Tag: Comic Speculation

Sold Out Comics: Day Men #2

Boom-studios.com had up on their blog that “Day Men” #2 has sold out at the distributor level in about a weeks time. The first issue, which came out months ago, was optioned for a movie, so it is no surprise that the book would sell out. The book, just like the sold out number 1 will go to a second printing.

When comics sell out at the distributor level, this does not mean you will not be able to find them on your retailers shelves, it means that once those copies are gone, they can’t order additional copies.

With a movie deal in the works, it might not be a bad idea to hold onto a couple of copies of these.

Spec That! Episode 2. HE is HIM

We recently teamed up with Lubber Clang, @lubberclang to run his great and funny comic book speculation videos. Here is the second episode, HE is Him. This episode deals with Adam Warlock, formerly (a long long time ago) Him. Continue reading “Spec That! Episode 2. HE is HIM”

Comics Picks of the week for 12/18/13

Well it is Wednesday eve, every Wednesday is like Christmas to me. Next week will be even more so since it is… Christmas. But this week sees some really cool books. Each week tons of new comics come out and we pour through them to see what we think could have some legs and heat up.
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A look ahead to Wednesday 12/18/13

A little late and light on posts since last Thursday, as an illness has ripped it’s way through the Flipper household, but trying to get back on track. This week is another good week as some really cool books coming out this week. So with that I will jump right into it.
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Sinister Six and Venom movies on the horizon

Sony Pictures are looking to expand their Marvel Comics Movies by expanding on their Spider-man via spin-offs. On Tap are The Sinister Six which first appeared in Amazing Spider-man Annual #1 and Venom which first appeared in Amazing Spider-man #300. Continue reading “Sinister Six and Venom movies on the horizon”

Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder List 12/13/13

A great tool to see what coming out is getting attention and could heat up is the Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder list. these are the books retailers are going back and upping their orders on. These could be beacuse of message board and blog chatter, people coming into the stores talking about them, Publisher incentives ( a lot of books get these now) or what ever. What ever the reason these are the books that retailers are going back to the well to get more copies of.
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Phantom First Fridays info from Larry Doherty

With so many comic book shop coalitions jumping on the exclusive band wagon, we decided it was time to move in a different direction.

We like to support our publishing partners and our creator friends but we also needed a new angle for the Phantom Shops.
We don’t just want to be a variant cover group. We want to provide more to the comic industry.

Phantom First Friday benefits the shops involved by offering the consumer a unique shopping experience.

Creators & publishers receive great shelf space & promotional efforts from energetic retailers.

In exchange for a 30 day window of exclusivity and an original cover with some “Phantom Only” content, our network of energetic, creator friendly retailers will be providing promotional support and premium shelf space for projects that we feel are truly special.

Phantom First Friday is December 20th where we will launch our first micro distribution book.
We’re giving people a reason to return to their comic shop for something exciting and special.

Our first project, Escape from Jesus Island, fell into our lap. A group of creators approached us to see if we would be interested in the book. they had a successful kickstarter going but that is not enough to sustain an ongoing series nor does it put the book into comic shops. Bottom line is that there are hundreds of kickstarter projects that look and sound wonderful but your average comic shop can’t afford to invest in everyone of them, with a promise of it arriving sometime in the next year, but having to pay for it now. The Phantom will be looking for more of those outstanding properties to offer our support to. Along with our support we are also assisting creators by shopping to major publishers for them.
Once they see how it all works out for the Phantom Shops publishers just may be eager to look at a property that already has world-wide buzz thanks to the Phantom.

We help create the buzz and provide the creators the numbers they need to make their kick-starter project feasible. Our volume brings down their print run cost, allowing them make a profit coming out of the gate.
With luck, the best properties will then be picked up by a major publisher.

Phantom First Friday starts on December 20th with Escape From Jesus island. Any creators going to press from kickstarter, that are interested should send a full PDF to Ralph DiBernardo info@jetpackcomics.com and Larry Doherty larryscomicsinc@aol.com
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‘Escape from Jesus Island’ Kickstarter and Phantom First Edition

We had talked a while back about Kickstarter books and how they are the wave of the future. One book on my radar was ‘Escape from Jesus Island.’ It is a horror story in the vein of Reanimator meets Punk Rock Jesus. Basically a group of scientists attempt to clone Jesus, and succeed, however, in the process the make scores of mistakes. Of course, the Vatican wants the clone and sends in soldiers to get him, and mayhem ensues. Continue reading “‘Escape from Jesus Island’ Kickstarter and Phantom First Edition”

SOLD OUT New #1 and #2 Comics for December 11 2013 Release Week

Article by comic book historian Terry Hoknes of www.HoknesComics.com – hoknes@hotmail.com
Support new comics !
This column is here to help promote brand new comic book series.

This weekly article shows how popular the titles are and how close they are to selling out at Diamond.
This will give retailers and collectors a heads up with a reminder of books you want to make sure you get immediately!!
Sometimes books don’t sell out immediately so its worth taking a look back at series that came out in the past few months!
Continue reading “SOLD OUT New #1 and #2 Comics for December 11 2013 Release Week”

Comics Pick of the Week for 12/11/13

Each week tons of new books hit the shelves. Each one has the potential to go up in value, I mean you never know what could be picked up for a movie or a tv show with the current run of announcements. Each week we provide several different looks at what people are speculating as being the next hot book, here is ours.
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Diamond Comics Advanced reorder List 12/6/13

Most weeks the Diamond Comics Advanced reorder list is an awesome tool to see what is heating up in the near future. Its the list of books that retailers have re-ordered before the final order cut off. For what ever reason, customers talking about books, sold out first issues, hot story lines, blog and news stories, these are the books they need to get more of. Here is this weeks. Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advanced reorder List 12/6/13”

Larry’s Comics Picks of the Week for 12/11/13

Thanks to Larry from Larryscomics.net for stopping by in advance to give his picks of the week for 12/11/13.

Next week is killer..

There’s a ton of great material.
the masses will buy Day Men #2 & Manifest Destiny #2.

I will speculate on two under the radar properties: Continue reading “Larry’s Comics Picks of the Week for 12/11/13”

SOLD OUT New #1 and #2 Comics for December 4 2013 Release Week

Article by comic book historian Terry Hoknes of www.HoknesComics.com – hoknes@hotmail.com
Support new comics !
This column is here to help promote brand new comic book series.

This weekly article shows how popular the titles are and how close they are to selling out at Diamond.
This will give retailers and collectors a heads up with a reminder of books you want to make sure you get immediately!!
Sometimes books don’t sell out immediately so its worth taking a look back at series that came out in the past few months !
Comics can sell out very quickly so some titles on this list will be more valuable instantly the day of release !
Keep in mind that with 1500 comic stores if even just 20% of stores re-ordered just 1 copy each that would be 300 more copies sold instantly! Continue reading “SOLD OUT New #1 and #2 Comics for December 4 2013 Release Week”

Top 150 Hottest Comic Titles and recent Back Issues during LATE NOVEMBER 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. Continue reading “Top 150 Hottest Comic Titles and recent Back Issues during LATE NOVEMBER 2013”

A look ahead to next Wednesday, 10/11/13: The Other Dead #4

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Next week has some really good books coming out. one makes my speculator ears perk up. Continue reading “A look ahead to next Wednesday, 10/11/13: The Other Dead #4”

Comics Picks of the Week 12/4/13

Well, another Wednesday is almost upon us and that means new comics. Each week tons of new books come out, each week we look through them and give our picks on what could heat up. Continue reading “Comics Picks of the Week 12/4/13”

Cryptozoic Man #1 a comic heating up

This is one of those “I told you so” moments. We mentioned Cryptozic Man #1 back in October in our 10/19/13 pick of the week. Larry of Larry’s Comics had it as his pick of the week for that week as well, in fact he predicted what would happen. Continue reading “Cryptozoic Man #1 a comic heating up”

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