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Martin Sinescu

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    Aweandlorder

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    Thoughts on this:
    a) Funny that he missed RnR comics, but Uncensored Mouse was a great call. That book got national media attention and was, IIRC, a $20 book almost instantly (which would be like a $100 book by today's standards). 
    b) Gotta like his unabashed cynicism towards some of these books. He's not just a cheerleader trying to get you to buy in on everything (considering he is the vendor, not just an online blogger looking for attention). N-Man, Lex Luthor Bio, Hawk & Dove, he's really down on these and openly critical. Odd to hear his thoughts on Innovation, but they definitely turned out some high-quality stuff in the early-90's, so maybe they were still evolving.
    c) Death in the Fam selling at $110 a set. Think it's around that now for a NM set, maybe even a little lower. I sold my original copies for about $60 along with the TPB back about mid-2000's and I was happy as a clam. Wish I'd kept them, but there was a time when that arc seemed dead in the water, so I took the money and ran.
    d) I got in on that Fist of the North Star when it came out. American Ent. billed it as an ultra-violent, super-graphic series so I was all over it. And I hated it.

    Aweandlorder

    Posted · Edited by Martin Sinescu

    Okay, first.... Marta DuBois as Catwoman...... hubba hubba :x 

    Wait, gimme another minute. :x:x:x

    I did get goosebumps reading about Death in the Family, that was awesome. Such an exciting time. Funny he mentioned some potential heat on the trade, I brought my DITF tpb to school and one of my friends knocked it off my desk accidentally when he turned around to talk to me. I totally melted down on him, creased the cover up and everything. That coulda been worth $500 today (in my mind. back then.)

    ROFLing about that spec on Tec 599, that one laid an egg investment-wise, but give him credit for thinking outside of the box.

    And Punisher War Journal 6 with Wolvie, oh man, how did Chuck just contain himself to 300-500 copies? Definitely remember the heat on that one, but, of course, the story didn't live up to the hype.

    Keep 'em coming!

    Aweandlorder

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    Man, this is bringin' back the memories. I used to get my spec advice from another mail-order service (American Entertainment, I think -- my friend in HS used to bring the monthlies with him and we'd pour over them all day at school), but it was the same time period and many of the same hypening applies.

    I kinda get it on the Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown as #2 issues did have a tendency to get ordered in lower numbers. Wasn't the Nick Fury vs. Shield #2 book worth a bit more for that reason? I seem to remember that, so maybe there was a bit of a precedent (GI Joe 2 would be a more obvious example, but I'm also drawing on the prestige-format hype as, at that time, everything prestige seemed like gold after DKR and KJ). Same deal with the Grell Bond prestige mini. I was all over that, seemed like straight money.

    Blind Justice (Detective 598-600) was mega-hyped on the heels of the movie because of the connection to Sam Hamm. One of my LCS's already had copies marked up to $10 and nestled lovingly in their glass display case even while there were 30-40 still on the shelves.

    Also, Return to Big Nothing, I totally latched onto that hype as well. Still have my copy. Still waiting for the $$$.

    Great stuff, thanks for posting.