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On 6/7/2024 at 1:06 AM, CHASEnBLUE said:

What about this?

Venom 3 trailer might have just teased the introduction of a fan-favorite Marvel villain (msn.com)

Break out your Venom 3s…..

On 6/4/2024 at 3:45 PM, thehumantorch said:

And I figure I pretty well paid market for these books.  They're were hardly cheap or a big score and not big demand books worth flipping.  I just don't see books like these locally enough and shipping costs, exchange rate, and customs fees are probably adding 70% to the cost of anything I buy outside Canada.  As soon as I saw the Strange Terrors #2 in the showcase I knew I was buying something.  Then I started going through the books and had a couple in my for sure pile and then finally decided they deserved to all go home with me.  In retrospect, while I have some GA DC books in my collection they aren't really what I collect and perhaps I should have passed on some of them but no regrets.  And perhaps the owner of the store will be more interested in buying collections like this in the future because they sold for reasonable money and perhaps he'll contact me if he does.

On 6/4/2024 at 3:48 PM, thehumantorch said:

So you and Mel actually went to the stores and bought up the collection?  How many books?  Same era, early 50s?

Yes. Same era. Mid grade for the most part with a few high grade mixed in. There were not a ton left by the time I noticed them. Maybe 50 in total? They were split between a couple of stores. We got the higher grade/higher priced books. The lower priced books had sold already.

On 6/3/2024 at 3:08 PM, thehumantorch said:

Superman #84  Most of these Superman issues were $200 cnd to $300 cnd.  This is another pretty nice and flat book.  Not high grade but still nice to see.

 

@thehumantorch @Artboy99  Interesting. Based on the grease pencil markings on some of these books they may be the remnants from a collection that surfaced in mid 90s locally. They were all late 40s through 50s Actions/Adventures/Supes that a lady was selling after her husband died (couple was in their 50s) that all had a P or F on them. The collection was split amongst a couple of stores and Mel and I scooped them up.

Looking forward to watching it shortly when it starts streaming for free.

On 6/1/2024 at 10:54 AM, Bosco685 said:

I take it that this rumour was started by someone who speculated hard on FF #45 before the Inhumans show dropped?

If they do a Raimi/Maguire Spider-Man 4 they should do it as Spider-Man Reign since Toby will be basically old-man Spidey now.

On 5/25/2024 at 10:48 PM, godzilla43 said:

I would not buy Blood Hunt 1 or that variant at least now.

That is why we are selling them instead!

On 5/27/2024 at 9:45 AM, NewWorldOrder said:

I hope not.  Graders notes on anything 9.6 and above is a waste of my time and the graders.

Grade more books without having to stop for such trivial non-sense.

99% of all defects 9.4 and above = light spine stress

Hit the number button and move onto the next book.

Agreed, Unless they note an issue on the interior that is not noticeable from the exterior of the book I find graders notes useless. 

On 5/21/2024 at 9:58 PM, The humble Watcher lurking said:

I so wish they gave us multiple sequels of that. To me, that was one of the best X-MEN movies.

I liked Days of Future Past as well. That was a tough story to adapt with a large cast like that as well as multiple timelines/arcs and I thought they did a very good job of it.

The last two movies were this type of moment for the franchise.

Blood Hunt #1 Red Band edition is selling for a premium now from $12.99 - $17.99.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=blood+hunt+red+band+1&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Complete=1

Nice sale, and nice purchase.

On 5/20/2024 at 6:42 PM, bellrules said:

What’s the deal with this? Price has been going up all weekend.

Comic King still had shelf copies yesterday so I grabbed the As and Granov Bs that were left. There were still the other two copies available 

Nice price on the Thundercats 1 in lowly 9.4. It was not that long ago where I was happy getting that for 9.8s.  

Did everyone get their FOC orders in for Anansi Boys 1 this weekend? I am curious to see how it does as it is a Dark Horse book.

https://www.comicsbeat.com/anansi-boys-is-now-both-a-dark-horse-comic-and-prime-tv-series/

I decided not to bulk pre-order Doom 1 due to the high cover price and only did a couple of copies of A and B.  

Sweet. Bring it on. The more spec plays to profit from the better.

If they are smart, they do one focused on whatever character Sydney Sweeney played in Madame Web. That will have most males aged 13-25 watching it.

There are other Skottie Young covers that are popping as well. He is red hot right now. 

We just need Marvel to launch a Strange Academy movie or streaming series to see how hot he can get.

Neal Adams Batman and Tec continues to sell well and for higher prices on a lot of them. I want them to drop finally as I am considering rebuilding 9.4+ WP runs again.

On 5/16/2024 at 1:41 PM, topcat54 said:

Didn't know this one was getting attention

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3519243.m570.l1313&_nkw=Farlaine+the+Goblin+%23+5+skottie

Skottie Young cover is the attraction. It seems like the market has shifted to Skottie being the hot cover artist this year. Sold a ton of his stuff so far this year while Artgerm and Campbell have cooled.

If you can find them for cheap, pick up early Barends Marvel covers. I am getting more requests for them at shows now.

On 5/16/2024 at 1:38 PM, topcat54 said:

1st app Pia

What is a Pia? I have not read a Strange Academy book since the first few issues.

Will the Doaly cover to Strange Academy Blood Hunt 1 have staying power? First Darkhold Kid.

On 5/15/2024 at 4:32 PM, thehumantorch said:

Absolutely.  It's tough to explain that you'd pay 10 cents per book when the App says they're worth $3 each.  If you'd even make an offer on that kind of bulk.  I always try to explain that there are winners and losers and most books have little value and that's somewhat compensated by the winners.  The ASM 300 is very valuable but there's a hundred other books published around the same time that have little demand or value. 

 

That's because you only offer 10 cents on ASM 300s, Hulk 181s, AF 15s, etc..........

On 5/14/2024 at 9:18 AM, The Commissioner said:

I love that they altered his appearance from season 1 to reflect his ability to shape shift. 

Is it the same actor or someone new?