Thread:SunGodKizaru/@comment-27811555-20160414212057/@comment-27811555-20160501211901

One of my best friends buys digital. I guess I still buy physically for sentimental reasons. Plus it's an investment as some comic books can make people millionaires. I think I saw a Uncanny X-Force #20 (venom variant) selling online for $2000. If my LCS doesn't have it, I typically buy online. There are some great deals. Granted I have to deal with shipping which I wouldn't have to at the store. However I don't even know if shipping isn't already included in the price as the store has to make a profit.

The market online can be tough be it's interesting or what you make of it. For the most part I've gotten great deals. On eBay I look for auctions with reasonable shipping ($3) and also great package deals. For Squadron Supreme #2 I got the regular + variant cover for $9 - free shipping. And for #6 I got a deal for the regular cover, story so far variant, and a secret wars book (not expecting that) for $11 total. Now typically variants are better to find/buy online because if its a 1:20 or 1:25 you can bet that the store is going to charge you $20 - $25. Whereas, I've that online it's relative to demand, the quality of the artwork, the popularity of the artist, or the first post on eBay. So if I post first something for $15, it'll only go up (or down) from there. It'll never reach $5.

None of the stores in my area carry Squadron Supreme except for 1, which I rarely go to and apparently is going out of business. Now that store carries mostly regular covers and the other 2 stopped carrying the series a while ago. The last store never carried SS. I recently started a subscription with the store I frequent the most. So I'll be getting Nighthawk (action figure variant), Empress #2 (variant), Descender #10, Squadron Supreme 7-8, and Red Wolf #6. Now after I receive them, it's subject to change based on what they're able to get me. I see maybe Descender continuing as well as Empress & Nighthawk but everything is subject to change (get dropped from the subscription). In that case, I'll just go back to getting them myself.

In terms of Zarda, she's the Squadron Sinister version right? If so I believe her reality is Earth 21195?

To be honest I was wondering if Thundra was still part of the team. You and Anabel know of my dislike of her on the team. But they cleared it up at the end of 6. That assumption was based on the fact that she's on none of the covers so far. So I just assumed she had a limited stint with the team. While I do think it'll be cool if Thundra had an action figure variant, I'd probably not buy it in that case and it would make the decision of which cover to go with easier. But at least she's had a cover! Now to hope that the Blur is the one on the Man of Marvel SS variant...