Et-Es-Go

On 3/21/2024 at 5:51 PM, batman_fan said:

Finally finished my Freakies figures set

Are you aware of the original set of Freakies that were green and orange rubber like material.  They were a premium that you needed to have proof of purchase seals from the cereal box and if I recall, 35 cents.  

On 3/23/2024 at 9:11 AM, TheComicsPreacher said:

She’s getting cracked straight out of that silly plastic as soon as she arrives in Cali. Can’t wait to give her a read. I have been waiting for the right restored copy for almost 7 years now…so thank you much, Sir Ballzzzz

And when you are done with that book I would like to see if I can get my paws on it.  Just my kind of grade, and by the time I get it, it will be busted out of slabbage jail.

I have always been fond of this L.B. Cole splash page from Suspense Comics #2.

Bumping this post as I am taking 20% off prices posted.

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• 1) Add $25 for shipping within the continental US.  We will calculate fair shipping to other to other locations.
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• 5) I do not encourage time payments, but if that is the arrangement made a 20% non-refundable deposit is required, which is applicable to the total purchase price of the book.  The purchase must be paid for in 6-months or the deposit is forfeit.
• 6) I can provided references to folks that may not know me as I do not post often.  

I will be listing the bulk of my golden age comic collection over the coming months.  It's time for me to downsize and simplify.

Please enjoy!

I think the fee for the golden age category should be broken down into relevant categories that have flat fees for the grading service.  Depending on the category, the fees are set at different price points. 

Example; the initial structure is based on publication date, say 1930 to 1940.  Within that era you could have additional categories; Incomplete, Poor to Good, Very Good to Fine, and Fine or Better.  For CGC, they could set grading fees accordingly based on the time required to assess the condition in these categories.  It seems to me the books with more defects should actually take longer to evaluate and thus have a higher fee.  This is only one possible way of doing this, but I think something like this would be a more equitable grading fee structure.  My two cents.

On 10/18/2023 at 7:44 AM, Dr. Balls said:

I think that one counts in pretty much any category.  Even romance.

Okay, going to have to call you on this one, how can you weave romance into this picture.......     (Pretend this is a heart emoji and not a nanna).

Eh? I wonder what AF means?

Well here is a toast to Beavers everywhere!  Cheers Bob & Doug!

On 10/16/2023 at 5:17 PM, comicginger1789 said:

Hi all,

So I’m perusing a local auction house and saw this. This is the only photo provided in the auction and I’m trying to find out what it is, when it’s from. I’ve searched Super Comics for the last little bit and cannot find it. Any help is appreciated (and needless to say I will be bidding!)

I think you are correct, it certainly appears to be a comic book.  Hope that helps.

Eh? I wonder what AF means?

All:

To see more of Ryan's own creative output just use this link and you will see a prolific amount of things that he has done in his own style.  We have only seen one side of his talents on these boards in the recreations that the golden age covers that we have all asked him to do, so know that all of you whom commissioned pieces helped him bring this artwork of his own to fruition.  I think that is really cool, knowing that we helped to some extent.  This thread is full of a bunch of golden age comic book collectors that many I presume are drawn to the creativity of the craftsmanship for those whom created these stories and the artwork that goes along with them.  A very cool talent to have and again thanks to Ryan for all of the awesome preproduction covers that you have done so far.  I only wish you had the time to do more of them.  Use the linky below to view a bunch of Ryan's cool artwork.  Awesome stuff!

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=573962864&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1019US1019&sxsrf=AM9HkKlK4ztWc1oS5zP0eJKvsXpg1Xk5kg:1697506823821&q=ryan+heshka+artist&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwiFhvPZ-fuBAxXyLUQIHWmnB2sQ0pQJegQIDhAB&biw=1534&bih=746&dpr=1

Wow, very cool.  I don't know how often you frequent the boards Ryan, but congratulations on a whole new outlet for your creativity with TOOL!

As a follow up I did receive the book today, so happy about that.  I did find it odd that the invoice sent with the book shows the original FMV I assigned to it at $1800 and the total grading fees as $285.  There is nothing about the value being moved to $20K on the book which resulted in the $800 grading fees which was assessed and I was charged for.  Baffling!