The search of back issues

[XIII]

So after failing to find 100 Bullets #20 anywhere in New York, I decided to look it up on the net.
Nothing at Midtowncomics. com but there you, milehighcomics.com has copies on sale!

So while I'm there, I start looking for most books that were on my wishlist at comicbookdb and damn!! They are all there! So I buy them as well.

And then I think, that's only 3 issues, the shipping will cost more than what I order. So what do I do? I look for more issues.

Vertigo Pop London by Milligan and Bond? Sure they have all 4 issues. In my order folder.

Batman/Deathblow by the dream team of Azz and Bermejo, well fuck me, they only have issues 2 and 3 and no TPBs either. But fuck I'll still get those 2.

So I ended up ordering 8 issues and I'm so eager to get them that I settled on the Fedex International Priority shipping.

Now I feel satisfied but I want more!! MORE!!!:D

[wolf_2099]

milehighcomics is freakishly over priced.
Try mycomicshop.com

[XIII]

Ooooh, let me try that right now.

[wolf_2099]

It's the one I use, and it works quite well for me.

[XIII]

No Batman/Deathblow there either.

[wolf_2099]

It's Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire, right?

[MGM]

Comicasa, a Dutch firm, has the complete set (1-3) for €24. No idea if that's overpriced.

[wolf_2099]

That is overpriced.

Arn, I'll look at my LCBS next time I go, too, for you.
Did you look at the con?

[XIII]

No, I didn't. I looked at Midtown and Jim Hanley's to see if they had the TPB but they didn't.
I realize now that didn't spend any time at all looking through the back issues shop at NYCC. Was too busy running after sketches and sigs.

[Stocky Boy]

I must check these places out. I've never considered buying issues on-line before.

[wolf_2099]

It's a wonderful thing if you find them on sale.

Milehigh is very very over priced.

[XIII]

But my comics are arriving tomorrow thanks to my foolish decision to choose Fedex Priority shipping.

Now I want to do more of this, starting with MK Punisher run.

[XIII]

Also : if anybody happens to find a copy of Batman/Deathblow #1 anywhere, he is to text immediately to let me know and buy that thing for me. I'll reward you.



In the eye.

[XIII]

I got my comics today, all of them in great shape.

Now, concerning mycomicshop, I just checked them and I must their shipping costs are fucking high. 77$ for Express shipping. :s

[wolf_2099]

Where did you order from?
Why bother with express shipping?

[MGM]

I think that was a mistake.

[XIII]

No it wasn't a mistake. Express shipping at Mile High was 18$. That's where I ordered from.
Regular shipping at mycomicshop is 19$ and express is $77. So I don't think I'm ordering from them anytime soon.

[MGM]

$77! That's really absurd.

[wolf_2099]

I still think milehigh is very over priced. Sometimes 3 or 4 times as much as mycomicshop.

I wonder what the actual difference in ship time is.

[XIII]

I don't know.

Stuff I might want to get from online stores : The rest of MK Punisher run, Human Target by Milligan/Pulido and Chiang.

[wolf_2099]

Hehe, I just bought the entire run of MK Punisher off milehigh for 75 cents each. Only time I have seen good prices there.

[XIII]

See! I told you, I like them.

Now a question, when you buy back issues, what grade to do you get? Near Mint? Fine?

[wolf_2099]

Depends. For reading copies generally fine/good. I bought the Punisher stuff all at Fine/Good. It was over half the price of NM stuff.

I see no point in paying NM prices for something I am just going to read and then file away.

If it's more of a collectors issues, like say, digging up the Jeph Leob/Time Sale DC stuff I'd probably spring for the NM.

[XIII]

That's useful insight. And sensible too.

[wolf_2099]

If you can find these runs for $1, or even $2 it can be cheaper than buying the trades. A little more work, but I enjoy hunting for comics.
I got the 45 issue run of Teen Titans for about $60 all in. And thats only because I had to spend 9 bucks for issue 1.

[XIII]

I hate to break it to you that 2/3 of this TT run is shit. It all went down after McKone left the book.

[wolf_2099]

Who knows? Maybe I'll enjoy it. If not, it was only 20 bucks.