Is a Dark Ride ‘Not-Disney’ Variant The Best Holiday Gift To Yourself?

Before Joshua Williamson and Andrei Bressan‘s new Image/Skybound collection Dark Ride debuted in October, we warned you that the “Not-Officially-Disney-So-No-One-Gets-Sued” homage variant covers artwork directed by Tony Fleecs had been the most effective funding .

Now with the Christmas season upon us,  a number of the high speculators in comics, led by CBSI and Simplemans Comics are giving us presence and presents, as Dark Ride #3’s “Snow White” variant has change into one of many hottest new comics within the trade, the third month we have seen this with the “Not-Disney” Disney variants on the collection.

That speculator hype is backed up by what we’re seeing on the aftermarket, with the Dark Ride #1 “Little Mermaid” variant lately nonetheless promoting as excessive as $130 for a CGC 9.8 and $65 for a uncooked copy; the difficulty #2 “Beauty & The Beast” uncooked variant promoting for $40; and the aforementioned subject #3 uncooked variant for as excessive as $60.

But if that is not a sign these Dark Ride covers have gotten fairly the certain factor, then it is price noting that the difficulty #4 “Not-Disney” uncooked variant is already promoting for $40, which to paraphrase the homaged “Duck Tales” is a lot of “Woo-ooo” for collectors who’ve secured a pre-order at their native comedian store earlier than the difficulty releases in January.

So, whenever you’re looking for the proper vacation reward to get your favourite comedian e-book speculator, collector, or famend gossip columnist (AKA me), it is likely to be price grabbing a copy of the “Not-Disney” Dark Ride variants for them…and possibly one for your self too, particularly in the event that they proceed to carry worth with the collectors and speculators flocking to the collection every month.