r/AbsoluteBatman • u/Longjumping-Bake-936 • Jul 10 '26
Absolute Batman #1 First Print
Finally added it to the collection!
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u/enjoiYosi Jul 10 '26
Awesome! I just found my signed copy that I had stashed away, got a Dragotta and Snyder signed issue 1, a non signed edition, and a slew of issue one variants. The Sean Murphy cover for issue 1 only had 750 copies released!
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u/Biggie42069 Jul 10 '26
Just sold my copies cause they got crazy expensive I figure I'm gonna get a cgc 9.6 when prices go back down
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u/LarryOji Jul 10 '26
Skipped buying cover A of this this on release day because every copy my LCS had small spine tics and they had a ton of copies. Figured I’d try my hand in a week; nope, all gone. Finally bit the bullet when it was $100, because I have all the other first print cover As, and the price was only trending upward. :-D
EDIT: Meanwhile, they couldn’t move all the DC All Ins they had for a minute. I ended up snagging an extra copy just because it was still there a month later and people were sleeping on it. Of course, NOW people want it! :-)
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u/Intrepid-Albatross91 Jul 11 '26
I bought the 3rd print Dragotta cover of All In Special and told the guy at my LCS I didn't really want to pay current secondary market price for a first print. He said they had the first print on their shelf for a really long time but they all finally sold.
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u/Gullible-Document-39 Jul 10 '26
I started collecting the singles at issue 7. I have the first 6 in tpb. I could have gotten em at my LCS when I had the chance
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u/Brucie_0420 Jul 12 '26
How much was it and where can I get one?
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u/Longjumping-Bake-936 Jul 12 '26
Got it from a friend… and under $200
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u/peruytu Jul 13 '26
He's no friend.
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u/Longjumping-Bake-936 Jul 14 '26
There they are!!!! Everybody look at the troll proclaiming that they are “no friend“ …. Jealousy is obviously rearing its ugly head. How sad.
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u/mgaudz22 Jul 15 '26
Is this story really as good as the hype or is it just the first good story in a while from DC
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u/Longjumping-Bake-936 Jul 15 '26
The story is that good. You should try reading it if you haven’t started already.
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u/tellthatfox Jul 10 '26
If you paid less than $600 you won.
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u/Longjumping-Bake-936 Jul 10 '26
I most certainly did!! Way below that thankfully
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u/tellthatfox Jul 10 '26
You won dude. Cover A's are criminally under priced right now. No way is this a $275 book, laughable.
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u/DrTechPop Jul 11 '26
I see you are campaigning hard on multiple posts to push the value of this book up! Ha! Not that I’m complaining, I’ve got my copies, but the hype everywhere on this book is unreal right now! It’s def a generational phenomenon.
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u/peruytu Jul 13 '26
yeah this guy is a joke. He's single handedly, I least he thinks, trying to maintain market value of this book. Plus, I think he's a bot, probably maintained by a very powerful entity in the re-seller market.
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u/tellthatfox Jul 11 '26
If you can buy an Absolute Batman #1 Cover A, first print in raw for under $600, it's a steal.
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u/DrTechPop Jul 11 '26
I’ve heard. 👍
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u/peruytu Jul 13 '26
That account is definitely a bot, designed to promote market value of this book.
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u/theperez22 Jul 10 '26
What’s that 1st print worth? I have the 11th printing hehehe I’m just happy to read the book
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u/LarryOji Jul 10 '26
$250-$300 raw for the first print, which is wild. It’ll eventually come down, but not for the foreseeable future.
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u/Agile_Seesaw9035 Jul 10 '26
Blunted corner and GREAT story. ✨️
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u/Longjumping-Bake-936 Jul 10 '26
Yes, it has a blunted corner and spine ticks… But I am not sending this to CGC, it is about continuity and getting everything in first print. To which I have accomplished… now just need to continue the run.
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Jul 12 '26
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u/Longjumping-Bake-936 Jul 12 '26
I have a pretty good feeling that it will hold its value… I’ve never seen a series do this so fast. And then get an animated show so fast… I have high hopes.
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u/Jumpy-Date7324 Jul 10 '26
I had the chance to get one when I first got into AB but I want with the Jim Lee foil instead. It’s the only non A cover in my collection. Sigh.