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Wow, I just found out about this.

Star Wars: Jedi vs Sith #1 is First Darth Bane.

Ok, thanks 

Hi, Sometimes I notice important info is missing on your labels . Example in Star Wars: Heir to the Empire #1 the first appearance of Grand Admiral Thrawn & Mara Jade is not listed on your label.

On 11/27/2020 at 4:44 AM, Buzzetta said:

I hit pause and ran and bought a copy of the 1st Appearance.  If you saw the media where we last saw that character then you know who was with them.   I am glad I bought a few issues of that first appearance as well.   I am hoping the seller I just bought something from honors the deal and ships the book.   Since yesterday afternoon when some get to see the episode in advance, 28 copies of that book have sold on eBay. 

I had a CGC 9.6 copy in cart my on mycomcshops but it was late so I decided to sleep on it. It happened to be the night "The Jedi" Mando episode aired, but didn't watch the episode. I wake up the next day and then around noon I watch the Mando Episode and they

in the Episode. And was thinking oh nooooo! So I went right back to the site and it was gone. I searched other copies on eBay that were in my watch list and they were all gone. I'm sick over it. Ended up paying $100 more for a copy in 9.4 CGC grade. Mycomicshop deleted every copy they had up earlier and must have relisted them at 2 to 3 times higher. I'm starting to wonder if they are driving the overall market. When they up the prices everyone on eBay etc. seems to follow.

What grade did you buy your copies in?

3 hours ago, siro123 said:

Wow Star Wars Heir to the Empire #1 is ON Fire. 

Fleabay sales

 

I had a CGC 9.6 copy in cart my on mycomcshops but it was late so I decided to sleep on it. It happened to be the night "The Jedi" Mando episode aired, but didn't watch the episode. I wake up the next day and then around noon I watch the Mando Episode and they

in the Episode. And was thinking oh nooooo! So I went right back to the site and it was gone. I searched other copies on eBay that were in my watch list and they were all gone. I'm sick over it. Ended up paying $100 more for a copy in 9.4 CGC grade. Mycomicshop deleted every copy they had up earlier and must have relisted them at 2 to 3 times higher. I'm starting to wonder if they are driving the overall market. When they up the prices everyone on eBay etc. seems to follow.

Hi, I was wondering why you are not using the full title for All New Ultimate Spider-Man on your labels?

Thanks

I bought these two Marvel Double Feature #5 and Marvel Super-Heroes #44 off the rack in 1974.

There are Cons going on at the same time all over the country. WW cons are reaching a point where they aren’t even comic cons anymore. The WW Philly con last year hardly had any comic vendors.

June 13th-16th 

Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

https://wizardworld.com/comiccon/philadelphia

 August 23-25
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA

https://www.keystonecomiccon.com/

On 11/7/2018 at 12:14 AM, camera73 said:

My disclosure: I have a book that I've considered to be one of the hardest to find real modern keys: WWLA YA 1 Wizard First CGC 9.5

The Wizard First program was a gimmicky program run in partnership with CGC to get hot-off-the-presses books into slabs and given a uniform 9.5 early in the professional grading game.

This example of the 1st app of YA is usually available on feebay but never in large numbers.

 

 

Its weird that its an Wizard LA variant yet its graded for Wizard Philly con.  You would think it would be a Philly variant rather than Los Angeles. Were they left overs from the Los Angeles con?

If Wizard Cons come to an end. I’m real glad to see Keystone Cons started this year in Philly. Wizard was getting less and less comic vendors every year. 

On 3/18/2018 at 5:46 PM, Larryw7 said:

The record store was Record Rendezvous, and most of their comics were pretty low grade. I enjoyed rummaging around in there. Comics for Collectors was run by Ron Oser and Ron Krenksi. They eventually moved their place to Bustleton Avenue near Cottman Mall and renamed the store Comic Investments. That was my go to place as a kid since they were in the neighborhood. Their prices for GA were on the high side. But DC Silver Age in high grade were usually 3 bucks a pop, so I would get a few of those a week from my paper route money. Eventually  I  trekked down to Fat Jack's and was surprised at the low prices.

Here's the full article I found on those stores. Plus a Comics for Collectors add I found also, and to my amazement it was drawn by Chuck Dixon.

I recently found this article in The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper from 1976 about those Philly comic stores. Here a clip of it. I’ll post the rest of it tomorrow.

8 hours ago, Larryw7 said:

The record store was Record Rendezvous, and most of their comics were pretty low grade. I enjoyed rummaging around in there. Comics for Collectors was run by Ron Oser and Ron Krenksi. They eventually moved their place to Bustleton Avenue near Cottman Mall and renamed the store Comic Investments. That was my go to place as a kid since they were in the neighborhood. Their prices for GA were on the high side. But DC Silver Age in high grade were usually 3 bucks a pop, so I would get a few of those a week from my paper route money. Eventually  I  trekked down to Fat Jack's and was surprised at the low prices.

Awesome thanks for the info. I remember they were a lot higher in price than FJs. But they were the better store at that time.  Comic Investments sounds familiar as well. I’m from Delaware County so going into Philly was not a usual occurrence until I got a few years older to where I could take public transportation on my own.   Record Rendezvous was a mess. But they always had new issues for sale at  $.05 or $.10 cheaper than cover price. In order the pull in business away from Fat Jacks.

18 hours ago, namisgr said:

That's the one, Comics for Collectors.  Thanks for setting the record straight on it.  When I came back to the city after moving away, I thought it had moved around the corner and changed its name to Fat Jack's.  I remember C for C with great fondness as being poorly lit and filled with that wonderful smell of old comics, and also a great place to buy posters.

My fuzzy recollection is that the head shop there was called Wonderland, with the sex shop The Pleasure Chest later replacing the comic shop.

 

 Comics for Collectors was the first back issue comic store I ever went to. I was probably 10 or 11 years old.  I remember the first back issue comic I purchased ever was there. It was an Avengers #45. It was a big deal for me it was like a few dollars and that was a lot for one book in those days. It was in a flimsy plastic bag. Then I was told about Fat Jacks around the corner. They were both open at the same time because I remember running between stores to check prices. Then all of a sudden C for C closed or moved.  I have no idea what happened to them. I have searched for years on the Internet trying to find some information about that store. That’s how I found this thread with your post.  The Pleasure Chest was downstairs only when Comics for Collectors was open. I wish I could get a picture or some more info on C for C.  I think there was a write up on them in one of the Philadelphia newspapers in the 70s. I will try to search their archive.  They have to be one of the first back issue comic stores ever to be open in Philadelphia. 

On 9/18/2016 at 7:24 AM, NP_Gresham said:

The Million Year Picnic in Cambridge around 1980

I bought Hulk #181 for $1

Got a lot of flack from my sister for paying that much for a comic book

Just went there last Thursday, it has not moved.

My fondest memories are of the Norton flea market

That was the best place to get comics. I once passed on ASM

#1 for $20 because I only brought $20 and I wanted to leave with more than 1 comic book.

 

 I’ve visited a friend in Boston in 1981 and went to the Million Year Picnic .

On 9/17/2016 at 8:02 PM, namisgr said:

For new issues, it was

 

 

and

 

 

My first back issue shop was Fat Jack's at its original Walnut Street location in Philadelphia: Head shop up the steps, comic shop down the steps (it moved to Sansom Street, but the Head Shop, Wonderland, is still going strong).

 

I remember a place located near there called Comics for Collecters that pre-dated Fat Jacks. It was upstairs above the Pleasure Chest If I recall correctly.  First Fat Jacks comic store I recall was the one around the corner on 20th Street. Before Mike moved the store right across 20th street to the corner shop that is now a pizza shop and then around the corner from Hoagie City now Shake Shack  to it’s current location.  There was also a little mom and pop record & comic store next to the Fat Jacks Sampson Street shop that always undersold Mike on new comics. Mike tried to get the Hoagie City/Shake shack corner spot but couldn’t for some reason. 

I don't have one yet.