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I've been keeping tabs on the MCS auctions for a number of months, and the January Prime auction that just ended had pretty strong prices.  All the stuff I was watching (and I have and plan on selling soon...all raw keys and semi keys of various grades) ended with great sales, so it doesn't seem the dip at the high grade level is affecting us bottom feeders.

On 1/12/2023 at 8:27 AM, theCapraAegagrus said:

I'll never forget this pinnacle of writing from FF7:

The series has been a train-wreck since Tokyo Drift, but was still somewhat watchable thru the 6th one.

Agreed. I can watch the first one most easily if I have to, though.

The last F&F movie was completely unwatchable...turned it off after 20 mins.  I wonder if these last two will have any redeeming qualities.

Been watching the January Prime auction...results seem strong.  I think i really might finally send in a number of raw keys and other goodies for the next Prime auction.

On 1/10/2023 at 1:02 PM, buttock said:

High demand issue and well within lines of prior sales.   

I assume it's simply the cover that makes it key?  I have some Battlefiels and others denoted as sought after covers as well.  It seems almost arbitraty ;)

I've got a decent run of the OG giant sized issues...always loved these!

I've been watching the January MCS Prime auction and a CGC 6.0 copy of War Adventures (1952) 12 sold for $530 with 35 bids.  Can anyone shine some light into the (seemingly) high hammer price?  I have a number of 1952 books in somilar condition and am just wondering if now is finally the time to start moving them.

https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=57919608

On 1/5/2023 at 3:10 PM, october said:

Judging by the trailer, a fan of the originals is going to be very disappointed hoping for more of the same. Doesn't seem to share the same sensibilities, humor, etc with the first three films...and if you don't have that, why call it Evil Dead?

 

Funny in that it seems like most people are fans of the franchise because of the mix of humor and horror in the 2nd and 3rd films.  I LOVED the original film since I first saw it when I was around 10 i guess(?), and I know the movie verbatim.  I went to see the second film in the theatre and I remember not really liking it as I wasn't a fan of the mix.  If the humor will e oned down and focused on the horror and gore, I'll be pleased a bit at least ;)

Having not read a new book since the 2010s, has it ever been explained/retconned how the symbiote popped out of that machine in SW8?

On 1/4/2023 at 4:50 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Why do we keep having Dr Doom over and over again?  A bit tedious.

I gotta say, I don't at all get all the love for Doom overall.  I never found him a really compelling villan.

I PRAY this will not disappoint

They might have to rename the Fantastic Four movie to Cuatro Fantásticos for real!

MArvel could literally drop 80% of the rest of this phase and while they'd lose some money, nobody would really care.

On 12/15/2022 at 10:42 AM, @therealsilvermane said:

 Obviously the key to success for Phase Five is to have Quantumania, GOTGV3, The Marvels, and Captain America New World Order be awesome movies and for Secret Invasion to be a great Disney+ series. It’s that simple.

Well the key to success of phase 4 was all the shows and movies....that's not something that worked out.  I'm a huge MCU fan, and I have very little hope for the upcoming phase.  As well, I disagree with what you've pointed out regarding the FF...made under the style of the first phase of all MCU films, they could make it work very well.  Dunno where they'll be at that point though.

I like Cavill in general, though he really didn't do anything for me at all as Superman.  He wasn't bad...just didn't stand out for me like he has for so many others.  The fact that I LOVE Affleck as Batman (my favorite, by far) shows that I might just be a contrarian ;).  Affleck doing a real Dark Knight Returns adaptation would finally be incredible.

I've told the story here a few times...at the 2008 Montreal Comic Con I ended up at the organizer's supper with the guests and bigger dealers (including Harley and Herb Trimpe) as well as Art.  I actually ended up stiiting beside him, and we started talking about all sorts of stuff that wasn't comics and we had a great time.  He's also an accomplished musician, got a lot of good stories too.  We may or may not have ended up at one or two of Montreal's stellar late night establishments ;).  The next day he was happy to sign a number of items for me at the show.  

All to say, maybe I got him on a good day.  Maybe he's sometimes tired of talking comics.  

On 12/7/2022 at 11:02 AM, Scrooge said:

I wish I knew. I come down to the combination of: western not headlined by one of the good guys + small publisher with lower print run. I can't say it didn't get good distribution given who the distributor is nor that it wasn't successful enough: it got 12 issues (unlike other Native American fronted books who typically lasted no more than 4 issues). How of the issues, I have seen way more # 1 and # 9 then # 3 and # 12 but the others are also tough to locate.

That's the fun part about this hobby...figuring out this kind of stuff.  As well, if one is willing to do some bin diving, a lot of these scarce/low value books can be found.  I pulled a low grade though complete Fat and Slat Jokebook from a bit at a local con for like $20.  That was one of the last books Ian was looking for to complete his DC collection.  You just never know ;)

On 12/7/2022 at 9:10 AM, Scrooge said:

Took me 19 years to find this book 

Any particular reason you figure besides it just not coming up for sale?  I got a big batch of early 50s books and only had Redskin 11 in the batch, and it's more beat up than the rest by far.  Were they particularly good stories?

I'd love to see a good expanded W.E.3 universe...still on e of my favorite books evah!

Yeah, I'll actually go to the theatre to see this...and I'm VERY picky about who I give my money to these days.

On 12/3/2022 at 4:29 AM, Bosco685 said:

Will finally see her back as Stargirl.  Was a bit annoying that she left her superhero persona behind for the vact majority of this season.

I think I'm going to have to watch this whole show over the winter.

On 12/2/2022 at 8:58 AM, D84 said:

Never say it can't get worse, because it can.

Remember Disney did The Last Jedi.

Never saw it, won't watch it.  I pretend all those ones don't exist