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It looks a little more dated than average, doesn’t it? I’d say it was more stylized than most and that’s contributed to the dating in a similar way to how Don Heck Tales of Suspense Iron Man stories look incredibly dated ( he spent a lot of time getting clothes and hairstyles and so on right for the time, which now look kind of ridiculous to modern eyes).

Possible, but also hard to say. As an imperfect analogy, I'm somewhat suprised at how strong the 60/70s underground market remains. Crumb, not surprising, but the more marginal figures command good prices too.

We all have artists we don't get the love for. (I've spent 30 years wondering what the Jim Lee fuss is about but at this point his market is his market. Others might not appreciate McFarlane, or Kirby, or fill-in-the-blank, but as non-participants in the market for their work our voices effectively don't matter). Maybe you're not a fan of Grell, but he certainly has his fans, and the Longbow Hunters, when it came out, was a super successful and well received project that he will always be remembered for by readers at the time. Its a cover, its Grell, its material he's known for (although not his best known material). Sometimes that's all you need. I agree that its not the strongest image he ever drew (although the girl is a nice touch), and I agree that it was a strong result. But Grell has a body of work beyond this one cover and that will impact pricing in the same way it does for every artist.

That does seem strong.

I don't follow the market very closely but I would guess that no dream equals no dollars.

GDP = Dreams divided Lasagna.

Came across this article just now, so had to share. I own the artwork for this pinball machine also, below (sorry for the small pic). Who else has had artwork they own, or any collectible in general, foil a robbery?

Without looking up comps, I had the sense they were actually doing pretty well. I seem to remember some pages in the 40k range at initial auction and remember some in the 150-200 range more recently? Its pretty good money. However, there's no first character appearance here either.

Good old skipper From my CAF, the artwork for the Gilligan's pinball machine. They couldn't get the rights for Tina Louise's face so she's blonde here.

Yeah, its a funny thing. The flip side of the 'price is where supply meets demand' equation is that none of it has to make sense. Nowhere in that equation is logic. If they want to pay for the comic pages of film properties then as you say the market speaks, whether it makes sense or not.

the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th panels are great. To your point though as basically an Iron Man page, you'd rather have a TOS 39 page for sure. The Teen Brigade is a big... whatever... and the last panel with the FF is always cool, but its just the one panel. As an Avengers page, you'd want more of the team present. I guess its about right as well. Maybe one increment light IMO but that's splitting hairs.

Sure, it would be better if he was still 50 or 60, but if anybody can pull it off, he can. I really can't imagine anyone else in the role, is another way to put it. Can you? The very idea seems weird to me.

I think there's interest on both sides of the Atlantic. But yeah my guess is that the winner lives in Germany. I could be very wrong..

Sure. Don't get me wrong its more than I would have guessed too, but at the same time the kind of page where a big outlier price is less of a surprise after the fact because of the things the page has going for it. In other words, I wouldn't get in a 45k pizzing match over it, but if I really had to get in that kind of a pizzing match on a Rosa interior, its a pretty good choice.

its a perfect one and done Life & Times page. All 12 chapters represented in one shot.

I can't take credit for the idea, I heard it mentioned on Mandel's podcast and I loved the concept.

I dunno about sleeping giant but to me you have an old Schwarzenegger play an old Conan.

look for the backwards hat?

thx Teach

This is too much like work

Sure. So what book is it exactly?

Hmm, on second thought it does say on sale NOW, so I guess it would post-date Super Duper 3!

Also, regarding the Mr Monster appearance - its a full story appearance, not just a cover FWIW. One of my favorite books from this era. Great subject matter with the dark superhero and all the Bell cast of characters, beautiful yellow cover, etc.

A few questions/comments: 1. what book is that? 2. I wouldn't call that an appearance, as its an ad, but I understand both perspectives on ads. 3. Given that's an ad for Super Duper 3, wouldn't it pre-date Super Duper 3 and therefore not be the last appearance even if you do count ads?

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