I agree that D23 tends to focus on showcasing the movies, Disney+ series, merchandise and theme park news, however the last D23 expo in 2019 did have a few breakout sessions from Marvel Comics. It would have been a great opportunity for Disney and Marvel to promote the comics at this years expo.
After scratching my head on this for a bitā¦
TFAW does have the Crypt of Shadows #1 available for pre-order, but when you search it is under āMarvel Halloween Specialā.
Trying to search for Crypt of Shadows yields nothing.
I wish I was your subscriber at your store. Back in 1992, I was scourging for lunch money by delivering newspaper. By the time I heard the āDeath of Supermanā, obviously I missed the boat on that book or any Image #1 for that matter (Spawn #1, Shadow Hawk #1 etc.). Had to take a 30 min bus to go to comic book shop and obviously by the time I get there, its all sold out or the Store simply marked up all the Image #1. Man, it really sucked. These days, thanks to forum like this or simply internet. Information is widely available and now if your a store that gauges on new release, people will know. As an old timer now, I wonder if I become the very guy I despise by buying 2-3 copies on release day during lunch time and can drive to any store/place order online without much limitation. Man those days, I can still remember hesitating to pickup a copy or two of KnightFall @ 1.25 with the newspaper money. Glad I didnāt binge buying that series.
Thanks for being understanding. When I was younger, I just wish someone would leave a copy so people like me can have a shot to pick it up during the weekend. I still remember the one time I was listening to a older guy bragging how he have all these Image #1 (Gen #13, Maxx, Wildcat) and how heās going to make a killing. I asked him how did he picked up these copies, he simply told me be here when the doors open on Wed.
These days, its impossible to pick up a āhotā book on the weekend or even on a Friday. Everything get snatched up by noon on Wednesday/Pre-order. Cause everything get spoiled on Monday/Tuesday plus books now is 3.99-5.99 regularly (effectively 3-4 x ($1.25 or $1.95) from 1992) effectively killing the chance for most kids to read floppies regularly (LEGALLY lol).
Growing up my parents didnāt have extra money to give me for comics. So now that I have that extra money on me, I go crazy buying them for both my boys and myself. Oh and sometimes the wife lol.
My dad used to tell me stories when he was growing up on how him and his 7 brothers used to pitch in to buy a single copy of their favorite comic.
So I know how sometimes greed gets the best of us.
I was in a similar boat, delivering news papers or cutting grass and spending money on comics. I donāt recall being that in tune with what was hot or not, I bought primarily to read and collecting came 2nd. Now I pre-order anything I want, in whatever quantity I want so Iām not drying up the supply on NCBD. I still support LCSs by going around and buying back issues regularly.