aszumilo Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Glad to hear he got them back. I've only met him a couple of times, so, don't know him well. It is great news no matter how well anyone knows him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 I’m interested in knowing how he recovered them. I suspect the guy who stole them walked right into s local comic shop or pawn shop with the whole lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 There was a news about a man who was caught stealing the comic books at C2E2. I couldn't find the news about it in Berkeley. Do you have the news somewhere outside IG news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wormboy Posted April 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2019 Update: Our friend Uel from Fantastic Comics in Berkeley was the hero who helped recover the rest of Harley’s comics! He’s going to talk about it on his YouTube show Tuesday at 8pm Berkeley time. youtube.com/fantasticcomics Also, a huge thanks to Alan from Heroes in Campbell, who helped recover the first four books, and nab (some of ?) the thieves! It’s really Fantastic that we have Heroes in the community who worked together to make Harley whole! sfcityduck, MusterMark, silverseeker and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 10 hours ago, wormboy said: Update: Our friend Uel from Fantastic Comics in Berkeley was the hero who helped recover the rest of Harley’s comics! He’s going to talk about it on his YouTube show Tuesday at 8pm Berkeley time. youtube.com/fantasticcomics Also, a huge thanks to Alan from Heroes in Campbell, who helped recover the first four books, and nab (some of ?) the thieves! It’s really Fantastic that we have Heroes in the community who worked together to make Harley whole! Far from a cesspool. Quite inspiring really. Unca Ben, wormboy and shortboxed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Kitty Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I just finished listening to the story on youtube. I am glad Harley got all his books back (except one). I doubt those three perps will see any jail time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 9 hours ago, Bumble Kitty said: I just finished listening to the story on youtube. I am glad Harley got all his books back (except one). I doubt those three perps will see any jail time. An hour and 20 minutes? Sheesh - I have better things to do. The first couple minutes are bumbling oaffery. RockMyAmadeus, sacentaur, Krydel4 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krydel4 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 42 minutes ago, lizards2 said: An hour and 20 minutes? Sheesh - I have better things to do. The first couple minutes are bumbling oaffery. Agreed. Anyone who was bored enough to sit through that want to give a Coles notes version for the rest of us. There's a Like in there for doing it 😁 sacentaur and lizards2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantalien Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I don't think this story takes over an hour to tell. Could anyone give a TLDR version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sacentaur Posted April 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2019 54 minutes ago, Phantalien said: I don't think this story takes over an hour to tell. Could anyone give a TLDR version? Bums are hanging out front of the store smoking crack. These 3 guys come in with two books. One is a CGC green label New Mutants 98. The shop owner doesn’t know what a green label is but recognizes it as being on Harley’s list. Bad guys go out to the car and bring in the other books. One is a romance book. That is funny. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Shop owner’s brother gets the crooks’ ID and phone number before writing them a check. Bad guys leave. Call Chase bank to stop the check. Bad guys show up at the bank to cash the check. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Bad guys return to the store. They are all bigger than the shop owner. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Shop owner has $100k In books. Harley comes in the next day and shakes his hand. Things are a bit fuzzy after that. Dude, I love California! Unicorns rule!! Aznfunk, batman_fan, dupont2005 and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, sacentaur said: Bums are hanging out front of the store smoking crack. These 3 guys come in with two books. One is a CGC green label New Mutants 98. The shop owner doesn’t know what a green label is but recognizes it as being on Harley’s list. Bad guys go out to the car and bring in the other books. One is a romance book. That is funny. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Shop owner’s brother gets the crooks’ ID and phone number before writing them a check. Bad guys leave. Call Chase bank to stop the check. Bad guys show up at the bank to cash the check. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Bad guys return to the store. They are all bigger than the shop owner. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Shop owner has $100k In books. Harley comes in the next day and shakes his hand. Things are a bit fuzzy after that. Dude, I love California! Unicorns rule!! Word is that they don't intend to prosecute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantalien Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 16 minutes ago, sacentaur said: Bums are hanging out front of the store smoking crack. These 3 guys come in with two books. One is a CGC green label New Mutants 98. The shop owner doesn’t know what a green label is but recognizes it as being on Harley’s list. Bad guys go out to the car and bring in the other books. One is a romance book. That is funny. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Shop owner’s brother gets the crooks’ ID and phone number before writing them a check. Bad guys leave. Call Chase bank to stop the check. Bad guys show up at the bank to cash the check. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Bad guys return to the store. They are all bigger than the shop owner. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Shop owner has $100k In books. Harley comes in the next day and shakes his hand. Things are a bit fuzzy after that. Dude, I love California! Unicorns rule!! You sir/madam are a hero. Thank you!!!!! sacentaur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aszumilo Posted April 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, sacentaur said: Bums are hanging out front of the store smoking crack. These 3 guys come in with two books. One is a CGC green label New Mutants 98. The shop owner doesn’t know what a green label is but recognizes it as being on Harley’s list. Bad guys go out to the car and bring in the other books. One is a romance book. That is funny. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Shop owner’s brother gets the crooks’ ID and phone number before writing them a check. Bad guys leave. Call Chase bank to stop the check. Bad guys show up at the bank to cash the check. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Bad guys return to the store. They are all bigger than the shop owner. Call the cops, they don’t show up. Shop owner has $100k In books. Harley comes in the next day and shakes his hand. Things are a bit fuzzy after that. Dude, I love California! Unicorns rule!! How I remember it. Close to the above, with a couple minor differences. The 2 books they brought in were the green label NM and the Romance. Tell crooks they are not too interested in Romance book, but the NM might be something. Crooks say they have a bunch of other books. The crooks went to go get the other books, took them about 20 minutes or so to return. Owner call Harley and tells him he may have his books, while crooks are gone Harley first asks if the AF 15 is in there. Owner says he is waiting on them to return. Crooks return with other books. They are Harleys. Owner notices 3 copies of IH 181 right off the bat. Store gives them a check for $2500. Crooks leave. Store calls bank to cancel the check. Store calls cops. Cops don't show. Crooks come back to store to say the bank confiscated check. Store owner's brother goes to the bank with crooks. Owner has friend trail them to the bank, to keep tabs. Chase calls store, owner explains what is happening Bank explains to crooks that anything over $2000 has a hold placed on it. Brother gets ID and phone number and crooks leave Cops show up 4 or so hours later Harley comes in next day and retrieves books. Gives owner IH 181 CGC 4,5 as reward. NoMan, wormboy, dupont2005 and 7 others 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90sChild Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Is Harley completely off the grid? His website has been down for years and the only time I get to see him is at the local Motor City CC. Tried contacting him via that email about 3 months ago never had a response. Wish he maintained a better online presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, aszumilo said: How I remember it. Close to the above, with a couple minor differences. The 2 books they brought in were the green label NM and the Romance. Tell crooks they are not too interested in Romance book, but the NM might be something. Crooks say they have a bunch of other books. The crooks went to go get the other books, took them about 20 minutes or so to return. Owner call Harley and tells him he may have his books, while crooks are gone Harley first asks if the AF 15 is in there. Owner says he is waiting on them to return. Crooks return with other books. They are Harleys. Owner notices 3 copies of IH 181 right off the bat. Store gives them a check for $2500. Crooks leave. Store calls bank to cancel the check. Store calls cops. Cops don't show. Crooks come back to store to say the bank confiscated check. Store owner's brother goes to the bank with crooks. Owner has friend trail them to the bank, to keep tabs. Chase calls store, owner explains what is happening Bank explains to crooks that anything over $2000 has a hold placed on it. Brother gets ID and phone number and crooks leave Cops show up 4 or so hours later Harley comes in next day and retrieves books. Gives owner IH 181 CGC 4,5 as reward. Dude!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Should mention that the romance book is still outstanding. I think it was a CGC 8.0 Pictorial Romances 10 (Matt Baker cover). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, buttock said: Word is that they don't intend to prosecute. Dude (it’s California)!!! Pokecollectoramy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExNihilo Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, sacentaur said: Dude (it’s California)!!! No no, you're saying it wrong. You've gotta use like (that's a valley girl "like" btw) a surfer accent. Like "duuuuuude, Harley got his books back. That is so righteous." The Lions Den 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExNihilo Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 16 minutes ago, aszumilo said: How I remember it. Close to the above, with a couple minor differences. The 2 books they brought in were the green label NM and the Romance. Tell crooks they are not too interested in Romance book, but the NM might be something. Crooks say they have a bunch of other books. The crooks went to go get the other books, took them about 20 minutes or so to return. Owner call Harley and tells him he may have his books, while crooks are gone Harley first asks if the AF 15 is in there. Owner says he is waiting on them to return. Crooks return with other books. They are Harleys. Owner notices 3 copies of IH 181 right off the bat. Store gives them a check for $2500. Crooks leave. Store calls bank to cancel the check. Store calls cops. Cops don't show. Crooks come back to store to say the bank confiscated check. Store owner's brother goes to the bank with crooks. Owner has friend trail them to the bank, to keep tabs. Chase calls store, owner explains what is happening Bank explains to crooks that anything over $2000 has a hold placed on it. Brother gets ID and phone number and crooks leave Cops show up 4 or so hours later Harley comes in next day and retrieves books. Gives owner IH 181 CGC 4,5 as reward. i sure hope these crooks don't come back to the guys shop and tear up the place for what they might perceive as "pulling a fast one on them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 16 minutes ago, ExNihilo said: i sure hope these crooks don't come back to the guys shop and tear up the place for what they might perceive as "pulling a fast one on them." Cape Fear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
