Due to bindery issues, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide To Lost Universes has been rescheduled to hit comic shops on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. This brand new, full-color volume pictures all of the books listed in addition to offering prices for them.

From the Golden Age to the recent past, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide To Lost Universes documents comic book publishers and imprints that have come and gone – and in some cases come again – such as the Archie/MLJ superheroes, original Milestone, original Valiant, the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and more.

Atlas-Seaboard, Dark Horse’s Comics Greatest World, CrossGen, DEFIANT, Future Comics, Topps’ Kirbyverse, Marvel’s New Universe, Triumphant, and Malibu’s Ultraverse all share the spotlight. The book also includes creator interviews, feature articles, and collector profiles, as well as other insights.

“So far, everyone who’s seen the book in development has been blown away by this new hybrid price guide/Photo-Journal. While we’re disappointed that the book is delayed, we’re far from the only publisher affected by this situation. In the spirit of making the best of it, we’re happy to extend our advertising reservation deadline to Monday, November 15, 2021. The date to receive ads will be Monday, November 22,” said J.C. Vaughn, Vice-President of Publishing for Gemstone Publishing.

With all the energy and record prices in the marketplace, from the Golden Age to the recent past, we’ve seen a lot of collectors looking for sleepers, hidden gems, or buried treasure. If you’re looking to connect with those buyers, this is just the book for you! Comic history is filled with imprints, initiatives, and start-up publishers both small and large that for whatever reason didn’t initially stand the test of time. That, though, isn’t always the end of things.

Hey, this is comics, right? Not only do the dead come back, they often command premium attention from collectors!

We have some Lost Universes preview pages in PDF form (with the prices redacted, of course), if you’d like to check them out. 

The book is offered with a choice of four covers: Ironjaw by Lee Weeks, Mighty Crusaders by Jerry Ordway, and Star Brand by Alex Saviuk and Tom Palmer, all of which are available in hardcover and soft cover, as well as Dark Dominion by J.G. Jones, which is available in a signed, limited hardcover edition. The hardcovers are $35, the soft covers are $25, and the signed, limited hardcover is $75 (limited to 100 copies).

RATES
“Our ad rates for this new Guide are incedibly low, particularly for those who also advertised in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #51,” Vaughn said.

Full color pages in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide to Lost Universes start at just $1,000. For those who had full pages in Overstreet #51 that price goes a full 25% lower to just $750 for a full page. Right-hand pages are only slightly more at $1,100 (or $825 with the discount).

Advertisers with Diamond accounts can bill their ads to their accounts.

DEADLINES
The advertising reservation deadline is now Monday, November 15, 2021.

The deadline for receiving ad files is now Monday, November 22, 2021. 

The book was originally in the September 2021 edition of PREVIEWS from Diamond Comic Distributors, but due to the bindery delay you can still order it. The new on-sale date is scheduled to be Wednesday, February 16, 2022.

You can download a PDF of our rates and specs sheet or contact one of us for details:

MARK HUESMAN
Creative Director
humark@gemstonepub.com
(443) 318-8467

AMANDA SHERIFF
Associate Editor
samanda@gemstonepub.com
(717) 448-0932

J.C. VAUGHN
Vice-President of Publishing
vjeff@gemstonepub.com
(443) 827-0301