Did Wizard take advantage of insider information?
Posted on | March 13, 2007 | 9 Comments
Yet another reason Wizard magazine should be avoided at all costs. Newsarama’s Vaneta Rogers talks with comic book retailers about Captain America #25. It’s an interesting read. Especially when the topic turns to how Wizard Universe, which is owned by the same company as Wizard magazine, sold hundreds of issues of Captain America #25 on eBay on Wednesday at prices from $10 to $50 an issue.
It’s as though Wizard Universe had some kind of inside information from Marvel Comics that Captain America #25 would include the death of Captain America. That’s something no other comic retailer was privy to. That Captain America was going to be killed.
Did anyone over at Wizard magazine with information concerning what was going to happen in Captain America #25 advise their counterparts at Wizard Universe to stock up on copies so they could quickly post them on eBay?
It sure seems like it.
It also seems highly unethical. I lost all respect for all things Wizard last year after Wizard World Philadelphia. I haven’t purchased any of their magazines since.
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March 14th, 2007 @ 3:12 AM
That they were CGC graded and sealed and ready to go by next day is suspicious, unless they were selling vaporware and were selling what they did not actually have available yet.
March 14th, 2007 @ 4:59 AM
Sleestak, that’s a good point about the graded stuff.
March 14th, 2007 @ 8:05 AM
They’re guilty of insider nerding.
March 14th, 2007 @ 11:42 PM
I thought nerding was when you baited and lured dorks to a dark alley with a fake bootleg copy of the Star Wars Christmas special and then beat the hell out of them and stole their protractors.
March 15th, 2007 @ 3:13 AM
Not that I’m aware, but there should be a name for that because it’s a good idea. Because hey, free protractors.
March 15th, 2007 @ 5:02 PM
You think those protractors are cool now, but wait until you see them- they are covered with nerd drool and “star warz rulz!” doodlings.
March 16th, 2007 @ 12:15 PM
What happened at Wizard World Phil?
(great blog, btw….. and a shout out to Maryland!)
–Jim
Los Angeles
born/raised in MD
October 1st, 2007 @ 5:38 PM
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May 18th, 2009 @ 2:16 PM
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.