mackenzie999

How the hell is that just a 6.0??? Centering perhaps?

I'm not an officer but I've seen one on television...and according to them, perps always return to the scene of the crime.

Thanks, but what my real question boils down to is, assuming victory in court, is there any chance of Mark being compensated the actual value of his pro-bono work at DD's expense? My interest is not so much in whether or not he actually receives compensation (he volunteered his time and I doubt he needs the money), I'm just curious if that is a technical possibility. On top of everything else DD stands to lose, having to pay for the privilege of a high-powered lawyer crushing you like a bug would be a sweet bit of piling-on.

Here's a question for you legally-informed types: I believe that when suing someone, sometimes you are able to add on legal fees as part of what you pursue, or perhaps the judge adds them after the fact. If this is the case, could DD end up paying Mark's fees as well (I believe lawyers keep track of their time in 6-minute increments)? Granted, he is not charging for his time, but doesn't that ultimately help DD, assuming he has his butt handed to him in court? Why should his wife's good fortune (receiving pro bono counsel) be DD's good luck? For example: I find an Action 1 at a yard sale for a dollar, and you destroy it. Can I only sue you for a dollar? Maybe that's apples/oranges, but it seems like if DD loses, he loses less because of the wife's good fortune. Is Mark then able to pursue DD to cover his fees?

These were my initial thoughts as well, but (a) I have no experience in this area so what do I know? (b) even if the chances are small, any chance to hurt DD is a worthy one; and ©, not to get all sappy but seeing the board come together like this, as it has recently, is a pretty cool thing. Go Mark!

Interesting stuff...I always assumed that Catcher illustration was done by Ben Shahn. An English professor once told me that Salinger maintained a contractual clause that prohibited any imagery whatsoever on his books, that the covers be purely typographic.

Kudos to the resurrection for a solid transaction!

Kudos to mikeyriffhard for a sweet stack of Cap-run Tales of Suspense.

Kudos to jimjum12 for a nice price, and for packing my book well enough to survive my postman's best efforts to cram a 15" envelope into an 11" mailbox!

Good mail day today, packages from two sellers: GL/GA 76 F-VF Tales of Suspense 43 VG-ish Tales of Suspense 48 F-ish

Kudos to comiconxion for a great transaction; solid deal, good grading and a super speedy transaction (agreed on swap Friday afternoon, received books Monday morning).

Kudos to dzminn for a nice copy of GL/GA 76!

I'm just posting here so I can easily find this thread in the future. Thanks for sorting this out!

Kudos to ArAich and Loboagain for excellent transactions (I was buyer). Lobo's packing was bomb-proof!

Avengers Special (annual) #3 Avengers: Classic #4 Marvel Milestone Edition: Avengers #4 May be a few others. thanks man!

Avengers 4 reprints? Besides the Gold Record version, was #4 ever reprinted in Marvel Tales or someplace similar? I just snagged a nice slabbed #4 and I'd like to pick up a cheap reader copy but GRRs are more than I care to spend.

TIMMAY! ...for a great book at a fair price, packed to withstand an atomic blast. Thanks for my first grail in 30 years!

You'd have better luck getting in touch with Kirby.

Spraying is for the weak. If you really want to protect your investment, laminate them!

Just examined the larger version of the image in Photoshop. There is some slight haloing around the books that is typical of a manipulated image, but I have to agree with Markav that scant motivation exists for this. The change in dynamic range (and by that I mean how white the whites are, and how black the blacks are) might just be due to very glossy covers. [/conspiracy theory]

I haven't examined the image outside of viewing it in this forum, it just looks a little off to me. I could easily be wrong about that, because the lighting on the string of books seems right, and if someone could get that right they'd probably also get the dynamic range right as well. Maybe at some point this image was just tweaked in that area to bring out the books. Or I could be completely wrong, certainly wouldn't be the first time.

I know I'm a bit late for the pile-on, but as a 20-year graphic arts professional who has taught Photoshop to other professionals, I have to say that the line of comics hanging above Bailey's head are certainly very suspect. The degree of clarity and dynamic range do not match the rest of the image. Why would anyone do this? Fantasy gratification. You see it a lot with fake celebrity porn. I've actually had dreams of exactly this situation, going back in time with a bunch of mercury dimes and hitting the newstands. Seeing these photos certainly scratches that itch in a pleasurable way. Here's a simple Photoshop tip for anyone trying to decipher muddy or dark images, for example trying to ID comics that are mostly in shadow: Image/Adjust/Levels/drag the midrange slider to the left until the image becomes readable. This will likely destroy the appearance of the image in many ways, but will also potentially reveal some surprising detail. The data has to be there in the first place, a block of absolute 100% black will never gain new detail, but very often things *look* to be 100% black but are not and contain useful detail that needs to be enhanced to become visible. [/tutorial]