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July 28 2005

Serenity #1 sells out for Dark Horse. Dark Horse going back to press.

Dark Horse announced Wednesday that Serenity #1, the first issue in the limited series based on Joss Whedon's upcoming film, has sold out at the publisher and Diamond and will go back to press and new printings that will be available in two weeks.

AuburnTiger | Firefly&Serenity | 09:34 CET | 24 comments total | tags: serenity, comic book, dark horse

Very nice indeed. I must check the shops in Toronto to see how they did saleswise.

Drifter | July 28, 09:44 CET

New list price: $20.

jaynelovesvera | July 28, 09:51 CET

LOL Jaynelovesvera!!

Firefly Flanatic | July 28, 09:53 CET

Does anyone know how many copies there were total for the first run?

Firefly Flanatic | July 28, 09:57 CET

Here's another link regarding this:

Comic Book Resources

Demand for the red-hot new mini-series has been so high that the book sold out almost immediately upon initial shipping! To help ease the burden on retailers, Dark Horse will have new printings of Serenity #1 available in two weeks time.

Firefly Flanatic | July 28, 10:03 CET

Sales numbers for July will likely be out late August. Until then it's just guessing. www.icv2.com has comic sales numbers.

AuburnTiger | July 28, 10:14 CET

Don't forget that the next issue is out next week.

Simon | July 28, 10:32 CET

Ack! Thanks, Simon.

But so soon? Since the first one was delayed a week in NorthAm to July 13.

Drifter | July 28, 10:47 CET

I hope that new printings of the first issue will be available on x-worldcomics,
otherwise I'll have to find another e-store that supports payments through Paypal.

xdamienx | July 28, 11:37 CET

It's shipping next week according to Diamond.

The quickness of the release may have something to do with the movie coming out at the end of September.

Simon | July 28, 12:28 CET

Any word on if these will be released as a TPB?

Spikecam21 | July 28, 14:58 CET

Yes it will be collected in TPB format, Adam Hughes is doing the cover from what I can remember. Probably out in December or January.

Simon | July 28, 15:00 CET

Well this should help stir up some interest in our BDM! Having a comic sell out so quickly is rare and should make a lot of people want to check out the series. So the excitement is ALL good. But, seriously, list price is $20? Are you kidding janelovesvera? I know that that is what Nathan Fillion was told but I'm sure that that was a lie, I've never heard of a comic going up in value that fast just because it had a second printing.

embers | July 28, 15:10 CET

Cool, thanks Simon.

Spikecam21 | July 28, 15:12 CET

I think he is kidding. The books only cost like 3 or 4 dollars. The TPB will probably cost that much though.

Simon. Does diamondcomics list when Spike and Angel #3 are out? I want to pick all of these up at the same time.

[ edited by eddy on 2005-07-28 15:25 ]

eddy | July 28, 17:22 CET

Am I the only one who still hasn't received the first issue from tfaw?? I pre-ordered ages ago and according to my online account page, they'll be sending it out in early August. I don't get it.

Anyway, I'm ecstatic that Serenity #1 has sold so well. Take that, Fox! Take that, naysayers!

phlebotinin | July 28, 17:45 CET

Sorry for the confusion, embers. Yes, I was kidding. I guess I should use those emoticon things, but for some reason I have a strong aversion to them. It's on my personal list of character flaws at number 178. No, wait, it's 177, I forgot for a moment I no longer consider my addiction to Halo a character flaw. It's an illness, and not my fault, really...

jaynelovesvera | July 28, 18:56 CET

Phlebotinin, I just got mine today. I'm wondering if you'll be getting a second edition printing?

Addicted to Halo? What does that mean? Aren't you supposed to play it over and over again for hours at a time snapping at your family because they want dinner?!!

[ edited by Firefly Flanatic on 2005-07-28 22:07 ]

Firefly Flanatic | July 28, 19:53 CET

No, you play Halo 2 over and over again to listen to Julie Benz... *drool*

Mort | July 28, 22:33 CET

Eddy to answer your question, there's no shipping lists past next week. I have no idea when Angel #3 is out.

Simon | July 28, 23:31 CET

If you don't mind me answering.

Spike comic will be out August 17/18. I would assume Angel is out the same week.

[ edited by FalenAnjl on 2005-07-28 22:37 ]

FalenAnjl | July 29, 00:08 CET

phlebotinin

Did you order other books from tfaw recently? There are different shipping options on there. I have it set to only ship me stuff once a month to save on money. So you might have your options set to once a month too, and received a comic in early July. My first 3 issues, and Angel #2 was shipped yesterday/today, because I got Angel #1 in the last week of June.

Hope that answers your question for you :)

[ edited by Odysseus on 2005-07-29 00:31 ]

Odysseus | July 29, 02:30 CET

I blame Nathan and his mom for the sellout!

Rogue Slayer | July 29, 02:57 CET

When I realized that I needed extra copies of the Serenity One with Jayne on it, I had to phone a number of comic book stores in Toronto to find copies. Most were sold out. (And they were all pleasant to me!;-) Of course, some just hadn't realized the extent of the demand.

Lioness | July 31, 21:33 CET

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