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GeeksAreMyPeeps

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  1. This is the case. A common complaint at the time was whenever they did these special covers, the book always cost more because of the enhancement. So Marvel started printing non-enhanced versions as well. On this particular issue, it may have been a mistake to not offer the non-enhanced version at a cheaper price, but for sure the lack of foil is not an error.
  2. For this particular seller, I learned after my first purchase to adjust my top bid way down. I still ended up winning some lots for something like a dollar a book, most of which I'll eventually re-sell. I did consider sending them back or leaving neutral feedback.
  3. Buyer is going to be disappointed with the condition, if they're expecting 9.8s as the listing indicates. I've purchased lots from that seller before that indicated "AVG 9.8" and without even opening the bags I could see multiple color-breaking spine tics on many books. (And it's not like there were a ton of bookshelf format books where there might be a bunch of 9.9s or 10s to bring the average back up).
  4. The Star Wars Universe takes place a long time ago. By now, they're all dead.
  5. At least they were consistent with all of the copies in the submission.
  6. I was walking to the post office the other day, and this was how the FedEx driver decided to park on the street I was walking up. I passed him on the other side, and said "You need to learn how to park." His response was "I park there every day." Yeah; DON'T
  7. This is what I'm thinking. Since newsstands use the cover date to know when to send the unsold books back for credit, it makes sense that they neglected to print the right month on the Newsstand, and the cheapest fix was to print an overlabel for that edition. Unless copies surface that show the correct month printed on the Newsstand edition, I wouldn't think that there would be any premium for this, since all of the copies would be the same, with the same error. *Maybe* if you found a pristine copy without the overlabel, then that would sell for more, since never having had a label would make it rarer.
  8. With a lot of non-comic fan speculators abandoning comics, we're probably back to levels of ordering based on what comic fans want, so if something is an unexpected hit, you'll might get bigger than normal spikes.
  9. I anticipate Ultimate X-Men is going to be way over-ordered.
  10. It was all clearance bin drek. Basically, their annual trivia contest covered comics, Doctor Who, and other stuff whose merch they sold. For each correct answer, you got a free comic. I knew a ton about Doctor Who, and one of the questions was name a companion of the Doctor. Everyone else knew about comics and not a lot about Doctor Who, so I was able to rattle off about 20 correct answers. I think they were mostly B&W indies. This would be around 1986/1987, so probably a lot of TMNT knockoffs, or parody books. There were a *ton* of Dark Knight parodies.
  11. It's not like it's miswrapped and cut funny. It's just cut really short. Anyone can put their copy under a paper cutter and trim their book, if it's going to sell for a premium.
  12. Did you order many Image books around that time? Any chance you have a Walking Dead or Invincible #1?
  13. Could be worse; they could have swapped the grade and the issue number.
  14. I'd argue that none of these are "appearances" in the traditional sense of the word as used in comics collecting, but appreciate all the work. Any chance you're the same Lobstrosity that plays on Conquer Club?
  15. Typically, licensing agreements stipulate that the owner of the IP retains the rights to any and all characters created for the stories generated for the IP, so it's entirely possible that WB/DC would have a case. One notable exception to the typical agreement is the Valiant characters, due to Shooter's reationship with the owners of the original Gold Key characters.
  16. I don't know why you'd make a point of drawing attention to the fact that you still have some valuable books that weren't taken still in a storage facility that's been hit a few times (although I do question some of his value claims).
  17. I saw a set sell for $270 recently, so 200 seems like a good deal, but it all depends on the condition, of course, especially of the most desirable covers.
  18. The whole point of that crossover was villains going after each other's nemeses, so no surprise we're seeing a bunch of Acts of Vengeance covers in this thread.
  19. McFarlane was a tough act to follow. Larsen *is* responsible for one distinctive aspect of Venom's appearance; the big, slobbering tongue.
  20. Since the other 2 Joker-wearing-Superman's-outfit covers have been posted, might as well include this one too:
  21. That's easy; if you know one cert number, you can just plug the other 24 books in the sequence into CGC's search feature to see what the other 24 books and grades are.
  22. I get that. In the part you bolded, I was referring to the fact that often, there will be a large number of retailers that have their own exclusive cover available for a specific issue. It's less special if there are 20 different covers available, but I can only get those covers by patronizing a specific shop. I think the cost of shipping to get all of the store variants is one of the things that keeps demand down.