Buffy season eight #5 avialabe for pre-order at TFAW & cover art!

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So the release date: August 01
The description:

Buffy's new position as leader and figurehead of the world's five hundred most powerful women has made her a bigger target than ever before. "The Chain" tells the story of one of the decoy "Buffy" Slayers, a tale personally important to series creator Joss Whedon. Guest artist Paul Lee (Conan, Tales of the Vampires) pencils the first standalone issue of Season Eight.

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So I guess it's the Buffy double in Rome?
Variant cover is also avialable, click on the link below to see it. There is also, a Paul Lee Variant Cover Edtion of #5 (15$).

I'm eally mad that this time if you want to make sure you get the regular cover you have to order 2 copies, otherwise you may end up only with the variant cover. Don't know what I'm gonna do yet. I really want the regualr cover, I don't liek the variant one at all and I am obsessed with consistency.

Season Eight #5 TFAW.com
Season Eight #5 (Paul Lee Variant Cover Edition) TFAW.com
 
W
What happened to good TV?
that is one damn cool cover!
Well yeah, I meant there was the regular variant (Jeanty) & the Paul Lee one.
But seriously, Buffy Season Eight is the first comic series I have collected (and plan to collect as long they are being released) so I'm kinda late to the game so to speak. And I hate how they try to squeeze money out of you with the different covers. Like, wiht issues 2, 3 & 4 you have to order 4 copies of each to ensure that you get the variant cover ASWELL. I honestly don't care for the variants, the Jo Chen covers are extremely beautiful so I'm happy. But now you have to get 2 copies of #5 to ensure you get the regular Jo Chen cover. You have a 1 in 4 chance to receive the variant cover INSTEAD of the regular cover. I don't want to risk it, I want my regular cover dammit. This just sucks in my opinion. Are they going to do this every time now? Do I have to get 2 copies of each issue? It's mean and afterwards they can boast about how many comics they have sold. 🙁
 
I order mine from Westfield Comics. I ordered two copies of #3, and I got both covers. Don't know if that was just good luck or what.

What's interesting is that the variants seem more appealing - for the collectors. If you go on Amazon, the variants they're hawking seem to be much more expensive than the Jo Chen ones.

On artistic merit, it's Jo, hands down, IMO. She's get a better sense of style too. Her characters are always much more appealingly dressed.
 
goldenboy said:
On artistic merit, it's Jo, hands down, IMO. She's get a better sense of style too. Her characters are always much more appealingly dressed.
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I agree. Still, I'm a little dissapointed with this cover, it's beautiful to look at but I wish they had Giles or someone else. Or even Buffy, but this time all we get is her double.
 
*sigh*, I just pre-ordered 2 copies of #5 in order to ensure that I get the regular cover.
 
goldenboy said:
What's interesting is that the variants seem more appealing - for the collectors. If you go on Amazon, the variants they're hawking seem to be much more expensive than the Jo Chen ones.
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Holy Crap!! Just checked that out, The Varient covers are going for insane prices!

Do all shops that carry the comic in america also sell the Varient cover? Like in Ireland they always have both! I have bought them all except the first Var cover!
 
I don't understand why they make us buy two copies in order to secure one of the regular covers. Why can't they just have people pick what covers they want. I already got the first 3 issues in their regular cover, each are the first printing. I would hate for them to start sending me the variant covers now.
 
VisionGuy said:
I don't understand why they make us buy two copies in order to secure one of the regular covers. Why can't they just have people pick what covers they want. I already got the first 3 issues in their regular cover, each are the first printing. I would hate for them to start sending me the variant covers now.
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That's what I'm saying. I had to order 2 copies of #5 because I want to be sure I get the regular cover. They should leave it as it was. You may ALSO get the variant cover not that you may get the variant INSTEAD of the regular cover.
 
i want the regular covers. they looks better to me, and i don't my collection to be all regular covers, with the odd varient dropped in 'cause they feel like not giving the regular cover this time.
 
This obsession with variants and stunt covers and stuff (ironically) almost crushed the comics industry, back in the 90s.

From roughly 1985 through 1993, comic book speculation reached its highest peaks. This boom period began with the publication of titles like Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen and "summer crossover epics" like Crisis on Infinite Earths and Secret Wars. After Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns made their mark, mainstream attention returned to the comic book industry in 1989 with the success of the movie Batman and again in 1993 with "The Death of Superman" storyline.

Once aware of this niche market, the mainstream press focused on its potential for making money. Features appeared in newspapers, magazines and television shows detailing how rare, high-demand comics such as Action Comics #1 and Incredible Hulk [HASHTAG]#181[/HASHTAG] (the first appearances of Superman and Wolverine, respectively) had sold for hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

During this time, comic book publishers began to pander specifically to the collectors' market. Techniques used included variant covers, polybags, and gimmick covers. When a comic was polybagged, the collector had to choose between either reading the comic book or keeping it in pristine condition for potential financial gain, or doing both by buying two copies. Gimmicks included glow-in-the-dark, hologram-enhanced, or foil-embossed covers. Gimmicks were almost entirely cosmetic in nature, and almost never extended to improved content of the comics. However, many speculators would buy multiple copies of these issues, anticipating that demand would allow them to sell them for a substantial profit at some nebulous point in the future...


...The comic book speculator market reached a saturation point in the early 1990s and finally collapsed between 1993 through 1997. Two-thirds of all comic book specialty stores closed in this time period, and numerous publishers were driven out of business. Even industry giant Marvel Comics was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1997, although they were able to continue publishing. It is surmised that one of the main factors in Marvel's downfall was the decision to switch to self distribution. Up until then, many publishers went through secondary distributors (such as the current and only mass distributor, Diamond Comic Distributors) and Marvel felt it could preserve some of its cash flow if it made the move to becoming one of the few publishers to also distribute directly to the comic market. This backfired terribly when the bottom fell out of the market, as they were stocked with multiple printings of variant and "collectible" issues that were no longer in high demand and they could not cover the costs of their distribution service.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book_collecting
 
Hmm, didn't know that, a good read. I gotta say if this "must buy 2 copies" thing will become a tradition with Buffy season 8 then I'm not sure I'm gonna keep buying the comics. I mean, I'd be willing to buy 2 if I would get the variant and regular cover but right now I order 2 copies and I still may get like 2 regulars.
 
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