posted February 20, 2003 01:51 PM               

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I was in Glasgow last week-end and expected to pick up Batman: Dynamic Duo. It was released in the States last Wednesday which usually means that we get it on the Thursday. But after going the rounds of the shops it was clear that it had not arrived. I week later I have phones round a number of stores and it has not arrived this week either.

Has it reached the UK yet or is it just Scotland that has missed this volume?

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posted February 20, 2003 03:57 PM               

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No Dynamic Duo in London either - we are the deprived poor relations in the UK.

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posted February 20, 2003 04:19 PM            

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It doesn't appear to have reached the UK yet. My store in Hampshire is sstill waiting for it.

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posted February 21, 2003 11:13 AM            

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I'm sorry, you guys!! Golden Apple Comics in Hollywood has eight copies!

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posted February 21, 2003 02:39 PM               

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It's because of the French and the Germans.

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posted February 21, 2003 03:27 PM               

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Come on DC what's the problem with your distributors?

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posted February 21, 2003 04:05 PM               

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Please don't get us mixed up with the French

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posted February 21, 2003 04:07 PM               

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There's the Auld Alliance, popping up again...

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posted February 22, 2003 10:22 AM               

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Still no sign of this Archive or an explaination for its absence. Anybody have an answer?

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posted February 22, 2003 10:50 AM               

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My friendly neighbourhood South London comic store owner is trying to contact Diamond to find out why the hold-up, but as she says, "they're next-to-bloody-useless most of the time."
It would be a little premature to blame the current frisson between world leaders for what may be old fashioned distributor negligence - never look for a conspiracy until you've ruled out incompetence.

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posted February 22, 2003 01:00 PM            

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Originally posted by jape:
Never look for a conspiracy until you've ruled out incompetence.

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That applies to world leaders, in spades!

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posted February 22, 2003 01:10 PM               

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Best to order direct from America, I do it all the time!

I recommend Tales of Wonder, check out the website:
www.talesofwonder.com

(apologies if we're not allowed to plug comic dealers here).

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posted February 22, 2003 02:00 PM               

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Tales of Wonder works out about £1 - £2 cheaper for an archive than my local comic shop, even with the discount I get for long and faithful custom, and I kind of feel I'd rather put the business the shop's way. i've bought a few hardcovers from ToW, though, most recently the three Graphitti Frank Miller Daredevil volumes and signed Walt Simonson Thor. It's very bad for my bank balance to have access to a cheap(ish) source of hardcovers...

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posted February 27, 2003 02:52 AM               

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Has Batman ynamic Duo arrived in the UK today?

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posted February 27, 2003 01:57 PM            

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Still no sign of it at my shop in Hants.

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posted February 27, 2003 02:46 PM               

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Well I got lucky in central London today, the shop that I normally visit had one copy put aside for standing order customers. I was fortunate to be one of the first regulars to visit and definitely the first to enquire - so I got the only copy. I looked in another shop on the way back to the office - they hadn't got any copies.

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posted February 28, 2003 03:58 PM            

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It hasn't arrived in my neck of the woods either!

Wish I knew what the problem is with this.
Did Diamond UK not get copies?

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posted March 05, 2003 06:15 PM            

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Well this is week three, and still no sign in Hants. Anybody else found it in the UK?

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posted March 06, 2003 03:30 AM               

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I was in Glasgow again on Saturday and they said that they had received "a few" copies and that they had sold out immediately. They expected to get more copies "soon".

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posted March 06, 2003 02:13 PM            

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It finally turned up at my Hampshire store today (Thursday), so it looks like it's now freely available in the UK.

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posted March 07, 2003 05:33 AM            

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Saw it Yesterday at the Forbidden Planet in Edinburgh.

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