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The whole classic literature, voodoo, vibe the book has going for it is amazing. Nov 18, 2012 comic books should be good is an excellent blog, and greg burgas has pretty good taste in comics except when he disagrees with me. Nov 08, 2015 and for many of these comic book examples, it takes an understanding of the difference between direct edition and newsstand edition copies, before you can truly appreciate just how collectible some of these rarities are. At the heart of litho ninja comic book printing is one of the largest printing companies in houston, texas. An unpopular book from the late 70s if marvel or dc always has way more copies than demand, even if it was a relatively tiny print run. For a variety of good reasons, this is a topic that has created more controversy within the comics retailing community than any other publisher policy put into effect. Because print runs have declined so dramatically, the addon cost of printing additional copies is no where near as low as it was in the past. There is truly a magical alchemy that takes place between a comic book writer and art team whenever they are onsong and have found their. By 1982 it was already consistently in the top 3 in sales. If a comic book has a printing error, does that make it more. How to determine a books initial press run denise enck recently ive received a couple of emails from visitors to this site, who wanted to know how to determine how large a given published book s initial print run also known as the first printing, first impression, or press run was. Obadiah oldbuck in 1842 in hardcover, making it the. Comic book adventures of the classic tv western series that aired from 1959 to 1973. A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that.

Heres the full master list of your choices for the top 100 comic book runs of all time. Bargains and discounts on complete comic book sets and runs comic books for sale buy dc, marvel comic books online. Mar 24, 2016 is this true in any other collectible field. Cover scans, other images, detailed information about the valiant comic books. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. If you want a bunch of comics at the fraction of the regular price then this is your chance. For all artists who print their work with comic books on demand, if your title has age appropriate content, an extra copy or 2 of each book will be printed off and donated to the westmeads childrens hospital. At this point, only the print run and paid circulations. We are now offering online our famous comic book bundles. Comic book and graphic novel sales charts, market shares, and industry analysis from john jackson miller. For example the original detective comics, the series that introduced batman, ran for 881 issues between 1937 and 2011. Popular 100 best comic runs books goodreads share book. But i easily rank it up there with the likes of his work on ultimate spiderman or daredevil.

The letters page also contains a statement of ownership average print run 585,000. May 20, 2016 for the uninitiated, a comic book ghost is simply a very difficult book to find. The first 300 issues of the amazing spiderman are in the books after the webslingers epic battle vs. The hollywood reporter and iconic creators are looking back at 100 classic runs of. Popular best comic book runs of all time books showing 150 of 104 marvel masterworks. Printing services for comic book tc transcontinental printing. In an age where print runs are frequently in the hundredthousands, which issues and variants are the hardest to get. If your color comic has a low circulation, say 5000 copies. Comics as a print medium have existed in america since the printing of the adventures of mr. Thats basically because the contents or other reasons to want the comic usually dwarf the scarcity aspect, especially post1965. Tales from the database mile high comics, chuck rozanski.

The letters page includes a statement of ownership. Most silver age marvels and dcs had print runs between 250,000 and 500,000. How to determine a books initial press run empty mirror. Classic teen titans reprint, the secret olympic heroes, script by bob haney, art by nick cardy. Comic book print runs definitely check out the above video of talks comics. The smallest comic book printings of alltime zapkapow comics. Action comics and superman runs to end in two may specials. What tends to happen, though, is once a few people are aware of how rare these books are, the prices rise quickly, especially if the cover is top shelf. Instead, comic stores have to order a certain amount of normal issues, and for each five or ten of fifty issues the store orders, the publisher will provide one special issue with a rare cover. Are there vinyl records where a second smaller pressing is worth more than the first pressing. Apr 10, 2017 the system behind these sales is utterly bizarre comic companies will print limited runs of certain variant covers, but wont sell these individually. Invincible lowest print run top 5 comic book speculation. Speedy and the titans locate a missing olympic athlete. Alias is handsdown one of the best comic book runs ever written.

This issue features mad stallion in which little joe faces a killer stallion and the debt in which hoss aid to a stranger creates a debt that the stranger feels he must pay back. Enough with the intro, lets talk about some ghosts. A great comic book or graphic novel is driven by tight dialogue, striking artwork and. The standard catalog does a pretty good job of reporting the print run info, but with the early data they report the run, not the number of copies sold. But please look at the scans closely and note the provided grade opinion to make sure there isnt something wrong with thisthese specific book s. Print runs of comics comics general cgc comic book. Twice over the past 8 years, brian cronin has done a massive poll for the best 100 runs of all time, and recently completed his 2012 edition. Mainly making this thread to spark discussion about some of the most critically acclaimed comic book runs out there that specifically feature superheroes. Csbg nears the end of the countdown as we continue to count down your picks for the greatest comic book creator runs of alltime. Any unintended variants tend to be rarer and therefore theoretically more valuable than nonvariants. For publishers to print additional copies of a given title is use of working capital that may very well have a zero rate of return. Csbg continues to countdown the top 100 comic book runs as decided by you.

This socalled small press scene a term derived from the limited quantity of comics printed in each pressrun continued to grow and diversify, with a number of. Im reading starman right now, about 23 issues in and i cant get enough to it. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. The simplest form of a full run is a complete collection of a given title of a comic.

The image above shows daniel, our china office manager, inspecting the first sheets off of an offset press run. Amazing spiderman might have a very high print run, but everyone wants it. As i only collect comics i have no idea, but are there rare books that later print runs that have smaller print runs are worth more than first printings of the same book. Jim aparos batman is the coolest batman to ever grace comic book pages. Each bundle may contain lower grades andor later printings ask if you have any questions. Almost all of our issues are going to be in at least vg or better condition. This issue is tom palmers first work on the avengers series. The modern age of comic books runs from the mid1980s to the present day. Its definitely one of bendis lesserknown works, so many people will not be familiar with it or even have heard of it. The comic book industry is dynamic and rapidly changing, leading publishers of. I love the wordiness of it, it almost feels like youre reading a novel instead of a comic book. Backed by the most highly sophisticated printing technology on the planet, litho ninja can print your comic books, posters, flyers, trading cards, convention display graphics, and much more. Letter to the editor from comics writer bob rozakis. Comic book printing projects are still smallrun efforts, and china is a great resource for small runs of highquality printed materials.