What iS going to be hot??? (Comic Book Forums)

How about a thread on what we think is going to be hot? Compare
It to the what is hot thread in a month. I'll start with new xmen 4.
What do ya say?

Speculation exists that "Pretty Deadly", written by Kelly Sue DeConnick & illustrated by Emma Rios, would be one of the next hot Image titles:



A female Jonah Hex...

Jupiter's Legacy - Miller/Quitely

Can't wait for this title.

Doubt it. Gerard butler is playing Dr. Strange.

East of West, Pretty Deadly will both be hot. Five Ghosts could be but unfortunately its a mini as of right now.

Age of Ultron skottie young cover should be hot.

Go buy morning glories #14 from your locals now. Buy all of them.

The true 1st appearance of Peter Panzerfaust. It predates both Green Wake #7 and Mondo #1.

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Yeah, I was thinking the same about five ghosts. I can't wait for it but wish it was more than a mini

Yes there is a chance but a very small one. They made too many variants of 100 and it feels like walking dead 100 with all the different covers including the chrome cover. I wouldnt be too optimistic.

I think that is weird too. They are usually cool covers also....like one panel comics (family circus or far side style but with cute little superheros). I've got a couple of my favorites but, yeah, they are easy to come across.

i agree, they are great covers. Thats why its so wierd theyre cover prices

Well peter panzerfaust 9 sold out at midtown in 20 seconds, graham crackers in 3 minutes and pretty much everywher else in the same amount of time.

No its an online retailer like midtown
http://www.grahamcrackers.com/

Definitely safer. I'm not over purchasing and speculating either. But I still think it is interesting to discuss what is going to happen, though we may be way off in the end.

I suppose that's true. Heh.

From what I understand, they're already being approached about the movie rights but they're being very protective about who will get them. Four different covers for #1 in this month's Previews.

Cover A: Frank Quitely FEB130379

Cover B: Bryan Hitch FEB130380

Cover C: Dave Johnson FEB130381

Cover D: Phil Noto FEB130382

There will also be a 1:25 variant cover by Frank Quitely.




From Previews World

Publisher: IMAGE COMICS

(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Frank Quitely
The comic-book event of 2013 finally arrives as superstar creators MARK MILLER and FRANK QUIETLY give us the superhero epic that all future comics will be measured by. The world's greatest heroes have grown old and their legacy is a poisonous one to the children who will never live up to their remarkable parents. Unmissable.

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Where did you hear that?



current publishing plan.

launch in april bi-monthly

5 issues.

a few months gap.

5 issues.

One story, ten issues long.

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Comic book movie reported that Millar and Quitely are 'protecting the rights until they find somene who can do it RIGHT." Also, Millar stated in another interview that he wants to finish the first of the three mini-series before allowing his reps to shop the rights.

I'm a little worried about the bi-monthly release. Waiting 2 month's for the next issue can hurt interest in a title. On his form, Millar stated they're using the 5 break 5 schedule to give Quitely a breather. Oddly enough, the 1st appearance of Jupiter's Legacy was in Marvel's Supercrooks #4.

Ok you got me there, but speculators have been ordering minimum 20 issues of #1 since Saga or walking dead blew up.

For instance I know someone who ordered 250 copies of east of west. By HOT i dont mean its going to be good, It could be.

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Yep, I would never order that heavy even if i had the money to blow. Not saying its a smart idea. Just saying that people are doing it.

Star Wars: Legacy #1 (Phantom Variant)



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HermanWilliams, same concept different group. A ghost variant is a secret "cabal" of comic retailers who took the idea that was proposed by Larry of Larry's comics in Mass. to produce limited quantity variants. It all started on the Comicpro message board. A phantom variant is the same thing but started by Larry of Larry's comics after the idea was taken from him.

Needless to say they are both very limited variants with a print run of about 1000 that are distributed to select stores in each of the cabals. These are the only places you can get them on the primary market. The Ghost variants are secret but the phantom variants list the stores you can get them in. Also, phantom variants have blank backs you can get sketches done on.

Interesting and thanks for enlightenment.
Apparently none in Texas....guess I have no choice but to boycott. Sucks!

This looks really sharp actually. I hadn't heard of this book up to this point. Wouldn't mind giving it a read.

It definately helps but I think Image and Dark Horse are bending that trend a little bit. Take Kurtis J Wiebe for example. Relatively new, worked on Grim Leaper, Green Wake, Debris, and The Intrepids but he exploded with Peter Panzerfaust.

Here are a couple to look out for. The strategy on the first one is to reserve a copy now and post it on eBay as a preorder. That book is World's Finest 10. It is sold out on the distributor level and ties in with a death. Batman is featured so I am not sure if the death is robin, but it is a male character, so if anyone reads it wants to shed light on who else it may be

The second book is pretty high up on the advanced reorder chart and is an Image book. looks like Five Ghosts is going to be pretty hot out of the gate. I am lining up some signed copies of thenThird Eye Comics variant now.

Needless to say, it is sold out at the distributor lever, as is next weeks Detective.

Black Beetle from Dark Horse is already hot.

I was looking at The Answer the other day. I may pick up #1 and #2 just to read it. Will probably check out X, Captain Midnight, and Blackout.

Yeah Sex is this week. So is Hellheim. From what I hear from the advanced copies this book is really good. Collin Bunn did The Sixth Gun which is really good so I have high hopes.

I don't know about 10 grand. Ben Templesmith's work is very polarizing. People either love it or hate it. Not much room for inbetween.

Most of that can be found here!

Add Helheim #1 and Batman Incorporated #8, to your list.

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Grab all of the Sixth Gun by Cullen Bunn. They are in developments for a tv show for NBC (I'm pretty sure). You should be able to score the FCBD issue for really cheap. The print run on these is lower than early Walking Dead and Chew. So if the show is even remotely good, you won't find the comics anywhere. I got mine for cover price at New Dimension comic stores in Pittsburgh.

I got an email from the guys at ONI saying that they released about 30,000 copies of the FCBD version. I would imagine it will be difficult to find a really nice copy of it, but shouldn't be considered rare at all. The regular copy is a different matter. Around 5,000 sold.
But yeah, been up in price for awhile.

Good to mention it. Already pre ordered multiples.

It's being solicited in the current Previews so your LCS can order as many copies as you want. You just need to let them know. If they can't or won't, which is not likely to happen, you can order it online from a retailer like Midtown Comics or Things from another World (TFAW). But, again, your LCS should cover you if you ask.

There is qute a bit coming out this week. My Highlights are:

Image
Walking Dead #108 (1st appearance of Ezekiel)
Peter Panzerfaust #10
Todd #3
Nowhere Men #4
Manhattan Projects #10
Mind the Gap #8

Marvel
Age of Ultron #2 (that was quick)
Wolverine #1
Avenging Spider-Man #18
Ultimate Comics Wolverine #1
Uncanny X-Men #3 (what happened to #2 Man I am behind)

DC Comics
Batman #18 (Requiem tie-in featuring the return of Harper Row)
Batman & Robin #18 (Requiem tie-in, sleeper in the wake of the Death of Robin?)

Dark Horse
Star Wars #3

Dude i will trade you a regular cover for one of those phantoms

Jupiter's Legacy very soon

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=43620

I got the phantoms at cover and flipped them for $12. My oly real money making book this week got Sex and flipped for $5 each. Needless to say I did keep a copy of the Helheim Phantom in stock a copy of the regular as a reader, and a copy of sex in case it starts to move upwards.

picked up peter panzerfuast 9 and 10 1st printing for 25
a bit steep but why not!

I'm estimating it will settle closer to cover. This will be one to flip quick. I'm guessing with all the hype, 4 different regular covers, several variants and exclusives, combined with it being a 10 issue mini and seemingly higher order hnumbers will keep it from climbing too high. JM $0.02.

Its probably the first image book(not counting the 90's) to break 100k print run. And it will only break 100k because it has SO MANY darn covers.



Great book, too bad its a mini series.

I can't see the pic of the phantom variant. What is it of?

I have the Five Ghosts Phantom and the Star Wars Legacy Variants lined up if anyone wants them. Will do both for $18 plus shipping.

Also have been thinking of doing a hot list comic site myself. I am just lazier than you

Red Hood & the Outlaws #18 was almost sold out at Midtown this morning @ 8:30 am. DOn't be surprised if this turns out to be a hot one.

Meaning they can no longer accept pre orders and instead actually start selling the book which they just did about an hour ago. You will see that it now "add to cart" instead of "pre order"

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Red Hood & the Outlaws #18 is gone here as well. Glad I preordered through Midtown.

Batman Inc. #8, Batman & Robin #18 and RH & the Outlaws #18 all seem to be selling at a decent clip on eBay from $8 (I'm including shipping) to $12 or higher for the 1st 2 books.

do you think spawn 9 first angel will be hot now that shes in the marvel universe?

I think the print run on spawn 9 was like a half or theee quarters of a million copies. That would be a quick flip book as more people start selling their copies.

you wont belive that i had a copy and just sold it on ebay as part of a image comics lot.
mere hours after i did it read angela is coming to marvel universe.

i went to the lcs and bought one for $4, its maybe vf, i still have my old one from when it came out also. about 12 years ago i sold most my spawn collection and only kept my duplicates. i think then i had 3 copies of it

I received the Mile High email as well. Happy I bought two copies of Spawn each month back in the day. I know the book is hot right now but I might stick this one out. Might be even crazier after the movie.

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He's talking about the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Now with Angela joining the book it might get even hotter.

interesting developments!
i snagged a few copies...

Posted this on my Facebook Page as a sleeper alert earlier this week. If you like pulp crime comics, you're gonna want to pick up All Crime #1 from Art of Fiction. It has a low print run and is completely sold out at Art of Fiction. After starting at cover, it's beginning to sell around $10 on eBay and should go higher. Good read, too (IMO ).

I saw one sell for $10 the rest have hone for cover or less.

when did comics become so hot again!?
i mean i think we went through a dry spell for years.
of course we had classic key issues always spiking up..
now we have all these modern books just generating buzzz

i sepnd years collecting variants that cost me $60-$100 and are now worth $2 or so.
always look for 1st apperance and issue 1 comics still..you never know!

Walking Dead happened I don't remember what sparked the speculator craze in the 90s even though I lived through it, but Walking Dead is definitely the reason for this one. Everyone is buying the Image #1s hoping to make a profit later and it's spilling over into other publishers as well.

The whole "They might make a movie/TV show of this" is causing people to grab stuff up .... even though I'd bet there isn't too much of a pattern between TV/movie and comic prices. Sure some go up but a lot of others don't [no I have no data to back that up right now ]

Looking back over the last 2 years or so, the books that seem to be getting "hot" have a few things in common-the had low print runs, really well-crafted stories, and devoted followings. The important thing here is to look towards the future and determine which titles are going to get hot, based on these factors. While there is money to be made by flipping hot new books, books like Panzerfaust and Sixth Gun got hot because hardly anyone was buying/reading them before they got picked up, and then people noticed them and started reading/speculating. None of this had to do with hype, advertising, etc., just word-of-mouth and properties getting picked up for development.

That being said, here are a few books that fit this criteria and have a great propensity to get "hot" and skyrocket in price.

'68 - Image (and all it's related one-shots, minis, etc) Zombies. Image. Low Print Run. Been around for a few years now, and often found at cover price. It's a huge interwoven story and it kicks ass. Jungle Jim is a certified badass. Even if they don't get optioned, they are still a great read(if you can find 'em!!).

The Activity - Image. 11 issues in, and it's a full-out action movie, with great characters and art. Expect this to join the ranks of the "how did I not pick this up before?" list.

Prophet - (#21-up) Image. Brandon Graham does Moebius on LSD. A fantastic trip through space and time.

Comeback, Blackacre, Stormdogs, Colder - all small-to-medium print runs, but really well-written and seemingly ready for that big Hollywood pitch.

Witch Doctor - Image. 2 mini's, a one-shot, a zero issue...and all fantastically fun to read. They are not easy to find, but definitely worth it.

This is my philosophy when it comes to speculating- "if it's worth buying one, buy the whole pile". You can still find back issues of these books, if you are willing to look for them. I stay away from books like "Sex" and "Snapshot" that are "going to be" hot. They NEVER become hot.

@kurtlove666
The Activity has already spiked in price. This is one I have kept under my hat as there are a few lurker a on here who read my posts that hit the same 6 shops I do. But it has already jumped in price for the first few issues.

I just also let out that Venom Sinner Takes all 3 has seen some market rise recently. 10-12 bucks. This is a .50 cent bin book all day in most places.

@kurtlove666

I have heard that because of the recent run in Angela comics (spawn 9) there will be a similar run on Todd Mcfarlanes Boof and the Bruise Crew. Please, Please make a run on these and get the price up past .10 cents.

I just looked, Activity #1 is ~5200 print run, #2 dropped to 3,500 and the rest don't even show up, so they're probably 3k or so. From what I know that is not really sustainable for a profit unless the creators are okay making money with other books and are just doing this one for fun.

So if by some chance this did take off it's an incredibly low print run.

Everyone start talking about Boof being in the Guardians of the Galaxy series and see what happens.

I can start a post about how boof is getting his own breakfast cereal. Might help.

tell me about it!

I remember Boof, I liked the artist way back then. Looking now I haven't the slightest clue where all the issues I had went.
i'm lost on the whole dick measurement thing.

I just don't get it because I do not see anyone comparing collections or saying look at the great deal I got on this thread when people do it on other threads on this forum people are supportive of the great deal they got. Needless to say we talk about books gaining in price and ones we think will.

LoL

I personally just meant the fake hot posts. ;)
Comparing collections or whatever is fine and done all the time.

Oni your advice is usually spot on and I personally am very appreciative.

I just didn't want to see that go away in attempts to trick noobs into buying bunk is all.

No worries. It was all a big joke. Not trying to get people to buy books that have no value. I made the mistake a few months back of talking to some guys in my Lcs. They said the noticed me always asking for odd books. I told them that while I am an avid collector with over 50,000 books I buy stuff to flip and that's how I pay for my weekly purchases plus bring in extra money for my family. I told them about comicbookrealm.com and Lyria plus a few other sites I use for research and gave them my I'd to check out my posts. They started buying on my posts here which made it harder for me to go to the six stores I shop in and get stuff. Not to mention one of them told two of the Lcs owners and they watch what I post two. So it became harder for me to hit the stores. I tend to spot trends a week or two before hand and was seeing books I knew were in shops disappear. The Activity I held under my hat until I hit some of the stores and bought copies of. I ended up with 3 number ones today one number tow and one number three.

I usually do ok. Not going to lie I have been doing this on a more full time basis since November and have pocketed a lot of money. You are right, some times it is best to keep info close to your vest.

Also East Meets West drops this Wednesday. I think this will be good. People are saying Saga good. Keep an eye out.

You know what the print run on east west is?

Not off hand but it looks like it is sold out at the distributor level. Diamond is not allowing retailers to order any more copies. Usually this kind of book would top the advanced reorder chart.

Ive ordered a few east of west books 2 regular cover and 2 forbidden planet variant covers hoping it takes off

CB

Based on prior experience, any book that is hyped prior to release doesn't hold it's value. It's always the books that are already out there that move into the high-value tier, books that have been around and take a while to get hot. I tend to stay away from stuff that's is supposed to be the next big thing. Cullen Bunn writes Venom...did you get the early issues of his run?

I guess Saga is the exception to prove that rule. That was a weird one though. Hyped a lot because of Brian's return to comics, yet the #1 only went for like 10 bucks for a long time. THEN it jumped way up after the first trade I believe.

Cant remmeber if i mentioned these titles but you should all be picking up Uber and lazarus

Uber 0 can no longer be pre ordered( could be wrong) but uber 1 is still available

You mean hickman, not kirkman. It's easy to typo Kirkman whenever Image is involved, I know

East to West was a good read. will give first arc a try to see if will continue with title.

Oh god, first appearance of mini jesus is pp 10? lol

Both Minature Jesus and Chin Music were really high on the advanced reorder list. I want to say numbers 7 and 9. 2guns does have a movie coming out but have not seen the market react yet. I have copies lined up in case.

Shouldnt your pick of the week happen before its sold out

If anyone cares the print run is suppose to be 16k. Pretty high for avatar, actually really high. I assume its because people bought all the covers instead of just the regular cover

As far as thanos rising, if you are purchasing this book to flip, your money is better spent elsewhere. Just my opinion.

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I hit up 3 shops today and A shop in town that hasn't really been carrying anything besides Marvel and DC had a fat stack of Uber today, including the 2 non-blitzkrieg variants. I picked up one of each in case but it seems like this book is all over town.

Being sold out on the distributor level doesn't mean they are sold out in stores. It means no more copies can be ordered from diamond as they have sold out of their initial print run.

Also Polarity #1 from Boom has sold out on the distributor level.

Pick of the Week for me was "Last of Us", based on a zombie video game that RAN COMMERCIALS DURING THE WALKING DEAD FINALE AND NO ONE WAS READY FOR. I was able to grab up a bunch, but from what I have seen/ heard, this thing is impossible to find already. One of those under-the-radar truly underprinted and underordered. Your welcome.

Thanks Kurt. I will look for that one.

Last of Us sold for under cover price on ebay right now for $3.19.
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5574961614&toolid=10001&campid=5336824214&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FThe-Last-of-Us-American-Dreams-1-VF-NM-%2F330901019332%3Fpt%3DUS_Comic_Books%26hash%3Ditem4d0b3cdac4

Also anyone seeing any movement on uber?
Outside of the initial first day rush on ebay, all I'm seeing today is the blitzkrieg variant + variant sets going for anything above cover

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Whoah Lionsgate! I have a bunch of these and will not step selling because of the news but the print run on these is failry low. Just saying..

Good luck finding 1 in an LCS. I guess these flew out the door like hotcakes. Finally found 1 regular for cover price. I think they are selling them through Dynamite's site though.

edit err Avatar's site , but i may be thinking about Miss Fury on the Dynamite site

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Let me clarify that, all 3 regular covers. The Hastings cover is not available through Boom!. I don't see it on Hastings sight either.

Uber #0 Enhanced Variant coming the same week as Uber #1. It will have an additional 16 pages of behind the scenes content, research, and unseen pencil art. It will be the only reprinting of #0 content and will be limited to 7,500 copies.

It will be sold in stores. Same place the first print was available. Just a note the list price is higher than the first print however this will be the only reprint before the trade paper back.

If Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D TV series is approved, I am curious if the 1st appearance of Agent Phil Coulson (Battle Scars #6) will see a rise?

Midtown Comics Exclusive of Jupitor's Legacy #1.



I am lovin' this cover!

Put in my order when they were still showing the Andy Warhol homage cover. I shoulda' ordered a couple extra.

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I'm sure in a year older ant-man stuff will be going up and up with the movie coming out and his (maybe/probably) appearance in Avengers 2. Probably best to buy now before many non-comic people have heard of him

It looks like JS Campbell doing his best Frank Quitely immitation and it didn't work out. I love Campbell's women I mean art too and think that one is god aweful. But that's just my opinion.

Campbell usually takes some liberties with the human body and proportions, but there is nothing anatomically correct about either of these figures.

They both have the lower body structure of a four legged animal. It's like he started drawing them in different poses then decided to move them without redrawing their legs.

I'm the biggest Campbell fan but I can't say I like that cover. Gonna pass on it.

Jupiters legacy is reported to have Pre-orders close to 150,000 copies. Pretty sure the secondary market on this one will be variants only.

Glad I didn't get very many. Wish I would have know they were doing that before I ordered any more than one of them.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/03/28/s...-orders-anyway/

unsold copies are 100% returnable. This also makes the 1:25 variant pretty much useless as every shop will be ordering to get these since they can just return whatever is unsold

I had to go find the link off CGC jupiters thread. Its old and i cant click it at work so i guess its no longer working.

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6324999&fpart=11


Scoll down to mash potatoes post

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Anybody know what the numbers were for WD 106?

Really good guess, looks like 70,500.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=44230

Looks like Miniature Jesus #1 is already selling in the $8 range (double cover price). Like Dia De los Muertos, this one is also golden age format. Aside from a couple auctions in March that sold for book so get it while you can!

Miniature Jesus #1 eBay Listings

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Issue #2 already sold out at Graham Crackers and a 1/person limit at Midtown. The ECCC variant of #1 is really hot.

Went to the LCS today and didn't get my Sixth Gun #30 which is on my pull list. I've been subscribed so it's not that I missed the cut off. They said they were shorted and didn't receive the book this week. Anybody else have this problem?

Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun #1, 2nd Print selling for $25.00 on eBay. Who saw that coming?

Rachel rising got picked up for tv show. Now is the time to horde them

Extinction Parade by max brooks should be hot

Skin Trade by George RR Martin(game of thrones) is available for pre order.

Old news but worth mentioning again. Peter panzerfaust has been confirmed for a anmation show as well as a live action series. Elijah Wood is voice acting the character and Ron Perlman is voice acting hook.

Uber #0 2nd print will be hotter than the first print in my opinion. Limited to 7500, its suppose to have extras in it that the first print didnt have such as sketches and pencil art

The Kryptonian warrior woman Faora will be in Superman: Man of Steel. Her first appearance in in Action Comics #471 - might be something to grab before the movie comes out.

Midtown also has that cover at discount. I got it yesterday for $4 something

I would say nay. It's a bad sign that these major retailers are listing it for over %50 off. It's a liquidation move which can mean that they have too much stock. Grab one if you want to have it, but as an investment piece I don't see it.

I only bought one Mini Jesus and one Guardians. I'm mostly interested in Mini's story

This may be old news, but Todd the ugliest kid on earth has been slated as an ongoing series. I have just completed 1-4 and haven't had a chance to read it yet, any input?

Thank you for that tip

I recently picked up Todd the Ugliest Kid 1-3 and enjoyed it. I've got #4 coming via mail so should have it soon. Love the characters in this story.

Surreal is how i would describe this book. Hilarious is another. Good stuff.

OK people Jupiter's Legacy comes out this wee !!!

I do not think the store variants count unto the normal print run.

Its 7500. That doesent include variants such as midtown

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Well, looks like the cat's out of the bag. '68 seeing a spike and interest on eBay, my Amazon listings are getting hit hard on rumors of TV/Movie deal in the works...

What do you mean 68? 68 scars?

Two books to be on the look out for.
The Strain was picked up for a movie deal. It is co written by Guillermo del Toro so this is likely to happen. Issue 1 has jumped up to about 13

Hoax Hunters 0-2 also optioned for a tv deal. Prices for 0 are around 30, 1 at $20, 2 at $15

These are flippers. Books like The Test peaked quickly and dropped off. The Test hit $27 and is now going for less than $10.

That's correct. It is based in the novels. I did say these were flippers and not investment picks.

That's interesting. I mentioned The Strain back in January when this thread first started. I was looking at it late last year when the TV show on FX was announced. Now it's going to be a movie? I missed that announcement. The Fall, second comic series based on the second book of the same name is set to start in the next couple month's as well.

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So far Corey Stoll (Dr. Ephraim Goodweather) and Kevin Durand (Vasily Fet, the exterminator) have been cast so far.

Someone asked me if they thought sesame street would do well on the secondary market. I told them no. It doesent have a bronie following. No one is going to buy these to "collect" The people buying them will be buying them for their kids with their peanut butter jelly fingers. They wont care about owning a #1 or a variant.

Just my opinion.

Rumor is Peter Parker regains control. Now that is just a rumor from a "marvel favorite" shop but we have to wait and see

I also am a little sad that Peter regains control. Quite honestly Doc Oct Spidey had been excellent. But I suppose everything has to go back to status qou at some time. Hence forth though I believe Amazing Spider-Man #700 will remain a key because so many fans enjoyed the Octo-Pete stories.

But he's not dead. He's in his own body, he's like a passenger in a car that can reach out and grab the wheel from time to time.
I, for one, cannot wait until Peter is back for good.

I always took that description as Ock beats Peter in the brain battle and gets rid of him for good. That would make people really angry.

And as someone else stated, Slott keeps saying Peter is not coming back ..... mind or body. He said everyone thinks they know what is going to happen but he's been having fun denying them, like "We all know Peter will be back eventually" so he brought him back in the very first issue. Or 'Amazing will be back with the movie" .... and he says it won't. So I think Superior is here for awhile.

I agree....I think Ock will get Peter out but store his mind in a robot or something.

It's weird, but if you think about it Spiderman/Peter Parker has always been Marvels most known and popular character. People who know nothing about comics know of him. He's sold everything and been on everything. Always Marvels main money maker in comics, toys and cartoons and cloths and so on. There's 2 main Peter Parkers, the regular 616 that's always been around and the ultimate version. They killed the ultimate Peter years ago and it made his comic more successful and has been ever since for the first time in many years and people loved the change. Now the only remaining Peter Parker is dead and again it raised all his comics sales and even 6 months or more later sales are still great and some hate but many still love it.
It's weird thinking that a company killing off their main money maker, most popular character in all the comics and it ends up being a great marketing thing that works.
Yes death sells comics like death of superman storyline, but this is still going strong and not dropping in the slightest. so it's past the gimmick point and still working great.
Balls strategy that paid off big time

I think the only reason sales are still strong for superior is because the comic is actually written well, not just because peter is dead. if the comic wasnt written well it wouldnt be selling well, and we would already be back to amazing.

Personally, i dont think ultimate spiderman is all that good anymore, and ive heard it really isnt selling as well as people like to think. I think ultimate xmen is the best of the ultimates still being put out, but the rumor is theyre ending the ultimate universe soon anyway

I picked up the phantom variants on that one as well as picked up Twelve Reasons To Die 1 in 4 variant and Third Eye Comics Tour Variant and the phantom Variants of Grimm. Also restocked phantoms on Jupiters Legacy.