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I finally managed to obtain volume four of Howard The Duck The Complete Collection at far more than it has a right to cost, but it was bugging me that I only had the first three. Why's it so difficult to obtain at a reasonable price? Was it a small print run, was it withdrawn from circulation for some reason, or is it due to other circumstances entirely? On Amazon it's priced at £784.99 and I've seen it at not much less elsewhere. Fortunately, I managed to get my copy for nowhere near those extreme prices, though it was still a bit more than I'd have preferred to pay. However, I felt compelled to complete the quartet so stumped up what the seller was asking for, then had to pay p&p charges from the States. The preceding three books can be purchased for around their original price (or less), so why this one commands such huge sums is a mystery.
Anyway, just in case you've been looking for this volume but couldn't find or afford it, I thought I'd share the front and back covers with you. If you ever manage to track down a copy at a reasonable price, consider yourself very lucky and snap it up right away. In fact, I wish I'd bought this when I first saw it several months back, as it was around £20-£25 cheaper from the same seller. Ach, well - you win some, you lose some.
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6 comments:
Asking £784.99 is insane - I'd be prepared to pay £35 tops.
Paying £784.99 is likewise insane - I wonder if anyone will be daft enough to do it. Maybe Elon Musk is a Howard The Duck fan, CJ. He's certainly insane, as is Trump.
Hopefully marvel will release epic collections of these in the near future, prices do go crazy when they are out of print, I really want master of kung fu epic vol 1 but the prices are almost as insane as Howard the ducks!
I'd have bought this one at the time had I seen it, but it was nowhere in sight. Luckily, I bought the Master Of Kung-Fu volume 1 when it first came out.
You could probably pick up all the original issues in mint condition for £785 in this collection. I used to have that compulsion to have all the issues of certain books but thankfully that ended in my late teens . Collectors, were a mad lot!
Yeah, McS, that's what I thought about the original issues. I just don't know what it is about the book (apart from its seeming rarity) that would command such a high asking price. And you're right about us being mad - my doctor reminds me I'm mental all the time. Blurble.
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