Wednesday, the best day of the week, new comic book day. It is like your birthday in the middle of each week (well, one where you buy your own presents.)
We open things up to hear from you. A free for all.
The 87th edition of the open forum!
Rebirth starts to roll out this week after last week’s Rebirth #1… Thoughts?
As always we also want to hear about your weekly pickups.
So, What were your pick ups?
What had disappeared off the shelves?
What was sitting on the shelves?
What back issue deals did you grab?
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Wonder Woman Artgerm Cover B
Flash Cover A
Action Comics 957
Detective 934
Ordered the Artgerm Wonder Woman, Flash 1, Wacky Raceland Penelope Pitstop variant, still liking House of Penance.
Thought Green Arrow was overlooked last week. Picked up the variant but only 1 out of 6 copies was good at my lcs, the others had pink smudges.
I am getting Wacky Racers too. Going to pick up all the first issues.
Is this suppose to be like fury road? Which cover u getting regular or variant?
Yes it is supposed to be like Fury Road.
Can anybody confirm the first app of the marvel family members? There was some old members back in the golden age but the new family first app is flashpoint 1 correct?
I was hoping that Lumberjanes/ Gotham Academy would have a bit more fire behind it. Kind of fizzling as of now
This weeks pickups………
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant… I dont even know if this a comic or a book.lol. But found pretty easily online. Disney bought the movie rights for this recently and is from Tony Cliff a Eisner award winner.$10
All for the flip box ?
Marvel premiere #5 x3 1st Shuma think I have two others as well. The Lego set revealed either shows Shuma or another tentacle creature from the Cancer verse.
Deadpool 1st series #1-12 have #1-3 already in my pc. Picked these up cheap all NM+ copies so will flip these out when the second movie hits.
Will be getting up early for some Flash Rebirths.
I also really enjoyed the hardcover graphic novel Joker #1 by Brian Azzarello which finally showed up in the mail. Well worth the $10 + free shipping I paid. A good read and looks good on the coffee table.
It makes a nice companion to other Joker Hardcovers.
Got a small week this week so here are my picks;
Wonder Woman rebirth #1 ( Artgerm variant)
Flash rebirth #1 reg cover
Detective Comics #934 (both covers)
Harley Quinn and her gang of Harley’s #3 ( for the wife)
Deadpool mercs for money #5
And 2 back issue books the cough my attention Uncanny X-men #210&211 ( the beginning of mutant massacre).
Took a number of long-shot gambles this week
1 copy of Ultimate Thor 1 JSC. 1:50 of Valkyrie for 20 bucks seemed worth a gamble.
4 Bucks for X-men Legacy Molina Variant – Legion cover with a < 700 print run
Gambled on 3 copies of MP 5 (Shuma)
Paid a bit of a premium for a raw copy of Gotham City Sirens 1. Showed up in great condition.
1 of each of the Rebirth titles
Grabbed 3 copies of Uncanny X-men 493 2nd print variant (X-23 joins X-Force) from LCS. Book is selling well on the bay.
Nice pick ups. I have had and sold several copies of Gotham City Sirens #1. Love that cover.
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Another light week for me:
Wacky Raceland 1
Head Lopper 4
Invader Zim 10
Maybe:
Island 8 (the $7.99 price tag is steep for hit or miss stories in this anthology)
Wonder Woman was flying off the shelves, especially the Artgerm variant with it’s pink smudges. Flash was sold out at both shops I visited.
Norman quickly sold out at one shop while I was there, another shop had around 5 copies after I picked up one.
I’m happy though, I was able to nab the Pink Panther #1 Classic Variant at cover.
Not only no Wonder Woman artgerm at both my LCS, but no Wonder Woman regular cover. Sold out.
Wild.
Wow.
I had a hard time finding my own pick of the week, Ghoul Scouts, this week. Also, Norman sold out at both my LCS.
Yeah, they were flying off the shelves at one shop. I nabbed two of the better ones (WW Rebirth #1) without so much pink on them but still had pink on them. 🙁
You should of told me Anthony, one shop had Soul Ghouls.. I would have nabbed you one.
I got one. It just wasn’t easy.
Heh. Hopefully nothing you had to do that would compromise your marriage vows.. I mean, I know we all have our comic addictions and would go to really low levels to get what we want.. 😛
It was just a matter of hunting a copy down.
Good, no one should lose any dignity obtaining comics….. 😉
Sorry, Pink Panther Retro cover.. the harder to fine one.
I’ll be looking for:
1. Civil War II ASM #1 Peter Parker/Noto variant (note really all that pumped on the CWII tie-ins, but I’m a sucker for Noto covers, so…..)
2. The Vision #8(?) Dale Keown Variant
3. Darth Vader #21 JTC Variant
4. Norman (sure, let’s give it a shot, sounds great)
Spec/flip:
1. Wonder Woman Artgerm (obviously)
2. Flash Rebirth
I really like Noto’s art as well but one thing that really bugs me.. all of this women drawings all look alike.. Same eyes, same nose.. not sure why but man, that just really bugs me.
Light week-
Detective Comics 934
Green Lanterns Rebirth (from last week)
Green Arrow Rebirth (from last week)
I had to order Wonder Woman and Flash Rebirth, as my shop had no extras. My shop also said they won’t get Norman until next week.
Yeah, my shops only had Cover A.. next week it seems Cover B is getting shipped.
As in Norman that is..
Wonder Woman rebirth #1 ( Artgerm variant) – 2 copies with very minimal Pink..LCS had about 5-8 copies left. May see how the flipping is on this one and go back and buy them out.
Flash rebirth #1 reg cover
The Fix #3
The Fix 1 3rd print.
Wonder Woman rebirth 1b x3
Flash rebirth 1a x2
And 2 green arrow rebirth 1s left over from last week. ?
Detective variant and Wonder Woman #1 standard – main LCS had a limit of 1 copy per title per customer and they’re just about sold out of Tec, Action, WW and Aquaman. Flash sold out before I got there so will have to hit up a couple other shops
Bin finds for $4 each- ASM JSC 601 & 606. Unfortunately there wasn’t a 607 in the run :/
Nice pick ups on those JSC. Take the trip up to NYCC and get Campbell to sign them.
Man i was debating which variant to get for wacky raceland but non of them are moving at all
I picked it up out of interest for the book.
What u guys think? Variant or regular covers for detective comics and action comics?
@Jay, really, pick the one you like best. I don’t think Wacky Raceland is a book that is going to heat up now. If it does, it’s going to be a slow burn.
Good idea! I’ll be going to NYCC for the first time at least 1 day, maybe 2
Cool. I want to get a group beer thing going.
Yes, CHU beer meetup.. I will be at NYCC this year as well.
Here are my pickups:
Wonder Woman Rebirth (1 cover A and going to pickup Artgerm Variant later today at another LCS)
Flash Rebirth x2
Detective comics 934
Aquaman Rebirth
Norman x3 (gambled on flipping a few of them, we’ll see)
Darth Vader 21
Renato Jones 2
The Fix 3
The Dark n Bloody 5
Empress 3
Birthright 16
Captain America: Steve Rogers 1 (late but I managed to get one cover price so happy about that)
And that’s the week for me!!
Picked up 2 WW Artgerm and grabbed a copy of Ghoul scout night of the living undead 1
I look forward to reading ghoul scouts
My lcs had about 40 Artgerm WW. Every copy had the smudge so I didn’t pick any up. However, I found Marvel Premiere 5.
you realize virtually ever copy has some form of pink on the spine somewhere.
Theres a lot of movement on WW variant i cant get a good grip what price to leave it on. Do i keep dropping it? Then moving it up?
Set a price and stick with it. You will drive yourself nuts if you keep switching. Just add best offer if you are willing to accept less.
LCS
Detective Comics 934 Variant
Aquaman Rebirth reg
Green Lanterns Rebirth Variant
Action Comics 957 Variant
Wonder Woman Rebirth Variant Little pink smudgie
Superman Rebirth reg
Flash Rebirth reg
Revival 40
Captain America 1 reg Yeah I’m late
Renato Jones 2
Dark Tower Drawing of the Three Bitter Medicine 3
Norman 1 reg My shop had 1 copy
Adventures of Supergirl 3
Online
Black Eyed Kids #3 Cover A Regular Francesco Francavilla Cover NEXT WEEK
Black Hood Vol 3 #10 Cover A Regular Francesco Francavilla Cover
Bloodlines #2 Forsaken
Cinema Purgatorio #1 Cover D Modded Cover
Comic Shop News 2016 Summer Preview – FREE – Limit 1 Per Customer
Crossed Badlands #96 Cover B Torture Cover
Daredevil #231 Old Frank Miller
Detective Comics Vol 2 #52 Cover A Regular Guillem March Cover
Devolution #4 Cover A Regular Jae Lee Cover
Discipline #3
Empress #2 Cover C Variant Mike Mayhew Cover
Giant Days #14
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Grimm Tales Of Terror Vol 2 #7 Cover A Eric J
Hellboy In Hell #9
Hellina #2 Cover C Sacrilege Cover
Hot Damn #2 Cover A Regular Valentin Ramon Cover
Invader Zim #9 Cover B Variant Cover
Lenore #12
Life Death And Sorcery #1 Cover A Regular Danny Zabbal Cover NEXT WEEK
Nailbiter #21
New Mutants #18 1st Warlock & Magus
New Suicide Squad #20
Predator Life And Death #3
Sons Of The Devil #7
Stray Bullets Sunshine And Roses #14
Survivors Club #8
Tales From The Darkside #1 Cover B Variant Charles Paul Wilson III Subscription Cover NEXT WEEK
Unfollow #7
Vampblade #4 Cover C Variant Winston Young Action Figure Cover
Vampirella Vol 6 #3 Cover A Regular Chrissie Zullo Cover
Violent #4
Wicked + The Divine #19 Cover A Jamie McKelvie & Matt Wilson
Wolf #7
Wynonna Earp Vol 2 #3 Cover C Variant Photo Cover
Smaller week for me in store:
‘Tec 934 variant
Wonder Woman rebirth-both covers (I managed to get one with a barely visible smudge)
Renato jones 2
Deadpool mercs for money 5-regular and incentive variant
4001 AD: Bloodshot regular cover
Got a couple of good, cheap back issue picks too, including Eternal Warrior 4 (1st bloodshot, looks like it might be 9.8) Bloodshot 0-7 (1st 2 appearances of Ninjak). Nabbed Divinity II #1 1:40 variant for cheap off the ‘bay to round out the week.
Today I picked up:
Flash rebirth
Wonder woman rebirth
Aquaman rebirth
Detective
Action
Mercs for $
Shield
Asm
Darth vader
Birthright
Hellblazer
Grizzleyshark
And pre-ordered the deadpool legends figure
Seems Norman #1 is already selling at $10-$15.. one sold at $17.99..
$14.95. Yup… 🙂
Ive so far bought a copy of all the rebirths for my own collection, but I was lucky enough to be the first to walk into my store and pick the only 2 wonder woman variants. Honestly out of all of them this one seems to be the winner so far