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[webstar1000]

I wouldnt agree. They are unsigned 1st edition, without King's blurbs and intro, therefore, as someone pointed out, the same that Jake gets...

I, too, disagree that they are worthless. The ones with barcodes, prices, 2016 copyright info, etc. will be worth next to nothing. But not these.

Did I misunderstand? I thought the worthless comment was in regards to the comic books, since that was what David mentioned he was looking for in his post.

I agree. That was my understanding...

[stroppygoblin]

yes and that was my comment was regarding - the comic books, NOT Charlie the Choo Choo

[Merlin1958]

If the film borrows storyline from the comics wouldn't that give them value again?

[webstar1000]

If the film borrows storyline from the comics wouldn't that give them value again?

I don't believe so.. mostly due to the print run. It was very high and that is the problem with most comic collecting today... so many of each are made

[carlosdetweiller]

I wouldnt agree. They are unsigned 1st edition, without King's blurbs and intro, therefore, as someone pointed out, the same that Jake gets...

I, too, disagree that they are worthless. The ones with barcodes, prices, 2016 copyright info, etc. will be worth next to nothing. But not these.

Did I misunderstand? I thought the worthless comment was in regards to the comic books, since that was what David mentioned he was looking for in his post.

David (in post #3218 ) replied to and quoted RF's post about Charlie The Choo-Choo at the NYCC. I probably didn't make the jump to the new topic. So, my bad.

[webstar1000]

I wouldnt agree. They are unsigned 1st edition, without King's blurbs and intro, therefore, as someone pointed out, the same that Jake gets...

I, too, disagree that they are worthless. The ones with barcodes, prices, 2016 copyright info, etc. will be worth next to nothing. But not these.

Did I misunderstand? I thought the worthless comment was in regards to the comic books, since that was what David mentioned he was looking for in his post.

David (in post #3218 ) replied to and quoted RF's post about Charlie The Choo-Choo at the NYCC. I probably didn't make the jump to the new topic. So, my bad.

If I had a ruler Bob.... Your hand would be sore! lol

[carlosdetweiller]

I wouldnt agree. They are unsigned 1st edition, without King's blurbs and intro, therefore, as someone pointed out, the same that Jake gets...

I, too, disagree that they are worthless. The ones with barcodes, prices, 2016 copyright info, etc. will be worth next to nothing. But not these.

Did I misunderstand? I thought the worthless comment was in regards to the comic books, since that was what David mentioned he was looking for in his post.

David (in post #3218 ) replied to and quoted RF's post about Charlie The Choo-Choo at the NYCC. I probably didn't make the jump to the new topic. So, my bad.

If I had a ruler Bob.... Your hand would be sore! lol

I think that is why people should quote the post to which they are responding (at least IMO). WDIL didn't do that. That is why herbertwest and I were confused as to what he was saying was worthless.

[Randall Flagg]

As predicted (two more days to go), there is no CTCC distribution/signing by Beryl Evans.
That could change in a second, but I doubt it.

[Merlin1958]

As predicted (two more days to go), there is no CTCC distribution/signing by Beryl Evans.
That could change in a second, but I doubt it.

Hmmmm, I wonder what they are doing. According to, Ned the contract called for around 500 to be printed and only 150 were distributed at SDCC..............Where's the other 350 or so? Cast & crew?

[Theli]

As predicted (two more days to go), there is no CTCC distribution/signing by Beryl Evans.
That could change in a second, but I doubt it.

Hmmmm, I wonder what they are doing. According to, Ned the contract called for around 500 to be printed and only 150 were distributed at SDCC..............Where's the other 350 or so? Cast & crew?

Seems feasible.

[Roseannebarr]

As predicted (two more days to go), there is no CTCC distribution/signing by Beryl Evans.
That could change in a second, but I doubt it.

Hmmmm, I wonder what they are doing. According to, Ned the contract called for around 500 to be printed and only 150 were distributed at SDCC..............Where's the other 350 or so? Cast & crew?

Seems feasible.

If that was the case more would of shown up on ebay

[Theli]

That is if they have been distributed yet. Makes you think though, if that is the case, they most likely won't be signed by "Beryl Evans" which will probably help to maintain the value of SDCC copies.

[tippy4]

I for one put no value on the "Beryl Evans signature".

[becca69]

Maybe they will be given out at the movie premieres?

[Randall Flagg]

Doesn't NYCC go through Sunday?

[becca69]

Doesn't NYCC go through Sunday?

Yes. I have friends there and I was hoping there would be an announcement.

[wizardsrainbow]

I suppose we'll find out over the next few days if more Charlie the Choo-Choo books are distributed.

Sony Pictures NOT present at NY Comic Con and interestingly, I went to ALL the booths selling comics (new and old) and virtually all were not carrying ANY of Marvel's Stephen King Dark Tower related comics...I found only a handful of various issues and only 1 complete ARC of Gunslinger Born comics 1-7...otherwise, NONE were being sold....

So what do you infer from that David? Are they being stockpiled for film release or is there deemed no interest in them?

Sorry for any confusion...vendors told me King comics were hot like 5 years ago but demand totally dried up so they are not carried anymore by many comic book stores....MidTown Comics (a GIANT in NYC) had a big booth at ComicCon offering 20% off ALL graphic novels...hundreds and hundreds of graphic novels but no a single King Dark Tower story.

I agree that King comics hold little or no real value at this point. I know tons of people who collected them (myself included), but pretty much $$ down the drain...My own shortcoming....I remember going to MidTown Comics on Lexington Ave EVERY time a new comic was released and paid serious $$ to get both the Jae Lee black and white variant cover (usually cost was $75) and the colored variant (mostly $35). I spent a small fortune but I have every single regular issue and every variant of Dark Tower Gunslinger Born through Fall of Gilead....7 story arcs in all....as you know, Jae Lee did all the pencils for arcs 1-5 and Richard Isanove did the coloring, but Marvel "booted" Jae and let Richard do the story arc and coloring for arc #6 before bringing Jae back to do the pencils for the final arc #7 Fall of Gilead....I got Jae to sign EVERY regular comic and all variants up through arc #5. He moved to Vegas and I never got him to sign my #6/7 story arcs.

[wizardsrainbow]

As predicted (two more days to go), there is no CTCC distribution/signing by Beryl Evans.
That could change in a second, but I doubt it.

Hmmmm, I wonder what they are doing. According to, Ned the contract called for around 500 to be printed and only 150 were distributed at SDCC..............Where's the other 350 or so? Cast & crew?

Where did the others go??? Not sure, but you ALL saw that Cemetery Dance is selling some (how many I do not know....BRIAN FREEMAN???? weigh in???). I ordered 5 from CD. I think price was $12? a pittance compared to the hundreds$/thousands$ people spent for a "fake" Beryl Evans inscription at Comic Con in SD.

[carlosdetweiller]

As predicted (two more days to go), there is no CTCC distribution/signing by Beryl Evans.
That could change in a second, but I doubt it.

Hmmmm, I wonder what they are doing. According to, Ned the contract called for around 500 to be printed and only 150 were distributed at SDCC..............Where's the other 350 or so? Cast & crew?

Where did the others go??? Not sure, but you ALL saw that Cemetery Dance is selling some (how many I do not know....BRIAN FREEMAN???? weigh in???). I ordered 5 from CD. I think price was $12? a pittance compared to the hundreds$/thousands$ people spent for a "fake" Beryl Evans inscription at Comic Con in SD.

Those aren't the same though. Are they, David? From what I have heard (and I ordered 2 from CD) those are different from the ones distributed at SDCC. They have a blurb from King printed on the front board and (I think) will have a price and a bar code. The ones from SDCC didn't have those. It is my understanding that the ones CD is selling are retail versions that can also be bought through amazon, B&N, etc.

[wizardsrainbow]

As predicted (two more days to go), there is no CTCC distribution/signing by Beryl Evans.
That could change in a second, but I doubt it.

Hmmmm, I wonder what they are doing. According to, Ned the contract called for around 500 to be printed and only 150 were distributed at SDCC..............Where's the other 350 or so? Cast & crew?

Where did the others go??? Not sure, but you ALL saw that Cemetery Dance is selling some (how many I do not know....BRIAN FREEMAN???? weigh in???). I ordered 5 from CD. I think price was $12? a pittance compared to the hundreds$/thousands$ people spent for a "fake" Beryl Evans inscription at Comic Con in SD.

Those aren't the same though. Are they, David? From what I have heard (and I ordered 2 from CD) those are different from the ones distributed at SDCC. They have a blurb from King printed on the front board and (I think) will have a price and a bar code. The ones from SDCC didn't have those. It is my understanding that the ones CD is selling are retail versions that can also be bought through amazon, B&N, etc.

I defer to your superior knowledge of such things Bob...sounds logical though....so what DID happen to the other 350 Choo Choo's that were NOT given away at SDCC?

[Randall Flagg]

There has been no conclusive proof that 500 were actually printed, only that up to 500 were authorized to be printed.

[carlosdetweiller]

I defer to your superior knowledge of such things Bob...sounds logical though....so what DID happen to the other 350 Choo Choo's that were NOT given away at SDCC?

I appreciate the compliment but my knowledge of this book is in no way superior to anyone else's who reads this forum. It seems that a retail version is slated to be released on Nov. 22 and preorders are being taken just about everywhere.

[Brian861]

I guess the argument can be made that the SDCC edition is the true 1st and sales are still going between $500-$800. The lowest sale I've seen was for $428.00 on eBay that ended on 10/8.

[jsmcmullen92]

As predicted (two more days to go), there is no CTCC distribution/signing by Beryl Evans.
That could change in a second, but I doubt it.

Hmmmm, I wonder what they are doing. According to, Ned the contract called for around 500 to be printed and only 150 were distributed at SDCC..............Where's the other 350 or so? Cast & crew?

There has been no conclusive proof that 500 were actually printed, only that up to 500 were authorized to be printed.

So RF did you ever reach out to Ned about those hoodies you bought? Were they authorized because they used the same images from the book?

[Randall Flagg]

So RF did you ever reach out to Ned about those hoodies you bought? Were they authorized because they used the same images from the book?

I did not. I was hoping Bill would ask him as Bill talks to Ned more frequently than I do.