Battle

I can only think that Marvel/Disney is laughing that Fox is doing everything it can to kill these movies. At some point, releasing a new pile of turd every few years just to keep the rights will, eventually, not be worth it, and Disney/Marvel can return them to the fold.

No problems here, smooth transaction, fast pay, would highly recommend.

Nothing like Stan Lee's name scribbled across the cover... At least its signed in about the best possible place. Plus with this being the only 9.2 and only 3 higher, Roy's options were limited.

I call him "Happy" Thor. Starts issue 91.

This used to be my copy, and since I sold it it's been reholdered and pressed. The very minute changes to the two right side corners are the giveaway that the comic has been pressed. I'm happy to say that the buyer who cracked/pressed and resubbed the book is taking a bath, having paid over 3 grand for it. It has a teeny rub along the spine that keeps it from a higher grade, but is a really sweet copy. I think your JIM #83 was re-sold at a decent loss. I still kick myself for not buying the lowest graded of your lot; the JIM #89 @ 8.0.

AV #1 was a CGC 5.0. I wasn't confident in the grade but got the book anyway for the nice colors and centering. The AV #4 is a GRR; deal with it =)

Bunch of raw keepers I got graded mainly for resto check so no surprises in the future. Marvel Spotlight 5 8.5 W ; expected 8.0 Journey Into Mystery 109 8.0 W ; expected 8.0 Journey Into Mystery 118 9.2 OW/W ; no clue; bought as "hi-grade" on ebay for $150, go figure Journey Into Mystery 120 8.5 OW/W ; expected 8.5 Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos 13 7.5 OW/W ; expected 8.5 but perfectly centered and looks great so no regrets. Tales of Suspense 58 8.0 OW/W ; was a PGX 7.5

JIM 83 8.5, white; small amt of color touch and glue on spine. http://cgi.ebay.com/Journey-Into-Mystery-83-CGC-8-5-Purple-Label-/310308271075?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483fd073e3 This is not my sale and just here for discussion purposes. But lets say you were putting together a high grade run. This book seems to have the least amount of resto your going to find. What do you think of this book in the run for a fraction of the price?

Journey into Mystery #88. deslabbed 7.5 I decided to ebay got a 8.0 ow What's with 2 JIM 88's 7.5's selling on ebay for $900 and $945. Also a couple RAW books, JIM 95 7.5 (bought from Harley as a 7.0) and JIM 103 7.0 (bought at SDCC as a 7.0). ow/w and ow Think I'm gonna divert them tomorrow from CGC to comiclink for the April auction.

Nice packaging, fast shipping, as advertised. Thanks!

Grats, I found a nicely centered #100 hard to find in this grade range and ended up spending more than I wanted to on a 8.5.

What's fun about reading the early JIM's is the "mystery" backup stories you don't get to see in the Marvel Masterworks.

Thanks all; only run I own. I have a nice silver age/mostly Kirby run of Thor thru issue #181. The 83 was a slabbed 6.0; one grader gave it a 6.5. They didn't like that pen mark between the "E" and "R". There is also a fugly 1/2 inch tear on the edge of the back cover. For the most part the run is 6.0/6.5 to 9.0 getting better as the run progresses.

My JIM run:

You might be interested in seeing the cover as originally inked back in 1965. ___________________________ from The Jack Kirby Collector #14 Looks like this is actually for sale on Heritage next week. http://comics.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=7023&LotIdNo=142003