Posted in: Speculator Corner | Tagged: chew, ebay, image comics, john layman, Lying In The Gutters, rob guillory

Chew #1 From Image Comics A $50 Smash On eBay

Chew #1, by John Layman and Rob Guillory, came out a couple of weeks ago. About a police detective who experiences psychic visions of everything he ingests (including the corpses of murder victims), it felt like one of those American TV cop shows about a detective with a special skill bordering on a super power that helps them defeat crime – see Lie To Me, Due South, Monk, and the upcoming Human Target.

It was ordered well enough (which means not that many, a few thousand), there didn't seem to be a rush to pick it up, I bought my copy the Friday after it shipped with no difficulty.

But something has happened. The aftermarket has reacted insanely. Is there a movie deal? Is this a Dark Reign crossover? Is this the first issue in the upcoming Laymanverse Unbound?

No. It's just a good comic, that has caught the imagination, word has spread, it sold out in a number of shops and a second print is on the way.

First prints have sold on eBay for $51, and a CGC 9.8 copy has just hit $80 with 6 days to go.

But here's the thing. This is a recent comic. Distribution and sales have widely varied. Odds are, there are comic shops with copies of this comic on their shelves for cover price. This is a speculator corner no brainer. Check your shop. Buy ALL the copies they have. And slap them on eBay. You will make money.

Hell, I'm going to sell my single copy. I'm not daft.

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