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On 2/8/2023 at 4:28 PM, jimjum12 said:

 

@dover 

Apologies if already mentioned.

ASM 129 as a plot point from Coyote Ugly movie.

https://youtu.be/aNQb7jHH5Ko

This Buscema Vision image.

Incredible splash from Iron Fist 10.

Amazing Byrne Hulk image.

On 2/7/2023 at 8:35 AM, electricprune said:

G.I. Joe #38 NM- $2

On 2/7/2023 at 8:38 AM, electricprune said:

This one is a bit different.

Captain America #285 NM- $5 has what appears to be a Zeck Signature in Sharpie on Front Cover. I don't know the history of this book, but it does look to other Zeck's signatures I have seen.

On 2/6/2023 at 2:27 PM, DavidTheDavid said:

 Someone took that Superman fighting a vampire comic, just below where you posted it.

Not just someone, me! 

On 2/5/2023 at 6:05 PM, electricprune said:

Marvel Premiere #39 VF/NM $1

On 2/5/2023 at 6:17 PM, electricprune said:

Kid Colt Outlaw #229 VF/NM $10 Last Issue

On 2/5/2023 at 4:10 PM, LordRahl said:

Devil Dinosaur #5 NM 9.4 $10

 

On 2/5/2023 at 4:28 PM, LordRahl said:

Eternals #6 NM 9.4 $15

 

On 2/4/2023 at 11:42 PM, Dr. Balls said:

I’m a total sucker for those MK black covers.  

Me too, but I was too slow as usual.  Enjoy them, they look real nice.

On 2/4/2023 at 11:36 PM, Dr. Balls said:

Man, I think you sold almost all your MKs!

Lucky for me you only cared about the black covers.  

Nice grabs by you!

On 2/4/2023 at 11:11 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #4 NM 9.4 $20

On 2/4/2023 at 11:13 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #5 NM 9.4 $15

 

On 2/4/2023 at 11:14 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #6 NM+ 9.6 $20

 

On 2/4/2023 at 11:15 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #7 NM+ 9.6 $20

 

On 2/4/2023 at 11:18 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #10 NM 9.4 $15

 

On 2/4/2023 at 11:19 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #11 NM+ 9.6 $18

 

On 2/4/2023 at 11:21 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #16 NM 9.4 $15

 

On 2/4/2023 at 11:22 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #18 NM+ 9.6 $18

 

On 2/4/2023 at 11:23 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #19 NM 9.4 $15

 

On 2/4/2023 at 11:24 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #20 NM 9.4 $15

On 2/4/2023 at 11:26 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #22 NM+ 9.6 $18

On 2/4/2023 at 11:28 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #33 NM+ 9.6 $12

 

On 2/4/2023 at 11:29 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #34 NM+ 9.6 $15

 

On 2/4/2023 at 11:25 PM, LordRahl said:

Moon Knight #21 NM+ 9.6 $18

On 2/4/2023 at 5:05 PM, electricprune said:

Moon Knight #5 NM- $5

On 2/4/2023 at 6:00 PM, electricprune said:

Superman #344 NM- or better $10

Last book for the night.

On 2/4/2023 at 10:42 AM, electricprune said:

Machine Man #10 NM/NM+ $5

On 2/4/2023 at 9:28 AM, electricprune said:

Iron Man #145 Copy B NM- or better, $4

 

On 2/4/2023 at 10:42 AM, electricprune said:

Machine Man #10 NM/NM+ $5

On 2/4/2023 at 9:28 AM, electricprune said:

Iron Man #145 Copy B NM- or better, $4

 

Really cool, rare foreign books here!

On 2/3/2023 at 6:35 PM, electricprune said:

Flash #324 NM or better, $25. Death of Reverse Flash.

On 2/3/2023 at 6:53 PM, electricprune said:

Iron Man #148 NM- $3

On 2/3/2023 at 6:46 PM, electricprune said:

Iron Man #143 NM- or better, $4.

On 2/3/2023 at 6:34 PM, electricprune said:

Marvel Premiere #40 NM- $2

On 2/3/2023 at 6:23 PM, electricprune said:

Amazing Spider-Man #215 NM- or better, $7. Subby appearance.

Yup, 3.0/3.5 for me too.  Lots of spine stress, and those tears on the back.

On 2/1/2023 at 10:03 AM, Brock said:

This is a great question. I think the first thing to remember is that CGC is not always correct on their labels... They do their best, and they know an awful lot, but they are a grading firm and not a research firm. As you can see a few posts back, one relevant Whitman example is that the DC Whitman registry set contained (until the last day or two) a large number of books that don't actually exist. As our knowledge about Whitmans is fragmentary, so too is CGC's, and sometimes they make errors of judgement based on incomplete information.

My guess in this instance is that CGC recently decided they needed to find a way to differentiate fat diamond Marvels from others on the label, and settled on "multi-pack edition" as a way to do this.

There's some logic to this, in that when we find Marvel multi-packs from this era, they usually contain fat diamond editions. From there, it's a short leap of logic (but potentially a faulty one) to say "All these loose fat diamond editions must have originally come from multi-packs, too." However, we have no evidence for that latter assertion, only speculation.

In fact, as I think about the relative scarcity of DC Whitmans, or even Gold Key Whitmans in this period, vs. fat diamond editions, it's clear (as I make a sweeping generalization) that fat diamond editions are much more common that Whitmans. This may be circumstantial evidence that fat diamond editions were far more broadly distributed than Whitmans. We know that a few books (Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica 1-3, Micronauts 1-3, etc.) were massive multi-pack successes, and very common as fat diamond editions. It's harder to explain why copies of (say) Thor or Fantastic Four fat diamond editions are so much more plentiful than Whitmans of the same period without resorting to wider distribution explanations.

The idea that all newsstand copies are "returnable editions" while all diamond editions, fat and skinny, are "non-returnable editions" appears (to me at least) to be the most compelling explanation of this pattern.

Thanks!  Makes sense that the new notation could just be wrong and maybe a place-holder like you said for all diamond editions.

I don't have any horse in this race, so just trying to educate myself.  I'm reading here and in the other thread that many believe these diamond variants are just early direct market versions that were also distributed by Whitman but weren't exclusive to them.  Why in this case does CGC then indicate that this is from a multi-pack?  How would they know this?  Is it because of the year it came out?  Thanks for any insight.

On 1/31/2023 at 3:19 PM, scburdet said:

these clearly break color, so there's a limit to what pressing can achieve. Flattening things out might make it look a little better (or get non-color breaking creases that aren't obvious in photos), but they can't be fixed. 

Revised my grade above.  The spine stress is worse than I originally noticed.  Also agree that most break color and can't be fixed.