New Codeword - 7 New Marvel #1 Issues - STAR WARS #10 Howdy! After twelve weeks of the lowest new comics production schedule of the past 40 years, Marvel Comics is finally relaunching all of their core superhero titles. Beginning next week, we will see the first seven of approximately 50 new Marvel #1 issues, with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 and INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 leading the way. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2015)#1 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN (2015)#1 I am placing special emphasis on this long-awaited Marvel relaunch in today's newsletter because I want to be certain that you are aware that some of the #1 issues from this major relaunch are probably going to end up being in extremely short supply. Simply put, all comics retailers have been forced to live with diminished new comics revenues during the past three months, directly due to Marvel's decision to suspend publication on most of their hero titles while the major continuity changes revealed in SECRET WARS (2015) slowly unfolded. To give you a sense of what I mean, our Marvel Comics revenues here at Mile High Comics were decreased by $80,000 - $100,000 directly due to Marvel's publishing hiatus. Suffice it to say, that really stung. The previous having been said, if you do not yet have these new Marvel #1 issues on order, I urge you to do so right away. We have plenty of copies on order for all of the members of our new comics subscription division , but only minimal quantities for our website/back issue department. We would have liked to have ordered far more copies from Marvel of these ground-breaking new titles, but the severe diminishment in our new comics cash flow over the past few months has compelled us to be very conservative in our speculative purchasing. As a result, I doubt if we will have any copies of our original order of these first seven new Marvel #1 issues in stock after next week. Given that many other comics retailers have had to deal with similar sales constrictions over the past few months, spot shortages in supply on these new Marvel #1's may also exist throughout the industry. Please advance order your copies of these new Marvel #1 issues right away, as we do not want you to be disappointed. You can order the first seven titles today through our website/back issue department with your order being shipped next Wednesday. The remaining 40+ new Marvel titles can be reserved through Greg and Mario in our new comics subscription division. You can call them at 303-455-2659 (weekdays 9-5) or write to them at nice@milehighcomics.com. On a related note, our new 30% Off HAPPINESS! codeword sale begins for you today on most of our ten million back issue comics and magazines. Only new issues , a few variants, and our CGC-graded issues are excluded. In case you're wondering, I chose HAPPINESS! as our new codeword out of my sheer relief at having finally crossed the cash flow chasm caused by Marvel's publishing hiatus. I certainly understand why the cataclysmic events in SECRET WARS (2015) necessitated Marvel's hiatus, but if nothing of a similar nature occurred again for a while, I would be quite happy... STAR WARS:LEGACY (VOL. 2) (2013) #1 PHANTOM VARIANT Along with commencing our new HAPPINESS! codeword, I did also want to offer you an exceptionally cool giveaway today. Place any minimum $50 order with us over this weekend, and you will qualify for a free (!) copy of the very rare Phantom Group variant edition of STAR WARS LEGACY Vol. 2, #1 . This Dark Horse Comics STAR WARS comic was released just before the Dark Horse STAR WARS license was terminated, and is thus one of the scarcest STAR WARS variants ever released. We jumped in and purchased a goodly percentage of the entire print run when these were first offered, and subsequently sold a slew of them at prices ranging up to $19.95 each. That having been said, place your qualifying order over the next three days, and you can then request your free STAR WARS variant edition in the "Notes" section of our online order form. Please enjoy this great offer with our thanks for your continuing support of Mile High Comics. SECRET WARS (2015) #6 MHC VARIANT In other news, the initial fan response to our exclusive Mile High Comics variant edition of STAR WARS (2015) #10 has vastly exceeded issues #1-#9. To quantify what I mean, we posted our cover of #10 to FACEBOOK yesterday afternoon, and received over 1,150 "likes" in just 15 hours. Yow! We only printed 4,000 copies of our variant, which I am now thinking was far too few. This issue also releases next Wednesday, so please order your copy right away. STAR WARS (2015) #10 MHC VARIANT While our STAR WARS (2015) #10 variant received an exceptionally powerful initial response, I was even more surprised (and quite gratified...) when we also received nearly 1,000 FACEBOOK "likes" overnight to the announcement of our variant cover series that we are planning for the new DEADPOOL (2015) series. While I believe that DEADPOOL is going to be THE breakout movie for 2016 when it releases in February, the reality for the present is that the fan base for DEADPOOL is vastly smaller than STAR WARS . Clearly, however, the fans who are presently following DEADPOOL are very dedicated. Their enthusiastic response on Facebook certainly helps to validate my commitment last month to invest $60,000 to publish our "Postcards from the Marvel Universe" variant editions to DEADPOOL #1-#6 ... DEADPOOL (2015) #1 MHC VARIANT If you would like to begin a subscription to our new DEADPOOL variant series, I urge you to contact Greg or Mario in our new comics subscription department using the contact information mentioned above. They can set you up with a subscription starting with #1, with all of your copies billed at only $19.95 as they release. Those same issues will start at $24.95 each on our website as back issues, and will probably increase rapidly, especially after the movie breaks in February. So you know, while we only have a contract for issues #1-#6, my intension is to keep publishing Mile High Comics DEADPOOL variants indefinitely. If the same demand pattern holds true as what occurred with our early STAR WARS variants, do not be surprised if the Mile High Comics DEADPOOL #1 variant ends up priced in the $40-$60 range by mid-summer. I will close today's newsletter by revisiting a couple of past Mile High Comics and Phantom Group SPIDER-MAN and SPIDER-GWEN limited variants. All are in stock and available for immediate shipment. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1999) #1 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2014) #1 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2014) #3 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2014) #3 S&N SPIDER-MEN (2012) #1 SPIDER-GWEN (2015)#1 SPIDER-GWEN (2015)#1 2ND Print SPIDER-GWEN (2015)#1 B&W Happy collecting! Chuck Rozanski, President - Mile High Comics, Inc. October 2, 2015 Chuck Rozanski, President - Mile High Comics, Inc. P.S. Below is the publishing schedule of all the new Marvel comics for the next four weeks. It is just mind-blowing how many new titles are on the way! SCHEDULED RELEASE DATE OCTOBER 7, 2015 ALL-NEW ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL POINT ONE (2015) #1 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2015) #1 AVENGERS (MARVEL) (2015) #0 CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS (2015) #1 DOCTOR STRANGE (2015) #1 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN (2015) #1 MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (OCTOBER) (2015) #1 WHAT IF: INFINITY - INHUMANS (2015) #1 WHAT IF: INFINITY - THANOS (2015) #1 SCHEDULED RELEASE DATE OCTOBER 14, 2015 CAPTAIN AMERICA: SAM WILSON (2015) #1 EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN (2015) #1 NEW AVENGERS (2015) #1 SPIDER-GWEN (2015) #1 SPIDER-MAN 2099 (2015) #1 STAR WARS: CHEWBACCA (2015) #1 UNCANNY AVENGERS (2015) #1 SCHEDULED RELEASE DATE OCTOBER 21, 2015 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2015) #2 ASTONISHING ANT-MAN (2015) #1 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN (2015) #2 KARNAK (2015) #1 UNCANNY INHUMANS (2015) #1 SCHEDULED RELEASE DATE OCTOBER 28, 2015 BLADE (2015) #1 HOWLING COMMANDOS OF SHIELD (2015) #1 NEW AVENGERS (2015) #2 UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL (2015) #1 Current Newsletter