From our friend Patrick Hood at G+ CBSI community.
Welcome back to another segment of our community’s top ten books to scoop ASAP to flip or to hang on to for the long flip. The following list of issues that are selling consistently online or will be good to sit on for a bit. I’m including current prices off of eBay and using print runs from comichron.com Continue reading “CBSI TOP TEN PROSPECTS #6”
The Spec of Baltimore Comic Con
The great thing about Baltimore Comic Con is the ton of dealers selling comics. Dealers brought thousands of comics, Golden Age to Modern, with hopes of moving inventory. Speculators were on the prowl. I walked around asking dealers what people were looking for. Continue reading “The Spec of Baltimore Comic Con”
Larry's Comics Pick of the week for 9/10/14
Each week, Larry, from Larry’s Comics in Lowell Mass. Stops by to give us his pick of the week. Larry has been at the spec thing for a while and offers a unique perspective on hot books. I was thrilled to get to meet him this past weekend at Baltimore as well and talk one on one about comics, retailing, and specs. (Thanks again for everything Larry.) Here is Larry’s pick of the week for 9/10/14:
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Baltimore Comic Con Cosplay Round Up Day 3
Sunday was a great day at the convention. Tons of deals to be had. My four year old son started out as spider-man and ended the day as Captain Americs. Yes, the boy had a costume change in the middle of the day. Here are more cosplayers from Sunday. Let us know which you like best.
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Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List for 9/7/24
The Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder List is a great speculator tool. It shows what books the retailers are going back and ordering before the final order cut off. These are the hot new series everyone is talking about, the reprints of recent sold out books (gives you a cue to what to search for in your LCS), the second issues to a recent hot book, or just what people are coming in asking about. What ever reason, these are the books stores are scrambling to get more copies of. Here is this weeks Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder List for 9/7/14: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List for 9/7/24”
Baltimore Comic Con 2014 Wrap up
CHU hit Baltimore Comic Con this weekend. It was a whirlwind event. It is truly a comic con as it does not have a ton of old TV and movie actors, pro wrestlers, former Playboy Playmates, or other “celebrities”. Instead, they have comics, thousands of comics, from tons of dealers. They do have toys and other pop culture accessories, but Baltimore is about the comics. Continue reading “Baltimore Comic Con 2014 Wrap up”
Hoknes comics hot new comics for delivery 9/10/14
Each week Terry Hoknes of www.hoknescomics.com releases a video spotlighting the weeks hot new comics. Here is this weeks for delivery 9/10/14:
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Cosplay roundup: Comicsheatingup.net invades Baltimore Comic Con
CHU finally invaded Baltimore comic con for day 2. Baltimore to me is a true comic con. Hundreds of dealers actually selling comic related stuff. But it also brings out the cosplayers. I tried to get snaps of some of my favorites.
I think is is Mexican Spiderman for the win. Let me know which are your favorites. Click on any to make bigger.
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Second Walking Dead Show gets green light
Deadline.com is reporting that the Spin off for the Walking Dea has been green lighted. Continue reading “Second Walking Dead Show gets green light”
Bob's Burgers #1 2nd Print: One to keep an eye on
Thanks to Nicc T. for the heads up on this one.
Off to Baltimore Comic Con tomorrow and Sunday, one of the things I will be picking up is the Bob's Burgers #1 BCC variant. I am usually not much for keeping variants, but this book (regular and variants) is doing pretty well. Continue reading “Bob's Burgers #1 2nd Print: One to keep an eye on”
SOLD OUT New #1 Comics for September 3 2014
Article by comic book historian Terry Hoknes of www.HoknesComics.com – hoknes@hotmail.com
Terry has possibly the best track record on Earth for picking the next hot comic books that go up in value.
This article is immensely useful in determining what retailers have under ordered and what is going to sell out fast.
This column is here to help promote every new comic book series debuting this week.
Pictured are the 3 new series that are selling out the fastest at Diamond !
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Dwayne Johnson Tweets he will be Black Adam
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who ha previously tweeted he was in talks with DC to be in a movie, and later did an interview where he dropped the hint “just say the word”, has now confirmed he will be playing Black Adam in a live action Shazam Movie. We ran the video here. Continue reading “Dwayne Johnson Tweets he will be Black Adam”
Face Value #1 Bona fide hit of the week
We mentioned Face Value #1 here back on 8/27/14. The story features an autistic hero, a first in comics. The book sold out quickly as it had a low print run and ended up on NBC news. Reports from some shops stated that they were shorted by Diamond and did not receive any of the copies that they ordered. Continue reading “Face Value #1 Bona fide hit of the week”
Hunt or be Hunted, new Walking Dead teaser hints at Fear the Hunters?
There has been a lot of speculation for a while on whether or not Rick and the group stumbled into the Fear the Hunters story line. AMC released a new still kind of hinting to it. Continue reading “Hunt or be Hunted, new Walking Dead teaser hints at Fear the Hunters?”
Larry's Comics Pick of the week for 9/3/14
Each week, Larry from www.Larryscomics.net stops by to give us his pick of the week. Here is this weeks, for delivery 9/3/14: Continue reading “Larry's Comics Pick of the week for 9/3/14”
Comics Picks of the week for delivery 9/3/14
Each week hundreds of new comics hit the shelves, each one with potential. Some live up to that potential. We pick the ones we feel will heat up each week. Here is out comics picks of the week for delivery 9/3/14: Continue reading “Comics Picks of the week for delivery 9/3/14”
THE HOT COMIC CALENDAR
By comic book historian Terry Hoknes of www.HoknesComics.com – hoknes@hotmail.com Check out his site for his current $2 Comics Heating Up sale.
As a comic book historian I love keeping track of stats.
So I thought it would be interesting to keep a solid log of every single comic that goes up in value.
This calendar is a log of every comic that suddenly becomes hotter and jumps in value with an actual date.
This list should be continually updated and I hope others will add any comics that I may have missed.
Over a period of time we can look for trends and make interesting comparisons
Here is the 2014 Hot Comic Calendar
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Hoknes Comics Hot New Comics for delivery 9/3/14
Each week Terry Hoknes of www.hoknescomics.com releases a video spotlighting the hot new comics of the week. Here is this weeks, for delivery 9/3/14. Continue reading “Hoknes Comics Hot New Comics for delivery 9/3/14”
Hoknes Comics $2 comics heating up sale.
From our friend and frequent contributor here at comicsheatingup.net, Terry Hoknes Continue reading “Hoknes Comics $2 comics heating up sale.”
Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder list for 8/30/14
The Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder list is a great speculator tool. It gives a snap shot of what comics shops are going back and getting more copies of before the books are released. These books could be new series, second issues of new series, reprints of recent hot books, or a hot story line. What ever the reason, these are the books retailers want. Here is the Diamond Comics Advanced reorder List for 8/30/14 Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder list for 8/30/14”
Huge week for sold out comics
By Terry Hoknes of www.hoknescomics.com
This is one of the biggest sell out weeks that I can ever recall.
Many comics from all publishers have sold out already and will likely have reprints.
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Tfaw back to school sale
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Enormous review.
I was very happy to get a review copy of Enormous #4 in this week. Tim Daniel has been very good to me in sending me it out. I have been a big fan of the book since it’s release and can say things get crazy from here on out. Continue reading “Enormous review.”
Zip's August Previews Highlights
Zip has been scouring the Previews this month looking for gems for us. So without further ado Zip’s Preview highlights.
Every month Previews comes out and showcases the pretties that we will be putting our money on in the coming months. My goal is to spotlight some that are worth putting on pull folders in advance or ordering in advance online. If nothing else… Some to keep an eye on. Continue reading “Zip's August Previews Highlights”
Low #2 Sold out
Image Comics is proud to announce the Low #2, from Rick Remender has sold out.
Issue #2 of Remender and Tocchini’s hot sci-fi series sells-out, breathtaking artwork for issue #3 revealed
Bestselling writer Rick Remender (BLACK SCIENCE, DEADLY CLASS) and artist Greg Tocchini’s (Uncanny X-Force, Last Days of American Crime) hot new science fiction adventure keeps climbing in popularity. Readers in search of a science fiction series filled with plot twists and worldbuilding cannot get enough of LOW and issue #2 has sold out instantly. Low #2 will sail into a second printing arriving on 9/24 to meet customer demand. Additionally, we are pleased to reveal early artwork of the eagerly anticipated Low #3.
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