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@akbogert said:

Right, but given the drop off in sales (Diamond sales) does that mean Marvel intentionally published 40% fewer copies of issue 3 than issue 1?

Marvel tends to print pretty close to order. It's hard to judge the strength of a new book's sales by its second and third issues, because those issues are being ordered before stores have had the first issue on their racks. Once the sales data is out for issues 4 and 5, I think we'll have a better understanding into how well the series is doing.

Selling out on the distributor level is a good thing for Marvel, and is what drives their second printings. Since demand is not universal, there may still be stores that have first prints of issues 1-3 sitting on their shelves, but if Diamond is sold out and Marvel is doing a second printing, then there are retailers who are looking for those issues for their customers.

I believe it was Quesada and Jemas who enacted Marvel's no overprint rule when they took over in 2000. They have made exceptions (and will tout it when they do), but for the most part, they print to order. It's a pain for retailers, because if demand spikes after the final order cut-off, there's no extra supply from where they can up their orders.

I really like the Midtown Comics bags. That self-adhesive strip is great, making the need for tape a thing of the past.

I fell of Wolverine and the X-Men after AvX. I was thinking about jumping back on, but this crossover has me reconsidering that.

I would definitely pay a quid extra an issue to get those Daleks. The other subscription exclusives look very cool as well.

I can't wait to have the 9th and 10th Doctors standing side by side on my desk.

@TDK_1997 said:

I think that Billy Tan is not that good of a choice for an artist for Green Lantern.

I agree 100%. Billy Tan's name on a book usually keeps me away.

Billy Tan on art is enough to make me drop Green Lantern. If Venditti sticks around longer than Tan, maybe I'll jump back on board with the next artist.

According to CBR, Robert Venditti is taking over Green Lantern with Billy Tan, Josh Fialkov will be writing both Green Lantern Corps (Bernard Chang on art) and Red Lanterns (Alessandro Vitti on art), and Justin Jordan will take over New Guardians (Brad Walker on art).

I only currently buy Green Lantern out of these, but I'll be dropping it when Johns and Mahnke leave. Robert Venditti may be a good writer, but I never enjoy Billy Tan's art.

Larfleeze will be getting his own title by Giffen and Kollins. I may move my $3 from Green Lantern each month into that title instead.

There are 54 different covers for this issue if you count the digital combo pack.

• State flag for every state in the union
• Puerto Rico
• Washington DC
• US Flag (regular)
• US Flag (combo pack)

Which one(s) are you buying?

I wonder which cover is the rarest. North Dakota? Wyoming?

Hawkeye. It's the best Marvel series out there, and is very street level. It's what Hawkeye does on his days off when he's not Avenging (or is it Avengering?). The other Hawkeye is in it too. There are 7 issues. $20.93 gets you them all.

Daredevil (volume 3). The current Waid run is awesome. This would be be the best series at Marvel if not for Hawkeye. On both this and Hawkeye, it's the amazing combination of words and pictures that makes the series truly stellar. There are 23 issues out right now, The first 15 are $1.99, the next 8 are $2.99. For $53.77, they're all yours.

Batman: Year One and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. If there are you two Batman stories you should have on your iPad, these are them. You should be able to read these whenever the mood strikes you. I come back to them year after year. $15.92 gets you all 8 issues from these two stories.

Okay, that gets us to $90.62. How do we spend that last $9.38? I'm glad you asked.

Justice League: The Nail #1-3. One of my favorite Elseworlds comics ever. The story is basically, "What would the DCU be like if a nail popped a tire in the Kents truck on their drive before they came across Kal-El's rocket?" It is fantastic. There's a sequel that's a little less fantastic, and we're a little low on funds at this point, so I'm not including it in this recommendation. All three issues are yours for $8.97.

That brings your total $99.59, leaving you with a tidy $0.41 to put towards the next issue of Hawkeye.

I hope this helped.

The exclusive Daleks in the premium subscription look very cool. They make me wish subscriptions were available in the US.