Hard to Find Tpbs?

[ExoKnight]

I'm trying to compile a list of Hard to Find/Out of Print DC comic tpbs that might be worth tracking down. Some of them are well-written and some are........not so good. If anyone can help me out that would be great. Here are some that are getting harder and harder to find...

Nightwing: Ties that Bind
Thrillkiller
LoDK: Dark Legends.

It can be DCU, WSU, Vertigo, etc.

[Mon-el]

I know of only one (maybe 2) hard to find TPB's.

The one that I'm referring to is Byrne's Man of Steel TPB.

A few years ago DC held a contest that sent out only 1 of these to comic shops(much like retailers incentive issues). It has a Blue binder with the S logo on the front. It also comes with a letter from DC stating it was a contest. The last I looked in Overstreet it's worth about $80 U. S. dollars because of the rarity of it.

I found mine on eBay for about $15.

[MilkManX]

Try getting some of the Batman animated TPBs that Bruce Timm and Paul Dini worked on. Damn thing needs a reprint so I dont have to have bid wars on Ebay.

[dancj]

Batman: Legacy tends to get quite pricey on eBay so that must be rare

[ExoKnight]

Batgirl: Silent Running tpb is a bit pricey too. Collects first six issues of Batgirl and has been out of print for awhile.

[K'Nort]

One option with some used book sellers is to sign up for notifications. Powell's.com, for example, carries a lot of used trades. You have two options there. You can sign up for a daily email of what they added to their stock each day. So it will be only used (not new) and only graphic novels (which means a lot of manga to slog through). So then you have first dibs as things come in. Also you can request e-mail notification on specific titles. I'm pretty sure they send out those even before the daily list.

[matewan1990]

I know of only one (maybe 2) hard to find TPB's.

The one that I'm referring to is Byrne's Man of Steel TPB.

A few years ago DC held a contest that sent out only 1 of these to comic shops(much like retailers incentive issues). It has a Blue binder with the S logo on the front. It also comes with a letter from DC stating it was a contest. The last I looked in Overstreet it's worth about $80 U. S. dollars because of the rarity of it.

I found mine on eBay for about $15.

That Batman: Blind Justice DC Diamond Retailer Convention edition is pretty pricey, too. Actually, a copy of the Man of Steel "gift" and/or "raffle" edition sold a little more than a year ago for $1000. I sold my Blind Justice edition for $750.
Those are extremely rare. I mean, extremely, EXTREMELY rare. Current DC officials didn't even know those Man of Steel gift editions were issued (they're just the complete issues of the six-issue Man of Steel mini rebound in one collection under a generic cover; even the covers are intact on the individual issues inside). Many people don't know what they've got, because there's a mix-up in Overstreet with the Man of Steel and I don't think the Blind Justice trade is listed correctly, either.
Try finding the Hawkman trade paperback reprinting the early Hawkman appearances in Brave and the Bold. Warlord: Savage Empire is tough to find, too. The (DC) Art of Walt Simonson is a great and very tough to find tpb.
Hawkworld is a tough trade to locate these days, as is Jonah Hex: Two Gun Mojo. There's also a trade paperback reprint of the Kaluta Shadow series that I have yet to find. Deathstroke the Terminator was one of the toughest trades I've had to find. There was a glut of trades in the early to mid-1990s and many of those have been forgotten or overlooked. But, some of those are tough to find and, I predict, will go up in value in the coming years.

[Rich L]

DC also did a limited edition 'thank you' to retailers print of the Death of Superman trade, with platinum coloured trade dress. That seems to go for a bit on Ebay.

[yenaled]

JLI: The Gospel according to Maxwell Lord.

If you can find it please send it this way :D

[Agentum]

Miracleman trades hehe
If you find one you don't want to pay for it.

[ExoKnight]

WildC.A.T.S. : Gathering of Eagles is a rare find too. Although not very good. It's pretty rare nowadays.

[Hellstormer]

I can never find
Green Lantern: Circle of Fire (-out of print-)
Batman: Prodigal (-out of print-)
Animal Man vols 1,2,3

[riftt]

Batman: The Long Halloween and Dark Victory are both OOP in hardcover form. Usually go for around $50 on Ebay

the green lantern/green arrow slipcase hardcover is also rare

[chicainery]

I can never find
Green Lantern: Circle of Fire (-out of print-)
Batman: Prodigal (-out of print-)
Animal Man vols 1,2,3

Amazon.com has the Animal Man trades.

[Agentum]

Yes Animal man is not hard or expensive to buy.
Batman: The Long Halloween and Dark Victory Hardcovers is expensive, to bad i didn't buy them when they was in production.