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This day in comic book history, October 21st.
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In 1934, the French magazine Le Journal de Mickey published its first issue, a Disney comics magazine that had put out a test issue that June.
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And in 2024, Italian comic artist Massimiliano Frisotto died at age 57.
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He drew Keepers of the Maser and made comics for Heavy Metal magazine.
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This is the pull list, October 21st, 2026.
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This is Martin.
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Let's get to it.
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First up, DC is pulling the absolute deluxe hardcovers off the retailer order sheets, at least for now.
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Bleeding Cool reported Tuesday that DC canceled retailer orders for the Absolute Batman Deluxe, the Absolute Batman Covers Deluxe, the Absolute Wonder Woman Deluxe, and the Absolute Superman Deluxe hardcovers.
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The two Batman books were scheduled for April 27, 2027 and were withdrawn from lunar distribution.
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Amazon now shows August 24, 2027 for the Batman books, but says they can't be ordered right now.
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Wonder Woman moves from May 25th to August 31st on Amazon.
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The Superman listing on Amazon has been deleted entirely.
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Here is what is verified.
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DC has not publicly explained any of this and has not confirmed a new schedule.
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The street reports some major retailers, Target included, are still taking pre-orders at the later dates, and outcomes differ depending on where you ordered.
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So if you pre-ordered an absolute deluxe, contact your shop or retailer and ask what happened to your order.
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Anything beyond that is speculation, and I'm not going to speculate.
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Next, Dork.
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Deadline reported that Sony Pictures has landed live-action film rights to Brett Bean's dork from Image Comics, with Bean attached to adapt the screenplay.
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The market reacted fast.
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Bleeding Cool tracked the eBay sales on Tuesday.
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ACGC 9.8 blank cover first print with an original Brett Bean sketch sold for$1,320.
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Signed and sketched, slabbed 9.8,$700.
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Signed and slabbed,$500.
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Unsigned 9.8,$350.
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A raw first print in decent shape?
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$300.
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Now the later printings.
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A signed second print went for$25.
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A raw third print under$4.
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My take, and that's
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my take, not a fact, film news spikes are real, but they are also when prices are least stable.
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Know what you're paying for before you chase a first print.
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Third, Marvel is republishing the 2015 Secret Wars by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribbick as facsimile editions, starting January 2027, with monthly editions running through Secret Wars No.
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9.
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Secret Wars No.
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1 facsimile is 56 pages, 699, on sale January 20th, and it reprints the original in full, ads included.
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Marvel is also putting out an amazing Spider-Man No.
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10 facsimile, the first appearance of Spiderpunk.
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32 pages, 499, on sale January 13th.
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Run the math.
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6.99 over 56 pages is about 12.5 cents a page.
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4.99 over 32 pages is about 15.5 cents a page.
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That's the verified math.
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My opinion?
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The Secret Wars facsimile is the better value per page.
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Fourth, DC announced Green Lantern Doomed Cosmos, a six-issue Else Worlds miniseries by Dan Waters and Kyle Hotz.
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Issue 1 lands January 20th, 2027, 32 pages, 499.
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The premise?
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The Empire of Humanity has conquered the Cosmos.
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The Green Lantern Corps is the only opposition, and Hal Jordan, betrayed by his battle brother Oliver Queen, is the Corps's only human warrior.
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Bleeding Cool's headline says Humanity are the bad guys.
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Fair enough.
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Also, a first.
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Star Wars Marvel, Hope Assembles, is a six-issue series by Kevin Smith and David Marquez, billed as the first official crossover between the Marvel Universe and Star Wars.
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Issue 1 launches January 13th, 2027.
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It places the events of A New Hope on Marvel Earth 616 after a reality-shattering spell, and it stays in continuity.
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The preview Bleeding Cool ran Tuesday shows Marvel's heroes know Star Wars and are bemused to see it invade their world.
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Captain America, frozen in ice for 70 years, has never seen it.
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One more.
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The latest Bleeding Cool Wednesday to weekend chart, dated October 17th, has Venom number one on top, with Amazing Spider-Man number 1001 right behind it at 97% of the top seller.
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Marvel took five of the top 10, DC4, image one.
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That's the pull list.
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Here's my question for you.
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If DC's absolute deluxe hardcovers slip to next August, do you wait for them or do you grab the single issues and trades that are on the shelf right now?
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Let me know.