rockman2008

Take your time, Mitch. I'm fading fast...but I wanna read one more mega post before I die.

Here's one you rarely see for sale: http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=664456

Goes to show you that some folks do desire such Your browser does not support audio.

Thank you, BZ. Always enjoy your puzzles. The first Fawcett image was tricky because it's just a color blotch representing something (in the context of the cover, an underwater trail of blood). Forgot what the coloring process was called but it was an expensive technique executed at the engraving plant where colors were added without black and white line drawings. Some publishers like Timely (under skinflint Martin Goodman) rarely used it. Others like Fawcett and Street and Smith used this painterly effect to produce some of the most sophisticated covers of the Golden Age.

Here is an additional clue for #31. It's a Fawcett comic. Slam-Bang Comics #4

Batman #6

I respect you looking out for the community as I've said. But this feels more like a personal attack. You claim that I'm more of a "speculator than a fan of comics" when I've spent years contributing what I've felt to be thoughtful posts and threads that come from the heart of someone who is very much a fan of comics. I was being clinical ("calling a spade a spade") and not making a personal attack. Others have looked at it from another angle and have come to the same conclusion. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=15&Number=5892925&Searchpage=2&Main=266984&topic=0&Search=true#Post5892925

I doubt Wayne-Tec is flipping to chase a grail. By his admission he has no comic that he calls "grail." What he did is not a crime but it doesn't make it any more palatable or acceptable on a social networking forum. It might help to review the sequence of posts to see how it went down. Actually most of us were initially happy to see Wayne-Tec get a good deal on the book because he fooled us into thinking he was more a collector... rather than a junior mmehdy.

Wayne-Tec can continue to apologize all he wants but it's all wildly_fanciful_statement. The fact that he equates taking from a boardie who was here for due diligence on a book, to eBay's "Buy It Now" shows that he doesn't understand what he did and lacks remorse. I haven't followed too closely but from his posts the boardie did not appear to give up his interest in the book and was asking for opinions at the time of Wayne-Tec's grab. With hindsight, the newbie might have taken more precaution as a stakeholder. On the other hand, I would have expected boardies here to help each other out... and respect certain communications as sacred. No one here ought to feel paranoid that a lead can be pulled from under them when asking for advice. What to do now at this point? How about telling Wayne-Tec (and future Wayne-Tecs) to cut it out and show this board is not made up of wolves. Wayne-Tec's actions tell me he is far more of a speculator than a fan of comics. Nevermind the book he's going to steal may be another's hard to attain grail. There will be more flips in his future I'm sure. The only question is how many more collectors will he insult and step on for a few dollars more?

You sound like you're making up excuses along the way. By your hostile grabbing and flipping, you've made an affordable book to collectors become less affordable at the end of the day. What is the added value that you've provided to collectors in this case? The sad part is the internal contradiction in you being "okay with that" from your point of view, seeing how you're in the same economic position with those that can't afford expensive books. Kinda hypocritical?

1st RULE: You do not talk about available books going for cheap in PRE-ROBIN TEC CLUB. 2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about available books going for cheap in PRE-ROBIN TEC CLUB. As a collector, I know Pre-Robin Tecs are always in demand. Inexpensive copies are quite frankly, a gift. Unfortunately they have become the favorite of flippers, and someone is always out there ready to eat your lunch.

Don't be silly, it's already up for sale in for sale thread!!! It was in the stars. Miss Cleo told me.

The pleasure was mine. Sigh. I don't think I'll be able to afford another Tec 31 as nice looking. Many thanks again, David. (thumbs u

Brundage/Howard books

Indeed. Wayne-Tec is back in the pre-Robin club. He has a Tec 36 of which he will own and treasure. Look for it on eBay in 30 days.