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On 12/20/2023 at 4:05 AM, Bart Allen said:

Marvelman #25 (Reprint)

• Reprints 1st appearance of Marvelman from Marvelman #25
• Produced in very small numbers (around 5 of each Marvelman issue) by Bryon Whitworth
• This was one of the comics created by Whitworth from Denis Gifford's copy

I’m not sure when these reprints were made. Possibly the nineties…? Anyone know for sure?

Silver Age in Queens. JHU Staten Island. Some newer ones in Brooklyn

On 10/23/2023 at 2:19 AM, Bart Allen said:

Thanks 

Those are #25-#29; I bought them off the person I bought the CMA #19 from; 1k and LMFAO 

Holy Moley. You gotta message me the detes! Congrats! Amazing run!

On 10/22/2023 at 3:46 AM, Bart Allen said:

Thanks 

I took some scans of the books and posted them in the "Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?" section last month, but here (although the #25 might only get a 3.0 because of the spine split ):

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Wow! Congrats! What are the other issue numbers? Where’d you get em? How much? Why is the sky blue? Where do butterflies go when…

On 10/21/2023 at 3:12 AM, Bart Allen said:

Whoops, you're utterly right as per usual 

But just glad I got these and Young Marvelman #25 ~

WUT? Did I know you scored a YM #25? Did you show it already and I forgot...?!? Way to go!

On 10/20/2023 at 8:41 AM, Bart Allen said:

Captain Marvel Adventures #20 and #24 

• #20; 2nd mention of Marvelman (Micky Moran).
• #24; Title change to The Marvelman. Marvelman logo appears on cover, final issue before transition to new title: Marvelman #25 (detached front cover).

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Love these. I wouldn’t call it a title change but it’s definitely a transition issue. Glad you found em!

On 9/6/2023 at 3:49 PM, Bart Allen said:

Another UK version for the win:

Brilliant! I’ve been looking for one of these…

On 9/2/2023 at 5:22 PM, Tnexus said:

Picked this one up a while back. Likely one of the rarest AH covers. This was a program for 2005 Mid-Ohio Comic Con. However, the programs were delayed and actually didn't show up in time for the con. In order to get one, you had to have requested to have one mailed to you after it ended which I doubt many ever did.

Currently off for a pressing and grading!

I used to wonder why I virtually never see this one… till I saw the story about the con. Very tough book.

On 9/2/2023 at 11:56 AM, KCOComics said:

Not sure I understand the personal attack.  

Lou collects differently than I do. But I've read most of what he's written in this thread and in others.  

He's never come off like he lacks perspective and I've appreciated his perspective on the market and collecting in general.  

It seems unnecessary. 

This wasn’t a personal attack.

On 8/13/2023 at 10:10 AM, bronze johnny said:

Interestingly, Dredd’s appearance in Prog 1 is unique because preview or not, it’s in the same magazine. We don’t see this with the Turtles first appearance in Gobbledygook 1. Even further from the “connection” are the ads for a character that appear in another book or preview publication like Marvel Age, FOOM (New X-Men Team), or Previews (Spawn). Dredd’s appearance in Prog 1 is special because it’s 2000 A.D. and he’s the essence of that comic magazine. Dredd was already created when Prog 1 exclusively for 2000 A.D. Tharg made sure readers and the world knew that in Prog 1. 

Prog 1 is the biggest “undiscovered” Bronze Age book because of this.

Or… the mags that had Dredd’s actual first appearance are…

To wit, you haven’t discovered them yet.

On 8/14/2023 at 4:09 PM, mycomicshop said:

I agree you can find plenty of consigned books we're listing that are posted at prices that are too high. One thing I'd caution whenever anybody mentions overpriced consignment listings is to be aware of survivorship bias. BIN listings that are priced fairly to market tend to move quickly, and once they're purchased they're not there to be seen. What's left is the accumulated unsold overpriced listings that can give a distorted view making it look like EVERYTHING is priced too high. 

It's something we as a company can definitely improve on, and are working our way toward--adding mechanisms to encourage consignors to price more reasonably, and probably also worth making some changes so that items that are clearly overpriced and common are maybe not even visible on MCS or posted to eBay, since they are very unlikely to sell and create negative feelings in buyers.

Thanks for this. I think it would be a great benefit to everyone if you also added sales histories to your already amazing wealth of information about every book…

On 8/11/2023 at 10:24 PM, bronze johnny said:

Please disregard. Not first appearance. Pass on it if you come across a copy.

Sorry, I realized too late people might think I was claiming preview images don’t “count.” I meant there’s actually earlier…

On 8/6/2023 at 10:32 AM, bronze johnny said:

First appearance of Judge Dredd in Prog 1 !

 

Actually, no… ssshhh!…

On 7/24/2023 at 5:04 PM, MAR1979 said:

Depends on when but yeah i could easily see 90k as starting point as long as its a 1/1  Still a very visable, viable, and  bankable major popular IP unlike the aardvark. Scoobs star is probably near as big now as ever.

I wish the Flintstones was at Scoobs level, I'd be sittin' pretty

 

Well this was prescient.

On 7/24/2023 at 4:13 PM, Black_Adam said:

Why is that DC 100 Pager in the top 25? Scarcity in high grade?

Well… plus demand!

On 7/28/2023 at 8:35 PM, OtherEric said:

Picked up at my LCS today.  There’s some argument if it’s really a Neal cover, even if CGC labels it as such:

Cool. Congrats. I’m not aware of any authoritative source saying he did the cover, which looks different from his style as seen in the interiors.

Maybe it's me but I've been seeing more errors than ever in this year's Overstreet. It's not just blatantly missing books that should've been broken out years ago. It's literally screwing up the title alphabetization on multiple occasions.

And now I just hit Sonic Disruptors. Which are apparently worth $10 in near mint. Each.

It kind of kills me to see this. The way the book is formatted and the price guide is constructed is probably impenetrable to people new to the hobby. AND it's giving bad information. Sad. And with a year to put together each new edition (with the benefit of half a century beforehand) it's just really not excusable. Maybe the new digital service will yield enough community input and feedback to straighten things out for next year's edition. I hope.

On 7/22/2023 at 6:46 PM, OtherEric said:

It's the CGC 8.5.

If they put it in their window it might still be faded. What’s their price?

On 7/22/2023 at 1:22 AM, OtherEric said:

How rare is the "I am the Guard" book?  My LCS has a copy, trying to decide if I want to pay what he's asking.

It’s pretty rare. What are they asking and what’s the condition? Sometimes shops let their books get sun-faded…

On 7/14/2023 at 8:55 PM, Brother J said:

It looks to simply be a misprint, where only the color blue was printed. Neat item, could be worth something to someone who collects printing errors. It's not really an underground comix or from the Bronze age, so it doesn't really fit this thread.

Sun fade?

On 7/17/2023 at 1:19 AM, Polyphemus2 said:

 

Captain Miracle #1 self-published by Mick Anglo as Anglo Features in 1960. Precursor to Miracleman.

Found this in a long box and other than information about its history from sites like Wikipedia, I can't find any for sale or historical values.

Hard to believe it's a unicorn so anyone have any idea on relative scarcity and value?  Nothing online to base it on so all insight appreciated.  No ebay listings or priors for any issue in the short-lived run.

TIA.

Poly

 

They’re quite rare but not impossible, I’d say. There’s a whole realm of Miracleman/Marvelman-adjacent titles that are undervalued that a few folks out there (ahem) are happy to pick up when opportunity strikes. Nice going!

On 6/2/2023 at 1:32 AM, Bart Allen said:

Modest haha and well true, not sure of Ewan's collection given how much he's sold ~ I'm sure you saw the recent comic that was sold at the weekend ... 

uh oh, no, what’d I miss?

On 5/26/2023 at 6:02 AM, GermanFan said:

Some are cheap. But many are escalating pricewise. For instance the UK Locker Planet Comics from the 50s, or the Arnold ECs Hof 1 and TftC 1. 

Marvelman!