Wow... I didn't know there was a thread dedicated to comics. Great to see so many comic fans around.

Cheers !


My read list:

Astonishing X-Men

Invincible Iron Man

Thor

Dragonlance

Kick Ass ...woohoo !!

Buffy Season 8

Mighty Avengers

New Avengers

Fathom Volume 3

This post has been edited by Crimson Viper: Jan 22 2009, 08:42 AM

I am , for sure. I liked the outcome of Secret Invasion, although I didn't think the series was memorable, except for the end where the status quo got turned over on it's head.With "Dark Reign" I am curious to know how they clear up how the new cabal was formed. For me , Emma Frost being involved is quite shocking becoz she's been on the "good" path for quite a while. Also, with Dark Avengers , I would like to see how the rest of the heroes cope with the new world order of heroes, and how Norman Osbourne forms a new team of "Avengers".Should be good.

Unfortunately, i noticed the dark Reign line of books are US3.99 ..arghh! Cover Price continues to increase.

hehe.. I don't have another copy of the 2nd issue. I started reading Kick Ass for fun, didn't think it would be a collectible sort of book.

What a sleeper hit it turned out to be..haha. Can't wait for the movie...Heard Nic Cage is involved, not sure if it's true..haha.

Wah...everyone must have one "guilty pleasure" read. i.e Grimm Fairy Tales, Fathom and Jungle Fever...hahaha.

Looks like everyone reads the Avengers titles.

Arius,

How you put up with the Ultimatum storyline.? Jeph Loeb needs to retire. Glad they bumped him off Heroes..

I think only Ultimate FF and Ultimate X-Men are over. But,Ultimate Spidey will go on and they'll be launching Ultimate Avengers..

I am pretty certain Ultimate FF and Ultimate X-Men are done, coz it's been removed for the solicitation list from Marvel.
I know Ultimate Avengers start after Ultimatum, but I also thought they weren't ending Spidey. If they are , it would be a shame.Ultimate Spidey is probably the best spidey book out now.ASM is getting better though. I still haven't recovered from the 90's.Awful, awful story telling. We can thank Marvel for destroying the comic hobby world over , thanks to greed and poor quality control at the time.

Mark Millar is returning to the Ultimate Universe. They are going to introduce more character's to the Ultimate universe( ie Ultimate Spiderwoman) and reboot it.

The Ultimate Universe was great , but pretty much lost it's way. With Millar back and Bendis getting involved as well, look for it to be great again.

The reboot is a chance to clean up the mess Jeph Loeb has left behind in the Ultimate Universe.

Agreed...at least in DC events in one arc applies consistently across all storylines. Marvel arcs are a mess. One reason why I follow one story arc that I like with Marvel , and ignore the rest. Reading the X-Men story arcs in Marvel has resulted in me having to seek out a therapist...Wolverine,for example, has probably mastered travel through the space time continuum, since he can appear in 10 unrelated events at the same time... .Ok , I exaggerate..but you know what I mean...

Arius is right. It's all about demand-supply, the same as all things.

For example, X-Men Volume 2 #1 was released in 1990, and was the most long awaited book of it's time.
But Marvel printed millions of copies, resulting in everyone owning one or more copies. It's hardly valued above USD5 nowadays, coz no demand.You can find many people selling them.

On the other hand, using Arius's example , Witchblade Volume 1 #1 was released in 1995. It was a new title, featuring a then hardly known Michael Turner, in a relatively new company called Image/TopCow. It became a cult hit, and pretty much defined the "bad girl, good girl " era of comics.Demand is great, the number of copies left is low.
Condition of the comic is important. Modern Age comics form 1980 onwards, should not be anything less than a high grade near mint. Anything less usually devalues the book by huge amounts.

You've got some good titles there. In determining your pricing, evaluate the condition of the cover and inner pages ( colour must be off white(at worst) to white, no brown or yellow).Grading it properly allows you to determine it's value. If they are reading copies, then they do not have much value unless the book is absolutely rare.

Using your Darkness #1 variant as an example, depending on which variant, it's rarity, and the "Darkness" popularity, if it's in the condition as say, what you'd pick off the shelf in a comic shop, it'll probably cost around USD8 to USD16. ( really depends on which variant and condition).There were many variants, so you'll have to be specific.

Witchblade #20,21 are ok..probably in the USD5-8 region. Witchblade #25 may be higher value, depending on the cover type.Is it the standard cover, foil or speckled foil?

Cheers!

This post has been edited by Crimson Viper: Feb 6 2009, 02:43 PM

oh my....liberty meadows...I actually bought a statue sculpted by Clayburn Moore of her and her ..."pets" ......haha....

Love it...

My Brandy statue...
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Yup, Chris Claremont is back...Hopefully we will see what he intended to do with X-Men back in 1991, before the infamous disagreement he had with Marvel and Jim lee....MORE PSYLOCKE ...MORE PSYLOCKE....please.....

Also:

Mini Series: X-Force :Sex and Violence #1 to kick off

Ultimate Avengers is confirmed by Mark Millar

Ultimate Spiderman will be relaunched a few months after the end of Ultimatum by Bendis.

Marvel will introduce "Ultimate Comics" imprint.

Yeah..hehe... what a great series the original ultimate spiderman turned out to be.I actually wished they let Bendis write Ultimatum instead of Loeb.


Dark Avengers: I finally read Issue #1 yesterday.



Check out the NYCC exclusive variant of Dark Avengers. (ok, don't like the fact that Wolverine is standing like a girl over there)

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This post has been edited by Crimson Viper: Feb 9 2009, 07:46 PM

Yeah...DARK WOLVIE looking all girly. It's actually a wrap around cover, I can't find the other part, coz there's another male character with the same pose and hips on it....hahahaha

hehe Dark Spidey. It's the strangest cover art out there.The artist probably had the draft out with female characters there and just swapped the head....haha

I've added Incognito to my read list...nice read.

The new Wolverine: Origins movie on the way out. The future of the X-Men movie franchise rests on it...After the disaster that was X-Men 3 : Last Stand, and the subsequent pull out of Ian McKellen from Magneto:Origins, the movie franchise looks like its going to fizzle out. They've plans for X-Men First Class movie as well, but the director just pulled out too...

hehe...I have this cover....Witchblade/Tombraider bedroom/lingerie variant....hehehee...

Wow....Is anyone still following Witchblade? I just started to pick it up again after quitting around issue #50 something....Most impressive. The art by STJEPAN SEJIC is terrific. Kind of regretted stopping the series earlier, but at the time the stories were starting to be very poorly written.

I heard good things about Ron Marz, and took quite a while to jump back on. Just picked up the "Battle of the Witchblades" issue and really enjoyed the art and story telling...

Check out the NYCC Midtown variant by STJEPAN SEJIC for Witchblade #124. Awesome

This post has been edited by Crimson Viper: Feb 19 2009, 08:50 PM

They ship in a custom box via USPS First Class Mail (That's airmail) . You'll get it about 9-14 days from the time they tell you it's sent.
If they have not informed you the package is sent, just email them.

Cheers!

Some awesome stuff, bro!

Hehe...Jim Lee did the most awesome Magneto...

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Added on February 28, 2009, 8:11 pmWow....Psylocke!!! . Wish Sideshow would do a Premium Format for Psylocke.

This post has been edited by Crimson Viper: Feb 28 2009, 08:11 PM