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Brent Frankenhoff
Posts: 3930
 | Posted: 4/11/2007 1:42:57 PM |
DC's weekly series, 52, is nearing the end of its year-long run and Comics Buyer's Guide #1630 visits with the series' creators and looks ahead to the next weekly series, Countdown! The issue is capped with an exclusive cover by 52 cover artist J.G. Jones!
Also in this issue:
Countdown isn't the only big DC event coming up this spring and summer. We also have an advance look at the upcoming JSA/JLA crossover with insights from writers Geoff Johns and Brad Meltzer.
Mr. Silver Age kicks off his multi-part look at blunders of the Silver Age.
Reports from the show floors of the New York Comic-Con and WonderCon.
Eric Shanower's Top 10 favorite comics covers!
Check out the complete list of the nominees in this year's CBG Fan Awards! You can cast your vote here.
And, Marc Patten analyzes the effects of Marvel's major March event with Captain America #25 on the direct market.
All this and more, plus the largest and most complete monthly price guide in comics.
It's all in Comics Buyer's Guide #1630, shipping now!
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PM
Posts: 219
| Posted: 4/11/2007 8:41:57 PM |
Having Jones do this cover was a neat idea!
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Gary Dunaier
Posts: 542
| Posted: 4/11/2007 10:58:33 PM |
When will the issue, or "ish," be available online?
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perryparsons
Posts: 16
| Posted: 4/12/2007 6:25:57 AM |
Also, when will #1629 be online?
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Brent Frankenhoff
Posts: 3930
| Posted: 4/12/2007 7:27:24 AM |
We're looking into the online issues situation and hope to have an answer soon.
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Brent Frankenhoff
Posts: 3930
| Posted: 4/13/2007 6:58:21 AM |
According to our IT folks, the online issues should all be in place by sometime this coming Monday, April 16.
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Zete1968
Posts: 60
| Posted: 4/21/2007 1:07:04 PM |
Just saw your nominations for the CBG fan awards in this issue. Who stuffed the nominations box for Linsner? He was nominated in just about every category available, not to mention his character Dawn. How do these nominations work? And just what has Linsner done this year to rate 5 nominations?
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Brent Frankenhoff
Posts: 3930
| Posted: 4/21/2007 2:16:53 PM |
Ballot box stuffing is not allowed, but we do encourage fans of a given creator or project to let their voices be heard in the nominations process for their favorite and that's what Linsner's fans did.
In addition to various projects featuring his Dawn character, Linsner and company produced Claws, a Black Cat/Wolverine mini-series for Marvel in 2006.
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Luigi
Posts: 72
| Posted: 4/23/2007 1:09:07 PM |
Here in old Italy, I received my copy very fast on Saturday 04/21, just two weeks after #1629! 
This weekend I didn't have so much time to read it,
as of now I have appreciated the last part of ASM retro reviews, the 52/WW3/Countdown spotlight, Marc's column (I liked the old horizontal design of "hot" comics list more, however), generally speaking, great work guys!
More to come soon, I hope!
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Brent Frankenhoff
Posts: 3930
| Posted: 4/23/2007 8:57:09 PM |
The horizontal design for Marc's "Dozen to Dig For" will return with CBG #1631. That layout was a one-shot affair to accomodate a slightly longer column.
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Gary Dunaier
Posts: 542
| Posted: 4/25/2007 2:17:13 AM |
My copy was a learning experience... a couple of the characters from the extreme right of the mailing label were actually printed on the cover!
I thought the mailing labels were printed separately and then affixed to the cover, but obviously the labels are blank when they go on the magazine, then the names and addresses are ink-jetted on 'em.
Interesting.
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Mr. Silver Age
Posts: 1666
| Posted: 4/25/2007 6:19:03 PM |
I've had copies like that, too. Inkjet printing is a fun thing. I like when there's a Post-It note on a page in my copy of a magazine that has my name on it. You can't get that kind of personal attention reading a magazine on the Internet!
-- Craig Shutt
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regmsure
Posts: 1
| Posted: 4/29/2007 4:48:53 PM |
What is the value of the first issue of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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psicelt
Posts: 347
| Posted: 4/30/2007 12:42:47 AM |
well, regmsure, it depends on which #1 you have. there were at least 5 printings. the first two were larger than modern comics, as i recall. the 3rd printing was the first one that was scaled down to modern size. press run for the first printing was 3000 copies; for the second printing it was 15,000, third was 36,000. fourth was 50,000. prices for the issues are as follows: 1st printing is dicey, as prices vary widely on this book. i've seen some issues on dealers' walls at shows listed for anywhere from $100 to $2000; the others guide at $20 for 2nd, $12 for 3rd, $5 for 4th, & $4 for 5th. all prices are for issues assumed to be in NM-(9.2 for you younger kids). hope this helps.
-Psicelt, aka Matthew Mullins
A STACK OF COMICS & A SIX PACK OF IMPORTED/MICRO BEER IS A DAMN SIGHT CHEAPER THAN PSYCHOTHERAPY!
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Lee Houston, Junior
Posts: 1036
| Posted: 5/11/2007 3:28:08 PM |
I'm not sure where else to post this message, but for those interested in the circulation of this fine magazine, I just received issue 1631 (August 2007) in today's mail! 
Lovely cover of Captain America standing in front of the Statue of Liberty and the freebies included within the wrapper look interesting.
A comic book reader, and I do stress the R word, since Action Comics #434, May 1974!
Editor-In-Chief of The Free Choice e-zine.
Associate Editor at Large Affinity Storm Press. |
Luigi
Posts: 72
| Posted: 5/21/2007 10:35:45 AM |
Brent wrote:
I had missed your specification, thanks Brent!
btw, is that you in that photo in one
of the first pages of CGB#1630....?
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Maggie Thompson
Posts: 1049
| Posted: 5/21/2007 11:19:21 AM |
Yes, that's Brent peeking through the doorway.
Best,
Maggie Thompson |