Gatsby77

Well put. I will never finish my Valiant comics set (missing fewer than 20 books) precisely because I will never find a Platinum Bloodshot 0 at a price I'm willing to pay. I've quit that goal.

It's like collecting a series (even modern) in CGC 9.9 or 10.0, or say--9.8 double signature series.Might be possible, but for most people either prohibitively expensive and/or not near worth the time and effort required.

And yet--this is RMA's own topic and it's on pure rarity rather than investability.

Here, he's specifically asking for the rarest, which is not at all the same as "where do you put your money."

He started even started it off with two books with under 20 known copies each.

I haven't seen any of those Spawn trades in person since 1993. Not that I've looked that hard, either. But seems to be rarer and have a much larger fan base than say, the Predator v. Magnus trade.

Here's an example of an error book.

http://cgi.ebay.com/TUROK-1-VALIANT-NO-CHROME-MANUFACTURING-ERROR-CGC-9-8-/120164210833?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0#ht_1515wt_745

Interesting that this got a GLOD while Venom (black) does not, but I think that's just marketing. Or was Venom Black intentionally done, with a defined print run?

I'd much rather here reports from the ground that "Sonic the Hedgehog # 52 is impossible to find" or "Batman the Animated Series vol. 2 # 46 is evil."

If you're going for "rarity" let's hear about mainstream collectible books and runs that people will be trying (and failing) to complete in 9.6/9.8 15 years from now, much like folks have discussed Star Comics.

Why would anyone care about random printer mistakes, like the Venom 1 (white) or Vengeance of Vampirella 1 (white)?

Those types of mistakes happen as statistical anomalies, across a wide swath of books, just as double covers do. There are probably "white" variants of every foil cover book produced, but (other than Venom Black), who cares?

I'd be impressed if someone took the time to collect a whole set of say--Deathmate without foil, but you might as well be looking for "90s double (or triple)" covers if you're including random (or reported) printing errors.

Bloodshot 0 (platinum). Believe it's got 7-11 copies known. And it was an intentional variant, not a misprint.

Uncanny X-Men #297, 303, 307, X-Men #11 Pressman variants.

What are these? I've got Uncanny # 297 and 303 gold, but thought they were just second prints. I've also got the X-Men # 11 silver (that came with the board game).

Are these different?

Greg--I can't speak to the numbering but I suspect it was simply signed by Breeding after the fact.

He did a _lot_ of signings as part of the promotion (I attended two in the Philly area alone in '93) so at least in the Philly area, you can still find all sorts of Supes 75 issues signed by Jurgens, Breeding, etc.

I would have passed too. I think it's a cool item and probably the rarest Superman comic of the last 40 years, but as a one-off giveaway, I'd rate it up their with those assorted Crest and Radio Shack comics starring superheroes.

I'd be far more interested in interviewing the family to see how he went about ordering the commission, what it cost, how the kid received the comic, etc.

Ultimately, it's so obscure that I just can't see it being easily movable even 10-15 years down the road. $200? yes. $350 or more for a 6.5? Someone else's game.

Anybody know the print run on Thorn: Tales From the Lantern?

A friend of mine has one and was looking for info on it. All I could find is that it apparently was published in September, 1983 and going rate seemed like the $500-$700 range, if you could find it.

It also begs the question--if it reprints Smith's Bone strip from college, is there collector value to actual school newspapers that would have carried the strip originally, similar to the NEC Newsletters with The Tick?

My understanding (from both Wikipedia and the Ebay description of the one that sold last month) is the Superman Bradman was limited to 25 copies, not 100.

Not that I doubt Ian Levine's estimate of 100, as he said he bought his copy from the kid featured in the comic itself. Levine also states that--contrary to the listing in Overstreet's, Wikipedia, etc. it was _not_ actually produced for the kid's birthday.

I'm most curious about how much the comic cost to produce, as apparently the guy simply commissioned it from DC--a genuine Superman book with Curt Swan art featuring likenesses of his whole family. Anyone know?

Thirded. I thought I was good when I finally found an uncut # 2. Then I remembered about these. Didn't he appear in three issues of the newsletter?

And I'm the guy who finished his Tick 1-8 first print set in 1990 by heading up to Boston and going to New England Comics itself. Didn't even think to ask about the Newsletters.

A CGC 8.0 Bradman Superman comic (1988) sold on Ebay about two weeks ago for $2,000.

New Superman collector here.

Outside of 1-20, what are the hardest books to find? Not necessarily high-grade, but overall. Would they be 40-60? 80-100? 101-120?

Gerber's not much help, as it lists all as 4 or 5. GPA shows now sales of 101 in the last 3 years, but I've seen 3 for sale in just the last month...

Yeah--I thought it was widely-known for the last 20 years that there were a whole slew of Bronze horror and romance books (like WBN 32‚) that were harder to find in super-high grade than mid-late 60s Marvels.

Suprises me not in the least that there are 9.8 (and even a 10.0) SA Thor, yet only one 9.8 WBN 32 so far.

Action # 1 aside, I wonder what his "2000 comics worth $20,000" would be worth today.

Nice!!

Donal Logue's probably a comic book geek in real life. He stars in "Grounded For Life," "Comic Book Villains," and one of the "Blade" movies.

Also, it's fairly well-known that the Silver Surfer dialogue in "Crimson Tide" was written by Quentin Tarantino--he did an uncredited rewrite that amounted to 3 additions, including that debate.

And in Mallrats I think Jason Lee at one point says the his ex (Brenda from 90210) took his Punisher War Journal # 6.

I've got a Batman 492 (Knightfall Prelude) Platinum signed by the penciler and writer (pre SS).I know this had more like a 10k print run, but 15 years later...nobody cares.

I would also add the Diana Prince run of Wonder Woman to the women's movement. Also, I don't think you can over-estimate Denny O'Neil's writing in ushering in new, darker themes to comics (Green Lantern, Batman/Detective).

Likewise. Big Kudos to Marvelfangirl!! Super fast shipping, bulletproof packaging and beautiful copies of Hulk 102 and FF 49. Very happy--hope to buy from again.

Highlights of my collection are SE 1 (CGC 9.2), SE 2 (CGC 9.4) and regular # 1, signed by Ben Edlund.

If anyone would like to sell me slabbed upgrades of the Special Editions or an uncut # 2 (raw or slabbed, VG or better), PM me.

Can I asked what you paid for that one? I think it's one of the hardest ones to find. Sorry I missed it!