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On 2/12/2018 at 9:22 PM, nickwire said:
well theres an unopened figure on ebay now with the book with a bin of 1600. that's a start for your evaluation
Since it's unsold, that would suggest it's not worth as much as $1600.
On 4/17/2024 at 1:54 AM, Captain Corum said:I can't believe how rare this comic is! I spent months talking myself out of buying the only one available online because they wanted almost $500 for it, and now that it appears to be unavailable I am seriously kicking myself for not getting it when it was there to get. I have no idea what I was thinking. At flea markets my dad always told me the time to get something is when it's in front of you because you may not see it again, and I didn't heed this advice!
And this would suggest someone would buy it for at least $500.
Not sure how much demand there is for Warlord stuff, or niche books like minis. If I were selling it and looking to maximize profit, I would run as an auction with a high minimum bid (probably somewhere north of 500, but not as high as 1600), and gradually decrease the minimum bid, if it doesn't sell initially, until it does sell.
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On 4/13/2024 at 3:06 PM, kimik said:
It makes sense to me in the current market. At less than $4/book, it is not a terrible overpay for a bulk lot providing that the grading is accurate. I guess they buyer is gambling on hitting some 9.8s?
Copper age books have started to pop, with more interest in 90s books as well. Another boardie (can't remember who) mentions the rule of 30 consistently, and these books are now hitting that age. I expect prices to continue to rise.
In addition, GA/SA/BA/early CA Batman have held their value well from the 2021/22 peak, with some starting to top those prices. While most titles have cratered, Batman and Tec have held up strong relatively speaking.
I've purchased some lots from that seller than indicated the condition was "AVG 9.8" and without even taking books out of the bags you could see multiple color-breaking spine tics on a bunch of books in a random batch selected. I've only continued to win lots because I adjusted my top bid way down and managed to win some lots for an average of a dollar and change per book. If the buyer here is expecting a lot of 9.8s, they're probably going to be disappointed. (But who knows, they might get lucky and be buying a lot re-sold from a collector that was the OO and took really good care of their books.)
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On 4/8/2024 at 2:46 AM, kimik said:
Issue #2 is the 1st appearance of Kid Venom, who/which is getting a solo series that hits the stands in April. There are other "1st appearances", but it is unlikely that any of them stick.
but then all you need to hear is that one of them is going to be in a movie, and the book will explode
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On 10/23/2023 at 9:44 PM, valiantman said:
It's still in the USPS system. 4114 Clubhouse Road is a US Post Office
If it was someone's house, I'd be worried.
I actually had something similar, but a little different, happen recently. A package was shipped with UPS, and I checked the tracking for the estimated delivery date. The date comes and the tracking indicates it's been delivered. I check the lobby of my building, where the mailboxes are, and no package. Looked all over; other side of the building, where the mailboxes for the other side are; the vestibule, in case they couldn't get in/couldn't be bothered to try to get in. No luck. I check the tracking again and it indicates a different address that it's been delivered to, and it turns out that was a US post office. UPS handed off the package to USPS for the final couple miles, and I got it the next day. But I wonder what happens in those cases if something goes wrong; who covers problems with delivery?
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Just picked up a few original color guides at auction.
- Bart Allen and ADAMANTIUM
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On 4/1/2024 at 6:12 PM, Gaard said:
I wonder if there is an 'official' site? Do you know if the comic itself indicates what cover it is?
According to CBR, neither one of those comics is G.
Probably the bets way to go about it is from the barcode. Each variant has a different number, so 1 should be "A," 2 "B," etc.
- Juno Beach and Gaard
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If there's one in there, there's a chance that the others have been tampered with as well, but just haven't been identified as such.
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Morph was a character in the X-Men animated series from the 1990s. I never watched that, but the fandom wiki on the character indicates that Morph was non-binary: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Morph_(Earth-92131)
Morph's powers are similar to an earlier character called Changeling who was around a bit in the 1960s. They couldn't use that name for the animated series, since DC held the trademark for that name. Not sure whether it's fair to say the character is the same (certainly, their default, non-impersonating forms are very different). But either way, shape-shifters are great characters to explore themes of identity with, as they can present in any way they want.
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On 3/29/2024 at 12:39 PM, shadroch said:
I can buy fresh copies for less. The problem is selling them. It is harder to find a Spawn 1 in VG than it is to find a NM one.
"RARE in this (VG) condition! $150 OBO"
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On 3/18/2024 at 9:56 PM, Mr. Spider-Woman said:
I'm not sure it's an error. It could be Marvel printed versions of the direct and newsstand editions without the foiling on the cover. The Grand Comics Database lists four versions/variants:
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel, 1990 series) #25 [Deluxe Direct Edition]
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel, 1990 series) #25 [Regular Direct Edition]
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel, 1990 series) #25 [Newsstand]
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel, 1990 series) #25 [Deluxe Newsstand Edition]
Link: https://www.comics.org/issue/1875149/
One thing that does give me pause is the fact there is no price difference between the regular (no foil) and deluxe (foil) versions. Other Marvel comics with deluxe foil comics from the 1990s did have different prices, including Guardians of the Galaxy #50. Some examples include:
- Excalibur #75 (March 1994) - Direct Edition - Deluxe Foil Cover ($3.50), Direct Edition - Standard ($2.25)
- Fantastic Four #387 (April 1994) - Deluxe Direct Edition ($2.95), Regular Direct Edition ($1.25)
- Guardians of the Galaxy #50 (July 1994) - Deluxe Direct Edition ($2.95), Regular Direct Edition ($2.00)
- Doom 2099 #25 (January 1995) - Deluxe Direct Edition ($2.95), Standard Edition ($2.25)
- Fantastic Four #398 (March 1995) - Deluxe Direct Edition ($2.50), Regular Direct Edition ($1.50)
- Spider-Man #57 (April 1995) - Direct Edition - Deluxe ($2.95), Direct Edition - Standard ($2.50)
- Daredevil #350 (March 1996) - Deluxe Direct Edition ($3.50), Direct Edition ($2.95)
Either Marvel didn't see the need to price the regular (no foil) and deluxe (foil) versions differently for both the direct and newsstand editions OR there were printing errors resulting in both direct and newsstand editions without foil. Is it likely that printing errors for both editions exist? I don't know. I personally think it was intentional and there were no printing errors. GotG #25 has a cover date of June 1992 so it came out a few years before any of the other deluxe editions I found with a quick search of the Grand Comics Database that did have price differences. Maybe other examples of deluxe/regular editions with and without foil and no price difference exist from 1992 as well.
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.
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On 3/25/2024 at 6:25 PM, littledoom said:
I don't really like lots like that.. it's kinda lazy versus those who put in the time to list each comic copy by copy... time is money
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.
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On 3/25/2024 at 12:02 AM, littledoom said:
Comes out to $18 each. That's basically what they've been worth
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).
- RockMyAmadeus and MAR1979
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On 10/11/2023 at 4:04 PM, awakeintheashes said:
Knowing what happens to some of those characters and Starlight Beacon, I hope the little kids don’t look into their future adventures.
The Star Wars Universe takes place a long time ago. By now, they're all dead.
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On 3/2/2024 at 1:07 AM, BlowUpTheMoon said:
Wrong issue number on label.
At least they were consistent with all of the copies in the submission.
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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
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Just posted to Twitter/X. Transformers 1 5th printing:
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On 3/2/2024 at 9:00 AM, awakeintheashes said:
Thanks. Maybe it was a printer error and this was the easy fix. I haven’t seen other copies like this, but honestly I hadn’t been looking.
I’ll keep an eye out for other examples
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.
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On 2/7/2024 at 6:55 PM, gradejunky said:
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.
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On 2/6/2024 at 11:22 AM, gradejunky said:
Ultimate BP is already popping since before release. Reviews are not as good as the new USM reading-wise, though I'm sure the print #'s are also much lower.
I anticipate Ultimate X-Men is going to be way over-ordered.
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On 2/2/2024 at 4:41 AM, BA773 said:
Did you remember what did you won?
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.
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On 1/29/2024 at 12:14 PM, SpineTic said:
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.
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Did you order many Image books around that time? Any chance you have a Walking Dead or Invincible #1?
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On 1/11/2024 at 11:41 PM, RockMyAmadeus said:
Could be worse; they could have swapped the grade and the issue number.
ASM 300 Spain Production Error discovered
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Regarding "the dots"; when you're doing 4/C printing, the inks being used are cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, as noted. To get the full range of color you see printed, all colors are some percentage of those four inks. A vibrant red might be 0 cyan, 100 magenta, 100 yellow, and 0 black. A vibrant green might be 100 cyan, 0 magenta, 100 yellow, and 0 black. But when we're talking about lighter colors, they're not the full 100% of those inks. But the ink isn't diluted, so to show the lower percentage of the color, solid dots of varying sizes (depending on the percentage) are used to create all of the colors you see. For example, this is a square with three cyan columns at 25%, 50%, and 75%, and four magenta rows at 0%, 25%, 50%, and 75%.
When it's reproduced in the typical 4/C printing process, it's going to be broken down into solid cyan or magenta, but using dots at varying sizes to replicate the percentage, like this:
And when you mix in percentages of yellow, you get a much wider possibility of colors: