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18 minutes ago, littledoom said:

Ghost Rider 1990, Groo, some Valiant final issues sell well

Darkhawk 50.  SW 107.  Punisher 104.

21 hours ago, the blob said:

It seems plausible it might have had a lower print run than 155...shops might have ordered more 155s as a last issue, bon voyage, whatever. 153 is nothing to sneeze at either right now. There are more 155s for sale, but that's just anecdotal.

Wonder if it’s a case of seller knowledge? 

Everyone knows the last issue phenomenon.  They get pulled, collected, and actively put into the market.  Second-to-last issues?  Not so much, even though theoretically, their print runs would have been low as well.

13 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

December and April is a long time.

I hit 3/25 on my last prescreen

Yikes. 

That makes you wonder if something happened in transit or handling. 

10 hours ago, awakeintheashes said:

It seems like there are phases where grading is stricter than at other times and vice versa. No idea what causes it, though.

My guess is new hires.

If you get a new job, you’re likely to lean toward being overly detail oriented and perfectionistic at first.  You want to make a good impression.  In this case, that means noting every defect, no matter how small, and not missing anything.  You’ll probably tend to under-grade rather than over grade. 

There’s also a cameo in 359 that flies under the radar.

In fact, the cameos in 359 and 360, if they happened today, would have some of the new age collectors screaming ‘first full’.

12 hours ago, Mercury Man said:

I thought about picking up #1, as I love the first few movies, but reading this thread, I am kind of glad I didn't.

Meh.  One sixth of the story has been told.  I wonder if anyone stopped watching ‘Alien’ or ‘Aliens’ a sixth of the way in because they seemed slow, or nothing was happening.

Too early to judge.

8 hours ago, Corona smith said:

I don’t think there’s a lot of fans of people with long legs.

14 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

 

or he could sell all of them to the Spawn King of Chicago 

You have a lot of kids?

13 minutes ago, kevhtx said:

This was a 1:25 so I would think this happened from Marvel to Diamond?

When we open cases, this problem is most common on the top and bottom 3-4 copies in each stack in the box.

46 minutes ago, kevhtx said:

Yeah, I think these 2 are 9.6's imo. There are not many to compare, but there is a 9.8 that sold some time back that had them too (not as severe). This book is going to be a hard 9.8 for sure. Here is a raw that sold on ebay as well recently (similar marks)....

It’s become a bigger issue with Marvel’s current cover stock.  Watch for it, especially if you are buying new books that have sat on LCS shelves for weeks, and have been shuffled around.

1 hour ago, kevhtx said:

I subbed these literally a couple/few weeks after this comic release. So, they were probably some of the first ones to get graded. Im thinking they will bump. Im a risk taker in that regard. But, there just arent enough sales right now to know the price difference. Luckily, the show isn't until next year, so I have some time to decide. I could do slow track press+grade.

Those ‘scuff marks’ are color rubs from the shipping process, from the jostling of the books.

4 hours ago, BrooksR said:

I kind of liked it, I don’t mind a slow build on an alien story. In Aliens, one of my favorite movies, the “action” doesn’t start until way into the movie.

For me, in all good stories, you need to establish character and setting.  If you don’t, there’s very little emotional investment in the story.

1 hour ago, maidenmate91 said:

I agree to a point, however Darth Talon was literally going to be in episode 7. 

Yeah, real grey area.  It may not be canon, but that doesn’t mean popular ideas and characters can’t be culled from those books. 

2 minutes ago, Dr. Dank said:

So, what's the deal with Xforce 11?

Domino appears. 

11 minutes ago, awakeintheashes said:

22 hours ago, OtherEric said:

Wouldn't it really be simpler at this point to create a thread for Star Wars comics that aren't heating up?

After Mando ended and the world got Wanda crazy, things have quieted down a bit. Seems like a good buying opportunity for some books

And that’s a bingo.

This is the quiet time.  Things could really get rolling as streaming Star Wars content returns in the second half of the year.

4 hours ago, NWOslave said:

i havent seen anyone mention Sana Starros. How you all feel about Star Wars #6?

She has a 3 page appearance in disguise in issue 4.  Get both.

4 hours ago, the blob said:

9 hours ago, littledoom said:

Beginning of Jim Lee art on Superman title run.. "classic cover" .. eternal solid $5-10 book

Yeah, i know, jim lee, classic, that's why i bought 50 of them, but it seems everyone else did too.

People were trying to catch lightning in a bottle again, after Lee’s hot run on Batman.

4 hours ago, Broke as a Joke said:

Maybe it's just me but I find the art on the high republic adventures book to be awful.  Think I'm done with that one already.  

It’s not inked tightly enough. 

He was the artist on some nice Nightwing covers, IIRC.

1 hour ago, Lazyboy said:

In theory, but the random numbers in that waste of paper don't match raw FMV for most books either.

Yeah, there’s a fair amount of landscaping that needs to be done in their pricing yard.

50 minutes ago, Randall Ries said:

That sounds so innocent. Like owners don't notice stupid prices being paid at famous auctions and inflated prices from dealers. Bat 227 9.8 goes from a $9k book to $30k overnight because on ONE SALE? Metro bumped theirs overnight from $9k to $30k because of the Pennyworth sale. That's BS. One person with too much money pays a stupid price because he can? Where's the average in that? Now ALL 9.8 Bat 227's are $30K? Meh. Keep it. That's what I was trying to illustrate. Someone gets a biggie over a book they simply must have and pays doofus money for it. Fine. That's there thing. It shouldn't dictate the entire market. That's called inflation. Seems to me it isn't sustainable.

That sounds so inexperienced.  Like buyers don’t notice stupid prices suddenly being asked based on one sale.  Owners can now ask 30K for a Batman 227 9.8... doesn’t mean anyone else will pay it.

It’s pure economics... the price will settle where the ask meets the bid.

He must’ve got glasses in 2016, and realized the world isn’t blurry. 

On 2/19/2021 at 4:54 PM, greggy said:

Good, I can sell the 100 plus copies I bought. 

Since when do you bulk spec moderns?   This is like seeing Tom Brady line up on the O-line.