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It's not the steak, Jdog, it's the SIZZLE

Asking prices are getting expensive but no one is paying them. As long as #1 and #8 can be had for a few hundred dollars in a 9.8, #4 is at best a $200 book. (thumbs u -J. It's Lucifer TV show speculation. I had a ton of hits on my copy when the show was announced.

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I think the Nick Fury casting discussion is interesting. Obviously, the original character went from WW2 hero to James Bond-esque super-spy to SHIELD director. I personally found the portrayal by Hasselhoff (white male) to be more insulting/laughable to comic readers than a lot of other possible casting choices. The Ultimates shook up the Fury character and made him a more modern post-Cold War black ops kind of guy. He also was visually patterned after SLJ. So SLJ being cast in Avengers was a no brainer for the Ultimates-style team. Not the Nick Fury we all grew up with, but pretty cool nonetheless, and fairly true to the Ultimates depiction. So, to me, RIP Don Blake, white Nick Fury, Asian Ancient One, Redwing, and robot body Arnim Zola, Viva la Marvel movie extravaganza! PS - If they had f'ed with the Vision, I would be singing a different tune.

Want.

She was an amazing androgynous Gabriel in Constantine. I wouldn't be surprised if they cast her in a similar role for the Ancient One. Hope Clea has the purple cross-hatched tights and the silver shag so you purists can be happy about something!

$80-90 shipped according to amazon. Static Platinum $79.95 for a "used" one and $94.95 for a "new". See? This is the kind of thing that encourages hoarding. You, literally, can't throw anything away. There is no drek. There is no junk. There are just "new media speculation opportunities". Wait long enough and everything gets a bump. I just pulled a 9.6 copy (The retailer incentive platinum) from my boxes that I've has since 1993. This would be the first time, including when the book was released, that anyone might care about it. http://www.myslabbedcomics.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=17940&GSub=628

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When was this? 7 weeks for calling someone cheap? 7 day or one week strike. Apparently my fingers and brain weren't synchronized. It's also possible that you are a peckernut.

Plus, they have to make these movies palatable for wider audiences. We (the 35-45 comic nerd crowd) may like a 6'1" 145 lb. Joker complete with a banana chin, taser joy buzzer and an acid squirting flower. Anyone younger may think a metrosexual, Italian car driving, tatted up Joker is sweet. All I am going to ask is that it not be stupid, or insulting to average intelligence viewers.

Usually, when I formulate an opinion early, I am dead wrong: (1) Thought Ledger's Joker looked stupid; (2) Thought Guardians of the Galaxy looked really stupid; (3) Was excited about Rise of the Silver Surfer after seeing some behind the scene pics . . . My early opinion is so that I keep the streak alive.

That copy is jacked, stained and dirty. People are dumb.

This book is bangin' in 9.8, yo. I hope it's still hot when I get my non-fast track blues in another month.

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I had a buyer walk away over a $2.51. I called them cheap here on the boards and got a 7 week strike. It's a crazy world. You got off too light.

I hope you get porked in barton's thread.

Uh, what?

I have owned 50 copies of that book over the years. It is not rare, not scarce in high grade, and was hoarded in bulk. I do not understand what is happening with the Late Bronze Marvels, but I don't understand it, and it is borderline frightening. Since everyone likes to know what commenters are holding, I have a cast signed 9.6 and 2-3 8.5-9.2 raws. Here are the 9.8 historics From GPA: 2015 (25) $2,200Hi $900Lo 2014 (61) $830Hi $386Lo 2013 (32) $675Hi $395Lo 2012 (28) $550Hi $259Lo 2011 (12) $425Hi $349Lo 2010 (15) $685Hi $311Lo 2009 (16) $525Hi $400Lo 2008 (11) $750Hi $483Lo 2007 (7) $900Hi $600Lo 2006 (14) $710Hi $407Lo 2005 (12) $485Hi $243Lo 2004 (5) $435Hi $300Lo 2003 (9) $450Hi $255Lo 2002 (5) $600Hi $275Lo

I love this book. It really is spectacular. I love using sketches for celebs when books for them are scarce or non-existent. This is one of the finest examples out there.

Yes. And as long as you don't wait for another buyer to come and take the book (stringing the first guy along) or communicate with the person who took the book first that you accept their taking of the book (waiver of your own stated terms) and then reject them in favor of someone else you are A-OK. Beat me to it. IMO it's still an unfair move IMO if the newbie buyer is at least not given the opportunity to follow through with the transaction, though. It may be unfair, but if the seller is upfront about it, he's free to do business with whomever he chooses. There are tons of folks on here that state "If you're on my personal list (unpublished) don't bother" or some such statement. So they aren't forced to deal with people they don't like, trust, or want to deal with. And that's fine. I was replying to the instance where some noob was ignored (or however it went - I understand sqeggs may not remember all the details) as the bar was moved. Yes. I agree. Moving the bar, post acceptance of a buyer, is a no-go. Generally I agree, and in broader terms this is the difference between what is well regulated and what is arbitrary. Just two things concern me, in principle, I'm reluctant to put the emphasis on a broad seller's prerogative to sell to whom they please. The voiding of a sale with reference to an "unpublished" list, for example, sounds a little too much like why kings and prerogatives were rejected in the first place. A seller's prerogative is going to show the same tendency, to use the phrase, "to tear in the stretching of it". There is also the fact that the forum operates as a public space, once books are posted for sale openly than there should be the assumption of equal treatment. To the extent that some may have lost the privilege to buy, because of their issues or whatever, the community has two lists for that. Your position is well and eloquently stated. I disagree, however. Placing an item for sale, if properly structured as such, is allowing someone to enter into negotiation with you. If mutually agreeable terms are met, then a bargain is struck. If someone is on ignore, on a personal list, or otherwise unsavory, the negotiation never begins. For me its a matter of emphasis, I would never argue that a seller is obliged to sell against their conscience, that would indeed be a bad position to take. Sometimes a refusal of sale will be out of principle, I concede that. But how from the outside could one ever separate what was out of conscientious principle and what was just arbitrary and opportunistic? The other thing that troubles me is the idea that having a sale is an invitation to negotiation, and many argue this also, and probably you are in the majority, but conventionally that "I'll take it" sign, if given unconditionally, is a submission to terms, not a negotiation. The unconditional "I'll take it" is more surrender than negotiation, no? I agree completely, if there are no additional or different terms. But by stating up front that one doesn't accept the unconditional ill take it - by reserving those rights, you change the nature of the offer. It is an offer to negotiate which may or may not be accepted.

You are more sweet than savory.

Yes. And as long as you don't wait for another buyer to come and take the book (stringing the first guy along) or communicate with the person who took the book first that you accept their taking of the book (waiver of your own stated terms) and then reject them in favor of someone else you are A-OK. Beat me to it. IMO it's still an unfair move IMO if the newbie buyer is at least not given the opportunity to follow through with the transaction, though. It may be unfair, but if the seller is upfront about it, he's free to do business with whomever he chooses. There are tons of folks on here that state "If you're on my personal list (unpublished) don't bother" or some such statement. So they aren't forced to deal with people they don't like, trust, or want to deal with. And that's fine. I was replying to the instance where some noob was ignored (or however it went - I understand sqeggs may not remember all the details) as the bar was moved. Yes. I agree. Moving the bar, post acceptance of a buyer, is a no-go. Generally I agree, and in broader terms this is the difference between what is well regulated and what is arbitrary. Just two things concern me, in principle, I'm reluctant to put the emphasis on a broad seller's prerogative to sell to whom they please. The voiding of a sale with reference to an "unpublished" list, for example, sounds a little too much like why kings and prerogatives were rejected in the first place. A seller's prerogative is going to show the same tendency, to use the phrase, "to tear in the stretching of it". There is also the fact that the forum operates as a public space, once books are posted for sale openly than there should be the assumption of equal treatment. To the extent that some may have lost the privilege to buy, because of their issues or whatever, the community has two lists for that. Your position is well and eloquently stated. I disagree, however. Placing an item for sale, if properly structured as such, is allowing someone to enter into negotiation with you. If mutually agreeable terms are met, then a bargain is struck. If someone is on ignore, on a personal list, or otherwise unsavory, the negotiation never begins.

All great!

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