Wednesday, the best day of the week, new comic book day.
We open things up to hear from you. A free for all.
The 309th edition of the open forum!
Love to hear what you’re buying and selling this week. Here is what I grabbed last week.
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As always we also want to hear about your weekly pickups.
So, What were your pick ups?
Grabbed Star Wars Adventures Annual #1 RI and ASM #53 1:10 Tsang for $50 from my LCS. Not many SWAA’s on eBay (2 of them). Stoked. Yesterday I grabbed 9.8 copies of Department of Truth 1:50 variants for $34 for BOTH. Rad. Happy hunting.
That was for DOT #1 and #2 1:50’s.
I picked up the super rare Department of Truth #1 Third Eye Variant (which is an error cover) and had a print run of 250 copies. Sells for great money on eBay. Got them for $19 each.
I like that SWAA 2020 1:10 cover. Had a shot at it for $13…kinda kicking myself a little. Oh well.
Nice to see comments this week, last few weeks were pretty light…
Pick ups this week:
Strange Academy #1 5th print
SIKTC #12 (cover A)
Die!Die!Die! #13
Spec pick ups this week:
Star Wars Adventures Shadows of Vader’s Castle (1:10 variant) cover price
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 Archie 1988 (Fine condition) $14
Rise of Black Panther #2 (Movie variant cover) $7
PC pick up this week:
Darth Vader #1 (2020, 1:25 variant) $12
Good hunting everyone!
Comments have been light since so many are commenting over on the forum. We will be merging the comments with the forum soon. Will be a lot more lively.
I had an exciting find last week…scored a SIKTC #11 Dept of Slaughter 1:100 variant for cover price. When I first saw it on the rack, I kept thinking it must be some kind of mistake. But it turned out to be very real!
I found a couple of Savage Dragon #253’s for cover too.
This week, some of the books I am scouting include Sea of Sorrows #1 1:25, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 1:5, and We Live #2 1:10, plus some Vader #6 2nd prints. Overall, it looks like a hefty week.
I keep forgetting to look for SD
I’ve waiting on online shops to ship me copies…I’ve hit a string Of bad luck it’s online orders lately. Just unresponsive.
It’s amazing how store owners have no idea sometimes as to what they have. A 1:100 for cover? That’s killer. I also found 4 copies of Captain Marvel #23, 2 of each cover, still sitting there. Ok, I’ll take them!
So my wife went to a different LCS (one that speculates on release day) she put in a pull with them. She called yesterday to make sure the books she ordered where going to available. They told her that they forgot to order A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night both covers that she ordered way back before FOC. She thinks that they might have kept her copies to sell at a higher rate. She is going today to see what’s up. Kinda sucks cuz I asked her if she wanted me to order them for her at our LCS but she wanted to try something new.
That does suck.
Why would they sell them at a higher rate if they screwed up?
Heads up for those folks interested in the one-per-store variants. There is one for Fantastic Four #26 this week. It is a “Stormbreakers R.B. Silva” variant featuring Sue Storm on the cover. It was a surprise find at my LCS.
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light on books this week.will share the picture later.just scored some original art.the cover to amazing Spiderman #160 uris a stat editors proff and it is #awesomesauce. I also snagged a savage dragon #253 for $8&a betty&me #194 newsstand for $3.about to pick up a book witch will not be mentioned until I buy it .about to pump and dump #testify. love you guys hope your staying safe and being well.love you all blind adam out
Picked up a Critters 7 for $2. Early Sam Kieth work. Either 2nd appearance of an Isz from Maxx or 1st full appearance depending on how you look at it. Anything Goes 2 came out one month earlier and has an Isz appearance in one full panel.
So yesterday, I went to a different LCS with my youngest. (Only 3 people allowed inside at a time since its a small shop which is good due to our area being back in purple tear). I found my wife her book (see comment above) and it was cool seeing my youngest go through the Miles Morales books and picking the books he wanted. He got issue #12 and he got Star Wars Adventures Annual. Just seeing him turn the pages on the books, was cool. Usually I’m the one bringing the books to him.
Just thought I shaded this cool little moment lol.
Star Wars Adventures Annual 1:10 is on fire. May be worth going back to see if they have that one.
Why? It’s IG-88 on the cover.
Yeah. No idea. But check it out.
Yes…it’s the cover…had a few opportunities to buy online for under $20…oh well. It’s cool, but don’t see why people are paying $75 for it…would rather have a nice copy of Star Wars 81 and it’s painted cover.
SWAA #1 1:10 is/will be a ghost. Once the few copies are sold on eBay and go into PC’s, they won’t be leaving them. The Mandalorian turned me and everyone watching into a fan of IG-88. The story is really fun too (yes I read it) 🙂
The print run info I could find for the last SWAA was for 9,700. STA averages under 9,000 copies a month. I just don’t think most stores ordered 10 or more copies. So there’s probably between 800-1000 copies. People want rare books.