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I wouldn't expect any bump in Sonic comics. They are what they are -- they have a small, but crazed following -- but it was first and foremost a video game.

I have many, many searches. It's why I'm one of the top comic sellers on my block in Chicago.

You don't go to many estate sales, do you? Never been to one Well, just so you (and others who have never been to an estate sale) know how things go, when they have comics, the usually price them per piece. Usually, it's $1 or $2 or $5 or sometimes $10. They very, very rarely differentiate the costs based on type or even age of comics. To a person running an estate sale, a Roy Rogers comic from 1954 is just as popular (if not more) than a Haunt of Fear published the same month. And they may both cost $20. We know different, but they don't. And that's because estate sale companies' job is to empty out houses by selling as much as possible for as much as they possibly can. They may know that old comics are worth something the same way they know that old pottery is worth something or old tools or cameras. Most don't have the understanding of all of the nuances of comics, because it's just not worth it to know a lot because they have to know stuff about everything. They may see a #1 and think it's valuable, so you'll see Image from the 90s priced at $10 and high numbered comics from the 60s priced at $2. However, there are rarely amazing deals at estate sales. This was a once in every 5 or 10 years type of a sale, especially considering the comics lasted until the day of the sale. (A lot of times they're sold before the sale begins.) I do searches for stuff all the time, but it's no way to make a living (at least with comics). Now furniture or clothing or jewelry is another story, because every estate sale has that stuff.

You don't go to many estate sales, do you?

That's sort of like asking a lady her age.

Congratulations! I'll just take that Spidey #1 as my "finder's fee".

A little late, but I've never seen an X-Factor #71 2nd that ISN'T a newsstand edition. Didn't look very hard, did you? Please point out a direct edition X-Factor 71 second print in that image search.

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A little late, but I've never seen an X-Factor #71 2nd that ISN'T a newsstand edition.

Cap America #173 and 174, please.

It's Boris the Bear of the 21st century!

I think people who weren't alive then (or were too young to realize it) don't realize how huge the first Tim Burton Batman movie was. It was amazingly popular and actually brought people into the comic book store looking for Batman comics. At the time, Batman was not a high selling book (other than, say Year One or other special issues). After the movie, it slowly but steadily became the most consistently popular comic for DC.

Very interesting price for the Deadpool Kills the MU set considering: These issues seem to be fine to very fine although I am NOT a professional grader. I've sold a lot of Deadpool minis lately; they were from a collection where the guy bought and read them -- not harshly, but they were not 9.8s or 9.6s. I put them up on eBay as reasonable BINs, and they sold ridiculously fast. (I sold my DP Kills the MU set for $65.) I really think Deadpool collectors aren't in it so much for the grade; they just want the comics.

I'm about to list my #1-#22. 8 of the issues are signed and remarked by Eastman. No 5A though.... It's funny because I never thought to ask about which cover the 5 was because I was getting such a good deal. The ONLY issue that he had just the B cover was 5. I'm still happy. I sold a 5A in the fall and did pretty well with it. For the Turtles, I always do auction. They sit at BINs, but do really well with bidding wars.

The early TMNT IDWs are still selling extremely well. I bought a run from 1-10 (with all the #1 covers and a couple of extras) plus the first four micro-series issues for $80, and they're closing now. Let's just say that was a good 2 week flip.

For some reason, the RI TMNT covers aren't really selling that well. (Or even the B covers, actually.) The 1A and 5A are selling well. I wish I could find some more.

It's pretty funny, though, in Game of Thrones (just finished Season 2), like the "big" battle scenes, how you can still tell it's a TV show because they keep the filming VERY tight, don't pan out. You can tell it's still a limited budget, limited scope, and that they kind of hit the wall in terms of what they can do. The thing is, in the books Martin glosses over the big battle scenes as well. He cares more about leading up to and the aftermath than the battle itself.

Not Modern The Annihilation Conquest books certainly are. As well as the 2009(?) series. And the new one. More GoG comics have been published in the modern era than any other era.

I agree There will always be a few boardies who will throw out the 'it will bomb' talk. Plenty of IM3 hate and that film cranked out $1.2 Billion to date. I see GotG doing just good enough to launch an animated cartoon series. Who thought Iron Man 3 was going to bomb, though? They may not have liked the filmmakers' take on the Mandarin (and I have to admit I haven't seen it yet), but nobody thought it wouldn't make a ton of money.