Wednesday Open Forum

Wednesday
 
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 89th 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?

63 thoughts on “Wednesday Open Forum”

  2. Man, this has already been an expensive week and it’s not even Wednesday! I scored two sets of the Turner variants to Batman #1 yesterday from a local shop that ordered quite a few. Then I got lucky and survived the Aspen Store meltdown to score 2 color and 2 sets of the Turner ASM #15 today.
    Tomorrow, I’ll be picking up 3 sets of the Flash and Wonder Woman books and a set of the Detective and Action books plus my usual haul. Oy vey…

      1. Oh, and I bought a bunch of JSC variants of ASM 15 last week too. I’m a sucker for Turner and JSC variants.

      2. Any heat right now on Batwoman from detective comics? Is 52 issue 7 heating up cause thats her 1st app? Have u heard anything ?

      3. Its issue 7, exactly! Cheap spec could turn out to be great geoff johns wrote it and detective comics is pushing her , i found it for $3 nm

      4. Ya thats what i ment first app of kathy kane, thats whos in detectice comics righht now, i think a lot of people sleeping on that comic , the more the series gets heat, the more peope will realize

  4. Found a couple of the Justice League #51 error books at Barnes & Noble, and picked up a few back issues including a Powerman #24 (1st Black Goliath), & a run of Scarlet #1-7.
    Ordered the Frank Cho variant to Wonder Woman #1.

    1. Went to B&N (Nashville, TN) Wednesday looking for the Justice League 51 error and they still had issue 50 out on the newsstand. Was hoping to score a few copies. Do you know when they update their newsstand?

      1. Monday’s and Wednesday’s supposedly. The one closest to me has not updated their comics in two weeks. Still have 49&50 on the stand. I will email you a picture of the barcode. Take the picture into the store and they can look up if they got copies in or how many they sold.
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  5. This weeks pick ups…….
    Doom Patrol #99 1st Beast Boy have been trying to find one for a good deal for about 6months. Sent a buy it now for a third the asking price and the seller accepted. Check that off the list.
    Flash #137 1st SA Vandal Savage Another book I’ve been waiting out for a good deal for awhile now. One in a decent condition popped up $43 free shipping buy it now. Sold!
    Flashpoint #1 2011 x2 1reg cover, 1sdcc variant
    Flashpoint #5 2011 x2 1reg, 1variant
    Lois Lane #70 1st SA Catwoman
    Sandman #8 1st appearance Death
    Brave and the Bold #73 x2 was first to these on eBay. Picked out the two best deals I saw a VF at $14 and F+-VF- at $11 free shipping soon after about half listed on eBay disappeared.
    Aleister Arcane #1 tracked down 5 comic copies as news hit.
    Scarlet #1 found another one at $20
    The Kitchen #1 x5 3reg 2 Doyle incentive variant.
    Flash #1 x6 3 of each cover.
    Wonder Woman #1 x4 two of each cover.
    Aquaman #1 cover b
    Detective comics cover b
    Deadpool vs Gambit #1 cover A and B
    Justice League #52
    Also a monster preorder for August including multiples of Harley #1, Suicide Squad #1 and Rebirth #1, All Star Batman #1, Supergirl rebirth #1, Batgirl and the birds of prey #1, also Carnage #11 Silk #11 and Earh 2 Society #15 all rumored to contain new characters.

        1. Heh…. I’m married, there’s none of those shenanigan’s going on in my house. ?

            1. Shhhh…. the less people know, then more likely I can eat them after fattening them up.

  6. Flash 1
    Dept h 3
    Tec 935
    3 sets of ASM Turner Variant
    Kitchen 1 regular cover
    Bought the hulk buster and secret wars mcc funko boxes with the 30% discount. Also got the suicide squad fye 2 pack.

  7. When I first heard about Rebirth I was not interested, and now the last couple of weeks Rebirth has dominated my pick ups. So far the only thing for the PC is Batman, everything else goes in the flip box I will most likely end up with a longbox or more of only Rebirth titles. Two things I will be getting tomorrow besides Rebirth and The Force Awakens are She Wolf #1 and Moon Girl and Dev. Dino #8 act. fig. I stopped reading that after #6 but that is one of my favorite act. fig. covers. I’ll check back in tomorrow with my pick ups.

    1. Please do. I am totally onboard with Rebirth now and was so not interested at the first announcement, but when they announced the creative teams I was intrigued

  8. Scored an epic find this week. Bone #1 first printing. Got it at an unbelievable price. I’ve only seen a blurry picture of it so far….but looks like it could be nm. should have it in hand at the end of the week.

      2. The app is called mercari and if you use referral code GGEXZP you will get some free credits. Lots of junk but as I’ve experienced there are gems.

  9. This week’s list;
    La Muerte #1
    Star wars the force Awakens #1 ( reg and Quesada color variant)
    Flash #1 ×2
    Detective Comics #935 ×2
    Carnage #9
    Deadpool vs Gambit #1 ( both A & B covers)

    1. La Muerte was scarce. One shop from the two I visited had them and only around a half dozen copies.
      Star Wars Force Awakens Adaption movie cover variants were flying off the shelves.. few non-regulars I don’t usually see were at two shops seeking them out. Grab’em if you can. I was able to nab 2 of each at cover. Sweet baby jeebus..
      Flash #1 sold out at one shop, other shop had about a dozen, no one seemed to be going for them but most of the regular morning crowds aren’t huge DC people it seems.

      1. Isn’t it interesting how things go shop to shop? At my LCS there was a stack of La Muerte, a HUGE stack of Force Awakens, no one was touching them, and surprise, surprise, NO Rebirth titles. Biggest crowd I’ve seen yet in my LCS. The guy behind the counter told me rebirth was basically selling out before he opened. He got over a dozen new hold slot requests. I really wonder if the craze is going to be there in another few months or by issue #5.
        I got a:
        Action b
        Detective b
        x2 Flash a
        Aquaman a
        Wonder Woman a
        I noticed he had a big stack of Batman #1 both A and B bagged and boarded and priced at 4.95 ea.
        I’m still in awe how busy it is every Wednesday. But there aren’t a lot of alternatives in my neighborhood.

        1. Yeah, I figured most shops ordered heavy on Force Awakens. Lots of Star Wars fans will be out seeking those.

  10. Just got back from 2 lcs and not many Flash # 1 to be had there. Was able to get 3 copies at one shop and 1 copy regular cover and 1 copy cover b(which owner said was less available to order) This may have been under ordered…who knows?

  11. This week I got:
    Action Comics
    Aquaman
    Back to the Future
    Deadpool v Gambit
    Detective Comics
    Image +
    Justice League
    Autumnlands
    Flash
    Thor
    UNcanny Avengers
    Wonder Woman
    On the weekend I was able to snag 2x Superman 52 and Batman #1 Variant, all at cover.

  12. Did anyone else’s shops get Dredd Dust #1 today? One shop had one copy. I didn’t even have this on my radar. Midtown didn’t even have it listed, it’s currently listed as “Available Soon”, usually if it’s in pre-order/delivery status but they can’t order anymore.
    They have Dredd Dust #2 listed for next week at Midtown.
    I was able to snag the one copy but now I”m thinking, is this one going to end up like Dredd Underbelly? Where it flew under the radar and is impossible to find.

  13. The two best comic shops in my area have both been way busier the last month. Most every Rebirth title is gone within the first day or two of hitting the shelves. Flash was basically gone and I got there an hour after they opened. My pickups this week:
    Dept. H
    Deadpool v Gambit regular and variant
    Divinity II regular + 1 variant
    Detective Comics variant
    Flash variant
    Wonder Woman regular and the awesome Cho variant

  14. Pretty small week but still a good one.
    My pick ups are:
    Detective Comics 935
    Wonder Woman 1
    Flash 1 (3 copies)
    Deadpool v Gambit 1
    Red Thorn 8
    Lucas Stand 1
    La Muerta 1
    Hope to flip a flash and keep one mint for later down the road.

  15. Still finding Scarlet #1’s at cover price out there but I think I’ve finally tapped out the area after today’s hunting.
    Moviestop is closing in a week so all of their comics (what’s left) are 75% off, grabbed some Hastings exclusive ASM, Spider-Gwen and Spider-Verse variants for $2 each or less

  16. Only got to go to 2 stores today, and the pickups are………
    Aquaman #1a×1 and #1b×2
    She Wolf #1
    Flash #1a×3 and #1b×2
    J L #52
    Action #958a×1 and b×2
    Wonder Woman #1a×2 and #1b×3
    Moon Girl and Dev. Dino #8 gatefold action figure cover
    Adventures of Supergirl #3 blank I heard this might be a error and maybe recalled
    Force Awakens #1

    1. I know where a stack of the Supergirls are. They are really thin covers and not the thick card stock of the other sketch covers
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  19. Online
    Beauty #7 Cover B Brett Weldele
    Chilling Adventures In Sorcery #2 Old school Sabrina
    Chum #3 Cover A/B (Filled Randomly) NEXT WEEK
    Citizen Jack #6 Cover B Ryan Stegman
    Clean Room #8
    Creepy Comics Vol 2 #24
    Crossed Badlands #98 Cover B Torture Cover
    Crossed Plus 100 #16 Cover E Horrific Homage Cover
    Deadpool Last Days Of Magic #1 Cover B Variant Cover
    Dept H #2
    Detective Comics Vol 2 #934 Cover D Regular Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira Cover Signed By James Tynion IV (Limit 1 Per Customer)
    Disney Kingdoms Haunted Mansion #3 Cover B Variant John Tyler Christopher Action Figure Cover
    Future Quest #1 Cover E Variant Bill Sienkiewicz Space Ghost Cover (Limit 1 Per Customer)
    Goldie Vance #2 Cover A Regular Brittney Williams Cover
    Hillbilly #1 NEXT WEEK
    Indoctrination #1 NEXT WEEK
    Jade Street Protection Services #1 Cover A/B (Filled Randomly) NEXT WEEK
    Jughead Vol 3 #6 Cover B Variant Cliff Chiang Cover
    Lucifer Vol 2 #6
    Mae #1 Cover B Variant Frank Cho Cover
    Old Man Logan Vol 2 #6
    Spider-Man Deadpool #2 Cover G 5th Ptg Ed McGuinness Variant Cover NEXT WEEK
    Squadron Supreme Vol 4 #7
    Strange Attractors #1 Cover C Regular Scott Newman Cover Signed By Charles Soule (Limit 1 Per Customer)
    Superman Wonder Woman #29 (Super League Part 7)
    Sweetness #1 Cover A Regular Kevin Colden Cover NEXT WEEK
    Wrath Of The Eternal Warrior #7 Cover C Variant Juan Jose Ryp Cover
    Wynonna Earp Vol 2 #4 Cover B Variant Chris Evenhuis Subscription Cover
    Xed #3
    LCS
    Harley Quinn 29 reg
    Thief of Thieves 32
    Adventures of Supergirl 4
    Flash 1 reg
    Action Comics 958 variant
    Wonder Woman 1 variant
    Detective Comics 935 variant
    Aquaman 1 variant
    Poison Ivy Cycle of Life & Death 3

  20. This week….where do I start…
    Crisis On Infinite Earths #6 VF+ (1st Anti-Monitor) $1.95
    Moon Knight (1980) VF+ 1-8 $14
    Uncanny X-Men #266 CGC 9.2 $57
    True Believers: Deadpool 1 Reprints New Mutants 98 CGC 9.8 $10
    Nightwing New 52 #0 NM $3.50
    Nightwing New 52 #1 NM- $9
    Batman #404 NM- $7
    Batman #428 NM $3.50
    Ms. Marvel #3,7,10,14,15,16(NM-),18(NM),19,21,22 all VF-NM $100
    Flash #137(1st Vandal Savage) CGC 5.5 $40
    I’m tapped out until I can sell some stuff. Ugh.

  21. Oh, and I got
    4x Flash #1(2 of each cover
    Frank Cho Wonder Woman Variant
    Dark Knight Returns Last Crusade Cover C Bill Sienkiewicz $20
    Nightwing 17,18,25,27,28,29,30

  22. I’m curious if anyone saw copies of “America” on LCS shelves. It was pushed back several times, I thought yesterday was release. Didn’t see it at any stores

    2. I wasn’t seeking it out but one shop had 3 on the shelf, so I nabbed one. Other shop I visited had none.

  23. This week i grabbed Flash reg x3 var x3, WW reg and var, Detective reg and var, Awesome Hulk, Carnage, Lucas Stand x2, Joyride #3, The Fix #1, #2, #3 and a 3rd print of #1, Fear and Loathing #1 sub cover, all from my LCS’. Also got an ASM 654.1 NM for $20 CDN (needed/wanted it for my PC to go along with my 654), found it sitting on the wall of a new LCS I visited this week along with a Lois and Clark #8 and a Batman Rebirth reg at cover on the shelves. Lastly I got a Flashpoint Reverse Flash #1 NM for $9 CDN.

  24. For all you pop hunters :Barnes and Nobles.com has exclusive flocked Elmo, Bert & Ernie, and Big Big pop vinyls.

    1. Nice. Thank you I was just at B&N today looking for more of the Justice League 41 mistakes that I have made good money off.

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