That’s what I am doing. Riding the absolute wave hard. Buying copies when I find them and flip them. Been working well for me. Taking part of the money and investing it for my kids and buying more stuff to sell. Win win.
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My sales have been primarily Absolute comics. Every time they reprint I have been grabbing copies of the previous print and they sell. It’s crazy.
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"This substantial slate of Absolute Universe issues will not be on FOC and is now available to order from distributors, so stock up to meet the unprecedented demand these smash hit series continue to draw. "
So, print to order ?..?
Maybe not, Lunar has this note on the order site…
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It doesn’t appear to be print to order, this is what CovrPrice says about it:
The DC Comics Absolute Universe has completely exploded on the aftermarket. Week after week we get new issues and even later printings that completely sell out. Many of them end up in these FOC selection articles. But what happens when we get later printings that do not have FOC dates at all? That is the case this week. DC Comics has added about 5- Absolute Universe reprints to their distribution channels that are now up for preorder. The catch is, there is no FOC date. These all have predetermined street dates and print runs. They all carry the following order note.
Order Notes: The print run is already set for this title. 2-6-26
This makes things extra complicated. Will these preemptively set print runs be enough to cover the demand. If not, we may see some aftermarket trending. The street dates are 03/04/2026 for Absolute Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman and 03/18/2026 for the rest. If you would like to pick up some of your favorites, you may want to act now.
It appears they are just setting a date in the future, setting a print number and not putting on FOC. I’m guessing so they always have books in stock at the distribution level. Really not sure, how they will count these, if each will be a separate printing? Or they are “continuation print” as Dark Horse likes to do? Guess we will see.
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Still waiting for the first print to do something.
@anthony had a lot of good picks this week….but this one seems to be the dud.
The variant seems to be more scarce based on the number of eBay listings.
BLEEDING HEARTS #1 Second Printing Cvr A Stipan Morian
BLEEDING HEARTS #1 Second Printing Cvr B Nick Dragotta Card Stock Variant
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lmao
Absolute Superman Second Printing Cvr B Juan Ferreyra Foil Var 15
Punisher John Tyler Christopher Negative Space Virgin 2nd Printing Variant 1
I found these on MCS. MyComicShop Subscription Service
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