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What a great collection!  Couldn't have happened to a better guy too.  Congrats my friend.   Beautiful stuff. 

10 hours ago, batman_fan said:

I had some weird distorted fantasy that maybe I could snag that Wonder Comics 1.  Was I ever shocked the I saw the final hammer price. 

I was shocked too.  Traditionally, this was always a cool, scarce book but never terribly valuable unless in grade.   My copy I've had for 20+ years is still in a Fortress.     

3 hours ago, Zolnerowich said:

Nice! A lot going on with that there cover!

I like that fancy Bull hat too.

Some heavy hitters here 

What a great thread!

33 minutes ago, agamoto said:

Update...

I filed a claim with eBay, told the seller all things wrong with it which he insists he didn't realize. He says all the other times this year he's sold the item, the buyers never paid him. That sure is an awful lot of bad luck to have with one book. Odd that he'd have positive feedback from the buyers on at least two of those sales as well. I've heard this sort of excuse before from sellers who shill bid their item and accidently wind up selling it to themselves, but I'm always willing to give him the benefit of the doubt to someone the first time around.

I paid $306, but gave him the option to refund me $200 to keep the book, and he's willing to do so. Should I keep it? I can still demand all the money back. Part of me actually wants to hold on to it because of it's history. It does still look nice, even if it is a trimmed and touched scam comic. I can always reinforce/reattach the cover myself with some rice tape.

Who knows, maybe one day CGC will have a special "PLODD" - Purple Label of Danny Dupcak. We should petition CGC!

What do you think, guys?

FYI, here's the auction: eBay https://ebay.us/GlAIld

If you can get it for a hundred bucks (roughly) why not?  It certainly makes for a great story!

Nice book Mike! 

3 hours ago, Hap Hazard said:

It seems that this issue was more in demand in the 90's but still a rare and great cover, could never seem to find a decent VG copy. Ended up with two

low grade copies. And sorry NFS.

Very nice!  

Will take WSF 29

I've had great past successes with old label 9.3s.  

1 hour ago, Black_Adam said:

Just got it back - 6.0. Thought for sure it was a 7.0 

 

Looks great raw

Take JLA 14 too

32 minutes ago, Tombofdracula50 said:

Captain Aero Comics 26 Great LB Cole Cover Remainder Copy missing 1/3 of cover and piece cut of first page .5 50.00

take Aero

I'll take the DM 13 @ 15% off.  

Great looking copy!  

Great deal on an underrated Hitler cover

Getting ready to head out to Charlotte.  Should be fun!

Take Thor 134

I'm guessing you're asking about VoH 39 since there is no Vault of Fear and Haunt of Fear only went to 28 issues.

VoH 39 isn't rare.  It is tougher in grade because of its dark cover.    It's one of the better covers in the run but hasn't quite broken out compared to other classic bondage covers.  It's certainly due.    

Leave it alone.  Don't get it graded.  Put it in a mylar and enjoy it.  For a poor (incomplete), it presents nicely from the partial picture you posted.  Love how the eyes have been colored to look especially bloodshot too. 

On 4/27/2019 at 7:02 PM, lou_fine said:

From your post, it would appear that you are the only boardie here who has answered my question (albeit indirectly) from the other week as to Cole's most valuable book, whether it be Mask 1, Blue Bolt 105, Suspense 8, or what have you.  

Although you are probably correct in your assessment here, it would appear that you might run into some pretty stiff competition with your selection here.  Especially considering that CL had auctioned off a BB 105 for something like $37,500 last summer and there are a total of only 25 graded copies of this book out there.  And although there is a total of 48 universal graded copies of Suspense 8 out there, it should be pointed out that there appears to be no "high grade" copies to date as the highest graded copy is only a CGC 7.5 (either universal or restored) to this current point in time.  

I can believe 7.5 is the highest graded Suspense 8.  Tough to find a copy nicer than vg/fn.

6 hours ago, Monsters-n-heroes said:

Do parts count ... I don't have time for such fancy things as front covers or completeness or all that nonsense ... lol.  Seriously, I am just working on piecing them together, I am very patient and stuff still turns up! ... I just bought a #10 back cover a few days ago ...  so we are getting there!

Parts count.  You're doing great!

Marvel Mystery 52 my father bought me when I was 16 years old out of an old record/book shop in Carrboro, NC.  The coolness and complexity of that Schomburg bondage cover blew my mind and I was hooked for life on GA......