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 157th edition of the open forum!
 
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?

38 thoughts on “Wednesday Open Forum”

    1. Anthony was/is sick without a voice, that’s the reason he didn’t post a new spec review video this week.

    2. It’s working. Poyo published it before the 8 o’clock eastern (12 PM London Time) deadline. It was pulled and scheduled for the right time.

  4. I feel bad for everyone without power in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. We had a 12hr power outage island wide last night it was so hot with no fans or AC and made this morning a real pain to get the kid to school. Can only imagine the nightmare of going weeks and months without power.

    1. A few years ago we had a big ice storm that left me without power for 2. 1/2 days in the middle of a Canadian winter. I’ll tell you, the prospect of freezing to death (that’s not going to happen), or having the pipes freeze up and break, or the toilet bowl freezing over is not much fun either. It surely makes you realize just how dependant we are on these modern conveniencess. A big solar Flare is a truly horrifying thought.

      1. Oh man did that SUCK! It was three days for me!
        I would sleep by the fireplace, watch dvd’s until my laptop would die then in the morning drive over to my parents place to shower and charge my laptop.
        Got the power back at around 9pm Christmas eve. Now that was a Christmas miracle!

  5. I believe tomorrow represents the first anniversary of my return to comic book collecting. The pull list is a lot longer a year later.

    1. Slightly slower week, missed out on a couple items from my pull list like Saga #48, but also picked up a couple of the Metal 2nd printings. The list:
      BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA OLD MAN JACK #2 MAIN & MIX
      DC HOUSE OF HORROR #1
      ACTION COMICS #990 LENTICULAR ED (OZ EFFECT)
      ACTION COMICS #990 MAIN & VAR ED (OZ EFFECT)
      BATGIRL #16 VAR ED
      BATMAN BEYOND #13 VAR ED
      BLUE BEETLE #14 VAR ED
      DETECTIVE COMICS #967 MAIN & VAR ED
      FLASH #33 VAR ED
      GOTHAM CITY GARAGE #2
      HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #31 VAR ED
      HELLBLAZER #15 VAR ED
      JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #17 VAR ED
      KAMANDI CHALLENGE #10 (OF 12)
      MOTHER PANIC #12
      MOTHER PANIC #12 VAR ED
      NIGHTWING THE NEW ORDER #3 (OF 6)
      SUICIDE SQUAD #28 VAR ED
      TEEN TITANS #13 VAR ED
      WONDER WOMAN #33 VAR ED
      X-FILES JFK DISCLOSURE #1 (OF 2) CVR A MENTON3
      AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #790 LEG
      STAR WARS JEDI REPUBLIC MACE WINDU #3 (OF 5)
      THANOS #12
      X-MEN BLUE #14 LEG
      BLOODSHOT SALVATION #2 CVR A ROCAFORT
      RAGMAN #1
      Batman The Murder Machine #1 (Jason Fabok 2nd Printing Variant Cover)
      Batman The Dawnbreaker #1 (Jason Fabok 2nd Printing Varant Cover)
      Weapon X #10
      Punisher Platoon #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Goran Parlov)

  7. Nothing for me this week. I did however got my Dark Ark #1 Templesmith variant in the mail this past weekend. Looks really clean. Specially the virgin cover.

  9. Still a large week for me and I’m working really hard at trimming the fat. I am slowly dropping the titles that I find I am lacing at the bottom of the pile to read last, after I’ve caught up on my growing pile.
    This week I am getting:
    Action Comics #990 – Lenticular
    Batman: The Merciless
    Bloodshot: Salvation #2
    Detective Comics #967
    Image+ #3
    Nightwing: The New Order #3
    Outcast #31
    Thanos #12
    The Amazing Spider-Man #790
    The Despicable Deadpool #288
    The Flash #33
    The Hellblazer #15

  10. Picking up this week:
    Saga 48
    Rick & Morty 31
    Note:
    I talked a little bit last week about a book for which I was put on a wait list at a store with an online presence. I was told by the store that the person who put the book on layaway was late on payments but if I wanted to front the 15% retail restocking fee, that I could speed up the process. I thought it was a bit shady. That book was an underground comic, Funnybook 1.
    Later that day, I went to my lcs and struck up a conversation with an older, fellow bin digger. I asked him what he collected and told him that I was currently looking for a copy of Funnybook 1, the first appearance of Larry Welz’s Cherry Poptart, and Real Pulp Comics 1, the first appearance of Zippy the Pinhead with an early pre-Maus story by Art Spiegelman. He told me that he thought he had them in a box in his closet since he bought a lot of underground comics in the early ’70’s from head shops at cover price. He was also at the stage in collecting where he was not adverse to selling some books.
    He called me later and set up a time to meet up the next day. I ended up buying both books and a copy of Real Pulp Comics 2 was thrown in the deal. He told me a story about how he had slowly been sending books like the first 36 issues of Spider-man to Heritage Auctions to sell but that he had no idea what undergrounds were going for. I saw on his list that he had Zap 0 and Zap 1 among others.
    Moral of the story is to take the time to talk to your fellow collectors, particularly those older than you. They tend to have stories to tell and maybe some books to sell or trade. I took my name off the wait-list at the online store.

    1. BTW, the Real Pulp Comics 1 is a criminally undervalued book. GoCollect has only one recorded slabbed sale of an 8.5 for $19.99. Raw copies can be found for under $10.
      – 1971 underground comic
      – first appearance of Zippy the Pinhead by Bill Griffith
      – pre-Maus story by Art Spiegelman
      – cover that checks off all of the boxes
      interesting pose
      damsel in distress
      devil/demon
      spaceship
      tentacled monster
      bare-chested swashbuckler
      headlights
      – edited by Roger Brand (assistant to Gil Kane & Wally Wood)
      If someone would post a picture of the cover, it would be appreciated.

    2. That’s an awesome story. It sounds like you ‘willed’ the book to come into your life. I have found, in the 3 years I’ve been back collecting, if you keep your eyes and ears open that any book you are looking for will come to you. No need to pay outrageous feebay prices.

      1. Yes. I ended up with a one-owner copy of the book 75% cheaper than the one at which I was originally looking.

  11. My shops books were delayed today.. due to a broken down UPS truck. Sigh.
    So I found a recalled copy of Kid Lobotomy Gold Variant sitting on the back issue shelves behind a few other #1 regular covers. Score, it’s already listed too, since the prices are dropping fast on this one it seems.
    Also found a Invincible Iron Man 593 Kirby T-Shirt variant as well sitting on back issue shelf.
    Picked up some Star Wars Adventure’s RI covers as well. One rang up as $0.00 and the employee was like.. oh well.
    So not a bad day despite not picking up the few books I did intend on picking up. Hopefully the sale of the Kid Lobotomy and Iron Man variants will cover the cost of all 4 of the books I bought this morning and the 3-4 I probably pick up later today after their books are put out on the shelves.

    1. I love that $0 ring up.
      When my shop switched systems, sometimes a book wouldn’t scan and the staff would be like “just take it”.
      Ah, I miss those days.

  12. Slow but good week for me. My pick ups were:
    Flash #33 A&B
    Merciless #1 x2
    Weapon X #11
    ASM #790, regular cover
    Detective Comics #967
    Thanos #12
    Action Comics #990 Lenticular
    Spawn #279 McFarlane TWD Variant
    JLA #14, #15, #17
    I also bought a 1st print Watchmen #1 from 1986. Real clean copy. The front looks like a 9.6, and there is 1-2 small tics on the all black back cover. One of my LCS’ bought a collection about 6 months ago. In that collection I came across a complete set of Watchmen. He wanted $50 for issue #1 alone, asking price, which I thought was a bit high at the time. So, went in today, found the set still in the back issue bins, and haggled a bit and walked out with the book for about $28 US. I’m happy. He is also going to hold the rest of the series and I’m going to pick up 1 issue every Wednesday for the next 11 weeks, in order to complete the set. Very much looking forward to owning this set. Also grabbed a clean copy of Marvel Team-Up feat. Spidey and FF #100, 1st Karma, supposed to show up in New Mutants sequel, for $6 NM.

  14. Slower week for me….
    Metal 1 shot
    Flash Metal tie in A/B
    Black Panther Sook 1:25 variant
    Weapon X
    Spawn A/C/D covers
    Back issues….
    Superman Unchained 6 Lee Weeks variant
    Lois and Clark 1 and 8
    Sandman 69
    Started a comic box for my 4 year old son. Going to pick up monthly issues of Batman, Spider-man and Wonder Woman for him to read once he’s older and can keep from ripping them. Started those this week.

      1. Yes, you are correct, thank you! I think he will appreciate it more in the long run than my wallet, but I look forward to the day I give him his box.

  15. I’m predicting Jughead The Hunger to be a winner this week. A Covers still available on e-bay at/below cover, but I can’t find it in online shops anymore. This will probably be good for a quick flip a’la Afterlife.

  16. October bag:
    ASM #790
    Batman #32, 33 variants
    White Knight #1
    Shadow/Batman #1
    Dark Nights Metal #3, Murder Machine #1, Red Death #1, Dawnbreakers #1, The Drowned #1, Merciless #1
    Gasolina #2
    Generations; Peter Parker, Sam Wilson
    Goosebumps #1
    InferNoct #1
    Jughead the Hunger #1
    Legacy #1 reg cvr
    Lenticular cvrs; ASM #789, All New Wolverine #25, Deadpool #297, Falcon #1, Gwenpool #21, Hulk #709, Venom #155
    Pestilence #3, 4
    Solar Flare #6
    Slots #1
    Spider Gwen #25 head cvr
    Mighty Thor #700 head cvr
    TAH # 20 2nd
    Weapon X #9, 10
    Walking Dead #172
    Weed Magic #1
    X Files: JFK #1
    Thank you very much Anthony! Suicide Squad #1 signed at Baltimore edition arrived today in pristine condition! A great winner!!!

  17. Comic shop pick ups this week:
    Gasolina #2 (Walking Dead color variant)
    DC Halloween Special
    Punisher 16
    Punisher Platoon #2 (great read)
    Wonder Woman (beautiful Frison variant)
    Weapon X 10
    Finds this week:
    Batgirl #11 and #12 (Artgerm cover art) $6 each NM+ and Gen 13 #12 (classic Campbell Fairchild cover) for 75 cents!
    PC finds:
    Sandman #6 NM (at long last my Sandman collection is finally complete!)
    Wolverine #70 (Old Man Logan Sabretooth in NM+)
    Feel better Anthony. It’s not the same when we don’t have the comics spec video that I watch every week.
    Good hunting everyone.

  18. This turned out to be a heavy week for me as I recently really pared down my subs. All of my Marvel books came in the same week.
    Bloodshot Salvation #2 Pre-Order Edition
    Eternity #1 Pre-Order Edition.
    Eternity #1 I had to get this as the regular cover is awesome, flat black, with great art. So bummed that the Pre-Order Edition cover is relatively lame.
    X-O Manowar #8
    All-New Wolverine #26
    The Punisher #17 – Hope this series starts getting better soon.
    Punisher Max: The Platoon #2 – Garth Ennis. This is how the Punisher is supposed to be written.
    Weapon X #10
    Saga #48
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #75 ($7.99 ugh)
    Lark’s Killer #3

  19. LCS
    Saga 48
    Batman The Drowned 1
    Old Man Jack 2 movie poster cvr
    Image + 3
    Online
    Adam Wreck #3
    Alpha Flight In The Beginning #-1
    Amazing Age #3
    Amazing Spider-Man Renew Your Vows Vol 2 #11
    Aquaman Vol 6 #28 Cover A Regular Stjepan Sejic Cover
    Avengers Vol 6 #11 Cover A Regular Alex Ross Cover (Secret Empire Epilogue)
    Batman The Murder Machine #1 Cover A 1st Ptg Regular Jason Fabok Foil-Stamped Cover
    Batwoman Vol 2 #7 Cover B Variant Robbi Rodriguez Cover
    Bitch Planet Triple Feature #4
    Black Hammer #13 Cover B Variant Jeff Lemire Cover
    Bloodshot Salvation #1 Cover C Variant Tomas Giorello Battle Damaged Cover
    Comic Shop News #1585
    Courier From The Ashes #5 Cover C Sabine Rich
    Croak #3
    DC Essential Graphic Novels 2018
    Deadpool vs Old Man Logan #1 Cover E Regular Declan Shalvey Cover Signed By Declan Shalvey @ MIDTOWN
    Dept H #18
    Descender #24 Cover A Regular Dustin Nguyen Cover
    El Diablo Vol 3 #1
    Fleshdigger Pilot Season #1
    Generation Gone #3
    Glitterbomb Fame Game #1 Cover B Variant Rebeca Puebla Cover
    Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica #2 Cover B Variant Dan Parent Cover NEXT WEEK
    Horizon #14 Cover B Variant Lorenzo De Felici Cover
    Howling Revenge Of The Werewolf Queen #3
    Journey To Star Wars The Last Jedi Captain Phasma #2 Cover A Regular Paul Renaud Cover
    Kill The Minotaur #4 Cover B Variant Lorenzo De Felici Cover
    La Muerta Vengeance #1 Cover A Regular Sun Khamunaki Cover
    Lilith Dark #3
    Luke Cage #5
    Millarworld Annual 2017
    Mr Crypt #1
    Secret Weapons Vol 2 #4 Cover B Variant Jenny Frison Cover
    Spider-Men II #3 Cover B Variant Jesus Saiz Connecting C Cover
    Star Wars Adventures #2 Cover B Variant Elsa Charretier Cover
    Star Wars Vol 4 Annual #3 Cover A Regular Michael Walsh Cover
    Superman Vol 5 #31 Cover B Variant Ian Churchill Cover
    Unholy Grail #3
    Unsound #4
    Vampirella #2
    Vampirella Vol 2 #3 Regular Amanda Conner Cover
    Venom Vol 3 #154
    Venomverse #3 Cover B Variant Clayton Crain Connecting Cover
    Zombie Tramp Vol 2 #39 Cover E Variant Hector Sevilla Cover

  20. My shop was shorted on a few comics today. The ones I ended up missing out on were Flash 33 Cover B and Wonder Woman 33 Cover B but they said they should be in by Friday.

  21. Went to a new shop today, I didn’t have time to dig like I wanted to but I did pick up……
    Both Metal issues
    Spawn
    Superman Convergence #2 this store still had a bunch of #1 and #2’s so I’ll go back later to clean them ou.

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