Comments on: What was I thinking?!? http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:43:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Johan Åberg http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-73919 Johan Åberg Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:29:13 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/#comment-73919 I really regret buying the Alias trades before the Omnibus came out. I really regret buying the Alias trades before the Omnibus came out.

]]> By: Tyler http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-73761 Tyler Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:50:03 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/#comment-73761 I'm working on my ASM run...To date I have from #145 to present in a perfect run (plus some earlier key issues) but now they are getting pretty pricey and I don't know what to do b/c I will never be able to afford the earliest issues. I am feeling disappointed knowing I will never finish the run. I am collecting USM but got on board late and need issues #1 - 5. AND I can't bring myself to spend the big bucks on relatively new issues, especially when I own the first TPB. I still remember when the early McFarlane issues were going for big bucks. Sigh. Plus buying TPB at Canadian prices sucks. Marvel's TPB prices are still pretty high compared to what our dollar is. Double sigh. I wish I could find a brand new series to latch onto that I could follow from start to finsih that won't get cancelled (yes I am reading Manhunter). I’m working on my ASM run…To date I have from #145 to present in a perfect run (plus some earlier key issues) but now they are getting pretty pricey and I don’t know what to do b/c I will never be able to afford the earliest issues. I am feeling disappointed knowing I will never finish the run.

I am collecting USM but got on board late and need issues #1 – 5. AND I can’t bring myself to spend the big bucks on relatively new issues, especially when I own the first TPB. I still remember when the early McFarlane issues were going for big bucks.

Sigh.

Plus buying TPB at Canadian prices sucks. Marvel’s TPB prices are still pretty high compared to what our dollar is.

Double sigh.

I wish I could find a brand new series to latch onto that I could follow from start to finsih that won’t get cancelled (yes I am reading Manhunter).

]]> By: Jason http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-73571 Jason Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:45:10 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/#comment-73571 Yeah, they pulped the entire first printing of the Crisis HC, they even included a poster to make up for the dely for the finished copy. That book always makes me mad when I look at it because I only bought the HC because DC's then-collections head-dude said that they would not be printing a soft cover. Jokes on me...HA! Incidentally, I also recently spent $40 on the JLI vol. 2 TPB, but I did get 6 other JLA trades with it in the deal (2 I already had), so I figure I still came out a little ahead. I couldn't live without it though. Yeah, they pulped the entire first printing of the Crisis HC, they even included a poster to make up for the dely for the finished copy. That book always makes me mad when I look at it because I only bought the HC because DC’s then-collections head-dude said that they would not be printing a soft cover. Jokes on me…HA!

Incidentally, I also recently spent $40 on the JLI vol. 2 TPB, but I did get 6 other JLA trades with it in the deal (2 I already had), so I figure I still came out a little ahead. I couldn’t live without it though.

]]> By: Graeme McMillan http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-73556 Graeme McMillan Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:16:27 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/#comment-73556 James - Your memory is a bit faulty, I think... The Crisis hardcover did have an error, but it was pulled before release to have the error fixed via a tip-in page. There wasn't a version released that had to be fixed yourself, I don't think...? James – Your memory is a bit faulty, I think… The Crisis hardcover did have an error, but it was pulled before release to have the error fixed via a tip-in page. There wasn’t a version released that had to be fixed yourself, I don’t think…?

]]> By: James Van Hise http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-73535 James Van Hise Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:32:52 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/#comment-73535 You didn't mention that when the CRISIS hardcover was published in 1998 that it had a misprint (the same page printed twice) and you had to get a copy of the missing page to insert in the book yourself. A $100 book and they couldn't even print it without a major error. I never believed them when they said it would never be reprinted because how could they speak for someone who wouldn't be in DC's management for 5 years, and who would decide it needs to go back into print? You didn’t mention that when the CRISIS hardcover was published in 1998 that it had a misprint (the same page printed twice) and you had to get a copy of the missing page to insert in the book yourself. A $100 book and they couldn’t even print it without a major error. I never believed them when they said it would never be reprinted because how could they speak for someone who wouldn’t be in DC’s management for 5 years, and who would decide it needs to go back into print?

]]> By: Nick Evans http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-73524 Nick Evans Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:13:02 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/#comment-73524 Heh, that JLI paperback is now £72.50 on Amazon (about $140), or $18.50 on e-bay. My copy cost me £3. Heh, that JLI paperback is now £72.50 on Amazon (about $140), or $18.50 on e-bay.

My copy cost me £3.

]]> By: jake saint http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-73451 jake saint Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:02:22 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/#comment-73451 <i>Where do these people get such disposible income? Why am I not as rich as these people? Wh… why…?</i> scotty, <i>pleeze</i>. Like you've never been comped a review copy. Where do these people get such disposible income? Why am I not as rich as these people? Wh… why…?

scotty, pleeze. Like you’ve never been comped a review copy.

]]> By: Squashua http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-73443 Squashua Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:51:28 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/08/what-was-i-thinking/#comment-73443 Buyer's Remorse when completing a collection. I get it all the time, so I stopped and sold off a number of collections. And now I feel good. And I never paid any exhoribtant prices either. Buyer’s Remorse when completing a collection. I get it all the time, so I stopped and sold off a number of collections. And now I feel good. And I never paid any exhoribtant prices either.

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