Crossed #0 Sells For $300 On eBay… But Is Still Available For $35

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Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows’ Crossed #0 sells for $300 on eBay… but is still available for $35 from Comic Cavalcade

When Crossed #0 by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows was published in 2008 by Avatar Press, it sold for $1 a pop. This week, a Crossed #0 CGC 9.8 1st print sold on eBay for $300, days after the much rarer Crossed #0 CGC 9.8 Red 1:10 variant sold for $300. Back in July, the Crossed #0 CGC 9.8 sold for just $111. In comparison, a raw Crossed #0 sold for $100 and a raw unslabbed Crossed #0 1:10 variant sold for $150. That seems to be the going rate for the first issue of Crossed after a certain movie teaser dropped. And it’s the same on Amazon. A set of five variant covers of Crossed #0, published at different times and all CGC 9.8 slabbed, has just sold for $900, all in. That includes the Crossed #0 Wraparound cover, sold raw on eBay for $22 and in CGC 9.8 for $295; the Sleep Tight cover sold CGC 9.8 for $125 and raw for $60 on eBay; and the Auxiliary cover went for $80 raw. Crossed #1, which is the second issue of the series, remember, has sold for $220 in CGC 9.8, and $50 raw. But what if you wanted those comics but didn’t want to pay quite so much?

However, if you went to Avatar Press’s sister webstore, Comic Cavalcade, you could find copies of that unslabbed Crossed #0, not for $100, but for $35. And Crossed #1 for $15. While the Red Crossed cover is higher than the market right now at $185, the Wraparound cover is $15, the Sleep Tight cover is $18, and the Auxiliary cover is $20.

It’s also where you can find the Alan Moore and Jason Burrows Providence Compendium Hardcover for the cover price of $60, rather than the $150 on Amazon. Or the paperback for $50, rather than Amazon’s $130 price. Just saying. I wonder what other less-than-marketprice deals you can get while you are there..

Created by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows, the initial Crossed ten-issue series told the story of a sudden global pandemic that spreads via bodily fluids and almost instantly turns infected people into hyper-violent, sadistic psychopaths who develop a distinctive cross-shaped rash across their faces. They retain their intelligence, memories, and personalities but act solely on their darkest impulses: murder, rape, torture, cannibalism, and other atrocities. The Crossed, visually reminiscent of the English flag often painted across the face of football hooligans, as well as reflecting The Crusades and The Troubles, would commit acts of sadistic violence culled from actual reports from the likes of Amnesty International. The subtext was that humans don’t actually need the excuse of an infection to commit such crimes against each other. Beyond the original ten-issue series, Crossed eventually grew to include work by creators such as Alan Moore, Jamie Delano, Simon Spurrier, Kieron Gillen, and others, a number of these series are also gaining increased aftermarket attention on eBay in light of the teaser trailer.

Note: Crossed is published by Bleeding Cool’s parent company, Avatar Press.

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