Things From Another World 60% Off Sale

[IanG]

TFAW.com is having a "Spring Cleaning" sale in the Month of May. It's was 50% the first week, 60% off this second week, and so on. Try using the promo code ROCKOUT to get free (but slow) shipping. This isn't the nick & dent stuff that is always on sale there, this is brand spankin' new. I had some gift money that was burning a hole in my pocket.

I picked up the following at the end of last week when it was 50% off:

Daredevil: Devil Inside & Out Vol 2 TP, $7.49 (normally 14.99)
Daredevil: Hell to Pay Vol 1 and 2 TP, 7.49 and 7.99
Daredevil: Cruel & Unusual TP, 8.99 (40% off?)
Walking Dead Vol 3 HC, 14.99
Iron Man: Doomquest, 9.99
Astro City: Confession TP, 9.99

[Frank Castle]

I made a G-Damn killing at this sale last yr during the 80% week. And I was able to pick it up at the store so that saved money too. I have a shopping cart full of stuff, some xmas gifts and stuff for me!

[Trev]

Thanks for the heads up! I picked up:

Teen Titans The Lost Annual
Avengers TPB - The Kree Skrull War
Avengers Classic #11
Avengers Classic #6
Avengers Classic #7
Avengers West Coast Vision Quest TPB
Fantastic Four Visionaries TPB: Walter Simonson Vol 1
Nexus Greatest Hits
Queen & Country: Declassified TPB Vol. 2
Queen & Country TPB Vol. 7 - Operation: Saddlebags
Suburban Glamour #1
Wisdom Rudiments Of Wisdom TPB

[Koete]

Iron Man: Enter The Mandarin TPB
Marvel Adventures Iron Man Vol. 1 Digest
Marvel Adventures Iron Man Vol. 3 Digest
Marvel Masterworks Invincible Iron Man Vol. 3 HC
Marvel Masterworks Invincible Iron Man Vol. 4 HC
Secrets In The Shadows: The Art and Life of Gene Colan SC

[BobBretall]

Man, this is a depressing sale......

Mostly because I'm seeing lots of stuff for 70% off that I bought new.

Thankfully, I got most of it from DCBS for between 40 & 50% off, so it's not that big of a burn. I'd be cheesed off if I bought it for full price + tax at a comics shop, though.....

I have my eye on a couple of things, but I'm going to roll the dice and wait until next Sunday when the discount increases to 80%. We'll see if any of the things I'm interested are still there.....

[Frank Castle]

I took advantage of the 80% sale and got some xmas items for 5 little boys out of the way:

1 Alan Moore The Courtyard GN Color Printing
1 Amazing Spider-Man TPB Vol. 2: Revelations
1 Amazing Spider-Man TPB Vol. 9: Skin Deep
1 Fantastic Four TPB (Digest): Clobberin' Time
1 Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four Digest Vol 2 - Fantastic Voyages
1 Marvel Age Spider-Man TPB (Digest) Vol. 1
1 Marvel Age Spider-Man TPB (Digest) Vol. 3: Swingtime
1 Spectacular Spider-Man TPB Vol. 3: Here There Be Monsters
1 Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four TPB - Silver Rage
1 Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus TPB Vol. 1: Out of Reach
1 Wolverine: Soultaker TPB
1 X-Men TPB (Digest): Evolution Vol. 1

[JC]

Man, this is a depressing sale......

Mostly because I'm seeing lots of stuff for 70% off that I bought new.

... in speaking of a depressing sale, I purchased Absolute New Frontier for US$100 and now DC they're reprinting it for $75 ... with my regular discount, I could have gotten it for $45. But on the plus side, I bought TWD Omnibus 1 signed at the same store for US$150 ... I guess you win some, you lose some I wonder if DC will reprint Absolute LOEG v1.

[Master of the Mystic Arts]

I bought a large box's worth of books the last time they ran this sale, but this time I didn't indulge, because bookshelf & closet space is scarce. I need to sell some other books and make room.

[BobBretall]

OK, I waited for 80% off & got the following:


Danger Unlimited Ltd. Ed. Signed HC - nick & dent $59.95 ==> $11.99

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Minidoka: 937th Earl of One Mile Series M HC - nick & dent $14.95 ==> $2.99

Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Ltd. Ed. HC - nick & dent $69.95 ==> $13.99

Invincible Ed HC $13.95 ==> $2.79

Marvel Illustrated HC - Last Of The Mohicans - nick & dent $19.99 ==> $3.99

Marvel Illustrated HC - Man In The Iron Mask - nick & dent $19.99 ==> $3.99

Marvel Illustrated HC - Treasure Island - nick & dent $19.99 ==> $3.99

Red Prophet Tales Of Alvin Maker Vol 1 HC - nick & dent $19.99 ==> $3.99

Red Prophet Tales Of Alvin Maker Vol 2 HC - nick & dent $19.99 ==> $3.99

Tarzan: The Lost Adventure Ltd. Ed. HC - nick & dent $99.95 ==> $19.98

So, I got 10 HCs (3 of them signed "limited editions") for ~$78. They charged me sales tax, but I got free shipping with the May "ROCKOUT" codeword.

[BobBretall]

BTW, I have bought TFAW "nick & dent" stuff before.

Generally minor shelfware, maybe a bumped corner, the typically look like something you would get at a Borders or B&N that someone has browsed before, though YMMV. Definitely worth it for 80% off cover price....

[Frank Castle]

BTW, I have bought TFAW "nick & dent" stuff before.

Generally minor shelfware, maybe a bumped corner, the typically look like something you would get at a Borders or B&N that someone has browsed before, though YMMV. Definitely worth it for 80% off cover price....

My last few Nick/Dent books had a couple pages that were folded. When I unfolded them they were larger than all the other pages. Printing error but like Bob still worth 80% off.

[Nemesis Enforcer]

I have spent too much money at tfaw over the last couple of months, here is what I have gotten, 4 separate orders, I clearly have issues...

at 70% off
Marvel Masterworks HC: Silver Surfer Vol. 2 - nick & dent
Marvel Masterworks X-Men Vol. 02 (2nd Ed)
Marvel Masterworks HC: Fantastic Four Vol. 2 (2nd Ed.) - nick & dent
Marvel Masterworks HC: Incredible Hulk Vol. 2 (2nd Ed.) - nick & dent
Ultimate Spider-man Ultimate Collection TPB Vol 1 - nick & dent
Punisher War Journal HC Vol 1 - Civil War - nick & dent
Moon Knight TPB Vol 1 The Bottom - nick & dent
Hulk Visionaries TPB - Peter David Vol 4
Incredible Hulk TPB: Visionaries - Peter David Vol. 1
Incredible Hulk TPB: Visionaries - Peter David Vol. 3
Captain America TPB: Winter Soldier Vol. 1 - nick & dent
Absolute League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - The Black Dossier HC
Art Adams' Creature Features
Astonishing X-Men TPB Vol. 3: Torn - nick & dent
Fantastic Four TPB Books Of Doom - nick & dent
X-Factor Prem HC Only Game In Town
Essential Silver Surfer TPB Vol. 1 (2nd Ed.) - nick & dent
Fantastic Four TPB: Visionaries - George Perez Vol. 1 - nick & dent
Fantastic Four Visionaries TPB: Walter Simonson Vol 1 - nick & dent
Ms. Marvel TPB Vol 1 - Best Of The Best - nick & dent
Nexus: Two TPB - nick & dent
Punisher War Journal HC Vol. 2 - Goin Out West - nick & dent
Silver Surfer TPB: Rebirth Of Thanos - nick & dent
Spider-Man Premiere HC - The Death Of The Stacys - nick & dent

at 80% off
Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained! TPB
Mail Vol. 1 TPB - nick & dent
Mail Volume 2 TPB - nick & dent
Mail Volume 3 TPB - nick & dent
Trigun Maximum Volume 1 TPB: The Hero Returns - nick & dent
Trigun Maximum Volume 2 TPB: Death Blue - nick & dent
Trigun Maximum Volume 3 TPB: His Life As A... - nick & dent
Trigun Volume 1 TPB - nick & dent
Trigun Volume 2 TPB - nick & dent
Ultimate X-Men TPB: Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 - nick & dent

34 total trades
9 HCs (including 1 absolute)

Total cost $210 or $6.18 a trade

when you list them all out, it looks like a lot, it didn't seem like it when I was making the orders but at a little over $6 a trade, I feel like you can't beat those prices. You figure the LOEG Abosolute retails for $99 or half of what I paid for everything total, the rockout code for free shipping helped too.

I ordered several trades from the earlier nick and dent sale and they had minor blemishes, some didn't even look used.