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.
Sleestak
/ March 14, 2007That 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.
Rick
/ March 14, 2007Sleestak, that’s a good point about the graded stuff.
Jesse Jace
/ March 14, 2007They’re guilty of insider nerding.
SchoolyG
/ March 14, 2007I 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.
Jesse Jace
/ March 15, 2007Not that I’m aware, but there should be a name for that because it’s a good idea. Because hey, free protractors.
SchoolyG
/ March 15, 2007You think those protractors are cool now, but wait until you see them- they are covered with nerd drool and “star warz rulz!” doodlings.
Jim
/ March 16, 2007What happened at Wizard World Phil?
(great blog, btw….. and a shout out to Maryland!)
–Jim
Los Angeles
born/raised in MD
CGC Comic Books
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