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szav

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  1. On 4/17/2024 at 1:18 AM, comicnoir said:
    On 4/16/2024 at 7:56 PM, SOTIcollector said:

    Holy guacamole!  How is it that I didn't know you'd find Matt Baker art inside Lassie?  Indeed a nice pick-up!

    He did 3 issues. Get them now before the big spike.

    Lassie 20-22 are especially nice in that you get a great Gollub painted cover, and a back cover that's actually Baker artwork.  Not rare at all, but mildly hard to find in grade for whatever reason.

  2. On 4/15/2024 at 1:36 AM, solm4st3r said:

    You should watch Episode 5.

    We decided to let the kids have a little extra tv time last night and they wanted to watch the last episode.  It was a real slog to get to that last 3-4 minutes.  My kids were even asking when something was going to happen. Probably a better show for teens or hardcore fans who can get into all the attempted emotionality and hyperphilosophical near constant 'mutant race' pontificating.  I still found it all pretty shallow and unengaging.  But I'm clearly in the minority with its 98%critic/93%audience ratings on rotten tomatoes and however many of these reddit commentators are not bots

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Xmen97/comments/1c0femu/xmen_97_s1e5_remember_it_episode_discussion/

     

     

  3. Decided to watch in on recommendation from a friend at work who's not really into all the comic book and hero stuff.   Going to have to have words with this friend after watching the first four episodes.

    Goofy, contrived, stiff animation, cringe dialogue, and several of the characters are downright annoying.  They even made Wolverine seem pretty uncool so far....I mean I guess that's comic books for you. My kids 5-9 are very into it, so I'll keep watching an episode or two a week as long as they bother to ask to watch it.  

    I feel like they're trying to pull some mind trick by calling it X-Men 97 too, because it gives them an excuse for the low budget low quality "throwback" animation.  Not digging the style at all tbh.  I give the series a 3/10 so far.

  4. On 4/13/2024 at 12:14 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

    Yeah but those people post HERE?

    That's the beauty of these boards and the hobby in general.  Where else can princes and upper middle-class paupers rub elbows together in such a way?

    :gossip:Just don't post your latest Garfield OA wins if you want to be taken seriously, Or do post them if you don't care whether you're taken seriously or not.  Or just sit back and watch a lot of people take themselves too seriously. I find the OA sub-forum probably the most entertaining section of these boards.

  5. On 4/11/2024 at 8:16 PM, Ken Aldred said:

    Just finished Yakuza Kiwami 1

    One of the most surprisingly entertaining games I've played in ages.

    I can understand the popularity of the series now.

    Some very inventive, imaginative side missions / sub-stories. Great protagonist.

    Nice, think some of those are on game pass.  Will have to take a look at them.

  6. On 4/12/2024 at 11:28 AM, TylerHam said:

    Hi All

    Been looking at some pre-code horror and after that intense rocket of price, it FEELS like its cooling a bit..

    Is that just wishful thinking?  Seeing some beauties for sale at relatively reasonaly prices!

     

     

    Gone are the days of every single PCH cover that's perceived as even mildly hard to find goes huge no matter how poorly drawn or dopey it looks... but if any of the classics have cooled, they've only gone from like surface of the sun hot to the inside of a volcano hot.

  7. On 4/8/2024 at 6:45 PM, Silver Surfer said:

    Any side bets this 8.5 finds itself in a 9.0 holder in the near future? 

    As cynical as I am about CGC right now...I'm going to wager it doesn't happen.  That noticeable tear on the top edge, that's listed in the grader's notes, would knock most GA books down to a 7.5.  Can't see a path for upgrade to 9.0+ for this one.  I'd also say the staple rust should preclude a higher grade, but CGC has clearly started giving staple rust where there's no migration an almost complete pass in the last few years.  I've seen "rusted staple" in the notes on books graded as high as 9.4.

  8. On 4/8/2024 at 11:41 AM, Changer said:

    looks more like Ditko, did he have health issues affecting his work?

    He did.  It's discussed a bit in Art of Glamour as I recall.  Heart issues.  And his work seemed to drop in quality after the death of Archer St. John, and the collapse of the company, and the downturn in the comic industry in general in the late 50s when it wasn't as easy to find work.