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On 6/9/2022 at 2:14 PM, kimik said:

This is why slabbed books with better than expected front covers for the grade fetch a premium. For my PC, I like chasing books with interior issues or damage primarily on the back. 

You can definitely get an ‘eye appeal’ bargain.

On 6/9/2022 at 1:26 PM, Beastfeast said:

Right?  Disparaging NOW as the era of the cover (and somehow conflating CGC with that, too) doesn't make much sense.  Even the designation of "Classic cover" predates CGC.  The cover of a comic book is a massive draw and has been since the beginning of the medium.  CGC didn't do it.  We did. 

It’s all a matter of degree, though, isn’t it?  There have always been classic covers, yes, but I don’t think the amount of collecting focus placed on covers has ever been greater.

I stand by the comment.

On 6/8/2022 at 2:20 PM, kimik said:

If you do shows, then the covers become more important. There are a ton of books that sell well retail at shows for $10-$20 apiece that do no move elsewhere. Casual buyers see a cool cover in the $10-$20 range and they buy them. Those sales add up very fast and pay for the tables several times over.

The CGC era has become the era of the cover.

On 6/8/2022 at 10:05 AM, kimik said:

Huge book tied to multiple potential possible maybe someday future D+ and MCU projects.

You need some help gutting and cleaning the fish you suckered with that comment?

On 6/5/2022 at 11:17 PM, kimik said:

It is funny how McFarlane can put out spawn books with cardstock covers for $2.99, yet Marvel cannot get decent cover stock at $3.99+.........

He doesn’t need to pay a corporate tree of various employees like Marvel and DC do.  He runs lean and mean.

On 5/28/2022 at 10:52 AM, The Meta said:

I'm at the Italian center right now for a yarn thingy stuff.

Where are you stuffing it? 

On 6/2/2022 at 10:47 AM, valiantman said:

Are you suggesting that Boom! is "borrowing" the bad ideas from Bad Idea? 

Just the ‘any publicity’ approach.

On 6/2/2022 at 6:26 AM, gradejunky said:

This is Brzrkr #1 2nd/3rd print all over again.  I ordered like 8 copies of this from 2 different sources and I'll be surprised if I even get any.  Why did they allocate this?  My Brzrker 2nd prints I ordered 10 and received none.  Same with the 3rd print.  I ordered 8 or something, and got 1.  I can't fathom what the reasoning is for this malarky.

It’s the Bad Idea business model.  Falls under the category of ‘any publicity is good publicity’.  I don’t like it, myself.

On 5/25/2022 at 9:32 AM, fastballspecial said:

On 5/25/2022 at 7:31 AM, 500Club said:

Stokoe has a bit of this style in him as well.

Yes he had a small series several years ago that name is escaping me the art was very impressive.

Aliens: Dead Orbit?

On 5/25/2022 at 3:02 AM, James42 said:

The MCU makes more money from international markets which will drive international comic sales.

I am convinced that international collectors are drawing off more books from the market.  Prices on Heritage bulk lots in the Sunday auctions have really run up in the last three years.

On 5/24/2022 at 11:16 PM, Wolverinex said:

Artist reminds me of Moebius and Darrow.

Fantastic cover!

Stokoe has a bit of this style in him as well.

On 5/24/2022 at 5:10 PM, kimik said:

Hopefully this is another case of modern market multiple 1st appearances - 1st cover = DV 20, 1st Full = Mando 1, then 1st Grogu cover = DV 20, 1st full Grogu = Mando 1 or 2........

Likely only Grogu’s hand in issue 1…

On 5/20/2022 at 8:30 PM, piper said:

I’m a sadist.

Leafs’ fan, yes.

On 5/4/2022 at 8:29 PM, fastballspecial said:

Took me a little over 3 weeks from shipping to shipping, but I chose somewhere else. When the wait comes down all resume there.

 

PGX is still in business? 

On 5/4/2022 at 6:37 PM, mr_highgrade said:

I just had 42 slow track Moderns come back yesterday that were received on 1/24/22. 

Yeah, I had 52 slow boat books arrive last week that were received at CGC on Feb 15.

On 5/4/2022 at 3:20 AM, James42 said:

Anything happened recently to justify this pump?

FOMO and urban legend book.

On 5/3/2022 at 1:40 PM, Dimebag_D said:

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/first-appearance-of-peggy-as-captain-carter-explodes-on-ebay/

That’s rich!

On 4/25/2022 at 4:13 PM, fastballspecial said:

Nobody is arguing circulation wasn't higher at the beginning of the title run.  I am well aware of that run.
I tell you this all the time in fact numerous times now with different books. The circulation numbers were
vastly smaller at the end of the run. 

These books had print numbers that were large by today’s standards.  They are functionally scarce, though.  Why?  Because sellers, both LCS’s and show dealers, don’t prioritize them for sale or display.  So they are out there, but they are languishing in collections and stock boxes.

There are a lot of books like this that I have, but haven’t felt are worthy of lugging to shows.

On 4/11/2022 at 8:36 PM, doomwhistle said:

LOL! Good one. Made me laugh. No love for Cates? 

Longer run, this’ll depend on the character being used beyond Cates’ run. 

On 3/25/2022 at 12:00 PM, the authority said:

May have already been discussed and I missed it but has anyone else had issues with the cover of Black Panther #3 2nd print ? Purchased from 2 very reliable sellers, each issue received has some kind of blunting on the right side of the book. Thanks

Looks consistent across the print run.

On 3/1/2022 at 4:53 PM, Ryan. said:

Tom King can be hit or miss but his current Human Target series, with Greg Smallwood art, is fantastic. 

King’s smaller bite, limited series books have been great in general. 

On 3/14/2022 at 9:28 PM, Mecha_Fantastic said:

What? They're too obviously classic to be classed as classic? What?!? 

This… is classic! 

Of course, joey can press the defects out of the Elephant Man.  YMMV.