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Black_Adam

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    CATRICK'S CORNUCOPIA IS CLOSED

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

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    Just now, catrick339 said:

    Spooky  (The tuff  little  ghost) 2

    Nice  glossy  copy,   tight  and  clean,   white  pages,  but there's  a light  water  stain  upper  RH  corner  FC,    with one  matching  it on the BC.   Too  bad  about the stain,  without it  this one  would get  a press  and a slab.

     

    But it is what it is,   so  grab  a nice one with a  major flaw  for $30

     

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    :takeit:

    Closed

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, crassus said:

    Marvel Triple Action 6 8.5 (light spine & edge wear, a bit heavier btm edge fc limiting grade; slight cb spine stress; staple stress; sm cb ding btm edge bc; light foxing & ink transfer bc; just shy 9.0) $8.00

     

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    I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours!

    in Pulp Magazines

    Posted

    9 hours ago, Robot Man said:

    Also some more Brundage goodness.

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    Love these covers! I went to Wikipedia to learn more about Brundage (I didn't realize the artist was a woman) and laughed when I saw the note by Clark Ashton Smith to HP Lovecraft where he complained about her Weird Tales' covers: Mrs. Brundage [...] has about as much genuine feeling for the weird as a Jersey cow is likely to possess.

    I heartily disagree!

    E.C. Fan Addict THREAD

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted · Edited by Black_Adam

    Bloody beautiful comic, Point Five; just the fact you own such a stunning copy of CSS22 shows you're obviously a collector with good taste (despite what certain senators may have once thought). I'd love to be able to take a swing at having one for my own collection, but I know if my wife ever discovered how much I'd spent she'd lose her head...

    Closed

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

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    39 minutes ago, crassus said:

    Conan 21 Copy A 8.5 (Bright & glossy; cb spine stress caps grade, otherwise light edge wear consistent with 9.0/9.2; bindery scuff btm spine; slight staple stress; sm dings top edge bc; v faint & shallow book length ncb fold bc; light foxing & ink transfer bc) $20.00

     

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    Closed

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

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    54 minutes ago, crassus said:

    Conan 14 8.5 (Bright & glossy; light spine & edge wear; slight spine stress; sm cb impact btm spine fc; crnr blunting ul bc; v sm cb crse bl crnr bc; v v sm tear btm left edge bc; light foxng bc) $25.00

     

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    Marvel's Falling Sales

    in Comics General

    Posted

    I might be way off target (I haven't bought new comics in nearly a decade - I prefer trade reprints of Silver and Bronze age comics), but reading between the lines it almost seemed as if he was trying to shame Marvel's fanbase for not supporting their efforts at diversity. Maybe he's hoping fans hearing his remarks will rush out to buy the comics to reassure themselves they are not sexist/racist and do support diversity in (superhero) fiction.

    I haven't read any of the comics so I can't say whether they're good or not, but my hunch is declining sales has far more to do with teenagers spending way more time on Facebook or League of Legends and/or getting their superhero fix through Netflix than anything on the printed page.