F For Fake

The beach pinup was for a portfolio being sold at Lake Como Con. Per his Twitter account: "My legal department has informed me that the correct answer is: this is neither Audrey Hepburn nor is it Catwoman."

I liked your +1.

I've owned a ton of Hot Toys, going back to their original Aliens Colonial Marines line. My problem is that once they go OOP and prices start rising, I have a difficult time not selling them. Just can't resist the $$$. So as of now, I only have a few that I'd consider permanent, including the 1989 Keaton Batman, Adam West Batman. The only ones I REALLY regret selling are my Joker DX-11,and my Alien Kane and Dallas. Should have held onto those, prices be damned. Oh well.

Yes, I'm hoping that all of the other action going on will distract the BSD's so I can pick up some cheap stuff, like the bottom feeder I am. Only a couple of pieces in this round that I'm willing to put up for, but there are several cheap pages that I'm interested in if I can land them at the right price (i.e. next to nothin'.)

That's interesting, is that the third WildCATS tpb? Something else for my checklist!

Thanks, gives me something to think about! I may wait until it is more commonplace and better understood among buyers before I use it to roll out the drek, but I think at some point it may be a useful tool for the specific scenario I described. For books that stand on their own merit, there's no reason to not list them individually. But I could see it being useful down the road for grouping common run-fillers in a "one stop shopping" scenario. But I'll probably sit back and watch a bit more before I experiment with it. Good talk!

Seemed like a really slow auction this go round, I actually won six pieces myself, and I never win anything. PS: If by any chance you won the Vision and Scarlet Witch #6, pg 19, I won page 20. Forgot to bump my tracking bid up and was on stage when the auctions went down, missed out on pg 19. If you won it and want to reduce the size of the invoice, lemme know!

I'm still curious about this. I think I see what you're saying, but is that different than if you had 20 individual listings? You'd still have 20 counts against your total and fees for the 20 listings, right? Like, I have a store that gives me 1000 "free" listings (still paying for the store, of course) per month. So, say I had a huge run of BloodStrike (but not a complete run that I could sell as a complete set) it might make sense to list all of the issues together in one spot, so that a shopper could pick the issues they needed for their runs without going to several different listings. Like you'd do at, say, MCS. Whether I do it in a single listing or as 20 individual listings, am I going to pay the same? I haven't tried this yet and am poking around a bit, am curious about any sellers that have used it and how they feel about it, and advantages or disadvantages.

But they covered up the best part of the original cover!

If they'd gone with the classic Perez costume, it would have been a day one preorder for me. As it is, I'll probably skip it.

Send it!

That SS 1/4 piece was a real headscratcher. Finally make a 1/4 Deathstroke, and THAT was the costume they chose??? Ugh.

Gah, I met Chris Ware at SDCC back in 1998. It was great, no line or anything, just walked right up and met him and chatted with him. I bought a print which was unfortunately later destroyed at my parents' house (long story) but I remember he had some originals there. I didn't even bother asking how much they were, because at 21 years old I'm sure I wouldn't have had enough. But now I am so curious about how much they possibly could have been back then, compared to now. Yikes.

In that case, they'd probably wait just long enough to lift his body from the table so they could take a pic of "the last book Stan ever signed!" and list it on eBay.

Ugh, this is all so gross. What's next for Stan Lee? He's gonna drop dead at a comic convention, signing his name on a book he didn't even work on, most likely. Whether that will lead to a public outcry that will cast comic fandom in an unfavorable light, or just add sensationalism that will drive up prices of his sig, who knows? I don't want any part of it, though.

Agree 100%. It's just morbid at this point. Let the man rest. I'm not even a big "Stan Lee guy" (I was always Team Kirby) and I have no desire to own an autograph, but even to someone who doesn't have a dog in the race, it's clear that this needs to stop, ASAP.

Great report bud, glad you had a good time!

I think there's a lot of room for IH 180 to grow. 181 is quickly getting out of the range of a lot of collectors, so 180 is appealing as it's the actual first appearance, so still quite a feather in the cap, and under-appreciated. NM 98 I think will level off, especially in anything under 9.8. Just my two cents, and worth precisely that much.

Drool. Awesome stuff man, right up my alley.

Aw man, when I saw the thread get a bump, I was hoping that meant that it had gotten real!

All great stuff. I WOULD pick up every Xenozoic Tales I found, except I never, ever, nerver see them, in the wild. They are beautiful books. I have a set for myself, and would love to have more, but they just aren't out there in appreciable numbers. I also pick up Wolvie newsstands when I find them cheap. I always figure Batman, Wolverine and Spider-man main titles are blue chip books, so at $1 or less in NM, I really can't lose in the long run.

Been enjoying this meme series lately, saw this one on Twitter today and it struck close to home!

Ah, X-Men 50, still my favorite Steranko, and one of my favorite covers, period.

Ugh, that's on me, I was talking about NM 98, not 87. Talking about 87, I'd agree with you absolutely. But I think 98 is firm.

yeah, the movie didn't do that book any favors, for sure. It was a stinker. A stinker that made a ton of money, sure, but still a stinker, and I don't think it really endeared Ultron to any new fans. We'll see on IM55. Thanos may come off better, people may really dig him. The directors have said that Infinity War is Thanos' story, so maybe the character will strike a chord with viewers. Regardless, i agree with the feeling that this is the most vulnerable of the three, by a large margin.