Diamond list for May 3rd

[euroq]

This list is tentative and subject to change.

DARK HORSE

BPRD UNIVERSAL MACHINE #2 (OF 5) $2.99

DC COMICS

BATMAN A DEATH IN THE FAMILY TP $12.95
BIZARRO WORLD SC $19.99
BLOOD OF THE DEMON #15 $2.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #819 $2.99
EXTERMINATORS #5 (MR) $2.99
GOTHAM CENTRAL VOL 3 UNRESOLVED TARGETS TP $14.99
HARD TIME SEASON TWO #6 $2.99
JSA #85 $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #21 $2.25
LOONEY TUNES #138 $2.25
MUSASHI #9 VOL 7 $9.99
OUTSIDERS #36 $2.99
PLANETARY THE FOURTH MAN TP $14.99
SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE VOL 4 THE SCORPION TP (MR) $12.99
SWAMP THING #27 (MR) $2.99
TEAM ZERO #6 (OF 6) $2.99
TESTAROTHO VOL 4 (MR) $9.99
TOWER OF THE FUTURE VOL 3 $9.99
Y THE LAST MAN #45 (MR) $2.99
Y THE LAST MAN VOL 3 ONE SMALL STEP TP (MR) $12.95

IMAGE

DISTANT SOIL VOL 4 CODA LTD ED HC (RES) $29.95

MARVEL

ANNIHILATION SILVER SURFER #2 (OF 4) $2.99
CIVIL WAR #1 (OF 7) $3.99
CIVIL WAR TURNER POSTER $6.99
CIVIL WAR TURNER SKETCH VARIANT #1 (OF 7) PI
DOC SAMSON #5 (OF 5) $2.99
ESSENTIAL CLASSIC X-MEN VOL 2 TP $16.99
EXILES #80 $2.99
FANTASTIC FOUR 2ND PTG HITCH VAR #536 (PP #711) $2.99
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #8 $2.99
FURY PEACEMAKER #4 (OF 6) $3.50
HOUSE OF M TP $24.99
HULK VISIONARIES PETER DAVID VOL 3 TP $19.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #15 $2.99
MARVEL ROMANCE REDUX I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BLONDE $2.99
MARVEL TEAM-UP #20 $2.99
PUNISHER #33 (MR) $2.99
PUNISHER MAX VOL 3 MOTHER RUSSIA TP $14.99
PUNISHER MAX VOL 5 THE SLAVERS TP (MR) $15.99
SENTINEL SQUAD ONE #5 (OF 5) $2.99
SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED #15 $2.99
ULTIMATE MARVEL FLIP MAGAZINE #12 $4.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #94 $2.99
ULTIMATE TALES FLIP MAGAZINE #12 $4.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK DIRECTORS CUT (PP #709) $4.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN FANTASTIC FOUR TP $12.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL 1 TOMORROW PEOPLE TP $14.95
UNDERWORLD #4 (OF 5) $2.99
X-MEN APOCALYPSE DRACULA #4 (OF 4) $2.99
X-MEN THE END MEN AND X-MEN #5 (OF 6) $2.99

WIZARD

INQUEST GAMER MAGIC BIG BLOWOUT CVR #134 (NOTE PRICE) $1.99

COMICS

A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #33 (A) $4.99
ALL NEW TENCHI MUYO VOL 1 ALIEN NATION TP $8.95
ANGEL SANCTUARY VOL 1 GN (MR) $9.95
ARCHIE & FRIENDS #100 $2.25
ARCHIE DIGEST #225 $2.49
CERES CELESTIAL LEGEND VOL 5 TP MIKAGE $9.95
DEMO COLLECTION TP $19.95
DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 1 DRAGONS OF AUTUMN TWILIGHT TP $17.95
HAUNTED MANSION #3 $2.95
INU YASHA VOL 16 TP $8.95
LOVE & ROCKETS VOL 2 #16 (MR) $4.50
NYMPH GN (MR) $12.95
SIMPSONS CLASSICS #8 $3.99
SONIC X #8 $2.25
SOULSEARCHERS #77 $2.50

MAGAZINES

ALTER EGO #58 $6.95

RELATED MERCHANDISE

STAR SYSTEM SUMMER 2006 CATALOG PI

 

[euroq]

Y THE LAST MAN #45 (MR)

FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #8
SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED #15

Looking forward to this new Hobgoblin arc in FNSM.

 

[Themanofbat]

The Outsiders #36
Swamp Thing #27
Civil War #1
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #8
Marvel Team-Up #20
Spider-Man Unlimited #15

 

[yenaled]

DC COMICS

DETECTIVE COMICS #819 $2.99
JSA #85 $2.99

MARVEL

ANNIHILATION SILVER SURFER #2 (OF 4) $2.99
CIVIL WAR #1 (OF 7) $3.99
MARVEL TEAM-UP #20 $2.99

No IC #7 ... yet

 

[PWN3R]

Civil War #1
*Hopefully I can get Turner's varaint....

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #94 $2.99

 

[Unleashed]

Bprd Universal Machine #2 (of 5) $2.99
Annihilation Silver Surfer #2 (of 4) $2.99
Civil War #1 (of 7) $3.99
Exiles #80 $2.99
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man #8 $2.99
Marvel Team-up #20 $2.99
Spider-man Unlimited #15 $2.99
Ultimate Spider-man #94 $2.99

 

[SouLeSS]

Annihilation Silver Surfer #2 (of 4) $2.99
Civil War #1 (of 7) $3.99

 

[rubio]

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #8 $2.99
Spider-Man Unlimited #15 $2.99

 

[cart1]

Civil war 1 of 7
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man 8
Ultimate Spider-man 94

 

[Spider-Jay420]

MARVEL

CIVIL WAR #1 (OF 7) $3.99
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #8 $2.99
MARVEL TEAM-UP #20 $2.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #94 $2.99
Thanks Euroq

 

[TheCorpulent1]

dark Horse

Bprd Universal Machine #2 (of 5)

Dc Comics

Detective Comics #819
Jsa #85
Outsiders #36

Marvel

Annihilation Silver Surfer #2 (of 4)
Exiles #80
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man #8
Marvel Team-up #20
Punisher #33

 

[DBM]

Y THE LAST MAN #45 (MR) $2.99
ANNIHILATION SILVER SURFER #2 (OF 4) $2.99
MARVEL TEAM-UP #20 $2.99
UNDERWORLD #4 (OF 5) $2.99

Super small week for me.

 

[Heretic]

You all forgot to put Demo and Love And Rockets on your lists...must be some weird mistake.

 

[DBM]

You all forgot to put Demo and Love And Rockets on your lists...must be some weird mistake.

I bought Demo in singles so I have no need for the collection. And I buy L&R in collections rather than singles.

 

[Lackey]

Detective Comics #819
Outsiders #36

Exterminators #5

Civil War #1
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man #8
Ultimate Spider-man #94

 

[Lackey]

You all forgot to put Demo and Love And Rockets on your lists...must be some weird mistake.

That must be a reprint of DEMO because I bought the collection and read it a while ago.

 

[cqb101]

CIVIL WAR #1 (OF 7) $3.99
FURY PEACEMAKER #4 (OF 6) $3.50
MARVEL TEAM-UP #20 $2.99
X-MEN APOCALYPSE DRACULA #4 (OF 4) $2.99

Good week. Can't wait for Civil War to start.

 

[KingOfDreams]

Detective Comics #819 $2.99
Swamp Thing #27 (mr) $2.99
Annihilation Silver Surfer #2 (of 4) $2.99
Civil War #1 (of 7) $3.99
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man #8 $2.99
Marvel Romance Redux I Should Have Been A Blonde $2.99
Spider-man Unlimited #15 $2.99

 

[Heretic]

Okay, so those of you who dont have DEMO, add it to your list. It will be a better read than anything else you buy that week.

 

[euroq]

Okay, so those of you who dont have DEMO, add it to your list. It will be a better read than anything else you buy that week.

Yeah, that's very convincing.

 

[taskmaster]

Detective comics

Might pick up Civil war

 

[Dread]

INFINITE CRISIS #7
CIVIL WAR #1 (is there a reason why this is $3.99, aside for Marvel-gouging? Maybe Joe Q wouldn't have to throw hissy fits when some books don't sell in the Top 10 if their prices were lower. DEADLY GENESIS surely ain't worth over $3 an issue.)
MARVEL TEAM-UP #20
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #94

See, this is what gets frustrating. The week before, I'm getting like 10+ things that all ship at once. Other weeks? Four or less. Can't the shipping schedule be evened out a bit? I mean, you would think that it was designed like Marvel's economic plan of "boom and bust".

 

[PWN3R]

I thought the first Civil War was 48 pages, and then it goes back to 32, could be wrong....

 

[Unleashed]

CIVIL WAR #1 (is there a reason why this is $3.99, aside for Marvel-gouging? Maybe Joe Q wouldn't have to throw hissy fits when some books don't sell in the Top 10 if their prices were lower. DEADLY GENESIS surely ain't worth over $3 an issue.)
MARVEL TEAM-UP #20
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #94

See, this is what gets frustrating. The week before, I'm getting like 10+ things that all ship at once. Other weeks? Four or less. Can't the shipping schedule be evened out a bit? I mean, you would think that it was designed like Marvel's economic plan of "boom and bust".

Well, they probably don't ship things according to what you buy.

 

[Dread]

I thought the first Civil War was 48 pages, and then it goes back to 32, could be wrong....

I just looked at Marvel's official website, and each issue of CIVIL WAR will be 32 pages, a whopping 10 pages longer than a normal $2.99 comic. Hence why they may feel like adding an extra buck to the price.

Of course, once upon a time, some books were still $2.50 at Marvel, but that was due largely to the insistance of Bob Harris, who has long since moved on. He figured lower prices would attract more younger readers. Silly man! Marvel's not about attracting new readers. They're about gouging the ones they already have and hoping for generational customers.

New fans simply read trades anyway. There're far more incentives to buy trades these days than monthly issues. They're cheaper in the long run, have zero ads, take up less storage space, and have a complete story. The only things working for monthlies, the bread and butter of comic profits, are Fan Nostalgia and Fan Impatience. There is literally no rational reason aside for those two. It's exploitation, but I'm hardly the solution.