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Printwatch: This Wednesday sees Image Comics/Skybound publish Transformers #1, and Marvel Comics publish G.O.D.S #1 Throw in Batman #138 tomorrow, and it's going to be a Monster Week for the direct market of comic books. Bleeding Cool already reported that G.O.D.S #1 is getting a second printing a couple of weeks ago[...]

Printwatch: Here's a bunch of comic books going back to second printings – and in one case, fourth printings, part of Bleeding Cool's regular Printwatch reports Indicating a demand for comic books, unmet by the first prints, suggesting that maybe just maybe, retailers might want to increase orders for subsequent issues you never know… and certainly[...]

PrintWatch: Image Comics has sent the new Saga #66 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples back to a second printing "We can't thank readers and retailers enough for your endless support of Saga, and your kind patience while the team dealt with some life stuff during the production of our latest 'season,'" said Vaughan[...]

PrintWatch: It looks like Kill Your Darlings, Daredevil, Wolverine & Firefly are all getting more printings. Printwatch: Kill Your Darlings #1 by debut writers Ethan S Parker and Griffin Sheridan and artists Bob Quinn and John J Hill from Kids Love Chains and Image Comics is going to a second printing "To say that I've been[...]

PrintWatch: This week we have second printings for The Miracles #1, Battle Chasers #12, The Enfield Gang Massacre #1, Hunt For The Skinwalker #1, Star Wars: Dark Droids #2, Silver Surfer Rebirth Legacy #1, Wolverine #36, and a third printing for It's Jeff #1. PrintWatch: The Miracles by Joe Glass and Vince Underwood from CEX is[...]

Printwatch: Skybound, in collaboration with Hasbro and Image Comics, announced today that all issues of Void Rivals will get new printings featuring covers by artists Flaviano and Jason Howard that spotlight favourite characters and their first appearances in the series. The new series from the team of Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici, along with colourist[...]

PrintWatch: Ms Marvel: The New Mutant #1 is going back for a second printing and getting a 1:25 variant as well for the 11th of October UPDATE: Here's the standard second printing artwork: MS MARVEL: THE NEW MUTANT 1 ARTGERM 2ND PRINTING VARIANT MS MARVEL: THE NEW MUTANT 1 ARTHUR ADAMS RATIO 2ND PRINTING VARIANT[1:25] (W) Iman Vellani,[...]

PrintWatch: Titan Comics and Heroic Signatures are releasing a third print for Conan The Barbarian #1 and a second print for Conan The Barbarian #2 Both will drop with issue #3 on sale on the 27th of September, 2023 However, because the third printing is to be a foil cover, with another cover underneath, they[...]

Printwatch: New printings from Image Comics, Marvel Comics and Boom Studios this week, starting with The Cull #1 by Kelly Thompson and Mattia De Iulis going to a second printing from Image Comics As Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #111 also gets a second printing from Boom Studios. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1[...]

Printwatch: We have second prints for two books from Scout Comics, The Ballad Of Gordon Barleycorn #1 and Trance #1, as well as Seven Years In Darkness #2 from CEX, all coming out for the week of September the 5th and 6th, 2023 And The Sacrificers #1 is getting a second printing from Image Comics[...]

PrintWatch: Marvel Comics is sending Hellfire Gala #1, X-Men #25, Death Of Venomverse #1 and What If..? Spider-Gwen back to second printings, some with further 1:25 variants Boom Studios is doing it with Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer #1, Image Comcis with Battlechasers #11, Titan Comics with Conan The Barbarian #1, and Red 5 Comics[...]

PrintWatch: Marvel Comics sends a bunch of comics back to second printing and almost all come with one or two variants of that second printing as well And it begins with Mary Jane as her first appearance as Jackpot Amazing Spider-Man #31 As well as Blade #1, Fallen Friend: The Death Of Ms Marvel, Moon[...]

PrintWatch: Sirens Of The City #1 by Joanne Starer and Khary Randolph has sold out from Boom Studios and will be getting a second printing for the 9th of August "Heed the siren's call once again!" said Filip Sablik, President, Publishing & Sales, Boom Studios "Joanne Starer, Khary Randolph, and AndWorld Design took us to[...]

Welcome to another Printwatch runaround the comic books being reprinted for the direct market of comic book stores by publishers and pushed out, outside of the usual catalogue process, whether by Diamond, Lunar or Penguin Random House, and helping retailers catch up on best-selling titles in the marketplace that they may not have enough copies[...]

Welcome to another Printwatch run around the comic books being reprinted for the direct market of comic book stores by publishers and pushed out, outside of the usual catalogue process, whether by Diamond, Lunar or Penguin Random House, and helping retailers catch up on best-selling titles in the marketplace that they may not have enough[...]

Welcome to another Printwatch run around the comic books being reprinted for the direct market of comic book stores by publishers and pushed out, outside of the usual catalogue process, whether by Diamond, Lunar or Penguin Random House, and helping retailers catch up on best-selling titles in the marketplace that they may not have enough[...]

Welcome to another Printwatch run around the comic books being reprinted for the direct market of comic book stores by publishers and pushed out, outside of the usual catalogue process, whether by Diamond, Lunar or Penguin Random House, and helping retailers catch up on best-selling titles in the marketplace that they may not have enough[...]

Welcome to another Printwatch run around the comic books being reprinted for the direct market of comic book stores by publishers and pushed out, outside of the usual catalogue process, whether by Diamond, Lunar or PRH, and helping retailers catch up on best-selling titles in the marketplace that they may not have enough copies of[...]

PrintWatch: Justice Warriors, the satirical graphic novel from Matt Bors, the founder of The Nib and political cartoonist, and Ben Clarkson, a filmmaker and illustrator for Adult Swim and Vice Noisey, has sold out of its initial run and is returning to press from Ahoy Comics Co-written by Clarkson and Bors in a collaborative art[...]

PrintWatch: Marvel Comics are sending Daredevil & Echo #1, Edge Of Spider-Verse #2 and Storm #1 for second printings, and Spider-Man #7 with that first appearance of Spider-Boy, to a third printing, all out on the 13th of July. PrintWatch: W0rldtr33 #2 by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco and Jordie Bellaire is going to a second printing from[...]

PrintWatch: Batman #135 or #900 depending, by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez and Mike Hawthorne is headed back to press for a second printing, on sale on the 27th of June with an inks-only version of Jorge Jimenez's main cover for the issue. PrintWatch: Indigo Children #1 by Curt Pires and Rockwell White goes back for a third[...]

  PrintWatch: The debut issue of James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, and Isaac Goodhart's The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #1 first launched digitally on the Tiny Onion Substack,  has sold out at the distributor level ahead of publication on the 28th of June Dark Horse Comics has announced a second printing, featuring a new[...]

PrintWatch: Marvel Comics is not only putting a bunch of comic books back to second printing, but almost all of them come with a 1:25 variant to the second printing Which isn't a third printing, that's something different. PrintWatch: We previously mentioned that Invincible Iron Man #5  is getting a new printing for the 14th of June with[...]

PrintWatch: Marvel Comics is not only putting a bunch of comic books back to second printing, but almost all of them come with a 1:25 variant to the second printing Which isn't a third printing, that's something different. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode()[...]

PrintWatch: Image Comics has put four comic books to a second printing and two to a third printing And mostly Mark Millar's Millarworld titles from Netflix The Ambassadors #1 by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely gets a third printing, and The Ambassadors #3 by Mark Millar and Travis Charest gets a second printing Nemesis Reloaded[...]

PrintWatch: Image Comics has put four comic books to a second printing and one to a third printing. No-One #1 by Kyle Higgins, Brian Buccellato and Geraldo Borges has completely sold out yet again from Image Comics, going to a third print, along with No/One #2 going to second prints, and similar expected of #3 and[...]

Printwatch: Marvel Comics (eventually) published a Star Wars: Thrawn series back in 2018 After Star Wars: Celebration showed the first live-action version of the character in the upcoming Ahsoka series for Disney+, back issue sales for his first comic book appearance boomed A CGC 9.8 copy of the 1:50 variant cover sold for over $3000,[...]

PrintWatch: Back to the printers for a couple of comics this week Marvel Comics sends Guardians Of The Galaxy #1 back for a second printing along with Briar #4 from Boom Studios, both for May. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php[...]

PrintWatch: Marvel is sending Doctor Strange #1 and Planet Of The Apes #1 back to second printings, as well as the previously announced Spider-Man #7 which also has a 1:25 variant, with the first appearance of Spider-Boy, all for the 17th of May. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px[...]

PrintWatch: Marvel Comics is sending Spider-Man #7 back for a second printing even before the first issue goes on sale on Wednesday All because it has the first appearance of new character Spider-Boy On sale on the 17th of May with a 1:25 variant version as well. Dan Slott states"Over time, Marvel fans have met a[...]