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.)
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The 101st edition of the open forum!
Crazy hectic day for me. Missing all sorts of deadlines so bear with me!!!
“Don’t mess with my Wednesdays”.
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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I’m starting to fall behind, I just finished last week’s books! Man, having to actually work sucks!
This week I’m getting:
Action comics
All new inhumans
All star batman
Civil War 2 asm
Birthright
Deadpool
Detective comics
Doom patrol
Green lanterns
Hal jordan and the corps
Jla
Spread
Flash
Uncanny avengers
Uncanny inhumans
Yes, I use to stay on top of my reading.. I’m so far behind. I think I have close to 140 Marvel books I have yet to read.. and almost two short boxes of all my other independents that I don’t have digital codes for.
I’ve been so busy with work and playing dad, now that I’m contracting/consulting, I have the time to pick up kids from school, take to their extra curricular activities but then I’m usually pulling out the laptop and working off to the side. So busy.. so very busy. I’m tired. I’ll probably be working at the hotel late at night and during the NYCC coming up where I’m meeting Anthony, representing CHU.. 🙂
There are a grip of books I’ll be picking up, but heads down I’m excited for Birthright! If you haven’t read it, you better get on it. When it takes off you’re going to wish you did.
This weeks pickups…
Champions #1 Mike Perkins Carnage variant color and B/W Unknown comics
Champions #1 Kirkham variant Krs comics
Back in Black #1 Kirkham variant Krs comics
Both covers of the Flash
Venom variants all the rage but don’t sleep on this Carnage cover. Carnage Miles could be a thing in the future.
That is my favorite variant for Champions #1, probably the only one I’ll be looking for.
I picked up the Champions #1 Kirkham variant Krs comics and then I realize it won’t ship until Oct. Damn, that is a long wait. I almost forget I’ve ordered it already.
I have ordered so much stuff that doesn’t ship until later. Then I get it in the mail and it is like Christmas.
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Pretty big week for me this week…
All-Star Batman #1
Birthright #19
The Black Monday Murders #2
Black Panther #6
Black Science #24
Detective Comics #940
The Fix #5
Harrow County #16
House of Pennance #6
Lady Killer 2 #2
Southern Cross #7
Spread #16
Star Wars: TFA #4
Additionally, I picked up Hot Topic’s new Zebra/Bullseye Batman 2-pack Pop set, a Detective Mode Batman Pop, Gotham Bruce Wayne Pop, Batman Keychain Pop, and some Pop protectors half-off using Hot Topic Cash. Here’s a code for $30 off $60 if anyone wants to take advantage – HEQTJAL4
ART OF JOCK!!
The Hard Cover? http://amzn.to/2cr9uRZ looks awesome
I picked up Black Panther #6 UDON Variant for $6. I’d love some advice on flipping vs. holding. Looks like lowest BIN’s are $39.99. I’m not familiar with Black Panther – what do you guys think about this book long term?
Flip. The question you have to ask yourself is why would you be holding it? For the chance for it to go up? There is always that potential but also the potential that it would go down. If you do not collect the series or do not want to collect the book, there is no sense in keeping it. But yes, there is always the potential that the price could grow long term but there is also an equal chance that it doesn’t. I always advocate for moving in and out of books.
Awesome – thanks for the advice!
No worries. I would be happy to go over my logic on this in more detail but generally my rule of thumb is to flip quick and not worry about price increases later.
Thanks for the flip or hold tip Anthony. Maybe a future article for us newbies to the game? Would be much appreciated.
Yup, hold too long, you’ll be biting your tongue later when it drops. My advice on Marvel variants (and most others) is.. they’re more likely to go down after the hype than go up. The only time a variant with a harder to find ratio goes up is if the issue itself is special, as in, first appearance of a character or death, etc. When it’s just the cover variant that drives the price up initially at release, the bet that it’s going to go down in price is more likely.
I purchased one myself but primarily because I collect the series and it’s for the PC, the price now, a year from now or 50 years from now is mute for me.
If the price does happen to go up after you drop a quick sale and profit, never do the “why didn’t I hold longer” because more times than not, you get use to holding too long on all the books you think will go up in value, you’ll likely lose more than win.
All Star Batman
Briggs Land #2 Absolutely fantastic read.
Control #4
Fix #5
Lady Killer #2 Fastasic art and a fun story
Night Trap #4
Wonder Woman #6
Deathstroke #2
Deathstroke is on my about to be cut list. This book will be the deciding factor.
All Star Batman #2 Jock variant
Superwoman #2 Dodson
Briggs Land #2
Oh, lots of number twos…
Picked up a few Rebirth titles from recent weeks in a visit to a shop in another town yesterday, all at cover, gonna flip for about x3 going by recent sales. Also, Eclipse #1, Kill or Be Killed #1 1st print and KOBK #2, also 1st print, all at cover.
I found an Invincible Iron Man #9 First Print today.. that was my big score for the day.
I found one last week! I was kicking myself for flipping every one i found when the hype went up, since I actually read the series and had a gap, and then I found one
Picking up:
Spread 16
Avatar the Last Airbender V13 TPB
RCCC stuff:
I finally picked up a copy of Showcase 79, green Dolphin cover.
Got a lot of stuff signed by Geof Darrow. He didn’t offer to sketch until I bought a HC copy of Shaolin Cowboy V2 for $20.
Had two books signed and verified by CBCS to press and slab, my Strangers in Paradise 1 1st printing and Star Wars 1 Stan Sakai variant (look for a picture, it is an awesome Darth Vader/Yoda duel). Creators are charging extra for verified signatures. Terry Moore was an extra $10. Stan Sakai was an extra $20.
Terry Moore signed both versions of Hit the Beach 1, his first published work. I also had him sign my SIP Omnibus. I gifted him copies of books that I upgraded, a copy of Hit the Beach 1 and SIP 1 3rd printing. In return, he gave me a signed copy of his sketch book. He also signed my daughters books he wrote on how to draw.
Stan Sakai signed my HC Sakai Project. Mike Mignola signed my HC copy of Midnight Circus. Eric Powell signed copies of SSBII and Hillbilly 1. He had two Hillbilly 1 variants for sale, but I did not purchase them. Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon signed and sketched my HC How to Talk to Girls based on a Neil Gaiman story.
The largest signing lines were for Amanda Conner and Jim Palmiotti. They signed my copy of The Pro. Amanda signed my copy of her first published work, Solo Avengers Hawkeye. She was so happy to see it, she signed it twice, once on the cover and once inside.
The second largest line was for Matt Fraction/Kelly Sue DeConnick. They are local, so I have seen them before.
My daughter and I are huge Samurai Jack fans. Last Christmas, I made her a framed collage with original line art from the show and signed Mako and Genndy Tartatovsky cards. I removed it from the frame, brought it to the show, and had Phil LaMarr sign it. He was the voice of Jack.
This was also Stan Lee’s last show.
This year’s show was much larger than past shows. I used to be able to traverse the floor twice in a day. This year, I was only able to hit about half the floor and had little time for digging in boxes. I missed the Weta Workshop exhibit, the Lego exhibit, and all of the retro video gaming machines. The Portland Retro Video Game Expo is coming up so I can always go to that. There were more comic vendors than past years, but I just did not have time to look as much as I wanted.
I only went to a few panels. I went to the Voice Actor panel where prominent cartoon and video game voice actors read a Ghostbusters script in the voices of their other characters. It was fun to hear Jim Cummings read serious parts as Pooh or Tigger. I caught the last half of Billy Boyd’s panel getting a seat to see Stan Lee’s last appearance in Portland. And finally, I went to a small concert put on by the local folk/nerd band, the Doubleclicks. They sing about Wonder Woman, tabletop gaming, velociraptors, and the worst superpower ever and have a song I really like called Love You Like a Burrito.
RCCC is a sister show to Emerald City Comic Con and is trying to compete with Wizard Portland. A couple of years ago, my favorite local show the Stumptown Comics Fest was folded into RCCC. In Portland, we are fortunate to have two such large shows among all of the other smaller shows like Lineworks NW.
Animosity #1 3rd print 3 stores nothing.i wonder if its more scarce than 2nd print.Not many animosity #2 out there either
Animosity 2 was no where to be found. The second issue had to be ordered before the first one sold and retailers didn’t know it was going to be a hit. So second order drop off was in play.
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Like others have said, way behind in my reading. Only made it worse by buying too much today…
All Star Batman #2 (reg and Jock covers)
Animosity #2 – grabbed the last copy on the shelf just as I overheard a guy at the front counter asking about it (whew)
Birthright #19
Black Monday Murders #2
Black Science #24
Briggs Land #2
Doom Patrol #1 – was a huge fan of the Morrison run so curious about this
Fix #5
Flash #6
Forevers #1
Hadrians Wall #1
Harrow County #16
Lady Killer 2 #2
Old Man Logan #11
Samurai Brothers in Arms #1
Spawn Kills Everyone 2nd printing
Suicide Squad #2 (Bermejo cover)
Wonder Woman #6 (Cho cover)
Realized after looking over my list that only got one Marvel title. Which I guess is a sign of the times since I grew up purely a Marvel zombie.
Another good week!
Briggs land 2 4$
All star batman 2 5$
Detective comics 940 3$
Doom patrol 1 4$
Flash 6 3$
Gotham academy 2nd sem 1 3$
Hal jordan green lantern 4 3$
Green lanterns 5 3$
Suicide Squad 2 3$
Wonder woman 6 3$
Birthright 19 3$
Black monday murders 2 5$ (ajouter?)
The fix 5 4$
Hadrian’s wall 1 4$ (ajouter?)
Old man logan 11 4$
Animosity 2 4$
Forevers 1 4$
Tried to find more Animosity and Forevers and other than the ones in my pull list couldnt find any. 4 LCS later, empty hands :/ looks like these might be worth holding on to.
Grabbed nothing but all the Rebirth titles, now i’m broke.
Action 963 – Frank cover
Black Monday Murders #2 – f-n awesome book
Briggs Land 2
Hadrian’s Wall 1
Hal Jordan 4
Green Lanterns 6
Lady Killer 2
Wonder Woman 6 – Cho cover. Done with WW
Devi 2
Superwoman 2
Detective 940 – Albuquerque cover
The Forevers 1
Doom Patrol 1 – Bolland cover
Suicide Squad 2 – Lee cover (nifty death scene – may be worth picking up just for this)
Harrow County 16
Prometheus 2
Letter 44 27: kind of ready for this book to be done
Flash 6
LCS
The Forevers 1
Black Monday Murders 1 (1st print)
Spread 16 var
Resident Alien The Man With No Name 1
Strain Mister Quinlan 1 reg
Online
Accused #1 Cover A Regular Cover
Action Comics Vol 2 #961 Cover B Variant Gary Frank Cover
All-New All-Different Avengers #13 Cover A Regular Alex Ross Linking 1 Cover (Civil War II Tie-In)
All-New All-Different Avengers Annual #1 Cover D Variant Skottie Young Baby Cover
Alpha Flight #1 1st Puck
Amazing Spider-Man #254
Amazing Spider-Man #255
Amazing Spider-Man Vol 4 #16 Cover A Regular Alex Ross Cover (Dead No More Prelude)
Birthright #18
Black Eyed Kids #5
Black Panther Vol 6 #5 Cover B Variant Esad Ribic Connecting A Cover
Classic Punisher #1
Daredevil Vol 5 #10 Cover B Variant Ed McGuinness Marvel Tsum Tsum Takeover Cover
Dark Tales From The Vokesverse #1 Cover A Regular Neil Vokes Cover NEXT WEEK
Darth Vader #24 Cover B Variant John Tyler Christopher Action Figure Cover
Deadpool And The Mercs For Money Vol 2 #2 Cover A Regular Iban Coello Cover
Detective Comics Vol 2 #938 Cover B Variant Rafael Albuquerque Cover
Doom Patrol Vol 6 #1 Cover B Variant Brian Bolland Cover My LCS had none of this cover!
Empress #5 Cover A Regular Stuart Immonen Cover
Harrow County #15
House Of Penance #5
Human Fly #1 OLd School Marvel
Invader Zim #12 Cover B Variant Rashad Doucet Cover
Iron Fist Living Weapon #11
Iron Fist Living Weapon #12
Iron Fist Living Weapon #7
Iron Fist Living Weapon #8
Iron Fist Living Weapon #9
Mayday (Black Mask Comics) #3
Ninjak Vol 3 #18 Cover B Variant Ryan Bodenheim Cover
Old Man Logan Vol 2 #10 Cover A Regular Andrea Sorrentino Cover
Prometheus Life And Death #3
Providence #10 Cover B Pantheon Cover
Puppet Master #18 Cover C Variant Andrew Mangum Kill Color Cover
Savage Hulk #6
Scarlet Witch Vol 2 #9 (Civil War II Tie-In)
Secret Six Vol 4 #14
Spider-Man Deadpool #8 Cover A Regular Ed McGuinness Cover
Starman Vol 2 #0 1st Jack Knight
Superman Adventures #59
Symmetry #6 Cover B Variant Raffaele Ienco Cover
Tales Of Evil #1 (Atlas)
Uncanny X-Men #179 1st Leech
Vampirella Vol 6 #6 Cover A Regular Chrissie Zullo Cover
Vision Vol 2 #10
Midtown has a 75% off sale…
No time to hit any shops today…….that sucks. Plus last week I ordered a copy of Animosity #1 3rd print off of eBay it was listed as in hand ready to ship, last night I get an email from the seller saying it is not in stock, asking me do I want a copy of the 1st print instead I said refund me. Too bad I can’t leave a negative review.
Let me see if I can grab you a third print tomorrow. Lcs still had some.
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That would be great, thanks.
My pick ups this week are:
Detective Comics #940 (cover $), both, PC
Suicide Squad #2 (cover $), Bermejo Variant, PC
OML #13 (cover $), reg, PC
ASM CW II #4 (cover $), Variant, PC
All Star Batman #2 (cover $), Jock Variant, PC
The Forevers #1 (cover $). reg, spec
Animosity #2 (cover $), reg, flip this or the Frankies comics #2 I have ordered, other will stay in PC
Skybourne #1 (cover $), Cho Variant, flip
Civil War II #5 ($15), fanexpo Canada colour variant, possible flip
Batman Adventures #12 ($15), fanexpo Canada Jonboy colour variant, possible flip
The Vision #7 (cover $), reg, Flip
TWD #120, #121, #133, #135 x2, #154, #156 x5, #157 both x3, #158 both x3, (all at cover $), flip
Here are my picks for this week
Lady killer #2 ( for the wife)
All-Star Batman #2 ( regular and Jock covers)
Spread #16
Gwenpool #6 ( for the wife)
Spidey #10
Bob’s Burgers #15 ( for the wife)
Night Trap #4
And I was able to find a copy if The Fix #1 2nd print for cover price.
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