Actually, I have not collected any of that new Captain America book, and don’t hold any of the Hawkeye or any new Iron Man ones either. It’s all fine for me as diversity is key for new interesting content. One does not exclude the others.
Did you pick up any copies of Strange Academy? If so, how did you like the story so far?
People will cancel their subscriptions left and right if they fail to produce more content. Netflix has proven that. And it’s why Netflix went in to billions of debt to create some.
Additionally, as I said, Disney of today is a different company than Disney of yesterday. They want to tell different stories. They need new characters to pull that off.
And in respect to Disney’s agenda of wanting to sell toys and such, those toys and games introduce new people to the character for the first time and broaden the demand for anything related - including comics.
Of course Disney will produce new content. Networks have been doing that since the dawn of tv. But you have no idea what Disney shows/movies will be created. By thinking that a book that just came out will get show/movie in the next 5-7 years is ridiculous.
All the sellers are doing nowadays is artificially inflating new books…
Strange Academy has always been billed as Harry Potter meets MCU, and I think that’s accurate. While I stopped pulling this series a few months back, I do think it’s just perfect for a Disney+ TV series.
I’m long. Neither one of us know how long these things take.
For $2.40 the risk/reward makes sense. It’s just that simple.
And far as Strange Academy goes, I love this series potential because it’s a story for everyone. The whole family will sit down and watch this show - if it ever happens.
See, again, people like you pumping up books because you are trying to protect your investment…
I have 40+ copies and I still call out bs when I see it.
These also renew their copyrights for such characters. As the old Steve Rogers as Captain America becomes public domain… a new character (name, identity) as Captain America starts off fresh the day they’re created.
That’s another reason why they’re likely rehashing characters. Miles Morales will be the future Spider-Man for Disney once Peter Parker becomes publicly available one day… so Disney can keep pushing Miles Morales into the next century since he was just created in 2011.
I don’t think most are thinking on this level, but I am. 
You couldn’t be more wrong. I’d rather they go down so I can buy more.
Many of the instances where people claim “pump and dump” surely don’t look malicious to me. Content creators have obligations to talk about books, come up with lists, speculate (educated guess?) and keep the hobby active. That’s why people listen/read. I’ve listened to a few of these so-called obvious pump and dump podcasts, and they will frequently add caveats to their content. “Tread lightly here, as there’s no real evidence of an upcoming appearance in XXX.” Or, “this is really just a rock solid cover, so if you dig the cover, cool.”
Sure. Maybe there are a few scammers out there pushing books to make a few dollars, but I think this whole pump and dump concept is completely overblown. 
a creator can pump/hype his own books, but P&D are done by the youtubers and comic bloggers.
That’s called marketing…
A YouTuber talking about the potential of a book isn’t pump and dump. That’s speculating.
There have been posters here that were sure a book or character was going to get hot, and it never materialized. Are they pump and dumpers? Or just speculators that aren’t able to predict the future correctly every time?
Very true, but depending on their own intentions as well. It’s hard to determine everyone’s actual intentions at times.
As for me, I speculate on books I don’t even buy nor plan to sell. That’s true speculation. Would I ever just talk up a book because I have a stack of them to sell while there’s zero demand currently? Absolutely not and those are situations where it is a real pump and dump.
I agree. That’s an example of actual p&d. But, does that happen often?
What if a YouTuber has a big stack of an issue because they really believe in it? And they mention how they really believe in it. And then more people buy in because maybe they can see that potential, too, causing the book to heat up. Then the YouTuber sells a few. Is that P&D? Honestly, that happens a ton here in the name of speculation.
I don’t doubt this happens, but a lot of people/places get labeled as pump and dumpers, and I think incorrectly so.
I’m now contributing to the derailment of a post. Sorry!
Strange Academy is, in my opinion, a solid spec play. And I say that from the perspective of me having maybe 2 copies of issue 1 with no intention of selling those any time soon. 
That’s the whole, we need to know their underlying motives. Anyone can just claim “I believe in this” and come off as being sincere about it as well but the real reason is they just want to pump it to raise the value so they make more profit.
So basically, is it okay to pump a book? By all means, I think so but if you’re whole intent is for you to make money by changing the market place for such book by talking a bunch of nonsense, not caring what happens after you offload your stack, then you are a pump and dumper.
Some come off as obvious I think while others not so much. Take all speculation with a grain of salt I say. It’s based on half truths, maybe intuition or gut feelings and then sometimes just down right bullshit!
Yeah im sure we all wish a character introduced in the comics would get rushed to be put in a show or movie but realistically thats not gonna happen and will take years. I’d say at least 5 or 6. Plus with the tons and tons of marvel characters out there with decades of backstory marvel seems to be pulling for lesser known but have been around for a long while type characters.
Since were on the subject, what about flipping new release books? Isn’t that bad for the hobby?
How many new comers buy comics at inflated prices when a book first hits the market and lose their shirt?
How many leave the hobby after they experience that?
Aren’t those intentions obviously bad? I’d say less than 5% of new release books retain or increase their post-release value.
And, please understand, I’m not throwing shade at flippers, just saying the whole intention thing is moot. The basis of the mentality of a flipper is to flip before the price goes down. Doesn’t sound like a good intention to me.
At the end of the day, if there is merit to a book being valuable, then discussing that merit shouldn’t incite “pump and dump” rhetoric.
So you’re saying incentive variants at inflated prices over cover price from shops make people quit comics?
