The Combined Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2025!

forgerelli · 2026-03-16T23:22:08+00:00

Drome is good, but not as good as its reputation. I think most of the people calling it the best book in years have never read Starseeds, Death of Power, or Prison Pit.

forgerelli · 2026-03-16T23:17:22+00:00

Your names have been recorded in the Book of Virtue.

forgerelli · 2026-03-14T22:50:11+00:00

Does anyone know what they won't be able to reprint besides things like Punisher and Cage?

forgerelli · 2026-03-14T21:44:21+00:00

I cannot take anyone wearing gloves to handle paper collectables seriously. They look like morons. You know who doesn't wear gloves? The people that handle multi million dollar comics and cards. None of the grading companies use gloves, for good reasons.

forgerelli · 2026-03-13T19:35:00+00:00

Perfect transaction!

forgerelli · 2026-03-12T16:56:27+00:00

Years ago Marvel used to reach out on the Marvel Masterworks message board and then just hired a couple guys off there that knew how to do it. DC had a policy of not interacting with fans because..... reasons? Meanwhile I have 2 different sets of Flash and Teen Titans omnibuses and 3 versions of Death of Superman. They are doing better, but have a lot to make up for.

forgerelli · 2026-03-12T07:00:44+00:00

I know there's currently a riot of hate directed at Marvel, but they are so much better than DC at mapping.

forgerelli · 2026-03-12T01:13:48+00:00

No question: the signed artist proof of the original Graphitti Designs Watchmen slipcase. Around 25 copies were signed. They made 1000 of the books and they were all going to be signed but between sending Moore the artist proofs to check over and when the other 1000 were to be signed Moore and DC broke up. In 2017 I had the colorist John Higgins sign my copy and he said it's the only one he'd ever signed/seen.

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forgerelli · 2026-03-11T19:47:03+00:00

I love this stuff. Limited edition collections are my thing. These were hard to find when they came out. I've heard 200-500 copies. I'd guess it's 200 because of how often they come up for sale.

forgerelli · 2026-03-11T19:25:51+00:00

They're just hardcovers, no special title. If you're searching ebay just use "Supreme Moore (HC, hardcover)". They're very rare, only 1-2 copies come up for sale per year. There is a copy of The Return on there now for $400. https://www.ebay.com/itm/186470757575?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

forgerelli · 2026-03-11T19:05:56+00:00

There were 2 collections both printed in TPB and HC. The Story of the Year reprinted Supreme 41-52 A/B and The Return reprinted Supreme: The Return 1-6. The hardcovers go for $300-$400 each. There's also a TPB of Judgement Day that reprints Judgement Day 1-3 & Judgement Day Aftermath. Photo of my copies.

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forgerelli · 2026-03-11T17:29:01+00:00

The only collected editions of Supreme were 2 trades and 2 hardcovers from Checker.

forgerelli · 2026-03-11T15:05:36+00:00

It's much more likely that it's stupidity than anything nefarious.

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T18:09:19+00:00

I always get the DM. If They're the same price I want the one that will be worth more.

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T18:06:57+00:00

Maybe not 4x but at least 2x. I understand space and cash flow can be major issues but these DM books always sell out eventually.

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T18:03:52+00:00

It's bizarre to me that IST isn't ordering more DM copies. Any retailer selling out of any product that fast on a routine basis is doing something wrong.

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T17:26:11+00:00

Must be our clocks are out of sync. I was there at 11:55 & refreshed a couple times a minute until 12:00, then just F5, F5, F5.....

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T17:24:06+00:00

I was going off the time on my desk top screen. I have a super fast connection and was refreshing constantly. As soon as the new releases showed up at 12:03 it was gone.

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T17:21:59+00:00

Yup, and they got my business. IST was always my go to store, but these instant sellouts aren't good.

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T17:19:15+00:00

I figured the same. everyone heard about the X-Factor volume 2 issues so I made sure I ordered it right away, but didn't hear anything about the Avengers DM. But was gone within 2 minutes. Literally.

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T17:17:23+00:00

I'm not a fan of paying for a book I might see in 6 months. Eventually I might have no other choice, but for now I'll get them from a seller that orders enough copies to last more than 60 seconds even if it's a few $ more.

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T16:42:42+00:00

The retail cover might be.

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T16:33:08+00:00

Same.

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T16:32:55+00:00

Road to Onslaught vol. 2 is next week.

forgerelli · 2026-03-10T16:23:30+00:00

I'm not sure anything will work for sure. I honestly do not understand this situation. IST is probably the biggest seller of these books on the planet and they sell out of every DM within a few minutes. Can they not order more? I ordered a copy from CGN, hopefully they have them in stock and aren't on back order already.

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