Comics Picks of the Week for 8/6/14

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1. An out of the park home run Anthony! I can’t help but feel Spread continuing to grow, as well as Enormous of course. I’m really looking forward to read Imperial as well, looks to be a very fun read.

   1. Speaking of enormous. Enormous #1a available for backorder at tfaw right now. I put in an order for a few, not sure it will go through or where these copies are coming from however. Worst they can say is No though.

      1. My LCS said they can order #1 “without a doubt” (I have a doubt).

      2. Well i got sent a no, and within a short time the site put up a #1 second print. So if they can order it im sure its second print. So make sure to ask that if it is something you care about like me.

2. I’m just sad that Spread is not big on reorders.

   1. It will pick up. Even walking dead wasn’t big on reorders

      1. Yup, gotta give it more time. I hear the stories how people were finding Walking Dead issues in the dollar bins before the show came about.. 😉

         1. I like the idea of it being a cult classic not best seller at first. More exclusive and people hunting it down later.

      2. Is that how you got your bentley flipping all those dollar bin walking dead copies?

      3. Yeah, I don’t mind if it becomes a comic with a cult following either. If it continues to be a good read, it’ll only gain more followers and readers, only making my #1 copies I’m hoarding that much more valuable.. 😉

         1. Sadly. I do not have any regular copies of number 1 I sold all the ones I could find for the signing and still did not have enough. I had to cancel three orders. Still looking for a regular copy of number 1

         2. But….. I do still have three copies if the blue convention and a yellow convention. So I take solis in that.

      4. I wish. I didn’t jump back on the comic collecting bandwagon until two years ago. It was watching the Walking Dead that made me go back to a comic store to pick up the TPB to read. I was telling the girl it’d been about 15-20 years since the last time I stepped back in a comic store.. as I was paying and then leaving, she smiled at me and said.. “Welcome Back!” Boy was she right.. 🙂

         1. I never have it up. I took a hiatus about 6 years ago for about 6 months due to losing a job. It sucked.

      5. Two shops still had a few regular copies left over, I can nab you one Anthony if you want. Well, I’ll know if they weren’t snagged here real soon when I head out to the LCS today.

         1. Hey Drew. That would be cool. Let me know if you find a copy.

      6. damn Drew, your story sounds so similar to mine. I volunteered at Denver Comic Con 3 years ago and several of the guests were from the Walking Dead. I was probably one of the only people that hadn’t heard of it, hadn’t touched a comic book in 15 – 20 years. I ordered the compendium off Amazon and it was hook, line and sinker. Next thing you know I have a mile long pull list at a coffee/gaming shop that sells comics, I find CHU, Google +, now I’m flipping comics too. Crazy how fast everything snowballed for me.

         1. We are a gateway drug to comics. You find us and next thing you know you are “dealing” books to support your own habit.

      7. Anthony. I wish I knew you were looking for a Spread #1 regular cover last weekend. I ran into a shop in a small town and they still had a few of them on the rack. Its quite a drive though…

         1. No worries brother. Either I am going to order one from midtown or see if Drew Bently finds one. Maybe both.

      8. Yeah, I didn’t start watching the Walking Dead until after season two ended (I don’t watch much TV but it was on my watch list) but once I started watching, got hooked, then decided to get the comics so I know the difference between book and show. Next thing you know I got Avengers and other comics on my pull lists.
         I’ll let you know Anthony, I they still have them in decent shape, I’ll nab more Spread #1 regular covers. 🙂

      9. this comic book “hobby” is a sickness! I buy books, to flip books, to buy more books….and yes, you were my gateway to flipping.

      10. The local shop I did go to today that was suppose to have Spread #1 2nd prints didn’t have them. They had a few beat up first prints though so I passed. So I drove down to the other shop that’s a little out of the way and they had a stack of #1 1st prints along with about 5 2nd prints. I nabbed two of each. Send me your address Anthony, I’ll send ya a fresh copy if ya like. 🙂

      11. Oh and like Shima, if I didn’t find this site, I probably wouldn’t buy half the books I buy now either. The comic publishers should thank you for boosting their sales tremendously and my LCS should send you free comics as well… for making them even more money each week. 😉

          1. Hey Drew. Will send you am email.

   2. Maybe that was image limits, Maybe it will go to a third print.
      5k is not an extra small number and bigger than some other indie first print numbers.

      1. It may be a book hard to locate in 9.8 quality. Just hit largest shop and Houston and only pulled 2 out of 30 Spread second prints.

      2. No Enormous #2’s. I may cry.

      3. Yup, with that all black cover, finding one in great shape is the challenge for sure.

3. Anthony, midtown has some regular #1’s in stock one per customer as of now

   1. I saw that and may order one. Midtown is killing me as I keep ordering small orders from them. They do also have copies of the Image Expo 2014 book with the preview of Wytches for free. I ordered second print copies of Spread #1 so I could get it.

      1. order with your wife’s info and get another copy of image expo for free 😀

         1. Way ahead of you. I do have a son, and more than one paypal account.

4. Also have enormous #1 at one per customer at midtown

   1. See now you are making me order from them.

5. Haha, ive been doing the same thing. Hope the image preview will be worth a few bucks if wytches takes off

   1. Man. I sold an earlier one that had the preview of rat queens in it for $5 (damn auction) two weeks before the announcement if the cartoon sent prices if the book up. So you never know.

   2. I have a few of the ones from earlier in the year with preview of outcast-low and few others. No major price increase but they do sell for 10$+.

6. Looking for Enormous #2 here. Anyone, anyone?

   1. One shop had one left. I grabbed it, it’s all mine. Sorry! 🙂

      1. The second shop I went to had none. Said he had the first issue and pointed to the treasury sized one.

         1. Yup, so anyone in the Austin area, Capstone, Dragons Lair and Austin Books do not have Enormous #2, sorry. 😉

            1. Lol. A rousing endorsement.

               1. Haha, I guess so. There’s a few other shops (I actually have never been to any of the others) but they’re way south and or way north for me.

                  1. Any near the Friendswood area?
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                     1. Not sure, you referring to Friendswood south of Houston? I bet Houston has a ton of comic shops but that’s a bit out of my way.. 🙂

                     2. You said Austin I thought you said Houston. One of these days I really need to learn how to read

                     3. My mother lives North of Houston.. 🙂

                     4. Oh and Texas is huge, I would not be surprised if there was a Friendswood around the Austin area as well.. I can start driving west where I’m at and still would be in Texas at the end of the day (midnight). 🙂

7. Missed the opening this morning at my LCS because a meeting ran over. Spread 2nd printing sold out before I got there. What really puts the icing on the cake is that the meeting was to announce we weren’t getting bonuses this year.

   1. Time for a ‘random’ rock through a ‘random’ window.

   2. I’d take that bonus over a comic book any day of the week though.. 😉

      1. key word. weren’t

      2. Looks like I need to learn to read like Anthony.. 😉

8. Good thing I went early. I had preordered 3 2nd printings from my fav LCS and they were mistakenly shelved. After I got my 3, he only had two left. Interestingly, he probably still had 15 to 20 Outcast 2 on the shelves…
   The other LCS that I browse, had their 2nd prints marked up to 8 bucks and Enormous 2 for 10 bucks… That’s why I almost always just browse.

   1. wow, marking up new books on wednesday. that’s insane.

      1. I know a shop that does that. I used to hate when they were the *only* comic shop in the area. Glad that isn’t true anymore. 🙂

   2. Looks like only one cover of Enormous #3 hit shelves today. The other cover looks to be coming in next week

   3. All the shops I visited had stacks and stacks of Outcast #2. It’s going to be very easy to find for quite some time.

      1. Rumor might end up being true that the second issue has a larger print run than #1.

         1. Maybe or a lot of people didn’t feel like picking up #2. I admit, I found it interesting enough to pick up #2. I still need to read it though. I’m actually behind on my readings, still have about 10 from last week I haven’t read yet, been super busy with life.. life getting in the way of my comics… 😉

            1. Wife getting in the way of comics for me (love you honey) I am about 2-3 months behind on some books dropping those titles though since I haven’t been following regularly.

      2. I read Outcast #2 the other night. it was just ok, a setup issue.

         1. Definitely felt like a segue between the first issue and whatever’s coming ahead.

9. That’s a bargain compared to the bay, Enormous 2 is a seriously hard to find book. I don’t see many collectors letting it leave their fingers once they get it either.

10. I struck out on Enourmous #2 today. 🙁

11. If God Hates Astronauts appeals to you, it’s best to avoid the launch day drought and order it before hand.

    1. Infamous side note. Humans #0 first print is run of 3000.

       1. From what I am hearing it was initially 1500 but they are either doing a second printing or an additional batch of 1500. Although I do not have a way to completely verify this.

       2. are there two kelly?

12. A second print of issue #0 of Humans is on the way. 3000 print run is confirmed by writer Tom Neely.

    1. Ok so the rumor was they had additional first prints run due to demand and now there is a second printing.

       1. That should be illegal to print more after the fact. Heads should roll.

          1. Ok here is what I have heard. It is going back for the second half of the first print. it will be identical to the first batch. So no to a second print, from what i am hearing, even though it is a separate batch of comics printed at a different time.

       2. I got the tar, you bring the feathers.

13. That SUCKS, if true.

    1. You aren’t kidding

14. Grabbed one enormous 2. A little ding on the spine from my lcs. How should i grade it?

    1. For sale?

    2. Is it color breaking?

    3. I think CGC allows very small non color breaking to still make a 9.8. Pictures would clarify if it knocks it down a few points or not.

       1. Heres a pic zoomed inhttp://instagram.com/p/rX4gyqLSK9/

       2. Yeah, I’m not a professional grader but with two creases and one looks color breaking, I wouldn’t say it’s over 9.6 most likely. Such a shame!

15. No big deal. Kinda sucks im pretty sure i can sell as a vf/nm though i would think

    1. You could always list at ungraded as “new and unread” but make sure to show pictures of the flaws. I try to stay away from saying NM in any auction. You get people who will claim your NM is fine or something crazy. It is very rare I ever list something as NM

       1. Yeah, same here. I’ll even point out the flaws specifically (with pictures), claim I’m not a professional grader and bought them bagged and boarded (which most of the time they already are). I usually use the New and Unread tags as well. As long as I try to point out every flaw and I take pictures before sending them out, I can cover my own butt if they try to claim other damage, etc.

       2. I bet your Bently is garage stored with not a scratch chip or spec of dust on it.

       3. Man I wish. It’s pretty organized but the wife keeps throwing stuff out there, then I eventually convince her to get rid of it.

16. Thanks guys. Question is do i hold or sell lol. Thank u

    1. If you want to make quick profit, flip now. If you want to gamble a little, hold onto it a little longer and see if it ends up with a bigger media deal (since it’s already got a web series).

       1. And I think it is going to get a bigger media deal

    2. I have a set to sell and a set to keep b

       1. Any guesses on what the print run is for Enormous 2? If Enormous 1 was about 4K (including all 4 variants) and this time there are no variants and the traditional 2nd issue print run drop….. maybe 2K? Seeing how hard to find this is compared to Enormous 1, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was even lower.

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