First let me say that Walking Dead 1 has been rumored to have 2 different printings because it was written FOR MATURE READERS on the cover....in white on some copies AND in black on others.But it seems both were done at the same time be that at the beginning or later on in the print run.Also let me say that in collectors/investors/speculators circles,mainly at CBSMT G+ (Which no longer exist there as G+ closed doors) Saga has been talked NUMEROUS times as an hopefull heir to Walking Dead 1 legacy as an uber collectible.......but it won't happen?Why?Well Walking Dead 1 was a Perfect Storm happening......

1st Walking Dead 1 began as a VERY low print run book (Between 7000 and 8000).Saga 1 has 5 prints and it's first print run was over 35 000 copies done (Not counting those 4 other prints) which makes that book at least 5 times more plentifull than Walking Dead 1 !!!!!

2nd Walking Dead 1 has grown as a collectible organically (Meaning that at the time there wasn't THAT much sites/social medias groups about comics and less so about speculation).When the Walking Dead TV show began in 2010 Walking Dead 1 was ALREADY a 300$ value book.In a year it doubled up to 600$ then 750$ and the rest is history.

3rd Saga 1 came RIGHT at a time when EVERYBODY and their mother were trying to find the NEXT Walking Dead 1.There were WAY more sites talking about investing/speculating in comic book+Marvel had made it big in movies and helped start the investors/speculators craze in their books which motivated investors/speculators trying to find books that might go up be that be Marvel/DC or independants book.Image began printing more and more #1's of new series and way more people wanted to get that fabled next Walking Dead 1 and where that book might be???? The first idea a lot of people had was to buy ANY Image #1's and try to hit payday later on as Image books were done in lesser quantities than most Marvel/DC books.I know a few guys that have 10 or more copies of that book (Saga 1).I know NOBODY who had more than 1 to 2 copies of Walking Dead 1 when it came out.In fact I don't know anybody who owned 1 beside a friend of mine....and he bought it when Walking Dead was on it's 30th book. IF you ask people if they own Walking Dead 1 most wish they had bought it.When you ask about Saga 1 a LOT more people own 1 or way more.I didn't had one because I took a few years off from Comics.I didn't saw Batman 1 (New 52) and Saga 1 when it came out so didn't bought any.When I came back to the comic book world and saw I missed those 2 books I was SO angry at myself.IF I would have been there at the time I can say without a doubt that after seeing how Brian K. Vaughn made a smash it with Y the Last Man AND Snyder's run on Detective Comics+those 2 titles (Saga and Batman) stellar artists....well I would have bought AT LEAST copies of each and would have CERTAINLY toyed with the idea of buying 100 copies of Batman 1 to get that 1:100 variant for my collection.Also it was the FIRST Batman 1 main title #1 since 1940+great artist+great writer and well it'S Batman!! Batman 1 WAS another Perfect Storm book albeit a lesser one because we knew the print erun would be HUGE as it was a Batman 1 and people would buy 100 or more copies to get their 1:25 and 1:100 variants.Granted Batman 1 camme down quite a bit.......but it WAS a HUGE print run when you look at Walking Dead 1 or EVEN Saga 1 print runs.

4th and not the least Saga 1 has been rumored on and off as a tv show or movie a few times since 2012.Each time Saga 1 became more and more costlier.At it's apex Saga 1 has been selling quite a few times at 500$+ in CGC 9.8.Right now it's selling in the 300-350$ range.I have no doubts that if a TV/movie adaptation came to be it very well might go up to it's previous 500$ and EVEN go up to 1000$....but it will eventually go down to 500-750$ within a few months to a year TOP.Why? Because hoarders will THEN get their copies on EBay and various other venues to finally cash in big time!!!

Walking Dead 1 was kind of an UBER Perfect Storm,a once in a lifetime happening.Great Artist (s) (Tony Moore was more akin to some of Marvel/DC books while Charlie Adlard was more akin to the mood we needed for an horror book as he showned in the X-Files comic a few years before)+great writer(Battle Pope which made people took notice but Invincible was THE book that put him first on the map) AND VERY low print run+organic collectible(It grew in value over time,meaning that it took a few years to get more and more valuable)+ 2010 TV show that came out right after the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Boom that made people aware that Marvel/DC weren't the ONLY publisher that had quality titles in thir roaster! That 2210 TV show was what made Walking Dead 1 explode in value in a year.

I don't know if we will EVER see ANOTHER Walking Dead 1.Maybe,maybe not.But one thing for sure it hasn't seen print yet.At least not in ANY book printed after it.It will take time and might happen when people will do as they did in the 80's and 90's with the Black and White Implosion AND overprinted books from those 90's when I NEVER saw SO many books going on the racks with COLLECTORS FIRST ISSUE or the like printed ON the cover!!! Speculators/Investors sites will have to be very few to have another chance at the next Walking Dead 1 as this book came to be what it was/is now because it took people by surprise!!!!! ANd in the market we live in right now......there's not any surprises big enough to give us a chance at that fabled next Walking Dead ! !!!!!!

• Daniel, you are right on point man. The Walking Dead will be a spectacle that will not be seen in comics for a very long time. Especially, with how publishers are pumping out large numbers for premiere issues.

Definitely agree with everything u have said! I love and collect both of these series. They are just great comics and very entertaining.

• Did you finish reading the Walking Dead?

last of us #1 has best chance ive seen to hit walking dead #1 level. hbo doesnt mess around with there shows, and with game of thrones over and westworld with only 1 season left. they need a new monster series. and this property in the hands of director of Chernobyl series, has a real chance. also print run is like 7k

• The Last of Us does have some media exposure. It is already a game that people, but maybe people want to get hooked on a different type of genre?

I used to work at a small publisher doing scans of some image books in those early days of digital readers.. there was unclaimed copy of of walking dead #1 sitting on my desk for MONTHS until I finally let a co-worker take it... oh well.

• Man...... that is rough.... I guess you have learned your lesson on that. In your opinion, where is the next The Walking Dead?