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Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe OHOTMU. A series that first came out in the 80s with detailed biographies of characters. Each page had a picture of the character, and there are lots of OHOTMU OA pages out there, and often they are less pricey than full OA pages, since they are more akin to style guide illustrations, but are published.

I have not noticed any traffic decrease on Valentines day here on the boards... take that how ever you want. So I say go for it.

I think it looks kinda late 80s Chaykin-ish.

WE have a grading subforum found here: Hey Buddy Can You Spare a Grade? take some scans post a book, see what you get back as the consensus, and compare to what you thought it was... Even the pros here aren't all in agreement on a books grade. Most good evaluations are within a a grade high or low...

can I promote my new low CAL energy drink by auctioning off spins of a roulette wheel which will then let you draw a card that if it matches the one in my pocket you win win a chance at an Action Comics 1 with every case of LoCAL Drink (currently only available in one flavor "IMSM1") that you buy out of the back of my car? Promise they will be lukewarm and only slightly dented. is that ok?

Just looked at the lots closing tonight.. they should rename today's offerings "WHY DID YOU BOTHER SLABBING THIS" day.

Realized I never shared this beauty I dont think I realized that the girl on the cover had wings for years after first seeing the cover... not kidding. A nice complete attached VG copy. Right in my wheelhouse. Nice enough, but not to nice to keep raw and enjoy thumbing through. Picked up here on the boards. An Avon classic cover. One shot/no number book. Im not sure who the "earth man" is on the cover since everyone (including the ant) has antennae! From 1951 (man how I love those 50s books!) with a Gene Fawcette cover.

Well fell asleep and missed the live bidding for the Blue Bolt 106 that was in this weeks Heritage Auction. There was a small run being auctioned of mid grade 106, 107 and 108 Sci-Fi issues. Already having an 108 in similar grade (5.5) I was most interested in the 106, and put in a GPA level bid (or so I thought). Long story short, the 106 went for almost $400, while the 108 went for under $300. I paid a little less for half a grade less this past year on the 108, so the pricing was fine, but I was surprised that the 106 went so high. Census on 108 is 16 Universals in census, with 12 of the issues between 5.0 and 7.0 meanwhile Census on 106 is 14 in Universal in census with 11 of the copies grouped between 4.5 and 7.5 (a little more spread) So is the fact that 106 is the "first"of the small run of Blue Bolt Sci-Fi covers? They're all LB Cole covers...and the 107 sold in line for what the 108 did... Maybe just two bidders needing the book. Oh well. On with the show. In other 50s Sci-Fi action... the last few auctions were flush with Space Adventure Books, though a lot of them were slabbed non-CGC. Which usually suppresses prices for all but the most desirable books... I missed on SA13 in 9.6 last month on CLINK (went for $300 and I was thinking it was more of a price starting with a 2. But with that info I readied for last months ComicConnect auction. There were a range of pedigrees (mostly Bethlehem and River City) but the grades were mostly in the 7s and 8s, so I planned to pass on them unless they went cheap (they didnt). Was interesting to see the SA27 9.4 Bethleham go for $285 (I have a White Mountain in 9.6, so I was happy to see the result). Early SA books went pricey, SA3 in 7.5 went for $454, SA8 in 7.5 went for almost $200. SA10 in 8.5 with the Ditko cover went for $850 (yowza). I was only interested in one book, SA32 in 9.4, both the highest copy, and the Bethlehem copy. Knowing the SA13 went for $300, I bid up, but in the end lost cause it went for $353, which again, in comparison to the SA13 was very strong pricing (and made me wish I'd gone harder for the SA13). So fast forward to this month's CLink offerings, and there was the lovely SA17 in 9.4 from the Bethlehem Pedigree. Knowing recent outcomes I knew that my days of $200 copies were behind me I put my tracking bid, and then once all the tracking bids were in I popped in a big number to see who would follow me. One other bidder joined me in the clouds and put a bid past me, and there I knew my competition. In the end I got the book for $300, which I felt was fair and still a decent deal, in line with the other winning bids in the last few months.

Met him years ago before CGC SS was a thing (or at least before it was a thing to me). I've been trying to get a SS of anyone who ever worked on the GL title, and with the announcement was gripped with worry cause I couldnt remember if I had gotten a Wrightson SS yet! Granted he only contributed a bit to the line, a little inking over Adams back during the Denny/Neal years, and a smattering of short stories over the decades... then I found this in the box and was relieved. I hope Bernie enjoys his retirement even if it didnt come on his terms.

Take GL 131 and 142

Take it! Shocked it took that long,congrats! Been needing to replace the Cardy SS I sold off a while back, and thrilled to get a nice deal from Chuck!

Take it!

Was not gonna lose. First addition to my Space Adventures collection in maybe a year My 3rd or 4th Bethlehem for the set

It's already more than double last sale and equal to the 1.5 sale. I don't think it has more than a grand left in increasing... It looks great but it is a completely split and detached cover.

Sites that dont let me just look at GA books are further down on my list of sites I browse....

JerkFroZEN?

I never bother looking at their sales side... I've missed out on a book or two over the years, but I just think of all the time I saved trying to search thru all the bad listings....

Teen humor is really getting a boost these days. I cant figure if it's riding the coattails of the Romance boom, or if there's just a general GGA boom/expansion beyond just Baker to now include more "cartoony"GGA like DeCarlo and others.

Some interesting stuff in an upcoming auction... that's all I'm sayin'

two most likely targets: Beauty & the Beast (another big Disney production) comes out 15 March in Theaters and is live action so a SW8 trailer wouldnt be totally mis-applied. Or if they wanted to give a little more time to it Star Wars Celebrations is April 13-16 in Orlando and would be a big splash.

from reports mid-December The #HanSolo movie will shoot in Feb and we'll see some #StarWarsEpisodeVIII stuff towards Spring says Lucasfllm President Kathleen Kennedy"" Kennedy said she didnt want to overshadow Rogue One while it was still in theaters.

Those low grade Baker covers may set an interesting floor and lead to books that previously were being kept raw (low grade GA books) but if the auction prices justify slabbing we'll sell a wave of those low grade ones come in...

I may have blocked a few hours in my calendar for a "meeting" this morning...with CLink!

I think there are two main approaches Lie in the weeds... put in a tracking bid and then wait for the last few minutes of the auction to put a "full value"bid. Big Dog/Over the Top... put in a full value bid and hope to scare off the tracking bidders who just see that they cant get to be high bidder. I always worry about the state of the CLINK servers, and network connections and dont want to leave a bid to the last second.... I would say avoid last second sniping, but there are definitely a rush of bids on popular books in the last 5 minutes....