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CGC Price Index (in response to SW3D post)

2003 CBC's Eye on E-bay Some of you may remember To Comic's Buyers Guide Weekly Fandom Publication which was devoted to everything comics. This was the Internet for comic collectors prior to the Internet I have added a clipping that I manager to keep from a 2003 edition with an article an chart indexing CGC pricing for the week of January 19-25, 2003. The attached index was right on the money for the most part when it came to superhero books and to some degree may still be of some use
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Hidden Treasures!

Modern Age Books That I think I will have graded. I'm usually not one for collecting much of the Modern Age Comics especially most of the independents. I do happen to have a lot of stuff that I am starting to go through and find some nice pieces Tnerb, Bagofleas it's so much fun reading post about your adventures and your passion for the Hobby especially the New Mutants. You remind me a lot of myself in years past. Thanks so much for sharing your stories with us. That goes for the rest o
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Meeting Ray Park

Scoring A Snake Eyes Autograph! I had the chance a while back to meet and talk with Ray Park, the actor who plays Snake Eyes in the live action G.I. Joe movies and also play the character Darth Maul in Start Wars The Phantom Menace. I must say that I was very excited to meet Ray and tell him what a huge fan he had in my grandson, who is practicing Jui Jitsu. Ray Park being the total gentleman that he is, not only signed a Snake Eyes (color) photo but he also personalized it to my grandson
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The Name is Warhawk Mutants!

Newest addition to my X-men Set This came in the mail today! I was very excited to have this added to my X-men set that I am slowly trying to build. My goal is to assemble a 9.4 or higher set of all of the New X-men up to about issue 200. Most of the issues I already have and just need to submit but there are a few scattered issues below issue #110 that I need to obtain. Generally I am all over the board with my collecting and really not very focused on any one set. I find it so much mo
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Phoenix Must Die!

How could they do that to one of the greatest characters ever created Ok so I picked up a group of books recently off E-bay. The books consisted of all X-men CGC's 9.4 all with White Pages. First was X-men #134 Titled "Heroes and Hellfire". In this issue Phoenix becomes dark Phoenix after being transformed into the Black Queen by the Hellfire Club. This is a classic with story by Chris Claremont, art by John Byrne and Terry Austin Cover. I so loved this story arc that began in issue #1
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One of the funniest duo's of all time!

I have had this book for some time and just realized that there was a Bronze Age DC Number One Set that I could add it to Laurel and Hardy easily one of the most popular double acts of all time. Best known for their slapstick comedy, they became well know during the 1920's to the mid 40's. The pair made more than 100 short films together before expanding into feature length films in the 1930's. Stan passed away in 1965 and Oliver in 1957 but I remember so many evenings and even Saturday
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Latest Addition to the Family!

I just started collecting Signature Series Books this year. So I find it a lot easier for sure to just purchase a book already signed and slabbed as well as it saves a heck of a lot of time I do enjoy the chase of tracking down my favorite artists to meet face to face and obtain an auto on one of my favorite works of theirs. But man thanks to E-bay I can actually just wait for some items to arrive via USPS. My most recent purchase and addition to the family is a CGC SS 9.8 copy of Cr
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Silver Surfer #15 New Price Record?

Just ended E-bay Auction for SS #15 maybe new record. Only (1) of (2) 9.8 copies sold for............................... I don't know about many of you but I have it bad watching ending comic book auctions on ebay and keeping a record of books that I feel sell for prices that are higher than I would expect for the particular book to sell for. Sparkle City just closed a bunch of auctions this evening and one of the books that sold was a perfect copy of SS#15 in CGC 9.8 condition. I started w
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My Titan-ic Purchase!

Ready for press and slab! I am so excited to share my most recent purchase with you guys! I bought a lot of raw books off ebay last week and they arrived today. The group consisted of a run of early Teen Titans from issue #6 through #25 and was two issues. The group was advertised as mostly vf and vf to nm. I usually expect the worst even after I do my homework and check out all of the pictures. But something told me this was going to be a great group of books, and I'm glad I followed
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A Kirby Sig would have been nice on this book!

But I think I will just shoot for Stan's and be happy This is one of those great covers from back in the day that just jumps Out at you! Every time I look at this cover I can imagine Stan telling us how this one has it all. Nuff Said! Enjoy To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Love Those Early Gold Key Covers!

A few books I picked up at the LA Convention recently. During the 1960's and 70's Gold Key was one of the great comic book companies that was able to compete with Marvel and DC. Maybe not totally on the same level since they didn't have quite as many characters ad the "Big Two". Nonetheless they had great characters and great stories. What made it hard for collector's of the early issues was that most of their comic books were slightly wider and a little longer than the standard comic bo
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Flipping a 25 cent comic and making $1700.. (True Story)

What's your take on flipping comics? I thought this would be an interesting story to share with my New Registry Family About 7 years ago give or take a year, while on one of my regular visits to the local outdoor swapmeet I happened upon a box of comics from one of the regular vendor's. Now this guy was also one of my competitor's for buying storage units at auction. He was a well seasoned buyer and dealer to say the least. So when I searched through his box of comics on his table I neve
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Berni Wrightson "Rare" NYCA Comic Book - Oct. 1977

Very Hard to Find Wrightson Item! While digging through some stuff today I came across this item that I'm sure not very many collectors have seen. This book was a guide for those attending the gallery show in 1977 and showcased some of Bern's best work of the day. I had the chance to meet Berni about 15 years ago and he was great to talk to and signed as many items as you would put in front of him, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to have the first 3 issues of Swamp Thing signed
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Bulldogs, Dying Like Men! !

A Jack Kirby Classic-Kamandi #28 I love the weekends especially Sunday! I usually take some time to retreat to my comic room and piddle around or read comics Over the last couple of days I have been wanting to read the Kamandi series from start to finish. I have read a number of issues but never the entire series. This is such a great title to me because it showcases Jack Kirby's full range of talent. Most of the issues were Written, drawn and inked by the great one and show
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Mystery Original Artwork?

This was an apparent Promo for Bally's Casino Las Vegas. Hey everyone, I have what I believe is the original artwork for a complete promo comic for Bally's Casino Las Vegas or Bally's Gaming. I have all of the original pages plus the cover. The pages are dated 1993 and the only signature on the pages is the name Henderson. All of the pages originated from Image Comics and are on Image Art Paper as seen in the attached photo's. Does anyone have any idea if this was actually published and o
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Finally got Neal Adams Signatures!

A weekend at "The Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con" For many years I have wanted to meet Neal Adams to shake his hand and obtain signatures in person for some of the items that I wish to keep in my private collection. Well this weekend presented the opportunity and let me say that I definitely took advantage of it. I really had a ton of items that I want to get Neal's signature on from Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Avengers and X-men with the first Havok appearance to name a few, but I need to
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History of the DC Universe

George Perez a tribute! I really got into George Perez in the early 80's when I started reading some of the New Teen Titans issues that he had done. I came across those issues by luck and picked up issues 12-15 all signed by both Perez and Len Wein (way before signature series). I thought to myself what detail this guy draws. Not just the cover but the entire book page after page of jaw dropping detail. Not to mention some of the greatest fight scenes ever drawn in comics to my knowledge
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Crazy Like a Fox!

Neal Adams Cover SS to add to my collection. I don't really buy many new comics these days unless I find a great deal at a show where I can pick up a couple thousand. But Captain Marvel has always been one of my all-time favorites especially the Jim Starlin issues. So when I saw this cover it really jumped out at me from my computer screen. I mean really it just does not get any better than this. Neal Adams has always been one of my personal favorite all time top 5 artist and I can't wait
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Double Vision

Avengers #57 with double covers from a recent lot purchase on E-bay! Every once and awhile you can get really great deals looking for deals on E-bay. A couple months ago I purchased a Silver Age Lot of about 40 really beat up comics. They were advertised as such and the pictures that were attached confirmed it! Out of the lot though I noticed a copy of Sub-mariner #1 and Avenger #57 (1st Vision App.). There were a couple of other nice books that for the price would be great to have as read
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Tiger's of Terra by Ted Nomura

One of the best Small Press Comic Titles of the 80's I know a lot of you readers are strictly either Marvel or DC fans with a few Image sprinkled in for good measure. However Image and all the other non Marvel/DC companies would not be around today if not for the Small Press/Black & White Explosion of the 80's. I tend to journey back in time quite often with my journals (I hope you guys don't mind). This time our time machines destination is the year 1986 and a small comic shop owne
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My Dave Steven's Obsession!

Betty's Budior Don't know how many of you know of or possibly collect artwork, comics or anything else from the late Dave Steven's of Rocketeer Fame. I was hooked the very first time I picked up a copy of Pacific Presents and saw the smooth artwork and great female anatomy that Mr. Steven's was able to with almost no effort make come to life. I swear you would think these were real people you were looking at pictures of only doctored up a little (way before photoshop was invented). My Crown
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The Day I Met Jack Kirby!

One of my most treasured moments as a collector! To all my fellow collector's that may not have had the chance to meet "The King" let me tell of my experience. The year is 1982 if my memory serves me correctly. The place is Friendly Neighborhood Comics which was owned and operated by a kindly gentleman by the name of Tom Heiner. This was the very first store in Las Vegas that was dedicated to nothing but comic books. I had made many a purchase at this store and seen many great books pas
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Imagine This (Part 3)

The Ring! I'm going to start this part of the story off going back a few years to one of my first trips to The Book Rack. I was about 13 years old and thought I would sneak out of the house while my mom and dad were at work. Keep in mind It was about 5 miles and I had to walk during this trip (the lengths I would go to for a fix). I'm almost there and as i'm crossing the street in front of Jerry's Nugget Gambling Hall I see something shiny in the street. Lucky it was early morning and not
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Imagine This (Part 2)

What do I do with all these comics? Ok, so now that you have all hopefully read Part 1, let's move along. Now I have this store which was "The Oldest Used Bookstore In Las Vegas" at the time. But all I really wanted was the comics Now I had never really been in awe of much of anything in my life, but let me tell you guys I really didn't know what to do next. It worked out that after about 6 months I actually made enough money to totally pay myself back for the purchase price of the bu
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Imagine This (Part 1)

What if all of a sudden you inherited every comic you ever dreamed of! guys for my 2nd Journal Entry I'm coming out swinging! This will give a little insight on part of my history in Comic Collecting. The year is 1990 and i'm visiting one of my favorite places to pick up back issue comics in North Las Vegas (The Book Rack). I had been a customer at this store for well over 12 years already since my early childhood. I would ride my bike over 5 miles down a steep hill while my Mom and Dad w
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