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Auctions ending today in a few hours!
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Check out the CGC comics I have listed on eBay:
Wolverine Origins: #10 Third Claw variant signed by Quesada
Wolverine: Origins #2 Canadian Variant
Morning Glories #1 with sketch by Joe Eisma
Adventure Time #1 Get-A-Sketch with sketch by Pendleton Ward, Brandon Lamb, and Ryan North
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac #1 with bonus sketch by Jhonen Vasquez
The Tick #1 Special Edition (1988 first print)
Kick- #1 Sketch cover
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CGC 9.6 Avatar Press The Goon #1 from 1999, original story, cover, and art by Eric Powell.
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I hate buying raw books off eBay.......... \:\(
I love the "you should have known because it was cheaper" response. I'm bargain hunting mother F%@*er!!!
How about "its not my fault the book was damaged in shipping"? Uhm, you packaged it. Poorly. In folded cardboard. And I hate you.
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Thought you guys might like to see a purchase I made at Designer Con this weekend.
That is pretty cool... but, I'm really digging the Voltron in the background. Is that an OG or re-issue?
Picked this up over the weekend at the Rose Bowl Swap Meet for $20. Stickers on the lions says its from '81. Missing the green lion's head, but I have a spare in a bag of misc action figure parts in the garage.
I definitely had this as a kid. No sword? It was probably stuck in the green lions mouth.
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How many people participated, the number of raws out there and the number of books graded by "the other guys" are all factors. The number of resubs is definitely a factor as well, especially with a book this hot. Pressing anyone? This book is hard to get in 9.8. I bought about 10 raws over the years (all advertised nm/m) and got back 2 9.8s. The idea of pressing and resubbing definitely crossed my mind and I'm sure there are a lot of people who took advantage of that service especially once CGC acquired CCS.
That's a good point. There is a huge incentive to press this book, given the price difference between 9.6, 9.8, and 9.9.
However, let me point this out to you: you said you have purchased 10 raws, only 2 were 9.8s, and that resubbing definitely crossed my mind - however, from the way that you said that, it seems like you never did. So maybe resubbing is not prevalent. I think for the general collecting population, the majority would not resub. Even for slab collectors, I am not confident that resubbing is that prevalent.
Yeah, I've never resubbed a book or had a book pressed but I have been tempted.
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How many people participated, the number of raws out there and the number of books graded by "the other guys" are all factors. The number of resubs is definitely a factor as well, especially with a book this hot. Pressing anyone? This book is hard to get in 9.8. I bought about 10 raws over the years (all advertised nm/m) and got back 2 9.8s. The idea of pressing and resubbing definitely crossed my mind and I'm sure there are a lot of people who took advantage of that service especially once CGC acquired CCS.
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So aside from the unsigned leaked copies of the non-foil lucille variant, the b+w image expo #94 is the rarest? Seems like the price would be higher then. 9.8's are about 300-400 BIN on ebay. I'm pretty sure the print run was less than 200, at least thats what they originally stated. How much less hasn't been disclosed though, I don't think.
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Curious - how do you make doing the laundry exciting? Going grocery shopping? Making up your bed?
-slym
I'm pretty sure Jon Stewart answered that question in the movie Half Baked.
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I love the Walking Dead comic and find the TV show alright. I don't mind them deviating from the source material. But it would be so much better if they did not keep moving so far away. I wonder If Kirkmans name is simply just up there in the credits this season.
Kirkman has been writing the episodes so far this season. Or at least co-writing. I think this contributes to the TV show's deviation from the comics.
Now, some questions to ponder and discuss...
Tyrese has a scene in the comic where he is left behind to die surrounded by zombies in the prison. He is later found in the same room surrounded by dead zombies a while later and says something to the effect of "what took you guys so long". To me this scene cements Tyrese as a bonafide bad . Now my question is: Did we just see the TV shows cheap rendition of this in episode 3 (or was it 4?) when hes surrounded by zombies near the car facing what looks like a bitter end only to catch up with the group later?
Will carol be eaten by cannibals?
Will Rick lose his hand?
If When the Governor returns, will he have long hair and a goatee? Will he be accompanied by Negan?
Will Ezekiel and his tiger ever appear on the show?
Will the twin boys be on the show. Will Carl have to Kill the bad one after it kills it's brother?
Will the characters from the Tell Tale game ever cameo or star in the show?
Why the virus? (this one didn't seem to require a spoiler tag.)
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Stuff I've done from 1998-2012. Wormwood, Wolverine, Venom and The Maxx are all property of their rightful owners. Mostly drawn with a pencil or Sharpie then scanned into Photoshop and colored. I love to draw with Sharpies. The Sepia toned pictures are from an old sketch book I did when I was a young buck.
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My LCS has a copy of WD #50 they're trying to sell for £100. I didn't have the heart to tell them it's not worth mess as they're nice guys and I buy a lot of stuff from there. According to them #1 sells for seven to eight thousand dollars.
$8000 for a WD#1? Sounds like an upward trend to me. I'm assuming that's raw. That's one helluva royal tax! Based on your LCS, if you want to make some cash, buy your WD#1's here in the US and ship them over seas for MAD CASH!
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WD #1 in CGC 9.8 is barely hitting $1700-1800 anymore
Only 1800 for a modern??? yawn
Yup this book is garbage
You have to remember, there were people in this thread stating the book was never going down in value and would be over $5k after the series comes back on.
Who?
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Game of thrones is awesome but its 3 seasons deep and for the record, any "cool geek" can follow more than one show at a time. I also really enjoyed season 3 of the walking dead. Remember that opinion is just that, opinion. This thread is dumb.
We have a few factors going on here that might make the bubble pop.The Walking Dead show is starting to remind people of Lost. Lost was cool in the beginning that it became pedestrian.Also Zombies are becoming boring.Case in point World War Z mediocre results at the box office.and probably the biggest factor is all the cool geeks are now moving on to this.
When did I say fade away?I just said for 3 years now realistic levels eventually.The momentum of the show has staled with season 3 being IMO a stinker.A lot of my friends who only watch the show are not very excited anymore about the show, and they didn't even know the half of it since I had to tell them even worse news how bad the prison arc and the Governor was depicted on-screen.I could be wrong, but I am seeing no reason that when Season 4 starts Walking Dead #1 will be heading back up. Books is crawling on eBay to hit above $1700 (even those the perceived collectible Black labels).
Do you even read the series? It's at it's most interesting right now and they are about to publish twice a month with a new story arc...interest for the comic is huge.The show will be back with big surprises and the #1 will always fluctuate in price (just like all major keys). I disagree with anyone who says this book will fade away. It will always be a key...price may balance out a bit but won't change the significance of this really cool comic.My .02 cents
I would love to hear how.Wrong
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The Marvel Tales comparison doesn't work for me. In Mystery Tales case you are talking about a 57 year old comic with 3 issues on the census. It only takes a dozen or two Lost collectors (as well as horror comic collectors) to drive the price of an issue up to $600. In the Walking Dead case you are talking about a 10 year old comic with over 1500 issues on the census. It would take thousands and thousands of Walking Dead collectors to drive the comic up to $2000. While there might still be a couple dozen people who were really into Lost still I'm not sure there will be the thousands and thousands of collectors who are into The Walking Dead 5 years after the tv series ends.
I think this would really depend on the Walking Dead comic though. If the new issues of the comic are still selling well when the TV series ends, I don't think you'll see a substantial drop in the prices. While the TV series gave the early issues a boost in value, the comic was popular and climbing in price long before the TV series came about. The TV series did bring more interest to the title, we all acknowledge that. The question is, does the Walking Dead comic have life after the TV series? I'm guessing so, since it had plenty of life before the TV series.
The Walking Dead is breaking new ground in many regards. There are no American comic books that I can think of that are character driven that lasted as long as this title has. Furthermore, there does not seem to be a defined end for the series like many titles of it's kind, so the series can continue well past the creator's interest in the title, if the creator wants. I could see a day where all the original main characters are gone and this series is still selling well.
I think for the most part, the title has been handled well. The 100th issue was a money grab absolutely, but when you consider the popularity of this title (not just pamphlets, but also in TPB), it was a smart move not to start pumping out auxiliary titles to accompany the main title. If this were a Marvel or DC title, there would be 12 different titles and the interest would have been killed long before now. By keeping the focus on the single monthly comic, the creator has managed to keep interest in this title high. As long as that continues, I don't see the Walking Dead comic fading into obscurity like many here are foretelling.
+1.7 Kajillion! Ezekiel has a fricken tiger.
#108- probably the worst book i've read in the past 5 years
I take it you dont read Zenescope then.
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Just a thought, how many great story arcs have titles like Superman and Batman actually had over the past 70 or so years? How great are the current arcs spread out over the truckload of books these characters star in every month? Seems like aside from the retelling of the origin story and reintroduction of major villains there isnt a whole lot of good content there. Any sight of those bubbles bursting or are people still paying the price of a beach house to own their first appearances?
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The Marvel Tales comparison doesn't work for me. In Mystery Tales case you are talking about a 57 year old comic with 3 issues on the census. It only takes a dozen or two Lost collectors (as well as horror comic collectors) to drive the price of an issue up to $600. In the Walking Dead case you are talking about a 10 year old comic with over 1500 issues on the census. It would take thousands and thousands of Walking Dead collectors to drive the comic up to $2000. While there might still be a couple dozen people who were really into Lost still I'm not sure there will be the thousands and thousands of collectors who are into The Walking Dead 5 years after the tv series ends.
I think this would really depend on the Walking Dead comic though. If the new issues of the comic are still selling well when the TV series ends, I don't think you'll see a substantial drop in the prices. While the TV series gave the early issues a boost in value, the comic was popular and climbing in price long before the TV series came about. The TV series did bring more interest to the title, we all acknowledge that. The question is, does the Walking Dead comic have life after the TV series? I'm guessing so, since it had plenty of life before the TV series.
The Walking Dead is breaking new ground in many regards. There are no American comic books that I can think of that are character driven that lasted as long as this title has. Furthermore, there does not seem to be a defined end for the series like many titles of it's kind, so the series can continue well past the creator's interest in the title, if the creator wants. I could see a day where all the original main characters are gone and this series is still selling well.
I think for the most part, the title has been handled well. The 100th issue was a money grab absolutely, but when you consider the popularity of this title (not just pamphlets, but also in TPB), it was a smart move not to start pumping out auxiliary titles to accompany the main title. If this were a Marvel or DC title, there would be 12 different titles and the interest would have been killed long before now. By keeping the focus on the single monthly comic, the creator has managed to keep interest in this title high. As long as that continues, I don't see the Walking Dead comic fading into obscurity like many here are foretelling.
+1.7 Kajillion! Ezekiel has a fricken tiger.
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Correction, with true blood it was actually novels. The southern vampire mystery series, but yeah maybe a limited edition of the first book signed by Charlaine Harris and maybe even Alan Ball and Anna Paquin might be the premiere collectible for a dire hard true blood fan. A Walking Dead #1 is that for fans of it.
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True Blood is a popular show with memorable characters (ahem, lafayette), what are those comics worth?
Besides when Shiva appears on the small screen this book is going to soar.
You are proving my point that you can't just pick one attribute and use it as the sole success criteria.
Long term valuable books combine great characters that appeal to multiple generations/peoples with a demand that exceeds supply.
There are hundreds of examples that only meet a portion of the requirements.
With Heroes and True Blood the original source material was a -script. I bet a first print 9.8 episode #1 true blood -script autographed by Alan Ball would be worth a small mint. Whats the print run on scripts...?
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True Blood is a popular show with memorable characters (ahem, lafayette), what are those comics worth?
Besides when Shiva appears on the small screen this book is going to soar.
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I always liked Hiro.
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Michonne is pretty badass dude.
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If heroes was a comic before it was a tv show with 60 plus issues under its belt before the first episode aired, im willing to bet the first issue would be a collectible.
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I could also create a colorful example using the half-life decay rates of radioactive isotopes to illustrate further, but I think you get the point.
I like where this is going. I vote for a colorful isotope chart thing!
It is over! 
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