Category Archives: Speculator Corner

Polarity #1 Sells Out From Diamond, And Sells For $13 On eBay

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Rich Johnston

We mentioned this might be a thing a couple of weeks ago. Polarity #1 from Boom!, out today, has sold through its 20% overprint on retailer orders, and has already sold copies for $13 on eBay today for the standard …

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Speculator Corner: Spawn #9 By Neil Gaiman And Todd McFarlane, The First Appearance Of Angela

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Spawn #9. The first appearance of Angela. It probably had a print run of around half a million. But quite a few of them are in landfill. This comic, by Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane can often be found in …

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Speculator Corner: Did Superior Spider-Man Begin In Amazing Spider-Man #600?

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

So Amazing Spider-Man #698 is selling from between $5 and $13 on eBay… but where did it all begin? Could it be a certain scene in Amazing Spider-Man #600? The issue saw Otto Octavius coming to terms with the damage …

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Speculator Corner: Avenging Spider-Man #15.1

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Amazing Spider-Man #698 has already gone to a second print for, you know, obvious reasons. And Marvel are promising more mind boggling occurrences in Amazing Spider-Man #700, which has been racking up retailer reorders in its droves. But Avenging Spider-Man …

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Suicide Squad #14 Selling Copies For $15 On eBay

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Okay, it’s no Walking Dead #1. But give it time. Raw, unslabbed copies of Suicide Squad #14, which went on sale today, are selling copies on eBay for $14.95. Considering it only went on sale a few hours ago at …

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Speculator Corner: Great Pacific #1

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bedlam #1 and MacGyver #1 are the lastest two Image Comics launches to sell out and go to a second print. Here are the new covers, above. But one that is guaranteed to follow is Great Pacific #1 by Joe …

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Speculator Corner: Bedlam #1

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Rich Johnston

This week sees the first issue of Nick Spencer and Riley Rossmo‘s new Image comic, Bedlam, published. It’s not the first time it will have seen the light of day though. There were copies of a NYCC version being sold …

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Death Of The Family, Rebirth Of The Speculator

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Did you buy some Batman comics these past two weeks? Care to pay for next week’s groceries with them? Let’s take a look at eBay. Batman #13 going for up to $20 (but mostly more like $15) Batgirl #13 going …

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Speculator Corner: Red Hood And The Outlaws #13 SPOILER

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

We are all aware that demand for the Batman: Death Of The Family crossover is outstripping supply. Leading to instant sellouts and climbing eBay prices. But there’s one people may have missed and it’s out tomorrow. Red Hood And The …

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Speculator Corner: Swamp Thing #1

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Next week today, Bleeding Cool believe that DC Comics will announce a new ongoing Superman comic book, entitled Man Of Steel, written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Jim Lee. Which will, no doubt, be the best selling comic book …

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From $8 To $100 – Marvel Preview #7 And A Certain Rocket Raccoon

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Time to go through your magazine boxes. An FN/VF copy of Marvel Preview #7 with the first appearance of Rocket Raccoon went for $8.50 a couple of months ago. But that was before the announcement of a Guardians Of The …

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Speculator Corner: Higher Earth #3

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Rich Johnston

There’s something about issue threes. Sleeper-successful comic books often begin to turn around with issue 4. For those big surprise success stories, issue 3 is often the most underordered. We call it Issue Three syndrome.  Go on and try to …

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Speculator Corner: Will Bravest Warriors Take Everyone By Surprise Again?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bravest Warriors is a brand new comic series created by Pendleton Ward, for Boom! Studios. If you don’t recognise his name, he is the creator of Adventure Time. Remember how well ordered the original first issue of Adventure Time was? …

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DC Comics Liquidating Stacks Of Trade Paperbacks And Graphic Novels

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

DC Comics are looking to reduced their stock of the following books by offering them to retailers at a massive discount. What that means is that in a few weeks, these books will be plentiful at comic books stores. And …

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Say Goodbye To DC’s Lucifer

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Lucifer was the Sandman spinoff that could. By Mike Carey, Peter Gross and Ryan Kelly, it took the character of the Devil as portrayed in the Sandman series, out for a run – and ran it for 75 issues, as …

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The Gay Marriage – And Pulped Print Run – Of Mind The Gap #2 (UPDATE)

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Rich Johnston

  We get it, gay marriage is the new hot topic in comics right now. Archie Comics, Astonishing X-Men, Earth Two, it’s all the rage. So Jim McCann wants a little of that and would like to point out that …

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Speculator’s Corner: Dark Avengers #1 And Earth 2 #2

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Rich Johnston

With the revelation that Iron Patriot is, in some form, to appear in Iron Man 3, there suddenly appears to be a rush on the character’s first appearances. That would be Dark Avengers #1 of course, as well as subsequent …

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The Infinity Gauntlet Is The Best Selling Graphic Novel On Amazon

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The Infinity Gauntlet by Jim Starlin, George Perez and Ron Lim is currently the number one best selling graphic novel on Amazon.com. I wonder why? On eBay, Thanos’ first appearance in Iron Man #55 at CGC 9.4 has just sold …

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