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On 6/3/2024 at 3:06 PM, androolx said:

The 35 cent variant hunt is over for me.  I have all of them except for the Cap 212 blank bar.  Since that book is an error, I consider the set complete, or at least complete with an asterisk.  Either way, I'm done.  Below is my collection.

This is no small feat and, alas, one that I am still working toward myself. I made it about 95% of the way in about 2 years...and then things have been slow. I am down to 5 but they are all the hardest ones. Congratulations on an accomplishment that I still believe less than 5 people have ever done. I know of Cosmic Spider-Man, Ghostzapper, I believe Glenn Malloy and now you. 

On 4/18/2024 at 9:58 AM, jimjum12 said:

 

I was in line in Providence to do that with mine but the line was all day...I ended up getting a refund and never had the moment with Stan.

On 3/23/2024 at 3:10 PM, Lee Enterprises said:

Even if the market is still cooling, this book warms my heart and will keep my other Spideys company until things heat up again. 

This has been my favorite comic for 34 years and counting...

I would like to be in the next one...work has kept me off the boards for a while

On 4/15/2024 at 11:20 PM, Darwination said:

Now that's an interesting question.  That had to be a very unique relationship.  Running buddies? Bosom and boozing confidants? Matt keeping the whole thing together?

If I remember correctly Archer St. John died in the apartment of his mistress (of a heart attack?). I'm not sure anyone can shed much light on their relationship given how private Matt was mixed with how St. John really had him control the art and layouts. My feeling is Matt was busy and dedicated and St. John knew the quality of the images even if he neglected the quality of the printing. Sales were enough to keep the lights on and keep Archer galavanting.

Thread closed. Thanks for looking! If you are interested in any of the unsold books, please PM me. 

Thread closed, thanks for looking. If you are interested in any of the unsold books, please send me a PM. 

18 in 9.8 is certainly a lot. How many of those are direct and how many are newsstand is less clear. The tough variant of this issue is the 35 cent variant, where there are 0 in 9.8 and 19 total graded copies.

On 10/28/2023 at 3:36 PM, LadyDeath said:

So uh, how suspicious is this? Am I reading it wrong or was the price jacked up by one guy?

https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/145394658857?item=145394658857&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m145235.l2565

What is the link to? It just takes me to a sign in page

On 10/26/2023 at 12:26 PM, manetteska said:

Getting that Signature really didn't add any value.

Isn't it better without it?

Open to offers on all books! 

Thank you for looking!

Heart Throbs 30

Matt Baker cover

VG/F cream pages, tight flat copy

$190 SOLD!

Amazing Spider-Man 9

Classic 1st appearance of Electro, Ditko art, cool Nov 8 1963 date stamp on back cover

remaindered copy, nice smooth cover, 4th wrap detached and the second half is missing (1 story page and 1 other page), a few pieces of tape added, coupon cut out, low grade placeholder

$165 SOLD!

Girls Romances 78

Classic Roy Lichtenstein plagiarized issue for "The Car", increasingly difficult issue to find

VG+, 4.5

$525

Lovers' Lane 38

scare classic aggressive cover

probably the best copy of this book I have seen in person, 3.5

$475

Any nycc variants popping?

I'll be there 

Worth far more as a three pack.

On 10/6/2023 at 8:16 PM, LadyDeath said:

Conceptually this might be the best Baker cover of all time.

And quite the copy there...

On 10/5/2023 at 4:40 PM, icp004 said:

Arrived today.  Low grade but better than I was expecting. I normally get beat to the punch on these but got lucky this time. 
 

Great find! Not only did they not know it was the price variant but they thought it was 205...

On 9/30/2023 at 8:01 PM, Brock said:

Oh, and these, too...

Wow to the JLA!

On 10/2/2023 at 3:44 PM, the blob said:

No, Incredible Hulk 2 from 1960whatever

 

Don't slab it, sell it to me 

On 9/29/2023 at 12:31 PM, the blob said:

One of these days I will get around to slabbing my Hulk 2 type books and a few others that are arguably worth it (I sold most of the major keys years ago), but the amount of money I would spend slabbing a host of $75-200 books in my collection would basically be enough to create a whole new, pretty good, collection, yet the market seems to think those should be slabbed. CGC is a great product and if I am spending real money nowadays I want that slab, but criminey there should be a cheaper option for the mid tier books 9.4-6 and below that adds the requisite trust and liquidity. MCS basically creates that for a $7 fee on consignment, but they don't give you that tamper proof packaging. I get it though, if the goal is a 9.8 it probably needs all the bells and whistles. And my guess is that MCS is not doing the same level of resto check on a cheaper book. If some book winds up being restored from them do they accept returns? (But you still get burned on slabbing fees?)

As for CGC, if they lowered fees they'd keep everyone on salary pretty busy if there has been a slow down. They might need to splurge on a good espresso maker.

 

Red Hulk 2?

There is no way I could afford the price to submit any books as low as $75. My bar is currently around $1,000...even then most sit years before being hand-picked for submission

On 9/26/2023 at 3:40 PM, captainzombie said:

It has gotten out of hand with eBay. I also sell used auto parts on there and am one of the larger sellers. Their mission to copy Amazon in many ways and mismanagement has caused them their downfall.

They are not organically growing their business and relying on Promoted Listings to show a profit to their shareholders. It is very sad.

Figure between Promoted Listings, Promotions, Free Shipping, Free 30 Day returns, and then also add having to fend off false SNADs left and right it doesn't help at all.

SNADs?