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Rhyno posted:Awesome, just what we need to crash our massive upswing in DC sales.
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I don't think they'll do it and if they do, it won't last.
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redbackground posted:What are the top 3 DC books these days at your store? Right now? Convergence, Convergence, Convergence. Heh, just kidding. Batman, Justice League, Superman. These variant cover mothers are loving killing it for us. I have a dozen people buying up every single variant in each themed month, usually doubling up and buying the normal cover of their regular books. We ran out of the Batman #40 Variant (Mask) in a day but I'd have easy sold 50 more we've had so many requests for it. Second tier books are Green Lantern, Flash, Batman and Robin, and Detective. The weeklies started strong but ended up being just average. Over at Marvel we sold 100 Secret Wars in a week. Original Sin did half that. Image is crushing it with Descender and a half dozen other new books. New Valiant stuff is so-so, Bloodshot and Ninjak sold out of #1's but I ordered very light on them.
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Rhyno posted:Heh, just kidding. Batman, Justice League, Superman. These variant cover mothers are loving killing it for us. I have a dozen people buying up every single variant in each themed month, usually doubling up and buying the normal cover of their regular books. We ran out of the Batman #40 Variant (Mask) in a day but I'd have easy sold 50 more we've had so many requests for it. So, not judging here, but do you think they genuinely want to own those covers because they're cool, or are they speculatin'?
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May 22, 2015 04:21
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I'm always perplexed by people who buy up all of the variants. It just seems so bizzare.
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May 22, 2015 04:22
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Lurdiak posted:So, not judging here, but do you think they genuinely want to own those covers because they're cool, or are they speculatin'? 
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Lurdiak posted:So, not judging here, but do you think they genuinely want to own those covers because they're cool, or are they speculatin'? My customer base is very informed on the current DC variant rarity (i tell them). It's a matter of how cool they are and the completest mentality.
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May 22, 2015 04:23
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redbackground posted:You should always judge those who buy variant covers Don't judge me because I want kickass Allred and Cooke covers.
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May 22, 2015 04:48
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Rhyno posted:My customer base is very informed on the current DC variant rarity (i tell them). It's a matter of how cool they are and the completest mentality. You're the worst enabler. 
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May 22, 2015 04:51
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If I had oodles of disposable income, I'd probably buy huge swaths of DC's variants too. With the exception of those god awful Chip Kidd ones and maybe those tepid Flash covers, they've been really fun pieces of work.
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Madkal posted:Don't judge me because I want kickass Allred and Cooke covers. I don't like it very much when a variant cover has nothing to do with the book I'm reading (especially the trend of showcasing characters like Deadpool on completely unrelated books), but the Allred, Cooke, and Noto (at Marvel) variants are all gorgeous, and worthy of collecting in books of their own. Heck, I even like the Bombshells variants -- I'm a sucker for that '40s retro pin-up aesthetic. Have they ever done that -- collecting popular artists' variants in books of their own?
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May 22, 2015 05:00
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SynthOrange posted:You're the worst enabler. What? I make sure everyone knows that these have the same rarity as the standard covers! DC used to do art portfolios but its been about 6 years since the last one.
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At least with DC covers all I did was ask my LCBS to pull the variants that I wanted. They never charged me extra. Sometimes I see the variants in the stacks as well. Is it still a speculators thing?
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Madkal posted:At least with DC covers all I did was ask my LCBS to pull the variants that I wanted. They never charged me extra. Sometimes I see the variants in the stacks as well. Is it still a speculators thing?
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redbackground posted:You should always judge those who buy variant covers That's what they get for judging the value of a book by its cover.
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Die Laughing posted:That's what they get for judging the value of a book by its cover. But it has the value printed on the cover!
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Madkal posted:At least with DC covers all I did was ask my LCBS to pull the variants that I wanted. They never charged me extra. Sometimes I see the variants in the stacks as well. Is it still a speculators thing? lotus circle posted:The monthly themed variants aren't incentive based, where a store gets one per 25 issues ordered or whatever, so anyone speculating it should be slapped. Basically these days when DC does a themed variant cover month (Lego, Flash, Movies, Harley) we are now able to order whatever quantity we wish. They still release 1:25 and up variants though. The 1:25 variant for Batman #40 was selling for upwards of $50 for the first week of release.
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Speaking of variants, who wants to buy JLA #1 seven times over? http://www.comicvine.com/articles/bryan-hitch-s-variant-covers-for-justice-league-of/1100-152372/ e: Aquaman's an Escher Girl. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 16:29 on May 22, 2015 |
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Teenage Fansub posted:Speaking of variants, who wants to buy JLA #1 seven times over?
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That's some amazingly bad art. Aquaman is doing the most violent boobs and butt pose I've ever seen. Why is Batman there, anyway?
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Travis343 posted:That's some amazingly bad art. Aquaman is doing the most violent boobs and butt pose I've ever seen. Why is Batman there, anyway? JLA is a self contained title, unrelated to the other books.
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I've never understood what people see in Hitch's art. I just find it ugly.
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Batman's flying boot is my absolute favourite one 
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May 22, 2015 16:31
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Teenage Fansub posted:Speaking of variants, who wants to buy JLA #1 seven times over? I'm going to sell like 300 copies of this, I an't even kidding. I have four requests for complete sets already.
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May 22, 2015 16:34
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Deadpool posted:I've never understood what people see in Hitch's art. I just find it ugly. Also, enough with the goddamn parademons already.
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May 22, 2015 16:36
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Is this a new book ala Marvel's multiple Avengers, or a relaunch of the main title?
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May 22, 2015 16:40
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WickedHate posted:Is this a new book ala Marvel's multiple Avengers, or a relaunch of the main title? New secondary JL title that will ship about three times a year.
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Semper Fudge posted:Hey Rhyno, what do pre-orders for the new DC books look like so far? So so but everyone always adds that stuff the day before in my experience because they want to gently caress up my order numbers.
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The only new books I've added to pulls so far are Black Canary and Starfire. I'm probably going to add Dark Universe and Martian Manhunter unless the #1 issues are terrible. Other than that, nothing else from the new books interests me. I've been pretty disappointed.
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What about Bizarro, you fool?!
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Wendell posted:What about Bizarro, you fool?! Did I miss something in that book? The art was great, but I didn't laugh at all during it.
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Gaz-L posted:Did I miss something in that book? The art was great, but I didn't laugh at all during it. You obviously missed the part where Bizarro ate cocaine.
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Rhyno posted:I'm going to sell like 300 copies of this, I an't even kidding. I have four requests for complete sets already. Your customers sound magical. We don't move variant covers like that around here. I'm hyped for JLA. My friend just got hooked on the Ultimates this week, and it reminded me how much I loved his art. He drew a great JLA in Heavens Ladder, and the huge format really made it larger than life.
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Die Laughing posted:Your customers sound magical. We don't move variant covers like that around here. It's not even speculators, it's the Pokemon kids all grown up. I have one dude who wrote out a very long detail list of every Secret Wars tie in and turned that in last month. And he wrote it out like this quote:Secret Wars #1 and so on. Instead of "Secret Wars #1-8." Every issue got it's own line o notebook paper. He's the most enthusiastic dude I have buying books right now.
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Convergence's Final issue's preview Man, I wasn't expecting Waverider to show up. Talk about nostalgia.
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If the pitch of "Bizarro and Jimmy Olsen road-trip to Canada, which Superman calls Bizarro America" isn't enough to get you on board then I don't know what to tell you. It felt like exactly the kind of book I want DC to make.
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Travis343 posted:If the pitch of "Bizarro and Jimmy Olsen road-trip to Canada, which Superman calls Bizarro America" isn't enough to get you on board then I don't know what to tell you. It felt like exactly the kind of book I want DC to make. I'm glad it exists, and hope you enjoy it, but seriously, nothing in it tickled me.
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:Convergence's Final issue's preview Of all the characters, why would you bring him back.
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