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No. As soon as the last dozen books come back from CGC next month and are sold, I will take a break until this fall before starting to buy anything new again (at least I hope I can last that long).

Time will tell. I am going to take a break from collecting for a bit and decide what to do next. And, unlike the last couple of times, this break will be for more than a day or two.

No, it did not sell for more than $1600 since it was part of a package deal with two other books.

Sold my 4.0 SC #22 today to a fellow boardie, so........................where do I turn my membership card in?

I would not risk putting a key book up on eBay right now without a reserve price based on some of the results boardies have posted lately.

Definitely. It is the 3rd most important SA DC.

Here it is. The book has not been pressed (might add half a grade to it). I bought it as a FN- for a great price at that grade, and figured it would land a 6.0 due to the chipping. Oh yeah, that is not a chip on the middle of the right side. It is a small piece of paper or something that CGC "caught" between the inner well and the outer case.

I will scan and post it later tonite after t-ball for the kids.

Speaking of Sinestro, I just picked up a package from CGC during lunch. Let's have a little fun - guess what grade this book came back with (there is minor edge chipping on the back cover)?

I think this plays out even better - he trains Hal in the first movie then joins with Parallax as the bad guy in the second one. Basically, a tragic flawed hero that falls and can potentially be redeemed in a later movie like Anakin/Darth Vader.

I wonder what affect the successful execution of these plans will have on GL comics? http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Poniverse/news/?a=18565 Warner Bros Gearing for Green Lantern Mania New information from the Time Warner shareholders meeting proves they are banking on Green Lantern to be their latest cross-media cash cow. Last night, The Hollywood Reporter managed to get their hands on a few slides from the Warner Bros' investor meeting; a meeting which brought us definitive news of the studio's plans for Flash, Wonder Woman and Superman films. One of the slides focused on their next superhero adaptation, Green Lantern, and the projected cross media campaign that will follow suit: The Consumer Products and Games bullet points appear to go hand-in-hand with the Green Lantern film, which is scheduled for release June 17th, 2011. The most interesting points seem to be regarding two new animated ventures. During yesterday's meeting, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner's Turner Networks unit, Phil Kent, announced that Green Lantern: The Animated Series has been optioned to Cartoon Network. The slide, however, mentions that the cartoon will be of the Computer Generated variety; which gains more and more popularity with younger audiences. The second, and most quizzical, reference is the Made-for-Video Green Lantern feature WB is planning to release a month before the live-action film hits theaters. Bruce Timm, the 'godfather' of Warner Bros. animation department, denied that any Green Lantern animated films were on the studio's production slate due to the first's under performance in sales; which contradicted earlier reports that a Green Lantern animated prequel, one that would focus on the creation of the DC universe and the Green Lantern Corps' place in it, was secretly being penned. One thing is fairly certain, though; Warner Bros is putting a lot of stock into Green Lantern not just becoming one of their tentpole film franchises, but a household brand name along the lines of Batman. Image courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter

Looks like this summer will be the last chance to load up for the mega GL hype next year: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Poniverse/news/?a=18565 Warner Bros Gearing for Green Lantern Mania New information from the Time Warner shareholders meeting proves they are banking on Green Lantern to be their latest cross-media cash cow. Last night, The Hollywood Reporter managed to get their hands on a few slides from the Warner Bros' investor meeting; a meeting which brought us definitive news of the studio's plans for Flash, Wonder Woman and Superman films. One of the slides focused on their next superhero adaptation, Green Lantern, and the projected cross media campaign that will follow suit: The Consumer Products and Games bullet points appear to go hand-in-hand with the Green Lantern film, which is scheduled for release June 17th, 2011. The most interesting points seem to be regarding two new animated ventures. During yesterday's meeting, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner's Turner Networks unit, Phil Kent, announced that Green Lantern: The Animated Series has been optioned to Cartoon Network. The slide, however, mentions that the cartoon will be of the Computer Generated variety; which gains more and more popularity with younger audiences. The second, and most quizzical, reference is the Made-for-Video Green Lantern feature WB is planning to release a month before the live-action film hits theaters. Bruce Timm, the 'godfather' of Warner Bros. animation department, denied that any Green Lantern animated films were on the studio's production slate due to the first's under performance in sales; which contradicted earlier reports that a Green Lantern animated prequel, one that would focus on the creation of the DC universe and the Green Lantern Corps' place in it, was secretly being penned. One thing is fairly certain, though; Warner Bros is putting a lot of stock into Green Lantern not just becoming one of their tentpole film franchises, but a household brand name along the lines of Batman. Image courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter

So does that mean it will be released in 2013 or 2014?

It should be G.A.tor, I watch the Cartoon Network stuff with my nine year old son and the Cartoon Network puts out quality stuff. (thumbs u It should be a homerun and Green Lantern will now be popular with the new generation. brillant marketing move by Warner. Who will be the principal GL in the cartoon - Hal (ala Batman series GL) or John (ala the JLA cartoon)? It would make more sense for Hal to be the lead GL for the movie tie in, but I wonder how many kids will be confused initially after seeing John as the only GL for a few years now?

I can't see the difference...........can you see the difference?

agreed- i wonder why? Maybe all the SA collectors are in states like California and New York and have been driven off by the sales tax that now gets charged on them? There really were some remarkable deals in the Heritage auction. I would think that the exorbitant BP is more of an issue with Heritage. before tim jumps in here, who bids on heritage books without taking the BP into consideration? should have absolutely no impact on the reported sales price. Yup, Anyways, the reported Heritage results are all inclusive of BP, so bottom line is that the Comiclink price (which does NOT include their 3% service charge) is higher than the Heritage all-in price. Agreed, and my comment was meant more as a joke that I figured would get the usual who doesn't figure that in? comment. FWIW, I still think that it is way too high compared to the other sites. That being said, doesn't Clink tend to do better with SA prices than HA in most cases? Looking at the latest offerings, I thought that the HA auction was weaker for SA books as a whole than the Clink auction so that might have affected it as well with more people saving up for the latter one.

Very nice copy. Congrats.

agreed- i wonder why? Maybe all the SA collectors are in states like California and New York and have been driven off by the sales tax that now gets charged on them? There really were some remarkable deals in the Heritage auction. I would think that the exorbitant BP is more of an issue with Heritage.

I was surprised at how far early SA DCs have fallen over the past year (or longer in the case of titles like Flash). The prices on most of the GLs looked weak as well outside of maybe the #7. I sold a 7.0 copy of GL #6 on Clink within 24 hours of posting it for $250, but the 9.0 copy in the Heritage auction only went for $418.25 with the BP.

Now I just need Showcase22 and Kimik to start pumping this GL x-over appearance to all the GL speculators. I don't own a copy anymore so I will not be promoting it.

I thought that the 7.5 B&B #28 did fairly well also. Maybe B&B #28 and JLA will be the next SA DC title to see a spike like SC #22 and GL last year?

that's lanier's copy on clink IIRC Originally my old copy that sold for a "whopping" $1500 if I recall correctly on Clink in 2007.

Fixed that for ya.

Seems pretty high to me, considering I paid $5700 for the 9.6 copy in 2004 and people at the time thought I was insane. Of course, today it's a completely different era for GL. Your old 9.6 at the top of the census is what held the price on this copy down a bit.

don't know what people were thinking for this book- but based on other results this is the deadest "hot" title ever. the #9 9.2 went for 60% less than the last sale (probably because it looked like an overgraded POS). i picked up the #25 for exactly half the last GPA sale (and i probably overpaid). the #4 9.4 (a terrible looking 9.4) went for less than the MC 9.2. I thought it would sell between $8-10K. I would have love to purchase it at around $6K. The price seemed reasonable to me for two main reasons: 1) the pool of buyers for 9.0+ copies has dwindled a bit since the Mound City auction (I sold a 9.0 to the buyer who got outbid on the MC copy a couple of months later) and 2) there is a longstanding 9.6 that is the highest graded copy. Judging by some of the other prices, it looks like the title is a bit soft right now which makes sense since a lot of HG copies of early issues have come onto the market over the past few months. In addition, some of these copies looked FUGLY for the grade - does this mean that collectors are finally focusing more on buying the book and not the label?