goldenacase Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 59 minutes ago, Artboy99 said: I had a goal when I started collecting Planets to get a book from all the pedigrees. So far I have: Church Toledo Lost Valley Rockford and while not a pedigree, a book from the Nic Cage collection. Please post those and if any of you other boardies have any Planet Pedigrees lets see them waaaghboss 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post kelholt Posted November 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2020 Last issue - Toledo Sqeggs, Norrin's lawyer, Spyder! and 6 others 9 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Artboy99 Posted November 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) Lost Valley Rockford Toledo (cracked unfortunately) Nic Cage Church Edited November 10, 2020 by Artboy99 Tri-ColorBrian, Spyder!, Ricksneatstuff and 8 others 11 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post cheetah Posted November 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2020 Billy Wright Davis Crippen Rockford Lost Valley jimjum12, Sqeggs, Norrin's lawyer and 4 others 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Spyder! Posted November 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2020 It's not a pedigree, but I did pick up one of Kelly's old books with the cool "Marathon Planet" stickers on it. mwotka, Zolnerowich, Miamiknight3434 and 5 others 8 Link to post Share on other sites
kelholt Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Spyder! said: It's not a pedigree, but I did pick up one of Kelly's old books with the cool "Marathon Planet" stickers on it. Notice the number on the sticker. That was book #1, the first book in the Marathon Planet collection. Ricksneatstuff, Spyder!, goldenacase and 1 other 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post mwotka Posted November 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2020 Nice peds! None for me but I'm happy to own Jon Berk's Planet 1 and also I've got a couple Ray Miller collection copies that feature his distinctive amateur restoration, which I find endearing (note the recreated January by the logo on 22 that is nonetheless misspelled). I've also got a copy from the "More Fun Collection" with a certificate but I'm not certain what that even is. pmpknface, goldenacase, kelholt and 7 others 10 Link to post Share on other sites
Tim Weaver Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 7 hours ago, Spyder! said: It's not a pedigree, but I did pick up one of Kelly's old books with the cool "Marathon Planet" stickers on it. The reds are spectacular on that book! Spyder! and SuperGrover 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Spyder! Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 19 hours ago, kelholt said: Notice the number on the sticker. That was book #1, the first book in the Marathon Planet collection. I am honored to become the next guardian of this one! 18 hours ago, Tim Weaver said: The reds are spectacular on that book! That was what drew me in, like a moth to a flame! Link to post Share on other sites
Flex Mentallo Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 9 hours ago, Spyder! said: I am honored to become the next guardian of this one! That was what drew me in, like a moth to a flame! Moth to a flame? You should change your moniker to 'sufi mystic'! “One night the moths gathered together, tormented by the desire to unite themselves with the candle. All of them said: ‘We must find one who can give us some news of that for which we seek so earnestly.’ “One of the moths went to a candle afar off and saw within the light of a candle. He came back and told the others what he had seen, and began to describe the candle as intelligently as he was able to do. But the wise moth, who was chief of their assembly, observed: ‘He has no real information to give us of the candle.’ “Another moth visited the candle. He passed close to the light and drew near to it. With his wings, he touched the flames of that which he desired; the heat of the candle drove him back and he was vanquished. He also returned, and revealed something of the mystery, in explaining a little of what union with the candle meant, but the wise moth said to him: ‘Thine explanation is of no more real worth than that of thy comrade.’ “A third moth rose up, intoxicated with love, to hurl himself violently into the flame of the candle. He threw himself forward and stretched out his antennae toward the flame. As he entered completely into its embrace, his members became red like the flame itself. When the wise moth saw from afar that the candle had identified the moth with itself, and had given to it its own light, he said: ‘This moth has accomplished his desire; but he alone comprehends that to which he has attained. None others knows it, and that is all.’” Spyder! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Spyder! Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I purchased my first issue of Planet Comics almost two and half years ago now. I was playing around on CGCdata.com earlier and I decided to take a look at how many copies of each issue have been graded since that time. Here are all the Planets that have been graded since I purchased my first (universal labels only). Some things I found interesting: A. I remember thinking issues 65 and 66 might be pretty hard to find back when I started. But boy have they come out in force! Issue 65 had more copies graded in the last 2.5 years (39) than any other issue (there were only 22 copies on the census prior to that, which is a 177% increase!). Issue 66 has had 23 graded in the last 2.5 years, compared to just 22 on the census before that. B. Only 1 copy graded of issues 3 and 7. Only 2 copies graded of issues 2 and 8. Some of those with reputations for being tough books continue to show it, even with the market for Planets so hot. C. Issues 6, 14, and 24, which I consider to be pretty dang tough books, each had 7 new copies graded in the last 2.5 years. Considering they each had between 13 and 16 copies graded before that, I'd say that's pretty shocking. (I don't want to leave out issue 18, which had 18 copies graded when I started and now has 9 more (total 27)!) I know the census is a very imperfect gauge, but I do think it tells us something about both supply and demand. I found it quite interesting to see what's happened since I got bitten by the Planet bug . (Sorry, I don't know how to search so that Jumbo Comics 11 doesn't show up at the top of the list ) jimjum12, Flex Mentallo and Sqeggs 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Flex Mentallo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Very interesting! GAtor, who is all wise, once said that Fiction House aren't all that scarce relative to other companies. What the census cant tell us is the saturation of cover colors from copy to copy. Zolnerowich and kelholt 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Artboy99 Posted November 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2020 just added a Crippen "D" Planet to my collection, thanks Bill. Funnybooks, Flex Mentallo, goldenacase and 7 others 10 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Spyder! Posted November 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2020 Just added this one as well. In contention for my favorite Doolin cover of the run. szav, Ricksneatstuff, mwotka and 9 others 12 Link to post Share on other sites
Flex Mentallo Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 5 hours ago, Spyder! said: Just added this one as well. In contention for my favorite Doolin cover of the run. Mine too! [First issue I ever bought in a Heritage auction.] Zolnerowich and Spyder! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Artboy99 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 14 hours ago, Spyder! said: Just added this one as well. In contention for my favorite Doolin cover of the run. when I was looking I could not find a copy of this book. It was the last book I needed to finish my complete run. Months after I got it I have seen several copies for sale. Spyder! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 On 11/12/2020 at 6:43 PM, Spyder! said: I purchased my first issue of Planet Comics almost two and half years ago now. I was playing around on CGCdata.com earlier and I decided to take a look at how many copies of each issue have been graded since that time. Here are all the Planets that have been graded since I purchased my first (universal labels only). Some things I found interesting: A. I remember thinking issues 65 and 66 might be pretty hard to find back when I started. But boy have they come out in force! Issue 65 had more copies graded in the last 2.5 years (39) than any other issue (there were only 22 copies on the census prior to that, which is a 177% increase!). Issue 66 has had 23 graded in the last 2.5 years, compared to just 22 on the census before that. B. Only 1 copy graded of issues 3 and 7. Only 2 copies graded of issues 2 and 8. Some of those with reputations for being tough books continue to show it, even with the market for Planets so hot. C. Issues 6, 14, and 24, which I consider to be pretty dang tough books, each had 7 new copies graded in the last 2.5 years. Considering they each had between 13 and 16 copies graded before that, I'd say that's pretty shocking. (I don't want to leave out issue 18, which had 18 copies graded when I started and now has 9 more (total 27)!) I know the census is a very imperfect gauge, but I do think it tells us something about both supply and demand. I found it quite interesting to see what's happened since I got bitten by the Planet bug . (Sorry, I don't know how to search so that Jumbo Comics 11 doesn't show up at the top of the list ) Interesting. Artboy99 and Spyder! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Zolnerowich Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 23 hours ago, Sqeggs said: Interesting. Fascinating is more like it! Flex Mentallo 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post goldenacase Posted November 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2020 This just arrived today szav, kelholt, Zolnerowich and 7 others 10 Link to post Share on other sites
Spyder! Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/26/2020 at 11:51 AM, goldenacase said: This just arrived today Great copy! goldenacase 1 Link to post Share on other sites
