MisterX

Why have you decided to move on?

Thanks, rakehell, that's good to know. There are many here who know a great deal about the comic printing proces circa 1977-78. Maybe one of them could jump in with a hypothesis on why the black ink from the Street Ball ad transfers through the front cover?

I've been looking for high grade pence copies of 2 and 3 for awhile now. Congrats on your score!

This is a fun thread. I enjoy the omnibus format, but it is tricky to read. The Epic Collections are easier, for sure. I sold off my Alias and Tomb of Dracula Omnibi when prices were high awhile back with no regrets. I sold my Jack Kirby BA Captain America omnibus, regretted it about a year later, and bought another one. Also sold off my Eternals omnibus, on the fence about replacing it, might get the reprint if it comes out. I, too, would like to see the Captain Britain omnibus reprinted. I recently broke down and bought both Uncanny X-Men omnibi off eBay for a pretty good price. Sold a bunch of EC reprints, but I'm keeping the war books. Almost done collecting the Don Rosa Uncle Scrooge books, and I'm way behind on the Carl Barks duck reprints. I have my eye on the Alan Moore Swamp Thing absolute edition (finally!) and the Weird Western/ Jonah Hex absolute edition, although I own the complete run in floppies already. Do you guys sell off your floppies once you buy the reprint? I'm pretty torn on this...

Aww, man. My join date was the only proof I had a tiny shred of cred around here.

Thanks, Buzz, I'll keep my eyes peeled for it!

Does anybody know what CGC's booth number is? It doesnt come up under their vendor listing for some reason.

Let's pretend Machine Man is coming to the MCU or Marvel TV land for a moment. I suppose he could maybe show up in Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Or perhaps the Eternals? (Although that movie already has a ton of characters.) Or maybe the Hellstrom TV show, fighting undead? Anybody want to take a guess?

A super-quick internet search doesn't seem to explain why. Is it just speculation madness?

Jimmy Woo is actually in the Ant Man and the Wasp. He's played by Randall Park.

Price variant first appearances!

I don't know, the fact that this latest batch of Marvel characters are being introduced to the masses via cartoons has me doubting their first app. price sustanability. I like cartoons as much as the next guy, but movies are big and unavoidable. Cartoons are little and can be skipped, especially on a streaming service. But maybe I'm wrong.

I kind of think the peak of back issue worth/sales is already behind us. Keys continue to go up, but what about the rest of the books? The run books, the drek, the forgotten pop culture figures like Rin-Tin-Tin and Joe Palooka? Is anybody getting full guide prices for mid-grade back issues of The Beagle Boys, or Dale Evans or Dagar the Invincivble? How about Jonah Hex or the Warlord or the Defenders? Did they ever? There's probably millions of these books laying around, depreciating by the second. Then again, I'd be happy to be wrong.

I'll second Suspense 3.

Yeah, I don't know. It's a goof. I guess maybe somebody at Overstreet figured a bird in the hand? Morbius is acutally filming, right? But nobody knows when or even if Moon Knight will show up.

Pretty sure ASM 101 is on the list because of movie speculation.

In all the photos I think I saw one dealer with a single short box labeled "British comics." Everything else was American. All the wall books, everything! Doesn't a certain 2000AD prog merit a place on the shelf with the other wall books? Or at least a crummy long box? How about Battle? Misty? Scream? Jinty?

Thanks, @shadroch. I've sold to them directly a few times, but I was considering the consignment option because I get tired of checking my list and seeing they only want 2 or 3 books on it.

@shadroch Would you mind sharing more of your experience with MCS' consignment feature?

So a friend of mine mentioned recently that her deceased father's coin collection has been sitting in a safety deposit box, untouched, for years. The mom can't stand it and can't be bothered (actually I think they were divorced), the sister can't be trusted with it, so the responsibility of managing the collection is all on her. And she has zero interest in coins, especially as a collectible. My first thought was A) Hey, I wonder what's valuable in that collection? My second thought was B) I wonder what's decreasing in value the longer she holds? (From what little I understand, the coin market is going through some of its own pains.) It got me thinking about my own comic collection again, and, if comic-collecting trends continue to behave the way they are now (or worse), how many of my books will be so much worthless paper encased in mylar tombs in the year 2039 or so. It got me thinking about how to get rid of it all sooner, rather than later, that's for sure. (The preceding sentence is not intended as an invitation for offers or queries.)

I kind of think that Moderns are a loss leader for their corporate overlords. On the plus side for them, they have a relatively cheap creative incubator where comic book professionals (for various reasons, but mostly not to give up the rights to their own intellectual property) are dreaming up reskins of classic characters their employers already own the rights to into all sorts of media-friendly, brand-new yet familair money-making entities. If Disney can sell tons of licensed Spider-Gwen hoodies, or Warner Brothers can sell licensed Crush pajamas, do they really care if they're losing a few bucks or fanboys over a nearly extinct form of selling content?

I remember watching this show when it came out. I recognized Ellyse Luray because my wife and I used to watch the Antiques Roadshow on PBS. (What can I say, sometimes they had toys and guns and posters...) There's a few other good episodes. There's a guy with a Catwoman obsession, a guy with 60s/70s Hot Wheel and G.I. Joes, a woman with a Barbie collection and another with Star Wars toys, and an aging hipster with a really interesting collection of underground, punk and 60s memorabilia.

Saw this on another website and thought you guys might be interested -- Disclaimer: I don't know this auction house, I have nothing for sale in this auction. https://us.propstoreauction.com/view-auctions/info/id/160/ Anyone know who's selling off this massive collection?

It might have been Batman 262 from Greg Reece sometime in 2009. I don't have it anymore.