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DC Vertigo's Bodies #1 Has Just Sold For $125 on eBay

A CGC 9.8 slabbed copy of the first issue of the series Bodies published in 2014 by DC Comics/Vertigo has sold on eBay for $125.

Published Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:57:10 -0500

by Rich Johnston

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A slabbed CGC 9.8 Bodies #1 has sold for $125 on eBay; only nine exist at this grade.
Raw copies of Bodies #1 variant covers have sold between $32 and $35.
New paperback edition of Bodies series sold out on Amazon, spiking to DC's bestseller.
Recommend checking local comic stores following DC Comics' rush reprint in response to Netflix adaptation.

In light of the release of the Netflix adaptation of the comic book Bodies by the late Si Spencer, Dean Ormston, Tula Lotay, Phil Winslade, Megan Hetrick and Lee Loughridge, a CGC 9.8 slabbed copy of the first issue of the series published in 2014 by DC Comics/Vertigo has sold on eBay for $125. Only nine were graded that highly, so you can see why someone is chancing their arm and trying to get $300 for their copy.

A raw copy of the David Finch 1:13 variant cover of Bodies #1 has sold for $35. and a raw copy of the standard Fiona Stevenson #1 cover for $32. Copies of the other 7 issues are selling from around $7 to $20 each. Only last month you could buy the complete set of individual eight issues for under $20, but that's not available to anyone right now.

While the original trade paperback collection of the series has sold raw for $80. A new edition was just published – but that has completely sold out at Amazon and Amazon UK. Indeed, it has become DC's bestseller on Amazon right now, even though they don't have any copies to sell.

Best check your local comic book store to see if they stocked up when DC Comics rush-published the reprint, almost as if they suddenly realised that a new TV series based on the comic might actually spur some demand for once. The Netflix series by Paul Tomalin stars Shira Haas, Stephen Graham, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Kyle Soller and Amaka Okafor, directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and Haolu Wang. DC Comics moved up the schedule on release from the 7th of November 7th to the 31st of October back in September, a rare occurrence. So DC Comics knew something was coming, they just didn't realise how many copies they would need.

LONDON, 1890. As Jack the Ripper stalks the streets, Inspector Edmond Hillinghead-the city's most diligent detective-applies his skills to an even harder case. The victim is an unidentified male. The killer may have powerful allies. And Edmond's darkest secret may be exposed if he gets too close to the truth….

LONDON, 1940. As the Blitz rains bombs down on the city, Inspector Charles Whiteman reigns over its streets. He escaped the Nazis in Poland only to run the very rackets he's supposed to shut down. But when he discovers a mysterious murder victim, his double life may be destroyed…

LONDON, 2014. As racist rioters wreak havoc in the name of their prejudiced patriotism, Detective Sergeant Shahara Hasan leads the fight against them. As a Muslim cop, she's English to the core. But the corpse she's uncovered may reveal something rotten deep below the surface…

LONDON, 2050. As the mind-scrambling pulsewave plagues the last survivors of a terrifying techno-apocalypse, the amnesiac young woman known only as Maplewood can barely understand the body she's discovered. But this ritual killing is identical to those from decades past-and the link between them all is stronger, and stranger, than anyone could dream…

In BODIES, writer Si Spencer teams up with Meghan Hetrick, Dean Ormston, Tula Lotay and Phil Winslade-four incredible artists, one for each era-to slice open the modern murder mystery and uncover the strange secret heart within! Collects issues #1-8.

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