Posted in: Comics | Tagged: comics review, hardcovers, marvel, rick remender, trade paperbacks

Rick Remender Meets The Free Market

Published Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:00:47 -0600

We ran a piece on Marvel's promise to keep trade paperbacks and hardcovers in stock for longer. Rick Remender has come face to face with one of the problems…

Can anyone tell me why Uncanny X-Force: Deathlok Nation [Hardcover] is going for $80-100?

— Rick Remender (@Remender) November 17, 2012

Is there an after market for trades where they go up like back issues? — Rick Remender (@Remender) November 17, 2012

Is there anywhere online one can see what out of print trades are worth? — Rick Remender (@Remender) November 17, 2012

@remender ;-) ebay.com/itm/Miracleman… — Greg Pak (@gregpak) November 17, 2012

@gregpak WOW — Rick Remender (@Remender) November 17, 2012

@remender When we see a 1st print of an HC or TP in a lot for sale at the shop, we usually buy them, bag them, and sell them. People want em — Darren Hupke (@darrenhupke) November 17, 2012

@darrenhupke I had no idea. It's just Marvel DC stuff? — Rick Remender (@Remender) November 17, 2012

@remender @darrenhupke Depends on the book. Even Fear Agent Vol 4 is pretty pricey. amazon.com/Fear-Agent-Vol…

— Alex Chung (@Alex_Chung) November 17, 2012

@remender it and the 1st volume are both OOP. Marvel does not typically reprint Premiere HCs.

— CheapGraphicNovels (@CheapGN) November 17, 2012

@cheapgn Huh. But the first volume is still available at cover price. Wonder why vol.2 is worth more? — Rick Remender (@Remender) November 17, 2012

@remender @cheapgn I'd bet that, just like #2 issues, Vol2's are printed in smaller runs than Vol1's. — Moisés Chiullan (@moiseschiu) November 17, 2012

@moiseschiu @remender that's correct. Vol 2s almost always go for more because less are produced. — CheapGraphicNovels (@CheapGN) November 17, 2012

Crazy. RT @alex_chung: @remender Depends on the book. Even Fear Agent Vol 4 is pretty pricey. amazon.com/Fear-Agent-Vol… — Rick Remender (@Remender) November 17, 2012

@remender I sold the first 12 issues of the current uncanny xforce series for 120.00 on ebay — Roger Courtney (@super2510) November 17, 2012

@super2510 get the fuck out of here. — Rick Remender (@Remender) November 17, 2012

@remender I had to pay $150 for Uncanny X-force 1-24

— Scotty Arms (@scottyarms) November 17, 2012

@scottyarms That's crazy. You couldn't find them cheaper on Ebay?

— Rick Remender (@Remender) November 17, 2012

@remender that was eBay. Issue 4 alone gets $50 EASY. Low print run. — Scotty Arms (@scottyarms) November 17, 2012

@remender Out-of-print hardcovers can get ridiculous. Omnibuses especially. The Frank Miller Daredevil one can go for over $400. — Kyle Ross (@KyleReadsComics) November 17, 2012