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Sandman Overture Commercial Airs on TV

Vertigo did something cool I have’t seen in a long time. The aired a commercial for one of their current books, Sandman Overture. I saw it while catching up on last weeks American Horror Story: Coven. The video can be seen here and is done in the motion comic format. Hopefully it will bring in some of the non-comic readers who read The Sandman. It highlights the fact there hasn’t been a new Sandman comic in 17 years.

Top 150 Hottest Comic Titles and recent Back Issues during EARLY NOVEMBER 2013

 

Bi-weekly column and list compiled by comics historian Terry Hoknes of www.HoknesComics.com – hoknes@hotmail.com

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Walmart website crazy low prices 11/6/13 and the Walking Dead

I know what you are thinking, why is the site talking about Walmart and super low prices. Well, looks like Walmart.com may have been hacked or had a pricing glitch and, for a while, featured some seriously low prices on some graphic novels.

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Picks of the Week continued… 11/6/13

Picks of the Week continued… 11/6/13

Left one off the list in my tiredness of getting the post out last night. All Crime #2 comes out tomorrow. The first issue had a tiny print run and sold out quickly. It was going for more than cover on eBay. Since this is the 2nd issue, expect it to be harder to find. In addition to all that, the first issue was a good Pulpy read. 

Top 150 Hottest Comic Titles and recent Back Issues during LATE OCTOBER 2013

Bi-weekly column and list compiled by comics historian Terry Hoknes of www.HoknesComics.com – hoknes@hotmail.com

This list is updated every 2 weeks.  This list is compiled from my non-stop research of the current market.   I believe these were the most demand and growing in value books this month.     This list focuses on all regular edition covers.  (Variants are not listed otherwise they would likely dominate the entire list due to instant high prices and calculated small print runs).   If you think I have missed any hot titles/issues of the last 5 years please let me know.  Here are my picks of what I believe are the hottest comics at this very moment from all sold releases of the last few years online based on back issue sales ABOVE cover price.

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Comics picks of the Week for delivery 10/30/13

Man this week is another good one. I really do love Wednesdays. Each week hundreds of new books come out and we try to pick the ones we think will be hot or increase in value.

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Back Issue Talk Scam #1 from Comixtribe

There has been quite a bit of talk about Comixtribe’s Scam #1 by Joe Mulvey in the comment section, so I wanted to Spotlight the book a bit and set people on the hunt. There are two versions of #1, a self published version with a print run of 777 copies and a Diamond Released version with a higher print run. To complicate the matter more, the original print run of 777 is divided among variants. Two things cause books to shoot up in value, rarity and demand. This book has rarity as most of the variants are limited to 100 copies and the total print run is 777.

Thanks to guinsfan68 for the link to Scam #1 1st edition (not Diamond edition) Collector’s Paradise edition for $9.99 limited to 50 copies.

Thanks to UKpondside for the pics. Final pic is mine with a picture of the notice inside front cover.

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So yes Prophecy, mine is the first print not the Diamond release.

Velvet #1 from Image Comics sells out and print run

Just like yesterday’s Pretty Deadly, another anticipated Image Comics book sold out on its street date. Velvet #1 by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting has sold out. Brubaker and Epting are the team that brought Marvel the fantastic Winter Soldier story line in Captain America which will be featured in the next movie.
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Pretty Deadly #1 signed variant and Five Ghost #6 signed variant

Just wanted to take a quick second to thank everyone who preordered Pretty Deadly #1 signed and Unsigned Third Eye Variant as well as the Five Ghosts #6 signed and unsigned Variants. I got all the preorders in as well as overstock for those who are still thinking about getting a copy. The signing is this Saturday for both books and they will ship Monday. If you are interested email apopcomics@gmail.com for details.

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Spread by Justin Jordan and Kyle Strahm

Spread by Justin Jordan and Kyle Strahm

Wow, imagine Lone Wolf and Cub meets John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing.’ I just read the teaser, which will be only up for one week and it looks fantastic. I love Justin Jordan’s ‘Luther Strode’ and have read his other books, but this new horror series looks fantastic. The promo was available at NYCC and only 250 copies were available. No copies appeared on eBay and a search on Google turned up nothing. This could be one of those books that heats up and everyone is looking for.  

Afterlife with Archie first appearance, Life With Archie #23 variant heating up

Thanks to Terry Hoknes at www.hoknescomics.com for the article. We had mentioned this book a few posts back when we were talking about Afterlife with Archie selling out and that there was a previous first appearance of the Archie Zombie-verse.  Continue reading “Afterlife with Archie first appearance, Life With Archie #23 variant heating up”

My Little Pony #12 Variant limited to 12 copies

Thanks to Terry Hoknes at www.hoknescomics.com for this little tidbit. I know people laugh at kids comics being valuable or collectible, but I can say that I sold a ton of My Little Pony #1 Phantom Variants when they came out. Almost 99% went to adult males, as the Bronie culture (which I am NOT a part of) is so big. I caught a lot of flack from people in stores when I was picking the books up, but when they found out how much money I had been making off them, they picked up a couple too.  Continue reading “My Little Pony #12 Variant limited to 12 copies”

Top 150 Hottest Comic Titles and recent Back Issues during Late Spetember 2013

 

Bi-weekly column and list compiled by comics historian Terry Hoknes ofwww.HoknesComics.com – hoknes@hotmail.com

This list is updated every 2 weeks.  This list is compiled from my non-stop research of the current market.   I believe these were the most demand and growing in value books this month.     This list focuses on all regular edition covers.  (Variants are not listed otherwise they would likely dominate the entire list due to instant high prices and calculated small print runs).   If you think I have missed any hot titles/issues of the last 5 years please let me know.  Here are my picks of what I believe are the hottest comics at this very moment from all sold releases of the last few years online based on back issue sales ABOVE cover price.

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Pretty Deadly #1 Third Eye Variant Signed by Kelly Sue Deconnick and Emma Rios available

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