Guardian Comics

GUARDIAN COMICS is giving this show a whirl, as it really is the best one day show in this country. We will have a brand new collection of nine long boxes of $1.00 books that we’ve never brought to a show before and expect a complete sell out by the end of the day. It’s really that amazing a collection of books. Merry Christmas to everybody, and I look forward to seeing everybody on Wednesday. Jim

I haven't posted here since all my comics were stolen from my home and then my shop four days later in late September, but after seeing this disaster this evening, this is the first place I came running. Like many here, SW was my childhood and the prequels did not live up to 16 years of expectations but at least I can look at them fondly. Palme was a memorable character, Qui Gonn and Darth Maul were memorable characters. The movies still had a little bit of heart, and were still Star Wars, there was no mistaking that. Whatever I just finished watching was not that. I know Luke and Leia like my brother and sister, but these were not my family. The story was slooowww, and not very good at all. There is no heart left at all. And for those people who say that no movies can ever live up to what you hold so dear from ones childhood, I beg to differ. To me the OT trilogy was everything, but when Winter Soldier, Avengers 2 And Civil War came out, they became my adulthood holy trilogy that if someone asked me which three movies I’m taking on a deserted island, I’m still not sure which I would choose. There is only one Cinematic War that matters anymore...and it’s of the Infinity not the Star. It is with heavy heart that I write that last sentence. Jim

Well after missing the last one due to the fact that I had every comic of any importance I owned stolen from me, I will be back this weekend with a vengeance. Just not my usual kind of inventory. I'm looking forward to getting back in the saddle again, and I think Rob's show will help give me the motivation I need. Hope to see everybody there. Jim

LMAO

Worst thread ever...we must buy garbage.

He read it in the FanExpo thread and is now holding it against me.

Can you post the Bats #1 so we can rid ourselves of that boat anchor? JJ

He's watching silly football and posting...more good stuff on it's way. Jim

Aren't you just the comedian?

God bless White Mointains!!! Jim

Of the three books I was paying attention to, two seemed awful strong, a 'Tec #85 and a 'Tec #91. I'm wondering how the CC auctions might have effected sales as well. For example. At 8:00 a Bats #181 9.0 W goes off and ends at $4,000, last sale being $1800 and the GPA high is $1875 (both sales in 2016) but at 10:10 on CL a Bats #181 9.4 W ends at $6700, with the last sale and GPA high being $6450. So one is an abberation, just not sure which one Jim

Was watching #85 and #91 very closely but didn't pull the trigger. Need to understand the market more for those Joker covers before jumping in head first. Jim

Yours must be a conspiracy theory as well, because it sucked is simply not true. We are all just different. Jim

#iceman and I would agree JJ

She came looking for some books for her son who lives in Alberta, and had a list of three books she was looking for, we had two of them. She said we were the first dealers that she had stopped at and wanted to look around. I told her that wasn't going to be a problem and encouraged it. I said to her that I was going to put the two books aside and if she couldn't find them anywhere else she knew exactly where they were going to be and that they wouldn't be sold. About an hour or so later, she comes back and says that she would like to take them and not only were they the best priced, but that we were the nicest, kindest comic dealers that she had met and have ever encountered over her years of coming to FE. Immediately I start crying and had to turn away and clean myself up before I could finish the sale. Eric from the other side of the table was laughing his azz off at the softiness that is me. Jim

The lady that made me cry has to be the highlight of the weekend. Jim

But a person who collects high grade GA wouldn't be happy with a 6.0, unless it doesn't exist in a grade higher. So it still doesn't make it high grade, just the highest grade known to exist. And off to bed as I made my own head just spin. Jim

Ummmm....no. Grade doesn't fluctuate on the era. A 6.0 in any era will always be a mid grade book. Jim

The cover of it is so good they "repackaged" it as MMC #5 Jim

I was thinking the same thing. It's been a couple of days since the show ended and it's still an active and viable thread. Like Bob said what makes this show so special is it so centralized, not only the middle of your country with the airport hub of all airport hubs but the Hyatt, Embassy Suites, Doubletree, everybody is within a five minute walk of each other. Jim

When I can still offer them to my Canadian customers at GPA, without the hassle of customs or shipping, they have expressed to me clearly that this is what they want. I'll keep doing it as long as I possibly can. Jim

Well for an awful show I think I did awesome, as this represents some but not all of what I rescued from the walls of the bathfitters and psychics Jim

Sounds like a Dynamic Duo lost their minds in Chicago and did some heavy duty buying. Three more days to see if it was worth it. Jim

I'm not going to be a WW apologist, but it's still a great show that I came back with my largest haul ever. It's my favourite show of the year, and I want it to be the strongest but Is something missing/different from five years ago? Absolutely. I hope they can get it figured out. Jim

I know that it is because of the blades, but I can't imagine a chipped book looked like that on the newsstands and must have eroded over time, no? Jim