Todays new trades 22/05/13

DC

Demon Knights Volume 2 The Avalon Trap TP
Grifter Volume 2 Newfound Power TP

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT:

Flash Gordon Volume 1 Zeitgeist TP
Vampirella Archives Volume 7 HC

IDW:

Borderlands Origins TP
Chasing The Dead TP
Definitive Flash Gordon And Jungle Jim Volume 3 HC
G.I. JOE Complete Cobra Command TP
Star Trek John Byrne Collection HC
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Works Volume 1 HC
Torpedo Volume 3 TP

IMAGE:

Artifacts Volume 5 TP
Clone Volume 1 TP
Elephantmen Volume 1 HC

MARVEL:

A+X Volume 1 = Awesome TP
Cable And X-Force Classic Volume 1 TP
FF By Jonathan Hickman Volume 4 TP
Journey Into Mystery Featuring Sif Volume 1 Stronger Than Monsters TP
Marvel Masterworks The Fantastic Four Volume 9 TP
Secret Avengers By Rick Remender Volume 2 TP
Uncanny X-Men By Kieron Gillen Volume 4 TP

Todays new trades 15/05/13

AVATAR PRESS

Crossed Wish You Were Here Volume 2 HC
Crossed Wish You Were Here Volume 2 TP

BLACK LIBRARY

Warhammer 40K Baneblade SC
Warhammer Gilead's Blood SC

BOOM! STUDIOS

Adventure Time Marceline And The Scream Queens Volume 1 TP
Adventure Time Volume 1 Playing With Fire GN
Clive Barker's Hellraiser Volume 5 TP
Garfield Volume 2 TP

DARK HORSE COMICS

Dragon Resurrection TP
Eerie Archives Volume 13 HC
Exile To Babylon TP
Mass Effect Library Edition Volume 1 HC
City Of The Damned TP
Star Wars Darth Maul Death Sentence TP

DC COMICS

Aquaman Volume 1 The Trench TP
Aquaman Volume 2 The Others HC
Authority Volume 1 HC
Batman Beyond 10000 Clowns TP
Justice League Beyond Konstriction TP

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

Bloodtrail TP
Pathfinder Volume 1 Dark Waters Rising HC

IDW PUBLISHING

Crawl To Me HC (Black Label Edition)
Doctor Who Prisoners Of Time Volume 1 TP
Iron Sky TP
My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Volume 1 TP
Transformers Prime Rage Of The Dinobots TP

IMAGE COMICS

Hoax Hunters Volume 2 Secrets And Lies TP
Li'l Depressed Boy Volume 4 TP
Peter Panzerfaust Volume 2 Hooked TP
Spawn Origins Volume 18 TP

MARVEL COMICS

Captain Marvel Volume 2 Down TP
Incredible Hulk Crossroads TP
Indestructible Hulk Volume 1 Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. HC
Marvel Masterworks The Invincible Iron Man Volume 8 HC
Wolverine And The X-Men Volume 4 TP
Wolverine Official Index To The Marvel Universe TP

ONI PRESS

Scott Pilgrim Volume 3 Scott Pilgrim And The Infinite Sadness HC (Color Edition)

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT

Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Fly The Fall TP
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Godstorm TP

Todays new trades. 08/05/13

BOOM! STUDIOS

Clive Barker's Hellraiser The Road Below Volume 1 TP
Fanboys Vs Zombies Volume 2 TP
Planet Of The Apes Cataclysm Volume 1 TP
Steed And Mrs Peel Volume 1 A Very Civil Armageddon TP
Two Guns Second Shot TP (Deluxe Edition)

DARK HORSE COMICS

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 Volume 3 Guarded TP
Chronicles Of King Conan Volume 5 The Black Dragons And Other Stories TP
Criminal Macabre No Peace For Dead Men TP
Freaks' Amour GN

DC COMICS

Batman Death By Design TP
Batman Incorporated Volume 1 Demon Star HC
Hellblazer Volume 5 Dangerous Habits TP
Legion Of Super-Heroes Volume 2 The Dominators TP
Ravagers Volume 1 The Kids From N.O.W.H.E.R.E. TP, $16.99
Showcase Presents Superman Family Volume 4 TP

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

Prophecy Volume 1 TP

IDW PUBLISHING

Rocketeer Adventures Treasury Edition TP

IMAGE COMICS

Bomb Queen Deluxe Edition Volume 2 HC
Thief Of Thieves Volume 2 TP

MARVEL COMICS

Avengers Arena Volume 1 Kill Or Die TP
Avengers Heart Of Stone TP
Avengers Vs X-Men Companion HC
Avenging Spider-Man Threats And Menaces TP
Essential Defenders Volume 7 TP
Spider-Men TP
Stand Volume 6 The Night Has Come TP
Thunderbolts Volume 1 No Quarter TP
 Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Volume 3 TP

Top 25 selling trades in April

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE
MANHATTAN PROJECTS TP VOL 02
HAPPY TP
SAGA TP VOL 01 TP
PUNK ROCK JESUS TP
BATMAN DETECTIVE TP VOL 01 FACES OF DEATH
BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS HC VOL 02 SCARE TACTICS
BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC
SWAMP THING TP VOL 02 FAMILY TREE
HAWKEYE TP VOL 01 MY LIFE AS WEAPON NOW
MORNING GLORIES TP VOL 04 TRUANTS
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US
AVENGERS VS X-MEN TP VS
STAR TREK COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS TP
BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN TP$24.99D
UNCANNY AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 01 RED SHADOW
AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 01 AVENGERS WORLD
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS
WORLDS FINEST TP VOL 01 LOST DAUGHTERS
UNCANNY X-FORCE TP VOL 06 FINAL EXECUTION BOOK 1


It is amazing how well the Walking Dead is still selling. You would think that anyone that wanted to read it would have read it by now. Shit, even my Dad has read all 17 volumes published so far. It is a testiment to the quality of storytelling and the power word of mouth can have on sales. Any retailer that has sold one of those v.1's can pretty much guarantee themselves 17 return sales.

Good to see so many other creator owned titles. Manhattan Projects Volume 2 is doing serious business at my LCS and SAGA is putting Vaughn's great, great grandkids through college.

Good news for Batman fans as DC continue to slowly trickle the New 52 out in trade. Only one Marvel NOW book made it into the top 25. The Uncanny Avengers hardcover is nice, I'm a big fan of Marvel's new printed HC's but they don't come cheap. Also Uncanny X - Force is one of the few titles I collected in singles so it's good to see it getting some love.

self Shot Shelf Porn

I've been holding of putting up my own SP until I got all my trades back. Still waiting on Walking Dead and Chew but you have all been kind enough to show me yours so I guess fair is fair.....

Obviously I'm a bit of a Marvel fanboy! You can look back through the blog for loads of articles on collecting Marvel. My favourite collections from then include Amazing Spider-Man, Hulk, Immortal Iron Fist, New Avengers and Astonishing X-Men (well the first 6 volumes, the rest is awful.)

Outwith Marvel my favourite books would have to be Scalped and Locke & Key. Collections I wish to add include.

Transmetropolitan,
Fables,
DMZ,
Y the last man

Todays New Trades - 01/05/23

DARK HORSE COMICS

Korak Son Of Tarzan Archives Volume 1

DC COMICS

Get Jiro TP
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Volume 2 HC
Jack Kirby Omnibus Volume 2 HC
Superman Action Comics Volume 1 Superman And The Men Of Steel TP Superman Action Comics Volume 2 Bulletproof HC
Superman Earth One Volume 1 TP
World Of Warcraft Dark Riders HC

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

Army Of Darkness Omnibus Volume 3 TP
Army Of Darkness Volume 1 Hail To The Queen Baby TP
Lone Ranger Snake Of Iron TP

IDW PUBLISHING

Dungeons And Dragons The Legend Of Drizzt Volume 1 Neverwinter Tales TP
Jack Davis' EC Stories Artist's Edition HC
Magic The Gathering Volume 3 Path Of Vengeance TP
Michael William Kaluta Sketchbook Series Volume 4 TP
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 5 Krang War TP
Transformers Regeneration One Volume 2 TP

IMAGE COMICS

Bedlam Volume 1 TP
Blackacre Volume 1 TP
G-Man Volume 3 Coming Home TP
Graveyard Of Empires Volume 1 TP


MARVEL COMICS

Cable And X-Force Volume 1 Wanted TP
Iron Man War Machine Hands Of The Mandarin TP
Kick-Ass Volume 1 HC
Marvel Universe The Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes Digest Volume 3 TP