This Week in Comic Collecting: Let There Be Carnage

Jupiter's Legacy debuted on Netflix on May 7th and was an almost immediate success, with the Josh Duhamel generational superhero story rising to #1 in the streamers rankings and sticking there for some time. The Mark Millar and Frank Quitely series is the debut for the Millarworld brand on Netflix; the first publishing imprint purchased outright by the streaming giant. Values of 9.8 copies of Cover A have doubled to $200, with people still a little slow to jump onboard investing in the Image Comics series. This comes after disappointing returns for investors in Millar's previous releases (Kick-Ass, Wanted, Kingsman). Interestingly, we seemingly have confirmation of a follow-up season at the very least, with some of the talk coming from the series creator, so I think this IP has room to grow even at today's market rates.

Upon reading Bitter Root #1, it was apparent to me that this book would end up a feature film, and that appears to be the reality of the day with Legendary Pictures announcing movement on their option to develop the Image Comics series. Regina King was announced to direct the Ryan Coogler produced a feature film adaptation of David Walker, Sanford Greene, and Chuck Brown's story of a fractured family of once-great monster hunters who have to ban together amidst unspeakable evil set amongst the backdrop of the 1924 Harlem Renaissance. This news set eBay on fire with 9.8 copies of #1 rising to prices ranging from $250-500 depending upon the cover. Also seeing some demand are the homage variants from later in the series that pays tribute to some of the greatest films in Black cinema. I expect this only to be the beginning of this IP's climb as this series has unlimited potential as it gets slowly introduced to the public at large.