You won't believe what I found at the comic store today :)

[stnthmn]

I was at the comic store and right before I left I checked out the TMNT back issues. As always it was empty. Well, I looked a little further in the back of the box and guess what I found. The collected books 1 and 2. I grabbed them and my other comics I was getting a ran to the register. The guy started to ring up my order. When he got to the 2 collected books he looked at me and said "these are not marked but the cover price is $6.95" (or something like that) Then he asked me "Is a dollar each a fair price?" I looked at him and said yeah. I paid him a walked out. I looked at the reciept and to my surprise he only charged me a dollar for both. Man did I get a deal or what! I haven't found much information on these comic except that I read here that they are pretty rare. Did I get a good deal? Either way, I am sooooo glad that I found these. :) :)

[Raven]

ya its a good deal i had to pay 20 bucks for one

[Leo656]

I love pullin' stuff like that on comic book dealers. Like at my shop nearby I went in one day and found like 3 really early Sonic the Hedgehog issues, which are marked in Wizard to be like $30-40 each in mint condition. These were all in really good condition so I snagged them (even though I had them already) for like two bucks a piece. I looked it up to make sure, then mentioned it when I went back there the next week. They're really cool there though so they just laughed and were like "Yeah, you never know sometimes what you find if you look, a lot of that stuff probably just got mixed up in the Archie box".

Fun stuff. Comic shops rule.

[TMNT is cooler than MOTU]

Are the collected books the color ones?

[GK Punk]

Are the collected books the color ones?

If they are the ones I am thinking of, then yeah they are... there is a bookstore here in town that has them for a cheap price, I am just to poor to go get em

[Brodie]

My buddy Scott (TMNT571) Snagged the collection 1 book, full color off an AMAZON auction for about 7-8 bucks.Pretty cheap considering the Wizard price line.

[stnthmn]

They seem the be the black and white ones I think. I will check and see after work. Book 2 has they climbing up a building on the cover.

[GK Punk]

They seem the be the black and white ones I think. I will check and see after work. Book 2 has they climbing up a building on the cover.


Oops, my mistake I thought you meant the color collected ones, sorry to confuse anyone. That's STILL a killer find! :)

[Sparvid]

From what I've seen on ebay, the color albums are way more common then the b&w Collected Books.

[GK Punk]

From what I've seen on ebay, the color albums are way more common then the b&w Collected Books.

Good, 'cause when I have spare cash... I must have them..

[Jephael]

The only collected book I ever found was #6, the "River" saga. I mail ordered the first 5 from Mirage.

[stnthmn]

They are the B and W ones. Ok, how much are they worth ;) Just kidding!!! I'm not selling them.

[azure turtle]

Wow, nice find. I've looked for the collected B&W comics, but I've had no luck. I've found some of the color collected books done by First Publishing, but I'd really like to get the ones done by Mirage.

[Kid Icarus]

I have number five... its some time travel one with a kid in it.

cool find though!

[HorseTechie]

I hadn't had much luck in finding good deals at comic shops. Then I when to a few comic conventions... and I thought I died and went to heaven. So many dealers, and some are willing to bargain on the price (especially if yo're buying a whole bunch from em).

[impetus]

I have them all! There are seven total. I paid over $20 for number 1 (issues 1-11) on eBay

Great deal on those 2.

[Karpo_007]

I have all regulars issues, +specials and the First publishing Color reprints. No real point in getting those TPB's.

[impetus]

how about for readability?

Yeah, actually I got all the TPB's first and then started on the regular books. I'm only like 5 books away from completion now...

[Karpo_007]

Issues are very good to read, no need to browse trough lots of pages for specific story.

[Sparvid]

The bad part with the TPBs is that you don't have the original covers, letter pages, or the cool ads...

[Karpo_007]

Yeah, but if you don't have regular issues that is probably the cheapest way to start collecting. If they do reprint new TPB's of volume 1, I hope they put some extra stuff in it.