seanfingh

It's fantastic. That era of comics is my absolute sweet spot as well. Well done, my man.

I was 5 or 6 and my dad was the one buying me comics. He was a die-hard DC guy and he instilled my love of Batman, Supes, the Legion and the JLA. He read all the comics (probably before he gave them to me - lol) and he DID NOT LIKE Marvel. He did his best to keep me happy, and I apparently made it very clear that X-Men and the Avengers were my absolute favorites. Out of GS 1-UXM 112 I only missed 98 and 108 (I think). After that he was more sporadic about buying them and then I got my own subscriptions around 1984. As a 6 year old, I knew the X-Men were special.

This is absolutely awesome. Especially if you asked for "Psycho Valkyrie," because he nailed it.

Beautiful looking 8.0!!

There are no comic books that would be appropriate for Patrick Stewart to sign that cost $300 let alone $3000. Please do some due diligence. The photo cover Star Trek Books or an ST:NG #1 can all be found in CGC 9.8 for less than $300. That would be my suggestion. Buy an 9.8 book and get it cracked and graded. For rare sigs and rare books, grade shouldn't mater, but it does. Just like it does on sketch covers. Your investment will be best protected and regarded with a 9.8.

Art Adams is "way better" than Dave Stevens? Well, art is subjective, but objectively, you are wrong.

I want to respond to this, and I will try to be 100% non-snarky, which will be a challenge for me. First and foremost, I understand that everyone wants to get their books put together for the best price possible, because stuff is just expensive. But for the presence of the facilitators at shows without witnesses, however, there would be no SS. Those facilitators have travel expenses, booth fees, wages for their agents and all the other expenses involved in being there. If they can't charge for their attendance and their service, then, again, there is no SS. So if you don't want to pay their fees, then don't. If you want to negotiate a bulk discount, go for it. But it is not fair to say they should eat all those expenses just so you can get your SS books done without "disgusting" "cash grab" fees.

This thread is spectacular. I had a six year hiatus from buying comics from the middle of '92 to the middle of '98. These boxes are reminding me of how fun it was to be getting back into comics in mid '98 after the big crash, when the industry was just starting to dust itself off and focus on producing good materials and not bad girl chromium lenticular holocovers. I am just loving it.

@greggy

Great thread. The Aquateers with the goggles is just so cool.

I believe that is an authentic George Perez signature. He shortened it up a little as he got older, but the basics are there.

Minor Foxing The Missing Centerfolds Beater Copy Distributor's Ink Test Cover 100 Page Giant Greggy's Short Shorts

I never have. I had a Cap 110 come back 9.8 and I auctioned that through Pedigree. I have done one auction with Comiclink as well. Both were fine. Most of what I have sold I did here on the boards or though @GACollectibles who is handling a massive consignment for me.

For my 2 cents - I would put it on the highest profile auction I could, as quickly as I could. It is not a key, but it is a very highly collected series and there are only 5 of them. Who knows how many with White Pages? Let it rip and get paid.

This is a really interesting book. At least as it relates to GPA reporting sales, the last 9.8 sold 12 years ago for $9650 and there was a sale of a 9.6 for over 20k last year. It seems like there could be some massive pent up demand for a 9.8 WP. Book is an absolute smokeshow.

Good work policing a two year old post.

Thanks, Spoon

No but he could have made it solid palladium or rhodium

Chemistro was my absolute favorite as a kid. A gun that could change any substance into anything else - yes please.

That’s good stuff right there.

I gotta call the cops,,,,

Hey, what’s going on in here?

Because authentication by its very nature is different. I saw John Doe sign this is different than I think John Doe signed this.

This is perfectly stated. Since the authentication horse appears to have left the barn, the main issue remaining is upholding the strength of the Yellow label and providing some sort of delineation or difference. They probably will incorporate Yellow to give the authenticated books the benefit of the Yellow label's goodwill, but I hope there is an orange or other color stripe for authenticated books.

Great set and great topic!