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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 31, 2020 12:13:32 GMT -5
That's one ugly Spidey costume.... be interesting to see if speculators drive it up just because it's new, and if so how long that lasts.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 22:52:30 GMT -5
In March, DC will launch a new, ongoing Joker series. Finally an unrecognized character gets some long-neeeded exposure. I'm honestly surprised it took this long for him to get a second ongoing. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 4, 2021 8:29:21 GMT -5
Dave McKean has announced a new project coming out this summer called Raptor: A Sokol Graphic Novel the plot description is vague...but it's Mckean so I'm sure it will look absolutely stunning. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2021 14:20:40 GMT -5
And here's your first look at Spider-Man's new costume for 2021...  -M I wish I could look at Ryan Ottley's art and see it as Spider-Man and not an Invincible character. It's like his Mary Jane looks far too much like Atom Eve and takes me out of reading the series every single time. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 8, 2021 19:16:51 GMT -5
Ohhhhh... that's why it looked familiar... I was trying to figure it out but I couldn't place it.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 9, 2021 21:19:33 GMT -5
So, it's new TPB series reprinting CLASSIC Marvel for an affordable pricing! Mighty Marvel Masterworks softcover, in color collecting 10 issues at a time for $15.99. Starting in June with Spider-Man, then July brings Fantastic Four and August delivers X-Men. An inexpensive way to have reader friendly reprints of the early Jack/Steve/Stan start up of the MU.
Nice idea since many of us would rather have smaller, easier to carry around and family/child friendly readable trades. So what do y'all think? Will this succeed or fail? Will it deliver new younger readers while making us oldster's happy?
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 9, 2021 21:26:47 GMT -5
I like the Epics... to me, they're just the size and price I want. Masterworks hardcovers are nice, but I've never gotten pb ones... mainly because they don't seem cost effective (I found plenty of Hard Cover ones on clearance over the years, but not pbs). I'm surprised they're going to re-package the original stuff again.. seems like that's happened like 20 times... I feel like they'd be more likely to make out on a high end premium collection than yet another 'regular' one.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 9, 2021 22:27:10 GMT -5
I like the Epics... to me, they're just the size and price I want. Masterworks hardcovers are nice, but I've never gotten pb ones... mainly because they don't seem cost effective (I found plenty of Hard Cover ones on clearance over the years, but not pbs). I'm surprised they're going to re-package the original stuff again.. seems like that's happened like 20 times... I feel like they'd be more likely to make out on a high end premium collection than yet another 'regular' one. So quick search through Amazon and MyComicshop.com gives quick insight. Most of the early classic 1960's Marvel in Epic format collects around 17 issues for new cost of $35-40 if available. Used prices start in around $60 asking price and most are not in stock with MyComicshop.com. So for $16 you get more than half of an Epic AND it keeps the classics in circulation that new and old readers can find or afford. So if they continue beyond 1 book of 10 issues doing more as buyers we save money and get more. What it really depends upon is the quality of paper and binding it seems. And doesn't it say something that CLASSIC's may be an easier and better sale than current series trade collections? I mean, will King in Black or Future State or Death Metal still be selling in trade reprints in 40 years? |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 9, 2021 23:21:01 GMT -5
I assumed the Epics were still in print, since they're still actively printing the line, but I guess I should know better... Marvel doesn't keep anything in print. I suppose if they're not, that's just as good a format as any  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2021 23:27:33 GMT -5
I assumed the Epics were still in print, since they're still actively printing the line, but I guess I should know better... Marvel doesn't keep anything in print. I suppose if they're not, that's just as good a format as any I think they still reprint, but in waves and with an eye towards not having the same stories being reprinted in multiple formats at the same time. So if something is OOP now, it’ll come back, but it could be a while. For example, once they announced the Moon Knight omnibus they’d let the corresponding Epics go OOP until the omnibus goes OOP. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2021 0:38:08 GMT -5
So, it's new TPB series reprinting CLASSIC Marvel for an affordable pricing! Mighty Marvel Masterworks softcover, in color collecting 10 issues at a time for $15.99. Starting in June with Spider-Man, then July brings Fantastic Four and August delivers X-Men. An inexpensive way to have reader friendly reprints of the early Jack/Steve/Stan start up of the MU. Nice idea since many of us would rather have smaller, easier to carry around and family/child friendly readable trades. So what do y'all think? Will this succeed or fail? Will it deliver new younger readers while making us oldster's happy? Hopefully it sells well. Last time they did Masterworks in paperback they didn't sell well enough to continue. They are at a lower price point this time (I think they were $24.99 last time) so that may help. The only time they did well in paperback were the B&N exclusives that sold for $9.99 but that pissed off direct market retailers because they couldn't stock them and were being undercut in price on product they were trying to sell. -M |
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Post by Dizzy D on Jan 10, 2021 3:03:23 GMT -5
Ohhhhh... that's why it looked familiar... I was trying to figure it out but I couldn't place it.
I keep thinking of Gravity, another Marvel character from the 00s, but it's mostly the color scheme I think.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 10, 2021 10:41:38 GMT -5
So, it's new TPB series reprinting CLASSIC Marvel for an affordable pricing! Mighty Marvel Masterworks softcover, in color collecting 10 issues at a time for $15.99. Starting in June with Spider-Man, then July brings Fantastic Four and August delivers X-Men. An inexpensive way to have reader friendly reprints of the early Jack/Steve/Stan start up of the MU. Nice idea since many of us would rather have smaller, easier to carry around and family/child friendly readable trades. So what do y'all think? Will this succeed or fail? Will it deliver new younger readers while making us oldster's happy? Hopefully it sells well. Last time they did Masterworks in paperback they didn't sell well enough to continue. They are at a lower price point this time (I think they were $24.99 last time) so that may help. The only time they did well in paperback were the B&N exclusives that sold for $9.99 but that pissed off direct market retailers because they couldn't stock them and were being undercut in price on product they were trying to sell. -M I think the epic line is the way to go.. they look good, they're good value, but larger chunks (so less units have to sell), and they're all set up. I can't imagine these days it's expensive to keep things in print that are already set up and ready to go, and based on the secondary market for the volumes, there's more demand than there is supply. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2021 12:57:29 GMT -5
Hopefully it sells well. Last time they did Masterworks in paperback they didn't sell well enough to continue. They are at a lower price point this time (I think they were $24.99 last time) so that may help. The only time they did well in paperback were the B&N exclusives that sold for $9.99 but that pissed off direct market retailers because they couldn't stock them and were being undercut in price on product they were trying to sell. -M I think the epic line is the way to go.. they look good, they're good value, but larger chunks (so less units have to sell), and they're all set up. I can't imagine these days it's expensive to keep things in print that are already set up and ready to go, and based on the secondary market for the volumes, there's more demand than there is supply. The expense of keeping things in print is not printing, it's warehousing. Neither DC nor Marvel wants to maintain warehousing facilities for books printed waiting to be distributed. You print to initial sales plus enough to cover damages. If someone like Amazon orders in bulk and wants to warehouse them until they sell, great, increase the print run, but don't print more than you sell because warehousing costs destroy profit margins sometimes making an otherwise profitable product lose money. So when demand indicates a need for a new print run, it becomes more profitable to put it out in another format to garner repeat sales in addition to meeting whatever demand was not met by the previous edition than it is to simply go back to print or keep in print. A few products with high demand go back to print, but most get a new edition/product format rather than going back to print. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2021 15:14:15 GMT -5
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