MediumLover

This guy's a Pro. Hot books, low prices, fast shipping, and the man can pack. Buy his books. ML.

Nice!

A steal ? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Walking-Dead-4-CGC-9-9-MINT-/121215869500?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item1c3907623c&nma=true&si=K6DGeh%252B4HpVwa2JMJnBG7irdp0M%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Their shipping is a bit pricey, but they do have some nice books.

Also copies of #2 , and more.

Midtown has Infinity Gauntlet #1 in stock as I'm typing this.

Happy Halloween!

I share your enthusiasm, porcupine48. Reading these stories, and the glimpse into the past.they provide, I find very enjoyable.

Good price on that ebay auction tonight.

A fair price, who won ? http://www.ebay.com/itm/EAST-OF-WEST-1-DIAMOND-SUMMIT-RETAILER-VARIANT-COVER-COMIC-BOOK-NEW-1-RARE-/400592655672?maxbid=185&autorefresh=true

I can take ribbing as long as my questions are acknowledged along with the friendly ribbing. Sorry if I offended you. To answer your question, I go with the OA. I think the art is very good on this book, unlike some of the other hot Image titles. Ashcans, it'd been my experience that they can be great investments, but to some collectors (like me) they are ab after thought.

Yo access! Just got around to catching up on the Five Ghost chatter in here. Great info! I never sent my ashcan back and probably will just leave it as is. The first time I had the label changed they regraded it from a 9.4 to a 9.2 so I'm a bit hesitant to send things back now. I just got back my SDCC set which were all 9.8's but somehow they marked issues 4 as being issue 3. So now I have 2 copies that are labeled #3. Looks like I have no choice but to send these back. If you are planning to send your ashcans in let me know via pm. I'm a novice (not expert) but I prefer CGC misprints. Today I learned what an ashtray is. What other moderns have ashtrays in the hands of the public? How much more popular or common is an issue #1's OA than an ashtray? Now, when you learn what an ashcan is, a novice you will be no more.

Tired

Alright, it's worth an actual comment. Hulk #377 is the climax and culmination of a very well written, very well plotted 4 year journey that Peter David expertly crafted, with the help of McFarlane, Purves, and Keown. Beginning with issue #331, Peter David explored the psyche of Robert Bruce Banner, who the Hulk was, where he came from, why he existed, and what his relationship was with Banner, in ways that no other writer before him did. Not only did PD take the Hulk and redefine his persona so that the whole "Hulk Smash!" profile actually made sense, but he also introduced us to, and allowed us to watch, Banner's metamorphosis and acceptance of who and what he really was: the Hulk wasn't some separate creature who shared Banner's body and brain...the Hulk WAS Banner, and the different facets of the Hulk were merely Banner's way of working through his childhood issues...in other words, things many people deal with, but in Banner's case, exposure to gamma radiation gave his mind and body the ability to physically manifest the product of those issues in the real world. Even more, PD took us to the dark side of these issues, heavily suggesting that the Hulk was actually a result of schizophrenia in Banner, that the mental issues he had had so fragmented his mind, he couldn't face reality properly, which is why he could never be the respected scientist, husband, or even friend that is normal to desire in life, though he certainly tried. By doing this, he implied that everybody who didn't deal with these issues properly was really the Hulk, too, only without the ability to manifest into a giant green or grey monster as outward, physical expressions of what was happening in the mind. PD made the allowance that Bruce Banner WAS and IS a genius on the level of Tony Stark and Reed Richards...but he would forever be dragged down because of the dark manifestation of his psyche as a giant, musclebound brute who spent a good portion of the time smashing things, And "Hulk Smash!" was simply Banner's anger with, frustration at, and inability to even understand, much less change for the better, the things that had happened to him as a child at the hands of his abusive father. It was the angry and hurt inner child, given form in reality, with the power to DO something about it...although what, he had no idea, hence the constant rage at any and everything he imagined was opposed to him. The Grey Hulk, then, was the manifestation of Banner's teenage persona, rebellious, angry, snide, cold. Finally, with issue #377, after a long and difficult journey, Banner...for the first time in the character's then nearly 30 year existence....was psychologically healthy, having gone through and conquered the personal issues of his own life, and finally coming to terms with what had happened to him as a child. For the first time in his entire life, Banner was a functioning, normal human being, with his mind and all his faculties intact...albeit, as a giant, green powerhouse. But a SANE giant, green powerhouse. It is one of the finest sagas of the late 80's, and it forever ended the "Hulk Smash!" boring, two dimensionality of the character that had plagued him for DECADES (and was one of the reasons the original Marvel run was cancelled, and why the Hulk couldn't support his own book for 6+ years.) All the Banner/Hulk psychological angst that is so popular today? All the "intelligent Hulk" stories which have dominated the character for 20 years? It didn't START with PD, but it most certainly was given its solid foundation by him. All these ideas had been touched...but only touched...by earlier writers, with most of them, from Byrne to Milgrom to Mantlo to Lee...not really being able to grasp the concepts, and eventually just resorting back to "Hulk Smash!" stories. What Peter David did for the Hulk was JUST as important, and JUST as enduring as what Alan Moore did for Swamp Thing. And they both accomplished it without having to change one letter of what had gone before. Whereas, Moore accomplished it at the beginning of his tenure as writer, with the Anatomy Lesson in #21, PD used the majority of his run to reach that redefinition, finally coming to a smashing resolution in issue #377 (with a lot of really, really fantastic issues...like #339, 344, 345, 368, 373....in between.) PD took Banner, and made him a REAL character, with a REAL personality, and during the course of the story, did what all characters in any story is supposed to do: made him grow and change. Without that, real people cannot identify with the two-dimensional portrayals they are looking at. And it was a damn fun ride, too. No discernable story value...? I suppose, if one looks at just the issue itself. But that would be like bowing down to Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin at the coronation of Aragorn, and reading nothing prior to that scene. No story value, indeed. Who is this brilliant person, and what have they done with the popcorn eater ?

What a steal. http://www.ebay.com/itm/321220878450?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649&autorefresh=true

I saw that.

Enrolled!

How did I miss this ? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chew-1-1st-Print-2009-CGC-9-8-SS-Signed-By-Layman-Guillory-/161091651257?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item2581cf86b9&nma=true&si=RhLq9ea8Y4Ky%252BFGAUaIEmywJXoc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

"Blue minis" I like that, has a ring to it.

Congratulations!