[IDW] Path of Vengeance #1

[jonnybgood23]

This was scheduled to be released today but I'm under the impression it was (unsurprisingly) delayed. Being a Wednesday today, did anyone happen to get to a comic shop and get the scoop on this release? I know the cover can be found online but I don't think we know the promo card; sorry, I'm on my old school phone, can't attach at the moment.

Okay, so I guess this was originally planned to be released on Halloween, not that that helps us figure out when it will be released... Anyway, here's the cover and description....

Dack Fayden returns to Ravnica!

Dack knows that the malevolent Sifa Grent has something sinister planned for the city of Ravnica, but he must uncover her plot while being pursued by Rakdos cultists and Boros soldiers. Not only that, but someone from Dack's past may just put an end to the Planeswalker thief! This issue includes an exclusive, alternate art playable Magic: The Gathering card!

[Zanny77]

With the way they've halfhazardly released these as of late, I'm not surprised. I won't be able to check till Saturday.

[goneandromeda]

I work in a comic shop, and am in fact posting from it right now. No. It did not come in today. Nor do I see it on next week's invoice.

[hamberglar]

The last one released in shops like 2 or 3 weeks ago.
Don't expect this for another couple weeks.
They don't stick to their release dates at all.
In fact they scheduled ST#4 PoV#1 to come out on the same day... Then didn't release either until like a week or two later (just ST4).

[Firevine]

Originally Posted by hamberglar

The last one released in shops like 2 or 3 weeks ago.
Don't expect this for another couple weeks.
They don't stick to their release dates at all.

Welcome to comics! This is standard operating procedure 'round these parts.

[natedog08]

It's not listed on my comic shop's list for this week. I can check to see if he has any clue when I go to pick up my new comics for the week.

[jonnybgood23]

Originally Posted by natedog08

It's not listed on my comic shop's list for this week. I can check to see if he has any clue when I go to pick up my new comics for the week.

If you would that'd be cool. My local comic shop guy said he had no idea when it's going to be released knowing IDW.. I'm guessing he'd know about it if it were coming in next week, but who knows?

[NastySasquatch]

Originally Posted by Firevine

Welcome to comics! This is standard operating procedure 'round these parts.

Yep, all the publishers moved their printing overseas and for some reason chinese and oher asian printers can't seem to deliver on time. American printers may cost more, but we don't get your books stuck in customs because all the ink on the box labels washed off in transit. True story, one of the print houses I worked at had to do an emergency print-run for HP once after they had informed us they were taking their business to China, because the Chinese printers used bad box labels.

Another printer I worked at printed for Dark Horse frequently, then suddenly kept losing bids to overseas printers. A few months after I quit there I heard they were printing for Dark Horse again because the Chinese printers couldn't make delivery dates.

I laugh every time one of the webcomics I read tries to do a print run through a chinese printer and then their books arrive months late. I had a talk with one guy and he said the price was cheap enough and his fans were willing to put up with late deliveries, so he didn't even take bids from American companies anymore.

[KPDaly16]

As a comic shop employee, I can confirm there is no new magic comic this week. Next week, there will be a second printing of Spell Thief (likely without the Standstill) and that's all.

[DrWorm]

Originally Posted by KPDaly16

As a comic shop employee, I can confirm there is no new magic comic this week. Next week, there will be a second printing of Spell Thief (likely without the Standstill) and that's all.

That shows how clueless IDW* is about this. The only reason any issue of this gawd-awful excuse for a comic get bought up in big numbers is due to the card that is included. It was the only reason I bought a couple copies of Spell Thief- I could not even get halfway through the book without giving up in disgust. Reprinting at all is really stupid, and reprinting without the card is hilarious.



*Or Hasbro or Wizards...who ever makes these questionable decisions.

[hamberglar]

Originally Posted by Firevine

Welcome to comics! This is standard operating procedure 'round these parts.

I like how you can totally pick out that this is the only comic I follow regularly.

I didn't know this was a common occurence.

[Firevine]

Originally Posted by hamberglar

I like how you can totally pick out that this is the only comic I follow regularly.

I didn't know this was a common occurence.

I've been reading comics for around 20 years. Delays are extremely common. Expected really. Only DC has kept on schedule lately, and that's taking artist changes and fill ins every few issues to do it. It's been this way for as long as I can remember.

[urzishra]

Originally Posted by DrWorm

That shows how clueless IDW* is about this. The only reason any issue of this gawd-awful excuse for a comic get bought up in big numbers is due to the card that is included. It was the only reason I bought a couple copies of Spell Thief- I could not even get halfway through the book without giving up in disgust. Reprinting at all is really stupid, and reprinting without the card is hilarious.



*Or Hasbro or Wizards...who ever makes these questionable decisions.

I think when the MTG flavor in general switches away from planeswalkers, there can be a decent fantasy story told via comic form. But a lot of players get excited over planeswalkers and trying to give them a face of the game is great.

Comics get reprinted all the time for a variety of reasons. Personally, I bought more of the "consume spirit" promo because I liked the art. I don't understand why a promo card has to be included in these in the first place. It's not like the Doctor Who comic comes with an episode of the TV show packed in or the Dungeons and Dragons book doesn't have character sheets.

[jonnybgood23]

@ above - A promo doesn't "have to" be included, but you know it has to help sales. I think we can assume that the vast majority following this IDW series are Magic players. In other words, the target audience likes/loves Magic cards. Therefore putting promo cards with the comics is good business--and how much can that cost them anyway? Wizards makes some kind of profit off of the sales to IDW and IDW in turn gets significantly more sales IMHO, makes sense. I'm honestly not sure if I'd buy the comics without promo cards.

[Karric]

Originally Posted by jonnybgood23

@ above - A promo doesn't "have to" be included, but you know it has to help sales. I think we can assume that the vast majority following this IDW series are Magic players. In other words, the target audience likes/loves Magic cards. Therefore putting promo cards with the comics is good business--and how much can that cost them anyway? Wizards makes some kind of profit off of the sales to IDW and IDW in turn gets significantly more sales IMHO, makes sense. I'm honestly not sure if I'd buy the comics without promo cards.

I agree, but do they keep having to package a sub-par comic with the card I'm buying?

From the sounds of it, it's the comic that's the add-on, not the card.