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[MK Ultra]

Flipper used to be in the end zone of the Orange Bowl when the Dolphins played there.  Had to get it.

[01TheDude]

44 minutes ago, Bronzed Jbone said:

Flipper used to be in the end zone of the Orange Bowl when the Dolphins played there.  Had to get it.

you mean Snowflake?

 

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Two weeks before the Miami Dolphins are to play in the Super Bowl, their mascot, a bottlenose dolphin named Snowflake, is kidnapped. Melissa Robinson, the Dolphins' chief publicist, hires Ventura to find Snowflake

Just kidding--

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Flipper was a mascot for the Miami Dolphins from 1966 to 1968.

 

Edited August 22, 2018 by 01TheDude

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

Picked up two short boxes this morning. 

 

Nice run of Punisher and G.I Joe.

 

 

[eddly]

Here is my pickup for today. Local comic store 50% off sale. In total cost about 25 dollars.

I’m still learning when it comes to moderns in terms of what to look for. They all look to be NM. 

 

[Shadow]

Stumbled across these 3 last week. $20 for all 3. The Flash 218 caught my eye for it's appeal even though I already own one. (It's in the PGM section as I need some experts here to help me with one defect on the back cover.) The What If I remembered as a kid on the newsstand. Since I have the entire Conan run, I thought "why not". The Flash 225 is the shocker. It's at least a 9.4 and I bought it even though it's not on my list but love the Reverse Flash. Little did I know that the book has jumped considerably. 

[SerialGrape]

I went to a massive community garage sale yesterday - but I slept in a half hour longer than I should have.

By the time I got there I had a look around for comics and couldnt see any. Asked one of the ladies that was running it if they had any, she said there was a pile that sold about 10 minutes prior. She had no idea what was in the pile, so I couldnt even find out what I had missed.

I spent the rest of the day kicking myself haha.

[followtheleader]

1 hour ago, Shadow said:

Stumbled across these 3 last week. $20 for all 3. The Flash 218 caught my eye for it's appeal even though I already own one. (It's in the PGM section as I need some experts here to help me with one defect on the back cover.) The What If I remembered as a kid on the newsstand. Since I have the entire Conan run, I thought "why not". The Flash 225 is the shocker. It's at least a 9.4 and I bought it even though it's not on my list but love the Reverse Flash. Little did I know that the book has jumped considerably. 

The Flash 225 is a great cover.  Looks like it's in great shape. 

Patrick 

[01TheDude]

2 hours ago, Shadow said:

Stumbled across these 3 last week. $20 for all 3. The Flash 218 caught my eye for it's appeal even though I already own one. (It's in the PGM section as I need some experts here to help me with one defect on the back cover.) The What If I remembered as a kid on the newsstand. Since I have the entire Conan run, I thought "why not". The Flash 225 is the shocker. It's at least a 9.4 and I bought it even though it's not on my list but love the Reverse Flash. Little did I know that the book has jumped considerably.

it looks like to me the answer is Conan would get shot at quite a bit - that's what you get bringing a sword to a gun fight, by Crom

but seriously-- was the answer that he ended up working as a Chip 'n Dales dancer?

Edited August 26, 2018 by 01TheDude

[FineCollector]

57 minutes ago, 01TheDude said:

it looks like to me the answer is Conan would get shot at quite a bit - that's what you get bringing a sword to a gun fight, by Crom

but seriously-- was the answer that he ended up working as a Chip 'n Dales dancer?

He turns into a mob boss, if I recall.  He doesn't understand the language, so he steals what he needs, and finds criminals willing to follow him.

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

17 hours ago, SerialGrape said:

I went to a massive community garage sale yesterday - but I slept in a half hour longer than I should have.

By the time I got there I had a look around for comics and couldnt see any. Asked one of the ladies that was running it if they had any, she said there was a pile that sold about 10 minutes prior. She had no idea what was in the pile, so I couldnt even find out what I had missed.

I spent the rest of the day kicking myself haha.

5 NM copies of IH 181 

I can't tell you how many times that has happen to me. Missing a stack of books by minutes. Oh well, until next time!

 

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

Visited the flea today.

 

 

 

Issue #1 autographed by George Perez

 

 

 

 

 

Not sure what printing this one is? Maybe 5th or 6th?

My favorite pickup from today.

Edited August 26, 2018 by Ovrclck

[FineCollector]

Just now, Ovrclck said:

Visited the flea today.

Where did that box come from?  I've seen the longer orange ones from Sears/JC Penney around 1989/90, but never this.

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

8 minutes ago, FineCollector said:

Where did that box come from?  I've seen the longer orange ones from Sears/JC Penney around 1989/90, but never this.

Not sure, this is the first time that I've seen as well.

[spreads]

Cool stuff.

[01TheDude]

7 hours ago, Ovrclck said:

7 hours ago, FineCollector said:

Where did that box come from?  I've seen the longer orange ones from Sears/JC Penney around 1989/90, but never this.

Not sure, this is the first time that I've seen as well.

what is that box for? I can't tell looking at the pictures.

[FineCollector]

2 hours ago, 01TheDude said:

what is that box for? I can't tell looking at the pictures.

Just storage for a new collector.  The orange one was advertised in the 1989 (possibly '90) Sears and JC Penney Christmas catalogues in Canada and US.  They came with ~30 overstock comics, a guide to collecting, a repro of the first Overstreet, and a poster.  I'd very much like to know the details about this one.

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

2 hours ago, 01TheDude said:

what is that box for? I can't tell looking at the pictures.

Comic books. 

Here's a better photo. 

 

[F For Fake]

The moral of this thread continues to be "Sometimes it really IS worth getting up at 4am on a Saturday to drive to an estate sale in a neighboring state."

Thursday night, a buddy of mine who mostly deals in car parts, signage, cans, etc (you know, all of that American Pickers stuff) sent me a link to this sale that was supposed to start at 9am Saturday. I contacted the company running the sale, and they told me that around 6:30 they'd be handing out numbers to those who'd already lined up, so they could come back at 9. I was bound and determined to grab these two books, so I said I'd arrive at 5:30. They told me that "should do it", so I decided to get there at 5. Arrived at 5am, and as you might guess, there was already one kid there ahead of me, who drove an hour and a half to get there, so I figured I was out of luck. But, we hit it off and we made a plan to buy all of the comics and split them up, and he was super cool about letting me grab these two. He was generally interested in the comics, but wasn't really a "comic guy", he just wanted to grab some books to sell, as well as some hot wheels and toys and other stuff I didn't care anything about. So, he let me buy these two, and he bought a nice Amazing Spidey #10, and a handful of other silver age books (X-Men 20, FF 28, some early silver Flash and GL, etc). 

They're beat but complete, around GD+ to GD/VG on the Avengers 4, and around GD/VG or VG- on the TOS 52. 

Still very pleased to have these. Will post better scans in the In Your Collection thread.

[rsouxlja7]

Picked up an original owner collection of around 200 silver age Marvel over the weekend. Some of the better stuff.

Edited August 27, 2018 by rsouxlja7

[ADAMANTIUM]

10 minutes ago, rsouxlja7 said:

Picked up an original owner collection of around 200 silver age Marvel that I bought over the weekend. Some of the better stuff.

Congrats!! Definitely some keepers!