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Oh man, you and me both!

What has CGC's answer been when the question has been posed to them directly?

Asked and answered. This sort of thing isn't my wheelhouse, but it does make me curious.

The Gentle Giant/Hasbro thing is interesting, but to me, the HUGE news is McFarlane getting the DC license! How long as Mattel had that thing??? Very curious to see what he'll do. I'd expect that he'll want to go his own way rather than create a line that would mesh directly with the Four Horseman's work done on DC Universe Classics and Multiverse. And really, that's fine by me. Between those two lines, we got nearly every character I would ever care about having, and the ones they didn't get around to, well, they're never happening anyway. Also interesting is that this seems to indicate that DCC will be officially giving up the ghost, as McFarlane will be handling all 6", 12", props, and adult collectibles for DC. That's a shame, as DC Direct really paved the way for everything that came after it. But to be fair, it's been a very long time since I cared about one of their lines. Anyway, things are nuts. What happens when Marvel/Hasbro go to renegotiate? Could Hasbro make a play for Marvel? As someone over on Fwoosh pointed out, this may also open the door for Funko to get a 5.5" or under line going with DC. I'd LOVE a DC line in the style of the Super 7/ReAction figures. That would really hit the sweet spot. Interesting times for sure!

I have no dog in this race, but is it because a book like the black Venom error exists in a large enough number to be considered a true "variant", whereas this Funeral Pyre is more like a one off? I have no idea, personally, it is a curious double standard. I think the Funeral Pyre cover looks very cool, would love to dig one of those up myself!

Absolutely, and the colors are terrific.

If there is one group of people in the world that I would LEAST want to see in a swimsuit competition, it would definitely be prospective comic shop owners.

Yes, there's no contest, digital is far and away the best and most economic way to read comics, not to mention the portability, and how vivid comics look on my iPad screen. I know a lot of people complain about how digital lacks the tactile sensations of reading comics, but to me, comics haven't felt and smelled like "comics" for a long time now. The paper is terrible, they smell like chemicals, it's all gross. (Although I have enjoyed the paper stock that DC has moved to on some of their books.) There are a couple of titles I will always buy in print, to keep the runs going. But as for my preferred reading method, there's no question, it's digital all the way. And thanks to sales and Humble Bundles, I have a big enough backlog that I don't worry about keeping up with "new" comics. I can catch them a few months down the road on Marvel Unlimited, or I can wait for them to go on sale. It's great!

Far and away the best X-Men anything I've read in forever. That run managed to tell new X-men stories while also rooting them in fan service. Gave me that teenage feeling again.

Thanks!

And here's the recap! Still some cool stuff in there, folks, so feel free to shoot me an offer. Otherwise I'll have a small smattering of books tomorrow AM, and we close this sucker up at the end of the day. Thanks for looking! Page 1 Catwoman 55 VFNM $3 Catwoman 57 Copy A VF+ $3 Catwoman 57 Copy B NM $4 Catwoman 67 VFNM $3 Page 2 WW 139 Copy B VFNM $4 WW 145 VF+ $4 WW 155 Copy A VFNM $5 WW 155 Copy B VF+ $4 WW 155 Copy C VF- $3 WW 156 VF $3 WW 161 VF $3 WW 173 NM $4 WW 177 NM- $3 WW 178 VF+ $6 PG 3 WW 190 NM $4 WW 191 Copy A VF $3 WW 191 Copy B VF $3 WW 193 VFNM $5 WW 194 Copy A NM $4 WW 195 Copy A NM- $3 Danger Girl 2 Gold Foil $10 DG Dangerous Collection 1 Gold Foil $6 DG Dangerous Collection 2 NM DG Dangerous Collection 2 Gold Foiled Signed $15 DG AU Variant NM $15 Lady Death #1 2001 VFNM $2 LD II Between Heaven and hell set 1-4 - $8 LD Lingerie NM- $2 LD Swimsuit NM- $3 LD & the Women of Chaos Gallery VF+ $2 Double Impact 1 Chromium NM - 7 copies available $2 each Page 4 DI #2 NM - 10 copies available $1 each DI #5 - NM 9 copies available $1 each DI #4 NM - 12 copies available $1 each DI #3 VFNM 4 copies available $1 each DI # 7 VFNM 4 copies available $1 each DI 0 NM $1 Double Impact v2 #3 VF $1 DI V2 #3B VF $1 DI Butt Shots FN $2 Bad Girls of Blackout NM $1 Lethal Strike 1/2 sealed bag w/ card appears VF+ $2 Hellina Double Impact 1b NM- $2 Poizon 0 Copy A VFNM $1 Poizon 0 Copy b VF+ $1 Tommi Gunn 1-3 set, 1 VF+, 2 F=, 3 VG/F, $2 for the set Page 5 New Bondage Fairies 5 VG/FN (noncolorbreaking dings/crease) $5 NBF 6 VF $10 NBF 8 VF $10 NBF 9 FN- $5 NBF 11 F/VF $7 NBF 12 VF $10 NBF 16 FN $5 NBF Fairy Fetish 3 VF $10 Original Bondage Fairies 9 VG/F (noncolorbreaking vertical cover crease) - $3 NBF Fairy Fetish 4 VF $10 NBF FF 5 VFNM $10 Countdown Sex Bombs 4 FN $3 Ironwood 1 F/VF $15 Ironwood 9 VF $8 Liz and Beth V3 #2 & #3, each around FN; $5 each Gaby and the Goat #3 - VG to F 5 copies available $3 each Disobedient Daisy Disobedient Daisy 1 VG $2 DD 2 VG (5 copies available) $1 each DD 3 VG (3 copies available) $1 each DD 4 VG Silky Whip 4 VF+ $3 Secret Plot 3 VF $3 1 VF $10 Page 6 The Exhibionist 1 FN $5 The Blonde Double Cross #3 VF $10 Mara Celtic Shamaness 8 VF+ small corner bend $4 Pulp Dreams 1 VF+ $3 Liaisons Delicieuses 1 VF- $5 Teens at Play 1 NM $15 Girl on Girl Girl Stories 1 NM $15 Eric Stanton's Tops & Bottoms 2 VG/F and 4 F+ $4 each Princess of Darkness 4 VG/F $3 Come Again 1 (7 copies available) 2 (5 copies) 3 (3) - all around VG to VG/F, $1 each Christi Lake's Hollywood Hookers around F/VF 2 copies available $5 each Idol of Flesh 1 VF- $15 Ironwood 3 VG solid but has dust/dirt soiling $1 Horny Biker Slut 4 FN $10 LA Blue Girl 11 VG/F $2 Tender Flesh: Draculina Photo Comic FN+ $4 Valkyr V1 Pt 2 VF+ $4 Cutie Honey '90 V2 pt3 VF 2 copies available $2 each Love Drive 4 VF- $3 Kyra 1-4 Set average VG/F $2 complete set Page 7 Sindy 5 VG/F $2 Sisters of Darkness 1A VG+ $2 Climaxxx 2 VG/F $2 Vampyre's Kiss 1 (Hsu cover art) F+ $2 VK 1 VG+ $1 VK 2,3,4 & V2 1, 2 all in the VG to F range, all $1 each Sapphire 1 VF+ $2 sapphire 2 FN+ (2 copies) $1 ea sapphire6, 7 FN $1 ea Bad Kitty 1-3 VG/F Set $2 Lady Vampre vs Black Lace VG+ $1 Blood Road 1 VG+ $2 Widow 1 Copy A VF $2 Widow 1 Copy B F+ $1 Sinja 1B VFNM $1 Harikari 0 VFNM $1 Matrixxx F/VF $5 Hellina Kiss of Dead 1 VF+ $1 Page 8 Claire Voyante F/VF $1 Chesty Sanchez VF+ $1 Tomb Raider 1 AU Variant VF+ $3 Brinke of Destruction #1 2 copies $1 around F/VF Scimidar Pleasure and Pain TPB VF $5 Scimidar Book 5 Living Color 1 Nude Variant F/VF $5 The Magical Nymphini VG+ $2 S'Not for Kids VFNM $2 Lipstick F- $4 Hardball 1 (2 copies) and 3, all around FN/VF, $1 ea Achilles Storm 1 VG/F (9 copies available) $1 ea Adventures of Misty 4 VG+ $1 Asylum 1 VF (3 copies available) $1 ea Atomic Age Truck Stop Waitresses (Fingerman, rare!) VG+ $5 Babylon Crush 1 VF+ (2 copies avail) $2 ea BC 2 F/VF (3 copies avail) $1 ea BC 3 VF+ $1 Bambi and Friends #9 FN to VF 7 copies available $2 each Bizarre Sex 1 7th print GD/VG $1 BS 7 VG $1 Page 9 Bizarrian 1 F/VF (2 copies avail) $2 ea Bizarrian 2 FN (2 copies avail) $2 Bizarrian 6 VG $1 Bizarrian8 VG $1 Black Dominion FN $1 Casanova! 3 VFNM $5 Dream Angel foil stamped ltd 1500 FN+ $2 Dream Wolves Swimsuit 0 VG/F $1 Femina Dream Girls VG to F, 5 copies avail $1 ea Firkin 2 FN- $1 2 copies available Flaxen VF- $1 French Ticklers VF- $2 From the Darkness 3 VF (2 copies avail) $1 ea Peter Hsu's The Gauntlet #6 F to VF 11 copies avail $1 ea Godhead #1 VG to F 13 copies avail $1 ea Page 10 Grit Bath (Rene French) 1 VF 2 copies avail $1 ea Ground Pound 3 VG+ $1 ea Hardkor 2 VF $1 Jeffrey Dahmer vs Jesus Christ FN (3 copies available) $4 ea Jonas! 1 F- Deodato $1 Killer Cults #3 VF (2 copies available) $5 ea Norm Breyfogle's (R.I.P Norm!) Metaphysique 1 & 2 set F/VF $2 set Miranda the Tease 1 VG/F $2 Necromancer 3 VF- $1 Necroscope 3 VF- $1 (oooh spooky hologram!) Night's Children 1 & 2 (3 copies available) all around VF+ $1 ea Night Cry 3 VFNM 4 copies available $2 ea Night Cry 4 VF to VFNM 11 copies available $2 ea No Guts or Glory (Tundra, Kevin Eastman) F to VF (10 copies available) $1 ea Nocturne 1 VG/F $1 Page 11 Ogenki Clinic V2 Pt 6 VF (2 copies available) $4 ea Psycho Killers Celebrity Stalker #2 VF (5 copies available) $4 ea Psycho Killers You Axed For IT 1 FN- $4 One Fisted Tales #5 F+ $4 Screw Comics VF $5 Sunglasses After Dark 5 FN+ $2 Tawny's Tales 1 FN+ a little pricey but have you ever seen one? $15 Trauma Corps 1 NM $1 Triple Action 3 VF $1 Vampire Bites 2 VFNM $4 Page 12 Wally Wood's Cannon #5 (2 copies) and #8. These are bagged, appear VFNM, $2 ea! Shadowhawk Vampirella (cuz why not?) NM- $2 Blonde Exposure -The Making of the Blonde Avenger Photo Comic VF - $4 Cherry #3 - $2.50 cover GD/VG $10 Cherry #4 - $2.50 cover believe it's a 1st, no other printing info listed. VG- $10 Page 13 Cherry #4 1999 printing $2.95 cover FN $5 Cherry #5 VG some noncolorbreaking creasing, doesn't show on scan very well - $8 Cherry 7 F/VF $10 Cherry 8 VG/F 1st nice but has a noncolorbreaking bend to the upper lefthand back cover $10 Cherry 9 FN+ $10 Cherry 10 1st FN+ $15 Cherry 10 - later printing $2.95 cvr FN+ $8 Cherry 11 3D issue! With "banana scented" scratch n sniff 3d glasses. Why? I don't know! GD/VG $15 Cherry 12 FN+ - the gerbil cover! $15 Cherry 14 FN 2000 printing $8 Cherry 14 F/VF 1993 KSP printing $10 Cherry 15 VF KSP 1993 printing $12 Cherry 16 VF 2000 Printing $10 Cherry's Jubilee 1-4 set average VG condition $25 Page 14 Widow 2 NM- 3 London Night Edition VFNM 4 VF+ $1 ea Stryke 0 White background cover VF 6 copies available, $1 ea or .75 cents ea if you buy more than 1! Stryke 0 - full color cover VG- 2 copies take 'em both for $1 Razor Burn 1 VF+ $1 Strips 3 FN 4 FN+ 8 FN+ $2 ea Rated X VG $1 Trailer Trash 4 $3 Page 15 Omaha the Cat Dancer 9 F/VF 2nd or later print $3 Omaha 14 F VF $3 Omaha 15 VG+ $2 OMaha 19 sealed in shrinkwrap, looks to be VFNM or better $4 Omaha V2 #1 VF $3 Images of Omaha 1 VFNM $15 Images of Omaha 2 $10 ea

Awesome, thanks so much for the pickups! I've got the thread updated now, I believe. I'll have a small handful of things to add tomorrow AM, and will then be closing the thread when I leave at the end of the day tomorrow. So now is the time, folks! Will post a recap here in a bit, thanks!

Certainly seems to be. Just a few years ago (maybe three?) I went to a yard sale and a guy had a couple of long boxes FILLED with the hologram cover Spidey books (there are four of them, right?) and Spidey 2099 #1's. I mean, dozens if not hundreds of copies of those five books. But he wanted nearly cover price for each book, so I only bought a couple. There has to be a landfill's worth of these books out there. BUT, as always, I'll agree with whatever the market tells me. For the time being I'll keep buying if I find them cheap enough.

You're a Master Detective at this stuff, @Cpt Kirk !

Relax. Take a breath. Have some dip. First of all, it's not that I "don't get" what you're saying. I "get it". I just don't agree. I don't understand how you "don't understand" that. We're not dealing with facts, here. We're dealing with opinions. Ask ten different people what makes a key comic, you'll probably get ten different answers. I'm one of the ones that thinks merchandising tie-ins for children's cartoon properties don't really make the cut, regardless of how many people like talking dogs. You clearly are in another camp. There's room for both of us. We have a disagreement over what "key" means. I tend to think the term is grossly overused. I believe that simply being difficult to find doesn't make something a "key", nor does being valuable (though valuable books are often valuable because enough people agreed with one another that they are indeed "keys".) In my opinion, Scooby Doo #1 isn't a "key" book. You believe it is. Which one of us would have more supporters if the question were thrown up to the entire comic collecting community? Who cares? I don't. I'd posit that Scooby Doo #1 is a key book if you collect Scooby Doo comics, sure. It's integral to the run, I'd say. How many Scooby Doo comic book collectors are there in the world? I have no idea. Probably more than 10, but less than a million (but I'd wager it's closer to 10.) It's also a key book if you're working on a Gold Key collection. But a recognized "key" in the collecting community at large? Hmmm, not sure. There are some books that are indisputable keys, that every collector agrees on. Action 1, Tec 27, AF15? Yes, sure. Hulk 181? Probably, yes. Hulk 180? Hmm, in my opinion it should be, but you're definitely not going to get 100% agreement on that one. By the time we get all the way down to " Is Scooby Doo #1 a key?", it's pretty thin soup. In conclusion: Scooby Doo #1 is a key if you want it to be. To me, it's not. There's only room in my heart for one Gold Key talking animal #1 book, and that, my friends, is the incredible MISTER ED THE TALKING HORSE #1! FIGHT ME!

Thanks bud! Yup, happy to ship them to ya, just want to make sure you actually get them! I'll PM you before shipping to get some pointers on getting the package past the smut detectors!

AND that's all I've got for today, folks, and it represents the bulk of what I've got. I won't have a chance to scan anything else tonight, so tomorrow night I'll see if I can dig up some more goodies. If that happens, I'll post whatever I find on Thursday, and should shut the thread on Friday. If anyone wants to jump off now, let me know and I'll invoice you. Otherwise just hang in and I'll see if I can scare up a few more books before we call it done. Thanks everybody for looking!

Images of Omaha 2 - 2 copies shrinkwrapped appear VFNM or better, Dave Sim front cover, Olivia back cover which I failed to scan $10 ea

Images of Omaha 1 VFNM $15

Omaha V2 #1 VF $3

OMaha 19 sealed in shrinkwrap, looks to be VFNM or better $4

Omaha 15 VG+ $2

Omaha 14 F VF $3