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What have you added to your collection recently?
Relstuart wrote: "Tell us what graphic novel goodness you've added to your library. =) I just picked up the X-Men Phalanx Covenant OHC and I have the new Morrison Batman Incorporated Absolute on the way in the ma..."
I just picked up absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths yesterday.. found at half priced books for a pretty good deal. Honestly I have always wanted to read Justice league and thought I would start at grant morrison, but now I may have to go back eve further. Its going to take me years to get up to current continuity.
I have been a DC fan for many years and have recently picked up some Absolute DC books.. I've wanted to dip my toes in some marvel, but honestly I am only interested in X-men, although immortal Hulk has looked interesting as well. Started reading SAGA finally, so far so good!
Postal vol 1Postal vol 2
Chew vol 1
Chew vol 2
The low, low woods
The dollhouse Family
Daphne Byrne
Basketful of Heads
Gideon Falls in 6 volumes
Money Spot
Black Hammer
Revival
The Woods
Harrow County
Middlewest
and Farmhand
omnibus editions where possible.
Plowed through half of them already.
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I just picked up the X-Men Phalanx Covenant OHC and I have the new Morrison Batman Incorporated Absolute on..."
I first got started with Justice League with Morrisons run back when that originally came out. Recently finished the original stories, Vol. 1 (and found it difficult) and have read some of the 80's stuff as well, which was more palatable.
X-Men has a long and complicated history, but I would recommend starting with Claremont's initial run. If you can handle the Stan's 60's writing read the original X-Men series just to get the basics down.
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Postal vol 2
Chew vol 1
Chew vol 2
The low, low woods
The dollhouse Family
Daphne Byrne
Basketful of Heads
Gideon Falls in 6 volumes
Money Spot
Black Hammer
Revival
The Woods
Harrow ..."
I'm curious about your thoughts on Black Hammer, once you finish it.
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This video from Organic Priced Books is very telling.
https://youtu.be/X1RWhAbr28Y
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Chu TPB vol 2
Compass TPB vol 1
Hey Kids! Comics! TPB vol 2
TMNT Reborn TPB vol 3
Transformers HC vol 4, Declaration of War
Hawkeye TPB Epic Collection
Reign of X TPB vol 8
X-Men Hellfire Gala OHC (Laraz cover)
Aposimz TPB vol 8 (manga)
Art of Sushi HC
Asterix Omnibus Papercuts Ed
Beastars TPB vol 16 (manga)
The Cimmerian HC vol 3
The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski (Fantagraphics)
The Essential Judge Dredd Vol 4
Hell's Paradise TPB vol 12 (manga)
Incal DLX Black and White Edition HC ($99 cover)
Marvel Comics Library HC vol 1, Spider-Man (Taschen, $200 cover)
Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire TPB vol 3
Soul Eater Perfect Edition vol 5 (manga)
Steins Gate 0 TPB vol 3
Ultraman TPB vol 16 (manga)
Vann Nath Painting the Khmer (Humanoids)
Way of the Househusband TPB vol 7 (manga)
Art of the Pin Up (Taschen)
Blindzider wrote: "Stores are having a difficult time with PRH: books arriving damaged, poor service. This video from Organic Priced Books is very telling.
https://youtu.be/X1RWhAbr28Y"
Wow that's just awful.
I usually read DC.. the older stuff. but I decided to jump in on the new Captain America/iron Man run. picked up issue 1 and 2 at a store here in Houston. I've been hearing good things about it and I've been wanting to begin a new run with marvel for a while.
Looks like the Morrison Superman omni went OOS at IST. I was going to order it next week with my other books :(
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Let us know what you think about the Cap/IM series.
How far back on the DC - 80's or 60's/70's?
Darth Bane wrote: "Looks like the Morrison Superman omni went OOS at IST. I was going to order it next week with my other books :("
That sucks, although I wonder if that's the first printing with all of the printing errors.
It was the corrected edition for 65% off!
I grabbed Death or Glory HC and Once & Future HC.Both are great books.
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Both are great books."
I'm in line with a pre-order for the second printing of the Once and Future King slipcased edition.
It looks nice but I didn't want to pay an extra 20$ for a slipcase....
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I was willing to give it a shot based on how much I've liked a few of Gillen's other works (love what I've red of die so far and also really liked his Kid Loki Journey Into Mystery run).
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Black Hammer TPB vol 5/Reborn part 1
Castaways TPB
Laguardia DLX Ed HC
Tales from the Outerverse HC
Sea of Sorrows TPB
TMNT Ongoing IDW Collection TPB vol 1
Conan Epic Chronicles TPB: Blood in His Wake
Moon Knight by Bendis and Maleev Complete Collection TPB
Thor: To Wake the Mangog Epic Collection TPB
Wolverine and the X-Men Omnibus by Jason Aaron (2 covers)
Black Clover TPB vol 28 (manga)
Chain Saw Man TPB vol 9 (manga)
The Dark Age TPB
Dr. Stone TPB vol 20 (manga)
George Harriman Library: Krazy and Ignatz 1922-1924 HC (Fantagraphics)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventures Part 5, Golden Wing HC vol 3 (manga)
Jujutsu Kaisen TPB vol 14 (manga)
Machine Girl and the Space Invaders TPB vol 2
Star Wars Inner Jedi HC
Yona of the Dawn TPB vol 34
Illustration Art Gallery Through the Ages-Drawings and Painting of Peter Jackson HC
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Hi y'allHas any sites announced pre-sale for 100 Bullets omni vol 2?
Thanks
J. wrote: "Hi y'allHas any sites announced pre-sale for 100 Bullets omni vol 2?
Thanks"
OPB has it for pre-order:
https://organicpricedbooks.com/produc...
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I hope everyone is doing ok with the winter storm weather we've been having in the USA. Stay safe out there. =)
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Enjoy the trip Rel.
In other news, Marvel solicits is showing the new number 1s . . . So I’ll be jumping off.
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Also realized that I filled my cart last month but never actually hit "Buy" so I'll be waiting for the release date to purchase those.
Blindzider wrote: "Ordered the last Immortal Hulk OHC as well as the new printing of the Iron Fist omnibus.Also realized that I filled my cart last month but never actually hit "Buy" so I'll be waiting for the rele..."
Ouch... I've done that before and it hurts...
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Also realized that I filled my cart last month but never actually hit "Buy" so I'll be w..."
Thankfully it wasn't anything likely to sell out or be hard to get!
Wolverine and The X-Men Omnibus (DM Variant)Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus, vol. 3
Copra TPB, vol. 1-6
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Green Arrow Longbow Hunters Omnibus, vol. 2
Batman: No Man's Land Omnibus, vol. 1
Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus, vol. 1"
I missed the release of NML. Still on the fence about buying it. While the initial premise is a little unbelievable I thought some of the stories were pretty good.
Blindzider wrote: "Ozan wrote: "Just ordered:Green Arrow Longbow Hunters Omnibus, vol. 2
Batman: No Man's Land Omnibus, vol. 1
Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus, vol. 1"
I missed the release of NML. Still on the fence a..."
Unbelieveble should be the short summery of every super hero comics ever... :)
IST currently has the Excalibur vol. 2 omnibus for sale, so at least some of their delayed inventory from earlier this week has arrived.
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I was on the fence with both V1 and V2, since I own all of the single issues. I'm re-evaluating my collecting "needs" and backing off from a lot of new purchases.
I had such a backlog of stuff from dcbs that they had to send two boxes (and still didn't get everything ordered).
DCBS still hasn't shipped my January box yet. And nothing was added last week even though a couple books hit IST. I really hate dealing with customer service but guess I'm going to have to. My January box was already quite large. Can't imagine a two month box.
Blindzider wrote: "noelbeast wrote: "IST currently has the Excalibur vol. 2 omnibus for sale, so at least some of their delayed inventory from earlier this week has arrived."I was on the fence with both V1 and V2, ..."
I feel you there about backing off. Although part of it for me might be that I’m running out of room again. I really need to get a bigger house if I’m going to contain this collection…
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I was on the fence wi..."
For me, I've updated my space a few times over the years and it never seemed to be enough. I'm approaching the end of collecting and would like to keep everything in the space I have, which means I need to stop buying and probably sell at least some of what's in there now.
Joseph wrote: "DCBS still hasn't shipped my January box yet. And nothing was added last week even though a couple books hit IST. I really hate dealing with customer service but guess I'm going to have to.
My Ja..."
Yeah, I'm not sure what's going on with them: If they're trying to save money and wait until you've built up enough items to ship, or just behind on everything, no stock? All of the above?
BZ, that's what's so strange. My January order already had seven omnis. Plus if you sign up for monthly shipments, you should get your shipment monthly! Ha. I'm not mad about it, but it seems weird. I'm going to shoot them an email later today.
I know IST was moving back to Fort Wayne, IN and seems I got an email saying that would delay orders with them, but I don't remember for sure and don't have the email any longer. Not sure why that would affect DCBS. We shall see.
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I'm not mad about it, but it seems wei..."
Right, I think that's why I had two boxes this time but don't recall getting one last month. I just don't know all of their logistics of receiving their stock, even on separate orders and how/when they decide to put them together to ship.
They may also just be having personnel issues and are short-handed. Hopefully, you can get some resolution. Just asking the question may be enough to get your order moving along.
Just saw a post on Reddit that’s claiming there might be a misprint issue with the New Mutants vol. 2 omni? Not sure if it’s widespread, other users are replying they don’t see the same: https://www.reddit.com/r/OmnibusColle...
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Another reason I'm happy to not buy much more. The quality for the price being paid is not acceptable. I think I ordered this but don't have mine yet.
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Looking at the DCBS orders one book that caught my eye is a limited to 500 copies hardback biography of Dave Cockrum: https://www.dcbservice.com/product/fe...
Looks like I am getting the Iron Fist new version omnibus, John's 2nd Justice League omnibus, and the Wolverine OHC.
Joseph wrote: "DCBS still hasn't shipped my January box yet. And nothing was added last week even though a couple books hit IST. I really hate dealing with customer service but guess I'm going to have to. My Ja..."
I haven't received anything except for my Snyder Batman vol. 2 since I signed up on dcbs.
And I got one ready to ship, and 9 awaiting since June. (I don't remember when they're officially released though.)
Relstuart wrote: "Just now getting back online after coming back from vacation. Not quiet caught up on everything. =) Looking at the DCBS orders one book that caught my eye is a limited to 500 copies hardback biog..."
I really enjoy TwoMorrow's publications. I get their Alter Ego, Back Issue, and Jack Kirby Collector magazines, and have several of their artists books and artists biographies. I'm also buying their comics history volumes as they're reprinted.
Blindzider wrote: "Joseph wrote: "BZ, that's what's so strange. My January order already had seven omnis. Plus if you sign up for monthly shipments, you should get your shipment monthly! Ha. I'm not mad about it, b..."
So I heard back from DCBS about my January box. This is their reply:
"Hi Joseph,
Since you did not have a November order there was no shipment scheduled for January. Since we were behind due to delays we have just started processing the incoming shipments for the last couple of weeks you should be seeing updates regarding those items in your account now.
(general pleasantries)"
My reply was this:
"So, because there was not an order in November, there was no shipment in January even though my "next shipment" listed around 20 books? That doesn't make any sense at all.
If I stopped ordering from DCBS completely, does that mean I would never get my books previously ordered??? "
Am I missing something here? (It was probably closer to 15 books, but a good number of omnis.)
That to me sounds like bad customer service and make you the customer seem like not a priority … when u spend hella bank on their site …
The only explanation I can think of is that they didn't get a shipping payment but it's not like my card isn't in file with them if that were the case.
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The gist is, they are understaffed and there are shipping issues.
I expect this to continue for a bit, the comic industry definitely isn’t immune to what is happening to many other businesses right now.
The real misstep with DCBS is not getting in front of the issue with proper communication. A simple email to their client list explaining why they are back logged, would go a long way and many customers would likely be much more forgiving.
So received this from DCBS in answer to my query:"Hi Joseph,
Our shipping policies are laid out in the faq... If you skip a month of pre-orders then the corresponding monthly shipment November being January would also be skipped if you stop ordering all together then we would hold your final shipment until all items came in for you."
I guess I never thought of looking in the FAQ for shipping policies, but ding me for thinking that signing up for "monthly" shipments meant you got your books monthly.
And man, some books can come out almost a year after showing up for preorder. Seems crazy to keep things on a shelf that long instead of offering to ship for an additional charge.
Anyway, as I said before, I'm not mad about it. At least I have clarification now. Hope this helps those of you who use DCBS.
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What if you do weekly ordering? Weird.
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