Informed Comic Book Speculation and Pop Culture News
It’s been a couple of weeks, but Larry from Larry’s Comics has released a new comics market report. (Titles in orange are clickable and will show you current auctions on ebay in a new window)
Hey guys,
Here is my shops weekly report for this week.
It contains A LOT of recycled information because it’s weekly & the market doesn’t change that fast.
Enjoy it. Don’t take it too seriously.
Last of Us American Dreams has been the surprise hit of a slow May-June selling period. Prices remain fairly high, as there was a tiny print run on the book. Considering how well the video game was received, and rated by critics, the book was a natural to take off. Below is an overview of prices for the comic: Continue reading “Last of Us American Dreams has been the surprise hit of a slow May”
The Diamond Comics Advanced reorder list is a great tool for looking at what books could be potentially hot. This list compiles the top 25 most reorder comics before they are distributed. These books could be soon to be released ones that are getting a lot of people asking about the in their local comic shops, books that are getting talked about on the boards. They could also be books that the past issue or couple of issues sold well and now the retailers are scrambling to fill the demand for future issues. Needless to say it is a good peek at what has buzz behind it.
So, here is the Diamond Comics Advanced reorder list for 6/28/13: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder list 6/28/13”
Wow, good two weeks for new comics selling out. We have mentioned ‘X-Files #1’, ‘Wild Blue Yonder #1’ and ‘Half Past Danger 1&2’ have sold out quickly. Now, it looks Like Dynamite Entertainment is getting in on the action.
IDW has seen a string of sold out books lately. ‘Wild Blue Yonder’ sold out its first issue. See it here with print run numbers. ‘Half Past Danger’ also sold out its first two issues, again see it here with print run numbers.
Continue reading “X-Files Season 10 sells out from IDW, plus print run”
Interesting article From the Examiner.com:
The secondary market place for comic books, primarily eBay and Amazon, was thriving in the first half of 2013. New comics would hit the shelves and would sell for multiples of cover price. People who were not normally sellers on the two market places were placing books for sale and making serious profit. Message boards were on fire with tips on the latest books that were hitting $20 sale prices on new comic day, Wednesday’s in the U.S. That was until mid-May, when sales for many sellers fell off 70-90% according to many forum posts.
Continue reading “Comic book secondary market place sees sales down turn in May”
Larry from Larry’s Comics seems to have taken some time off from his market report. No word as to when it will resume. We looked at Lyria to pull some of the hottest books going on right now to fill in the gap.
Uncanny #1 drops tomorrow and Dynamite Comics released the print run for the three covers. This was a pick of the week. Continue reading “Uncanny #1 from Dynamite Print Run”
Sorry for getting this out late.
One way to tell what comic has heat to it is seeing what retailers are ordering. The Diamond Comics Advanced reorder list shows what retailers are increasing their orders on before the books come out. A lot of books on the list tend to be new books retailers are being asked about or second issues that retailers enjoyed success with selling the first issue. So without further ado, this week’s advanced reorders. Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder list 6/21/13”
Not long ago we noticed an increase inthe selling price on ‘The Strain’ #1, a book that originally was selling for $1 and we were able to find a several copies in shops for quick profit. Then the news came out about it going to the silver screen. Prices popped even further.
Looks like IDW had a couple of recent releases that did pretty well. IDW was proud to announce that their book ‘Half Past Danger’ #1 and 2 are sold out at the distributor level and would be going back for a second printing. Continue reading “Half Past Danger #1 and 2 Sells out at distributor level”
Joe Hill’s Locke and Key comic book has been optioned for a movie according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Thanks to Schwaeger for bringing this to my attention yesterday on our Facebook Site.
Rumors are going around the message boards that the fan favorite comic ‘Think Tank’ by Matt Hawkins had been optioned for a movie deal. Now Bleeding Cool is echoing the rumor as well. Continue reading “‘Think Tank’ Movie in development.”
I spoke to Larry this morning via e-mail and he said there was no new market report this week. Continue reading “Larry’s Comics Market report 6/19/13”
Here is this weeks new comic book releases shipping Continue reading “Comics Books Shipping 6/19/13”
Each Tuesday we pick which books we are speculating on to be the “big” books of the week. This week we have some really interesting picks. Check them out below and let us know what you think:
Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 6/19/13”
DC is doing their road show to promote their upcoming books, including the new Sandman book. As a promo, they gave out Superman Unchained #1 3d variant. Continue reading “Superman Unchained #1 3d DC Roadshow Variant sells for $405”
Boom Studios has announced that Six Gun Gorilla, which was released this past Wednesday, has sold out. Continue reading “Six Gun Gorilla sells out in 24 hours”
I will admit that the past couple of reorder lists have been fairly boring. Not too much for speculators to pick through. The past through weeks have been cock full of Tpbs and hard covers which I usually gloss over or leave out all together. This months is different. The advanced reorder list is what retailers are stocking up on before the issues are released. They may have heard speculation, have had people asking about books, or had the previous issue sell well or sell out.
This weeks list sees some new books (which look to sell out) and major cross over books.
See the list after the bump.
Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advanced Reorder List 6/12/13”
Reprinted with permission from Terry Hoknes of www.hoknescomics.com. Terry also writes for Investcomics.
BEST SELLING COMICS in a world without DC and Marvel – report by Terry Hoknes of www.HoknesComics.com Continue reading “BEST SELLING COMICS in a world without DC and Marvel”
The team that brought you ‘Couples Retreat,’ Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley are set to turn Image Comics Graphic Novel ‘Term Life’ into a film according to Hollywood reporter, See the original article here. Continue reading “Image Comics ‘Term Life’ to be made by Vince Vaugn”