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Terry Hoknes, owner of Hoknescomics.com, and writes for www.investcomics.com. He is a numbers guy and we appreciate his research. His articles are run with permission from Terry.
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Boom Studios is happy to announce that Day Men #1 has sold out of its first printing. It will be going back for a second printing. When a books sells out at the distributor level it does not mean you can’t find them in stores, it just means that once the stores sell out, they cannot get any more.
Wow, last week was a huge week in speculation, not only in news coming out of SDCC either. The hottest release by far was New Paradigm Studios ‘Watson and Holmes’. This one completely flew under the radar and blew up big. Sets of all three covers hit $100 within days. This week has some good books to look out for as well, and as always, if something is getting hot we will let you know about it. Here is this weeks picks.
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News out of SDCC just isn’t stopping. Image comics seems to be at the forefront of all this. Continue reading “Ghosted from Image and Skybound now ongoing series”
The news out of SDCC has been coming hard and fast, hard to keep up with all the comic book related tv shows and movies announced. Continue reading “Superman Batman movie for 2015”
So it was announced earlier at the Marvel Panel that the Next Avengers movies will be titled Avengers Age if Ultron.
Skybound just tweeted that Clone has been picked up by Universal for a Tv show. Looks like this book will be off to the races.
Might not hurt to check out getting a copy here because, Clone #1 starting at $2.90 on Amazon
Clone #3 for about cover price
Plus there is the Clone#1 “Charlie Adlard Variant”
Just as an FYI and no pressure, but I have been listing a ton of variants and signed books to blow out on eBay. Lots of store variants, Phantom Variants, signed variants, and more.
We kind of saw this one coming, in fact we reported on it back on June 20th, but it has been confirmed that Think Tank is heading to the big screen. Prices are sure to jump on this already hot book. Continue reading “Think Tank Movie Confirmed at Sdcc”
The news flying out of SDCC has been fast and furious. While I was driving home my iPhone was lighting up with tips that Dark Horse Comics ‘Number 13’ was not only picked up for a movie, but they released the trailer at the Dark Horse Black panel.
You can see the trailer for yourself at http://number13.info/ and I can say it looks pretty awesome. Kind of reminds me of the special effects of The Returner.
Of course, get the books before they blow up. Number 13 on eBay get them while they are cheap
Well not heating up as much as hot. This book came out of nowhere and got some great press and got people interested. The book, which came out on Wednesday, had a print run of 3,888 copies and the second issue will have an even small print run. It sold out before SDCC according to Bleeding Cool. A second printing is coming.
So whats the story?
WATSON & HOLMES is a modern urban take on the tales of “Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Re-envisioning Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson as African Americans and taking place in New York City’s famous Harlem district. Both cross paths for the first time when an unusual case Holmes is involved in ends up in Watson’s emergency room. During the investigation, a conspiracy is discovered that links unexpected people together while Watson & Holmes bump heads along the way in more ways than one.
Not willing to fork out the $20 an issue to check it out? You can get
Watson and Holmes #1
Another new sell out from Image and Skybound (Robert Kirkman’s imprint.) ‘Ghosted #1’ sold out through Diamond comics distributors. Selling out at the distributor level does not mean that you cannot but it in stores, it means that stores cannot order additional copies through Diamond. Skybound sellouts have included many issues of ‘The Walking Dead’ and early issues of ‘Thief of Thieves.’ Many of which have performed nicely on the secondary market.
Copies of Ghosted #1 cheap on Amazon
Larry Doherty at Larry’s comics puts out a weekly market report. It is always a good read to see what is getting hot, and what he thinks will get hot. We tend to agree on a lot of things (Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth made the list this week.) So without further ado this weeks market report:
This looks to be another good summer week with some good speculation books. Speaking of which, did you see the news on ‘Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth’ and ‘Clone.’? These two stories kept me busy last night and up late with excitement. Things have been kind of slow on the secondary market, but the books we are picking up now are going to turn in to money down the road. We just have to get through convention season. So without further ado, this weeks comic book speculation picks:
Well, with just a short time before SDCC, things are picking up on the speculation front. Over on the Cgc message boards, a place where comic creators frequent to check out the reaction to their work. Something mysterious popped up. Continue reading “Clone getting tv /movie deal?”
Ken Kristensen posted on a message board a few minutes ago the print run on the 2nd print number 1 is about 5,000 copies. This makes the 2nd print #1 the smallest printed book in the series and really worth picking up (see what Rachel Rising #1 3rd print did.)
Thanks to Mark for these. Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth sold out its first two issues early on. With news of the impending TV show, its not a bad idea to look at the print run numbers. The second issue of the series, which typically drops off in size, is the smallest of the run. With about 7800 first print copies this book could really shoot up if the TV show works out. I can account for at least 7800 people hoping it does.
We told you on the 13th that some serious rumblings have been going around, straight from the creative team, that Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth looked like it was going to be picked up as an animated tv series. Since the rumor got out Amazon sold out of the copies it had listed. And has since got new copies listed. All the cheap copies have disappeared off eBay. The copies of #1 that have bids on them are all in the $30 dollar range. With news hitting today of the tv series, looks like prices may be set to jump again. There are currently very few copies of the first print #1 on eBay.
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Bleeding Cool broke the story, and Rob Liefeld confirmed, that Fox will be x-panding (sorry) their X-Men movie universe with X-Force. Official announcement to come at SDCC.
Magic 8-ball says, “looking good.” News will be released Moday that ‘Todd, the Ugliest Kid on Earth’ may be coming to tv. Looks like a deal is in the works and the creative team will be releasing the scoop soon. ‘Todd’ is an Image Comics series that had good initial buzz and saw a price jump shortly after the first issue sold out. Then the second issue sold out. We will have full news once we get the update on Monday about the when’s and where’s.
Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth #1
available on Amazon but copies have been snatched up fast.
Terry Hoknes of www.hoknescomics.com and www.investcomics.com does great articles looking at the numbers of books sold, and sold out. Here is his list of every first issue printed thus far in 2013.
The first column is the comics rank for the month for #1 issues. The second column is its overall
EVERY #1 ISSUE OF 2013 – All new comic book series debuted this year and sales stats
Report by Terry Hoknes of www.HoknesComics.com
The following massive chart is to be a basic index to all the new comic series that debut each month. Its a quick look at the most ordered and best selling #1 issues of every single month plus a great reference to look back at and see what comics are likely to be future hot books. As we all know the industry has always invested the most in #1 first issues So now you have a list of all of them at your fingertips showing their print runs. This list also includes one-shots, Annual #1′s and #0′s as well.
The first column is the comics rank for the month for #1 issues. The second column is its overall rank for all comics that month.
so far this year Marvel has had the #1 ranking #1 issue of the month 4 out of 6 times.
Jupiters Legacy and Walking Dead: Governors Special are the only #1 issues non-DC/Marvel to sell over 50,000 copies.
Only 13 #1 issues so far this year had sales of over 100,000 copies.
Only 3 #1 issues so far this year had sales of over 200,000 copies
Top Selling #1 issues so far of 2013 (plus how many copies Diamond still has in inventory as of today)
1 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 311,000 – Diamond has 3,500 copies left
2 SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #1 251,456 – Diamond 22,000 copies left
3 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1 211,000 – Diamond 1,000 copies left
4 SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 188,000 – Diamond 0 copies left
5 UNCANNY X-MEN #1 177,000 – Diamond 1,800 copies left
6 X-MEN #1 177,000 – Diamond 0 copies left
7 AGE OF ULTRON #1 174,000 – Diamond 1,200 copies left
8 BATMAN SUPERMAN #1 143,457 – Diamond 15,700 copies left
9 WOLVERINE #1 117,000 – Diamond 1,800 copies left
10 NEW AVENGERS #1 116,000 – Diamond 0 copies left
11 THANOS RISING #1 114,000 – Diamond 0 copies left
12 JUPITERS LEGACY #1 105,000 – Diamond 0 copies left
13 SAVAGE WOLVERINE #1 102,000 – Diamond 100 copies left
We had previously mentioned Wild Blue Yonder #1 from IDW had sold out. It is a fantastic new creator owned book that deals with a post-apocalyptic world where the people have moved to the skys and are living on air craft. The bad guys are searching for a legendary air ship called the Wild Blue Yonder which runs without gas.
Now, issue number 2 has sold out at the distributor level two weeks before it’s release. The print run is a measly 5,350 issues, way less than the first issue. This could be the book to pick up when it is released.
Wild Blue Yonder #1 (Regular Cover)
Dynamite comics is proud to announce that Red Sonja #1 written by Gail Simone has sold out. It is sold out at the distributor level which means the copies your local comic shop have are all the first print copies they will get. A second print is coming. The print run for the first issue was 35,000 copies.
Well it does not take long some days, but East of West #4 which featured an variant with a blank cover is already going for 2x what it sold for on the stands today. Collectors snatched these up as quickly as they were put out and they have already sold through at a premium. Copies that were sold at cover price on eBay quickly sold out.
Every week a ton of new books come out. Every week we put out our picks for what we think will be hot and why. Let us know what you think will be big this week. And trust me this is a big week for new releases.
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