GeeksAreMyPeeps

Ugh. Just checked my comic boxes and my SS run is complete to 78, then I have 83, and some issues over 100.

What was with all the floppy boot things in the '80s?

That occurred to me. It's only a $10 sale, so doing that would probably be a hassle to bother with on the buyer's end too.

Leaked out a bunch of stuff and been right about *all* of it, or right on occasion?

Maybe he doesn't speak English? Some people are just bad communicators.

I had an auction end with one bid, and got this message after a couple of days: "Apologies, but could you please cancel the transaction. I found the issue in my local comic shop, and bought it figuring I would not win the auction because I was the first and only bidder so far. So sorry for any inconvenience." You thought you wouldn't win because so far you're the only one that has shown interest? Anyway, I didn't respond to the message and I'd been debating whether to file a non-payment, or just let it go, and then the buyer ended up paying, without sending a follow up message. Odd

High-grade *slabbed* copies of a book selling for $35 isn't a surefire investment. Especially when the username of the person promoting it is the same as the name of the book

Some of Madureira's earlier work reminded me a bit of Art Adams.

Tangents are the norm here. You're going to have to get used to that, especially since there's not a constant flow of books heating up. They come in spurts, and people discuss other aspects of the modern market during the lulls.

I'm assuming eBay makes the bulk of its money from final value fees. It's in their interest for things to sell for more money, so maybe they want to hide when something sells for less, as that keeps the perceived value down.

USAgent is not the Captain. As pointed out, the timeline of the "Captain" identity does not overlap with the others'

I haven't read TGOT #25. Is it possible that the female Thor pictured is a different female Thor (i.e. not Jane Foster)?

No. This came packaged with the Rai Trade Paperback, and since the early issues of that were low print run (for the time), they likely printed a ton of these. And they were all glossy.

I think it's interesting that Marvel weighed in on first appearances back i the '80s:

If you haven't read Ostrander and Yale's Suicide Squad yet, that's a really good read

Ninjak #1 (Roku cover) and #4A are picking up with Valiant's announcement of a new Roku series

I think you're confusing a highlight on the lower lip to be teeth… as I did at first

It's an organization

I'm not your dude, buddy!

It's funny, but an option isn't really much of anything. Basically it lets a studio (or perhaps not even a studio, maybe just a no-name producer trying to build some cred) try to raise interest/funding to produce a movie. I think if I created an independent comic, I would print tons extra, and then give away the option to a studio (lots of small studios try to get an option to develop a property for free, but professionals will pay for them (and people will expect to be paid) and then announce the property was optioned, and sell all the extras to cover the cost of comic production.

The bottom line is that CGC is in the business of grading, not of identifying first appearances. My understanding is that if you ask them to note something on the label, they will try to verify whether that information is accurate, and if it is, they'll add it. King Shark is probably not important enough a character for people to be asking them to confirm first appearances or cameos. Historically, if you wanted to read a story, you needed to buy the original comic that the story appeared in. That's why Hulk 181 and Spider-man 300 go for more than the previous issue. People wanted to read the first story of a character, not a story that ended with a tease for the character. And it takes a long time for something like that to correct, if it ever does. Arguably, the original Valiant line changed the game, as they had a habit of introducing new characters with a last-page cameo for characters that they had already announced were going to be starring in their own series, and this happened at a time when people were speculating heavily on Valiant. First appearances of Harbinger were going for a ton when Eternal Warrior #4 hit the stand with a Bloodshot cameo, who had a series coming. Bloodshot #6 teased Ninjak. Shadowman #16 teased Dr. Mirage. So those books were gobbled up. With collected editions and digital editions readily available for people to read, the first appearance, even if it's a cameo, carries a greater weight than it used to.

The book you want is Action 598.

I found while going through various bookshelf format titles that most were barcode-only and it made sense to list the exceptions.

I picked up several copies of #1 when it first came out. I sold or traded a couple years ago, but I still have a 9.6, and a Neil-Gaiman–signed #1 and Orpheus Special (which is also the first appearance of one of the Endless), that also has a tiny sketch by Gaiman

Apparently there's a rumor because someone just said it. It doesn't mean it's a reliable rumor