<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Lars Olav Karlsen posted:<BR>
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The next round of Treasures in America has already been talked about on<BR>
many Disney forums, and the men behind the DVDs has reviled that it will<BR>
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Mickey Mouse in Black & White Volume 2 <BR>
The Mickey Mouse Club <BR>
The Complete Pluto <BR>
True Life Adventures<BR>
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Too bad about Donald not being released along with this batch, but considering how much material there is to release, I can see why Volume 2 was delayed in favor of something else. I really hope that sometime down the line, Disney releases a second volume of the Silly Symphonies cartoons. Hopefully the first set sold enough to encourage them to do so at some point.<BR>
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Lars Jensen posted:<BR>
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There's an article on Newsarama about new Disney comics, such as Kylion.<BR>
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<A HREF="http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15952">http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15952</A><BR>
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And no or nearly no mention of Gemstone in that article. To talk about 'Disney' comics in the US and not mention Gemstone is almost laughable. That's a problem I have with Disney USA (not Disney Italy, since they clearly promote both old and new stuff): They trip over themselves to promote stuff like W.I.T.C.H. and yet Donald Duck/Scrooge might as well not exist to them. And frankly that kind of attitude is just stupid on their part, though not unexpected. Still, it would be interesting to have this new stuff come to the US, along with alot of other non-Disney European stuff that never gets puiblished in the US.<BR>
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Rodney posted:<BR>
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I already have 1 reprint of this book (in one of the rare Comics In Color books), so I'm not clamoring to get another copy, but I must respond to this:<BR>
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><I>Tell them to be <BR>
</I>><I>financially prudent and get the back issue in NM/MInt condition for >$2-3 instead <BR>
</I>><I>of <BR>
</I>><I>blowing $7 on it, for it taking up space in a new issue. <BR>
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Where can you find a copy of US219 for $2-$3? The copy at my local shop is $19.<BR>
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Okay, I may have overstated a bit. Not about my own experience, but with the general market. My copy of US 219 is what I would call NM. Now would that correspond to Mr. Overstreet's idea of NM, I don't know. The inside pages of my copy were all in great condition (no tears, stains, etc.) though it was somewhar yellowed. The cover had a few creases on it, but no tears, etc. My idea of NM and it cost $3. Not I'll admit, that my comics shop could never be accused of ripping people off, he certainly charges fair or even more than fair prices for his stuff. He had/has a lot of Series I/Disney Comics for $2-3 in NM/Mint condition. Not too much Series II stuff for the same (no prestige format, just regular comics). And of course, Whitman stuff varying from $4-15 in conditions I'd call less than NM. Probably ranging from Fair to Very Good.<BR>
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I haven't checked eBay lately, I'm sure prices there are much more, though you can get deals similiar to what I pay at my comics shop if you're lucky and depending on what comics you want. I remember getting the last or near last issues of Uncle Scrooge Adventures 52/53 mint for like, $3-4 each including shipping. <BR>
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So I probably overstated stuff a bit. Most comic shops probably aren't as good with their prices as mine is (if they have Disney back issues at all, some I've been to don't). Though for $19, I'm sure Rodney's The Son of The Sun issue is in better shape than mine is (though his isn't US219. His is, I assume part of that Don Rosa four issue Scrooge series that was like the Carl Barks Scrooge in Color albums. $19, that's a good amount, but it is rarer than some of the other albums and it cost like $8-9? when originally released, so I guess $19 isn't a bad price for what you're getting. I've seen some on eBay go for $20-25.) I got several US in Color Barks albums for about $8-9 each a few years ago on eBay. Some were Mint, others were fine except for a bad crease in the lower right corner. However none came with the collector cards, so that's a big reason why the price was so low. I just wanted the stories, so I didn't care about the cards (though one day, I may try to collect them).<BR>
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So anyway, that's my story on what shape my issue is in, and how my shop is probably more lenient than others in terms of back issue price.<BR>
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