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    Ninja Turtles - Differences Between Printings?

    in Copper Age Comic Books

    Posted

    Just in case it hasn't been mentioned, there's another easy way to tell if a copy is a 3rd printing.

     

    The 3rd printing is slightly smaller in width than the first two. The black bar on the rhs of the front cover will be thinner.

     

    Exterior differences from 1st to 3rd:

     

    3rd is pinker in color.

    3rd has more blood in the second 'T' in Turtles.

    3rd is thinner in width and has a thinner black bar on the right hand side.

     

     

    Don't take the CGC label for granted if you are buying a graded copy that is advertised as a first print. Look closely at the book itself.

     

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    Moderns that are heating up on ebay!

    in Modern Age Comic Books

    Posted

    I had a couple of unexpected sales this weekend: After being listed online for about 3 years each, my Harbinger (1992) TPB signed and numbered by Jim Shooter #/2000, and my Magnus: Steel Nation (1994) tpb both sold to different buyers for $19.95, and $14.95 respectively. Not exactly a windfall, but these were among the longest lasting items to remain unsold in my online inventory. Might be a coincidence that they both finally found buyers this weekend, but it might also be evidence for a general uptick in interest in Valiants across the spectrum, based on the quality of the new Valiant relaunch.

     

    :applause:

     

    Well done. It's always great to finally sell something after a long haul.

     

    TMNT #1 Club

    in Copper Age Comic Books

    Posted

    Gulp...

    11 g-balls and change.

    Either somebody else wanted the book as bad as me, I was shilled or one helleva thrill bid was thrown out.

    No matter what I love my copy.

    (Just a kinda tough pill to swallow if 9.8s are going for $1,500 more than I paid for my 9.6)

     

    Hopefully I didn't pay too much for my 9.8! either way sounds like you are happy with your copy, I'm sure a 9.8 was not for sale when you were in the market for that 9.6.

     

    When I purchased mine, Jeff still was the sole owner of a 9.8.

    Where are all of these 9.8s coming from nowadays??

     

    Odds are they're books that have been cracked, pressed and re-submitted.

    New to OA Collecting, Advice, tips?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    I'm just getting into OA for the first time and wanted to ask a question regarding OA with speech bubbles and lettering already "drawn" in - if that makes sense...

     

    I've seen OA which has no lettering or speech bubbles and other OA that has them. I guess my question is: why do some pages have bubbles and letters and others do not?

     

    I'm looking at buying a Batman page from 1980 where the bubbles and letters look to be integrated into the artwork itself, and just want to know a bit more about why it's like that. Most of the artwork I see for sale has no bubbles or letters.

     

    Thanks. Gotta start somewhere :blush:

     

    For the simplest explaination computers are the reason you don't see word ballons and text on more original art pages today.

     

    Ah, that does explain it. So, for a page from circa 1980, did the artist just give the letterer the completed page and then the letterer just hand-drew (or maybe stenciled?) the bubble and hand-lettered the letters on to the original page?

     

     

    Yeah and they would also sometimes paste the completed word ballons on the page.

     

    I prefer the look of older pages I hate how original covers and title pages don't look complete today.

     

    I love classic pages like that - where there's the art, and then there's the bubbles and other template stuff like the title and issue box etc stuck over the top.

     

    Thanks for your help guys, appreciate it.

    New to OA Collecting, Advice, tips?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    I'm just getting into OA for the first time and wanted to ask a question regarding OA with speech bubbles and lettering already "drawn" in - if that makes sense...

     

    I've seen OA which has no lettering or speech bubbles and other OA that has them. I guess my question is: why do some pages have bubbles and letters and others do not?

     

    I'm looking at buying a Batman page from 1980 where the bubbles and letters look to be integrated into the artwork itself, and just want to know a bit more about why it's like that. Most of the artwork I see for sale has no bubbles or letters.

     

    Thanks. Gotta start somewhere :blush:

     

    For the simplest explaination computers are the reason you don't see word ballons and text on more original art pages today.

     

    Ah, that does explain it. So, for a page from circa 1980, did the artist just give the letterer the completed page and then the letterer just hand-drew (or maybe stenciled?) the bubble and hand-lettered the letters on to the original page?

     

     

    New to OA Collecting, Advice, tips?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    I'm just getting into OA for the first time and wanted to ask a question regarding OA with speech bubbles and lettering already "drawn" in - if that makes sense...

     

    I've seen OA which has no lettering or speech bubbles and other OA that has them. I guess my question is: why do some pages have bubbles and letters and others do not?

     

    I'm looking at buying a Batman page from 1980 where the bubbles and letters look to be integrated into the artwork itself, and just want to know a bit more about why it's like that. Most of the artwork I see for sale has no bubbles or letters.

     

    Thanks. Gotta start somewhere :blush: