aszumilo

On 12/26/2023 at 5:00 PM, Sam T said:

Those two websites look nothing alike and the "real one" doesn't even have any online inventory.

What situation? You posted a link to a generic comic store with fake listings and then you posted a link to generic comic book store with no listings. Why would anyone be getting paid from any of this?

I think he meant they will pay, not paid.  As in they may be in some legal trouble.

On 12/25/2023 at 12:23 PM, Axelrod said:

Oh man, @aszumilo really went above and beyond.  I couldn't get all these in one picture on my table.  

First, he sent these cool collected omnibuses

And in addition to those, a sweet graded Hulk 342.

And then, just a ton of books.  Some of these he picked because I had noted I was missing them from my old childhood runs, and some were just cool surprises.

Thank you so, so very much (don't tell my family I was more excited by this than anything they gave me....)

Merry Christmas!

Glad you liked it.  I tried to fill as many holes in your runs as I could (that doesn't sound right)

On 12/24/2023 at 10:26 AM, Ryan. said:

You have more letters in your name so your ticket weighs more and falls to the bottom of the pile.

Hell, they use a sticky note for my name so it sticks to the bottom of the box.

On 12/24/2023 at 9:22 PM, s-man said:

Also becoming the first guy whose mom threw out his comics 

That would have been my dad. 

As long as the first 39 picks pass, I think I can get my #1 choice

On 12/22/2023 at 6:35 PM, jlouque said:

Toro isn't in the list, though I know he posted his contribution being ASM #318 Newsstand CGC 9.4 on page 11 of this thread.

Well, that throws off my rankings

Form submitted

On 12/22/2023 at 11:49 AM, Axelrod said:

I just looked outside, and, it was!  

Wow. Thank you so much!  Can't wait to open them!

Glad you got it safe and sound.  Hope I did alright.

My gift shows as delivered this morning.

On 12/19/2023 at 12:47 PM, jstam said:

This has been corrected.

Thanks!

6.0 - 6.5.  Too many defects to be any higher.  CGC hammers this book hard.

Sent my gift off to its new owner this morning.  should arrive Thursday.

On 12/15/2023 at 8:59 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

My original copy from when I was a kid is a 7th print. I believe I bought it in 1989 or 1990 (I could be mistaken, I'm not 100% sure what the time frame was for the 7th printing), so I would have been 11-12. I remember my dad taking me to a comic shop in Madison, and it was on a rack, and nobody said a word when I bought it...

EDIT: Actually, I was wrong, it's a 4th print. So I guess I have 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th printings now.

I have a few extras of the other printings you are missing, if you are interested.  I'll have to dig them out to see which ones.

Also, if you take an eyeglass cleaning cloth and a little hot breath, you can get rid of some of the fingerprints.  The longer the prints are there, the harder it is to get rid of them.  I have done it on a couple of books and got thm to come back 9.8.

@Jesse-Lee They look pretty good, but, hard to gauge a grade for them with those bags.  That Killing Joke 6th print is a newsstand edition.  It is the only printing that has a bar code on the front cover.  CGC is now labeling it as a newsstand (as I saw an auction for one that is labeled "Newsstand"), but, don't have a slot for it in the registry set.  It was told to me that it will go into the regular (direct) edition slot.

@jstam Thanks for creating the Killing Joke Foreign Editions set.  There are a couple of errors in it though.

The slots for the Argentine (DC 2013) and the Spanish (Zinco 1988) are transposed

The Argentina edition should be La Broma Asesina (DC 2013) and the Spanish edition should be the La Broma Asesina (Zinco 1988)

If you look at the grading score chart you can see they are reversed.  Can we get this corrected?  Thanks.

Got my gift from @s-man, thanks.  Haven't opened it yet, so, no pics to post just yet.  Also, got the last part of my recipients gift.  It will go out in the mail on Friday.  Stupid Post Office took their sweet old time getting it to me.  Hope they are faster sending it out.

Added pics of the mystery 4th printing

Added El Quinto Mundo and La Mole convention editions

Looks like CGC is starting to recognize the Newsstand editions.  Found this auction on E-Bay, where the label states 6th Printing Newsstand Edition.  Looks like I need to resubmit my newssatnd editions.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/404620838271?hash=item5e3548057f:g:pjMAAOSwBOdlOXBg&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8N6Gprb%2BdympOEKtAPp%2BGY0wITeAMfv3fZGeUhL7IUfOcL8AfodlxdfUxzSnfrKEtwxNoVzDbsKdpJxgit1Y6N7iicfTQX24Sk5vBF0LAErLbHJwSoDt52mJxFTsmEJnDhUGHu8Lo5Lvz15XnPoSEbK%2Bfr1ExXHMx5bWUG6xs98pGM%2Futc2I3GQ5Q7SUeEXaCl9grdcuQkszitwnqt8uqRdHXpoE56ako0VVd2sN4Uz%2F42ENYaogKeQ1z9MiipKMqPz%2FmqGml5Xiwy%2FWpPrwuCl%2FDrycuiw5CXFLKwao7GOUqBpnSvXCkKaMVxNCKkL4bw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9bYueuDYw

Wow.  That is horrible news.  Condolences to his family.

Most of the shopping is done.  Waiting for one gift to arrive in the mail, then on to the recipient.

On 11/24/2023 at 1:06 AM, Gaard said:

Is that a thing these days? Just walk out with boxes while the store is open?

Yeah happens all over.  Rather lose a few items than one of the employees getting hurt or worse.