I liked when comic books went up in value based on quality, merit and relative scarcity, however, this week has been all about Hollywood and speculation based on Comic Book adaptations. Boom studio’s The Foundation is being developed by FOX into a movie. This is the second film in recent months to be optioned by FOX, the Malignant #1 being

AUGUST 16 UPDATE: Director of GOTG James Gun has not said who Star-Lords Father is, however he confirmed he is not following the Marvel Universe comic history (in this instance).  Caution: GOTG Spoilers Ahead Who is Star lord’s father? So the guardians of the Galaxy movie was a huge success. Old news. Anyone who has seen the movie knows they

Wool #1 from Cryptozoic Publishing seems to just keep going upRidley Scott is apparently making the series into a movie. – Take that with a grain of salt, remember Pain Killer Jain was a tv-show (same creative team) and is a flop speculatively and When is Mind MGMT coming out? Right now its hovering around being a $30 to $40 book. 

Wool #1 has a low print run and the current highest completed sale on ebay is 6.99, but there are a few auctions hovering around the $10 – $15 mark. Remember Creator Owned Heroes? Back to Brooklyn? This is a very hyped creative team that doesn’t perform well long term. Buy it if you see it at cover otherwise avoid.

I havn’t seen the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie, but the movies end scene has gone viral. Four words. Howard the fucking Duck!   That means two books are going to see a major increase in value. Its the 80’s all over again! Howard the Duck #1 and Adventures into Fear #19 (first appearance of Howard the Duck)     

So SDCC just ended – a lot of the information released by hollywood studios and comic publishers through panels is still be absorbed by the general public. No real big announcements. Aside from Frank Miller looking sickly. A lot of talk about variants. Will Humans #0 be the winner? Being self-published, sold at the show, and being picked up by Image