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I found a dealer who was selling magazines for 5 for $20. He had about 10 mag boxes, all neatly ordered in alpha/numeric order. I had the most fun going through his magazines. I filled holes in my Epic, 1994, Marvel Super Special, etc., runs. I got old Marvel GNs and Star Trek and Star Wars fanzines. Here are some of the fun things I got.

NY Comicon Report 11 - Stuff I got at NYCC I didn't buy a lot at the con. The closest I came to buying an expensive comic was Crime Does Not Pay 24. It was offered at $2000. At 1.8 I thought $2K was too aggressive. I offered $1800 cash but was turned down. Still, I almost pulled the trigger at $2k. I figured even if I paid above market, in a couple years I could get my money out of it if I needed to. At the end of the day I decided to pass. Maybe someday I'll regret that decision. My biggest purchase was Crime Mysteries 15. It was on my grail list and I got it for a fair price. I got another on my grail list, Rangers 24. For me, this is in the Dastardly GGA bondage category. I plan to press it to see if I can fix the spine misalignment. I got this sweet Schomburg for only 50 bucks. Probably my best deal of the con. I checked off 2 Bakers from my list. Both are low grade with tape alone the spine. But, they present well, and were reasonably priced. My goal is to get a copy of every comic with a Baker cover, and with these 2, I'm at 50% towards my goal. Probably the most intriguing book I picked up was Wonder Comics 14. This book was way up my want list. It's from a bound volume and you can see the damage along the spine. But the book is complete and well presenting. I plan to submit it to CGC to see what it comes back as.

This book was being offered at $50K. Or maybe it was $80K. Either way though, it was out of my budget by a decimal point. It was cool to hold it though.

I'm just happy to already have my copy. And since a rising tide lifts all boats, I say "Go Harley! Go!"

Dang! I knew I shouldn't have posted that one! And you know it doesn't count until you say

I hear you, but did you see the closing prices for low grade Baker in the C-Link auction that closed on Thursday? If I was a dealer and I had any Baker CGC 6.0 or above, I'd be pricing it high too. People are paying crazy money for Baker nowadays. I didn't buy anything from Harley at this con. But I've bought a lot of good stuff in the past from him. I always make sure to check out what he's offering. He single handedly made WW Philly a good con for me.

Sorry, I don't remember. Heritage, C-Link and C-Connect were there, so one of those 3.

NY Comicon Report 10 - My Rick and Morty’s Szechuan Sauce Story at NYCC This is actually my daughter's story. You've probably heard about McDonald's botched limited release of its Szechan sauce. If not, here's what happened: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/10/09/mcdonalds-botched-its-rick-and-morty-szechuan-sauce-stunt-and-fans-are-not-happy/?utm_term=.0eb1192e7e93 My daughter is a fan of Rick and Morty so she wanted to go to McDs to try the sauce. (The sauce was being released on Saturday.) But it was being released at just some McDs, and we didn't want to burn the entire day looking for the sauce. As it turns out, even the McDs that got the sauce only got a limited amount, some as little as 20 packs. Anyway, my daughter went to a NYCC after-party on Saturday night. Somehow, a manager from a McDonald's in NYC got a gallon of the sauce. He brought the sauce plus 200 McNuggets to the party. So my daughter got to try the sauce after all. She told me the sauce was kind of disappointing. It tasted like BBQ sauce, barely spicy at all. But it was a cool story.

I got this Wonder 14 at NYCC this weekend. It's complete and presents well, but it came out of a binder. Everything is still attached at the spine, but you can clearly see the effects of the binding on the spine. Here are my questions: (1) would I get a qualified grade if I submit this? (2) how much do you think CGC would ding the grade based on the spine? Thanks

Rick I knew you were going to ask about that comic. No, I didn't get it. It was priced at $350, but it was incomplete.

NY Comicon Report 9 - More Dealer Walls Thanks everyone for your nice comments. It's nice seeing that people actually read these posts. Here are some additional walls. In the second picture is a very nice Spider-Gwen cover by Jenny Frisson (for $4k). This Dave Stevens OA was being offered for $25,000: The same dealer was offering this early Mary Jane by Romita for $18,000.

I asked the dealer if I could take a comic out of the bag. It was a Bone #2 priced at $4 and I wanted to see the printing. I figured it was a late printing but I thought maybe I'd get lucky. Rather than just give me permission, the dealer himself opened the bag, treating the book like it was Action #1. Remember this book was priced at $4. It turned out it was the 5th printing which wasn't a surprise. After that I didn't bother with any more of the comics in his booth.

NY Comicon Report 8 - Quest for a Frank Cho Sketch Cover About a week before the con, a boardie asked for help to get a sketch cover by Frank Cho. Apparently Frank doesn't take commissions at cons anymore. Instead, he does a few sketch covers in advance, and sells them at the con. This is one he was selling at NYCC (based on what he said on Facebook). I was planning on spending time in artist alley, so I told the boardie I'd try to get a sketch cover for him. Well, that didn't work out. First, artist alley was an absolute zoo. It was unbearably crowded. Second, Frank was hardly ever at his table. I went by Frank's table many times, and this is what I always saw (that is, I never actually saw Frank). Third, I learned from talking to Frank's assistant that the sketch covers sold in seconds, and they sold for $800 instead of the $500 that the boardie thought they would be offered for. So really I had no realistic chance to get a sketch cover for the boardie. Frank had nice prints for sale. I was planning to buy the Wonder Woman, but I was waiting to buy for when I saw him at his table, to get his autograph. But, as I mentioned, I never happened to be by his table when he was there. Then, by Saturday when I decided to buy it, the print was sold out.

Dale Roberts: Dale is always a must see for me at cons. I always find good stuff at his booth, and NY was no exception.

Hello - I'm posting my report of the New York Comicon in my journal. If interested, here's the link. It starts on page 10.

Basement Comics had a great selection for fair prices. I bought a lot of comics there.

I find some dealer setups hard to shop at. Here the price is prominently displayed but you can't see the cover. I think it would be better to reduce the sticker to just the price, so you could see both the price and the cover art. Just my . This setup was even worse. You weren't allowed to touch anything. So, if you wanted to see something, you had to bring over the dealer. Of course that's common for wall books, but this applied to much more for this dealer. It wasn't worth the time to shop there.

Harley: I almost bought these 2 books but ultimately decided to pass:

NY Comicon Report 7 - Wall Books I'm back home from NY. We only bought tickets for Thursday-Saturday, and that was exactly the right about of time. The con was fun, but by mid-afternoon on Saturday I was getting bored. The only reason I stayed the whole day was to pick up a couple of commissions. Here are some dealer wall books. Anthony Synder: Steranko was there. I was thinking about buying one of his prints (for $10) to get his autograph. But he was charging $20 to sign, even if you bought something. Since I already have his autograph I decided to save the money. The same think happened with Neal Adams. He was charging more than Steranko to sign, I think it was $30. Neal included his sig if you bought something from his tables (he had a huge set up), but everything was expensive (the cheapest thing I saw were prints for $40). Again, I already have Neal's autograph (on a few things) so decided to save the money.

Yep, I agree, prices were aggressive. Still, I had a good time, and managed to find a few books.

Thanks for the information