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Friday, August 5, 2005 7:39 AM

I have had my fears that Firefly could never survive on it's fanbase alone as far as future sequels but I'm beginning to get excited that the buzz is actually starting to grow. This thread is for listing the gathering signs of the upcoming Serenity phenomenon. For my part I just tried 7 or 8 Toronto comic shops for a copy of Serenity #2 and everyone was sold out in the first 2 days. Pretty impressive.

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Friday, August 5, 2005 8:22 AM

GUNRUNNER

I went to the closest comic shop yesterday (Thursday the day after they arrived) and they had four copies of issue #2 left (I grabbed 2), yep good sign I say.

EV Nova Firefly mod Message Board:
http://s4.invisionfree.com/GunRunner/index.php?act=idx

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Friday, August 5, 2005 9:48 AM

EARLY

Don't know about issue two, but in Tallahassee issue #1 sold out the first day.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:43 PM

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

A friend of mine (to whom I'd shown "Serenity Parts I & II") walked up to me at church and announced that he'd bought the DVDs, watched them in a single day, downloaded the movie trailer...well, you get the idea.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:46 PM

ROBSTHELL

I went on the hunt for the comic in Hull in the UK and it was nowhere to be found... that's DEFINITELY saying something!

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:27 PM

BADGERGIRL

Both comic book stores nearest to me sold out #1 and #2 on the first day.

I managed to convert at least twelve people to the Firefly fandom in the past year or so, all in the course of a couple of months.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:34 PM

ZIPPLY

(Adding to the subthread) My comic book store's owner just came back from a trade show in Chicago. He said the Serenity #1 and #2 first prints, ANY cover, were nowhere to be found, and the vendors were asking each other about/for them. It was indicated to him that any first prints that can be found are likely to already be priced with a collector's premium. Yowsa.

If you happen to own one of those puppies, you might want to wash your hands a bit and treat it real gentle-like from here on out.

zipply

(who still has his pristine first edition Batman Dark Knight series, which is supposedly selling for a lot more than the three bucks each he paid when they came out)

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:37 PM

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

Do you happen to know how one can determine if he's got a first printing?

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:24 PM

RKLENSETH

I work at a Rite Aid and today we just got both first issues of Serenity. That bodes well because when it comes to books, magazines, and comics we only get the popular stuff so Serenity comics are selling so well to be considered a popular comic book.

I made sure to place the Serenity comics in a prominent place when I did the magazines.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:33 PM

ZIPPLY

Quote:
Originally posted by InevitableBetrayal:
Do you happen to know how one can determine if he's got a first printing?

I sure don't, and I'm hoping somebody does and will post that here.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:59 PM

EMBERS

Quote:
Originally posted by zipply:
Quote:
Originally posted by InevitableBetrayal:
Do you happen to know how one can determine if he's got a first printing?

I sure don't, and I'm hoping somebody does and will post that here.

I believe that they have to state it on the comic when they do reprints, since it can effect the value of classic comics...
but you CAN still get copies of the original first printing at below cover price here:
http://www.midtowncomics.com/
they have both Serenity #1 and #2 available...
publisher Dark Horse
Serenity #1 released July 13th
Serenity #2 released Aug 3rd
they have the first one so you can simply order it online, but the second issue hasn't been put up yet...but they have it. Email or phone (they have an 800 number).
They have both issues at below cover price,
and they will ship.

It is a very cool store! I stopped in there when I was in Manhattan in June.
Enjoy!

edited to add:
I forgot to say...one of the signs of great things to come is the response we are getting at Sci-fi, fans of the regular Sci-fi show are becomng 'Firefly' fans, getting excited about the movie, and reading the comics:
http://mboard.scifi.com/postlist.php?Cat=0&Board=Firefly&page=0
it it kind of fun to check out the board over there!

Join my crew: Fairfield Fireflies
http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/index.html?fuseaction=gro
ups.main&searchby=F

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Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:36 AM

BATMARLOWE

My understanding has always been that if the indicia doesn't say anything about which printing it is then it's the first. And if it were a second or third, etc., the indicia would say which printing it was.

The indicias of my copies of neither #1 nor #2 say anything about which printing it is. So I hope I'm right.

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Friday, August 12, 2005 1:52 AM

OPTIMUS1998

Quote:
Originally posted by rklenseth:
I work at a Rite Aid and today we just got both first issues of Serenity. That bodes well because when it comes to books, magazines, and comics we only get the popular stuff so Serenity comics are selling so well to be considered a popular comic book.

I made sure to place the Serenity comics in a prominent place when I did the magazines.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

I found my Copy of issue 1, just last saturday at a grocery store, and i don't see any indication anywhere of it being a subsequent printing!

...May have been the losing side, Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

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Friday, August 12, 2005 12:22 PM

INEEDMORESERENITY

Quote:
Originally posted by batmarlowe:
My understanding has always been that if the indicia doesn't say anything about which printing it is then it's the first. And if it were a second or third, etc., the indicia would say which printing it was.

The indicias of my copies of neither #1 nor #2 say anything about which printing it is. So I hope I'm right.

OK, for the non-comic book people, what is an "indicia" and where would it be located?

A rabid Firefly/Serenity fan!

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Friday, August 12, 2005 2:45 PM

BATMARLOWE

The indicia is the part of a magazine (not just comics--all magazines) where it states the publication information about the magazine. It's usually in very small print and in magazines is usually in back but in comics is up front.

In the case of the SERENITY comics it's located on the inside front cover in that small print at the bottom.

For instance it says: Serenity #1, July, 2005. Published by Dark Horse Comics, Inc....
It then goes on to give Dark Horse's address, copyright by Universal, and their rights and Dark Horses rights, and the usual "any resemblence to anyone living or dead" disclaimer, and that it's printed in Canada.

Now my understanding is that if it's a second, third, etc. printing, then somewhere in that first sentence it has to say what printing it is.
Whereas first printings don't have to say it's a first printing because when it's first printed, the publishers don't know there's going to be a second.

That's why I think that if it says nothing about which printing it is then it's the first printing.

Then again I could be wrong.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 5:27 PM

TAUZERO

I am not sure if it is the same in comic books but in print books, near the copyright line, there is a backwards listing of numbers. The lowest number left is the print run.

Thus 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 would indicate first print run

but 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 would indicate a second print run

First print run is rarely written as publishers don't always know there will be a second print run.

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