Robot Man Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 This thread is mostly geared to us old geezers who have been around since the dinosaurs. But I suspect it will even pertain to some of you younger folks as well... Didga ever think that a comic book would ever sell for a million dollars much the less multiples of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) Didga ever think that you could buy comics in the palm of your hand at any time or place 24 hours a day and see what it looked like? Edited August 31, 2019 by Robot Man porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Didga ever think people would spend the price of a new nice car on a comic book encased in a plastic holder that you could only see two sides of? The Lions Den 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Didga ever think people would spend any amount of money much the less collect Archie or Romance comics? electricprune and KirbyJack 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
707comics Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 No. But they say it's only money and you can't take it with you 1) Didga ever think someone would ask $12,500 for a Ford Pinto?? 2) Didga ever think cover price on a comic book would be $3-$4? 3) Didga ever think a chicken sandwich combo meal at a fast food place would cost $7.50 (before tax)?? 4) Didga ever think someone would spend $110k+ on a Star Wars action figure? 5) Didga ever think someone would spend $100k+ on a set of Pokemon cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 If I would have thought about any of this pertaining to anything from my childhood I would not have done this... Back in 62/63 when I was 7/8 I had a friend down the street and her Dad worked for Topps in Philadelphia. Each time the new series of baseball cards ( 7 series per season if IRRC) came out he would bring home multiple uncut sheets of the new cards and she would give each of us an uncut sheet, what did we proceed to do... Cut the cards out and place them in the spokes of our bicycles with cloth pins so they made that neat sound when you rode. Robot Man, Jaylam, 1950's war comics and 2 others 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Did you ever think you could see, buy and pay for comics with just a few taps on a keyboard - not more looking through ads in fanzines to order and no more snail mail ordering, no more sending cash/checks/money orders, and no more stamp licking (and not even sure what or if you would get what you ordered)? porcupine48, Larryw7, thunsicker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kav Posted August 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2019 didja ever think 2 books in same condition would sell for $100,000 difference because one got a 9.8 the other got a 9.6 and if you resubmit the one could end up with a 9.6 and the other a 9.8? Robot Man, Readcomix, vheflin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 For you old hippie CA residents... Didga ever think you could walk into a store and buy any kind of weed neatly displayed under glass, LEGALY? dupont2005, MGsimba77 and shortboxed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Robot Man said: Didga ever think people would spend the price of a new nice car on a comic book encased in a plastic holder that you could only see two sides of? In 2008 when my uncle came home from stateside and told me about this I was full WTF!?The price not too shocking.That someone would want a comic they couldn't see the inside of,mind boggling.Slabs were new to me then,I'd been out of comics aside from the occasional newstand Mad or Cracked buy since 93 Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) Something I've never really thought about. At least in the main comicbook-obsessed countries we have a degree of stability and don't experience the kind of extreme hyperinflation seen in Weimar Germany and Zimbabwe, and consequently need to use wheelbarrows filled with banknotes - unless you're purchasing a Tomb of Dracula key in ultra high grade, so it would seem this week. Edited August 31, 2019 by Ken Aldred porcupine48 and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 I thought my Jim Lee X-Men #1 would be worth a million by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, dupont2005 said: I thought my Jim Lee X-Men #1 would be worth a million by now You should have went for the deluxe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Didga ever think you could drive into a drive up store on just about any corner and pay $5. For a cup of coffee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 I remember my dad telling me that someday we would be paying for water and TV reception. I thought he was crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Didja ever think people would pay for water that is less pure than their tap water? The Lions Den and GeeksAreMyPeeps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Didga ever think that Hollywood and the entertainment industry would make comic books worth more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Didja ever think the coming doom of an ice age because humans are bad would become the coming doom of a hot planet because humans are bad? Casablanca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 2 hours ago, marvelmaniac said: If I would have thought about any of this pertaining to anything from my childhood I would not have done this... Back in 62/63 when I was 7/8 I had a friend down the street and her Dad worked for Topps in Philadelphia. Each time the new series of baseball cards ( 7 series per season if IRRC) came out he would bring home multiple uncut sheets of the new cards and she would give each of us an uncut sheet, what did we proceed to do... Cut the cards out and place them in the spokes of our bicycles with cloth pins so they made that neat sound when you rode. My dad, who turns 71 in October, loves to tell me this story. He vividly remembers putting baseball cards in his bicycle spokes. He also says that he remembers having a big stack of ‘52 Topps Mantle rookies. Told me he used to trade away star cards all the time to get the lesser knowns he needed to complete his sets. marvelmaniac and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Did you ever, sorry, didga ever think that Mandrake, Popeye, Flash, Beetle, Blondie and The Phantom would die a death in John Morlar's Pence Palace of Doom? Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
