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I worked in printing for about 20 years starting in the 90s. My suspicion here is due to the heavy black coverage on this cover, there were two black plates of varying screen percentages. It would be very hard to maintain that heavy black Spidey in the center on a single plate without starving the press of black ink below it (or, alternately, having too much black ink above it). You could do it with a double hit. I suspect one of the black plates did not have the proper knockout.

In this image, you can see a little of the white web knockout in the black; if it were a straight black overprint you wouldn't see any of it. So one black plate had the knockout and the other didn't. I also suspect if you look at this area with a loupe, you'd see the dot pattern on that partially covered web knockout.

On 3/12/2024 at 7:04 PM, Frisco Larson said:

Captain America 34 coverless, missing a lot of pages! There are 19 pages present, several outer wraps and the centerfold are gone and more. 3 pages have a face/head cut out of a panel and one page has a piece torn off. A lot of pages are loose, some have tears. There are a lot of cool pages and a great splash left. I took WAY more pictures than most would for a book in this price range, but I want you to know what you're getting and see that there's still a lot left. $25

 

On 2/24/2024 at 3:07 PM, Robot Man said:

Suspense #7 1951

Coverless with color copy front cover

Was $30. for a fat 52 page Atlas PCH book

Now $25.

I feel like I'm looking through the 'ripened fruit' section of the supermarket 

but anyway... 

On 2/24/2024 at 4:00 PM, Robot Man said:

Etta Kept #14 1949

Great GGA cover!

Centerfold out o/w complete 

$8.

Take

On 2/24/2024 at 3:20 PM, Robot Man said:

Lone Ranger 1939 large May Co Giveaway

Scarce and unusual Only one I've ever seen

This is complete but what a beater. Very fragile and brittle with chips out of the edges. Pages all split at spine.

$8. sold "as is" with no returns

Take

On 2/25/2024 at 1:27 PM, Robot Man said:

Master #7 1940 very early Fawcett

First regular size issue and first Bulletman

Coverless but complete otherwise. First wrap is split and detached. A bit fragile with some pieces out of last page. Fairly sound and very readable carefully. Comes with small cover copy. A complete copy is quite expensive.

$35.

Take

On 2/25/2024 at 1:51 PM, Robot Man said:

Vault of Horror #36

Craig, Davis, Krigstein and Ingals!

Coverless but does have back cover. Color copy of front cover provided. A sound copy otherwise.

$35.

Take

On 2/24/2024 at 1:26 AM, fifties said:

SUSPENSE 22 (THE BLOOD BROTHERS), MYSTIC 11 (DEATH AND TOMMY NORTON), MYSTIC 12 (THE HOODED HORROR), $19 EACH OR ALL THREE FOR $50.00.

all three coverless Atlas, please

On 2/22/2024 at 8:24 PM, Robot Man said:

This one is a real tragedy. Almost didn't post it but these are so hard to come by in any condition...

More Fun #95 1944

Coverless with a color copy cover of the beater I upgraded to...This one is fragile and brittle with all pages split at the spine. On the bright side, it is complete otherwise. Could probably be read VERY carefully. I love this title but have just been priced out every time I bump into even a low grade copy.

So how about $25. as is (with no returns)?

It's not Vertigo, but I always considered Piranha Press as its sister imprint. Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children was top notch!

On 2/2/2024 at 11:44 AM, gunsmokin said:

Human Torch 10 coverless and 1st wrap detached. Also missing two centerfolds. $100

as per PM

On 6/3/2023 at 3:59 PM, scburdet said:

File this in my "going down a rabbit hole & then finding someone actually has one for sale" collection. Not a ton of information out there, but this fanzine appears to be the first published work, or earliest published work that still exists, by Walt Simonson. A little information here: https://gobacktothepast.com/fabulous-find-abraxas-1-fanzine/ & Walt tweeted about this before, but I think misidentified it as a copy of "The Outsiders", a URI fanzine for which I can find no copies, scans or sells (the ebay link from >4 years ago is dead).

Resurrecting this older thread with some background info for you. Abraxas #1 is actually a reprint of Walt's first comic, which was indeed called The Outsiders. The inside front cover of your magazine is a modified version of the original's back cover, which is where it's identified as The Outsiders. The first issue was published in 1971, the second in 1972. Abraxas #1 was published between the two issues. The original comics are much smaller than Abraxas, something like 6"x9".

Source: I have both comics, and I was also friends with the writer, Gerry Boudreau, who also did work for DC, Gold Key, and Warren in the 70s.

I also have a mimeographed promotional flyer Rickey Shanklin created for the magazine.

On 1/5/2024 at 1:56 PM, Brian Peck said:

I remember a collector, who would offer comic art to people but he didn't own the artwork. It would be up on a dealer's site or in a private collection. HE would "sell" it get the money, pay the real owner then send the artwork to the buyer and pocket the profits.

Both are scums.

Isn't this exactly what comic dealers do if they accept wantlists? If I send [dealer] my wantlist, and there's a high value book on the list, [dealer] is going to find [owner], mark the price up and offer it to me. If I agree to the price, I pay [dealer], who then pays [owner]. [Owner] ships the book to [dealer], [dealer] ships the book to me.

I'm paying [dealer] to do the legwork that I didn't want to or couldn't do myself. There's nothing scummy about that.

Got a nice stack of bronze horror from Alex. Spot-on grading and impeccable packaging. Fantastic transaction!

On 12/9/2023 at 12:15 PM, BA773 said:

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I can't say for certain, but I don't think this book sold for $125. It looks to me like it sold for $22.99

What he's talking about (resetting the price) happens with Best Offers.

 - If the seller makes an offer to a buyer on a BIN and they accept, the ending price shows as a strikethrough. 

 - If the buyer makes a Best Offer on an auction, and the seller accepts, the auction ends showing the opening bid price.

If you want to see the real price, go to https://130point.com/sales/ and search for the auction title. You'll have to scroll through similar results, but that site shows you the actual sale price if it wasn't an auction.

On 12/5/2023 at 7:07 PM, Lightning55 said:

I would want the book back to see this alleged trimming for myself, physically measure it against comparables,  and also gather other informed opinions from reputable dealers. You only have 1 opinion that it IS trimmed. 

Selling it on consignment with the trimming in the description is daunting at best. If your research proves that it is trimmed, you can weigh your options with more information. Not a lot to re-ship to MCS if you choose to go that route. 

It looks obvious to me

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House of Secrets 113, Good-ish, cover detached top staple, $2
House of Secrets 120, Good Plus-ish, $2
House of Secrets 126, Good/Very Good, $2
House of Secrets 134, Good/Very Good-ish, water stain front and back, $2
House of Secrets 138, Very Good-ish, $3
House of Secrets 139, Very Good Minus-ish, water stain back cover $3
House of Secrets 142, Good/Very Good-ish, spine roll, $2

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House of Secrets 100, Very Good Minus-ish, $8
House of Secrets 105, Good/Very Good-ish, centerfold almost detached at bottom staple, $3

Semicentennial:

lol, J/K. I was waiting for those 3xx HOMs!

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House of Mystery 272, F/VF-ish, $4

crumbs, but