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by **SuperginraiX** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:12 pm

BlueStreak wrote:
I read it last week. I figured it was proof that Johnston knows Boom! will be gone within a year.

We will all be gone within a year.

/mayancalendar'd

by **Victorian Squid** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:59 pm

AGP is finally picking up a little bit of steam, with sales today giving it respectable ranking numbers but not truly frantic ones.

On eBay, the interest has primarily been in the promo posters for the comic so far, which are selling for as much as $10.

Saga #2 has better numbers than AGP. Secret is a little slow out of the gate, although it was a pretty good read.

by **GHERU** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:16 pm

a short stack for me this week but I am looking forward to (with a heavy heart) Northlanders 50
:cry:

and, Strange Talent Of Luther Strode Vol 01 - I've read great things about this book

by **alaska1125** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:29 am

Wow...nice to see the speculation market is still breathing. Ugh.

by **GOSD** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:33 pm

Secret #1 was pretty good.

by **oogy** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:07 pm

My 5:
Saga #2
Conan the Barbarian #3
Batman & Robin #8
Suicide Squad #8
Unwritten #35.5 (my shop was shorted 2 wks ago) & 36

by **Victorian Squid** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:03 pm

What?! No Dead Pooh #1?!

by **Victorian Squid** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:13 pm

alaska1125 wrote:Wow...nice to see the speculation market is still breathing. Ugh.

It's funny how obtuse comics fans can be about the business. You really think what's going on at this point in time is the same thing, or even more than barely related to, the comics speculation in the '90s? LOL! There aren't thousands upon thousands of people stuffing whole longboxes full of the latest iteration of X-Men #1 anymore. Those people learned their lessons the hard way. Many, if not most, of them weren't interested in comics much to begin with and never were interested in them again.

What's happening now is sheer demand by actual comics readers outstripping supply as comics shops fade from the physical landscape and those still there no longer even try and meet that demand often unless it's a sure thing (like The Walking Dead). Speaking of TWD, it's probably done more for bringing in new readers to comics than any book in the last decade. Again, this is a sign of some growth in the comics market of actual physical comic book readers and something comics fans should be happy about.