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+1. I remember literally only two scenes from Spectre. It was about as instantly forgettable as Quantum of Solace, which was a huge letdown. Because I think Skyfall is absolutely a top 3 all-time Bond film; maybe top-2.

Per the article citing Cary Fukunaga, Thunderball and Goldfinger. In Thunderball, Fukunaga notes that Bond bascially forces himself on a woman...twice. And it's more subtle in Goldfinger, but in the book it's explicit that Galore is a lesbian. In the film, it's strongly implied that a literal "roll in the hay" with Bond (in a barn) "cures" her of that lesbianism.

Is this actually how the James Bond Jr. cartoon went 30 years ago? I never watched it. Or the Marvel comic adaptation of the same? FYI - per Wikipedia, he was actually referred to as Agent 003 1/2

Maybe. There were solid rumors of a Jinx spin-off series after No Time To Die - and I would have enjoyed seeing that. But (and I've read no rumors about this - this is just my gut):

See...I'm conflicted about Lazenby - in no small part because On Her Majesty's Secret Service is 1) Arguably the best of Fleming's original books; and 2) The plot of the film - and its supporting cast - (i.e., Telly Savalas and Diana Rigg) are superb. It also stands out because the two surrounding Connery films (You Only Live Twice and Diamonds are Forever)...umm...weren't good. So Lazenby gets a bad rap (perhaps deservedly so) but almost accidentally also stars in one of the best Bond films. If Connery had starred in OHMSS rather than Lazenby folks would easily hold it in higher esteem than Goldfinger.

Maybe that explains the...I guess the word is "cartoonishness" of some of Adams' recent work? The last cover I remember really liking of his was his All Star Superman variant, what - 15 years ago? The Green Lantern # 8 variant and Batman Odyssey work just looked far too...cartooney - not at *all* like vintage Adams. Even his 80s-90s Continuity work still looked more like him stylistically.

~10 years ago I scored a 6.5-7.0 copy of ASM 129 for ~$100. It was from a Craig's List listing - maybe 25 mid-grade Bronze books. So how did I get lucky? The guy listed the book as ASM 219 - he had multiple folks calling up specifically asking about ASM 129 and Hulk 180-181 and he told them no, thinking it was a 219. We met up at a cafe, chatted over coffee for ~1/2 an hour and I bought the lot for $400 cash. Also included 8.0-ish books like Green Lantern 85, ASM 121, and a few Adams Batman and some Steranko Caps. I was honest about the value of the books and we both left happy.

That there's a distinct difference between a theatrical film and a TV show. And I'm old enough to remember actually watching the Supergirl film in the theater. It...wasn't good. She deserves a well-written, big budget, big screen adventure. Full stop. Plus - we've already got a great Supergirl show (via the CW) - that, by the way, led to Superman & Lois. It's still not comparable to one solid theatrical version. See also the difference between the (great!) Flash TV show and the (ahem!) long-gestating Flash film. There are fundamental differences of scale and of audience -- like people who loved The Avengers but never watched Agents of Shield; or folks who never watched the Arrowverse but would love to see Green Arrow or Deathstroke, etc. done right on the big screen. (Once upon a time I was unbelievably stoked for David Goyer's Supermax Green Arrow film. Would still love to see it.) What's next? We'll hear that, due to disappointment with Wonder Woman 1984, that rather than move forward with a third film, Gal Gadot will be relegated to an HBO Max TV show?

This is a really good point. BKV is only 45 years old. In his prime (say, 2005) - when he was writing Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways and Ultimate X-Men, he was only 29, and writing largely for the college crowd (17-25 year-old comic book collectors who 15 years earlier would have proudly been immersed in such "adult" comics as Sandman, Hellblazer and Animal Man). A 21 year-old is going to view Yorick very differently than a 45 year-old.

It's worth noting that in the books 008 was a woman, although she was only referenced - I don't believe she ever actually appeared. And her ethnicity was never mentioned.

What happened to all the Henry Cavill gossip? I haven't kept up lately but thought he was still on the short list just a month ago.

No. I've never owned a Cerebus # 1 (although I considered a mid-grade copy back around 1990 once). And I don't own Tomb of Dracula # 1 now, but in the past, I've owned copies in the CGC 6.5, 9.0 & 9.4. It's a phenomenal book. Putting aside that (as you've said), I'm comfortable paying $2k for a comic but have never paid more than $3k for one: I'd pick a CGC 9.4 copy of Tomb of Dracula # 1 for $2,000-$2,300 over a CGC 6.5 copy of Cerebus # 1 for $5,000 any day of the week. Honestly, 9.4 Dracula 1s are 40% the cost of 6.5 Cerebus 1s - it makes sense why it'd be more widely collected despite being leagues more common. Why Dracula? 1) Bias towards high grade. 9.4s generally appreciate faster than mid-grade, regardless of rarity. 2) This is the first issue of a *major* Marvel bronze title - 10 years, 75 issues - and part of the trio of major gothic horror books (alongside Ghost Rider & Werewolf by Night) - I love all three titles - honestly, they define Marvel Bronze for me more than any of the superhero books. 3) First appearance of Marvel Dracula. Sure - not on the level of Blade (yet), but, like Star Wars 1, still a major book. 4) Quality - arguably one of the best (and most consistent) titles of the 1970s, full stop. Neal Adams cover, and the whole run features arguably Colan's best work. Plus, it's well-written, often-times hilarious. In issue 10, he's kicking it on a cruise ship with a bunch of idiotic Hollywood directors ("effeminate fops") and vapid wannabe starlets whom he can't stand in part because he's decided if he has to kill some folks to live, humanity won't miss these folks. TL/DR: the whole ToD run is under-rated, and I think once the comic book movie bubble bursts (3 years or less), we'll see a "return to basics" among Silver, Bronze & Copper keys. And ToD # 1 is definitely one of them.

I think Elizabeth Olsen deserved the Lead Actress win. Overall, I thought Mare of Easttown was a better *show* but Olsen's acting - especially episode-to-episode, was phenomenal. It's a credit to the streaming services not only that they cleaned up but also that the "Outstanding Limited our Anthology Series" was more competitive than the regular "Drama" category. Honestly, choosing a "best" among Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen's Gambit), Olsen (WandaVision), Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You) and Winslet (Mare of Easttown) is really tough. The silver lining? It doesn't matter that the other three didn't win - their respective performances made each of them a star.

This. I hate to say it, as I love Cerebus # 1 (despite Wolverine being my favorite childhood character). What was true 5 years ago (when I thought Cerebus # 1 was/should be worth more than Hulk 181, grade for grade - while it was actually only true for 8.0+) is not true today. Ditto - despite their obscurity are not Scooby Doo # 1 ($.35) and Iron Fist # 14 ($.35) both still top 5 Bronze books? But neither would be safe long-term bets. Scooby-Doo because it's not his first comic series (although the Gold Key # 1 is close to a top-tier Bronze book in its own right), and because the character itself is in decline. And Sabretooth? Great character, great book - but destined to remain 2nd-3rd tier (a la ASM # 101 - not even rising to TOD # 10 level).

Another thing I like about this chart (and a defense of the "average grade" whose math was questioned in the other thread): By showing the average cost of an average CGC grade for the book, you basically get a quick-and-dirty calculation for the entry level cost of the book for a CGC investor - that's also realistic. Example: Where should I put $900? From an investment perspective, isn't that the whole point? From the looks of it, $900 would get you: ASM # 300 - 9.0 Batman Adventures # 12 - 9.0 Primer # 2 - 9.0 Special Marvel Edition # 15 - 9.0 X-Men # 101 - 8.0 ASM # 101 - 6.5-7.0 Iron Man # 55 - 7.5 ASM # 31 - 6.5 Superman # 16 - 5.5 From the list above, where would you put your money?

Suggestion for the next iteration (unless I'm just not seeing it): The ability to break it out into ages. Example: I got crucified a few years ago here for suggesting Star Wars # 1 was a major Bronze Age key. Typical arguments against were it didn't count because it wasn't superhero, wasn't part of normal Marvel continuity (neither is Conan) and/or that it was an adaptation - not an original property (never mind that the comic book came out before the movie, ultimately sold ~1 million copies through various printing and was literally credited with saving Marvel Comics from bankruptcy). Meanwhile, my argument hinged largely on your market cap one - that the only reason the $.30 cover wasn't a $500 book in CGC 9.4 was it was stupid common. Esp. vs. such rare-in-high grade books as Marvel Spotlight 5, Green Lantern 76 and House of Secrets 92. Today, it's a $500 book in CGC 9.2 and a $5,000 book in CGC 9.8 - despite being widely available in grade - the ASM 300 of its day. I feel like your chart helps validate my argument, as it shows Star Wars # 1's market cap is actually above that of such traditional Bronze Age keys as: ASM 101 Iron Fist 14 Iron Man 55 Green Lantern 76 Cerebus # 1

Nah - he's just remembering that Barbra Streisand is his stepmother.

u mad, bro?

Yes - and the Transformers films made billions. Doesn't mean they were good. You might have misunderstood my reply - you claimed above that many folks (presumably myself included) who predicted both Venom and Joker would bomb at the box office somehow clammed up with their criticisms once the films did well financially. Nope - my vocal criticisms continued, largely because the films (once I finally saw them) were just as as their premises and trailers made them appear. A turd wrapped in a golden wrapper is still a turd.

Agreed. This was basically an off-brand Bloodshot film, but smarter - and much better than the Vin Diesel Bloodshot film we actually got. It was written by Leigh Whannell, who - as a writer - hasn't missed yet.

*Raises hand* The first Venom was hot garbage, as was Joker. (Neither, However, was as bad as the first Suicide Squad film or BvS.) Also - nobody asked for a non-R-rated Venom/Carnage film - makes about as much sense as the PG-13 Die Hard. 30+ years ago Verhoeven’s first cut of Robocop was rated NC-17 for violence. And now we’ve got a PG-13 Carnage film?

This looks worse than the first one - and that's saying something. Also - the timing is odd. So it comes out Oct. 1, only to be curb stomped by No Time to Die the week following? Think someone mentioned earlier that maybe it ties to Far From Home and therefore had to come out before then. Otherwise, why not just push this to January? That - plus the many news articles pushing the rumored post-credits scene, seem the only reason to keep the release date. Sigh...I'll probably watch it Thanksgiving weekend via Redbox, if only out of loyalty to my middle school self, who had the foresight to buy half a dozen copies of ASM 361 the week of release.

Fair point. I have complete high-grade sets of Gold Key Manus & Doctor Solar. Fairly early on I learned to memorize the covers because there’s no issue number visible on the outside. CGC even mixed up a few of my Magnus books once, mislabeling the actual issues.

Dark Horse Star Wars. I mean, I get that aside from Dark Horse Presents, self-contained minis were their thing. But...it got ridiculous. I was too young to collect the Marvel run and elated when the books restarted with Dark Empire # 1. I continued to collect through Dark Empire II, Tales of the Jedi (plus the Dark Horse Comics preview in 7-9), Droids, etc. Ultimately amassed a full short box of various Dark Horse Star Wars (circa 1992-2000) before liquidating all of it in 2004 - and you couldn't give them away. I think my Dark Empire sets sold for $9 per via eBay; most of the rest didn't sell at all and ended up being wholesaled alongside ~80 issues of Savage Sword of Conan at auction for ~$.18 apiece.

Why tho? Robin Lord Taylor's portrayal of a young Cobblepot in Gotham was *by far* the best part of that show. Maybe the thought is if they can actually get Farrell to sign, they'd have the next Peaky Blinders on their hands.