Convention Prices?

[The Uncanny Poster]

I'm going to my first convention next weekend and am hoping to find a few Green Lantern issues from the late 80's/90's. From your experience, are convention prices typically much cheaper than those at regular comic shops and is it likely i might find special deals(i.e. buy 2, get 1 free)?

[icctrombone]

Some dealers will discount books , but Green lanterns from that era shouldn't be too pricey. You can always haggle too. I find that the last day of a con , the dealers want to carry less boxes home so they slash prices.

[Jezebel Bond]

Some dealers will discount books , but Green lanterns from that era shouldn't be too pricey. You can always haggle too. I find that the last day of a con , the dealers want to carry less boxes home so they slash prices.

Dealers like Mile High tend to slash all HC prices by half...just like they do on their website. I've had friends who worked for MHC's booth, the pay was $100 per 4 hour shift. Overheads like that as well as convention costs and renting a trailer to travel to San Diego and hotel expenses all have to be recouped so they're factored into sales prices. So expect the first day to be the priciest, with sellers trying to cover the cost of their tables.

I've been a seller at cons, we come across sharpies and hagglers all the time but since I don't worry about expenses, I can afford to tell cheapskates to bugger off if they get on my nerves.

[The Uncanny Poster]

Really? From what I've seen, most of those GL's go for at least $2 most places I look. Hopefully you're right though. I've been in dire need to fill my collection.

[icctrombone]

In the various cons I've attended over the years, I've seen GL's from that era from .50 to 1 buck. Good luck. I was thinking about going to the Philly Wizard show in June but the 45 dollar entrance fee is a bit steep.

[md62]

Definitely the last day you can get the cheapest deals. I would expect to pay less than a $1/issue. I load up a back pack at cons. Last year I bought 80 books for less than $50...

[icctrombone]

There are so many .50 boxes, it's a bonanza.

[The Uncanny Poster]

Dammit guys. You're getting me too excited

If i can get that many books for that cheap and get Chris Claremont's signature there, my life will be complete

[shooshoomanjoe]

Some dealers will discount books , but Green lanterns from that era shouldn't be too pricey. You can always haggle too. I find that the last day of a con , the dealers want to carry less boxes home so they slash prices.

This is fantastic news for me. I'll also be going to my first con too and the tickets I bought were for the last day.

I'm going to my first convention next weekend and am hoping to find a few Green Lantern issues from the late 80's/90's. From your experience, are convention prices typically much cheaper than those at regular comic shops and is it likely i might find special deals(i.e. buy 2, get 1 free)?

mycomicshop.com sells lots of GL series from this era for $.80, if you don't mind a FN condition. If you choose to buy from this shop, click on the link on my signature so I can get some store credit :P

They often have a 10% off sale on Marvel and DC titles which can bring some of those GL titles to $0.99 in NM condition. Right now, they are having a sale on all '90s issues.

[The Uncanny Poster]

This is fantastic news for me. I'll also be going to my first con too and the tickets I bought were for the last day.

haha thats cool. im going for two of the days, since CC will only be there only on Saturday and my sister wants to meet Michelle Rodriguez on Sunday.

[Scott Harris]

The one thing to keep in mind is that a lot of dealers don't bring all of their stock to shows. The cheaper the books are, the less likely they are to bring them in some cases. it's just a matter of what dealer, of course, and what they think will sell, but with a limited amount of space to display books and the hassle of lugging them all around, a lot of dealers will leave common stuff behind and only bring the good stuff or the expensive stuff.

That's not to say you can't find lots of cheap comics in 50 cent or dollar boxes at shows. You can and will. But it's very hard to find specific comics at that price point. It's much easier to locate key and expensive books at shows. It may sound weird that it will be harder to find a random $1 issue of Thor than it is copies of Journey Into Mystery #83, but it's just a weird fact of comic shows.

Good luck with the hunt.

[icctrombone]

Which show are you guys going to ?

[The Uncanny Poster]

Which show are you guys going to ?

Comicpalooza in Houston

[SUPERECWFAN1]

In 2-3 weeks I'm attending Heroes Con in Charlotte with some buddies of mine. Were gonna have a grand ole time . Gonna score some gooooood comics hopefully for cheap.