bellrules

Yukon? Wow! Congrats!

Has anyone ever seen of these before? It’s an ASM 365, first print direct, but instead of silver ink, it’s white. Put both books side by side to show the difference 

Great score on the Winnie #1. That book has incredible potential. I think it might reach Scooby Doo status at one point given the longevity of the character. 

This just came across my FB feed. Anyone ever crack one open to see if any logo variants were in there? 

On 2/28/2024 at 12:23 PM, dm226 said:

The books I need are mostly random titles. I can get virtually all of them on ebay but some of the prices are too high for me. As for the others, I think there are some that simply don't exist, period. For example, Angel Love #1-8, Zatanna Special 1 (this one is tricky because the regular newsstand has a $2 cover price), Fraggle Rock 8, Hawkman 16 and 17, and Blue Beetle 22 and 23...

Dan

Given the price box on the newsstand edition of Fraggle Rock 8, I don’t think it exists. 

On 2/26/2024 at 12:29 PM, littledoom said:

Nice finds! Are the World's Finest comic pack reprints? They're missing the Month dates

Walgreens prepack issues. (aka  2nd prints)

On 2/1/2024 at 4:12 AM, keithl said:

Comiclink sold an actions comics 508  9cgc a while back, would anyone know where that book went or who bought it?

 

 

 

 

Don’t know but they got a smoking deal!

On 1/21/2024 at 8:40 AM, scburdet said:

Please read the Usage Guidelines posted in big red letters at the top of the forum & edit your post accordingly. Otherwise, this query belongs elsewhere like the Grading & Restoration Issues forum.

Better?

Not sure how to approach this one. Looking for a little help. Book is complete. No missing pages but has some issues. Unsure of how much to ding the book for problems that only show in certain light.  Close up images to show what I’m concerned about

On 1/7/2024 at 2:09 PM, stormflora said:

Any possible chance we could maybe do $80 with shipping included ? 

I’m afraid not. We’re already dealing in CAD and I’m priced whatever is available at the moment right now. I don’t skimp out on shipping as I want to make sure the books get to you in the same condition I send them. If you want to wait, it’s ok. I’m in no rush to sell them.

On 1/7/2024 at 12:54 PM, stormflora said:

@bellrules Do you just collect a ton of copies of the same rare Whitmans that you already have pristine bagged copies of?

On a side note, if you could offer me a good deal for both T&J #331 and #332 together, I am willing to take them. Can be low grade copies, since I need to save some money. Was scolded by my wife a short while ago about burning too much money on collecting T&J...

Or, if anyone else has those two particular issues available for sale, let me know!

I have a lower grade 331, but the 332 is fairly high grade. I would do 80.00 for the pair plus shipping. 

On 1/7/2024 at 10:29 AM, Brock said:

Two tough ones, courtesy of a seller in San Diego, and one step closer to the full set - though it's a loooong journey. This also means I now have a CGC-graded undercopy of Flash 286, if anyone's searching...

You got a great deal on that Supes! Congrats!

On 1/2/2024 at 9:15 PM, CrocHntr said:

I finally found a Battle of the Planets 1 Whitman.  Been searching for a while.  Had to pay up for it, but happy to find a nice copy.

Surprisingly tough to find 

On 12/31/2023 at 11:19 AM, comic_memories said:

Very nice!

On 12/20/2023 at 11:58 PM, OtherEric said:

This would be more impressive if @bellrules hadn't just gone "look what I found" three days ago. Very happy to have this one, it may not be the rarest Whitman but I'm pretty sure it's in the top 10.

Awesome find. Definitely one of the more desired books out there and one of the rarer ones. And your copy is higher grade than most I’ve seen

And just to add to an already incredible week. 

On 12/16/2023 at 4:10 PM, Brock said:

Big cities are good, too… I travel pretty much all the time for my work, and pretty much everywhere. In most places, big or small, there’s usually a couple of honey holes. You just have to find them, and keep going back. Used bookstores, junk shops, larger LCSes in big towns or forgotten LCSes in smaller towns, antique shops, etc. are all good. A lot of places will have a section for “kid’s comics”, which are typically overlooked by most comic hunters. Dealers who know their superheroes but nothing else are great.

i don’t have near as much luck as @bellrules but I do pretty well…

 

Most of my finds have been in bigger cities. Small towns don’t yield the same type of results. Found a Scrooge 179 at Calgary Expo for 1.00. Books are out there, you just have to look. 

Another hit today at an antique mall. Given that WDCS 481 came with Daisy 46, I’m going to assume the other two came packaged together. 

On 12/15/2023 at 6:01 AM, Brock said:

Go west, young man… I find that places like antique malls are better than LCSes for these kind of books. Think of Waterloo, Stratford, Woodstock, London…

Given they were bagged in Cambridge, that makes sense

On 12/14/2023 at 9:56 PM, MAR1979 said:

A scan to go along with what @Brock mentioned:

 

From June 1980 Comic Reader a follow up:

In July 1980 Comic Reader, simply a list. Some (all?) of the books noted are now known to only have been in Pre-Pack's

Aug 1980 same situation as July:

Here’s a few more. Posted these previously but a good idea to keep them all together.