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I'll just put this here and keep working tonight... Golden (this was the hardest to do) (1) Action Comics 1 : obvious pt 1 (2) Detective Comics 27 : obvious pt 2 (3) Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics : I'd love to own this piece of history (4) Captain America Comics 1 : this covers my desire to have a WWII book in my collection, as well as Caps 1st appearance! (5) Marvel Comics 1: Know it's lost some luster in the last few decades, but it's always been a magical book to me. Silver (1) Amazing Fantasy 15 : Obvious. (2) Fantastic Four 1 : The other part of Marvel to me (3) Showcase 4 : I know it's an arbitrary start to the Silver Age, but its the Flash! (4) Showcase 22: Green Lantern's my #1 guy, so this has to be on the list (5) Brave & the Bold 28 : 1st SA super team, sparked the FF Bronze (1) Green Lantern #76 : Most iconic cover of the bronze age (2) Giant Sized X-men #1: the other icon to start off the bronze (3) Cerebus # 1: just to keep this from being a cape-fest (4) Incredible Hulk #181: 1st Wolverine (5) Amazing Spider-Man #122 : Always loved it more than 121, and it'd be the one I wanted most Copper (1) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (Mirage 1984) (2) G I Joe #1 : This title got me collecting when I was a kid, so it will always be a key to me (3) Albedo Anthropomorphics #2: 1st Yusagi Yojimbo, one of my favorite characters in comcs (4) Transformers #1: The other title that got me collecting as a kid. (5) New Mutants 98 (I love deadpool, but dont love Liefeld so Im always torn) Modern not a lot of books I really want to own from the modern era but here are a few (1) Walking Dead #1 (2) San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 : 1st Hellboy

I think its simple, once Wolverine developed fans they wanted to go back and read him from the beginning. There's not much to his cameo in 180, but in 181 he's front and center thru the story, so people gravitated to wanting that book as Wolverine fans. I think something similar would have happened if we saw Captain America (in ice) at the end of Avengers 3, and then he was thawed out and joined the avengers in #4.

This site has a mix of small time collectors, big time collectors, small time & big time dealers (who do lots of conventions) and dealers who have their own online site or ebay marketplace where they sell. Some people are looking for books for their personal collection, most people are always on the look out for deals that they know they can make money on (in order to fund more purchases for their personal collection), and some people are just looking for inventory for their own business (whether thats cons or online). CGC grading costs money (and time). So the purchase of a raw book will always be cheaper than the purchase of a CGCed book. Expect a $200 raw book to sell for at least $250 (or more) slabbed. Why should it increase in price more than the cost of CGC service? Well Im glad you asked! 1. buying a raw book (especially online) has inherrant risks associated with it. You are buying based on a few scans or photos (not always the best quality scans). You are relying on the sellers ability to grade. You dont have the book in hand to look at interiors, check for restoration etc. Lots of risk. 2. Buying a CGCed book (especially online) removes those risks (there are the rare exceptions, but we're talking about the 99.9% of the time. That assurance implies a cost, which accounts for some of the price increase vs raw. Typically what you are seeing happen is with "hot books" of the moment (typically movie related). Do you want to point to specific sales or books?

What a date stamp placement!

that's a church I could go to !

This just in! and the side by side now to go find that Green Lantern "Best of the Best"

Amazingly astoundingly happy with this!

Wow that BF26 is a BEUT!

Well, we can't say he isn't being transparent now, can we? Dang straight...

Someone listed a book for sale and then listed past sales including when he purchased it (pre-pressing) and the amount he purchased it for. His asking price is almost double his original price, none of which I have a problem with, but when I realized he had outright stated what he had paid for the book previously I just kept thinking...

*sigh* misleading GPA info citing continues.... when a seller cites "last sale" information that's a huge red flag to me. seller's might as well type out "90 day and 12 month GPA is less, but some sucker paid over market for this book so I'm gonna cite it and strike while the irons hot!"

from hitfix.com "Although it may have come in below the highest of expectations, ABC's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." delivered TV's highest rated drama debut since November 2009 (that would be "V") more detail "NCIS" led the 8 p.m. hour overall for CBS with 19.47 million viewers and finished third with a 3.4 rating among adults 18-49 (below the 20+ million viewers and 4.1 key demo rating for last year's premiere Fast Nationals, but not dangerously below). NBC's "The Voice" was second with 12.66 million viewers and a 4.0 key demo rating. ABC's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." was third with 11.89 million viewers and won the hour with a 4.6 key demo rating. [ABC notes that "S.H.I.E.L.D." was Tuesday's top show in all key male demos.] So it came in 3rd overall, but did well in the keys.

Sleepy Hollow is going to be huge! Agreed. Really enjoyed the pilot, and Nicole Beharie is great. Totally playing a full on character. Nothing flat in this show.

1. Was not impressed. If it becomes a "power of the week" show, then it's going to be a yawner. We need to introduce AIM or some other foil for a long arc/ongoing threat. 2. Acting, as others stated was mostly flat/wooden. Decent occasional quips in the -script (most effectively delivered by Clark Gregg), if this show has legs they'll need to find some chemistry fast. 3. The universe was ok, references to the movies and heroes make it feel organic enough. But it is a balancing act, too many Marvel movie references and it starts to feel forced, like "since we're a TV show we cant afford to have Thor or Cap on, but if we talk about them then it's almost as good!" 4. Effects were passable for TV. This isnt Avengers budget, but I feel like the FX were about the same level as Heroes, and that show debuted 7 years ago. Have the FX not gotten better and/or more affordable since then? 5. Joss Whedon doesn't write good pilots, so Im giving a pass for the moment. Buffy didnt have a good pilot, nor did Angel, and Dollhouse was a mess. Firefly was good, but Fox screwed that one up. I did like that Joss got his spirit guide Ron Glass on another Joss Whedon joint. I imagine the masses will keep this show afloat for the season, but I dont think the total numbers will be big enough to justify what I assume is a bloated bottom line (marvel licensing & Joss's name dont come cheap). If they right the boat and this can be a good show the numbers might justify the $$.

Whoa! Where the hell did that come from? Jimmy Linguini's sales thread a few days ago....

Just picked up this SSWS key... cant wait to get it in hand. 1st Mademoiselle Marie

I think some people should get just for their oversized siglines....

Dont think I ever posted this... Always wanted a Simon SS, and figured I'd try for a Captain America. Found this one in the marketplace a few months back. Simon & Kirby's last collaboration seemed like a nice way to have a Simon SS in the collection not high grade, not caring.

simply put: You see what you are looking for. (because your brain is looking for confirmation that it is right) So if you think a seller is apt to press their books and not disclose, you will call out more books in his collection for pressing than in a control. If you think a seller has a "troll" reputation, you are more likely to interpret that persons comments as being trollish/negative when they were neutral. is your confirmation bias comment directed at the mods, as in once they give you a warning they are biased against your posts (or just watching them closer?) or something else?

story? Come on... was it your OO book from when you were a kid?

TWO Space Western Pedigrees AND A VENUS 10? What are you trying to do to me? Are these going in the vault?

If the PL person owes money, then they shouldnt be spending it elsewhere....

cant figure this one out: "Lex Luthor's claim to have killed the Batman is refuted by surprise witness Superman, who convinces the jury that Luthor did not kill Batman, as he thought." is this a possible Superman/Batman plot that someone has leaked/speculated?

preaching seems like a natural transition He'll be on the motivational speaker circuit for a decade easy. Probably make as much as he was making in the NFL.

now that's a way to get buyers to pay the paypal vig w/o saying it... "Comic Book Title #1 CGC 9.8- $88 + 4% shipped"