FOC is the last chance to put in your orders with your comic shops and likely get at a discount for pre-ordering.
I know FOC is not this Monday due to the holidays but I like to keep the title inline and consistent on the normal FOC day of the week. So don’t go pointing it out, I know..
Alrighty, this week looks fun for FOC.
We got the next Spawn #310 book that might do well on the secondary market. There’s no better way to push your sales by creating incentives for variant covers right? Marketing 101, get people to buy as much as they can of the same product but just different packaging on the outside, even if it’s beyond the actual demand of the product..
It’s another World Record Breaking Comic! Folks.. Geez.. how long McFarlane? How long must we endure that stupid banner?
Anyways, the popular Gunslinger is on Cover A. So probably no real spec with that one but seems most are going after the Ninja Spawn on Cover B which goes on to give us a BW version that retailers will get 20% over all the covers they order. So for you people who aren’t good at math, if a shop orders 100 Spawn #310, they should get 20 copies of Cover D, which is the BW Ninja Spawn cover. TFAW had these up for pre-order at just a little over $5 but sold out. Make sure to check back as they might put them back up as available once I’m sure a round of inventory and orders are calculated.
Pre-sales on eBay are putting this one up around the $25 to $30 range already. You won’t find the BW from searches at TFAW unless it becomes available but you can use this link to check directly.
Next up is Ice Cream Man #20 which is getting a 3rd Printing. Seems they struck gold doing these Dr. Seuss Homage covers..
Avengers #36 has a pretty cool Moon Knight fighting Black Panther cover. It’s a must grab for that reason alone. Two of my all time favorites going at it…
That’s all I got for this week’s FOC. I could mention more but then it just turns into a normal picks rather than trying to limit it down to the winners for the week.
Sweet….been checking that TFAW link all day…finally nabbed a BW copy…thanks!
Between Avengers 33 and recent BP news, that 36 might pick up some steam.
Would recommend putting Strange Academy on your list. These early issues are going to be a goldmine of new characters.
Yup, since the 4th print is a recolored version of the Walmart variant.
Which you can still grab at TFAW: Strange Academy #1 (4th Printing)
I would love to, but I truly try to keep the FOC list minimal at times. If I just start adding more and more, it’s just a full list of books. Everyone should know by now to throw Strange Academy into their pre-orders.. right? 🙂