Rod Lamberti of comic shop Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here.
I opened up my store and wanted to be different from other comics stores. Why offer the exact same experience and products other stores do? For years there was only Diamond for comic stores to order through. They forced their secret shopper program on us. If a comic store paid $4, they could receive Diamond comics on a Tuesday instead of Wednesday. The $4 a week went towards paying for the secret shopper program. The program hired someone to check out a store, see if they could get two comics sold to them early and if the store would break street date on the two comics. Then Lunar came along as a supplier for DC Comics. No secret shopper program, no paying for comic shipments to arrive a day before the official release date. Diamond did away with their secret shopper program due to Lunar. Lunar surprised me, and their shipment arrived days before their release dat
Comic Store In Your Future: 25 Hot Back Issues And Not Just Star Wars
Comic Store In Your Future: 25 Hot Back Issues And Not Just Star Wars
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Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. And it s time for one of his rummages through his comic store s back issue stock, what is selling and for just how much.
2021 is seeing a lot of hot back issues.
Star Wars is blazing hot currently. I could have typed up a 25 hot
Star Wars list by itself. People that have been collecting
Star Wars comics for years may easily have comics worth hundreds of dollars.
Former Editor in Chief for Marvel,
Axel Alonso, was fired years ago and replaced by
C.B. Cebulski. I know of no one who claims Marvel is now better in any way. A lot of past hyping under C.B. Cebulski too often did not live up to the hype. Cebulski updated the announcement that an upcoming Marvel comic would sell a million copies, stating he never said which Marvel title would. Well, none did soooo… The overhyped Marvel limited series Spider-Man by
JJ Abrams and his son finally recently concluded. It ended with not much interest here.
I did a double-check of my recent ordering for Marvel because it is so low. DC is cutting back with their new comic releases, so I expected our Marvel ordering to go up or at least stay the same. That is not the case. I just had another person trim Marvel titles off their pull list.
Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. This week? Christmas.
It is the season, the season to shop for those you care for. Comic books, trade paperbacks, and hardcover collections are excellent gifts. With such a wide variety of materials, there is something for everyone. Have young kids in your life you want to get into reading? Comics are an excellent gateway to reading. Reading for entertainment makes it easier to overcome one s reluctance to read,
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IDW publishes kid-friendly comic titles featuring Marvel characters such as The Avengers, Black Panther, and Spider-Man along with collections. Other kid-friendly titles published by IDW featuring popular characters are My Little Pony, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more. They publish Star Wars Adventures, which is aimed at young readers for the kids in your life that enjoy Star Wars. Here at Rodman Comics, we love kids coming in for comics. Ki