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Looks like their might be red ink in the banner on the 9.8.

Ya, it looks terrible. No one should bid on that.

Tough book, esp the 35 cent variant.

I never pass up a chance to post this book:

Wow. #184 seems the most common of the five, but that's a big one.

Uh what? A green 3.5 sold for $600 in April.

Secret Invasion #4

Ya, I got lucky picking up that variant. There is one 9.8 out there somewhere though.

Just things I've read. For UF4, the estimate I saw was 2-3% of 74,000 copies. 35 cent variant distribution is just a rough estimate - no one knows for sure.

Finding for sale is a different issue. No doubt that there way more ungraded low grade UF4s sitting in people's collections (both knowingly and unknowingly).

The estimates I've seen have the distribution of 35 cent variants around 1500 and Ultimate Fallout 4 newsstands around 2000. The key difference is that one came out in 1977 vs 2011. The number of buyers that read/stash away in 2011 has got to be infinitely higher vs. 1977. With no evidence, I'd guess 300 IF #14s variants exist and 1500 UF4 newsstands exist.

Just noticed that the Eliminator eliminated Reed and Sue's circles off the cover.

Well, to each their own, but I see them as unicorns. There's 6943 graded copies of the regular version in the census. There's only 78 variants.

This thread made me dig this out - 1988 poster (mounted). Unfortunately after a few years in college apt and 30 years in my closet, it has got some scratches.

Dollar-wise, I think around a 7.0 variant equals a 9.8 regular. That said, I think I'd rather have the variant in any grade.

Everyone must be on vacation.

Here are some more memories (hopefully accurate) I have of Comic Collector Shop. The store seemed small, barely big enough to walk around because there were books everywhere. The smell of comic book paper was overwhelming (almost nothing was in a bag) and there was not much light. As soon as you walk in, the counter was on your left and Bob Sidebottom would be there listening to jazz music. The wall behind the counter always had gold/silver age keys and on the counter were mint condition 10-15 year old Overstreets for sale (he probably had cases of them in the back). Near the counter were the previously mentioned stacks of unbagged comics. The kinds of books we found in those stacks included a set of ultra-high grade Sgt. Fury Annuals wrapped in wax paper (wax paper?!), Lois Lane 70, lots of high grade hero books and Marvel/DC horror books from the early 70s. You'd turn a sharp corner in a kind of cubby area and the wall was covered in multiple copies of Marvel/DC Treasuries. On the floor in a circle were stacks and stacks of bronze books - you'd have to sit cross-legged on the floor and go through each stack. Nothing organized, you never know what treasure you might find. These were books he thought didn't deserve to be in the front stacks, but there was good stuff in there. Prices of everything that wasn't on the wall seemed to be from $0.50 to $15. I have a memory from when I was around 7 years old, my family randomly visited the shop and I took in the smells and looked at everything in wide-eyed wonder. Pretty sure that triggered my love of comics.