How many copies were printed?1602

Originally Posted by Despain
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Originally Posted by Despain
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Originally Posted by kaptainmyke
That is a site that lists estimated preorders from stores. Not a valid for sure print run of comics. I question some of you who contact me outside this forum like pansies who are afraid to show themselves. Keyboard warriors. Pfft.

Originally Posted by Despain
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Originally Posted by Jerkfro
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Originally Posted by kaptainmyke
That is a site that lists estimated preorders from stores. Not a valid for sure print run of comics. I question some of you who contact me outside this forum like pansies who are afraid to show themselves. Keyboard warriors. Pfft.

So what you're saying is we should all MANNUP and confront you directly here.

Originally Posted by BLBcomics



Print runs, and/or amount of copies sold decades ago, et al have zero bearing in relationship to how many copies still exist. Original query was how many Amazing Spider-Man #1 were printed back in early 1963. Guy answers himself 250,000.

Back in the 70s 80s 90s we were asking same concepts but placing emphasis on how many survive. The most conservative estimate was is remains a MINIMUM of 25,000+ copies of AmSPi #1 are still floating out there.

Maybe as many as 50,000 coupled with the other portion of that supply side math of "demand" which obviously there is some there for such a comic book

There is a wealth of data out there in cyber land built up over a few decades now which does not permeate percolate in to CBCS/CGC chat room "boards" realms of consciousness due mainly to the concept that MOST serious collectors are into what is underneath the covers and not in to plastic slab coffins.

Amazing SPider-Man #1 is not a rare much less even scarce funny book. Manipulated demand has pushed its price upwards in to the stratosphere along with other "key" investment comic books.

Gravity is a concept one should also be exploring.....

Originally Posted by ZosoRocks
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Originally Posted by Despain
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Question:

Once a book is issued the first week published, do distributors have the opportunity in three weeks, to reorder their supply?

If so, in order to get a print amount - the sales figures in this link would have to be figured for each month after the initial release.

This is one area of the business I think has been neglected and clearly defines a value for a book.

If anyone is interested, this link is for Valiant books. As you can see in the price guide, publication amounts are listed, but not for all books.

One could gauge these figures against other books to get some sort of idea on the amount available.

http://www.valiantfan.com/guide

Originally Posted by Oxbladder
Personally? Print runs mean nothing. They are much lower now than they have been in the past, which is not a surprise. More nice copies from the last 40 or so year s exist than the previous 40, again, not a surprise. Yes there are books now that have print runs of less than x number. So what? In today's terms that means squat. Almost all of them will survive in high grade. However, for many older books you may have a hard time even finding a copy never mind a high grade one.

IMHO it seems today print runs and estimated existing copies really only exist to give people one more tool to try and market their books. Very few books have big value attached to them based on scarcity alone. There could be one existing copy of a book and it could have very little value relative to other book of that vintage. Why? People simply aren't interested. On the other hand people might fall all over themselves to by yet another Hulk #181. Demand rules the day, not scarcity (manufactured or real).