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Here's another one I picked up last year. Batman and HOM.

Stunning

Those are fantastic. It's funny I picked up Conan 37 last month as well. I was originally looking at the 9.8 Suscha News copy that Comic Connect sold a while back. That book went for over $700, it was ridiculous. This 9.6 is more than good enough for me. While I love Adams I'm more of a horror/gothic/fantasy fan. I suppose that's why the Adams' batman covers appeal to me. The Green Lantern issues don't inspire me to open my wallet as much as the bats do and I'll tend to go after Wrightson, Adams, Kaluta horror titles prior to GL. That cover with the guy crucified to the airplane does appeal to me though. I also love a lot of the Phantom Stranger covers he's done, although I've only been able to score #18 so far.

That's a nice haul, I could only justify pulling a couple from what was available. I'm a little unhappy with the 194. The right front edge of the middle part of the cover is rougher than the 9.6 I just sold. The 298 was an upgrade to my 9.6 copy.

Yea, those mass copies are beautiful. Congratulations on a nice set of books. I did pick up this one recently directly from Heritage a couple of weeks ago. Plus I picked up the Oakland copy of Batman 241 back in December.

I was so close to buying this bad boy But I went after a tec 400 instead Then I must say thank you sir, for not buying the book. I watched it for a week while considering going after the non pedigree copy w/oww PQ. When that one went for over 400 I said to myself, "bah, I prefer the pedigree copy".

It's certainly good to be in front of the market....

It's not 227 but I picked this one up over the weekend on ebay. I'm eagerly awaiting its arrival with open arms.

Yup, that helps but you have a beautiful book, plus a pedigree at that. Let me know if you ever want to get rid of it. I could probably be talked into trading for that.

Thanks much, the only reason I can see selling it is to put together the money for an upgrade.

I would but I'm cynical so in my mind the guy raised the price by 50% over the MSRP so he could advertise with a 25% discount price. Anyway, I certainly don't begrudge the guy, I only hope that I can unload it for the same price I paid if I ever feel the burning need to upgrade.

Here's the world's most expensive 9.2, so far, that I picked up a few months ago. Sorry that my scanner sucks. I love that book but not the price. and

I'll post a scan this evening. One thing I have to say is that the seller of the 9.2 I bought shipped that book in a tank. The box was super sturdy, at least twice the size of the book in the height and width dimensions and had 1 - 1 1/2 inch thick foam padding on both sides of the book. I really felt like the seller gave me a hug after financially violating me.

Wow, it's nice being a trendsetter. Although, I still think I paid too much for that book. I just got freaked out because I wanted the 9.4 that was offered up in the Clink auction and it went for something like $1400.

Wow, not even 11AM EST and we're into 2 girls and a cup territory...

Nice, at least you're actually trying to communicate a message/theme. I'd probably just do something stupid like put up a picture of my 3 yr old daughter.

When I read this post I thought to myself, wow your Avatar is really appropriate! JUST JOKING. Actually I'm envious, I haven't taken the time to figure out how to throw up an avatar yet.

I'm not sure there's any reason to get angry at anyone here, IMHO the real culprit is the post office handling of our mail. I purchased a copy of Phantom Stranger 26 from Harley Yee a while back and it arrived with mutliple cracks in the case. I was annoyed at the seller at the time and didn't leave any feedback but looking back it wasn't really the seller's fault. I'm glad I stepped back and took a deep breath. I've had cracked stuff come in from Comic Link and Comic Connect before. Actually, I received the exact same response from the guys at Comic Connect when my Suscha News copy of Shadow 5 arrived with multiple fractures. Basically, they said we're not responsible but here's $11. The only time I've escalated is when I purchased a copy of X-Men 142 from a Gambit1967 on ebay. The guy charged me flat rate box and then sent the slab in an envelope in betwen two flimsy pieces of cardboard. The case was completely shattered in half and the book was bent, IMHO there was no way that book was still 9.6. I contacted the guy a couple of times and then escalated. The guy never responded until I opened a case. When I left feedback he called me a liar and said he packed everything in boxes. He was dickish in the extreme. Ultimately, ebay ruled in my favor, gave me my money back and I sent his slab back, in the same envelope and cardboard backing that he sent to me in the first place.... In the case of Fwertham, he's already provided positive feedback, so unless I get the book mauled due to lazy packaging, I'd say he's on the level and operating in good faith.

I think this was a Heritage Auction from a few weeks back. I had the book until someone pulled it from me at the last moment. G.I Combat 168 It's not that I mind being sniped at the last minute, god knows I've done it enough, but it kind of bothers me when the book immediately turns up somewhere else with a jacked up price. I guess as a hobbyist this says to me the buyer doesn't care about the hobby at all beyond turning a quick buck and is just adding a d0uchbag tax to my past-time...

I picked up fwertham's Batman 253 last night. I was going to pick up his 235 as well but when it went above $400 i went and ahead and picked up the Twin Cities copy with white pages that was out there. I'll post if there's a problem.

I love that issue of B&B. Anything that marries batman, house of mystery and Neal Adams is a win in my book. Although, I still like the 227 cover better. There's something about the clouds, the castle, the translucent batman and girl In purple that I find really compelling.

Yea, I actually prefer the white pages a little more than the higher grade quality. I really wanted that clink 9.4 but my ceiling was a grand. Hit like 1200 on the first week. I'm sure I overpaid but I seriously covet that cover. It'll look good next to the B&B93 I picked up last week.

This same seller had both of those books for sale last year too. If I remember correctly he had the 9.2 listed for $700.00 at the time. I made an offer above GPA at the time and he went on and on about how the book was worth the asking price. He must have felt the new $1,200.00 price was too low and yanked the ad. I picked this one up. I talked him down $300 from his asking price of $1250. I'm sure I still got f**d hard but after seeing the 9.4OWW go for $1400 I didn't want to angst about not having a copy any more. I got the investment line but I'm not sure you can call the book an investment when you're already squeezing every potential ounce of upside out of the book. Anyway, doesn't matter, I'm a collector so my daughter will have to figure out what to do with it after I check out. I'll post a pic once I get it in hand. The ebay picture kind of sucked so I'm hoping its not as ugly as the other 9.2WP with the big crease at the bottom left of the book that I saw earlier in the thread.

That painted cover is really neat and an off-beat 1st Appearance too! Nice pull, Greggy! (thumbs u I'll need to keep an eye out for that issue... Not sure if its original but the spelling of the Baron's name is pretty awesome. (thumbs u

Man, this post just makes me depressed looking at the few 9.4 and 9.6 issues of Byrne X-Men that I've been able to scrounge up.