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Fingers crossed, none of the series I'm following would just be abandoned. Completed, I'm more than fine with. I collect a few books as single issues but for the most part, I'm a reader and would rather get the hardcover or trade paperback collections. Side benefit of that, no 6+ month wait in the middle of a story arc. Coming from the book world where it looks like it'll take a decade before The Winds of Winter is released, the 1-3 year wait between graphic novel volumes doesn't seem too bad.

Only if you're focusing on DC and Marvel output. Outside the Big 2, there's a lot of good comics.

Love this one.

Yep. Less likelihood of getting dragged into an event.

This is the only ongoing title left for Marvel on my pull list. Really enjoying it thus far. Granted, my knowledge of X-Men is limited to just the 90s X-Men: The Animated Series.

I thought Cates was going to be on Dr Strange? Only new Legacy title I plan on adding to my list at the moment is Waid/Samnee Captain America.

Plenty of retailers planning on not ordering the variants due to the high gating requirements so it might make for decent spec based on cover. Alas, these feature pretty much the same creative teams on the same titles pre-Legacy (a lot of which are selling at sub-20K). I think one poster from either Bleeding Cool or CBR pretty much described the 3D variants as putting lipstick on a pig. Among the Legacy titles, Jason Aaron's Mighty Thor gets good reviews, though.

I don't have an issue with the faces and I normally love Natali's work but the middle Harley kinda looks like the head was photoshopped onto the body or something.

This might be better: https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/883460752698486784 After Secret Empire (75 books, $300+ retail), Metal (25 books, ~$100 retail) is looking decidedly tame. I'm not planning on getting everything, though and having most of the tie-ins at $2.99 does help a bit. And here's the cover for Batman: The Murder Machine.

Good writing is good writing but I think having the right artist to work with is what elevates comics to greatness.

DC dropped the price for #2-6 to $3.99. https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/196861-DC-Drops-Prices-On-Dark-Nights-Metal-Miniseries

Not sure about accomplished but I'd pretty much read anything Waid/Samnee including the upcoming post-Hydra Captain America. Daredevil had some relatively long runs by stable, great creative teams - Bendis/Maleev, Brubaker/Lark, Waid/Samnee.

I'm sensing a theme here... I wonder if there was actually enough demand to justify a second printing or if Marvel's just trying to create demand for Generations because initial orders aren't as high as they'd hoped. The covers sure are pretty, though.

Interesting observation. Generations Hulk, Phoenix and Wolverine are already going into 2nd printings with Francesco Mattina cover art. I'm guessing the rest of Generations will get similar treatment. Gotta hand it to Marvel, they sure know how to use variants to great effect.

Same. And hey, DCBS had Cover A for just $1.99 (albeit limited to 2 or 3 copies at that price iirc, 40% discount on more). I only get reader/beater copies via my LCS since they're around 9.2-9.4 on average. DCBS usually has books in better condition.

The cover B? Those are free to order so my LCS just sells them for cover price.

I ordered Phoenix (for the pretty Stephanie Hans cover art) but it's coming from DCBS so probably won't receive it until mid-next month.

Lol, I tend to just use the Excel order form.

Quick guess, $100-150 for raw. CGC 9.8 premium is what 2-3x? If it gets featured on speculation websites, then good luck.

DC's Metal event costs the same or less as one of Marvel's family crossovers. Around 2 books a week at most.

They're doing that likely because there wouldn't be enough orders of the regular cover if they only price it at $100. At $300 (enough to cover the cost of 100 regular cover copies), every preorder is guaranteed to receive a copy even if someone buys, say, 1000 copies of the variant. That said, I don't buy higher priced variants sight unseen regardless of artist.

It's DC's blockbuster event of the year. The evil Batmen are supposed to be from alternate universes. The two prologue issues (Dark Days: The Forge, Dark Days: The Casting) are already out. Quite frankly, the event seems entirely skippable and repercussion-free. It's been enjoyable thus far though.

I think it's a sign that Marvel's been overusing events, crossovers, renumberings and variants. Their effectiveness to boost sales has greatly decreased. Take away all the variants and all those extra sales for the regular covers due to 1:25 to 1:2000 or variants requiring 250% orders of a previous issue and we'd probably see even lower sales levels for Marvel. http://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-261-marvel-comics-and-the-deck-chairs-of-the-titanic/ https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/07/29/comic-store-in-your-future-your-life-in-lenticular/

They did but the problem is Marvel expects the new crowd to buy the entire line up like some of the old guard do by forcing them into events and crossovers. Newsflash Marvel: Most millennials have student loans and can't afford to devote $20-100 per month for 3-6 months for whatever event or crossover you may have going on.

Monstress is on a Saga-like schedule with a few months hiatus between story arcs. Unlike other comic book publishers, with Image I believe it's the creators who decide whether they want to continue a series or not. Mind, July 11 is the release date on Amazon. I find release dates for comic shops are typically one week ahead of Amazon release. Interesting observation, Barnes & Noble has an exclusive variant with poster for volume 2 and it seems like they were able to sell that a week earlier than the regular cover.