Mark 1

I got Moljnoir the other day. The hammer is amazing!

What about theft Oak?

I feel better paying the premium knowing my collection is financially protected.

I use ColllectInsure and thankfully have had no reason for a claim and I hope it stays that way.

I use standard protection like a house alarm, stored above the floor, in a cool dry place, etc but having the insurance certainly makes me feel better

I seldom buy statues, but I could not pass this one up!

 

 

 

 

 

Killer

Some new additions this weekend

Damn. Have to say, that Vision is one of the better sculpts posted here imho. Is that Sideshow? Maybe it's the camera angle or lighting, but it looks amazing. If "face and hands" are the hardest, looks like the sculptor has mastered both.

 

Any idea who the sculptor is?

Thanks and I have to say it's an amazing statue and the sculpt is insane. Definitely one of the better Sideshow pieces I own. The Ultron piece is also epic.

I am running out of room!

One side of my comic room

Some new additions this weekend

How the room looks with those two statues in my desk

Great look room!

Great looking 6.0!!!

Nice start to 2015!

9.6 #1's sell for over $1,000.

Awesome stuff guys!

Very nice!

Very nice!

Here is my latest addition

Sideshow Premium Format

She's really cute but that song is horrible. I was hoping it would get better

TMNT affected children in their youth, establishing a brand that they have grown up with and even passed on to the next generation now that they are adults.

 

Walking Dead looks to be just a one generation run catering to the mature audience. There will still be a market for this book in 20 years, but I'm thinking more alike to how people collect older horror books now.

Have you looked at Walking Dead TV show demographics to support your claim?

Walking Dead beats all shows in the 18-49 age demo every week.

I wouldn't call 18-25 mature audiences. The show caters to the young and older and has ratings that TV execs dream of...

Who said prices were dropping?

From what I see, GPA shows fairly consistent pricing for 9.8s and 9.6s.

10 years+ is pretty impressive staying power, especially for an independent (not the big 2)

 

How many independent titles have come and gone in that time? how many just at Image?

 

It may not have been the sole reason for saving the comics industry (I never said that) but it was a contributor for the current market.

 

I'd be curious to hear what comic shop owners think of the Walking Dead and it's buyers.

 

I'm also positive that Marvel or DC wish they had a title like that. They haven't had anything near it in years.

 

#FREENEGAN

My local comic shop owner thinks WD #1 is a key book of the modern age. He is also a major GA and SA fan.

For those who put the WD down, I'll give you my perspective.

 

I'm a marvel superhero fan through and through. But I've never read the entire run of some of my favorite characters. Iron Man being one where I love the character but there are some really bad stories in the run here and there. Good ones too but I've never been so interested in the story to read issue after issue to know the story. In man cases, superhero arcs are short or not even the same story issue to issue.

 

The walking dead hooked me from issue 1 and I've read the entire run (have not missed an issue.

 

That's not just some boring zombie apocalypse comic. There is more to it then that...a lot more

 

I put my money where my mouth is also, I own a 9.6 black label #1 and don't plan on letting it go anytime soon.

 

Two things:

 

1) Reading and being a fan of the stories is not that same as believing it is the sole reason comics still exist (which is part of the argument being throw about right now)

 

2) If you really are such a believer, why own only a lowly 9.6? With such a disproportionate number of the comics in 9.8 (versus other "popular" books), why wouldn't you really put your money where your mouth is?

Regarding getting a 9.8, I picked up a black label raw copy for a great price and it graded 9.6. I'm not a label chaser and don't really care about it. 9.6 is good enough for me.

I also don't agree with your points but that's cool. Only time will tell if you are right.

For those who put the WD down, I'll give you my perspective.

I'm a marvel superhero fan through and through. But I've never read the entire run of some of my favorite characters. Iron Man being one where I love the character but there are some really bad stories in the run here and there. Good ones too but I've never been so interested in the story to read issue after issue to know the story. In many cases, superhero arcs are short or not even the same story issue to issue.

The walking dead hooked me from issue 1 and I've read the entire run (have not missed an issue.

That's not just some boring zombie apocalypse comic. There is more to it then that...a lot more

I put my money where my mouth is also, I own a 9.6 black label #1 and don't plan on letting it go anytime soon.

Yep, I am sure thousands of today's youth will wake up in 20 years and be nostalgic for a zombie comic book that the show they watched was based on... This notion is beyond ludicrous.

 

I'd bet people said the same thing about Spawn.

 

Only time will tell.

 

 

 

-slym

 

Spawn is a singular character, Walking Dead is a story about a bunch of different people all eventually being killed.

 

Also, Spawn is no longer popular and hasn't been for some time now...

Two words for you

Rick Grimes

I'm enjoying the show a lot. I'm not sure what's not to like.

Great fight scenes

Hot hot female characters

Hydra and Shield going at it

Kree intro

Inhumans teaser

Leading up to next Marvel films

I'm sold

Plus did I mention Mockingbird is smoking hot?

Someone on another board said they had encountered one of the biggest collection of individual_without_enough_empathys they have ever seen on the internet and then provided a link to these boards.

 

 

 

 

-slym

Based on the sellers original sales message...he didn't say a word about not having the book in hand or just buying it less than 24 hours ago. For such an expensive comic, I agree he should have spelled it out.

With that said, I don;t think the seller did anything wrong in listing it here for sale. In fact, for such an awesome book...it's cool it's offered for sale here.

Awesome run!