Mercury Man

To your point, the manga section at Barnes and Noble is huge compared to the graphic novels section.

Punishment for giving us Justin Bieber

Hmmm...the only thing I will say about this, is that gold/silver/copper and other precious metals have been sought and sourced for centuries, based on usage. Funny books about 100 years. We can melt certain metals and make some serious weapons, bullets, make tools, fill teeth, who knows what, when the big one drops. As for Action #1 during the Apocalypse......it can start a fire for your next meal.

Appropriation stinks, and we all get penalized for it. It happens with certain sports teams logos/colors, clothing types, even hand gestures seemed to have changed meaning over time. Originality is lost on the unwashed masses.

Well mine is more like a 8.0, but I'll take it.

My opinion, is that CGC is getting inundated with crapola, that shouldn't warrant a grade and entombing in the first place. They simply can not supply the man power or quality control to grade this variant or that mid-grade non-key silver age book, that shouldn't be sent off in any sane universe. Save your money, hassle and time, and go get a 2 mil mylar and acid free backing board and be happy.

I suggest you work in a print shop for a few years. (I did). It's not a variant.

Decided to get a couple of my childhood memories in order. I had a few of these when they came out in 1975-1976. Happy to see some on ebay, so I pulled the trigger, as well as finding a loose one at a Flea Market. Had to pick up the retro sign to compliment the pieces. I will probably pull the completely damaged card ones out and put into a small display case, maybe get the full carded one graded. (P.S. the click click never sounded like gun fire to me).

I gotta say, Stan Lee couldn't have done much better.

His 'style' definitely changed over the years, and not for the better. I hate his rigatoni looking hair thing that he draws.

Mid 1980's Silver/Bronze X-men had a special box in the back room at one of my local antique/comic places. Don't know why the owner felt like they didn't belong out with the other back issues. He also had a FN X-Men #1 he hid that he said he would sell for $500. That was 1990, and I was a broke college kid. GI Joe was doing well, then some kid in High School was talking about this new book called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Then McFarlane came along.

The 7/11 rack was where we got our 'previews' at.

Freak Show

Edgar Church had this method where he stacked them in a closet, with no bags or boards. They kept pretty nice.

You know, Rembrandt and Van Gogh died penniless. Timing is everything.

Sad. What a living legend. https://www.cnet.com/news/marvel-and-dc-legend-george-perez-says-he-has-less-than-a-year-to-live/

Totally agree. It's the Black Cat:

Awww, man I do. Him and Marshal Law were my college, 'screw you typical superhero' reads.

Continue to fill in my Captain America, Iron Man, Luke Cage, and Hulk (yeah still need 180 and 181) runs.

Perhaps he should go back into hiding.