PhantomStranger

Don't get a hernia lifting those books.

Trevor

When I was working on my Mile High Comics $400 order to get all the FCBD books, my initial plan was to get 5 or so Omnibuses or Absolutes. They actually had a bunch that were on sale and reasonably priced. But then I noticed a $15 per book surcharge for shipping. Yes, 400 $1 comics and the 51 book FCBD set they shipped me for free, but 5 hardcovers and the 51FCBD books they would have charged $75. I don't see how that makes any sense. 400 comicbooks has got to weight a heck of a lot more than 5 hardcovers.

davidh777

You would think the floppies would weigh more, but I'm not sure considering the hardcovers and glossy paper. Factor in the bulky size and likelihood of customer freakout if the books are damaged, and you can kind of understand the price of bomb-shelter packaging.

That said, I probably wouldn't have paid $15 per either unless the discount compared to other places was at least that much better.

Trevor

Their sale prices were roughly comparable to Amazon/Amazon Marketplace best prices on a select few hardcovers; a bit higher, but not too much. I was surprised to find them that low since Mile High is usually much higher than anywhere else; but I was willing to pay the slight premium to get their 51 book FCBD bundle. I've sort of gotten into collecting those things. I'll never be able to complete the years I was largely out of the hobby, but I try to get each one nowadays.
But a slight premium and $75? No thank you.

Trevor

On topic, the last collection I read was Grendel Archives reprinting the first four appearance of Grendel.

Inhumans99

Trevor, nice remarked edition! Also, kudos to you for being able to take advantage of a deal to get all 51 FCBD comics. The LCS I pick up floppies from does not participate in FCBD, but he does obtain a handful of FCBD books for regulars like myself, so I have a few titles waiting for me associated with books I have on pull list - the TMNT, Sonic, and Scooby-Doo/Teen Titans Team-Up books.

slop101

Just got this, the 5th and final Cap Omnibus from Brubaker which finishes up his amazing, near 100 issue, run on the book.



Now I'm gonna start at the beginning and read his run all the way through.

davidh777

Damn, I have two omniboo and was wondering how long the run was. But then I've barely started the first so I won't put the cart before the horse yet.

Mike86

I picked up the following during Free Comic Book Day:

Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories
Daredevil and Batman: Eye For An Eye
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy: Angela

I also pre-ordered:

The Amazing Spider-Man: Edge of Spider-Verse. I had picked up the first three issues of Spider-Gwen and wound up liking it a lot but wanted some backstory to what's happening with the Spider-Verse stuff.

danfindlay

The Thor and Iron Man I got used and cheap, under $15 each. I've read the first Iron Fist collection and really dug it, primarily for the stories about previous Iron Fists.

Inhumans99

The Star Wars Deluxe Edition (Half Price Books)

majorjoe23

Southern Bastard vol. 2 came in the mail yesterday.

Lord Zarak

Finally bought and read Civil War. Interesting concept, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out in the Cap sequel next year. I get why it is a Cap movie and not an Avengers movie despite the cast. At its heart, it really is a Captain America story.

slop101

Cap & Iron Man, an Downey's pretty much 2nd billed in the next Cap movie.

davidh777

I like the new Iron Fist, and they're releasing the classic stuff in an Epic Collection.

danfindlay

I got it pre ordered from talesofwonder. I love these Epic Collections. Going to get all the Thor, Surfer and Iron Fist I can get my hands on then start checking out other stuff.

PhantomStranger

Gotham City Sirens Volume 1 and the Fantastic Four Omnibus Volume 2 by John Byrne.

PhantomStranger

Someone mentioned in another thread about how Marvel is really shortening their print runs for omnibuses in the past year. They weren't kidding, some of the ones I had been delaying can't be had anymore from Amazon or even Instocktrades.

slop101

Yeah, most Marvel Omnibuses seem to sell out in just a few months now, and alternate covers are gone in a day. That's why I've been pouncing on them the day they're available. That's when they're cheapest anyhow, so no big deal.

rocket1312

I just got the Busiek/Perez Avengers omnibus in the mail from instocktrades. If anyone's interested in that one, now's the time. I was going to pick it up at some point, but it's apparently on its way out of print even though it only came out last month.

stvn1974

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 Library Edition Vol. 1
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 Library Edition Vol. 2
Star Trek New Visions Vol. 1
Star Wars: A New Hope (Marvel)

PhantomStranger

Roger Stern's Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus.

rocket1312

I just got this one as well. I'm about 6 or 7 issues into his Spectacular Spider-Man run and so far I'm really enjoying it. I've never really given the secondary Spider titles a second thought, always assuming that if it didn't happen in Amazing that it didn't matter. I don't know if Stern's run is an aberration, but maybe I was wrong. It's also just possible that I'm a total sucker for early 80's Marvel.

slop101

Stern's Spiderman run is my favorite set of Spiderman stories (that is despite most of the art, which I don't much care for).

Just got this.
Such a cool cover, that I don't even care that it's sort of a spoiler.

Mike86

Batman: The Black Mirror
Fantastic Four: Volume 1 (by Jonathan Hickman)
Superior Spider-Man: Volume 1, My Own Worst Enemy
X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills