seanfingh

Yes

Alan Weiss had a style that was sort of between early Jim Starlin and Berni Wrightson. I always thought Weiss' faces were a little weird, but he is/was a really talented artist. This looks like an artist alley sketch to me.

HAHAHAHAHA. I am so sorry.

The book was published in 1983. How could any of the art be AI-produced?

It's fantastic. That era of comics is my absolute sweet spot as well. Well done, my man.

I was 5 or 6 and my dad was the one buying me comics. He was a die-hard DC guy and he instilled my love of Batman, Supes, the Legion and the JLA. He read all the comics (probably before he gave them to me - lol) and he DID NOT LIKE Marvel. He did his best to keep me happy, and I apparently made it very clear that X-Men and the Avengers were my absolute favorites. Out of GS 1-UXM 112 I only missed 98 and 108 (I think). After that he was more sporadic about buying them and then I got my own subscriptions around 1984. As a 6 year old, I knew the X-Men were special.

This is absolutely awesome. Especially if you asked for "Psycho Valkyrie," because he nailed it.

Beautiful looking 8.0!!

There are no comic books that would be appropriate for Patrick Stewart to sign that cost $300 let alone $3000. Please do some due diligence. The photo cover Star Trek Books or an ST:NG #1 can all be found in CGC 9.8 for less than $300. That would be my suggestion. Buy an 9.8 book and get it cracked and graded. For rare sigs and rare books, grade shouldn't mater, but it does. Just like it does on sketch covers. Your investment will be best protected and regarded with a 9.8.

Art Adams is "way better" than Dave Stevens? Well, art is subjective, but objectively, you are wrong.

I want to respond to this, and I will try to be 100% non-snarky, which will be a challenge for me. First and foremost, I understand that everyone wants to get their books put together for the best price possible, because stuff is just expensive. But for the presence of the facilitators at shows without witnesses, however, there would be no SS. Those facilitators have travel expenses, booth fees, wages for their agents and all the other expenses involved in being there. If they can't charge for their attendance and their service, then, again, there is no SS. So if you don't want to pay their fees, then don't. If you want to negotiate a bulk discount, go for it. But it is not fair to say they should eat all those expenses just so you can get your SS books done without "disgusting" "cash grab" fees.

This thread is spectacular. I had a six year hiatus from buying comics from the middle of '92 to the middle of '98. These boxes are reminding me of how fun it was to be getting back into comics in mid '98 after the big crash, when the industry was just starting to dust itself off and focus on producing good materials and not bad girl chromium lenticular holocovers. I am just loving it.

@greggy

Great thread. The Aquateers with the goggles is just so cool.

I believe that is an authentic George Perez signature. He shortened it up a little as he got older, but the basics are there.