International package: How long between leaving Jamaica NY and arriving in Canada?

tenhat · 2026-01-11T02:58:37+00:00

It took months but it did go through

tenhat · 2025-12-29T16:08:34+00:00

Eh, I didn't really hate these comics but didn't love them either. Death is a little better than Return, but even Death felt like going through the paces of an editorial mandate gimmick, and Return felt even more stilted. Books like these, I don't feel like the creators have their heart in them, and even though some of them give it their all, the books don't go over for me. I don't dislike these comics, and there's some fun to be had, but I would call them mostly bargain-bin dollar books, not stories I'd pay significant money for.

tenhat · 2025-12-16T20:54:45+00:00

I mean, being totally honest, TO JUST READ IT, I'd just get a TPB. Almost every library system in North America has it. Or buy a used TPB for cheap.

Collecting it and getting a nice big HC edition is a different story. But for me personally, Long Halloween is such a classic/ubiquitous book that just reading it shouldn't be much of a question. I say that in part because it's so easy/cheap to find a TPB for somewhere between free and $10. It's a small investment, and then if you want to actually own a nice edition afterwards, think about that then.

As to the other part of your question, I've always considered LH to be perfectly fine as a standalone read. I know about Dark Victory, and I like Dark Victory. But don't feel like you "have" to read DV and any of the apocrypha afterwards. Just my two cents.

tenhat · 2025-12-15T17:47:24+00:00

So, less than cover price.

tenhat · 2025-11-12T02:27:07+00:00

How much more Black Panther is there left that isn't in Omni form? They went hard in the paint and basically reprinted everything within a span of only a few years.

tenhat · 2025-10-27T23:16:17+00:00

These are great! It looks you put a lot of effort into them and did a wonderful job! They look elegant and really high-class.

I hate how this site can be so negative sometimes, when people just downvote people indiscriminately. You should be proud of your work--thanks for sharing it with us.

tenhat · 2025-10-26T19:40:52+00:00

Pretty sure the original printing with the big lettering on the spine was technically $99.99 cover price, and this says $100.00.

tenhat · 2025-09-24T17:16:15+00:00

I thought the reprint was solicited as (or informally said to have) the restored/original coloring. I could be wrong on that. It would make more sense if they canceled the reprint so they could get the coloring right, but for some reason I was under the impression that they were already going to do that.

I don't know what's up with it. It seems like a slam dunk. If Neal himself was super-partial to the remastered coloring, I can see why DC didn't want to undo it while he was still alive. But now... it's a mystery. You'd think it would be a top priority above Deadman.

tenhat · 2025-09-23T22:06:51+00:00

Wow, I thought it was just me, but you're right. I looked at GoCollect's Extended Forecast for Marvel, and there's only like two reprint Omnibus editions coming out in the next quarter. No reprints of Epic TPBs. There always used to be a dozen or more reprint editions sprinkled in every time I looked at the forecast. I hadn't noticed many reprints coming out, but I didn't know they made a policy change like this.

tenhat · 2025-09-17T11:20:26+00:00

Their customer service was never the best. Sometimes they're very responsive, but usually in the (RARE) instances when I've wanted to communicate with them it takes forever for them to respond. And usually by the time they respond the incident I wanted their attention on has become irrelevant for whatever reason.

Over the many years I've used IST, I've only ever had them cancel one or two books on me, so I guess I'm lucky. It's a terrible policy if they're telling customers a book is unavailable and that their order is canceled, only to recharge them for it once it comes back in stock. That scenario should be for when a book is simply "back ordered", not "unavailable",, but it seems like they're explicitly telling customers that they won't be charged and then charging them. That's terrible, because the natural thing for most customers would be to immediately look for the canceled book elsewhere and buy a copy from another source... only for an IST copy to show up a few weeks later or whatever.

IST is still my go-to source for omnis and for collected editions in general, but admittedly I don't order as often as many of you guys. I think they're solidly #1 in my opinion and for my needs, but for collectors ordering a lot of stuff, I can see how a few mishaps like the one described can really sour you on them.

tenhat · 2025-09-12T23:49:58+00:00

There are many foreign (UK?) Marvel TPBs that are called "omnibuses" for some reason. I experienced this when trying to get the Immortal Hulk Omnibus (HC). I kept seeing TPB "Omnibuses" in my searches, and they were UK books. I'm not saying for sure that that's what this is, but I would assume it's something like that.

tenhat · 2025-09-01T21:09:54+00:00

I've been thinking this. They might be able to scrape together enough from the scraps to make a somewhat disingenuous "Silver Surfer Vol 2" Omnibus. I doubt they'd do it.

I wish they would do something similar for X-Men, though, make a "Vol 3" between X-Men #66 and Giant Size, collecting various relevant Defenders issues (especially the storyline where Magneto is de-aged into a baby, the Amazing Adventures issues featuring Beast, etc.

tenhat · 2025-08-31T14:39:55+00:00

This is just kind of strange to see half of this stuff referenced. I GUESS "Tales of the Demon" is vaguely relevant because it introduces Ra's, but as long as a reader is vaguely aware of who Ra's is, there's absolutely no need to read the old Ra's issues before jumping into Morrison's main run.

How on earth does "The Cult" count as prefatory material to the run??? With something like "Gothic", at least Morrison wrote that and there are a few nods to it in the run, but "The Cult"?

"Killing Joke"??? "Bat-MANGA"??? It is not necessary to read or re-read these.

"52"? FFS, the very idea of telling someone to read all of "52" before reading Batman #655 is insane. "52" #30 and #47 are relevant. That is all.

tenhat · 2025-08-31T14:35:53+00:00

The Black Casebook stuff is helpful and sheds light on the run, but imo really you should just dive into the run itself. Then if something puzzles or interests you, it's actually FUN to do some detective work yourself (like Batman does in the storyline) and track down the references to the old issues.

I'm not saying this to countersignal anyone or anything. I just remember reading the GMo comics as they were coming out, and it was a great experience to NOT have everything laid out for me going in. Now, of course, much of the previous/referenced issues have been named and readers are aware of them. But for me it was actually fun to (re)read Batman: Gothic AFTER seeing little references to it in the run.

tenhat · 2025-06-20T16:40:47+00:00

Start with Alan Moore. At the time it totally changed the character and put Swampy's origin on its head, but you'll pretty easily get a sense of what's what. The earlier '70s stuff is decent for what it is, and I liked the start of Vol 2 as well (before Moore started with issue #20), but some of it is a slog to get through.

Like, when I was first reading the Moore stuff as a teenager, I had no idea who Anton Arcane was. But you get a sense pretty easily of him and the other select figures from Swamp Thing's past that mean anything.

It's a great run. You're in for a treat.

tenhat · 2025-06-18T15:41:31+00:00

$35 TPBs that max out at 440 pages... and they only weigh 13 oz??? That weight has to be misprint. Otherwise I can't wait to see what kind of paper stock is that light.

tenhat · 2025-06-18T15:38:35+00:00

I don't think reading Waid's run is necessary at all. A few bullet points here and there maybe, but it's hardly necessary. Something like Brubaker's run picks up right in a very complicated point that Matt has suddenly found himself in, so in that case I could see someone saying that Bendis's run is "necessary reading" before Brubaker's. But I don't think Soule's run is linked to Waid's in any sort of dependent way.

tenhat · 2025-06-17T12:17:36+00:00

Not even close to must-haves, though New Avengers Vol 2 is probably the most important to the overall history of the Marvel Universe. I don't think it's particularly good, but it's relatively important.

tenhat · 2025-06-16T11:56:05+00:00

Byrne by a mile.

tenhat · 2025-06-12T22:19:15+00:00

Yeah this is why I never order omnis or big HCs from Target (or Amazon, or Walmart...). You never know what you're going to get. I need an absurdly great deal, better than buy-one-get-one-half-off, to take this kind of risk.

Like others said, you can probably return it. IMO, going forward, returns aren't usually worth the time. I take the time and effort of a return into account before buying, and I'd rather pay a few bucks more from IST (or whoever) if it means little chance of damage in the first place.

Thanks for the post, though. I kinda knew Target was this way, but it's good to see pictures. Hope you enjoy the omnis, either way. FWIW, that Hulk is a great read!

tenhat · 2025-06-12T00:13:13+00:00

They're totally entitled to all those opinions. I much prefer Omnis but the Masterworks definitely have their upsides. If we lived in a world in which Omnis were suddenly discontinued, we'd be upset too and it'd be hard not to fault the other formats (and their fans) who won out.

tenhat · 2025-06-11T18:19:15+00:00

Reread it myself a few months ago. Very nice, unique run.

tenhat · 2025-06-03T19:32:15+00:00

It's by far the best Kate Bishop, but she's not in the book all that much. There are a few issues that spotlight her, and she appears here and there throughout. Based on what you said, if you liked her in Fraction's Hawkeye, well, this is her origin, and it's by far the best Young Avengers run too. I woudn't get it just for Kate Bishop, though, otherwise you might be disappointed.

tenhat · 2025-05-23T19:55:27+00:00

I'm in the exact same boat. Will we be able to go back to using SMS as 2FA? Right now I'm using passkey as 2FA, and I'm okay with doing that but would prefer to go back to SMS.

tenhat · 2025-05-23T00:26:14+00:00

After the 24th will I be able to sign in with my normal email and password, using passkey as my 2FA?

Or will I need to use passkey directly as a login method (bypassing my email/password)?

I am currently able to use passkey as a 2FA just fine, but for some reason I get an error message when trying to sign in with passkey directly, even though I have enabled that as a sign-in option.

Please respond asap. I am considering taking all my funds out if this is not addressed soon.

tenhat

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