DC 26,744
76 Teen Titans 28 $2.99 DC 26,732
77 Green Arrow 28 $2.99 DC 26,725
78 Mighty Avengers 7 $3.99 Marvel 26,512
79 Nova 13.NOW $3.99 Marvel 26,147
80 Iron Man Annual 1 $4.99 Marvel 26,047
81 Miracleman 3 $4.99 Marvel 25,970
82 Superior Carnage Annual 1 $4.99 Marvel 25,806
83 Cataclysm Ultimates Last Stand 5 $3.99 Marvel 25,752
84 Black Science 4 $3.50 Image 25,713
85 Worlds Finest 20 $2.99 DC 25,585
86 Savage Wolverine 15 $3.99 Marvel 25,190
87 Catwoman 28 $2.99 DC 23,974
88 Forever Evil Rogues Rebellion 5 $2.99 DC 23,725
89 Thunderbolts 22 $2.99 Marvel 23,629
90 Supergirl 28 $2.99 DC 23,567
91 Red Hood And The Outlaws 28 $2.99 DC 23,236
92 Suicide Squad 28 $2.99 DC 22,882
93 Injustice Year Two 2 $2.99 DC 22,703
94 Superior Spider-Man Team Up 10 $3.99 Marvel 22,124
95 Mlp Friendship Is Magic 100 Penny Press 1 $1.00 IDW 21,957
96 Superman Lois Lane 1 $4.99 DC 21,550
97 Lazarus 6 $2.99 Image 21,198
98 Deadly Class 2* $3.50 Image 21,159
99 My Little Pony Friends Forever 2 $3.99 IDW 20,676
100 Batwoman 28 $2.99 DC 20,672
101 Constantine 11 $2.99 DC 20,385
102 Avengers Assemble 24 $3.99 Marvel 20,059
103 Secret Avengers 15 $3.99 Marvel 20,059
104 Secret Avengers 16 $3.99 Marvel 20,022
105 Batman 66 8 $3.99 DC 19,795
106 Superior Foes of Spider-Man 8 $2.99 Marvel 19,193
107 Forever Evil Argus 5 $2.99 DC 19,157
108 Swamp Thing 28 $2.99 DC 19,146
109 Trillium 6 $2.99 DC 18,819
110 DC Universe Vs Masters of the Universe 5 $2.99 DC 18,769
111 Tomb Raider 1 [*] $3.50 Dark Horse 18,486
112 Birds of Prey 28 $2.99 DC 18,092
113 Marvel Knights Spider-Man 5 $3.99 Marvel 18,073
114 Trinity of Sin Pandora 8 $2.99 DC 17,703
115 George Romeros Empire of Dead Act One 2 $3.99 Marvel 17,624
116 Animal Man 28 $2.99 DC 17,559
117 Revenge 1 $2.99 Image 17,362
118 X-Men Legacy 24 $2.99 Marvel 17,307
119 A Plus X 17 $3.99 Marvel 17,075
120 Trinity of Sin The Phantom Stranger 16 $2.99 DC 17,012
121 Avengers AI 9 $2.99 Marvel 16,906
122 Superboy 28 $2.99 DC 16,448
123 Fuse 1 $3.50 Image 15,957
124 DC Comics Presents Harley Quinn 1 $7.99 DC 15,587
125 Manhattan Projects 18 $3.50 Image 15,076
126 Marvel Knights X-Men 4 $3.99 Marvel 15,014
127 Undertow 1 $2.99 Image 14,859
128 Talon 16 $2.99 DC 14,691
129 TMNT Ongoing 31 $3.99 IDW 14,684
130 Legenderry A Steampunk Adv 2 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 14,570
131 Batman Beyond Universe 7 $3.99 DC 14,435
132 Astro City 9 $3.99 DC 14,289
133 Adventure Time 25 $4.99 Boom 14,191
134 Fables 138 $2.99 DC 14,109
135 Apocalypse Al 1 $2.99 Image 14,055
136 Fatale 20* $3.50 Image 13,862
137 He Man And The Masters of the Universe 10 $2.99 DC 13,816
138 Larfleeze 8 $2.99 DC 13,338
139 Manifest Destiny 4 $2.99 Image 13,291
140 Dexter Down Under 1 $3.99 Marvel 13,203
141 Ten Grand 7 $2.99 Image 13,201
142 X-Files Season 10 9 $3.99 IDW 13,129
143 Star Wars Darth Vader & Cry of Shadows 3 $3.50 Dark Horse 13,111
144 X-Files Conspiracy TMNT 1* $3.99 IDW 13,104
145 IIIi 12 $2.99 Dark Horse 13,029
146 God Is Dead 6 $3.99 Avatar 12,852
147 All Star Western 28 $3.99 DC 12,782
148 Royals Masters of War 1* $2.99 DC 12,755
149 Red Sonja 7 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 12,622
150 Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi Force War 4 $3.50 Dark Horse 12,443
151 Fairest 23 $2.99 DC 12,350
152 Marvel Knights Hulk 3 $3.99 Marvel 12,305
153 God Is Dead 7 $3.99 Avatar 12,008
154 X-Files Conspiracy Transformers 1* $3.99 IDW 11,897
155 Spawn 240 $2.99 Image 11,827
156 Batwing 28 $2.99 DC 11,786
157 Twilight Zone 2 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 11,537
158 Adventure Time Flip Side 2 $3.99 Boom 11,318
159 Revolutionary War Deaths Head II 1 $3.99 Marvel 11,310
160 Cryptozoic Man 4 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 11,291
161 Sons of Anarchy 6 $3.99 Boom 11,228
162 Chew 40 $2.99 Image 11,193
163 Rat Queens 5 $3.50 Image 11,121
164 Adventures of Superman 10 $3.99 DC 11,075
165 Smallville Season 11 Alien 3 $3.99 DC 11,061
166 Satellite Sam 6 $3.50 Image 10,797
167 Conan The Barbarian 25 $3.50 Dark Horse 10,736
168 Mercenary Sea 1 $2.99 Image 10,728
169 Dead Body Road 3* $2.99 Image 10,659
170 Unity 4 $3.99 Valiant 10,644
171 Coffin Hill 5 $2.99 DC 10,435
172 Bunker 1 $3.99 Oni 10,378
173 Revolutionary War Supersoldiers 1 $3.99 Marvel 10,310
174 Batman Lil Gotham 11 $2.99 DC 10,030
175 Samurai Jack 5 $3.99 IDW 9,989
176 Star Trek Khan 5 $3.99 IDW 9,930
177 Star Trek Ongoing 30 $3.99 IDW 9,906
178 Dead Boy Detectives 3 $2.99 DC 9,889
179 Alex + Ada 4 $2.99 Image 9,862
180 X-O Manowar 22 $3.99 Valiant 9,808
181 One Hit Wonder 1 $3.50 Image 9,719
182 Transformers More Than Meets Eye 26 $3.99 IDW 9,663
183 King Conan Conqueror 1 $3.50 Dark Horse 9,646
184 Grimm Fairy Tales Oz 6 $2.99 Zenescope 9,631
185 TMNT Utrom Empire 2 $3.99 IDW 9,542
186 Transformers Robots In Disguise 26 $3.99 IDW 9,535
187 Sonic The Hedgehog 257 $2.99 Archie 9,325
188 Sex 11 $2.99 Image 9,302
189 Disney Kingdoms Seekers of Weird 2 $3.99 Marvel 9,182
190 Hinterkind 5 $2.99 DC 8,948
191 Sidekick 5 $2.99 Image 8,943
192 BPRD Hell On Earth 116 $3.50 Dark Horse 8,674
193 Archer & Armstrong Archer 0 $3.99 Valiant 8,671
194 Regular Show 9 $3.99 Boom 8,554
195 Harbinger 21 $3.99 Valiant 8,473
196 Secret 5 $3.50 Image 8,394
197 Harley Quinn 1 $2.99 DC 8,273
198 Lobster Johnson Get Lobster 1 $3.99 Dark Horse 8,266
199 Teen Titans Go 2* $2.99 DC 8,216
200 Doc Savage 3 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 8,214
201 Stormwatch 28 $2.99 DC 8,207
202 Shadow 22 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 8,063
203 Abe Sapien 10 $3.50 Dark Horse 7,995
204 Transformers Regeneration One 99 $3.99 IDW 7,994
205 Quantum & Woody 8 $3.99 Valiant 7,992
206 Sonic Universe 60 $2.99 Archie 7,902
207 Bloodshot & Hard Corps 0 $3.99 Valiant 7,895
208 Eternal Warrior 6 $3.99 Valiant 7,862
209 Legends of Red Sonja 4 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 7,673
210 Regular Show 10 $3.99 Boom 7,623
211 Unwritten Vol 2 Apocalypse 2* $3.99 DC 7,537
212 Rachel Rising 23 $3.99 Abstract 7,511
213 Powerpuff Girls 6 $3.99 IDW 7,456
214 Wraith Welcome To Christmasland 4 $3.99 IDW 7,404
215 100 Bullets Brother Lono 8 $2.99 DC 7,357
216 Bloodshot & Hard Corps 19 $3.99 Valiant 7,281
217 Shadowman 15 $3.99 Valiant 7,239
218 Serenity Leaves On The Wind 1 $3.50 Dark Horse 7,107
219 Scribblenauts Unmasked Crisis of Imagination 2 $2.99 DC 7,101
220 Harley Quinn 2 $2.99 DC 6,995
221 Massive 20 $3.50 Dark Horse 6,976
222 Letter 44 4 $3.99 Oni 6,945
223 Baltimore Chapel of Bones 2 $3.50 Dark Horse 6,922
224 Grimm Fairy Tales Wonderland Clash of Queens 1 $3.99 Zenescope 6,791
225 Rover Red Charlie 3 $3.99 Avatar 6,770
226 G.I. Joe 13 $3.99 IDW 6,740
227 Amazing Spider-Man Movie Adaptation 2 $2.99 Marvel 6,721
228 G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 199 $3.99 IDW 6,652
229 Army of Darkness Vs Hack Slash 6 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 6,629
230 Three 5 $2.99 Image 6,594
231 Terminator Salvation Final Battle 3 $3.99 Dark Horse 6,563
232 Ash & The Army of Darkness 4 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 6,563
233 Egos 2 $2.99 Image 6,548
234 Godzilla Rulers of the Earth 9 $3.99 IDW 6,531
235 Simpsons Comics 209 $2.99 Bongo 6,509
236 Judge Dredd 16 $3.99 IDW 6,456
237 Movement 9 $2.99 DC 6,417
238 Ghosted 7 $2.99 Image 6,403
239 Grimm Fairy Tales Robyn Hood Age of Darkness $5.99 Zenescope 6,388
240 Spongebob Comics 29 $2.99 United Plankton 6,377
241 Ghostbusters 13 $3.99 IDW 6,355
242 Five Ghosts 9 $2.99 Image 6,348
243 Extinction Parade 5 $3.99 Avatar 6,326
244 Umbral 4 $2.99 Image 6,264
245 Grimm Fairy Tales Grimm Fairy Tales 94 $2.99 Zenescope 6,175
246 Vampire Diaries 2 $3.99 DC 6,132
247 Morning Glories 37 $3.50 Image 6,116
248 Terminator Enemy of My Enemy 1 $3.99 Dark Horse 6,068
249 TMNT New Animated Adventures 8 $3.99 IDW 6,034
250 Battlestar Galactica 8 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,992
251 Halo Escalation 3 $3.99 Dark Horse 5,961
252 Maxx Maxximized 4 $3.99 IDW 5,943
253 Sheltered 7 $2.99 Image 5,939
254 Beware The Batman 5* $2.99 DC 5,904
255 Futurama Comics 70 $2.99 Bongo 5,901
256 Crossed Badlands 47 $3.99 Avatar 5,899
257 Crossed Badlands 48 $3.99 Avatar 5,829
258 Red Sonja Berserker One Shot $4.99 Dynamic Forces 5,810
259 Invincible Universe 10 $2.99 Image 5,803
260 Grimm Fairy Tales Wonderland 20 $3.99 Zenescope 5,780
261 G.I. Joe Special Missions 12 $3.99 IDW 5,743
262 Judge Dredd Mega City Two 2 $3.99 IDW 5,700
263 Regular Show Skips 4 $3.99 Boom 5,604
264 Peter Panzerfaust 17 $3.50 Image 5,598
265 Grimm Fairy Tales Tales From Oz 2 $3.99 Zenescope 5,555
266 Grimm Fairy Tales Code Red 3 $2.99 Zenescope 5,528
267 Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris 35 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,394
268 Grimm Fairy Tales Ascension 1 $3.99 Zenescope 5,327
269 Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris 36 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,320
270 Kings Watch 4 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,318
271 Protectors Inc 4 $2.99 Image 5,301
272 Dejah Thoris & Green Men of Mars 11 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,296
273 Bad Ass 2 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,202
274 Grimm Fairy Tales Wonderland Asylum 2 $3.99 Zenescope 5,185
275 Mark Waid Green Hornet 9 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,126
276 Robotech Voltron 2 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,118
277 Mass Effect Foundation 8 $3.99 Dark Horse 5,097
278 White Suits 1 $3.99 Dark Horse 5,039
279 Aphrodite IX 8 $2.99 Image 4,998
280 Savage Dragon 193 $3.99 Image 4,979
281 Robocop Last Stand 7 $3.99 Boom 4,975
282 Bounce 10 $2.99 Image 4,934
283 Bravest Warriors 17 $3.99 Boom 4,892
284 Painkiller Jane Price of Freedom 4 $2.99 Marvel 4,764
285 Vampirella 38 $4.99 Dynamic Forces 4,758
286 Marvel Universe Avengers Assemble 5 $2.99 Marvel 4,686
287 Grimm 10 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 4,657
288 Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man 23 $2.99 Marvel 4,585
289 Drumhellar 4 $3.50 Image 4,575
290 Grimm Fairy Tales Quest 4 $3.99 Zenescope 4,570
291 Creepy Comics 15 $3.99 Dark Horse 4,559
292 Mind Mgmt 19 $3.99 Dark Horse 4,481
293 Sergio Aragones Funnies 12 $3.50 Bongo 4,477
294 All New Soulfire 3 $3.99 Aspen 4,450
295 Pariah 1 $3.99 Dark Horse 4,377
296 Illegitimates 3 $3.99 IDW 4,373
297 Uncanny 6 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 4,332
298 Gravel Combat Magician 1 $3.99 Avatar 4,287
299 Vampirella Southern Gothic 5 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 4,284
300 Robocop Beta One Shot $3.99 Boom 4,263
301 Sex Criminals 1 $3.50 Image 4,259
302 Curse 2 $3.99 Boom 4,233
303 Vandroid 1 $3.99 Dark Horse 4,229
304 City The Mind In The Machine 1* $3.99 IDW 4,224
305 Grindhouse Doors Open At Midnight 5 $3.99 Dark Horse 4,218
306 Minimum Wage 2 $3.50 Image 4,187
307 Robocop To Live And Die In Detroit One Shot $3.99 Boom 4,164
308 X 10 $2.99 Dark Horse 4,164
309 Loki Ragnarok & Roll 1 $3.99 Boom 4,139
310 Scooby Doo Where Are You 42* $2.99 DC 4,127
311 Dark Horse Presents 33 $7.99 Dark Horse 4,118
312 Sherlock Holmes Moriarty Lives 2 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 4,074
313 Bar Maid 3 $3.50 Zenescope 4,047
314 Artifacts 34 $3.99 Image 4,038
315 Krampus 3 $2.99 Image 4,026
316 Robocop Memento Mori One Shot $3.99 Boom 4,012
317 Peanuts Vol 2 16 $3.99 Boom 3,984
318 Robocop Hominem Ex Machina One Shot $3.99 Boom 3,979
319 The Lone Ranger 22 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,972
320 Artifacts 35 $3.99 Image 3,932
321 Fox 4 $2.99 Archie 3,928
322 Robert E Howards Savage Sword 7 $7.99 Dark Horse 3,913
323 Red Sonja Dollar Book 1 $1.00 Dynamic Forces 3,906
324 Hacktivist 2 $3.99 Boom 3,889
325 Revelations 2 $3.99 Boom 3,855
326 Shahrazad 3 $3.50 Big Dog 3,854
327 Archie 652 $2.99 Archie 3,852
328 Midas Flesh 3 $3.99 Boom 3,694
329 Great Pacific 13 Cvr A $2.99 Image 3,690
330 Jericho Season 4 5 $3.99 IDW 3,678
331 Ben 10 4 $3.99 IDW 3,575
332 Captain Midnight 8 $2.99 Dark Horse 3,565
333 Thunder Agents 6 $3.99 IDW 3,521
334 Jennifer Blood 36 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,513
335 Battlestar Galactica Starbuck 4 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,509
336 Memory Collectors 3 $3.99 IDW 3,481
337 Haunted Horror 9 $3.99 IDW 3,456
338 Suicide Risk 10 $3.99 Boom 3,455
339 Five Weapons 7 $3.50 Image 3,451
340 A Voice In The Dark 4 $3.99 Image 3,441
341 Strain The Fall 8 $3.99 Dark Horse 3,412
342 Clown Fatale 4 $3.99 Dark Horse 3,355
343 Noir 4 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,335
344 TMNT Color Classics Series 2 4 $3.99 IDW 3,305
345 Sixth Gun 38 $3.99 Oni 3,206
346 Skyman 2 $2.99 Dark Horse 3,200
347 The Spider 17 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,187
348 Night of Living Deadpool 1 $3.99 Marvel 3,150
349 Death Sentence 5 $3.99 Titan 3,093
350 Black Bat 9 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,066
351 1 For $1 Mass Effect Foundation 1 $1.00 Dark Horse 3,012
352 Bad Blood 2 $3.99 Dark Horse 2,979
353 Furious 2 $3.99 Dark Horse 2,971
354 Codename Action 5 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 2,963
355 Executive Assistant Assassins 18 $3.99 Aspen 2,962
356 Think Tank 12 $3.99 Image 2,955
357 Damsels 12 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 2,935
358 Grimm Warlock 3 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 2,899
359 Super Dinosaur 22 $2.99 Image 2,873
360 Knights of the Dinner Table 205 $5.99 Kenzer 2,803
361 Damsels 13 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 2,763
362 Black Widow 1 $3.99 Marvel 2,674
363 Garfield 22 $3.99 Boom 2,656
364 Legend of Oz The Wicked West Ongoing 15 $3.50 Big Dog 2,617
365 Legend of Oz The Wicked West Ongoing 16 $3.50 Big Dog 2,612
366 Judge Dredd Classics 8 $3.99 IDW 2,588
367 Stitched 19 $3.99 Avatar 2,544
368 Looney Tunes 217* $2.99 DC 2,531
369 Deadly Class 1 $3.50 Image 2,496
370 Occultist 5 $3.50 Dark Horse 2,445
371 Catalyst Comix 8 $2.99 Dark Horse 2,442
372 Juice Squeezers 2 $3.99 Dark Horse 2,433
373 Guardians of Galaxy 11.NOW $3.99 Marvel 2,385
374 Indestructible 3 $3.99 IDW 2,347
375 Elephantmen 54 $3.99 Image 2,325
376 Devils Hopyard 1 $3.99 Ardden 2,264
377 Villains Month 3D Motion Complete Set $199.99 DC 2,261
378 Sex Criminals 3 $3.50 Image 2,202
379 Ballistic 4 $3.50 Black Mask 2,189
380 Deadworld Restoration 3 $3.99 IDW 2,117
381 Popeye Classics Ongoing 19 $3.99 IDW 2,114
382 Sex Criminals 4 $3.50 Image 2,089
383 Life With Archie 34 $3.99 Archie 2,087
384 Nancy Dragon In Hell One Shot $3.99 Amigo 1,962
385 All New X-Factor 1 $3.99 Marvel 1,916
386 Michael Avon Oemings Victories 9 $3.99 Dark Horse 1,844
387 Afterlife With Archie 3 $2.99 Archie 1,830
388 Manifest Destiny 1 $2.99 Image 1,823
389 John Carpenters Asylum 4 $3.99 Storm King 1,813
390 Batman 28 Combo Pack $4.99 DC 1,802
391 Gold Digger 207 $3.99 Antarctic 1,784
392 Manifest Destiny 3 $2.99 Image 1,778
393 Samurai Jack Special Directors Cut $7.99 IDW 1,756
394 Gate Way 2 $3.99 IDW 1,722
395 Miracleman 2 $4.99 Marvel 1,632
396 Earth 2 Annual 2 $4.99 DC 1,624
397 Sinister Dexter 3 $3.99 IDW 1,595
398 Deceivers 3 $3.99 Boom 1,590
399 Steam Wars 4 $3.99 Antarctic 1,572
400 Avengers World 1 $3.99 Marvel 1,554
406 Steam Engines of Oz Vol 2 3 $3.99 Arcana 1,450
412 Cavewoman Deadly Venom One Shot $3.75 Basement 1,353
414 Betty & Veronica Double Digest 221 $3.99 Archie 1,296
415 Fubar Guts And Glory One Shot $3.99 Alterna 1,285
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THREAD-JACK:
Is anyone backing the following comic as being the ‘2nd’ appearance of Garth Ennis’ Preacher? This EBAY’R seems to think so!
‘Apparently’ this Vertigo Gallery ‘PIN-UP’ #1 book pre-dates the Preacher Preview #0 (Absolute Vertigo Winter / December ’95) edition, which would make it the 2nd Preacher appearance, behind the Preacher Preview #NN…which all pre-dates Preacher #1!
Is anyone digging these Preacher preview books at all?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Vertigo-Gallery-1-1995-Preacher-pin-up-predates-Preacher-Preview-0-/171254809391?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item27df95032f
Well, I’m sort of in…I went out and bought 5 of these books for $4 each + s/h, so I’m spekin a bit that this book pans out, and folks start looking for it. I’m also looking for print-run numbers on these early Preacher issues.
As I understand it, most of these early preview issues were discarded as not really being comics, and chucked out by retailers and FANBOYS alike!
Also, also, ALSO, I hope everyone got their Preacher #13 – 1st Appearance of THE HUNTERS (as CHU suggested waaayyy back last year)…as this comic has gone berserk, price wise…absolutely BONKERS!!!!!! I’m still sitting on my 8 NM copies…waiting to pounce when the price peaks!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Preacher-13-1st-Appearance-of-The-Hunters-Vertigo-April-1996-NM-/171246030271?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item27df0f0dbf
I hope Rogan can put his BLUNT down long enough to get this Preacher series made with quality! If the series comes out, I would consider selling my Preacher 1-66 full-set run (with multiple preview issues) for the right price!
L8tr
UK