[This is an irregular feature which proves that I spend way too much time browsing book listings on Amazon. The intent of these Grab ‘Em Now posts is to alert you to graphic novels which have started to rise significantly in price online due to their relative scarcity. If any book I mention is buried somewhere on your future buy list, I recommend that if you can still find it at cover at your local LCS then you bump it to the top of your list and grab it now at cover price while you still can.]
For the inaugural edition of this feature, I was just expecting to offer up some examples of graphic novels I have noticed that have started to seriously rise above their original cover prices on Amazon, however the gods of serendipitous timing (whomever they might be) granted me something a bit more ‘meaty’ for this first time out.
Bleeding Cool just reported that Marvel has released a list of hardcover and trade paperback books which they will not be keeping in print in the future. This was very nice of them to do since it will allow for those of us on the ball to make a decision about whether we need to run out and buy these books now or whether we are willing to just wait a while and see if they rerelease some of them with spiffy new covers and ad copy telling us why we need to buy the books this time. Once you have browsed the list you will see that it is populated with a mixture of collections, some of which are recommended reading and others that are no big deal if you miss them. For your convenience I have reprinted the list below, and you will likely find that there is indeed something for evryone on the list:
Hardcovers:
Avengers Assemble Vol 4 and 5
Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes 2
Captain America: The Chosen
Death Of Captain America Vol 2 and 3
Daredevil: Guardian Devil 10th Anniversary
Eternals By Neil Gaiman (Direct Market)
Fantastic Four: The End
Fantastic Four: Worlds Greatest
Mystic Arcana
Marvel Mythos
New Avengers Vol 7, 8, 9, Illuminati
Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe, Vols 1-5
Omega The Unknown
Onslaught Reborn
Power Pack: the Kids Are Alright
Punisher War Journal Vol 4
Runaways: Dead End Kids and Pride & Joy
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Vol 1 and 2, One More Day
Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt
Spider-Man: With Great Power
Stan Lee Meets The Marvel Universe
Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol 1, 2, 4
Ultimate Iron Man 2
Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 9
Ultimate X-Men Vol 7 and 8
Ultimates 3: Who Killed Scarlet Witch?
Uncanny X-Men: Rise & Fall Of The Shi’Ar Empire
Wolverine Dangerous Games
X-Factor: The Only Game In Town
X-Men: Endangered Species and Supernovas
Trade paperbacks
Annihilation: Conquest Vol 1
Avengers: Serpent Crown Vol 1
Captain America & The Falcon: Secret Empire, Nomad, The Swine
Captain America By Kirby Bicentennial Battles
Captain America: Red, White & Blue
Champions Classic Vol 1 and 2
Dead Of Night
Earth X Trilogy Companion
Excalibur Classic Vol 1, 2, 3, 5
Exiles Vol 9
Fantastic For Visionaries: Perez Vol 1 and 2, Simonson Vol 1 and 2
Hedge Knight 2: Sworn Sword
Hulk Vs The Marvel Universe
Incredible Hercules: Against The World
Iron Man: Haunted
Iron Manual
Marvel Romance
Moon Knight Vol 1 and 2
Ms Marvel Vol 2
New Warriors Vol 2
Nova Vol 1 and 2
Omega The Unknown Classic
Penance: Relentless
Punisher Presents: Barracuda MAX
Punisher War Journal Vol 3
Spider-Man And Fantastic Four: Silver Rage
Peter Parker, Spider-Man: Back In Black
Spiderman: Saga Of The Sandman
Squadron Supreme: Death Of A Universe
Star Brand Classic Vol 1
Sub Mariner: Revolution
Thunderbolts Vol 2
Wolverine Classic Vol 2
Wolverine First Class: The Rookie
X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David Vol 1,2 and 3
X-Men First Class: Band Of Brothers, Mutant Mayhem and Tomorrow’s Brightest.
Wow, that is a lot of books, eh? Enough to make me think it would be costly to run out and start buying most of the ones I might want to read in the future that I can still get my hands on at cover locally. I guess I will just have to choose carefully…