Popular Post Sweet Lou 14 Posted March 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2021 4 hours ago, *Bronze age fan* said: The last 5.0 universal sale was 5,100. I got this one for $1,900 in August 2019 -- after the Kit Harrington rumors had started so well after FOMO had begun -- and even at the time I thought I had gotten a steal. HighVoltage, littledoom, bc and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 16 minutes ago, Sweet Lou 14 said: I got this one for $1,900 in August 2019 -- after the Kit Harrington rumors had started so well after FOMO had begun -- and even at the time I thought I had gotten a steal. I picked up a 5.0 9/10/17 for 535. bc, Dave2739, Jasonmorris1000000 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, Sweet Lou 14 said: I got this one for $1,900 in August 2019 -- after the Kit Harrington rumors had started so well after FOMO had begun -- and even at the time I thought I had gotten a steal. Remember when you first posted this Lou. It's more like Grand Theft GPA is all over the map due to the few copies brought to market. Great timing on that pickup! -bc Sweet Lou 14 and *Bronze age fan* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post *Bronze age fan* Posted March 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2021 Guy gave me the MSH for free. Jasonmorris1000000, Math Teacher, bc and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagemusha7s Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I just saw this on the bay. He has 4 of them listed. Are these heating up? Sweet Lou 14, ThothAmon and bc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post *Bronze age fan* Posted March 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2021 I gave my opinion years ago, that I felt like Black Knight (and Yellow Claw) were the first Marvel Silver age hero’s created. Atlas never really created anything. They just did western, monster, romance, war and horror stuff. Black Knight and Yellow Claw were attempts at making new content. My opinion didn’t seem to have legs years ago. Newer member don’t remember my opinion. KCOComics, Readcomix, bc and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 What about Venus? Or do you consider her Timely? 10 minutes ago, *Bronze age fan* said: I gave my opinion years ago, that I felt like Black Knight (and Yellow Claw) were the first Marvel Silver age hero’s created. Atlas never really created anything. They just did western, monster, romance, war and horror stuff. Black Knight and Yellow Claw were attempts at making new content. My opinion didn’t seem to have legs years ago. Newer member don’t remember my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, *Bronze age fan* said: I gave my opinion years ago, that I felt like Black Knight (and Yellow Claw) were the first Marvel Silver age hero’s created. Atlas never really created anything. They just did western, monster, romance, war and horror stuff. Black Knight and Yellow Claw were attempts at making new content. My opinion didn’t seem to have legs years ago. Newer member don’t remember my opinion. Partially agree with you here - although Yellow Claw was more of an "anti-hero". It was still original content compared to the other genre's they were pumping out. -bc Edited March 30, 2021 by bc *Bronze age fan* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, Jasonmorris1000000 said: What about Venus? Or do you consider her Timely? That’s an interesting idea. But that came out in 1948. Too old for the Silver Age. That in my opinion, is a golden age character. I have seen 1955, in DC, be used as Silver Age. Jasonmorris1000000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Thurgood Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 32 minutes ago, kagemusha7s said: I just saw this on the bay. He has 4 of them listed. Are these heating up? What's this about? People who have a low quality copy of this reprint book, take it apart and sell pages individually? If I did this, I could turn a tidy profit on the books I bought for 25c, but could not condone such vandalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagemusha7s Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Albert Thurgood said: What's this about? People who have a low quality copy of this reprint book, take it apart and sell pages individually? If I did this, I could turn a tidy profit on the books I bought for 25c, but could not condone such vandalism. How is he not losing money after the grading fees and shipping? Who does this jcjames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Thurgood Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 And what grading is involved anyway? CGC looks at it and says, "Yep, it's a page alright - slab it up!" *Bronze age fan*, jcjames, ThothAmon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 18 minutes ago, Albert Thurgood said: And what grading is involved anyway? CGC looks at it and says, "Yep, it's a page alright - slab it up!" These days, people will do anything for a fast turnaround time.... BlowUpTheMoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comic_memories Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 23 minutes ago, kagemusha7s said: How is he not losing money after the grading fees and shipping? Who does this Looks like they tried to pull a fast one or (someone ripped them off) with the cheap reprint version of X-men 1. And like you said not making any money here. Lucky if they get some of it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucheee1 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) 23 hours ago, da.amazing.spiderman said: Spec. Alert : Possibly the Most Undervalued and Unknown "Major Key" Fantastic Four / X-Men Comic Gang: I think it's fair to say that the (2) most eagerly anticipated MCU intellectual property that Disney will be debuting on the big screen in the next few years will be the Fantastic Four and the X-Men franchise. Needless to say, Disney didn't spend over 70 billion dollars to acquire the movie rights of these (2) entities from 21st Century Fox just to have them sit on the shelf and collect dust. I also think it's fair to say that there has been massive...massive...massive...speculation on virtually every major and minor Fantastic Four and X-Men characters and thus has caused the price of most "1st Appearance" books to go ballistic. In other words, it's very difficult to find any bargains on "Key" Fantastic Four or X-Men books in the market at this time. I'm sure we've all made our "bets" at the Ebay casino and have accumulated a stash of raw and graded Fantastic Four and X-Men comics that we believe will continue to appreciate during this comic bull market. Now, before I go any further let me disclose that I've been speculating aggressively on this one particular comic. For some time now, I've been stalking all decent mid and high grade copies of this item from Ebay and other websites. Truthfully, I think this puppy will be a "home run" for daddy. Okay, enough small talk. It is my opinion that the single most undervalued and unknown "Major Key" Fantastic Four or X-Men book is...Fantastic Four #28. This oversight by the comic collecting community on this bad boy is absolutely due to the misleading CGC descriptive label. The current CGC descriptive label for Fantastic Four #28 states..."Early X-Men appearance. Puppet Master, Awesome Android, and Mad Thinker appearance" Go search the web and do your own investigative homework on Fantastic Four #28. This CGC descriptive label for Fantastic Four #28 when CORRECTED / UPDATED / REVISED by CGC will someday in the future state..."1st Meeting Between the Fantastic Four and the X-Men" Yes, this book is the 1st Meeting Between the Fantastic Four and the X-Men!!! Come on Now...How can anyone that's a comic connoisseur NOT want to own a copy of the 1st Meeting Between the Fantastic Four and the X-Men??? At its current selling price on Ebay, this puppy is undervalued and has "POTENTIAL" written all over the book Still not sold??? Then consider the following other positive attributes for this book... 1) FF #28 has an AWESOME Kirby battle cover featuring ALL of the team members (minus Professor X) from both the FF and X-Men. Without question, 1st appearance books are more desired / coveted by the comic collecting community when the character(s) are prominently featured on the cover. 2) FF #28 was released in July 1964. This is the same month that X-Men #6 was printed. Early "Key" Silver Age books published pre-1965 are highly desired / coveted by the comic collecting community due to their rarity and the fact that no one took care (bagged and boarded) comics back in the 1960's. 3) The Avengers are old news. The "#1 Draft" right now at Disney are the FF and the X-Men. Disney is laser focused on bringing the FF and X-Men to the big screen. Disney knows how to make money and these two Marvel franchises will someday be prominently featured together for us to enjoy at the movie theaters. 4) FF #28 is undervalued when stacked against other similar books. Just go to Ebay and do a price comparison of FF #28 against X-Men #9 (1st Meeting Between the X-men and the Avengers ; Published January 1965 ; Released 6 Months AFTER FF #28). You'll note that in most grades, FF #28 has been selling for approximately HALF the price that X-Men #9 has been commanding. Why??? Because most collectors have absolutely no knowledge of the huge significance of this book. FF #28 has been falsely stigmatized with an incorrect / misleading descriptive label since the inception of CGC. Yes, the prices have been creeping up, but FF #28 has not even come close to going vertical. 5) FF #28 is a book that's 57 years old. You're not going to find any dealer with a "warehouse find" of this book in high grade or near mint condition. 6) Once the "Truth" with regards to FF #28 is known in the comic collecting community, watch as the demand / supply equation becomes radically skewed and the laws of Economics 101 plays havoc with the price of this book. . In summary, you might want to consider locating yourself a nice copy of FF #28 for your personal collection before more peeps realize that this book is a "Major Key" and is the 1st Meeting Between the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. Nuff said!!! Didn’t they already meet somewhat in Strange Tales 120 dated May 1964? Edited March 31, 2021 by Mucheee1 Jasonmorris1000000 and ThothAmon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, Mucheee1 said: Didn’t they already meet somewhat in Strange Tales 120 dated May 1964? The Torch and Iceman do indeed meet for the first time in Strange Tales 120. Tales of Suspense 49 is the first ever X-Men cross over. Then FF 28. ThothAmon and comic_memories 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da.amazing.spiderman Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 36 minutes ago, Mucheee1 said: Didn’t they already meet somewhat in Strange Tales 120 dated May 1964? Hmmm....It's clarification time. Strange Tales #120 (Human Torch meets the Ice Man...That's it. Two teenage super-heroes meeting) Tales of Suspense #49 (Iron Man meets the Angel...That's it. Absolutely NOT a meeting of any team whatsoever.) Fantastic Four #28 (1st Meeting Between the Fantastic Four and the X-Men) KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, da.amazing.spiderman said: Hmmm....It's clarification time. Strange Tales #120 (Human Torch meets the Ice Man...That's it. Two teenage super-heroes meeting) Tales of Suspense #49 (Iron Man meets the Angel...That's it. Absolutely NOT a meeting of any team whatsoever.) Fantastic Four #28 (1st Meeting Between the Fantastic Four and the X-Men) You better start listing your FF #28s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 10 hours ago, skypinkblu said: So that equals a restored 5.5 being worth $2100? I mean Kit Harrington was cute in GOT, but not THAT cute;) Aw Sharon, please. You gotta look underneath the surface! skypinkblu and WolverineX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 4 hours ago, *Bronze age fan* said: I gave my opinion years ago, that I felt like Black Knight (and Yellow Claw) were the first Marvel Silver age hero’s created. Atlas never really created anything. They just did western, monster, romance, war and horror stuff. Black Knight and Yellow Claw were attempts at making new content. My opinion didn’t seem to have legs years ago. Newer member don’t remember my opinion. Wait, so you're saying that the Atlas western, monster, romance, war and horror comics did not have new content??! Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
