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Larry’s Comics Market Report
Every Tuesday Larry Doherty from Larryscomics.net in Lowell, MA puts out a market report of books that are selling well in his shop and books that are heating up the secondary market. He also speculates on new books. (We tend to think most of the same books are worth picking up.) We will be running his mini-blog post each week. Here is this weeks: Continue reading “Larry’s Comics Market Report”
I am getting this one out a little early this week. Here are my picks of the week for Wednesday 5/1/13. Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 5/1/13”
Seems these announcements come out every day now, and when they do the market takes notice quickly. Steve Seeley’s Hoax Hunters has been picked up for a movie deal and prices are shooting up. Continue reading “‘Hoax Hunters’ movie deal sends prices up”
Bleeding Cool has noted that the Guellermo Del Torro horror comic is heading to FX. Looks like a pilot has been ordered. In turn, prices on #1 have started to shoot up. The first issue was released for $1 and is now going for $13 with the 1 in 5 variant going for $15. A quick scan of eBay shows people are asking for, on average $24.95 for a buy it now. Continue reading “‘The Strain’ #1 on the rise. Tv deal set”
One way to gauge how hot a comic will be is by looking at the Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder list. This is where retailers can up their orders on books before the final order cut-off. This list tends to be where retailers, who were playing conservative on certain books, go all in after buzz picks up. This week’s highlights are dominated by (Injustice Gods Among Us, and Spider-Man) reprints: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advanced reorder and reorder list 4/26/13”
We talked about Rachel Rising #1 hitting $200 last Friday. http://comicsheatingup.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/rachel-rising-optioned-for-tv/ Continue reading “‘Rachel Rising’ #1 CGC 9.8 $1000”
Every Tuesday Larry Doherty from Larryscomics.net in Lowell, MA puts out a market report of books that are selling well in his shop and books that are heating up the secondary market. He also speculates on new books. (We tend to think most of the same books are worth picking up.) We will be running his mini-blog post each week. Here is this weeks: Continue reading “Larry’s Comics Market Report”
With the heat being on Rachel Rising back issues, I though it would be nice to see how many copies of each book have been put out. So here is the estimated print run: Continue reading “Rachel Rising print runs”
There are a good crop of books coming out this week and I always put out my picks of the week the day before the books come out. So here are my speculator picks of the week for Wednesday April 24th 2013. Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 4/24/2013”
MTV and several other news sites are reporting the Indy Gem ‘Rachel Rising’ by Terry Moore has been optioned for a tv series. Continue reading “‘Rachel Rising’ optioned for Tv”
One way to gauge how hot a comic is/will be is by the Diamond Comics advanced reorder list. His is a list of the top 25 most reordered comics before the release of the books. We post and analyze the list each week bringing you the highlights. Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder List 4/18/13”
‘Jupiters Legacy’ is the new Mark Millar and Frank Quitely superhero comic book coming out from Image Comics soon. There was much hype on this book and it was even featured highly on the Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List for 4/7/13. Continue reading “‘Jupiters Legacy’: Kills any speculation chance”
Sorry for getting this out late, hope you haven’t been to the shop yet if you are a regular reader, but here is my picks of the week. Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 4/17/13”
As we said the other day, what a difference a few days can make in selling a comic book. Top Cow Pilot Season 2011 now has a confirmed break out star in Matt Hawkins, ‘The Test.’ Continue reading “Top Cow’s ‘The Test’ moves past $27”
What a difference a few days can make. This seller currently has the only copy of The Test by Matt Hawkins and Joshua Hale up on eBay and it’s going for $10.50 at this time with 16 bids. Continue reading ““The Test” Top Cow Pilot Season coming to Syfy”
One way to gauge how hot a comic is/will be is by the Advanced Reorder list from Diamond Comics. This is a list of books being most reordered by retailers before the publication date of the comic. Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder 4/11/13”
Oh boy here is one that went under the radar and was just announced today. Batgirl #19, which shipped today, has a big reveal. Continue reading “Spoilers: Batgirl 19 – Mainstream comics first transgender character”
Saga #12 drops tomorrow and there is already some controversy on it. Seems that Apple censors have banned the sale of it due to sexual content. Saga has been no stranger to sexual content in the past but this one apparently has graphic male on male sexual content. You can still buy this one in stores tomorrow. Saga back issues always do well and the added press it’s getting could help fire up the prices on the secondary market.
Sure, this is an easy one. Walking Dead issues are a safe bet because of the tv show that has helped drum up interest in the book. But Walking Dead 109 is my pick of the week for several reasons. Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week For Delivery 4/9/2013”
Yeah, the same Carrie Kelley that appeared in Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns.
Not sure how the story will pan out, but Bleeding Cool reported that there was a print run of 18,000 available through Diamond that have sold out as of Sunday night. This book drops on Wednesday and would be worth picking up.
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One way to gauge how hot a comic is/will be is by the Advanced Reorder list from Diamond Comics. This is a list of books being most reordered by retailers before the publication date of the comic. Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advance Reorder 4/7/13”
I read a lot of forum posts, and have seen a trend. People talk about going into stores looking for certain books (Saga, Peter Panzerfaust, Sixth Gun) and not finding the earliest issues. They often state that they had some of the later issues but passed them up. I am not talking about key issues in a run, but just other books in the series worth selling. Continue reading “Buying books other than #1 for Speculation”
So my pick of the week is Über #0 from Avatar Comics. It is an alternate history super hero book from Kieron Gillen that comes out tomorrow. Continue reading “Comic Pick of the Week for Delivery 4/3/2013”