Pull-List Service for Single Issues FAQ via Manage Comics

We are now using Manage Comics for Single issue subscriptions and pre-orders! 

Manage Comics is a service that allows you to manage your comic subscriptions online. They provide information like cover art, credits, description, page count, and other information. Best of all, the app is integrated with our web store and linked to your account, so you don't have to leave our website!

You can find a step-by-step guide on how to place your orders here. And more FAQ here.

Please read this page carefully.

Especially the part about the Final Order Cutoff. :)
Please make sure to hand in your preorders before 4 pm on the Saturday before FOC.

Six Reasons to choose Walt's for your Single Issues subscriptions:

  • Set and forget. If you have your favorite series subscribed, you can sleep better at night. This is scientifically proven!
  • Late Order Window. We are one of the few stores in Europe that offer pre-orders until the Final Order Cutoff (FOC), which is about 1 month before release - at no additional cost!
  • Price transparency and fair discounts. Comics that are pre-ordered in time before FOC are always priced at 1.20€ per $. So a 3.99$ comic will cost you 4.79€. This is valid for all publishers and for all free-to-order variants.
    We reward frequent customers. Read more about our discounts below.
  • Ratio variants also available for pre-order upon request. You can also request ratio variants. If we think we can make it work for the shop we'll make you an offer and you can decide if you want to go forward with the order.
  • Pay at release. Each time we receive new shipments, we set aside your pre-orders. You can view the items awaiting you in your Manage Comics account. We invoice you monthly, charging only for the items that have been received.
  • One monthly shipment action. We collect your books for one month and at the end of the month we send you an invoice for your pulls + shipping. Once paid, we ship out your books. (please note the additional remarks below)

Basics

To get started you need to register an account with us. Once registered, you log in and access the pre-order app MANAGE COMICS through our website.

In there you can search for any items you want.

If you subscribe to a book/series it will automatically tell us to save you one copy each month as it comes out.
If you want to do a special order for an individual issue, variant or other item just use the special pre order cover/issue feature that usually appears on the right side of the page when you are logged in.

If you subscribe to a series, Manage Comics will automatically pull the next issue set for release. But keep in mind, if your order didn’t make it in before its FOC, we might not be able to pull it for you. On the flip side: if you notice that we pulled an issue "too early" on your invoice, just reach out to Heiko and he’ll take care of it.

Also, if you remove a subscription after FOC cutoff, we will continue to pull it until that issue ships. So, ending your subscription means that you will still receive the issue from the last FOC.

New customers, please make sure to add your shipping address to your account details! Otherwise we can not proceed with your monthly invoices and shipments.

Discounts

We like discounts understandable and substantial. Therefore we reward your loyalty as follows:

Based on Monthly Purchase Amount:

The main discount is based on the total amount of pre-order purchases at the end of each month.

The discount always refers to the preorder value of the previous month.

It is then applied at the end of the month for all pulls from the following month. For example: Your pulls from June add up to 65 Euro, then you get rewarded with 25% percent which will be applied to all pulls in July.

The graphic gives you a more in-depth view at the discount levels and how they are applied to your invoice. The "Pre-Order Value" is based on our singles conversion of 1$=1.20€.

Quick example: You have 12 comic books priced at $4.99 each, which were pre-ordered and are now invoiced at the end of the month. The calculation would be: 12 x $4.99 x 1.20 = €71.86. With a POD of 25% applied, you pay €53.89.
If, however, you pre-order 30 comics at $3.99 each for the next month, with a POD of 30% you would pay €100.55.

[Exception for customers from Denmark: Due to a very high VAT of 25% on books, Danish customers can only obtain max 20% Discount on the new conversion rate and cannot qualify for the subscription rewards. We are very sorry, but margins on single issues are particularly thin and higher discounts would mean loosing money on every single issue sold to Denmark.]

But there's more!

Subscription Rewards:
Subscriptions not only simplify your life but also ours. Enough reason for us to reward you with additional perks!

There are two simple ways how you profit of your amount of subscriptions.

First, we will bag and board your issues for a better price.

Second, you will get another discount. This one will apply to all single issues you will buy from our webshop stock.

If you qualify, at the end of the month you will receive a code that you can use for all single purchases in our shop. This will also reduce the cost of the webshop Bag & Board service (which you can add with this item).
(Please note that for slabs and any kind of pre-orders the Webshop Discount is not applicable.)


It's crucial to emphasize that only active subscriptions to ongoing series will be considered for these rewards! While Manage Comics allows subscribing to individual issues and expired series, these cannot be counted.
We rely on your integrity and fairness and ask you to clean up your subs on a monthly basis.

Bag & Board Service

For the service we currently use Ultimate Guard, and sometimes BCW current bags and boards, there are no other options available. In case we will switch the producer, we will continue to stay with the "Current" size format.

If you want to get the Bag & Board service for your monthly pre-orders, please reach out to Heiko and tell him about it.

For webshop orders add this to your cart and select the amount of single issues in your cart to bag and board.

Incentives

Incentives are special variants of a title of which we have to order a certain quantity before this cover is unlocked for purchase. These are usually titled 1:10, 1:25 / 10 copy, 20 copy, or unlockable variant.

If you post a request for an incentive you will receive a personalized offer (usually in the week before FOC, please check the status of approval frequently, in order to preo-order alternative covers in case of decline).
This is based on the cover price and is converted by us according to the table (see below).

Please keep in mind that while our order volume for single issues has evolved over the last year, we're still not at a point where we can make most incentives work. We ask for your understanding if your request has to be declined.

For incentives priced at €30 and above (and sometimes even lower for new customers!), we require prepayment. We will create a custom item in the shop for you and send you the payment link.

We also offer custom bundles and higher incentives directly on our website, so keep checking back if you are interested in incentives.

Please note: All purchases made through the webshop, including pre-paid incentives, are not considered for your monthly Pre-Order Discount (POD) calculation. Also, all foils, net-priced items and incentives are of course excluded from your discount.

 

IMPORTANT! Things to keep in mind when using Manage Comics

  • We are currently only offering Single Issue Pre-Orders through Manage Comics and cannot accept pre-orders/subs for Trades, HCs, Manga etc!
  • For those ordering near the FOC (Final Order Cutoff): We guarantee processing for orders received by 4 pm on Saturday, 1-2 days before the publisher's FOC. However, orders placed after 4 pm on Saturday and on Sunday cannot be guaranteed and usually will be declined.
    Please ensure your preorders are timely!
    If you're requesting ratio variants or incentives, submit even earlier, as we'll need your prompt approval for our pricing. Stay vigilant with your emails after preordering!
  • To save you and us unnecessary costs, we send out the monthly invoices only for 3 issues or more in your pullbox.
    If you only have one or two issues in your box by the end of the month, we'll wait one more. Should nothing have changed after a total of two months, we will send out the invoice regardless.
    You still wish to have your one or two issues sent? Please send Heiko an e-mail.
  • The monthly wrap-up of your pullboxes usually happens within the first week of the next month.
  • The closing date for your monthly discount is always the last (New Comic Book) Wednesday of the month.
    Which means, titles released until then will be considered for your discount, even if they are checked-in and added to your Pulls a few days later.
    Please be aware that not every title officially announced for that week will be checked-in and end up in your Pullbox/on your invoice due to special delivery conditions. But these are usually only a few exceptions, which can then enhance your discounts the following month.
  • Subscription to B-covers, net-prized items and foil variants: It can occasionally happen that the B-cover is priced higher than the A-cover. This is the case with Marvel titles, for example.
    Marvel foils (as well as certain Dynamite or Titan net-prized issues) are generally twice as expensive as regular covers (e.g. 4.99 regular -> 10.00 Euro foil, 9.99 cover prize -> 20.00 charged prize), as we as retailers pay more here, even if the same price is shown on the cover (and in MC).
    For these titles you will normally receive a price suggestion from us via the pre-order option, but unfortunately this is not possible via subscription.
    We therefore reserve the right to charge you double the price for these issues. However, we will usually contact you beforehand.
    This also applies to net-prized items.
  • The title that is shown on your "My Subscriptions" dashboard is only the next available title of that book. Which doesn't necessarily mean that it will be your next pull.

    This shop system was designed for American shops who get shelf copies (more copies than pre-orders). We usually order very close to actual preorders. Therefore you only get the issue that is available for next FOC. So, if an issue you want is past FOC (i.e. "No longer available for pre order"), subscribing won't change that. Your next pull will still be the number that is available with the next FOC.
  • Also, the "shipping" date after the title on your dashboard only shows the release date for the American market, which was provided by the publisher for this title when it was announced. Since our store is located in Germany and there are various reasons why the books arrive later (sometimes close to official release, sometimes much later), the date says nothing about the pulls.


    So, thank you for your patience. Believe us, we are more impatient than you. :)
  • In case you subscribe to a series where you have already pre-ordered the A-cover (meaning you would get one copy from your subscription and one because of the pre-order) we will only pull one of these. If you want two copies, please adjust the quantity.

You still have questions? Please please email Heiko, our "Master of Singles", and he'll be happy to help!