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PrintWatch: A run around all the comic books in the direct market and seeing which ones have sold enough to warrant a new printing Some you may expect you may not After a paucity of Marvel Comics second printings, they are back with a vengeance this week But Image Comics has fifth printings to match. PrintWatch:[...]

PrintWatch: A run around all the comic books in the direct market and seeing which ones have sold enough to warrant a new printing Some you may expect you may not. PrintWatch: Skybound X #1 PrintWatch: Skybound X #1 has sold out at a distributor level from Diamond Comic Distributors after going on sale today, and is going[...]

PrintWatch: A run around all the comic books in the direct market and seeing which ones have sold enough to warrant a new printing Some you may expect you may not After yesterday's barn-storming sales success, X-Factor #10 is predictably going for a second printing from Marvel Comics No cover yet, but it should be[...]

PrintWatch: Two DC Comics go to the printing mill, both with Riley Rossmo covers We are now getting to the stage where DC Comics is reprinting more comics than Marvel, which is a brand new thing for us Will Marvel have to reprint X-Factor #10 at least? Okay, here we go. PrintWatch: Despite Legends of the Dark[...]

PrintWatch: Planet-Size X-Men #1 and WEB Of Spider-Man #1 from Marvel Comics, Impure #1 from Scout Comics, and Radiant Black #5 from Image Comics are all going to second printings Planet-Size X-Men #1 will also be getting a 1:25 second print variant cover by Olivier Coipel. PrintWatch: Impure #1 PrintWatch: IMPURE #1 2ND PTG SCOUT COMICS MAY218523 (W) Ralf Singh[...]

PrintWatch: DC Comics is sending two Black Label mature readers titles back to the printers, including The Nice House On The Lake #1 with a distressed version of the original cover with a 1:25 tiered second print variant by Álvaro Martínez Bueno highlighting Bueno's character designs for the series The second printing will in stores on[...]

PrintWatch: The much-delayed W.E.B Of Spider-Man #1 – which originally was meant to have been published over a year ago – blew out of comic book stores this week, with hundreds of copies selling for between $15 and $30 on eBay over the last couple of days., Which is enough for Marvel comics to think[...]

PrintWatch: Barbaric #1 goes back to a second printing from Vault Comics It seems like 35,000 copies are just not enough Not only that, but Vault will be publishing two Deluxe B&W editions of Barbaric #1 and Tim Seeley Black Bag variant covers for Barbaric #2 and #3 no visuals yet. PrintWatch: Fans are piling on[...]

PrintWatch: DC Horror Presents The Conjuring the Lover #1 is going back for a second printing from DC Comics, on sale on the 13th of July with this new second print variant cover by Garry Brown. PrintWatch: Scout Comics has sent three of their launch titles back to second printings, Broken Souls Ballad, Unikorn, and Cherry[...]

PrintWatch: A run-around comic books getting new printings, what covers are available and when they are coming to stores And we start with a belter as We Live #1 by Roy Miranda and Inaki Miranda is getting a fourth printing from AfterShock Comics for June the 30th. PrintWatch: We Live #1 4th printing PrintWatch: We Live #5 by[...]

PrintWatch: Nottingham, the five-issue reinvention of the legend of Robin Hood by David Hazan, Shane Connery Volk and Luca Romano from Mad Cave Studios, has been burning through the print runs and now Nottingham #1 has gone to a fifth printing, out on the 14th of July It will be joined in that with fourth[...]

PrintWatch: Stray Dogs #4 by Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner—which just landed in stores last week—as well as Stray Dogs #1, have sold out completely at the distributor level Image will fast-track both issues for reprints in order to keep up with overwhelming demand for the much talked about series. "When Trish and I were cooking this thing[...]

PrintWatch: Nottingham, the Robin Hood-based comic book series by David Hazan, Shane Connery Volk and Luca Romano continued to plough through printings, with the first issue going to a fifth printing, the second issue to a third printing, and the third issue going to a second printing, all out on the 23rd of June 2021[...]

PrintWatch: Marvel Comics has a bunch of second prints coming through the pipeline They include: Beta Ray Bill #2 Heroes Reborn #1 Star Wars: Bounty Hunters: Alpha #1 The Marvels #1 Venom #34 Two of the books, Black Widow #6 and The Marvels #1 have additional second print tiered variants, at 1:25 ratios No covers yet. PrintWatch: From Boom Studios, Magic #2[...]

PrintWatch: Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point #4 is going back to press with a Mikel Janín recolored cover This reprint will be polybagged, include a digital code for the Fortnite item and unlike the first printing, will not be returnable Not as if anyone will be returning the first printings It will be on sale on June[...]

PrintWatch: Marvel Comics has sent Way Of X #1, Alien #2 and Carnage: Red, White And Blood #2 back to the printers for a second printing All will be available in comic book stores on the 2nd of June – no covers yet (updated with one) but we have a few from previous Marvel PrintWatch. Marvel[...]

PrintWatch: James Harren's kaiju-action comic book Ultramega continues its domination, with a third printing of issues #1 and second printing of issue #2 announced today Image/Skybound will reprint both issues with new covers by Harren, available in full color and in black and white Ultramega #2 and Ultramega #1 reprints will be available in comic[...]

PrintWatch: We only just mentioned that You Promised Me Darkness #1 was getting a second printing from Behemoth Comics when Behemoth quietly puts up a third printing on its website Maybe they don't want the appeal of the third printing cover to affect the second printing, which hasn't reached FOC yet? The third printing will[...]

PrintWatch: Stray Dogs #3 by Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner gets a second printing after what Image Comics describe as "the shocking ending to last week's Stray Dogs #3… left fans stunned A ripple effect of buzz surrounding the issue's gut-wrenching revelation sent a flurry of tongues wagging and readers not yet caught up on[...]

PrintWatch: Geiger #1 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank has gotten a third printing with a kind-of "do it yourself" glow-in-the-dark variant cover. PrintWatch: Geiger, Geiger #1, third printing (Diamond Code FEB219020) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 19. PrintWatch: Black Mask Press is sending Alice In Leatherland #1 back to a second printing with a new cover by[...]

PrintWatch: Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow #1 by Chip Zdarsky and Pasqual Ferry is going to a second printing from Marvel Comics, for publication on the 26th of May No cover art yet. PrintWatch: The Joker #2 from James Tynion and Guillem March has gone to a second printing with a new Vengeance: Daughter Of Bane cover, with a[...]

Bleeding Cool has been reporting on the insanity that has been the sales of the Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point comic book in comic stores these last two

PrintWatch: Star Wars: The High Republic from Marvel Comics is going through another round of reprints Issue 1 is getting a fifth printing, #2 is getting a fourth printing and #3 is getting a third printing. PrintWatch: Demon Days: X-Men #1 by Peach Momoko is also getting a third printing, with a 1:25 ratio variant cover[...]

PrintWatch: Department Of Truth#1 by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds is going to a fifth printing from Image Comics No cover yet Published on the 12th of May, 2021. PrintWatch: Nottingham #1 by David Hazan, Shane Connery Volk and Luca Romano is going to its third printing from Mad Cave Studios Cover below Out on[...]

PrintWatch: BRZRKR #1 is going to a fourth printing with a new full foil cover version of Rafael Grampa's cover To be published on the 19th of May 2021. PrintWatch: BRZRKR Gets 4th Printing   PrintWatch:  Nocterra #2, second printing will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 5th "We're sincerely blown away by the enthusiasm[...]

PrintWatch: We've been hearing that a number of retailers have tried squeaking in last-minute reorders for Geoff Johns & Gary Frank's Geiger #1 from Image Comics in the hopes that they won't be caught with their pants down on the day of release… And now word on the street is that this earlier-than-usual reorder activity[...]

PrintWatch: DC Comics is sending Nightwing #78 and Detective Comics #1034 back for a second printing That's what happens when you throw in an unsolicited cameo appearance of Flatline… and a dog With new covers by Bryan Hitch and Bryan Redondo. NIGHTWING #78 Second Printing (W) Tom Taylor (A/CA) Bruno Redondo Nightwing is back—and his drive to keep[...]

PrintWatch: James Harren's new Image/Skybound comic Ultramega #1 has sold out and is going to a second printing The second printing will also have a 1:5 variant in black and white. PrintWatch: Ultramega, Power Rangers, Specter Inspectors 2nd Prints James Harren is the creator, writer, and artist of Ultramega, with Eisner-award winning colorist Dave Stewart. In the world of Ultramega,[...]

PrintWatch: Marvel Comics is sending Alien #1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Salvador Larocca for a second printing, with the news that Diamond Comics Distributor has sold out of the print run, over 300,000 copies Which puts it well ahead of anything else published in comic book stores in March – aside from Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR[...]

PrintWatch: The first issue of Witchblood from Vault Comics has sold out at Diamond Comic Distributors one week ahead of release Its second printing with a Vault Vintage cover by Nathan Gooden and Tim Daniel is a homage to José Luis García-López and his cover to Jonah Hex #1. The second printing of Witchblood #1 will hit store shelves on[...]