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Anyone know how BZ is doing? I saw he did some fresh posts on FB after a few years off. Hope all is well. This was one of the best threads ever. I really appreciated his insights and, of course, his collection.

$1.8K or 16% short = "close enough"! Do you have a selling thread coming up?

158 is a pretty lame book in terms of art and story. But Miller quickly found his Krigstein (who had done GA wildcat a heavy “influence” on DD) influenced art style and that made the book explode. By DD 164 Miller, with McKenzie scripts and KJ inks, was blowing everyone away with his “Master Race” homage. At that point the fan press in articles like RC Harvey’s “The Visual Elan of Frank Miller’s Daredevil” in CJ were viewing his work as something special and we were all buying the Miller run. Personally, I think it was Byrne and Miller who (along with inflating prices) who really made “run collecting” a bigger thing than completest collecting. After all, who wanted a run of DD.

The Promise Collection was pressed before grading and the grading, to me at least, seems very generous on some books. Others, especially some notable very high grade books, seem spot on. But the low resale prices and failed regrading does seem a cautionary tale. I always thought a bunch of the prices paid made no sense. Hard to believe how quickly some of these resales are occurring given the prices paid. Does not seem to be a logical business decision ... unless the purchaser had an interest in ramping up prices and viewed any resale troubles as a "loss leader."

The only thing notable about this book is the cover, right? So I suppose the question is whether anyone needing some interior pages for their copy with a cover wants to buy this off of you. Best way to find out would be an auction. Someone posted about picking up a coverless Suspense 3 a few years ago. Might be helpful discussion there.

As for the 7.0, I wonder if that checkmark in the upper left and that pencil erasure mark above the chimneys that is about the same size as the checkmark indicate this is an unidentified Cosmic Aeroplane?

I'm taking the under because I hate that graphic on the label. The offerings by Heritage: You'd think that the last sale would have been for less if in the same auction with these three.

Which is why my cheat votes were for Foster and Caniff/Sickles.

It sells them now. Back then kids cared about the interiors. Many pics of kids reading comics in stores. That’s why the most popular titles back then included series which today are not prized for their covers that much.

My top 5 would have Everett at the top. Schomburg didn’t do interiors and Everett’s genre covers are better than Alex’s (AS did blow everyone away for WWII superhero covers including Kirby by far). Krigstein makes my list as he did all genres and would have been Frank Miller three decades early. My cheat votes would be for Foster or Sickles.

It needs tear seals. The white Grimes copy has a seal on a small tear on the back cover, and frankly I think that is the superior choice for a book from the perspective of keeping it safe.

Blissard has got a cover only in a CGC holder up on ebay: $60K.

I would not aim for the Frankenbook. I would get the cover conserved and graded (and either sell or hold). For me a stand alone cover has advantages - you can more easily display it with less risk of damage to the book. I would do the same thing to the pages but since they are less stable I would unload them.

An easy call: Silver. But what about this (not mine)?: New superhero, CCA stamp, written by Gardner Fox, MR. Ayers art.

He scored 1, should have been 2 (which would have given Wrexham a late lead). A decisive moment when he missed a penalty (good goalkeeping as shot was on goal). No shame for Wrexham and I hope Mullin is not injured as he came up a bit lame a minute later. And once he exited the game, Wrexham could no longer keep SU on their heels.

Big game today is on ESPN2 and ESPN+ at 11:45 am Pacific / 2:45 pm Eastern. I have seen pundits predicting a 5-0 thrashing of Wrexham. Winner gets Tottenham.

For those of us looking to buy, it is not a shame at all!

That badge is super cool. There's a Captain America item that was a similar concept, you had to get enough kids to sign up, and I don't think anyone's ever seen one. So very rare indeed. I wish rarity was intrinsically tied to value. I have and have had comics that are far rarer than Action 1, but none are likely to ever get 1% of the price of the top Action 1s. Demand is all that matters. What surprises me is that demand for comic related items sometimes seems really disproportionately when compared to demand for comics themselves from the same timeframe. I guess they are just different markets.

That is a fantastic discovery!

Ryan Reynolds had a funny twist on that disappointment:

Admit it - like most others you love an upset. Feeling any Wrexham love at this point? Or is SU your team?

The FA Cup started with over 700 teams participating from the amateur level to Premier League teams. There are now just 17 left. Exiting the competition last round were, amongst others Arsenal (leading the EPL) and Liverpool, still alive is Wrexham! Wrexham are the last non-League (League is top four tiers) team left as they play in tier 5. If Wrexham win their next game they will play Tottenham at the Racecourse. Tottenham sit in a League four tiers above Wrexham (equivalent of MLB team playing a Rookie A development level team). Wrexham literally sit around 90 places or more below Tottenham in the standings of the Top 5 levels of leagues. The documentary makers must be loving life. Is the FA cup cool or what?

Fewer and fewer from the early days. A lot folks were interviewed over the years thankfully. And it is fun to read stories like yours. For guys like Wigransky who died young all we got is second hand info. You ever going to reveal which of the people on that list of winners you are? No pressure but it is nice to put a name to stories just for sake of preserving a bit of oral history.

Did you like it? I've rewatched the funeral scene starting with the gong on through maybe ten times. It's brilliant writing (so few words!) and brilliant acting (so much emoting in virtual silence). Award worthy and getting that recognition.

So my guess was right in the end, even though that was not the original plan of the guys running this deal.