DarkKnightReturns

Question for you guys storing comics in gun safes, fire safes etc

Ever noticed any staples getting rust? Is it possible? Is this why the eva dry de humidifiers are in there?

I had a friend put away a rifle in his safe without cleaning/oiling it and rusted right up, hahaaha to him being lazy

I only keep rifles in my gun safe oiled and cleaned so I don't worry about rust

How long have you stored comics in your safes for? Years? Months?

6 minutes ago, bounty_coder said:

 per PM.

I absolutely cannot resist any further. Thanks for the opportunity Jason.

 nice 

such a misleading title...more comic talk as usual 

Not comics but heres a damn sweet car collection that got destroyed near me.

Classic car collection destroyed

All completely destroyed. Shame there wasn't a sprinkler system or something. Guess you just wouldn't think it would happen. 

Ghost Rider if any left?

I knew Id heard that Olshevsky name! Too cool!

Death Dealer all the way in black n gray ! no colour!

Id probably go with the death head over the shield of those two

Just make sure to get a good tattoo artist whatever you do. Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good. 

1 hour ago, joeypost said:

Squarebounds press nicely, if the person working on it knows what they are doing. 

Excellent, I think Ive got a few that need a press!

Ill take Batman 205 7.0 $15, 207 8.0 $50, 209 7.0 $25, 212 6.0 $25 @45% off 

Thanks for all the responses! Time to look through my gerbers and comics.org ! 

17 minutes ago, shadroch said:

DC Showcase.

not including #4   although Id love to own a copy that would be a great series to collect, great art, great stories,harder to find

Looking forward to this show. Sounds like it is really good now. 

Challengers and Strange Adventures would both be good candidates. Not looking for high grade though as I need my money for my Bats. 

Hey all, I'm looking for some recommendations. I mainly collect Batman and Spiderman titles which as we all know are more than readily available. If you have the money you could put together a spiderman run in a day just buying off ebay. 

I'm looking for some recommendations on a fun mini series or run to collect that will take a bit more searching...I miss the thrill of the hunt. I'm wanting something that will have me digging through long boxes. Something a little more obscure. 

Gold, silver, bronze, copper...preferably non mainstream hero...western,horror,sci fi, crime whatever. Something with some good art. Nothing too pricey, no pre Robin tecs or anything crazy like that. 

Right now I'm leaning towards maybe some westerns like Rawhide kid, Two Gun kid etc or Pre hero marvel sci fi or maybe some CRIME...

What do you recommend? and why do you recommend it?

Thanks for the suggestions !

 @ 30% off 

Batman #332 -- 1st solo Catwoman story -- VF -- 8.0 -- $8

Batman #333 -- VF -- 8.0 -- $6

Batman #355 -- VF+ -- 8.5 -- $7

Amazing Spider-Man #229 -- NM -- 9.4 -- $22

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 -- NM- -- 9.2 -- $6

Amazing Spider-Man #240 -- NM- -- 9.2 -- $8

Amazing Spider-Man #254 -- NM- -- 9.2 -- $7

Amazing Spider-Man #266 -- NM- -- 9.2 -- $5

Go Houston!

@solarboy What # does this Bats run go till?

adventure comics 275 copy #2 w the attached cover at 25% off 

5 hours ago, 1950's war comics said:

Good analysis, IH #181 is the 2nd most graded comic with over 7,000 CGC graded already, 2nd behind BA #12 with over 12,000 graded copies

Batman Adventures 12? over 12,000 graded...whoa

Where do you find the #'s on most graded comics?

59 minutes ago, scooter99 said:

Well, the Fantucchio's went for stupid money.  A very nice looking 9.2 227 for $2,001.00.  I thought I went aggressively at it and got smashed like a grape.  Oh well.  9.4's aren't going for that! 

That was crazy money for that 9.2, someone really wanted it, good for them 

Do you guys have pics to share of the stolen comics? Suspect details?

Tec 381, 384, 386 

low grade or resto copies only imo on older copies

3 hours ago, Straw-Man said:

made me a little nauseous to read it.

hahhaa, thread bump from 2009! what?!? 

I was thinking I don't remember talking about coke zero recently...

10 minutes ago, Scrooge said:

I went back to Rob's Church Database and pulled out the Four Color properly out of the list [they are listed by feature name, not as being part of the FC series consistently so you have to separate them out individually].

The quick numbers come to:

# of Dells in that advertised list: 1,540

# of Four Colors (both series): 272 (or 17%) breaking down somewhat like: 9 from the First series, 37 from the first 100 of Second Series,  29 in the 100's, etc.

where would one find this "database" you speak of ? please and thanks