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http://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-257-looking-at-bookscan-2016-more-than-10-million-sold/ Book market so these are estimated sales to readers unlike Comichron/ICv2 numbers which are estimated sales to retailers. I reckon there's plenty of dross in every era. They just end up being forgotten while the gems stand the test of time.

Quite likely 1:25. I expect they'll get hammered with variant orders if they price it any lower. Midtown might carry it for less but that's on first come first serve basis so there's a risk they'll be sold out quickly.

The copies are borderline (some lift on the bottom). I have some titles on 9.8 sub with Dre so he's just gonna send the foils along with the regular subs. It's pre-screened 9.8 and Dre will only charge me if it passes. No pressing. I'm a little concerned that might damage the foil, too. This is going to be for the PC. Sorta the centerpiece of the bunch (at least until I can get a Cover A double signed by Peter J. Tomasi and Jorge Jimenez).

That's awesome! Congrats. I've requested Dre to try to have mine 9.8 pre-screened so it'll be a while before I get mine. Really hoping it makes the grade.

That would be awesome. Thanks! Super Sons #1 was released 02/15/17 so with the aforementioned 2-3 month delay, maybe they start showing up April to May 2017?

Anyone else read Action #975 yet?

BookScan Top 750 now out. http://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-257-looking-at-bookscan-2016-more-than-10-million-sold/ http://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Bookscan-16-Top-750_sheet.htm Congratulations to Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (TAKEDA Sana?). Monstress Volume 1 is Image's 10th best selling book on BookScan. Particularly impressive given #s 1-9 are all either The Walking Dead or Saga and #11 is Paper Girls Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan. Together with Comichron numbers, that's 50K Volume 1s sold. Granted, Paper Girls v01 wins the combined number at ~56-57K.

Unfortunately, no comics at my local Walmart. Do they sell those online? Searching Walmart.com hasn't given me anything.

Interesting. Now that we have a Walmart nearby, I'm gonna have to check if they have comics there. Trying to collect all Super Sons variants. Do you know if there's a time delay and how long it is for when Walmart carries new issues? Thanks!

Honestly, I think anything above 1:100 is crazy. At least with 1:100 for something like ASM, there are probably a number of comic shops that qualify just from their normal orders. Granted, I usually ignore most variants with a price tag higher than $15. Most are just pretty covers with crappy interiors. Oh well, guess the interior doesn't really matter once they're slabbed.

Goodness. Because 1:1000 is not enough. I'm surprised they didn't go 1:5000 (or 1:4999).

Lol, at least it's not the $10+ retailer exclusive variants (not including shipping). I used up a significant chunk of my comic budget on the Super Sons variants. Thank goodness I just dropped a ton of Marvel titles (and had some that Marvel cancelled).

Signatures are a personal preference. Some like them and will pay extra for autographed comics. Others don't want any scribbles on their books.

Perhaps some of the speculators have gotten burned on some titles that never went anywhere.

Lol, already have this one (DCBS Rebirth Overstock). Not quite NM (VF+ to VF/NM) but it was only $2.99 when BIN on ebay was ~$10-15. Also bought the 2nd printing with red Rebirth header and background (15% off cover at Midtown) but even that is out of stock now. Wish I had bought extra of the 2nd printing. It looks really spiffy. Superman #10 and #11 (read via comiXology) were darned fun and what had me geared up for Super Sons in the first place. I got into DC Rebirth late and unfortunately, the first print was already out of stock on Midtown, TFAW, etc. by then.

Ah, ok. Will get them from Amazon Kindle, then.

First time I've heard of this series (in fairness, I didn't really get into American comics until late last year). I don't care about rarity but I do love Skottie Young variants and this looks amazing! Definitely buying 3 and picking up the first 4 issues through comiXology.

It's swag/giveaway from the ComicsPRO annual meeting held in February. Bought my copy from ebay. Figure I should just identify all of these. From left to right. Row 1 Frank Quitely Cover A, C & B (Hall of Comics/More Great Collectibles/Voldie) Row 2 Jonboy Meyers (Fried Pie Comics), Jorge Jimenez B&W (ComicsPRO Exclusive), Mirka Andolfo (Bulletproof Comix) Row 3 Tyler Kirkham Catwoman, Group & Poison Ivy (Unknown Comic Books)

I didn't buy these for spec. Honestly, I expect to see most of these on clearance sales rather than appreciate. If you want spec, better bet is Superman #10. I'm just really loving the series right now which is why I'm collecting all the variants, even the Simone Bianchi which I'm not a fan of. Felt wrong that I had just that one variant missing from my collection and it was just $10 anyway.

Lol, I'm ordering mine from Dre along with the Wild Storm Foil. First batch of variants. I received the Francesco Mattina and Simone Bianchi after I already took this pic and I was too lazy to stage them to take pics again. Apparently, I already had the EBAS, too, but had too many comic mailers that I missed opening that one.

x1 of each.

How about a more recent one. Just curious. Super Sons #1 by Jonboy Meyers?

Originally, Jim Lee variant was supposed to have been 1:50 and Jim Lee B&W 1:100 with no returnability. Some retailers complained I guess since DC eventually made Wild Storm returnable. I reckon it's because of this change that DC made the Jim Lee variant to free to order and had the Jim Lee B&W variant exclusive to ComicsPro attendees. Maybe your LCS didn't know about the change?

Some interesting stats from one retailer: http://www.fantomcomics.com/blog/2017/02/13/2016-review-comic-book-shop-talks-comic-book-sales-trends/ While I do think Marvel would benefit from synchronicity, comic shops would be remiss if they don't recommend Marvel's excellent backlist to newcomers either via back issue floppies or collected editions. Collected editions such as TPBs and HCs would probably work best on a newbie. They're familiar with the book format and it's generally far easier to read one omnibus TPB than 20 or so individual floppies that are bagged and boarded. I began reading Marvel starting from the Death of Captain America arc, Black Widow (2010) and Winter Soldier (2012) via Marvel Unlimited. Coming from the movies, those series felt familiar and just enhanced/fleshed out characters I was introduced to on the big screen. The staff at my LCS was polite and nice enough. However, on my first visit, they were pretty busy talking Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh! with regulars. If that had been my first entry into superhero comics instead of Marvel Unlimited, I probably would've ended up buying Civil War II and 1) the LCS would've lost me as a customer, and 2) likely never bought another superhero comic ever again. Instead, I had gone there knowing exactly what specific comics I wanted to buy thanks to Tumblr recommendations and knowing which creators I liked from Marvel Unlimited. Pretty much all I needed to do was grab the issues I wanted off the rack and pay for my purchase. I even have a file with them now.

I'm just sticking mine in Mylites2 + top loader. It wouldn't feel right to have only some of the variants slabbed and it's just too expensive to get all of them slabbed. Also, the Kirkham 9.8 slabs are, I believe, Voldie, while Mattina is CGC and I need that to be consistent, too.