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No, that comic room -- the one you see here in pictures -- that's in the house we are moving to. It's been our vacation home (it's close to the beach), and now it'll be our primary home, although we'll also have a small apartment close to where I work. The house we are selling is the one where we raised our kids. But my youngest kid is a HS senior and will be going to college, so by September we'll be empty nesters. So we are downsizing by selling this house. I do have a comic room in the house we are selling, but I've mostly moved everything out. Here are some pictures of that old comic room.

2018 Year In Review - Completing Runs I completed 2 major runs in 2018. The first was Tomb of Dracula. I completed this run in January with buys on this board of #3, 7 and 33 (for a total of $11). That left only #1, so I decided to splurge for a nicer copy. I also completed my Legion of Super-Heroes (LOS) collection. I've been a big fan of the Legion since I was a little kid, and I've been collecting them all my collecting life. I have complete runs of these series: • Adventure Comics (1958; 247, 267, 282, 290, 293, 300-529) • LOS Series 1 (1973; 1-4) • Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (1977; continues from Superboy; 231-258) • LOS Series 2 (1980; continues from Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes; 259-313 + Annuals 1-3) • Tales of the Legion (1984; continues from Series 2; 314-325) • LOS Series 3 (1984; 1-63 + Annuals 1-4) • LOS Series 4 (1989; 0-125, 1000000, Annuals 1-7) • Legionnaires (1993; 0-81, 1000000, Annuals 1-3) • LOS Series 5 (2005; 1-50) Yes, I know there have been many series after Series 5 in 2005. But at some point you have to stop, and I decided to let it go after Series 5. But to top off the collection, I decided to get a copy of every appearance of the Legion prior to Superboy and the LSH #231. This is the issue where the Legion became regulars in Superboy (and the title changed to include the Legion). Here are all the appearances of the Legion prior to Superboy #231: • Superboy 86, 98, 100, 147, 173, 176, 183, 184, 188, 190, 191, 193, 195, 197, 198 and 200-230 – becomes Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes with #231 • Action 276, 285, 287, 289, 290, 298, 309, 319, 331 and 377-392 • Superman 147, 149, 152, 155, 156, 157, 172, 173, 221, 295 • Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane 47, 50 • Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 72, 76, 85, 100, 106, 117 • World’s Finest 142, 168 It actually wasn't hard to get these comics, as I already had most of them. I got the last one from a sale here on the boards. I'll close out this post by showing my copy of Adventure 247, the first appearance of the Legion.

I haven't yet. I've been busy as we're getting our house ready to sell.

Thank you!

As I've mentioned in my journal, Rangers is my favorite Fiction House title. Planet seems to get all the love, but Rangers has some great covers. Rangers 32 is one of those great covers. I searched for years for a nice copy of this book. Then early last year, I picked up 2 copies within a span of a week. The one I have for sale graded out at 6.5. The other came in at 7.0. I almost kept the 6.5 over the 7.0 as it's such a sweet cover. In the end I've decided to sell the 6.5. This beauty is on sale for you today for $300 shipped in the US. At this price, I'm just barely covering my cost.

The rules: No PL/HOS members Payment via PayPal only First flag gets it. If via PM, then the earliest PM gets it. Sales only to the US and Canada. Shipping is included in the price for the US. Shipping to Canada is $10. Please pay within 10 calendar days of invoice, or the book will be available for sale again No returns on graded books.

My list is mostly based on the list in the Amash book. I've added a few based mostly on discussions here in the Baker Romance thread. Also, I've added a few as I include reprints that have Baker art.

PQ stayed the same

You're right. I got that backwards. I just took another look at the CBCS crossover books, and in fact one of the books went up. So 1 up, 2 down, and 2 remained the same.

2018 Year In Review - Matt Baker One of my collecting goals is to get a copy of every comic where Baker did the cover. There are 298 such Baker covers, according to my list (which is constantly evolving). I managed to pick up a few Baker covers in 2018, despite the rising prices for Matt. Prices are definitely higher now for Baker compared to just 1-2 years ago. As of the end of 2018, I have 166 Baker covers. I still need 132 (many of which I have never seen for sale). The average price I've paid is $169. The most I have ever paid is $2352 (for GCE 12). The least I've paid is $4 (for a reprint -- Haunted Horror 31). Here are some of the Bakers I picked up in 2018. I hope to get as many Bakers in 2019, but I doubt it given the rising prices. In fact, I'm thinking I'll never complete this collecting goal. It only gets harder, right? I feel like I've gotten all the easy ones. Many Bakers are so rare that when they do come up for sale, you have to roll out the Brinks truck to have a chance at them. I'm 56 now and probably have maybe another 9 years (at most) before I retire. Once I retire, I'll probably be back to picking through the dollar boxes (which by the way is tons of fun). Will I be able to pick up those last 132 Bakers in the next 9 years? Hmmmm, not sure. I may have to live vicariously through others.

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Results of CGC Crossover Service To recap, you send non-CGC books to CGC for regrading and re-slabbing in CGC cases. If they stay the same grade or go up, you pay half the regular grading price. If they go down, you pay only $10. I sent in 16 books. 11 were PGX and 5 were CBCS. 2 books were modern, a few were silver, most were gold. Let me first say that the crossover service is fast. I got the pre-screening results about a week after CGC got my books. And it took less than a month to get the books back. And this included pressing and restoration removal for a few of the books. I think a big part of the speed was I picked Standard service. An advantage of this was Standard includes pre-screening. To be honest, I didn't mean to pick Standard -- usually I go with Modern or Value. I made a mistake when I filled out the form. This screw-up on my part greatly increased my cost. Here's a list of the Crossover service prices (which is half the regular price): Modern: $12 Value: $16.20 Economy: $22.80 Standard: $32.50 (Also, again, if the grade goes down the price is $10 across all tiers.) Of the 11 PGX books I sent in, 5 went down in grade, 2 up, and 4 stayed the same. I think this supports the general notion that PGX over-grades. But it's not all black and white with PGX, since 6 of the 11 books either went up or stayed the same. Of the 5 CBCS books I sent in, 2 went down, 1 went up and 3 stayed the same. All the CBCS books I sent in were gold. This also supports my view that the grading standards of CBCS are about the same as CGC.

Iran Man 36 from 1971. Madame Masque appearance. CGC 9.8. Last GPA $430. Last year a copy sold for $795. Your blowout price: $350 (including shipping in the US)

The rules: No PL/HOS members Payment via PayPal only First flag gets it. If via PM, then the earliest PM gets it. Sales only to the US and Canada. Shipping is included in the price for the US. Shipping to Canada is $10. Please pay within 10 calendar days of invoice, or the book will be available for sale again No returns on graded books. Time payments are available for purchases of $2500 or more with 20% non-refundable deposit and installment payments so purchase is paid in full no later than 2/18/19. If monthly installments are more than 10 days late or payment is defaulted the 20% deposit will be retained by the seller but the rest of monies will be returned to the buyer and the sale will be nullified. Please PM to discuss time payment before taking the book in the thread. I reserve the right to not take time payments.

Yes, I'm going to be there. I'm not sure if I can be at the meetup as I'll be with wife and daughter, but let me know and I'll try to make it.

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I guess I read this wrong. I thought this auction ended today (Friday 12/14) at midnight EST.

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New Stuff on the Spinner Rack (Issue 1) Here are some recent pickups. I got this issue of Comedy from 1957 with some great Bill Ward art and a photo of Bettie Page on the back cover: And speaking of Bettie Page, I got this cover of Just Teasing by Dave Stevens, that Dave both signed and had some handwritten notes.

I'll take Atom 8 - 2.5 - $6 Atom 10 - 3.0 - $4 Detective Comics 306 - 2.0 - $5 Jimmy Olsen 69 - 3.0 - $6 Justice League 19 - 3.0 - $15 Justice League 22 - 2.5 - $8 Justice League 28 - 4.5 - $13 Lois Lane 38 - 2.0 - $5 Lois Lane 40 - 1.8 - $3 Superman 162 - 2.5 - $5 Superman 169 - 1.5 - $4 Superman 176 - 2.5 - $4 World's Finest 130 - 3.0 - $8 World's Finest 131 - 4.0 - $8 World's Finest 133 - 3.0 - $7

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take Action 311 - 3.5 - $4 Action 314 - 5.0 - $8