wombat Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Anyone going? It is a mecca for magazines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 Little over a month away. I've been saving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Any chance of taking some pics for those that can't attend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjMartini Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Been attending for the past couple of years (since I'm in Maryland). Definitely a great show! Good show to talk to dealers and the like. More artist and writer based as well. As for pics, I could post a couple for ya The countdown has begun! (also depends what kind of pics you want to see?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 I'll try and remember to take some pics. I always get caught up and forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Thanks fellas, pics of Mags and comics, on walls or in boxes, doesn't matter to me, have a great time and hope you manage to get loads of cool books. DjMartini 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lions Den Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 58 minutes ago, Stevemmg said: More magazine selection than Ive seen in years at the Chicago show this weekend. I bought more than 150 in the last two day. Most notably, 15 highgrade Skywalds and Blazing Combat 1 (ok, not many of those in the room). Good selection of Warrens and Marvels at many booths. Thanks for the update! Those high grade Skywalds are tough to find... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty_coder Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 On 8/24/2018 at 6:34 PM, Stevemmg said: More magazine selection than Ive seen in years at the Chicago show this weekend. I bought more than 150 in the last two day. Most notably, 15 highgrade Skywalds and Blazing Combat 1 (ok, not many of those in the room). Good selection of Warrens and Marvels at many booths. @Stevemmg Very Curious to know what kind of prices you saw for what books and what grades roughly? HG Skywalds are not easy to come by so always like hearing what's going on; on the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 7 hours ago, bounty_coder said: @Stevemmg Very Curious to know what kind of prices you saw for what books and what grades roughly? HG Skywalds are not easy to come by so always like hearing what's going on; on the street. Me too! get lots of pics for us . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 On 8/25/2018 at 2:34 AM, Stevemmg said: More magazine selection than Ive seen in years at the Chicago show this weekend. I bought more than 150 in the last two day. Most notably, 15 highgrade Skywalds and Blazing Combat 1 (ok, not many of those in the room). Good selection of Warrens and Marvels at many booths. Where's the pics? Key Largo Comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chevalmeow Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Stevemmg said: Not even close to getting everything sorted out and catalogued yet. Nearly 180 mags for the weekend 9.0 Blazing Combat and Marvel Preview #4 !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 7 hours ago, Stevemmg said: Not even close to getting everything sorted out and catalogued yet. Nearly 180 mags for the weekend I thought I was seeing things. A Blazing Combat #1 in 9.0? FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 18 hours ago, oakman29 said: I thought I was seeing things. A Blazing Combat #1 in 9.0? Wowser 1950's war comics and ComicConnoisseur 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 9 hours ago, Stevemmg said: Had to pay a healthy record price for that. Thought I might still find a nice copy in the wild, but no such luck. Yeah I would think not. The good though, there's probably 1% in that grade or higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty_coder Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 (edited) On 8/27/2018 at 2:19 PM, Stevemmg said: Not even close to getting everything sorted out and catalogued yet. Nearly 180 mags for the weekend Edited August 29, 2018 by bounty_coder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Steve's a machine. If you listen closely when you're searching magazines on ebay, you'll hear a soft, constant, sucking sound. That's Steve consuming all of the high grade mags. He's looking for absolutely newsstand fresh, perfect or nearly perfect copies and his standards are unmatched. Books that CGC would grade 9.6 are barely 9.2s to him. He has bionic eyes capable of detecting the smallest of imperfections and his optical nerves can switch to a black light spectrum kind of like the aliens in Predator. When he bags his mags, he uses not 1, not 2, but 3 Gerber Full-backs for each book in a Mylite 2. A few years ago, he came halfway to completing a complete set of Gaines File Copies before turning back from the summit. For those unfamiliar, that's over 200 Gaines File Copies! His job requires him to travel long distances all over the midwest. No comic shop in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Illinois is safe from his insatiable appetite for ultra-high grade books. We're in the presence of a legend, boys. And his name... is Steve Rogers. Key Largo Comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
