The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #35 Ships Early
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sale in April each year, will debut two weeks early this year when it reaches
comic shops March 23, 2005.
The Guide is being offered in four
editions to the Direct Market through Diamond Comic Distributors: the Iron Man
soft cover, Iron Man hard cover, Little Lulu soft cover and Little Lulu hard
cover. The soft cover editions retail for $25 and the hard covers are
$32.
In addition to the latest pricing and market reports from the
Overstreet Advisors, this edition features a wide assortment of articles
including The Pioneer Age – The Earliest Comics, The Lost Comic Book History of
The Lone Star State, George Pérez and Marv Wolfman on the
25th anniversary of New Teen Titans #1 and the 20th
anniversary of Crisis On Infinite Earths, a 70th anniversary
look at Little Lulu, a quick history of Iron Man, and more.
Since 1970,
only one comic book price guide has been dubbed “the Bible” for
casual and die-hard collectors alike. While others have come and gone, The
Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has become the premiere reference
source for the hobby, and it covers centuries of comic book history!
The
Iron Man piece, a modern interpretation of Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers’ cover for
Tales of Suspense #39, was illustrated by John K. Snyder III, who in
recent years has also recreated the first appearances of the Fantastic Four and
X-Men for the Guide.
The Little Lulu cover is from a John Stanley
original. The late writer-artist, the driving force behind Lulu for many years,
had done concept sketches for an Overstreet cover years ago, but he never
finished the piece. The concept sketches are featured in this edition’s Little
Lulu article.
George Pérez provides a stunning recreation of
New Teen Titans #1 for the Random House edition of the Guide, which is
available in traditional book outlets. This cover is also featured in the Direct
Market as the cover for the spiral-bound limited edition of the book. Known as
the Big, Big Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide should reach retailers in
May.
Collectors and retailers should note that the Little Lulu HC is in
very limited supply.
