Badlands

51 minutes ago, Howling Mad said:

Reach out to "kaizerdawg" on Instagram. He has a beautiful 8.0 copy. Tell him "howling_mad_fate" sent you. Not sure if he's looking to move it or not.

Excellent, thanks. I know this sounds dumb,  what if I dont use Instagram lol? Any other way to get in touch with him?

On 12/26/2016 at 9:21 PM, Dale Roberts said:

https://dalerobertscomics.com

 

I've got quite a bit of GA listed and will be listing much more, with new books added each week.

Hi Dale!  I checked your site, you don't currently have any. but do you ever run across Namora from 1948?

1 hour ago, Cat-Man_America said:

Good closing statement, counselor!  

Wish you luck! 

Thanks!

Probably never happen, but my goal is to find Namora #3!

Purchased a long sought after golden-age Namora #2 from Pablo and I love it!  The book is great, just as he described, but he is also very easy and pleasant to deal with.  I thank you sir!

Setting up to link to my profile.  Have dealt with a lot of great people here lately, buying and selling.

Kudos to David for a)extremely easy, pleasant transaction!  Easy to talk to and negotiate with, it was a pleasure doing business!

(Sold TOD #1 CGC 9.0)

I'll take it, sending payment via paypal now.

Hello, quite possibly interested!  Would you mind PM'ing me a back cover scan please?  You wouldn't happen to have issues 1 and 3 also would you?

Selling a few Batman keys:

If you compare the prices for the exact grades on Ebay you will see these are very fairly priced, even a little lower.

Batman 171, 1st Riddler. $450
Batman 181, 1st Poison Ivy. $425
Batman 232, 1st Ra's Al Ghul. $530
Detective Comics 359, 1st Batgirl. $530

First "I'll take it" gets them. PayPal goods and services only please.

No HOS or probation members.

Prices do not include shipping. $14.00 Priority shipping anywhere in the U.S., will ship within 1 day of payment. If outside the country please contact me for a quote.

No returns on CGC graded books.

 

3 hours ago, spreads said:

Where did you find the holder the poster sits in?

There is no holder for it. I took mine to Staples and got it laminated for $10. Then hung it from the ceiling and weighed it down with two Superman items.

2 hours ago, an99 said:

Great room!

Can you (or anyone) tell me where you got that two-sided Superman poster? As a big Superman fan, I would love to have this poster in my collection. 

Thanks 

Have you heard of Tony Isabella,  creator of Black Lightning and others? He lives very close to me and sells these at a garage sale he holds every year. Apparently he helped create the organization, and created this poster to help with funds. I can pick one up for you next year of you like? I think he's asking $25.

I found a link on YouTube to build a cabinet around it and use as a coffee table with legs as suggested earlier. I am going to strategically put led rope lighting behind the colored discs to make it pop. 

40 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

CONGRATS!

Would love to know the whole List? The "last?" 

Well, it all started with the smaller numbers ones and first appearances; Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner, Iron Man. ASM 129, 55, etc. Then it graduated to some slightly higher number ones, X-men 1, Avengers 1, etc. From there first appearance Thor, Iron Man. Then this and AF 15. Mostly all lower grades, but still, happy to have them!

On 4/24/2019 at 3:49 PM, F For Fake said:

Taking care of the rust absolutely makes sense, as that could continue to spread. My previous comments were specifically in regard to touching up any of the actual paint, sorta like doing restoration/color touch on a comic. But yeah, for sure, you don't want the thing to dissolve before your eyes. Can't wait to see it once it's all done!

Well, I got the top piece off. After taking the bracket off that was on that piece, there's hope in restoring some of the color. 

9 hours ago, neuroticmoose said:

I just signed up to comment on the pinball machine after looking up comic book shelf pictures and finding this thread and felt I could add some pointers. The thing about not touching the rust, well the way rust works you're probably gonna wanna at least try to scrape some of it away or it will likely spread, assuming you want to keep the thing for years to come which lets be honest, you do. the great thing is though, there's plenty of ways to remove heavy rust that would allow the rest of the table to remain unscathed and maintain what the other posters called vintage charm, I would consult someone at your local home improvement store who works in the chemical cleaning aisle or do some searching online. vinegar and some light scrubbing in that area in the top corner could even work wonders, and thats really the only area I would worry about, as for the electrics if you're taking the thing apart I'd do some searching on a pinball forum (of which there are many helpful ones) and make sure there's nothing in the table that can discharge while you're taking it apart, otherwise I wouldn't worry about fiddling with the guts and doing repairs yourself (it's almost always x wire to x wire and y wire to y wire type set-ups, I know from rewiring a few of my own arcade cabinets) from there just make sure it's not plugged in and there will be zero chance of electrocution, and in the even you do get shocked the worst you're likely to get is a little zap, nothing life threatening, but if you checked the first two things that won't even be a possibility. Other than that, you seem to know what you're doing, so get that thing looking brand new already! 

Awesome, thank you! I feel honored you signed up just to comment on this thread lol. I will get to the rust here in a sec, but first:

1. I agree with what some said here, and that is I will not touch the paint. Its starting to flake I certainly dont want to make it worse.

2. I'm taking off the hardware,maybe soak it in some CLR while I clean the plastic graphics; i would like to keep it as much original as i can.

3. Thank you for addressing the rust, and I agree with you. I would like to get "some" off, at least to keep it from spreading. The good news? Those panels at the top and bottom will come off, they're just held on by screws, so I wont risk damaging the rest of the piece.

4. I'm not even close to considering the electronics; for now I just want to focus on getting it somewhat presentable. 

17 minutes ago, spreads said:

Ya I don't know if you even want to touch the rust or anything at all.....keep it in its original state!  Great piece.

True, but I would like to see at least a little of it gone. I want the ol greenskin to pop more!

23 minutes ago, F For Fake said:

That is such a beauty, and definitely something that not every collector is going to have. Clean it up by all means, but I wouldn't touch up any of the paint or anything. The roughness is what gives it that vintage charm. Spectacular pick up. 

Thank you sir. I agree, definitely not touching the paint; its starting to flake, so I certainly do not want to further damage it. 

But to clean it and get those colors to pop will make a world of difference. I have to say, I cannot wait to get started!

3 minutes ago, Mercury Man said:

Fun, be cool if you could figure out how to wire it up so it lights up a little again. 

An electrician I am not, lol. I would probably electrocute myself. But yeah, that would be very cool.