192 thoughts on “Wednesday Open Forum”

  2. I got a lot this week.
    Superior Iron Man #1
    Spider-Verse #1 and all variants
    Walking Dead #134
    Thor #2
    Wytches #2 – a few of them
    Wytches #2 black and white variant
    Wytches #1 2nd print – few of these too
    Captain Marvel #9
    really waiting for my Spiderwoman #1 Manara cover. With all the coverage on it and only a few on eBay, last time I checked, it should be an easy profit. Lots of demand for controversial covers.

  3. About 6 months ago,Bought 4 copies Ms. Marvel # 1 (all Vf to Nm !!)for a total of 10.00…what a steal,from a seller online. Just flipped 2 of them ..1 for 85.00 and the other for 60.00 ! Will hold onto Nm copy and sell the other one soon…..

  4. probably bought too much this week, need to cut back:
    Deep State #1
    Drifter #1
    Django Zorro #1
    Mercy Thompson #2
    October Faction #2
    Copperhead #3
    Wytches #2 (several variants)
    Wytches #1 2nd print
    Outcast #5
    Walking Dead #134
    Empire of the Dead #3
    Wilds End #3

    1. No, mine is at around 20 or so this week (not including the multiple copy pickups I’ll make.), I need to cut back! 😉

        1. I know. I had a couple of slow weeks but last week was huge and this week is huge. But some good stuff being released, can’t help myself. 🙂

    2. I wish I could only get out with a stack that light. Two shops, 10 in the box for each plus random pick ups!

      2. Yeah, I dig Ghosted but Birthright is good so far as well. Hopefully it keeps the momentum going.

  6. Preordered thru Midtown:
    Drifter #1
    Deep State #1
    A ton of recent purchases ranging from later uncanny x-men to fill holes in my run to a few copies of west coast avengers #46. Along with a bunch of silver age strange tales. To many to list I’d be here for awhile.

  7. Dropped
    Copperhead(Very Boring)
    Big Trouble in Little China(Like Eric Powell, but it’s not The Goon)
    Picking up
    Deep State #1
    EE #7
    F.B.P. #15
    A Town Called Dragon #3
    George A. Romero’s Empire Of The Dead #3
    The Brides of Helheim #2
    The Life After #5
    Along with several others.
    As far as the rest, I couldn’t care less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  8. Multi dealer sale pickups this weekend (VF or better):
    Machine Man 19
    ROM 1, 17, 18
    Batman 326
    ASM 344
    ASM 360 x 2
    New Mutants 26
    Swamp Thing 67
    20 diff issues of Haunt
    12 diff early issues of Invincible
    And a bunch of old DC House of Secrets
    For tomorrow:
    Wytches 2 (too many variants to list)
    Copperhead 3
    Dream Police 5
    Drifter 1
    MPH 4
    Outcast 5
    Fade Out 3
    Ghosted 15
    WD 134
    Kitchen 1
    Deep State 1
    Wilds End 3
    Silent Hill 3
    And some bags and boards.

  9. when i go to local comic shop i will be picking up harley quinn stuff
    this will be dc comics version of deadpool
    by that that i mean a juggernaut

  10. I’ll try Drifter 1 and Deep State 1, buying Walking Dead and Wytches in bulk. Found a Batman Adventures 12 (VF) at a toy stores comic section, but its probably going to be worthless now.

  11. My intended pickups today:
    Batman #36 (Snyder, Batman.. yeah)
    FBP #1 (This is still actually quite good, slow but good)
    X-Files #18 (I want to marry Scully)
    Alex + Ada #10 (Still an underrated book)
    Copperhead #3 (Sci-fi with cops and crime, sign me up)
    Drifter #1 (I hope it don’t suck)
    Fadeout #3 (Brubaker yeah)
    Ghosted #15 (Read it, it’s good)
    Outcast #5 (Something big might happen, might be a more action issue from the slow build up)
    Walking Dead #134 (No comment necessary)
    Wytches #2 (#1 rocked, I’m sure #2 is gonna rock)
    Captain America #1 (Let’s see how Sam does)
    Superior Iron Man #1 (We’ll see… )
    Thor #2 (#1 was slow getting to the new gal, now let’s see where we are going)
    Big Trouble Little China #6 (Just like God Hates Astronauts, this one makes me laugh out loud at times)
    Deep State #1 (Don’t let us down Jordan)
    Evil Empire #7 (Political, good writing about some really twisted characters destroying America.. yeah)
    Wilds End #3 (The art is awesome, the story is getting more interesting now.. )
    Town Called Dragon #3 (Actually a fresh story, art is good too)

  13. I don’t usually buy toys but I did pick up a Walter White PX Reviews 6″ Figure today as well. I love me some Breaking Bad!

    1. I started collecting the Funko Reaction horror figures and have expanded out to the Universal monster figures and the Aliens and Predator figures. They are all carded like old Star Wars figures and are to scale of the Star Wars figures. Even got the NYCC 8 bit Freddy and Jason ones now. 20 carded horror figures on my book shelf in my office (4 year old wants to open and play with them so off to work they went)

  14. Just got 4 copy of the wytches display variant and lcs had a tooth claw display also.. Ofcourse the normal outcast walking dead

    1. Two shops didn’t have the Wytches display variant. I’m checking one more shop today. Luckily I ordered one from Grahamcrackers though.

        1. Austin Books had them, picked up two. Also had the Tooth and Claw display variant so picked up one of those as well. Went ahead and picked up another 2nd print of #1 as well.

        2. Austin Books had them, picked up two. Also had the Tooth and Claw display variant so picked up one of those as well. Went ahead and picked up another 2nd print of #1 as well.

      2. I believe Austin Books had a walk-in limit of 1 Rafael Albuquerque-variant per customer. I called their sister store in Waco and they weren’t getting it. Luckily, I pre-ordered a couple of copies last week in the event this happened.

        1. I was able to grab two of them, they didn’t seem to mind or notice. They only had about 6 total, several with a nice spine stress crease. They’re selling them still eBay for $11.99 but for cover price at the store (which they usually don’t do, guess they were feeling nice this round).
          I was able to grab more display variants as well. 🙂

    1. Looks like same dude bought all of them, maybe somebody can hook me up? First initial R, last initial O with 2809 feedback…

      1. The first and last character are random when viewing other bidders, they don’t reflect the actual characters used by the bidder. Only the seller will see actual bidder names.

  16. Pretty big week for me (I REALLY need to start laying off!)
    All New Captain America 1 (picked up the Rocket variant too, just ’cause)
    AXIS #5
    Batgirl 36 (reg. + Lego variant)
    Batman 36 (reg. + Lego variant)
    Captain America and the Mighty Avengers 1
    Captain Marvel 9
    Copperhead 3
    Logan Legacy 4
    Deep State 1 (reg. + variant)
    Drifter 1 (picked up the reg cover and the Chiang variant)
    Fade Out 3
    Green Lantern Corps 36
    Guardians 3000 2
    Hawkeye vs Deadpool 2
    MPH 4
    NIghtcrawler 8
    October Faction 2
    Outcast 5 (a few copies)
    Spider-verse 1 (reg. + variant)
    Suicide Squad 4
    Thor 2
    Wytches 2 (4 copies of the Floor Display Variant)
    If I’d quit picking up multiple copies and variants, it wouldn’t be so bad. Maybe I need an intervention…

    1. Welcome to Comics Anonymous, I’m AgentPoyo. I am not only your host and interventionist, I am also an addict…. 😉

  17. Any of you guys located in NYC? Just wondering. My LCS is Midtown in Midtown and figured we all might have come across each other at some point and just never knew.

      1. Might happen one day. I use to moderate at the Linuxquestions.org forums long ago. We managed to get all of the moderators and some users at 3 different Linux World Expo’s (more than that in total but I only went to 3).. some of the guys came all the way from Europe.. was a blast!

  18. Where are you based out of Anthony? A CHU meet up would have been real cool. There’s always next con!

      1. Nice! My roommate is from DC and he always says I should visit when I get a chance. My friend from Baltimore says the same thing. 40 minutes between the two doesn’t sound like a bad travel time at all.

    2. Hahaha. I’m originally from Southern California so I am iron clad against being bothered by traffic. My commute from home to work used to be 2 hours long. I only lived about 40 miles from work with freeways going in every direction.

      2. My work is 6 miles away and takes me 10 minutes (8 minutes if I hit all the green lights). I only have to deal with drivers who think they can text while driving.

          1. Haha.. the sad part is, most of the people who do text and drive make it so obvious. They probably can’t drive correctly with both hands on the wheel. Well, starting first of the year in 2015, Austin has banned all electronic devices while driving (except unless it’s windshield mounted as in GPS unit, etc). Not even allowed to use it as a phone. Only hands free allowed while using your phone. I see the blue tooth stereos making a big boost in sales come next year after they can start ticketing people who think Facebook and LOL’s are more important than other people safety. 🙁

    1. I passed on the Spider-Verse myself. I’m getting enough of that story in Amazing Spider-Man now.. I did pick up Iron Man, curious on whether it’s going to be any good or not.

  20. @Kelly, Nothing great about Spider-Verse. 4-5 separate stories just introducing the verse. Spider-gwen is in it for a panel or two but says nothing at all. Superior looked cool but I don’t know how I feel about streamlined evil Tony Stark/Iron Man. He looks like what Daft Punk will look like in 20 years.

  21. Is anyone willing to sell a Wytches #2 Display Variant or possibly pick one up for me at their LCS? Just wondering.

    1. Thanks a ton, saved a few bucks! Look on the bay now for the Wytches book. Plenty just hit it rather reasonable. ThirdEye who always ships me prestige condition books has quite a few pretty reasonable considering this may have one of the lowest runs for #2 out of them all.

      1. Thanks Kelly! When I went on the bay earlier there were only a few at the time and the prices definitely reflected that. Was able to find some really quickly at a better price about 5 minutes ago.

        1. I put in an offer for a couple and it got accepted -$15 for 2 shipped – more than I wanted to pay but At least I grabbed a couple

      2. That’s still a pretty good price considering finding a shop that even has them is a task in itself. Plus, who knows, this variant might be the creme of this issue. Might end up adding a 0 to the end of that when it’s time to flip them.

  22. Yeppers from good old NYC ..i definitely cool with meet up..last week i seen the guys from comic exposure( the ones who sold us the enormous books) at midtown

      1. I got a notification that they sent out the ASM Variants yesterday I believe. So they should definitely be on their way to every soon.

  23. Met the ComicXposure guys at NYCC. Super cool and super accommodating. If you ever see a shorter Filipino guy with a good stack in his hands on release day, chances are very high that’s me. Hahaha

  24. comic book store (in Miami) opened at 11:00 by 11:10 Wytches #1 second print was GONE!!!! midtowncomics GONE too, this book is not going to slow down!, i seen the first Wytches nycc signed on Ebay, listed for $550 or some number close to that, it lasted less than 12 hours!!!
    a few i submitted are supposed to show up tomorrow, i don’t want to go online and look at the grades, the waiting is killing MEEEEE!!! LOL
    the package from CGC i received today was all non signed books, 3 copies of Humans #0 and 1 copy of Enormous #1 Phantom variant all of them 9.8……………..please please PLEASE all my next packages be 9.8 (ok i think i can take a 9.9)

      1. WOOW nice, i have 3 books that are 10.0 and each time i walk by them i still can’t believe it, Extinction Parade #1 Red-Silver-Gold, each one got 10.0, the guys from CGC told me that leather covers usually get 10.0 or 9.9 because they don’t get any stress on the spine, but that Humans #0 looks beautiful !!!!

      2. Wonder if mine could grade that high? The two I got are in awesome condition, I can’t spot anything wrong with them and I’m pretty picky and hard on my own comics when grading them.

  27. I picked up too much as well, weekly problem lol…
    Spider-Verse #1 Cover A
    Spider-verse #1 1:25 variant
    Super Iron Man #1 Rocket/Groot variant
    Wytches #2
    Wytches #2 Phantom variant
    Wytches #1 2nd print
    The Bigger Bang #1
    Deep State #1
    Drifter #1
    Kitchen #1
    Tooth and Claw #1 (again lol)
    Walking Dead #134
    Older stuff…
    Captain America #34 (2004, 5th series)
    Suicide Squad #0 (2011, 4th series)
    Suicide Squad #14 (same, whatup Larry!)
    New Suicide Squad #1
    New Avengers #4 (2005, 1st series)
    Marvel Comics Presents #72
    New Mutants Annual #1
    Cable #1 (1st series)
    Nomad #4 (cool Deadpool appearance on cover)
    Also I haven’t found the time or place to comment, but I got in 2 Outcast #1’s from Anthony CHU himself(1 million hits prize) Just wanted to say thanks again brother!

  28. Help. I spent $239
    5 Wytches Black and White phantom Variant
    5 Wytches Color phantom variant
    5 Wytches Third Eye Variant
    5 Wytches #1 second prints
    5 Wytches #2 Variant logo
    And then my regular books.

    1. Whoa. Now that’s a total. BUT, you got some good books out of it so at least you know you’ll be able to flip them if you want.

      2. Is there a Snyder signing coming up near you? There’s a Drifter signing tonight at Midtown tonight. Doubt I’ll go. But the Snyder signing has definitely peaked my interest.

    2. Haha, yeah, you still beat me and I bought a $20 Walter White action figure but I wasn’t far behind (I also picked up some more 2mil Mylar and Full backing boards = $25 themselves).

  30. Also currently waiting for;
    From cgc:
    adventure into fear 19 vf-nm
    Wolverine origins 10 3rd claw nm++
    Silver surfer vol3 34 nm++
    Sandman 1 and 4 nm++
    Superman adventures 5 nm+
    Death of wolverine 1 gamestop nm++
    And another humans 0
    From the bay:
    Raw alpha flight 17
    Marvel super-heroes 8 winter special
    Hoping these artive in as good of condition as they were sold for.

  31. 11-19 *
    SOOTHE SAY’ER
    The Strain: The Night Eternal #4
    Terminal Hero #4
    Winterworld #4 ( Both Covers!)
    Dream Merchant #6 (Finale)
    Intersect #1 ( Both Covers)
    Revival #25
    Zero #12 ( Ales
    Moon Knight #9 ( Warren Ellis is a quitter! But I still love TREES!!!)
    Annihilator #3 ( Oh! Hell YEAH!!!!!)
    Epochalypse #1 ( It’s spelled wrong on purpose, go figure.)
    13 Coins #2

  32. Picked up way too much this week BUT WILL FLIP WYTCHES LIKE CRAZY
    Spider-Verse 1 and all variants
    DEATH VIGIL 5
    HEXED 4
    FADE OUT 3
    AXIS HOBGOBLIN 2
    TOWN CALLED DRAGON 3
    THOR 2 ROCEKT RACCOON VAR AND REG COVER
    THOR 1 SECOND PRINT
    THE BIGGER BANG 1
    6X WYTCHES 2 DISPLAY VARIANT –
    my store does not know the difference I had one in my pull list box and grabbed the other 5 they had in the store, it was mixed with all the regular covers. They saw me going through the stack and were looking at me like I was high, they still have no idea
    14X WYTCHES 2 B/W PHANTOM VARIANT
    4X WYTCHES 2 PHANTOM VARIANT
    3X WYTCHES 2 THIRDEYE VARIANT
    3X WYTCHES AUSTIN COMICS VARIANT
    5X WYTCHES 2 REG COVER
    BATMAN 36 REG AND LEGO VARIANT
    DRIFTER COVERS A AND C
    OUTCAST 5
    older stuff
    MS. MARVEL 1 1977 VF – $20 😀
    MS MARVEL 2-12 1977
    INFINITY WAR 1 1992
    AVENGING SPIDER-MAN 9
    ZOOHUNTERS 1 REG COVER
    THE WOODS 7
    1X WYTCHES 1 MIDTOWN VARIANT
    AMAZING SPIDERMAN 195
    GODKILLER 1:
    2X TATTOO COVER (ONLY 25)
    2X BEACH BALL VARIANT (600)
    2X PHANTOM (500)
    2X COVER A
    1X COVER B
    1X COVER C

    2. “They saw me going through the stack and were looking at me like I was high, they still have no idea”
      I’d figure most shops are use to such activities. I search the stacks not only if any variants got hidden between the others but also trying to pick out the issues with the least banged up corners and no spine stress creases, etc.

        1. My local shop is pretty good as well but they also provide all new comics with bags and boards (unless you don’t want a bag and board with it).
          It’s only occasionally I have to put one back to pick from the shelves.
          The other shops don’t bag and board, I search every issue with those for the most part.

          1. I have one shop who keeps everything behind the counter and you have to ask for it if it’s not in your stack. He doesn’t bag and board either. The other guy doesn’t bag and board on Wednesdays so you grab it off the shelf but when you bring it to the counter he puts it in a bag and boards it

            1. Asking each time to see a comic would be annoying. I wouldn’t do that as a shop owner cause I’d hate to be bothered like that, I could be getting other things done instead of being a the middle man.

              1. Yeah, it’s interesting how that shop works, just the one guy and sometimes numerous people standing around waiting for their pull list – I don’t go there if I’m in a hurry. He’s a good guy though and usually cuts you a deal off the cover price. you carry everything out in a brown paper bag (which is how I found other guys at work who read)

                1. I got my trusty comic shop reusable bag for my usual shop and take my BCW Stor-Folio for the shops that don’t provide bags and boards so they don’t get damaged on the ride home.

                3. Yeah, I actually learned the hard way once. Put my comics on passenger seat which slopes back so they wouldn’t slide so much but one day had to slam on my breaks, few top comics slid right into floor board, top one was no longer NM condition.. totally pissed my day! That’s when I bought a Stor-Folio to use. Plus when it actually rains, comics don’t get wet getting to car either.

      2. The odd thing is my LCS is the biggest one in Elk Grove, CA but they don’t seem to have hardcore collectors or flippers. I grabbed 6 of the Gwen Stacy issue when it came out (leaving 12 on the shelf) and got the variant for $20. About a month after it skyrocketed on ebay I went back to my shop and they still had the 12 copies which I quickly snatched up, no one who worked or went there knew it was going for around 20 bucks a copy.

  33. I was able to pick up:
    WYTCHES
    (x3) #1 2nd prints
    (x2) #2 regular
    (x6) Phantom variants
    HARLEY QUINN ANNUAL #1 (x2) USA regular covers
    BATMAN #36 (x2) regular and (x4) Lego variants, (x1) 1:25 variant
    OUTCAST #5
    SUICIDE SQUAD (x4). LOVE this Harley Quinn cover!!!!!
    It’s not that I pick up a lot of different books, it’s that I pick up multiples of the same book. I am going to start selling soon so that I only have to use PayPal and not my checking account to pay for books 🙂 Love this site and thank you for providing an outlet for our speculation wants/needs!

      1. That’s exactly what I want! That would be spectacular (and my wife would love it too!). Thank you for the welcome as well. I kept looking for the link to register until I realized I didn’t have too. Yep, not always the sharpest tool in the shed. Usually just smart enough to do some damage 🙂

  34. Just read Deep State, actually pretty good. It’s going to appeal to anyone who likes X-Files and Men in Black (more serious though, not goofy fun Men in Black). 🙂

    1. I liked the concept and the story, but the art wasn’t working for me. Maybe I’ll get used to it.

  35. Just curious, all you people that picked up Wytches #2 phantom to flip. Are you getting these at cover price? And I thought the B/W was limited to 500, so how are people able to buy so many copies? I’ve seen people selling lots of 5-10 on eBay already…

    1. It is limited and no i did not pay cover for the black and whites. I have sold all the black and whites i purchased though. I have a good relationship with my local comic shop who allowed me to purchase multiples.

    3. One to keep for my on-going Wytches collection and the others to try and flip over time. Yes, I did pay cover for mine. I was unable to get any B/W’s and Image Logo variants from my LCS’ 🙁
      The lots are being flipped by people who have comic shops near them that carry the Phantom Variants.

    4. Kinda figured that people trying to sell the color variant for $10 is either a Phantom store or got them at cover. the lots are selling way cheaper too.

  36. I’ve bee a long-time fan of the first 2 Alien movies. I recently started Dark Horse’s Fire & Stone series of Alien, and Prometheus (written by Chris Roberson, Paul Tobin). Having never read any of the Alien books prior, I was more than pleased. I don’t normally mess with tie-ins, but the story flows well so far, therefore I plan to start Predator, & AVP Fire & Stone in order to know the full story. Some nice Easter eggs for Alien fans too.

    1. I am collecting all of the Fire & Stone books. Then I’m going to grab a beer (or two), sit down and read them all in one fell swoop! Being very patient with this one since Aliens and Predator are two of my all-time favorite characters 🙂

  37. So I know a guy who wants to sell some (or all?) of his collection. None of it is very recent but I would guess the older stuff isn’t more than 20 or maybe 25 years. God prices. I’m a new collector who got interested in it because of walking dead and I don’t really do marvel/dc… I got lucky and bought a run of Batman adventures from this guy earlier in the summer (first appearance of Harley Quinn), but I’m not really sure what to look out for or ask about… I know it’s a super broad question in general, but do you guys have 1 or 2 ideas of something to look for that a rookie might not know?

      2. Yeah, I’d agree. Giving someone specific issues and numbers only gives them a chance to go pull those before selling. Not that you’re out to rip anyone off but if they want to sell as a lot, that’s what they should do. If they don’t, they should research their own comics before trying to sell them.

          1. Honestly, you may laugh at me, but I didn’t realize Deadpool wasn’t a series… I know better than to ask for a specific issue… I just don’t know much about Marvel/DC or capes/tights

              2. New Mutants:
                1-100 first series
                1-7 annuals
                1 special edition
                1-13 second series
                12 and 13 third series.
                All are bagged and boarded and would say very good condition. He’s still working in Amazing Spider-Man and Superman.

    2. sounds like you need to do some research on this before jump in head over heals and end up with a bunch of crap. I got back into comics a couple of years ago after a looong break and I’m still learning stuff every day. I couldn’t imagine trying to buy a lot of comics two years ago!

      1. For the first lot I bought – I just grabbed all the complete runs I could find, especially names I recognized, so basically a hand-picked box and I paid $10 for it. Low risk and resulted in high reward! It sounds like he’s going to want more like $1 each for the better stuff though…

  39. My greatest find ever. Went to an auction and got Tales of Suspense#50 (first Mandarin), Tales of Suspense #40(2nd Iron Man) and Journey into Mystery #83 (First Thor!!) for the grand total of $1.00 each! Lower grades but my personal best find

      1. Could hardly contain my excitement when I saw the Journey into mystery. Already have a $700.00 offer for it.

  41. I picked up a few things
    My regular bulk walking dead 134
    Drift cover Ax2 cover Bx2
    All-New Captain America , INTERSCOPE variant and Alex Ross , only 8 a piece at Newbury Comics
    Outcast 5×2
    Now I’m deciding to either get a CGC Wytches 1 on eBay or a raw NYCC , totally missed out on it last month .. Oh well :p

    1. I had 11 NYCC raws earlier last month. You can always grab a copy and send it to cgc. Have to say be careful and only buy from people with full scans. I saw the books in person and handled some. Some looked a little rough coming right out of the box. On ansidr note a signed cgc 9.8 went for $700

      1. lucky! haha , i think im gonna wait for the right chance to grab a raw copy at a decent price, im trying to get my hands on one of the Thought Bubble variants today ( fingers crossed )

          1. Nice , any chance you can get your hands on another :p lol it’s be much appreciated , not having much luck

      1. Sweet , that’s an awesome deal , I’ve seen them up to 140 , I just can’t wait to get it to CGC haha, that’s when we’ll see NYCC numbers or even higher

  43. Picked up more comic book supplies yesterday and scored some Infinity War #1-5 all NM condition for $3 each. Just need a really good NM #6 now..

  44. Hey everyone! Just wanted you all to have first grab! I just finished listing many comics on Ebay and almost all of them have been talked about on this site at one time or another. My user name is tapr00t86. take a look. Thanks!

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