As expected none of my shops in my neck of the woods had a copy of the 2nd print of Geiger 10, and why would they? They really have to be on the up and up on all their titles for new characters and possible specs. Sometimes the publisher will alert the stores for 1st appearances for them to order extra copies, I’m not sure the indie publishers do that. Even though my LCS sells quite a bit of the Geiger and Ghost Machine series (I see them order a lot of issues for the shelf), I still think it’s a stretch for them to order a copy of the 2nd print of issue 10 unless a customer alerts them by pre-ordering extra copies. Just not something that shops in my area would do for an issue 10 of an Image title unless it’s something like Transformers or GI Joe.
I have read issue 11 and it looks like she will be a very important character in the Geiger universe and will be heavily featured in the next few issues. Will she be as popular as Junkyard Joe? who knows but so far I see similarities in that this issue will be under ordered by shops. Big shoutout to @Devildog for this great spec pick. I would’ve missed this for sure for the 2nd print cover, heck a lot of my online shops didn’t even have it up for order during foc.
I think this has legs, somewhat low print and you’ll have to be paying attention to have pre-ordered this. I wish I had ordered a few more. I think this has great potential. I don’t usually do this but I believe this is a hold for now. Cheap copies are disappearing and it looks like it’s at 3x cover. I’m not flipping it for that price, this is a good candidate for a hold imo.
They probably still have the 1st print. I was able to score a bunch at different places online. Lcs are hardly even worth going to, especially when they jack up the price right away. Awareness is easy to acquire these days cause someone else is doing the work for them
I agree that some LCSs are not worth going to, they order very few copies of new books for the shelf. You just have to pre-order with them on your pull list and they will be accommodating. There are still some very good shops out there that order a wide variety of stuff and I still enjoy going to them because they will often times have back issue stock of books with delayed heat. That’s how I was able to find a couple copies of It’s Jeff when it was scorching hot. Don’t even know why my LCS decided to put it up on the New This Week releases when the book was a year old, must’ve been the Rivals affect.
Also since most of the stuff that I like to read are not spec worthy, I often times find them at my LCS. I enjoy going there and finding cool new stuff.
But yes to get ahead of the game it’s best to be up on this stuff, share information, help one another. It’s our way of getting a head start on the Hot 10 and CBSI lists before they show up.
I know zip about Invincible, and this may not be NEW news. But, the last couple issues in the run go for really good money. I got 7 issues in a recent dollar buy. Issue 144 (last one) sold for $90 and a small lot of 5 issues sold for $140, all within 24 hours of posting.
I have a third copy of 144, and I might put that one up at $110. Those two sales turned my slow Feb into a great Feb (for me).
So I mentioned in the past about 6 months ago that I’ve been picking up IDW GI Joe books as they were appreciating in value. At the same time I was picking up Sonic the Hedgehog whenever I can find them cheap. Got a nice stash of them. I mentioned the same collecting philosophy applies, low print run and rabid fan base. Sonic is really hot right now and it’s getting bigger and bigger every year that is loved by multi generations. Something to keep an eye out for.
This is my sale. It’s issue 59 from the IDW series. We’re currently only on issue 76 right now so it’s not even that old. This is an open order cover B. I’m not completely caught up with Sonic as there are just so many characters in the universe but I believe this is just a straight cover buy because of Shadow. The 1:10 incentive for this issue isn’t as expensive as this. Keep an eye out for Sonic books.
Agreed, I have been buying Sonic for the last few years. I used to be able to find the Archie series, not anymore. I also have seen the IDW series drying up. Any comic shop I ask if they have Sonic they laugh and say no I wish I did because they sell immediately.
My shop doesn’t carry B covers, but has a decent stack of sonic A cover recent back issues…so if any of those are actionable, I’m on it.
But yes, I find sonic 1:10s in cheap bins on occasion…I used to automatically add them to my TFaW orders but they were available as well…back in the day TFAW would list 1:10s for the same price as open orders…but they’d get scooped up fast.
